System: I let you have children, not fight for hegemony

"I am willing to defeat Zhao for the king!"

"I apply to fight!"

After the generals reported their preparations for war, they all took the initiative to ask for help.

Although Meng Zhuang was determined to go to the battlefield again, he had just made the effort to destroy Chu not long ago. This time he went to capture Zhao's general. What did the king think? What do your colleagues think?

Therefore, Meng Zhuang only agreed with everyone and said one or two words, and said no more.

Qin Wangzheng glanced at the generals and saw that they had no objections to Wei Liao's strategy for attacking Zhao, so he said, "Wang Wan and Wei Liao will be in charge of the food, grass, baggage, and people's planning."

"Here!" Wang Wan and Wei Liao looked at each other and agreed.

"Ma Xing and Meng Tian are responsible for the transportation of grain, grass and equipment, ensuring the continuity of supplies."

"Here!" Meng Tian was very excited as he was on his own for the first time.

"Dun Rui, as the special envoy of King Qin, you will enter Zhao again." There is no need to say what Qin Wangzheng said clearly, everyone present will naturally understand.

"Here!" Dunwei let out a long sigh. After many years of diplomatic career, he will soon face the final decisive battle.

After this meeting, the Qin State immediately started operating at high speed.

Wang Wan and Wei Liao were collecting grain taxes from various places, frowning: "This expedition was initially planned to be 40 troops. After so many years of development, although Da Qin's granary has become increasingly abundant, conquests have continued in recent years..."

In the past few years, after fighting against the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties, Wei, South Korea, and Chu, they have almost never stopped. If it weren't for potatoes and the accumulation of national strength in the past, Da Qin would have been dragged down long ago.

There are also the construction of Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal. These are all consuming people and food!

"Are taxes going to be increased?" Wei Liao looked at the balance of the granary and felt very uneasy.

With this little food and grass, if there is a disaster, there will probably be chaos in the Qin Dynasty.

Wang Wan paced, really in a dilemma: "No. Han and Wei have not yet completely surrendered, and Chu has just suffered from famine, so we should treat them kindly at this time."

Han, Chu and Wei, who could not be reconquered, collected food. Where did the food come from? Are we going to raid the old Qin people again?

Just as the two of them looked at each other with sad faces, there was a bustling noise outside the official office.

"Who is making a noise outside?" Wang Wan shouted loudly.

"Sir, it's the taxes from Ding'an Marquis!" the official said happily.

Wang Wan and Wei Liao walked out together, muttering: "Pay the tax, pay the tax. Why do you pay it here? Why are you so unruly?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Wan looked up and saw that the convoy transporting grain was like a long dragon, winding and blocking the traffic.

Wei Liao's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he immediately gasped: "It turns out that you are not here to pay taxes, but the queue is too long, and you are here!"

How many loads of grain is this?

Wang Wan didn't care about anything else and went straight to the official office. It wasn't until he was out of breath that he caught the Bashu grain transport officer who was checking accounts.

"How is this going?!"

The grain transport officer smiled honestly: "Both Badi and Chunan have had a great harvest."

"That can't be so much!" Wang Wan frowned coldly. He and Wei Liao had already memorized the grain output of each county over the years. Could it be that Bashu County was cheating in the past?

The grain transport officer pursed his lips with an expression of indignation and grievance: "Our Marquis of Ding'an said that Xianyang may need grain, so we will allocate the grain brought back from Baiyue to you for free." Wang Wan was speechless: "Baiyue ?Isn’t that a barren land?”

The corners of the grain transport officer's lips were raised high, as if you were making such a fuss and had never seen the world before: "Although Baiyue has a smaller population, our Marquis of Ding'an said that the climate there is very suitable for farming."

"Are they willing?" Wei Liao interrupted and asked. The Baiyue are very brave and good at fighting, and there are many mountains and hills. Once they cannot defeat them, they will hide in the mountains and wait for opportunities to attack, which is very annoying.

"The things we sell to them in Bashu County are deeply loved by them. If you trade with grain, you can get a discount. Of course they are willing to farm." The grain transport officer showed off.

Wang Wan and Wei Liao exchanged glances, so Wei Liao took the grain transport officer to the study room next door and closed the door.

"When did you start trading with Baiyue?"

The grain transport officer's dark eyes looked at Wei Liao and Wang Wan, and then he raised his lips with a faint smile: "Everyone in Bashu knows this, and there is no need to hide it from you. After Gangchengjun arrived in Bashu, Ding'an Hou then handed over the matter of Baiyue to him."

Wei Liao was stunned on the spot. It started so early?

Then Wei Liao showed a wry smile, was it in vain that he boasted that he was the best at analyzing the world's war situation, but he was not as good as a girl? How old was the Marquis of Ding'an at that time? She had already set her sights on Baiyue...

Wang Wan asked eagerly: "How much more food can you get from Baiyue?"

"A lot," the grain transport officer said seriously, calming down his eccentricity. "Last year, our Star Observation Bureau issued a warning that there might be a severe drought this year, especially in the Guanzhong area. So starting from last year, we have increased the number of Baiyue’s grain purchasing efforts.”

Severe drought?

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Wang Wan's whole scalp was numb. What if the attack on Zhao was delayed for a year and a half? What would Great Qin do?

"I told you, I wrote several official letters, but they got called back." The grain transport officer said angrily.

Wang Wan smiled awkwardly.

To be honest, if Marquis Ding'an had not come up with so much food at once, it would have been obvious from her actions that she was spending a lot of money to prepare for the severe drought. Wang Wan would not have believed the stargazing bureau's inference.

The establishment of a stargazing bureau in Bashu County is not a secret.

Xianyang's senior officials and nobles paid close attention to it at first, but later they discovered that the Star Observation Bureau only predicted the weather, and it was still inaccurate. They lost interest in the Star Observation Bureau, thinking that the Marquis of Ding'an must have been deceived.

The severe drought is even more outrageous. It’s impossible to predict the weather in a few days. How about predicting the weather in a year?

Wang Wan laughed and ignored the matter.

After Qin Wangzheng listened to Wang Wan's report, he was a little confused for a moment. It turned out that although she did not support her attack on Zhao, she was still preparing for the attack on Zhao.

Qin Wangzheng's heart felt soft for a moment, maybe this was the friendship between childhood sweethearts.

"Since food and grass are not a problem, everything should be done according to the strategy for defeating Zhao." Qin Wangzheng said coldly.

Qin Wangzheng's determination to conquer Zhao was very firm, and he was even precise about conquering Zhao.

Fortunately, with the food and grass provided by Ding'an Hou, the preparations for the expedition to Zhao went smoothly.

Throughout autumn and winter, grain and grass supplies were continuously transported to the bases outside the customs and to the granaries along the way that the armies would pass through.

By the beginning of the spring of the following year, the Qin army was ready in every possible way. Under the watch of Qin Wangzheng, the black army rumbled out of Hangu Pass and advanced towards Zhao.

Half a month later, Qin's main army pressed against Zhao.