Chapter 7 What you want? Just go home

Author: March

Chapter 7 What you want? Just go home

Zhao Si loves food and drink more.

But for a person like the First Emperor who had escaped from vulgar tastes, it was obvious that he was not that interested in new types of spices.

When I heard that chili pepper is not a grain but a spice, I seemed a little uninterested.

However, with the three new grains of sweet potato, potato and corn, it is already a very fruitful harvest.

According to Zhao Si, the average yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes can reach 500 kilograms per mu. The growth cycle of corn is twice as short as that of wheat, and the yield is slightly higher. Although it is not an elixir of life, these three things are indeed worth returning to Daqin to donate.

"Is there enough left to grow?" the First Emperor asked.

"There are many more on board."

When Zhao Si arrived in America, he deliberately stored a large amount of seeds. In order to prevent them from spoiling, they even planted them on the ship, so there were a lot of seeds left, weighing more than 100 kilograms.

Zhao Si also left a lot of pepper seeds, which was purely for Zhao Si's own selfishness. As for other fruit and vegetable seeds, he didn't leave so many seeds. Each kind was about a small bag, and it was enough to keep a few seeds.

The First Emperor nodded and signaled Meng Yi to send someone to the ship to deliver the seeds, and then looked at Zhao Si.

"Why return to Qin?" Shihuang asked the last question.

Zhao Si said it very well: Be loyal to the Qin Dynasty and be loyal to Qin Shihuang.

There seems to be no problem with his resume. After seizing the ship and running away, he continued to carry out the king's orders. He did not return to Qin until he discovered a new crop of great significance.

Moreover, these resumes are very easy to prove. There are more than 400 people on board. It is impossible for them to collude and agree on the same confession. If they are questioned separately, it is easy to find out the truth and falsehood.

However, the First Emperor keenly grasped one point.

Zhao Si's fleet did not dock at the port immediately, but was stranded overseas a month ago. They sent a separate ship to contact the local government in Langya before docking collectively.

It happened that the First Emperor was on a grand tour of the world at that time. He passed by Langya and learned that the fleet that went to sea to search for immortals had returned, so he went to Langya to wait. This is how today's scene of Zhao Si's fleet docking at the port and the First Emperor personally arriving.

Zhao Si was silent for a moment and said, "It's just a matter of returning home."

In fact, no matter what kind of belief you have, it is not as strong as homesickness and returning home.

There are only a very small number of people who really want to carry out the king's orders at all costs. Most of the people who followed Zhao Si to seize the ship and go to sea, the deepest obsession in their hearts is to return home.

Carrying out the king's orders is essentially an excuse not to live abroad.

It's easy to stay, but if you stay, you can never go back.

When I go out to carry out the king's orders, there is only a vague hope of returning home.

Even though many people know that the pursuit of immortality is very elusive, they may not be able to fulfill the king's destiny and set foot on their hometown again in their lifetime.

But many people would rather die on the way home.

"At that time, when we went to sea, who among the people on the ship did not have family members? There were many boys and girls, and some were only children." Zhao Si said.

This is the heaviness of this era.

Xu Fu's voyage was the first ocean exploration and voyage in the history of Zhu Xia. It sounds magnificent and full of epic flavor.

However, in essence, this trip to sea was a scam by Xu Fu alone and a tragedy for thousands of families.

Craftsmen, farmers, and soldiers bid farewell to their children, and eventually ended up overseas...and were not allowed to return home for the rest of their lives.

Three thousand boys and girls, when they were still ignorant, boarded a sea ship amidst the sad cries of their parents. From then on, they would never see their relatives again for decades in their lives.

Memories will gradually fade away in their minds, to the point where they only remember that they have parents, but they no longer know who their parents are.

The gorgeous poetry of history is written with blood and tears.

And Xu Fu's departure to sea was just a small episode in this era.

Who doesn’t want to go home? Everyone wants to go home.

What are they afraid of? Aren't they afraid that they will be implicated and killed if they fail to fulfill the king's mandate?

This may be Xu Fu's deception, but no one is willing to risk their lives to test the truth.

Zhao Si couldn't even uncover Xu Fu's scam because he had no way to confront Xu Fu and he couldn't represent the First Emperor.

Everyone wanted to go home, but only more than 900 people and Zhao Si took the boat and ran away. Those who stayed in Fusang were essentially homeless poor people.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si with solemn eyes.

"Are you complaining about me?"

Zhao Si shook his head sincerely.

"I should thank Your Majesty." Zhao Si said seriously.

Zhao Si loved adventure in his previous life, and he still loves adventure after traveling through time.

Zhao Si led 900 people to seize the ship and sail around the world. The fundamental reason to support Zhao Si lies in Zhao Si's adventurous spirit.

In the pre-Qin period more than 2,000 years ago, there were fleets capable of crossing the sea and experienced crews.

But in this era, everything is wild and unknown, so many places have not yet been conquered, and every place we set foot on is a new world.

Zhao Si couldn't refuse such a temptation!

In essence, there seems to be no difference between Zhao Si and Xu Fu, he is also using the crew.

Using them to gain his own spiritual satisfaction, Zhao Si's first thought was not to take them home, but to find a way to coax a group of people to complete his feat of traveling around the world.

It was along the way that a guy who was obviously the same age as him lay dying next to Zhao Si, fearfully but firmly begging Zhao Si to take his ashes back to his hometown and hometown for burial, and Zhao Si decided to take them home.

It is a pity that some people died in the sea and could not be recovered. They could only take back some of their clothes.

Some encountered sea storms and the ships capsized, taking with them the ashes stored on the ships.

Zhao Si, as a time traveler, as the initiator and leader of this travel plan, and as a direct beneficiary of the First Emperor's search for immortality.

He had no right to resent the First Emperor.

What is certain is that after the three crops of sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn are grown and Zhao Si's remarks are verified, almost all the crew members will receive hefty awards.

Even these crew members did not resent the First Emperor.

Who will they hate? Hate the Qin officials who regarded themselves as virgins? Hate Xu Fu who deceived the First Emperor? In short, they cannot hate the First Emperor.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si for a long time, finally nodded with a smile, and then walked away.

This little guy gave the First Emperor a very strange feeling.

how to say?

It's as if this little guy's words are inherently convincing and approachable.

Normally, the First Emperor would never ask such nonsense as "Why are you complaining about me?"

The First Emperor was not a fool. He knew what he did better than anyone else. There were countless people in the world who hated him. The First Emperor never wanted anyone to understand him. Similarly, he did not care about anyone's emotions.

This little guy is different...conversations with him seem to be more emotionally arousing.

Looking back on the conversation with this little guy, I seem to feel that my mood seems to be relatively happy, and even the whole person is a little relaxed. It is a very natural environment to get along with.

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Another day on my own
Chapter completed!