Chapter 148

Looking at Su Xuan, he spoke eight characters from the "Dao De Jing" written by Lao Zi: "To take, one must first give!"

In his view, Su Xuan chose to act and help, and killed Xuan Jian, after learning his identity—this was the "giving." Su Xuan gave the favor first, and the purpose was a greater scheme.

However, Seeing Ying Zheng did not develop any other thoughts because of this.

On the contrary, that a person like Su Xuan, whose strength and methods were both brilliant, would take an interest in him, a Qin Wang trapped in a cage, made him happy. At the very least, he was not truly... worthless.

Even with the foster father Lu Buwei externally and the Marquis of Changxin, Lao Ai, internally.

In this vast world, there was ultimately someone who knew him, this Qin Wang.

Gai Nie was one, Li Si was one, and now, there was one more.

Su Xuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he could not help but marvel in his heart. Since Seeing Ying Zheng had spoken so clearly, he had no intention of hiding it. "The Qin Wang guessed correctly. I chose to act and save you because I do indeed have a scheme!"

Gai Nie, behind him, looked at Su Xuan in astonishment.

Seeing Ying Zheng's expression also froze, and he asked Su Xuan, "I wonder what you seek, sir?"

Su Xuan did not answer this question directly but continued, "I can help the Qin Wang resolve the crisis from the Luo Wang, I can help the Qin Wang return to the Qin Guo safely, and even help you break free from the shackles of the two marquises, Changxin and Wenxin, to formally take personal control of the government, and even... help the Qin Wang take this... world!"

Su Xuan spoke indifferently. Upon hearing the words "the world," Seeing Ying Zheng's body shook again, his expression shocked.

It was only because Su Xuan's words had broken through his inner thoughts and revealed his greatest inner goal.

He had only mentioned these thoughts to Han Fei earlier, and had invited Han Fei to join him in achieving an unprecedented great cause. Unfortunately, Han Fei had refused.

Seeing Ying Zheng took a deep breath, calmed his inner shock, and said to Su Xuan, "You have a big mouth, sir!"

If it were just resolving the crisis of the Luo Wang, that would be one thing. Su Xuan's strength was unfathomable; he could kill a Heaven-grade first-class assassin of the Luo Wang like Xuan Jian with a wave of his hand.

Even if the Luo Wang was full of experts, they would likely be unable to do anything to Su Xuan.

But the words that followed were somewhat arrogant.

Whether it was helping him break free from the shackles of the Marquis of Changxin and the Marquis of Wenxin to wield the power of the state, or helping him seize the world, it all seemed too arrogant.

Especially seizing the world; until now, it had merely been Seeing Ying Zheng's ambition.

He knew deeply that as long as he had not mastered the power of the state for a single day, he could not formally realize such an ambition.

"Is the mouth big? I don't think so!"

Su Xuan said indifferently, "Since the Qin Wang has the ambition to unify the world, you must have your own conclusions about the situation of the world, otherwise you would not have developed such thoughts."

Seeing Ying Zheng nodded.

Although he had lived in the palace for a long time and had not taken personal control of the government, he had always had strong opinions, or rather, ambition.

He had long ago seen through the situation of the world.

For him, what was lacking now was an opportunity to show his talents.

If he ruled Qin, it would be the beginning of his efforts to realize his inner ambitions.

Su Xuan smiled indifferently, and the next moment, he suddenly opened his palm.

Seeing Ying Zheng did not understand his meaning, and immediately after, he saw brilliant light emerge from Su Xuan's palm, which in an instant condensed into a huge bright mirror, suspended on the table between the two.

Ripples arose in the bright mirror, which then transformed into a map.

"Qin Wang, please look!"

Seeing Ying Zheng stared at it and immediately recognized what map this was; it was the map of the current world.

Qin, Chu, Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Qi!

All seven states were on it.

"The Qin Wang thinks I am boasting when I say I can help you seize the world, but in fact, this matter is not difficult. Or rather, even without my help, it is not a difficult matter for the Qin Guo to unify the world."

After Su Xuan finished this sentence, he began to explain the reasons.

"First, Qin has commanderies such as Ba, Shu, Hanzhong, Wan, Ying, Shang, Hedong, Taiyuan, and Shangdang. Outside the Hangu Pass, there are Xingyang and the old lands of the two Zhou. In terms of territory alone, although there are six states in the east, the Qin Guo actually already occupies a huge advantage over them."

As Su Xuan spoke, certain places on the bright mirror he had condensed gradually lit up, pointing out where the places he mentioned were located.

"The land of Guanzhong is fertile, but it suffers from a lack of water sources, making it difficult to achieve irrigation. However, as far as I know, the State of Han sent a water conservancy master named Zheng Guo into Qin many years ago to help the Qin Guo build canals. If this canal is completed, the land of Guanzhong will turn into ten thousand hectares of fertile fields, and agricultural production will become even richer."

Hearing the name Zheng Guo, Seeing Ying Zheng's eyes showed a strange look.

The Zheng Guoqu was a water conservancy project started in the early years of his reign, when the State of Han sent the famous water engineer Zheng Guo to the Qin Guo, who successfully lobbied him and the Chancellor, Lu Buwei. It was only during the later construction process that the Qin side gradually discovered that this project was actually a "fatigue-Qin" strategy used by the State of Han, intending to use water conservancy to consume the manpower and material resources of the Qin Guo, so that it would have no time to pay attention to the State of Han.

After the Zheng Guo affair was exposed, Seeing Ying Zheng had once thought about executing Zheng Guo, but in the end, it was Zheng Guo's words that convinced him.

Zheng Guo said: "At first, I was a spy, but the completion of the canal is also a benefit to Qin. I have extended the life of Han for a few years, but I have built a ten-thousand-generation merit for Qin."

Seeing Ying Zheng felt that what Zheng Guo said made a lot of sense, so he tried every possible way to protect Zheng Guo. The Zheng Guoqu continued to be built, and it had been nearly ten years now, nearing completion.

However, Seeing Ying Zheng was not sure whether it could achieve the "ten-thousand-generation merit for Qin" that Zheng Guo had spoken of after completion. He did not expect that Su Xuan would have such a high evaluation of Zheng Guo and the Zheng Guoqu.

He then heard Su Xuan say: "Ba and Shu produce copper and iron, Dian and Bo produce slaves, and the northwestern Rong and Di produce cattle and horses. These important resources support the Qin Guo in being able to wage war against the six eastern states year after year. The land of Guanzhong occupies about one-third of the world, with a population of only three-tenths, but it holds six-tenths of the wealth. Sitting on such geographical advantages, even though there are six states in the east, how can they be the opponents of the Qin Guo?"

"In addition to these geographical and economic advantages, the system of the Qin Guo is also superior to that of the six eastern states."