Chapter 152

Ying Zheng was furious: "Rebellious son!"

He roared, reached out, and was about to slap Ying Su!

However, before he could raise his hand, his arm was pressed by Ying Su, who threatened him:

"Think clearly, I am the Emperor now; even if you want to hit me, you must have a legitimate reason, otherwise, it is insulting the Emperor!"

"Although I won't kill you, but... putting you under house arrest in Xianyanggong and letting you spend the rest of your life with Zhao Gao is not a problem!"

"And look, who is by your side?"

Ying Su said!

Ying Zheng looked at his side with his peripheral vision and was scared to death!

Li Li Yuanba!

Li Li Cunxiao!

They were actually by his side?

"Rebellious son... you... you..."

Ying Zheng was stunned, pointing at Ying Su and roaring again and again!

And Ying Su smiled: "You'd better be honest!"

He said, and directly led Ying Zheng forward!

And Ying Zheng was angry and upset again and again!

But looking at Li Li Cunxiao and Li Li Yuanba, he didn't dare to move!

No way, the deterrent power of Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao was too great.

Putting either one of them in front of Ying Zheng was enough to make Ying Zheng's hair stand on end!

And just like that, the two finally arrived ten miles outside Xianyang City!

Here, the altar had long been built!

Likewise, Wang Wang Jian, Han Xin, and the others had been waiting for a long time!

Seeing Ying Su and the First Emperor Ying Zheng coming together, they didn't delay at all and bowed directly: "Pay respects to His Majesty the Emperor!"

They were all shouting!

And Ying Su walked in front of them, first patted Wang Wang Jian on the shoulder, then patted Han Xin on the shoulder!

Finally, the shoulders of Zhou Zhou Yafu, Lu Wan, Fan Kuai, and others were all patted by him!

Then, he personally handed wine bowls to them!

And just as he was about to take the wine jar and pour wine into the bowls of these generals.

Suddenly, Ying Zheng appeared!

He was swaggering, personally pouring wine into the bowls of Wang Wang Jian and Han Xin!

Afterward, pouring wine for Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, Zhou Zhou Yafu, and others!

"This..."

This scene stunned everyone present!

Isn't pouring wine for departing generals something the Emperor should do?

Although Ying Zheng is also an Emperor, he is like this...

Everyone's scalp tingled!

However, Ying Zheng didn't care about this!

After he poured wine for everyone!

Ying Zheng directly raised his wine cup, walked onto the altar, and worshipped Heaven:

"First sacrifice to Heaven!"

He shouted loudly!

According to the usual practice, everyone should have followed and shouted "First sacrifice to Heaven"!

But... at this very moment, no one responded!

Wang Wang Jian instinctively wanted to give Ying Zheng some face.

But looking at Han Xin, Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, and others who had no intention of shouting, he didn't want to be out of step, so he didn't start it!

For a moment, the scene was a bit awkward!

Fortunately, Ying Su immediately raised his wine cup, followed Ying Zheng, and shouted "First sacrifice to Heaven," so it didn't become a joke!

At that moment, everyone followed and shouted: "First sacrifice to Heaven!"

Ten thousand troops shouted, the sound was thick, and the momentum was like a rainbow!

"Second sacrifice to Earth!"

"Second sacrifice to Earth!"

It was still Ying Su shouting!

Wang Wang Jian, Han Xin, and the ten thousand troops continued to shout!

"The third cup of wine, respect to my Great Qin soldiers!"

"Win the first battle, destroy the Xiongnu!"

Ying Zheng shouted, and a cup of strong wine was poured directly into his mouth!

Ying Su followed closely: "The third cup of wine, respect to the soldiers!"

"Win the first battle, destroy the Xiongnu!"

He shouted loudly.

A cup of strong wine, swallowed directly!

"Win the first battle, destroy the Xiongnu!"

At that moment, ten thousand troops shouted in unison!

The sound echoed through the world, deafening!

And at that moment, Ying Su came to Han Xin's side, handed the tiger tally representing military power to Han Xin, wanted to say something, but... didn't say it, and finally, just patted his shoulder heavily:

"Go!"

"Your Majesty, take care!"

Han Xin shouted loudly, and at that moment, his eyes were red, incomparably red!

Because, from Ying Su's eyes, he saw what Ying Su wanted to say!

At this very moment, he just wanted to reply to Ying Su, must destroy the Xiongnu!

But... he didn't say it!

He didn't say anything!

Finally, he looked at Ying Su deeply, drew the pure steel sword Ying Su gave him, and shouted: "All soldiers, listen to my orders!"

"Depart!"

"This battle, destroy the Xiongnu!"

"This battle, destroy the Xiongnu!"

"Destroy the Xiongnu!"

"Destroy the Xiongnu!"

At that moment, the whole army shouted, the whole army roared!

The momentum of ten thousand people was not weaker than the momentum of the twenty thousand people outside Xianyang City at the beginning.

Likewise, it was this momentum that scared everyone present until they trembled, and for a long time, they didn't dare to speak!

And under everyone's gaze, Han Xin, Wang Wang Jian, they took Li Li Yuanba, Zhou Zhou Yafu, Fan Kuai, Cao Can, and the ten thousand-strong army and set off!

Everyone left Xianyang City in a grand manner!

Ying Zheng wanted to leave!

But Ying Su forcibly followed the army.

Saying he would send them off for twenty miles

"This..."

A group of people did not want to go so far, but since Ying Su was going, how could they not go?

There was no other way; the crowd could only follow Ying Su to see them off!

Even Ying Zheng had to follow.

No choice, having put on such a show today, wasn't it just to seek attention?

Tell everyone that the First Emperor is still in this world!

