Chapter 913: A single battle shall bring success!

Before Su Xuan provided the three-piece set of saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, Seeing Ying Zheng had already been quite confident about the Qin Guo annihilating the Xiongnu. Once these three items appeared and their effects were verified to be truly useful, Seeing Ying Zheng's confidence soared even higher.

Without a second word, he ordered the Gongshu family and the Mohist School to accelerate the production of these three items.

The Gongshu family lived up to expectations, and very quickly, they manufactured the corresponding molds.

With the molds in hand, manufacturing these items again was effortless. Because it was assembly-line production, as long as the workers responsible for the manufacturing did not exhaust themselves to death, these items could be produced in an endless stream.

Ever since Su Xuan ordered the Mohist School to research agricultural tools to replace human labor years ago, and the Mohist School achieved great success, the Gongshu family saw a path forward.

They were no longer as obsessed as they once were with building powerful mechanical beasts, but instead turned their attention to details. Some things could actually be manufactured by first creating corresponding molds and then mass-producing them through those molds. When the time came, one only needed to assemble those parts. In this way, costs could be greatly reduced and productivity liberated, allowing the Gongshu family's already small number of people to be invested in the research of other mechanisms.

430 There was no help for it; after all, the Gongshu family did not have as many people as the Mohist School.

Although the number of Mohist disciples was not as great as the Agricultural School of the past, nor as great as the other major school of thought, the Confucian School, they were still considered a faction with many people and great influence among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

In the past, when the Mohist School had not joined the Qin Guo, the Gongshu family relied on Seeing Ying Zheng and naturally had nothing to worry about. But after the Mohist School joined the Qin Guo, the Gongshu family had a competitor. More importantly, the people of the Mohist School were not afraid of hardship and took pleasure in it. Under such frantic internal competition, if the Gongshu family did not want to be completely replaced by the Mohist School, they could only compete with the Mohist School as much as possible and reveal their own value.

Likewise, for the Mohist School, they had always considered the Gongshu family to be their defeated opponent and naturally did not want to lose to them.

Consequently, whenever there was a task assigned to both factions, the two factions would involuntarily begin to compete.

How could Seeing Ying Zheng have failed to notice this?

It was precisely because he noticed it that, at times, he would deliberately divide a task into two parts and assign them to both factions to do simultaneously.

Under such frantic competition, a task would very quickly be completed by them.

(aiee) The present situation was no different.

Under the frantic internal competition and rivalry between the two factions, very soon, a great many saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes were manufactured. Seeing Ying Zheng did not rush to send these items to Jiuyuan Commandery, but instead stockpiled them first.

Not to mention the horseshoes for the moment, the saddles and stirrups were indeed items that could be easily imitated. If they appeared in large quantities, it was very likely they would be copied by the Xiongnu. The matter Su Xuan spoke of could not be ignored. Therefore, to be safe, Seeing Ying Zheng decided to use these items as one-time-use supplies. When these items appeared in the world, it would be the moment of the single battle to annihilate the Xiongnu.

Besides this, there was another matter: who should be sent to escort these items to Jiuyuan Commandery?

These items were things that would determine the direction of the war; they had to be escorted to Jiuyuan by someone he trusted.

If one were to ask who Seeing Ying Zheng trusted most, it was none other than Su Xuan.

However, after thinking about it, Seeing Ying Zheng abandoned the idea of letting Su Xuan go to Jiuyuan Commandery. After all, the Imperial Preceptor had only just returned from the great sea and had not stayed in Xianyang for many days; sending him to Jiuyuan Commandery would truly be improper.

Speaking of Jiuyuan Commandery, Seeing Ying Zheng could not help but think of one person.

That was Zhao Gao.

Years ago, before Lao Ai, Zhao Gao had proactively betrayed Lao Ai to pledge his loyalty to him. Later, he even handed over the letters regarding the illicit affair between Lao Ai and Lu Buwei, handing him a sharp blade that allowed him to seize Lu Buwei's power after executing Lao Ai.

Zhao Gao was thus heavily relied upon by him and later even managed the Luo Wang organization on his behalf.

He had originally thought Zhao Gao was an honest man.

As it turned out, Seeing Ying Zheng had misjudged Zhao Gao after all. Ever since the other party took charge of Luo Wang, he had treated Luo Wang as his own tool, using it to constantly seek private gain for himself.

The people of Luo Wang only knew Zhao Gao as the master of Luo Wang, not knowing that everything about Luo Wang originated from him, the Emperor.

Consequently, Seeing Ying Zheng immediately stripped Zhao Gao of his power.

Furthermore, because Zhao Gao had, after all, rendered great service to the Qin Guo, he was not directly put to death; instead, he was sent away to serve as the Commandery Governor of Jiuyuan Commandery in a move that was an ostensible promotion but a covert demotion.

Jiuyuan Commandery was the northernmost border of the Qin Guo. While called a commandery, its land area was actually extremely small; it was only named Jiuyuan Commandery because there was a Jiuyuan City there.

Originally, he had thrown Zhao Gao into Jiuyuan Commandery to let him fend for himself, not wanting to see this person again.

As it turned out, he had not expected the Xiongnu to invade Huaxia, making Jiuyuan Commandery the frontline battlefield.

Thinking of Zhao Gao, the Governor of Jiuyuan Commandery, Seeing Ying Zheng immediately had a candidate in his heart.

Someone did not know that he had been arranged by Seeing Ying Zheng once again. It could only be said that as Seeing Ying Zheng's tool, sometimes being too trusted by Seeing Ying Zheng was not a good thing; it was destined to lead to running back and forth.

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After Su Xuan passed the three-piece cavalry set to Seeing Ying Zheng, he returned to the Yin-Yang School. Before leaving, he also took the Xuanyuan Xiayu Sword with him.

The current Seeing Ying Zheng, although he could hold this sword, was unable to lift it because he lacked certain things.

According to what Su Xuan said, Seeing Ying Zheng lacks the recognition of Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, he needed to perform the Fengshan sacrifice.

Seeing Ying Zheng also decided to perform the Fengshan sacrifice, but not now; rather, it would be after annihilating the Xiongnu.

By then, he would have taken Baiyue in the south and annihilated 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 Lord of Heaven's Mandate.

And before that, this sword, which could not yet be lifted, would be better left here with Su Xuan for safekeeping.

He returned to the long-missed Yin-Yang School.

Lady Yanfei and the others who had followed Su Xuan out to sea, as well as Lord Yunzhong and those who had not gone to sea with Su Xuan, had long been waiting for Su Xuan at the Yin-Yang School headquarters deep within Lishan, respectfully awaiting the return of their Sect Master.

Among these people, the figures of women who had had relations with Su Xuan, such as Yan Lingji and Lady Mingzhu, appeared even more stunningly beautiful.

After two years of separation, he had returned once again.

To express his sense of indebtedness to 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-missed old friend. ===== CHAPTER 915 =====