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Chapter 34 Borrowing money from Chu people

"Master, can the steel you mentioned be forged in large quantities now?" Ziying asked urgently.

"This is not difficult." Ling Fen said indifferently, "The underground of Guanzhong is rich in iron and stone. The iron can be forged into steel first."

Ziying was still worried. If the steel in Lingfen's mouth turned out to be something else, he couldn't afford the consequences.

"Master, can you let me see you?" Ziying asked.

"See?" Lingfen was a little confused and pointed at something, "Didn't King Qin already see him?"

"What?"

Ziying was puzzled and looked along Lingfen's fingers. There was an object placed in the corner of the palace - the sword Caiweixing used to stab him.

"I don't want that child to be always fighting and killing, so I never taught her martial arts. This hundred-refined sword was only given to her as a self-defense thing." Lingfen explained.

Ziying walked over and slowly picked up the long sword. The sword was as smooth as a mirror and reflected Ziying's face clearly, seeming to say that it was unique.

clang--

Ziying flicked the blade of the sword, and a tough vibration was transmitted to his arm.

Really made of steel!

"Master, how did you do it?" Ziying couldn't believe it.

"This is not difficult." Ling Fen replied, "The princely states need a large number of weapons to fight. They chose the long-used bronze weapons and ignored the iron weapons. We, the Mohists, have studied carefully, and only after the efforts of several generations of giants can we smelt iron.

For steel.”

Lingfen thought thoughtfully and sighed, "If steel is added to the model according to King Qin's wishes, the steel will become the pillar of the earth, and the earth will become the shell of the steel. The two complement each other. This kind of city wall should be as stable as a mountain. I'm afraid it will

It’s unique in the world.”

It's only October now, the autumn harvest has just been completed, and the food stored in Xianyang City is enough to last until next year.

Ziying only needs to stay in the defensive position, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are unable to attack, and the Chu soldiers will inevitably become depressed and homesick. In the meantime, Ziying can also play a few Chu songs for them, so that they have no intention of fighting.

"Thank you for everything, Master." Ziying said gratefully.

"Then I wonder how many people King Qin can send to build it? Too few people or no construction experience will affect the completion time." Lingfen was a little worried.

Ziying sheathed the steel sword and handed it to Lingfen with a proud smile. "Master, everyone I can send has experience. Their total number is about... 700,000!"

Qin Shihuang sent 700,000 people to build the Afang Palace. After the death of the First Emperor, Hu Hai continued to build it. It was not until Hu Hai died that the project had to be stopped.

"700,000?!" Lingfen heard this number and already guessed where they came from. "The King of Qin just said that he would give them two taels of money. I wonder if Da Qin can still come up with it."

"I will definitely do it." Ziying said righteously, but he had another plan in mind.

According to historical records, these 700,000 people are all criminals. Ziying is not sure whether the identities of the criminals are fake, or whether the Qin law was too strict and resulted in 700,000 criminals. In short, after the city wall is built, the guilty ones can be punished.

Those who are innocent should naturally be rewarded.

In addition, these people have repaired Afang Palace. Although the work has stopped, the amount of money they need to pay is definitely not a small sum.

Ziying secretly decided that the money would not come from the Qin treasury. As for who would pay, he already had a candidate.

"Master, please rest first. I still have some things to deal with." Ziying got up and walked out of the palace and closed the door.

In order to ask for Wei Liao's help, the First Emperor chose to live and eat with him. Zi Ying had also planned this, but now many people did not need to sleep that night.

"Your Majesty, I have been waiting for a long time." The doctor ordered Han Tan, the prime minister Zhao Cheng, and Xianyang ordered Yang Chen to stand respectfully not far from the palace.

Ziying smiled evilly and asked, "Xianyang Order, who should be the unlucky ones tonight?"

"They are the nobles and gentry of Chu State." Yang Chen replied.

"That's right."

After the First Emperor destroyed the six kingdoms, he moved the nobles from each country to Xianyang City. Together with other wealthy people, it is said that a total of 120,000 people moved there.

The Chu State was causing trouble abroad and the city walls were in disrepair. This debt must be placed on their shoulders.

"Your Majesty, why do you need to show your respect for such a trivial matter? You can just ask your subordinates to take the guards with you." Han Tan was puzzled.

"It's not a small matter, we're not going to rob it, we're going to borrow it, and we'll pay it back later. Naturally, I have to take care of such a big matter personally." Ziying said with an evil smile.

The three men looked at each other to make sure that no one believed that Ziying would return the favor.

According to the addresses of Chu nobles provided by Xianyang Order Yang Chen, Ziying and his party selected one of the most luxurious Chu nobles, and the other guards were led by minor officials to "borrow money" from other Chu nobles.

Ziying got off the carriage and looked up at the words on the plaque on the door - Mi.

"I respect the First Emperor enough, so I use small seal script." Ziying said with a smile.

Yang Chen quickly reminded, "This Mi family is the surname of the royal family of the King of Chu. Your Majesty, please pay attention."

Among the six kingdoms, Chu was the country that hated Qin the most.

During the period of King Huai of Chu, the national power of Chu reached its peak. King Zhao of Qin used Zhang Yi's plan and lied about six hundred miles of land in exchange for Qi and Chu breaking off diplomatic relations. After King Huai broke off diplomatic relations, Zhang Yi only gave six miles of land.

King Huai angrily attacked Qin, but after the failure, Han, Wei and other countries captured Chu's territory, and Chu gradually weakened.

Then Qin State captured eight cities of Chu State, and King Zhao of Qin asked King Huai of Chu to meet with him. Qu Yuan and others strongly disagreed, but King Huai went anyway and was detained by Qin State.

During this period, King Huai ran away once, but no country dared to take him in. He was captured by the Qin State and imprisoned to death.

Now the leader of the anti-Qin coalition is also called King Huai of Chu, which shows how deeply the people of Chu feel about what happened back then.

"It doesn't matter, I just want to make a few more friends tonight." Ziying sneered, "The guards will knock on the door first. If they can't knock it open, they will just smash it!"

Ziying still harbored thoughts about Xiang Yu's trap to kill 200,000 Qin troops, and Wang Li's face often appeared in front of his eyes.

You hate me, I hate you too. The last thing we need in this era is an apology and forgiveness.
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