"What a horse! A peerless horse!" Qin Wangji said happily.
Although the Qin State also had many horses, this was the first time King Qin saw six pure white war horses, without a trace of hair, and each of them had Gang Yuan level strength.
"Such a divine horse can only be owned by a mere barbarian. God has given this wonderful horse to the king through the hands of a barbarian!" Fan Ju leaned over and said.
"The Prime Minister is right. I heard that when King Mu of Zhou traveled west to meet the Queen Mother of the West, he rode a carriage pulled by eight horses, which could travel thousands of miles in a day. I thought that these six white horses were probably the six of the eight horses, and the king rode on them.
The carriage they pull will definitely be able to see the Queen Mother of the West on the Kunlun Hill like King Mu of Zhou did." Wang Ji immediately agreed.
Wang Ji once helped Fan Ju escape from Qin. Later, after Fan Ju became the prime minister, he promoted him to be the governor of Hedong County.
After Hedong County was captured by the three Jin coalition forces, Wang Ji lost his position as the governor of Hedong County. However, because the entire Qin State was defeated in the first battle, even the King of Qin himself was defeated, so Wang Ji was not severely punished.
punish.
"The last general is willing to drive for the king." Si Li said with clasped fists.
"I heard that Xiangguo is very knowledgeable and has a comprehensive knowledge of classics and history. I wonder if you can help me clarify my doubts. Is there really a Queen Mother of the West in the West?" King Qin asked while stroking his war horse.
Fan Ju was shocked. This was not easy to answer.
If you say there is no such thing, it denies the existence of the Queen Mother of the West, but King Qin is now obviously interested in the legendary Queen Mother of the West.
If there is, the King of Qin will most likely send people to search for him. If he is not found, he will definitely be implicated, and the King of Qin's national power will be weakened by the search for the Queen Mother of the West.
If found...
No if!
How is it possible to find it!
We must find a way to dispel King Qin's thoughts. Thinking of this, Fan Ju spoke.
"I heard the news from the front line that the Yuezhi was divided into three, and part of them fled to the far west. It can be seen that even the far west is inhabited by people, and may even have a country. I
I also heard that there is a tribe south of Qianzhong County where a woman is the leader. I personally believe that maybe the Queen Mother of the West really exists, but she is only the queen of a small country, so she cannot be the legendary immortal."
"Queen!" Upon hearing this, King Qin, instead of being dissuaded by Fan Ju, looked to the west with great interest.
He originally thought that his harem had all kinds of women, but after Fan Ju's reminder, Qin Wangji suddenly discovered that his harem still lacked a queen!
broken!
Seeing King Qin's reaction, Fan Ju suddenly realized that something was wrong and quickly continued: "Your Majesty..."
At this time, a guard came in and reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lu Buwei have arrived outside."
"Let them wait in the palace first." King Qin said.
"promise."
"Your Majesty, why don't you meet the prince first?" Fan Ju said with cupped hands.
"That's fine." Qin Wangji nodded and walked towards a palace not far away.
Fan Ju walked behind and gave Wang Ji a fierce look: "Looking for trouble when you have nothing to do, just flatter the Queen Mother of the West!"
Wang Ji scratched his head, a little confused. I agree with you, why are you still not happy?
"Will the Prince and Lu Qing's mission to Zhao go smoothly this time?" Qin Wangji helped Prince Zhu and Lu Buwei up and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, it's going well overall, but the State of Zhao is unwilling to send back the concubines and children of the king and grandson." Lu Buwei cupped his hands and said.
As expected, the King of Qin did not care about Zhao Ji's affairs. He waved his hand and said, "Lu Qing, please tell me that the Handan Academy is really as big as a city as the rumors say, and the library is really
Are there so many books?”
Others also pricked up their ears and stared at Lu Buwei closely.
"Your Majesty, Handan College is no smaller than an ordinary city, and it is said that it has not been fully completed. The college has set up twenty-three branches. The big ones are like Dharma Confucianism, with thousands of disciples, and the small ones are like fortune tellers.
, there are only about ten people in the kitchen." Lu Buwei said.
"This is the first time I have heard that there is an academy that teaches chefs." Fan Ju said with a smile.
King Qin also had a smile on his face. It was indeed unheard of and unseen for a chef from an official academy.
However, they have not been disparaged because of this. This is not an era when everyone is inferior in everything but good at education.
If it were the Song Dynasty and dared to put cooks and scholars side by side, the academy would be waiting to be demolished, even if it were the emperor!
"The Library Pavilion was built in Handan City and was three stories high. King Zhao once invited his ministers and other envoys to visit the Library Pavilion. There were at least 100,000 volumes of books in it. Many copies of each volume were printed for different people to borrow." Lu Buwei
said.
Although he did not see how Zhao Guo printed them, from the same handwriting in each book, Lu Buwei quickly analyzed that these books were rubbings.
"Zhao Guo is really the enemy of our Qin State. It's a pity that our Qin State failed to obtain Zhao's papermaking technology, otherwise it would have saved a lot of trouble." King Qin said in a deep voice.
Although Qin State followed Zhao State in building a library, but due to constraints, the number of books collected could not be compared with Zhao State, unless he built a library library that was ten times larger than Zhao State.
"Your Majesty, the State of Zhao also has something called cement. After it is mixed with sand and spread on the ground with stones, it will solidify together and become as hard as stone. The roads paved with it by the State of Zhao are wide and flat, and can be used on rainy days.
It is also passable. There is not much difference between short-distance and ordinary roads, but if you travel hundreds or thousands of miles, you can save most of the time." Lu Buwei said.
"Save such a long time? Is there any real thing?" King Qin asked quickly.
If we can save more than half of the time, it means that the losses on the road can be reduced by more than half. The food that used to support a hundred thousand troops to fight for one year can now be used to fight for two years!
For Qin, nothing is more important than this.
"Your Majesty, wait a moment." Lu Buwei ordered the guard next to him. After a while, a guard came in carrying half a bag of cement.
This was cement that Lu Buwei secretly bought at a high price from the workers responsible for road construction. Although Zhao State sent heavy troops to guard the cement factory, it was impossible to arrange heavy guarding at all construction sites.
Even though the state of Zhao strictly prohibited theft of cement and severely punished violators, some people still chose to take risks under the temptation of large sums of money.
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But it doesn't matter even if Zhao Kuo learns about it, as long as the technology is not leaked, Qin can only stare blankly no matter how much cement it buys.
"Your Majesty, please see, this is cement." Lu Buwei said.
"Bring over some river sand and stones." Qin Wangji ordered.
After a while, the guards fetched river sand and pebbles. According to Lu Buwei's instructions, they spread the pebbles on the ground, then mixed the cement and yellow sand evenly and spread them evenly on top of the pebbles.
King Qin looked at the gradually solidifying cement and was about to let someone try it. Lu Buwei stopped him and said, "The workers who paved the road said it would take half an hour for the surface to solidify and a day for it to completely solidify."
"Then wait a little longer." King Qin said. He could still afford to wait at this time. "What else has Lu Qing seen in Zhao?"