Chapter 62

At a single glance, one could tell what wonderful use this thing had.

It required tasting to slowly adapt to it!

Therefore, Li Si was not very optimistic about it, nor did he believe this thing could fetch much money!

However, Facing Ying Su merely smiled without speaking, directly handing over a large package of tea leaves to Li Si, telling him to either sell them or offer them to others to drink.

Once the tea leaves were finished, he should come back to ask for more!

"Is... is this appropriate?"

Li Si was astonished!

Facing Ying Su said, "Just give it a try!"

"Wait until you come back to ask me for more before we talk about it!"

Facing Ying Su smiled.

Regarding this thing called tea leaves, he was extremely confident!

One must know that since the prosperous Tang Dynasty, this thing had been inherited for two thousand years in Huaxia!

Even in modern society, it remained something countless people were enthusiastic about.

Moreover, what was even more critical was that no one had specifically discovered or promoted this thing!

Like alcohol, this thing relied entirely on wild growth, forcibly growing into a culture.

Relying solely on its own peculiar flavor, it had forcibly become a necessity in many people's lives alongside tobacco and alcohol!

Even more, many people relied on selling tea leaves to forcibly become wealthy merchants!

For instance, Facing Ying Su's fellow townsman, Qiao Zhiyong!

He had earned a fortune entirely relying on tea leaves!

Therefore, he was extremely optimistic about tea leaves.

However... no matter how optimistic he was about tea leaves, this item could not occupy the vast majority of his energy!

Not only could this item not occupy his energy, but paper and the printing technique likewise could not!

Because these things could only generate wealth and fill the national treasury!

But... what about after that?

How could one rely on this wealth to make the nation truly powerful and prosperous?

And how could one change the current situation where the hearts of the people of Great Qin did not belong to the state?

These were all problems!

As for the methods to solve these problems, Facing Ying Su felt they lay with Zhang Liang!

Therefore, at this very moment, Facing Ying Su's entire mind was focused on Zhang Liang!

He longed to see a true path to a powerful nation through Zhang Liang!

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed!

And today was precisely the time Facing Ying Su had agreed upon with Zhang Liang, the moment for Zhang Liang to explain the direction for a powerful nation to Facing Ying Su!

Furthermore, today, Facing Ying Su had not come alone.

He had also summoned Li Si and Kill Xiao He!

These two could be considered his absolute confidants now!

The loyalty of both these individuals had reached one hundred percent!

That's right, Li Si's loyalty had also reached one hundred percent!

It was just the day before yesterday, when thrown out by Seeing Ying Zheng, that his loyalty had been maxed out!

As for Han Xin?

Although his loyalty was also one hundred percent!

Facing Ying Su had made him a promise to handle only military affairs and not political matters, so there was no need to summon him for this!

At this very moment, Zhang Liang looked at Li Si, Facing Ying Su, and Kill Xiao He before him, and to tell the truth, felt somewhat terrified!

And even more nervous!

After all, he was about to speak of Great Qin's path to becoming a powerful nation!

Moreover, he was saying it to Facing Ying Su and Li Si.

It would be false for him to claim he was not nervous!

Even though he utterly hated the state of Great Qin, he was equally nervous!

Because... these words of his!

Could potentially concern the survival or extinction of the State of Qin!

But... no matter how nervous he was, the moment he thought of the words he was about to speak, his nervousness instantly vanished!

Compared to his own strategies, this little bit of nervousness was truly not worth mentioning!

Because... this strategy was too bold!

Moreover, it was subversive!

To speak bluntly, as long as Facing Ying Su could advance according to the direction he pointed out, he would definitely be able to make the nation powerful!

But equally, this direction was also full of unknowns and risks; a slight carelessness could potentially cause the State of Qin to perish!

Even... he had repeatedly deliberated whether or not to present this strategy.

But after much deliberation, he still spoke it.

And the moment he opened his mouth, it shocked both Li Si and Kill Xiao He!

Even Facing Ying Su was startled!

Because, this sentence was truly astonishing!

And that sentence was:

"I believe that for Great Qin to become prosperous and powerful, construction of the Great Wall and the Epang Palace must be halted immediately!"

049. Zhang Liang's Reform! Raging Insults Against Ying Zheng! Li Si Furious to Numbness!

"I believe that for Great Qin to become prosperous and powerful, construction of the Great Wall and the Epang Palace must be halted immediately!"

When Zhang Liang spoke these words, he truly startled everyone present!

One must know that the First Emperor built the Great Wall to resist the Xiongnu!

To resist the Xiongnu, he thoroughly connected all the Great Wall sections previously built by states like Yan, Zhao, and Qi.

This was to block Xiongnu invasions and stop Xiongnu raids!

As for the future of the Epang Palace, it was meant to replace Xianyanggong!

All of Great Qin's future state affairs were to be discussed and handled there.

This was something everyone knew.

Yet now, Zhang Liang actually said to halt construction of the Great Wall and the Epang Palace?

In that moment, Xiao He was dumbfounded, and Facing Ying Su was equally shocked!

Li Si, even more bluntly, bowed down before Facing Ying Su:

"Zhang Liang possesses neither talent nor virtue; he is a remnant of the old Han state with treacherous intentions. I beg Your Majesty the Emperor to either execute him or expel him from Outside Xianyanggong; this man cannot be kept!"

He snorted angrily.

But Facing Ying Su did not speak, instead turning to look at Zhang Liang.

Similarly, Kill Xiao He also looked toward Zhang Liang!

Although neither of them spoke, their silence itself represented a stance!

Zhang Liang understood that if he could not persuade Li Si, then his words would be in vain.

Therefore, without any delay, he asked Li Si: "May I ask, my lord Prime Minister, do you believe Great Qin's enemies lie within or without?"

"What?"

Upon hearing these words, Li Si paused for a moment, but answered without hesitation:

"Both within and without!"

"Within lie the treacherous nobles of the Six States; they are unwilling to accept their nations' destruction, constantly plotting to rebel against Qin, delusionally opposing Junxian, and wishing to return to the chaotic situation of the Seven Warring States!"

"Without lie the Xiongnu; they raid the north, leaving the northern commoners without peace, and it is precisely because the First Emperor did not wish for the border people to suffer such ravages that he decided to connect the Great Walls of the former states of Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and others, giving the Xiongnu no opportunity to exploit!"

"And as for which side poses the greater threat..."

Speaking to this point, Li Si's eyebrows suddenly knitted together, and in that instant, he glared fiercely at Zhang Liang!

Zhang Liang merely smiled: "Speak up, why have you stopped?"