Overlord of the late Qin Dynasty

Chapter 165
Fan Zeng's astonishing words caught Xiang Liang and Xiang Le by surprise.It also made Xiang Yu admire this famous wise man in the late Qin Dynasty in history, and even felt a little sorry for Xiang Yu who finally failed to compete for the world.

"I agree! As long as Mr. Fan Zeng is willing to work for me, Xiang Yu, and help me win the battle for the world!" Xiang Yu nodded in agreement unexpectedly.

Xiang Liang and Xiang Le, who were caught off guard by Xiang Yu's words, immediately began to think about it. Xiang Yu is the future patriarch of the Xiang family and is loyal to Xiang Yu. Why is he not loyal to the Xiang family?
Xiang Liang, who had figured it out, nodded in agreement and said, "I agree too! Mr. Fan will be the military adviser of my Xiang family in the future, and his position will be lower than that of Yu'er and me! I also hope that Mr. Fan can help my Xiang family and destroy Qin and restore Chu." Make your best contribution!"

"Since the old man is willing to serve Xiang Yu, he is naturally willing to help him restore Chu. He will spend his entire life helping Xiang Yu become the lord of the world!" Fan Zeng replied boldly without being pretentious.

"Meet Mr. Fan!" Xiang Le also bowed his hands at the right time to show respect.

"En!" Fan Zeng nodded, not surprised by what Xiang Le did.

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Xiang Yu explained his ideals to Xiang Liang, and then expressed his idea that his marriage should be decided by himself.

Xiang Liang, who knew Xiang Yu's temperament, naturally agreed.However, it is required that Xiang Yu must be found among the clans of Kuaiji, Jiujiang, Zhang, and the four counties of Donghai, which will also facilitate Xiang's future control of the four counties by raising troops.Seeing that his uncle was so reasonable, Xiang Yu agreed to Xiang Liang's request!
Fan Zeng was left to work with Xiang Liang on Jinting Island as a consultant and plan various matters.Xiang Yu returned to Dantu County with the sergeants who had been with Ao Bing, and began a ten-year military training career.

After five months, Xiang Yu transferred Xiao He, who had already become the chief bookkeeper in Peixian County, to the navy division as the commander of the army through Ji Tian, ​​the governor of Donghai County, and Yin Tong, the governor of Kuaiji County.Cao Shen was also transferred to the army as a hundred generals, and then he was promoted to be the five hundred masters.

He also recruited soldiers in Pei County, and recruited Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, Fan Kuai, Xue Ou, and Wang Ling into the army.Then Xiang Yu arranged them into his own soldiers, defeated them one by one and took them as his subordinates.

"Captain! Now that the army has stockpiled a lot of food, is it necessary for the four counties to not have to continue to deliver food and grass?" Xiao He, who is a long history, clasped his hands and reported to Xiang Yu.

The navy's food supply has been completely changed from being supplied by Xianyang to being supplied by the four counties of Kuaiji County, Jiujiang County, Zhang County, and Donghai County. This is what Zhao Gao, Li Si and others proposed to Yingzheng after accepting Xiang Bo's bribe.

Yingzheng originally disagreed, but because Li Si and Zhao Gao raised the tax burdens of all counties in the world, they were escorted to Xianyang.Then Ying Zheng agreed to the amount of food consumed during the escort from Xianyang back to the army.But he only agreed with Xiang Yu who had no ambitions in his eyes, but he didn't know that this was what Xiang Yu planned.

After receiving the imperial decree from Yingzheng, Xiang Yu asked the four counties to transfer part of the tax burden that would be escorted to Xianyang and send it to the navy camp in Dantu County.

In order to curry favor with Xiang Yu, an important general in the court in the future, the governors of the four counties sent a lot of food.

"How many are there? How many days is enough for the army?" Xiang Yu asked Xiao He who had not yet expressed his loyalty.

Within five months, Xiang Yu subdued Cao Can and others by relying on kindness and power.But Xiao He is worthy of being one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, so he didn't show allegiance to Xiang Yu.But the attitude towards Xiang Yu is much better than when he first came here!

"It's enough to feed an army of [-] for a year!" Xiao He reported truthfully.

"According to this standard in the future, the grain in the army must reach this much." Xiang Yu began to order Xiao He, "Eat the old grain first, and put the new grain in the warehouse!"

"Captain! If the emperor's supervisory envoy finds out like this, it will be a serious crime!" Xiao He, who is familiar with the laws of Qin, said proactively.

"Haha! Don't be afraid! No matter which surveillance envoy comes, I, Xiang Yu, can handle it! You just do it!" Xiang Yu waved his hands aggressively and laughed.

Xiang Yu's approach also made Xiao He understand for the first time how powerful the background and contacts of the Navy Commander Xiang Yu, who is not yet fifteen but still commanding an army of [-], has.

Going around in circles, three years have passed in a flash.

In the past three years, Yingzheng went to the seaside many times on his eastward tours, waiting for Xu Fu's eastward ship to return with the elixir.But every time he came full of hope and returned disappointed.

In three years, Xiang Yu had 100% control over the army.In the entire barracks, except for some officers who did not pledge allegiance to Xiang Yu, the others, including the soldiers, were all Xiang Yu's people.

In three years, Xiang Yu found the beautiful woman back then.Knowing that this beautiful woman is the daughter of the Yu family in Wu County, her name is Yu Ying.He also has an elder brother named Yu Ziqi, and a father named Yu Gong who can be called the most famous weapon master in Chu State.

On the day he found Yu Ying, Xiang Yu was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night.Soon, he made friends with Yu Ziqi through martial arts competitions, and got acquainted with Yu Ying through his recommendation.Capturing Yu Ying's heart with his own personality charm, Xiang Yu asked his uncle Xiang Liang to propose marriage to Duke Yu, the head of the Yu family in Wu County.

Knowing that Xiang Yu and his daughter were in love, Duke Yu agreed to Xiang Liang's proposal.And Xiang Yu agreed to get married, and Yu Gong also agreed.After all, Yu Ying is one year younger than Xiang Yu, but because she has a marriage contract, it doesn't mean she can't get married.

Knowing that Xiang Yu has married the Yu family, the clans in the four counties gave up.But they changed their minds to sell their daughters to Xiang Yu's younger brothers, as well as Long Qie and others who followed Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu got married and lived a happy life for a few days.He lost his fighting spirit, but under the guidance of Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu rekindled his fighting spirit and returned to the barracks.

Afterwards, Xiang Yu came back every three months to live in the surrounding counties with Yu Ying for the first half of the month.

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"It's been two years since Xu Fu went to sea! Think about it, Ying Zheng will almost die of illness!" Xiang Yu thought to himself looking at the sea in the distance.

After Xiang Yu gave birth to his son Xiang Hao and daughter Xiang Ying, Xu Fu went to sea for the fourth time.After that, he never came back, and Ying Zheng also visited here during the period.But seeing that Xu Fu hadn't come back yet, he returned to Xianyang without saying anything and waited for news.

"The emperor has returned to Xianyang!" a scout reported.

"How is his body? Is he as healthy as when he was patrolling here?" Xiang Yu nodded and asked the scout again.

"It is said that the emperor's body is a little sick. It seems that he has contracted a cold!" The scout replied here again.

"Fengchi?" Xiang Yu was a little puzzled, how could a small windchill take away the life of a lord of an empire?
"This was announced by Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si! But the ministers and generals in the team have not seen the emperor get out of the car to watch the scenery along the way for many times, and the emperor seems to eat less and less every day!" The scout seemed Thinking of something, he slowly reported to Xiang Yu.

(End of this chapter)