If we don't send them off, wouldn't that be too much of a loss of face?

We must send them off!

Everyone follow, and see them off for twenty miles!

Not until he watched the back of Han Xin's great army fading into the distance did Ying Su wave from afar.

At this moment, to be honest, he felt a bit reluctant to let them go!

That was an army of one hundred thousand!

This was his own heart and soul!

It was the very first army under his own command!

And Han Xin, Wang Wang Jian, Zhou Zhou Yafu, Fan Kuai, Li Li Yuanba—every single person in this army was someone he liked the most!

They were leaving!

However, Ying Su was also able to look on the bright side!

They were going to annihilate the Xiongnu!

Once the Xiongnu were wiped out, the Great Qin would not have a powerful foreign enemy for hundreds, or even thousands of years!

This was a major event!

To put it mildly, this was a century-long and millennium-long plan for the Great Qin!

To put it grandly, this was a century-long and millennium-long plan for the entire Huaxia civilization!

Likewise, it was also Ying Su's own peerless achievement!

With this merit of annihilating the Xiongnu, it would be enough to secure his imperial throne!

From now on, inside and outside the imperial court, no one would dare to disobey him!

Yet, at this moment, as they watched Han Xin's hundred-thousand-strong army and Li Li Yuanba leave, countless people were excited!

Zhao Gao looked at Ying Zheng with a face full of excitement: "Your Majesty, an opportunity! An opportunity!"

He shouted, his eyes practically glowing at this moment.

091. Summoning people! Madly summoning people! All of them are fierce warriors!

The golden autumn of the eighth month!

It was the season busy with the harvest!

And in a few days, it would be the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time for family reunions.

Wait... did this era have a Mid-Autumn Festival?

No!

Or rather, one couldn't say it didn't exist!

Before the Qin and Han dynasties, it was a very niche festival!

By the Tang dynasty, because Li Li Shimin dreamed of visiting the Moon Palace exactly on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, this day was designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival!

It wasn't until the Song dynasty that this festival began to become popular!

At this very moment, the court officials had long since dispersed!

Even Ying Zheng had left!

Besides Chong Xin and some personal attendants like Li Li Cunxiao, there was no one else around Ying Su!

As he walked on the road back to the Xianyanggong, he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart!

When Li Li Yuanba was always by his side, he hadn't felt that Li Li Yuanba was so important, but now that he was gone, he felt a bit reluctant to let him go.

And Han Xin, Wang Wang Jian, and the others—he didn't see them often, but... now that they had suddenly left, he felt a deep void in his heart!

"Sigh!"

Ying Su sighed!

Just then, Chong Xin kicked away a branch blocking his path and said to Ying Su: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be troubled. General Li Li Yuanba and General Han Xin are only leaving temporarily. When they return, they will bring Your Majesty the good news that the Xiongnu have been annihilated!"

He spoke.

Ying Su glanced at him, and at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh that Chong Xin truly understood his thoughts!

However, he didn't say anything and headed toward the Prime Minister's residence in Xianyang City.

There was nothing specific to do there; he just felt he hadn't sat down and chatted with Li Si for a long, long time.

Nowadays, the sales situation for tea, paper, books, and everything else wasn't very clear!

He just wanted to find someone close to him to sit and chat with!

Not long after!

The Prime Minister's residence arrived!

And when Ying Su arrived here, he was surprised to discover that Xiao He was also here!

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing Ying Su arrive, both were startled and immediately bowed to him!

Ying Su waved his hand: "It's fine, it's fine!"

"What are you two doing here?"

He asked, looking at the pile of paper and bamboo slips on the desk!

Li Si bowed and said: "I am reconciling the accounts with Xiao He!"

"We are going to hand over all the money earned from tea, books, paper, and other items to the national treasury!"

Ying Su said: "Didn't I tell you to manage it? Why hand it over to the national treasury?"

Li Si smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the amount of money is too large. Keeping it here is, firstly, unsafe, and secondly, state affairs are busy, and I truly cannot manage it all!"

Ying Su laughed: "How much money is there that you can't manage it?"

Li Si didn't answer but handed over an account book: "Your Majesty, this is the record of all sales from paper, books, tea, and other items. Would Your Majesty like to take a look?"

Ying Su waved his hand and said: "No need to look, just tell me the total!"

Li Si said: "As of the end of July, books have sold for a total of 35, 35, 00 coins!"

"As of the end of July, paper has sold for a total of 52, 16, 00 coins!"

"As of the end of July, tea has sold for a total of 21, 01, 00 coins!"

As he spoke, his eyes glowed!

And when these words were spoken, even Ying Su was shocked!

"This... this... is it really that much?"

"Is this net profit? Or the total amount?"

He was incredibly shocked.

At the same time, he took the account book to check!

Li Si said: "This is the total amount, but... the costs didn't take much!"

"The total cost is about 10, 00, 00 coins!"

"Of which 8, 00, 00 coins were for tea harvesting expenses!"

"The remaining 2, 00, 00 were used to purchase ink, paper materials, and so on!"

"The net profit is about 90, 00, 00 coins!"

He reported, his face beaming with joy at this moment!

90, 00, 00 coins!

This already exceeded the peak annual tax revenue of the national treasury during Ying Zheng's reign!

He was very proud!

Because all of this was his merit!

And just as he was feeling proud, Xiao He bowed to Ying Su:

"Your Majesty, this year not only has the paper and books earned a huge amount of money for the national treasury!"

"Moreover, this year is a great harvest year!"

"The harvest in the Guanzhong region is excellent this year!"

"If we really collect taxes at a rate of fifty percent, I suggest we immediately build six granaries!"

"Otherwise, the national treasury might not be able to hold all the tax grain collected from various places!"