[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-564":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends, the Peerless Immortal Master!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2191033,3759,"Chapter 564","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-564",564,"\u003Cp>That is, all the horses of the Qin State were fitted with horseshoes. The Qin cavalry, riding horses equipped with saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, pursued the Xiongnu. As the Xiongnu cavalry kept running, their horses’ hooves became worn down and useless due to the long journey, eventually leaving them completely incapacitated. The Qin horses, however, remained unscathed. This war ultimately ended in the victory of the Qin State.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before Su Xuan provided the three-piece set of saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, Ying Zheng was already quite confident about the Qin State wiping out the Xiongnu. Once these three items were produced and their effectiveness was verified as truly practical, Ying Zheng’s confidence grew even higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a second word, he ordered the Gongshu family and the Mohists to accelerate the production of these three items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gongshu family lived up to expectations and soon manufactured the corresponding molds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the molds in place, manufacturing these items became effortless. Because it was assembly-line production, as long as the workers responsible for manufacturing didn't exhaust themselves to death, these items could be produced in an endless stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Su Xuan ordered the Mohists to develop agricultural tools to replace human labor, and the Mohists achieved great success, the Gongshu family saw a new path forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer obsessed over building powerful mechanical beasts as they once did, but instead turned their attention to details. Some things could actually be manufactured by first creating corresponding molds for batch production; then, one only needed to assemble the parts. This could greatly reduce costs and liberate productivity, allowing the Gongshu family’s already small workforce to be invested in the research and development of other mechanisms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the number of Mohist disciples was not as large as the former Nongjia, nor as large as the other great school, the Confucians, they were still considered a numerous and powerful faction among the Hundred Schools of Thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when the Mohists had not joined the Qin State, the Gongshu family enjoyed Ying Zheng’s reliance and could rest easy. But after the Mohists joined the Qin State, the Gongshu family had a competitor. More importantly, the Mohists were not afraid of hardship and took pleasure in it. Under such intense internal competition, if the Gongshu family did not want to be completely replaced by the Mohists, they could only compete with them as much as possible to demonstrate their own value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, the Mohists had always considered the Gongshu family to be their defeated rivals and naturally did not want to lose to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, whenever there was a task assigned to both factions, they would involuntarily begin to compete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Ying Zheng not have noticed this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because he noticed it that, at times, he would deliberately split a task into two parts and assign them to both factions simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such fierce competition, a task would be completed very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(aiee) The current situation was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the fierce internal competition between the two factions, a great many saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes were soon manufactured. Ying Zheng did not rush to send these items to Jiuyuan Commandery, but instead stockpiled them first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside the horseshoes for a moment, the saddles and stirrups were indeed items that could be easily imitated. If they appeared in large quantities, it was very likely the Xiongnu would copy them. Su Xuan’s warning could not be ignored. Therefore, to be safe, Ying Zheng decided to treat these items as one-time-use supplies; the moment they appeared in the world would be the moment the Xiongnu were wiped out in a single battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, there was another matter: who should be sent to escort these items to Jiuyuan Commandery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These items were objects that would dictate the direction of the war; they had to be escorted to Jiuyuan by someone he trusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to ask who Ying Zheng trusted most, it was none other than Su Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after thinking about it, Ying Zheng gave up on the idea of having Su Xuan go to Jiuyuan Commandery. After all, the State Preceptor had only just returned from the sea and hadn't even stayed in Xianyang for a few days; sending him to Jiuyuan would be truly unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of Jiuyuan Commandery, Ying Zheng couldn't help but think of one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Zhao Gao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years ago, before the incident with Lao Ai, Zhao Gao had voluntarily betrayed Lao Ai to pledge his loyalty to him. Later, he even handed over the letters detailing the illicit affair between Lao Ai and Lu Lu Buwei, handing him a sharp blade that allowed him to seize Lu Lu Buwei’s power after executing Lao Ai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Gao was thus heavily relied upon by him and later even took charge of the Net organization on his behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought Zhao Gao was an honest man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out, Ying Zheng had misjudged Zhao Gao after all. Ever since taking charge of the Net, the other party had treated the Net as his own tool, using it to constantly seek personal gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of the Net only knew Zhao Gao as their master, not knowing that everything about the Net originated from him, the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, Ying Zheng immediately stripped Zhao Gao of his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because Zhao Gao had indeed rendered great service to the Qin State, he did not execute him directly, but instead, in a move of \"promoted in title but demoted in reality,\" he banished Zhao Gao to serve as the Commandery Governor of Jiuyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiuyuan Commandery was the northernmost border of the Qin State. While called a commandery, its land area was actually extremely small; it was only named Jiuyuan Commandery because there was a city called Jiuyuan there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally intended to dump Zhao Gao in Jiuyuan Commandery to let him fend for himself, never wanting to see this person again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the Xiongnu invasion of Huaxia turned Jiuyuan Commandery into a frontline battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Zhao Gao, the Governor of Jiuyuan Commandery, Ying Zheng immediately had his candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone did not know that he had been arranged by Ying Zheng once again. One could only say that as Ying Zheng’s tool, being too trusted by him was sometimes not a good thing; it was destined to lead to constant running back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Su Xuan passed the three-piece cavalry set to Ying Zheng, he returned to the Yin-Yang School. Before leaving, he also took the Xuanyuan Xiayu Sword with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the current Ying Zheng could hold this sword, he was unable to lift it because he lacked certain things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Su Xuan, Ying Zheng lacked the recognition of Heaven and Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he needed to perform the Fengshan sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng also decided to perform the Fengshan sacrifice, but not now—only after the Xiongnu were destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, he would have taken Regarding Baiyue in the south and destroyed the Xiongnu in the north. Even if he performed the Fengshan sacrifice, it would be based on real achievements. He could use this merit to announce it to Heaven and Earth, and at the same time, he could bring out this Xuanyuan Xiayu Sword to prove his identity as the Master of Heaven’s Mandate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until then, it was better to leave this sword, which he couldn't lift yet, with Su Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned to the long-missed Yin-Yang School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concubine Yan and others who had followed Su Xuan to sea, as well as Lord Lord Yunzhong who had not, were already waiting for Su Xuan at the Yin-Yang School headquarters deep within Lishan, respectfully awaiting the return of their Sect Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these people, the figures of women who had had relations with Su Xuan, such as Yan Yan Lingji and Lady Mingzhu, appeared even more stunningly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two years of separation, he had returned once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To express his sense of indebtedness to Yan Yan Lingji and the other women, he stayed to accompany them for a few days. It was also a few days later that he met a long-lost acquaintance.\u003C\u002Fp>",1359,"2026-06-17T04:20:18.418Z","2026-06-17T04:29:31.175Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d1e9ed1105120ba8e6be02a0371a4bbca11ebde2538efab75fa724220b19e7be","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-565","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-563",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]