Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 183 Daytime

Chapter 183 Daytime
"How has the distance been these years?"

He Bo sat with the envoys of Xinxia next to the salty salt lake and asked them about their experiences.

Zhao Ning, who had grown a long beard and looked like a middle-aged ox and horse, said, "It's going pretty well!"

After taking advantage of the situation to split Persia and indirectly controlling Eastern Persia through marriage, Xinxia's main focus shifted back to the domestic situation.

They began to cross the desert to fight for the fertile land on both sides of the Ganges.

But a young man rose up in the Nanda Kingdom. It was said that he was originally just a peacock-raising slave. He took advantage of the chaos, occupied the capital of the Nanda Kingdom, Pataliputra, proclaimed himself king, and led his army to fight against the New Xia.

As a result, Xinxia also suffered several defeats.

Based on past experience, General Xinxia believed that the Sindhu people had little fighting power, so he underestimated the enemy and was careless, which led to failure in the initial advance.

Fortunately, Xinxia quickly made adjustments and successfully expanded its territory to the Ganges River Basin, occupying the part close to Xinxia.

For this,

He Bo accepted it calmly.

After all, the fighting power of the Sindhu people has been proven through a long history.

Oh.
The Sindhu people have no habit of recording history.

So for them,

Just forget the failures.
They are "invincible since ancient times and have never been defeated."

But it was indeed beyond He Bo's expectation that Xinxia actually supported the division of Persia.

Especially last year,
Darius III died of illness, and Queen Zhao supported her son to take the throne and took control of the government of East Persia...

How outrageous!
Following this momentum,
From now on, the blood of the gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty will really flow all over the world!
He Bo thought of his friends, one in the east and one in the west, who were constantly expanding the land of Zhuxia, and he couldn't help laughing.

And the jokes are over,
The Xinxia delegation continued their journey to the State of Qin, first to visit the King of Qin and then to congratulate the Emperor.

When passing through the Hexi Corridor,
They witnessed a battle between Kunrong and Yuzhi people.

He Bo told them, "Over the years, they have been fighting more and more fiercely. Even with Qin's secret support, Kunrong has lost more and more pastures, cattle and horses."

Zhao Ning and the others nodded, not paying too much attention to the rise and fall of the barbarians.

Anyway, the nomadic people on the grassland,

Just like the grass in the field, once you cut it, it will grow again.

The ancestors of Xinxia have lamented many times:
The barbarians cannot be killed!
Moreover, Kunrong was annexed by the Yuzhi people, and it was the Qin State, not Xinxia, that was directly affected by this change.

Why should they trouble themselves?
So they continued southward, came to the State of Qin, visited Qin Mo's disciples, and expressed their greetings to the King of Qin.

Then he came to Luoyi,
Emperor Yan was very happy about the arrival of the Xinxia envoy.

Because this was the only team that came to congratulate him since he ascended the throne!
Not to mention that the land of Xinxia is rich in jewels, and the Western Regions along the way are also rich in jade. Therefore, the envoys who came to Zhuxia have always been generous, which is enough to alleviate the difficulties of Emperor Yan's succession to the throne, when the treasury was empty and he had to live on debt.

therefore,

Xinxia received a very warm welcome in Luoyi.

Zhao Ning stroked his beard, smiling on his face but sighing in his heart.

In private, he said to his son who was accompanying him on his first diplomatic mission, "When the envoys are handed over to you in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to see the emperor again!"

The young and inexperienced son was puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

"Because the Mandate of Heaven is about to be obtained by Qin."

Yiqu was divided into counties.
The new overlord has not yet been decided in the grassland valley.

As long as the Qin State spends a small amount of energy, it can ensure stability in the rear.

now,

It also conquered the Kingdom of Shu, gaining more land, population and wealth.

With such a solid foundation and the ability to rival five other countries, who else could stop the Qin State except for the incompetent and self-destructive kings of later generations?

Even the King of Qin himself was full of confidence and felt that no other prince in the world could compare with him.

Therefore,
He believed that his next generation could conquer the world, so he named him "Yingdang".

But the changes in the world,

It’s always full of unexpected surprises.

Just when Xinxia and Qin believed that the Mandate of Heaven was set, Zhao said:
I'll challenge you!

