Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

"Order of the Imperial Chariot Office, the Right Prime Minister has ordered me to repair the road to Kuaiji. I have come to you to lead 20,000 captives and do some heavy work."

Shan Hou happily came to the construction site managed by Zhao Gao and saw Zhao Gao directing people to move materials.

"Has the road from Xianyang to the northern border been completed?"

Zhao Gao brushed the dust off his sleeves and bowed to Queen Shan.

The two of them formed a friendship because of road construction.

"Of course, thanks to the captives brought back by General Li Mu, the progress was so fast."

Speaking of this, the wrinkles at the corners of Dan Houle's eyes have become much deeper.

"But now the Xiongnu and Donghu are out of reach, and General Li Mu has gone to attack Korea."

"I heard those Koreans are useless. They're all skinny and bony, not even as good as the women of Qin."

As he spoke, Shan Hou sighed, his face full of regret.

"General Li Mu had no choice but to let those people graze on the grasslands and raise cattle and sheep."

Zhao Gao also nodded. "Fortunately, the king has sent generals to other places to capture prisoners. Otherwise, our project would have been delayed for who knows how long."

"Who says it isn't?"

"This time, from Xianyang to Kuaiji County, this road will probably take at least three or four years to be repaired."

Zhao Gao nodded. "The Mohists have sent a batch of tools. Come with me and have a look. Using these tools to pound the foundation is much more convenient than using human labor."

"really."

"How could I lie to you?"

"But I got these tools first. If you want to use them, go to the Mo family and apply for them yourself. You can't steal them from me."

Zhao Gao said this with some concern.

You can't blame him. It's just that the queen is too shameless and wants everything good that she sees here.

He had already taken away a lot of my good tools before.

"What are you talking about? How could I compete with you for it?"

Zhao Gao gave Queen Shan a look that said, "Do you really believe what you said?" and made her look away.

Now Zhao Gao is building a road to Shu, and construction has just started.

"Look, these are it. Mo Jia made a small number of them, and these are the first batch."

Zhao Gao turned to look at Shan Hou and saw that his eyes were shining, so he quickly pulled him away.

"Please leave. I have too much to do here and cannot accommodate you."

After saying this, Zhao Gao turned and left, even though Shan Hou called out to him twice from behind without turning back.

"Really? I just wanted to ask if the Mo family has started making the second batch. Do you want any of yours?"

After muttering something, he turned around and left quickly.

After taking a few steps, he remembered his purpose and said, "Minister of the Imperial Chariot Office, you haven't given the person to me yet."

Queen Shan shamelessly asked the Minister of the Imperial Chariots for 20,000 slaves before leaving.

Zhao Gao also began to work harder.

Because the slaves had performed well recently, Zhao Gao specially selected three of them to register as Qin people.

Amid the envious gazes of a group of slaves, the three men became Qin citizens and enjoyed the same treatment as Qin citizens.

This incident inspired many slaves. Some slaves who originally thought that Qin language was too difficult to learn began to work hard and use the little free time they had every day to seek advice from others.

Sometimes, because I can never learn, people will despise me and drive me away, but I don’t mind.

As long as you can learn Qin language and work hard, you will have the opportunity to become a Qin person.

In order to become a Qin person, this little bit of disgust is nothing.

The slaves lived and died one by one.

Zhao Gaole ate an extra bowl of rice.

Zhangtai Palace

"Father, the teacher has been looking for an alchemist today and has even brought Xu Fu out of prison. I want to go and see him."

Ying Zheng glanced at Fusu and said, "Your teacher has important matters to attend to. What are you doing there?"

"Finish reviewing your memorials before you go."

Fusu:......

Ever since my father came back from his teacher last time, he has become the familiar father again.

Although Fusu was happy in his heart, there were times when he was unhappy, like now.

Zigao and his companions grinned secretly.

He quickly hid his mouth again.

Can't be seen by the eldest brother.

Looking at the memorials on the desk, Fusu could only cheer up and start reviewing them.

"Your Majesty, Young Master Hu Hai is ill, and Madam Hu Ji has requested Your Majesty come."

Shi Yi hurried in to report.

Ying Zheng put down his pen and asked, "Can we call a doctor?"

"Your Majesty, I have already gone to invite him."

"Come with me and take a look."

Having said that, Ying Zheng stood up and left the hall.

Qiang looked at his departing father and pouted, "Father is so kind to my brother Hu Hai."

When did their father ever visit them when they were sick?

Fusu looked up: "Are you jealous?"

"Hu Hai is the youngest child of our father, so naturally he is loved more."

"Let's finish reviewing the memorial quickly and go see Brother Hu Hai."

"My brother is only two years old, and I don't know how serious his condition is."

"Brother, I'm not jealous."

He turned away and lowered his head to start dealing with the memorials.

The others smiled at the awkward A-di and lowered their heads to deal with their business.

"How is Hu Hai?"

In Hu Ji's palace, Hu Hai was placed on a rocking bed and the doctor was taking his pulse.

"Your Majesty, Prince Hu Hai has caught a cold and now has a fever. I will prescribe a prescription for you to take."

Fortunately, doctors nowadays have extensive knowledge of infant diseases, so Hu Hai’s condition was not too bad.

Hearing the doctor say this, Ying Zheng waved his hand and asked the doctor to go down and prescribe medicine.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

Hu Ji touched her hair charmingly and bowed to Ying Zheng.

The voice is melodious and moving.

Ying Zheng glanced at Hu Ji and asked her to stand up.

He walked forward and looked at Hu Hai, whose face was red due to fever.

"How did you take care of Hu Hai!"

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Hu Ji was frightened by Ying Zheng's sudden questioning and hurriedly apologized.

"Okay, take good care of Hu Hai."

After saying that, Ying Zheng turned and left.

After Fusu finished handling government affairs, he went to see Hu Hai. After confirming that the fever had subsided, he left the palace and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, Zhang Yuanqing was not in the mansion at this time, but went to the Mo family weapons workshop.

Fusu took his men to the weapons workshop again.

"Look, this is the formula for gunpowder. See if it's possible to make it?"

Zhang Yuanqing had already obtained the gunpowder formula, but he had not yet taken it out.

For no other reason than that he didn't want to use this thing on the descendants of the Chinese people.

But it's different now.

Your Majesty has unified the six kingdoms, and now is the time for external expansion. Using this item is most appropriate and can also reduce a lot of casualties.

Youzhu and Xingyuan were very interested in what the Marquis brought out. Xu Fu, who had just been released from prison, was also particularly well-behaved. Several people began to discuss together.

Just then, Fusu also walked in.

"teacher."

"How did you come?"

Zhang Yuanqing took Fusu out the door, leaving the people inside to discuss.

"I heard that the teacher has found a lot of alchemists recently. Fusu was curious and came to take a look."

"It's something important. It's a batch of new weapons. If they can be manufactured, they will be extremely lethal."

"This matter is of great importance, so I didn't publicize it. Now only these people here know about it."

"From today onwards, they will live here and are not allowed to go out or contact anyone from the outside world."