Gu Xun was noncommittal about this, and nodded lightly, "Well, we really have to wait, wait for the sun to come back, and wait for Gongshu's enemies to arrive."
"Speaking of which, Gongshuqiu is very busy. He has not finished the work at Lingqu, and he was transferred back to Songhai in an emergency. It's quite a hassle."
"Ling Canal..." Zhang Han hesitated for a moment, then changed the subject and said, "Speaking of which, I heard that the Ling Canal project is progressing very smoothly. I think the war in Lingnan will restart soon."
Gu Xun glanced up at him and said with a smile, "Do you still have time to pay attention to Lingnan's affairs?"
Zhang Han laughed and replied, "Soldiers must observe the place of life and death."
"The Lingnan War involves the rise and fall of the entire empire, and the general will not dare to ignore it."
The empire is now not only in turmoil, but also in danger.
Once the Lingnan war breaks out again, whatever little information is left will probably have to be smashed into it.
If the war goes well and good news comes one after another, that's fine. But if the war goes badly and another defeat occurs, the country's foundation will be shaken.
What Zhang Han calls "the rise and fall of empires" is indeed all based on this.
"This kind of thing is what the emperor should worry about, not you. Just mind your own business."
"You should understand that if you are not in your position, you will not seek political power."
Gu Xun really had no interest in these messy things now, so he replied calmly to Zhang Han.
"What you are trying to teach me is that the general is just curious for a moment." Zhang Han followed suit and immediately said that he was just playing around.
"By the way, why did the emperor leave you in Songhai?" Gu Xun changed the subject and asked instead.
"Your Majesty ordered me to clean up the matter of Little Sage Village and minimize the impact."
Gu Xun chuckled lightly, "Everyone has been killed and Zhuangzi has been burned. Are you still thinking of reducing the impact?"
“How else can we reduce the impact?”
Gu Xun's tone was very calm, but his dissatisfaction with Ying Zheng was obvious in his words.
Zhang Han didn't dare to offend both parties, so he could only say nothing about them and only said:
"At the end of the day, it's just a matter of reluctance and doing your best."
This is also true.
Xiaoshengxian Manor was destroyed by the empire, and the negative impact caused by it was irreversible.
The various schools of thought were stimulated by this and became more determined to resist the empire, but Zhang Han was unable to change it.
Ordinary people were panicked because of this, and rumors spread in the streets. Zhang Han could only try his best to calm down.
But rumors are something that is difficult to stop or control manually, at least in the pre-Qin period, and Zhang Han was not very professional.
Rather than saying that he is trying to reverse the public opinion about this matter, it is better to say that he is just trying to suppress the heat and wait for the people to forget about it.
However, his methods of suppressing the heat are very rough, and the common people in this era really don't have much fun. Such a big event is enough for them to talk about it for more than a month, so so far, Zhang Han's efforts have had little effect.
Gu Xun no longer cared about the reputation of the imperial court and Ying Zheng, and was too lazy to give Zhang Han advice. He just continued to ask:
"Have you finished your work here, Songhai? Are you going to follow the east patrol team?"
Zhang Han shook his head and replied with a wry smile, "His Majesty the Emperor ordered me to return to Guanzhong after the incident in Songhai."
"The current situation in the empire is turbulent, and there are even some riots in the Xianyang area. His Majesty the Emperor ordered me to return to Guanzhong to stabilize the situation."
"The imperial mausoleum is about to be repaired. His Majesty asked me to supervise the work to ensure that there are no problems with the Lishan prisoners."
Hundreds of thousands of prisoners gathered in Lishan all year round to build imperial tombs. Although they were all poor people in ragged clothes and did not even have enough to eat, so many people gathered together, which was somewhat of a source of unrest.
If a quarrel breaks out, it will be a big problem. Especially when the imperial mausoleum is about to be completed, people's hearts will inevitably be disturbed.
It's normal for Ying Zheng to arrange for someone to keep an eye on the spot, but it's hard to say that he didn't have other thoughts in arranging Zhang Han to go there.
It stands to reason that even if Ying Zheng did not keep Zhang Han around, he should have sent him to the eldest son Fusu to wait for orders, instead of going to the imperial mausoleum in Lishan Mountain.
But Gu Xun couldn't guess what Ying Zheng was thinking.
People's hearts are fickle and most difficult to understand.
The only way to see through people's hearts is to work backwards from the results to the causes - which may not be accurate.
The consequences of Ying Zheng's actions do not depend on his personal thoughts, but also on the thoughts of many other people, such as Zhang Han, Fusu, or others.
