Chapter 376: Invitation

Su Fan naturally didn't know what happened at Haiyue Xiaozhu.

After Su Fan and Wang Zhan returned to the military camp, they once again increased their efforts to carry out a sweep of Sanghai Cheng and even the entire Dong Commandery.

Su Fan had the token given by Ying Zheng, which could mobilize local garrison troops and act according to circumstances.

So the thirteen cities of Dong Commandery also quickly began to wail. But because Sanghai Cheng was the chicken that was killed, other county cities also dared not obstruct Su Fan's Agriculture Office anymore.

At most, it was just following in appearance but opposing in secret, or being passive.

No clan dared to confront him head-on; they were scared by Su Fan's army.

Qin law was strict, and raiding and exterminating clans was common. Who dared to joke with their own clan? So in the following month, the implementation throughout Dong Commandery accelerated a lot.

Even news from various places showed that in the land of Qilu, other commanderies and counties were also slowly implementing it.

Clearly, Su Fan's killing of the chicken to warn the monkey had a good effect.

Su Fan was not surprised by this. When all was said and done, Great Qin had now unified the world, and the power was there. Since they couldn't truly resist, they could only passively acknowledge it.

Lose some interests to preserve their own clan.

"An invitation from Young Master Fusu?"

Su Fan looked at Wang Zhan in surprise.

"Correct! It is indeed Young Master Fusu, inviting you to the Little Sage Virtuous Manor."

Fusu came to the land of Qilu, also ordered by Ying Zheng to patrol the world. This time, the target was also the Little Sage Virtuous Manor of the Confucian school.

As the strongest lineage of the Confucian school, the Little Sage Virtuous Manor had great influence in the land of Qilu, but the Little Sage Virtuous Manor's attitude toward Great Qin was unclear.

Who was Ying Zheng? A figure who was domineering to the extreme.

The Little Sage Virtuous Manor had too much fame, yet it was somewhat alienated from Great Qin, so Ying Zheng was naturally unhappy with it.

Sending Fusu here was also a warning to the Little Sage Virtuous Manor. If they didn't listen, the next time it wouldn't be Fusu, but the army.

Even if the Little Sage Virtuous Manor was powerful, so what? Could they be stronger than Great Qin?

Perhaps if all the schools of thought united, they might have some ability to confront the Empire, but relying on one school alone was just courting death.

However, could the schools of thought unite? It was fundamentally impossible.

Su Fan estimated that the Little Sage Virtuous Manor also knew Fusu's intention. As for the future, where the Little Sage Virtuous Manor would go, Su Fan didn't know, but he understood that they had to submit; even if it was just on the surface, they had to submit.

Because not submitting meant death.

And the Little Sage Virtuous Manor's leader, Fu Nian, actually advocated merging into Great Qin, and the concepts of that Xunzi were also very compatible with Great Qin.

After all, Great Qin governed the country according to law, and Xunzi's concepts were more inclined toward the Legalist school.

Although the second and third masters of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor were rebellious, they still couldn't affect the final outcome of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor.

Of course, Su Fan didn't care about these. Even if the Little Sage Virtuous Manor joined Great Qin, how much improvement would it bring to Great Qin? It really wouldn't be much.

After all, the true experts of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor were just Xunzi alone. Even if there were hidden ones, there were only one or two Five Qi Morning Origin experts, which was not even a fraction of the improvement Su Fan's agricultural technology brought to Great Qin's national luck.

However, he was somewhat surprised that Fusu invited him into the Little Sage Virtuous Manor. A while ago, the two of them were indeed somewhat unhappy.

Originally, he thought Fusu would keep his distance from him, but he didn't expect the other party to suddenly invite him.

In *The Legend of Qin*, Fusu did indeed enter the Little Sage Virtuous Manor, and used a sword competition as an excuse to investigate the Little Sage Virtuous Manor.

That was because he was assassinated, and was attacked in Haiyue Xiaozhu.

In Sanghai Cheng, the force with the greatest power was the Little Sage Virtuous Manor, and the only force that could make him unable to find any clues was the Little Sage Virtuous Manor.

Plus, at that time, the remnants of the Mohist school fled to Sanghai Cheng and disappeared, which was likely related to the Little Sage Virtuous Manor, so Fusu coming to investigate was normal.

But in this world, Fusu was not assassinated.

However, his coming to the East Sea was also to deter the Little Sage Virtuous Manor and give them a warning. Perhaps this time there would still be a sword competition.

"Are you going or not?"

Wang Zhan looked at Su Fan's silence and asked again.

"Go! Why not go!"

"You're really going? A while ago, with that attitude of yours, you must have offended Young Master Fusu. He invited you over?"

Wang Zhan didn't finish, but there was still a bit of worry on his face.

After all, in his eyes, Fusu was the eldest son of the Empire and the future successor. Although the heavy ministers of the court didn't stand out to support Fusu, he knew that there were supporters of Fusu in the Empire's army, especially Meng Tian of the Meng family, who had long chosen Fusu.

As for other generals in the army, he didn't know, but Meng Tian alone was already very extraordinary.

After all, Meng Tian's status in the army now was not low; he held twenty0thousand elite troops, and there was also a powerful Golden Fire Cavalry.

For such a person to choose to support Fusu, one could imagine.

Of course, military support alone, for Fusu, didn't have much effect, because the Emperor was still there, and the army would always only listen to the Emperor alone. Their influence in the court was still much weaker.

The struggle for the state foundation lay in the court, not in the army.

Su Fan seemed to see Wang Zhan's worry and said indifferently: "What are you worried about? Don't tell me you think Young Master Fusu will harm me?"

"Of course not."

Wang Zhan naturally knew that Fusu couldn't take action against Su Fan, but this sudden invitation always made him feel that it was ill-intentioned.

After all, Su Fan had just offended the other party, and the other party invited him to the Little Sage Virtuous Manor.

That Little Sage Virtuous Manor was the base camp of the Confucian school in the land of Qilu, and for Great Qin, the situation was also unclear.

"So what are you worried about?"

"Don't tell me that Little Sage Virtuous Manor is a dragon's den and a tiger's lair."

Su Fan naturally wasn't afraid; instead, he had some expectations. A sword competition—he didn't know if there would be one.

In this world, how powerful were these three swordsmen of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor?

In *The Legend of Qin*, it was said that Fu Nian's strength was not as good as Gai Nie's, but in Su Fan's view, Fu Nian must have been hiding his strength.

After all, as the eldest, he was the oldest, and as the head of the Little Sage Virtuous Manor, his talent went without saying, and he had the sage Xunzi to teach him.

Su Fan didn't think the other party was inferior to Gai Nie.

Of course, the other party's specific strength could only be known after truly witnessing it. Perhaps this time, he might even be able to see Zhao Gao.

When he was in Xianyang City, Su Fan hadn't seen Zhao Gao.

Although he was the Zhongche Prefect, generally where Ying Zheng was, he would follow, but in reality, that was not the case. ===== CHAPTER 377 =====

While in Xianyang City, Su Fan had never seen Zhao Gao.

Although he was the Palace Carriage Official and generally followed wherever Ying Zheng was, in reality, that was not the case.