Because of his young age, after ascending the throne, King Yong of Zhao experienced the marginalization of powerful ministers, intervention from other countries, and contempt of princes. Finally, he grew strong and took advantage of the civil strife in the Yan State to show his fangs and talents to the outside world.

He Zong,

Lianzhong is weak and attacks the strong!

Strength and weakness are obtained by comparison with each other.

The Qin State in the west was powerful,
But isn’t Qi, the State in the east that is about to annex Yan, also powerful?
Once Qi really swallows up Yan, the Three Jins will be crushed by Qi and Qin!

The State of Chu could not remain immune either!
So King Yong of Zhao contacted Wei and Chu, sent troops to resist Qi and save Yan, and armed escorted Prince Zhi of Yan who had fled to Han back to his country to succeed the throne as the new king.

Qi was forced to withdraw from Yan and hated Zhao's interference very much.

However, the coalition forces of the three kingdoms were so aggressive that the King of Qi could only endure it with hatred and negotiate with the three kingdoms to persuade them to withdraw their troops.

Such changes,

It happened suddenly within a month.
The skill and wisdom of King Yong of Zhao were fully demonstrated. Zhao Ning's son then said, "Father, I think our Zhao family also has the possibility of competing for the Mandate of Heaven!"

Zhao Ning had just praised Qin Guo fiercely, but his relatives in his hometown gave him a lesson. At this time, they also slapped their foreheads and sighed, "The world is unpredictable!"

"I dare not make a rash conclusion this time!"

But from the heart,

A wise ruler appeared in the family, making the country stronger and stronger, thus becoming a strong contender for the Mandate of Heaven...

Zhao Ning was still very happy!

When King Yan Yi in the underworld heard that the country was saved and that he would have the chance to eat the cold meat offered by his descendants in the future, he happily put down the whip in his hand.

"Father, father..."

The King of Yan, who was hung up and beaten, weakly called out, "Now that the country is safe, can you let me go?"

A cold light flashed in King Yi of Yan's eyes. He ignored him and turned to talk to Marquis Wu of Wei who was visiting him.

When he heard that King Yi of Yan almost slaughtered his son like a pig, he was very impressed and went to ask for advice.

The ghosts and gods acting as bankers are busy closing the market and sharing the profits with the winners.

"Yan State's vitality is still quite tenacious!"

"I'm afraid that even if the emperor is gone, it still wants to live!"

He Bo closed the Haoli Casino and lamented to his men, "Yan State is really an invincible cockroach."

Turn around,
The ghosts and gods sat on the throne again and asked new questions.

"How are the new farming methods and tools being spread among the people?"

As the territory controlled by He Bo became larger and larger,
His power grew stronger.

many things,

He was too lazy to do it himself, so he contracted it out to the ghost officials.

And the world is like this,
That is the business of the princes.

Many ordinary people still have to live their lives.

Furthermore,

The underworld gathers many talented people and is free from the various pressures of life in the world of the living. Therefore, the "wisdom of the masses" often emerges and various inventions and creations appear in an endless stream.

He Bo was reluctant to put it aside, so he arranged for the ghost officials to select some suitable people to pass on the things of the underworld when they patrolled the jurisdiction, collected incense offerings from all over the place and received ghosts.

So far,

The waterwheel originated in Ye County.

It has been distributed in many places.

The old ghost Xi even came up with the "Dai Tian Method" and promoted it throughout the world by sending dreams to his descendants.

For this,

Ximen Bao, who liked to advise the monarch, did not say much.

Because many things nowadays depend on the princes, not on the common people.

The common people are nothing but the mud and sand washed away by the tide of the times.

Ghosts and gods do not display their power to make a lord suddenly die or suddenly come back to life;
There was no huge wave that broke down the riverbank and flooded the fields and cities on both sides of the river.

It's just that I love the common people and feel pity for them because too many of them have died in this world of great conflict, so I want them to grow more food to make up for the losses!

Why should he stop it?

“The promotion went very smoothly!”

Even without the intervention of ghosts and gods,
As long as it involves food,

Always get the attention of many people.

After all, if people don’t eat, they will really die.

The wars between the princes also required sufficient food and fodder.

So over the years,

Various countries vied to reform their laws, and one of the basic ones was to "reward farming."

It's just that the intensity of the reward is different.

Thanks to this,

Some advanced farming methods and agricultural tools were also spread, bringing some comfort to this traumatic and chaotic world.

And thinking of this,
He Bo simply clapped his hands.