Everyone's decision may change the final outcome.
It is possible to infer a person's thoughts from the effect of reverse causation, but it cannot be used to infer the thoughts of a group of people.
Fortunately, Gu Xun didn't dwell on the answer. He just followed what Ying Zhengai thought.
"It's good to see the Imperial Tomb. Those prisoners really need a reliable person to keep an eye on them."
"What, you don't want to go?" Gu Xun asked with a smile.
Zhang Han laughed bitterly again, "This... under the emperor's order, how can the general disobey?"
"It's just that the imperial mausoleum is under construction..."
In this era, visiting the imperial mausoleums would not be the same as being relegated to the cold palace, but it was still an unimportant side job.
The most important thing is that strictly speaking, the imperial mausoleum has not been completed.
The construction of the First Emperor's Mausoleum began when Ying Zheng ascended the throne of Qin - of course it was not called the Imperial Mausoleum at that time, and the construction has not been completed until now.
On the one hand, this is because the scale is constantly increasing and expanding, and on the other hand, because the construction of the imperial mausoleum cannot stop until the emperor dies.
Even if the project is completely completed, repairs must continue, even if there is no work, it must be done until the emperor dies.
When a person dies and the tomb is not finished yet, you can bury the person in it and continue to build it, but you cannot finish the tomb early before the person dies.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be urging the emperor to die?
Of course, there is no explicit rule on this, it is just an unspoken rule, and it also depends on the emperor's personal thoughts.
Ying Zheng was relatively keen on building his own mausoleum, and he started the project as soon as he came to the throne. However, he himself longed for immortality, which was known to both the government and the public, so no one dared to bring this kind of thing to his trouble.
If there is no hope of promotion, it would be good to find such an idle job and wait for death, but Zhang Han has not reached the time to retire, so it is not a problem to go to the imperial mausoleum early!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gu Xun patted Zhang Han's shoulder and said with a smile, "Now that you've come, let's make peace with it."
"It's not a bad thing to have some time off, right?"
A flash of thoughtfulness flashed in Zhang Han's eyes, but he was not sure whether Gu Xun's words had any deep meaning, and if so, what they meant. He could only ignore it for the time being and take it step by step.
While the two of them were chatting, the sun had already returned.
It was obvious that the sun was in a hurry, or that he did not dare to neglect it at all.
"Hey, you're back now?" Gu Xun deliberately teased when he saw this.
Zhanri could only reply with a smile, "Time is tight, don't dare to neglect."
"What did the Yin Yang family say?" Gu Xun didn't seem to be deliberately trying to hide the truth. He simply teased and then asked about business.
Zhenri quickly replied, "The people from the Yin Yang family looked at the drawings, and the right guardian Moon God said that the stargazing instrument should be an improvement on the original one on the mirage."
"As for that special crossbow, they don't know much about it."
"What does the stargazing instrument do?" The Jinu Yinyang family didn't understand either, so Gu Xun only asked about the stargazing instrument.
"The Guardian of the Moon Goddess said that she might be able to observe the stars to confirm the location of the sea mirage, so that she can kill it with a crossbow outside the fog."
"In this way, things have come together." Gu Xun put his hands behind his hands and smiled, commenting lightly.
The people of the Yin and Yang family watched the stars to confirm their position, and then shot them with crossbows. This process became possible in practice.
Although there are still a lot of questions, such as whether the specific form of the Moon God's positioning mirage can be converted into the shooting direction of the crossbow, whether the position of the mirage can be hit by the crossbow, and whether the crossbow can penetrate it.
defense.
These factors will determine ultimate success.
However, these are difficulties that need to be overcome during practical operation. There is nothing wrong with this method and idea, and it is still feasible.
The orientation can be calibrated, the hit rate can be improved, and the destructive power can be enhanced.
"Next, just wait until Gongshu Qiu arrives and ask him to confirm the effectiveness of the crossbow."
"By then, we will have an explanation to the emperor, and this matter can be brought to an end."
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"Tianming, I don't see any chance at all?"
In a private house outside Songhai Port, Shao Yu crossed his arms and sighed.
They have been watching the movements in the city these days, trying to find the right time.
However, the empire's actions have been very restrained, and they only strengthened defense. The only slightly radical behavior was to imprison the swindling alchemists and warlocks.
"It's unrealistic to just point the finger at the empire and give yourself a chance. We have to find a way to create opportunities." Tianming lay down lazily and replied calmly.
"How to create opportunities?" Shao Yu asked, spreading his hands.
"Then we have to wait until they start moving." Tianming replied.
