Chapter 47

"And the people of the other nation live better and better!"

"Tell me, which of these two nations can be called powerful?"

At that moment, Ying Su asked!

"This..."

In an instant, Li Si began to swallow his saliva!

Ying Su said:

"Tell them that if they merely want a noble title, they do not need to exchange a hundred thousand gold for it; relying solely on their great merit in capturing Zhang Liang, I can bestow upon them a noble title!"

"But if they use the noble title as a pretext to seek the benefits of nobility—raising private armies, acquiring fertile fields, keeping slaves—tell them that our great Qin does not lack such nobles!"

"Furthermore, once my money has been bestowed, there is no reason to take it back. Arrange for five hundred men to escort them all the way back to Yingchuan; carrying so much money, the journey will not be safe!"

"Go quickly; I will wait for you outside the city. When you return, we will go together to see Zheng He off!"

"Setting sail is a great matter!"

"Yes!"

Li Si bowed down, wasted no time, and hurried toward the Prime Minister's residence!

Two hours later, Li Si arrived!

Outside the city, Lu Wan, Fan Kuai, Han Xin, and Xiao He were already waiting there.

Zhang Liang had also come along!

He was still bound on the cart, and the rag over his mouth had never been removed!

By the Weihe River!

Zheng He was to board a ship here, travel downstream along the Yellow River, and then enter the sea from the Yellow River!

This journey was indeed winding and tortuous!

And at this very moment, ten large ships were already waiting here.

Zheng He, leading six hundred men, was also waiting here!

Seeing Ying Su, everyone bowed down.

But Fan Kuai, Cao Can, Xiao He, Han Xin, and others were stunned by this scene!

At this moment, they finally understood the grand spectacle Ying Su had spoken of!

Setting sail!

Dispatching a team to set sail!

At this moment, they were truly stunned.

They were not only amazed by the magnificent scale of the ten large ships but also awed by Ying Su's boldness!

Setting sail!

Remember, this is setting sail!

Throughout history, how many have dared to drift upon the sea!

And how many have dared to face the vast ocean!

Yet... these people are about to depart just like this.

And Ying Su is to dispatch these people to set sail!

"This... this..."

This scene left everyone in shock and filled them with admiration!

And regardless of their reactions, Ying Su, led by the ritual official, performed the sacrifices!

Sacrificing to the Water God, sacrificing to the Sea God.

When all sacrifices were completed, Ying Su poured a bowl of wine onto the ground and bowed deeply to Zheng He:

"With this departure, all the people of our great Qin rely entirely on Mr.!"

Zheng He bowed deeply to Ying Su:

"On this journey, Zheng He will certainly not disgrace the Imperial Command!"

After speaking, he knelt before Ying Su and kowtowed!

"Return safely!"

Ying Su gripped Zheng He's arm tightly once more!

He felt a touch of emotion in his heart!

And just at this moment!

"The auspicious hour has arrived!"

"Launch the ships!"

"Setting sail!"

"Setting sail!"

At that moment, a boatman shouted!

This was to remind everyone that the auspicious hour had arrived and they should board the ships!

And Zheng He, under Ying Su's gaze of utmost expectation, stepped onto the large ship!

As the oars began to row, at this very moment, a historic scene began:

Zheng He sets sail!

And when he returns, he will bring back to great Qin sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, watermelons, tomatoes, and every single crop that great Qin does not yet have!

PS: Begging for flowers, begging for evaluation votes!!!

040. The new Grain Minister of great Qin, Xiao He!

Zheng He's fleet was drifting away; imperceptibly, the great ships had shrunk to a speck!

Finally, only a tiny black dot remained visible on the river's surface!

Gazing at that distant black dot, Facing Ying Su felt a taste in his heart that was indescribable and unnameable!

Back then, the only reason he had rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor was simply to survive!

Later, it was even for points.

But now, as one thing after another was accomplished,

he discovered that his original intention seemed to have changed.

From a previous sense of utilitarianism, it had become a pure longing for the Great Qin to truly grow strong!

Not merely bloated!

Yes, the Great Qin now looked powerful, but in truth, it was truly just bloated!

For instance, right now, countless problems were buried in the shadows!

Take the nobles who constantly sought to establish feudal fiefs, or the people of the Six States who opposed Qin, or the fact that the people's hearts were not yet won over!

All of these were problems!

And if these problems were not resolved, history's fate would be repeated!

The Great Qin would perish in its second generation!

And resolving these problems could never be achieved by relying on a single person!

Seeing Ying Zheng could not solve them alone, and he himself could not possibly solve them alone!

To resolve these problems, many, many people must strive together!

Even with Li Si, Kill Xiao He, and Han Xin present now, it was still not enough!

He still needed a strategist!

Just as Fan Ju once formulated the grand strategic direction of "befriend the distant and attack the near."

Without this grand strategic direction, the State of Qin would only know it needed to destroy the Six States and unify the world.

But which to destroy first and which to destroy later would be completely unclear.

And if this step were taken wrongly, the unification of the world would fail at best, and the State of Qin would vanish into thin air at worst!

Take the later Han Gaozu Liu Bang; in the early stages of his uprising, he only thought of becoming a king, but what to do after becoming a king was completely unclear.

Had Zhang Liang not pointed out that the Bashu region was suitable for raising troops, he might still have been trying to trade for a piece of land from Seeing Xiang Yu!

Facing Ying Su now similarly needed someone to point out the direction for him, to let him know which matter to resolve first and which matter to resolve next!

Should one first pacify the interior before resisting the exterior? Or should one first resolve external contradictions, and only after resolving external contradictions turn one's mind to rectifying the interior!