"What if they stay still?" Shao Yu asked with a smile.
"Sooner or later, we have to move. If we don't move, how will we deal with the mirage's departure?" Tianming replied confidently, "Isn't there already some movement today?"
At this time, Shi Lan, who was staring at the mirage by the window, turned around and asked, "Tianming, have you decided to target the Yin Yang family?"
"Not necessarily." Tianming shook his head and replied, "Those people from the Yin Yang family will never leave the mirage. It is too troublesome to deal with them. If there is no suitable opportunity, you can also change the target."
"Didn't someone come from Luo Sheng? I think they are very suitable."
"This one is indeed much easier to deal with." Shao Yu interjected with a smile, "Based on the current intelligence, Luo Wang only has a Tian Zi killer who has come to hide the sun, and there are not many killers at other levels."
"With our current strength, we can just swallow these killers in the trap."
Killing one or two masters of the Yin Yang family is a blood profit, and killing one or two Luowang Tianzi assassins is also a blood profit.
Neither Tianming nor Shaoyu Shilan had any objections to this.
"I just don't know if Luo Yu really came to hide the sun alone." Shi Lan added.
With their strength, they can kill one Tianzi killer, and there is no chance of killing two, but the preparations required are completely different.
Hearing this, Shaoyu said, "What can be confirmed is that Liu Jiannu and Zhao Gao are both in the east patrol team and it is impossible to leave."
"Except for the Six Sword Slaves, Luo Sheng at least has the ability to hide the sun, Que Xie, and is a first-class person with the Three Heavenly Characters."
"The occultation of the sun has been confirmed to be in Songhai, but Quexie and Shulu...may be both present, or neither."
"I'm not sure..."
"Let's make a plan to force them to show up?" Tianming suggested.
"How to make a game?" Shao Yu tilted his head and asked.
"Look for an opportunity to surround and kill Zhenri." Tianming said, "If there are still Tianzi killers in Songhai, they will definitely save people. If not, just kill Zhenri directly!"
Shao Yu touched his chin and expressed his doubts, "If there are no other Tianzi killers, it would be better to just kill Bie Ri by force."
"But if there are other Tianzi killers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find opportunities after this siege."
"Arrange enough manpower, one is to kill, two are to kill, just do it in one step!" Tianming had already made arrangements for this.
"What...what if there are three?" Shao Yu asked with a smile upon hearing this.
"Three of them just depend on the situation and luck." Tianming rolled his eyes and said.
With their current manpower, they can barely manage to surround and kill two Tianzi killers, but it is basically impossible for three of them, unless they can be completely separated.
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At the same time, thousands of miles away, in Xianyang, Guanzhong, the imperial mausoleum of Lishan Mountain.
There is always a lively scene here, but for the people in the 'painting', they don't want to be part of this scene.
Among a group of prisoners who were sallow, skinny, and dressed in ragged clothes, there was a big man with a very prominent head.
This person is naturally Chen Sheng, the master of the farmer's Kuei Hall.
And by his side, he is always accompanied by his good brother Wu Kuang, the director of Kuei Hall.
In a blink of an eye, the two of them have been hanging out in Lishan for quite some time.
After this period of training, the two have gradually become familiar with life here.
Although both of them were severely restricted, and each had heavy shackles on their bodies to ensure that they could not escape, the lower limbs were mainly restricted, while the upper body was basically free.
Therefore, both of them worked very quickly, especially Chen Sheng, who was blessed with divine power, but his movement speed was very limited.
Although most of the people in Lishan were prisoners, in the final analysis they were just a reason for the imperial court to increase the number of corvees. To be honest, there were not many evil people who had committed serious crimes.
Those who manage prisoners and supervise projects will not deliberately embarrass these poor people, as long as they can complete their work on time.
Therefore, Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang lived a pretty good life. Not only did they always complete their tasks in time, but they also took the time to help others and formed a lot of good relationships.
During this period, the two gradually learned about the undercurrents among these hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
No one likes to work until death without getting even a cent of wages.
It is of course impossible for these prisoners to be exploited and exploited by the empire without any complaints.
The most important reason why they can still work peacefully is that not far from Lishan Mountain is the Lantian Camp, where a large number of elite imperial troops are stationed.
Although there were many prisoners, they had neither armor nor weapons, nor had they undergone any training. They did not even have enough food to eat. They were generally sallow, thin, and physically weak.
With this average quality, if they were to compete with the regular army, hundreds of thousands of them would not be enough to kill the 10,000 on the other side.
The number of people in cold weapon combat is very important, but the number of people is not the only important thing.
