The Jagged Empire of Daqin

In the courtroom, Tian Jixian bowed down to salute Zhang Feizi, who was above the head, respectfully. Zhang Feizi stretched out his hand to stroke the white beard under his chin, and looked at Tian Jixian with bright eyes. Ji Xian was feeling uncomfortable, and immediately took the lead to break the silence and said: "Your Majesty Zuo Prime Minister summoned me, but did the Great Qin court come to an agreement?"

Zhang Feizi let go of his hand stroking his beard, and replied blankly: "Whether there is any result, I think you have already come to a conclusion!"

Tian Jixian frowned slightly, and asked with a slightly apprehensive expression, "What does Prime Minister Zuo mean?"

"What do you mean? Then you tell the truth, what is your intention of going to the palace to meet the concubine De concubine!" Zhang Feizi asked in a low tone.

Tian Jixian's heart trembled, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and asked in a nervous tone: "I don't have any other intentions, I just visit the imperial sister for His Royal Highness, I didn't expect this to alarm the Prime Minister Zuo. If you take the liberty, I hope Prime Minister Zuo will forgive me!"

"is it?"

"Why did the truth find out that you not only met the concubine De concubine when you entered the palace, but also asked the concubine de concubine to speak to your majesty, the most abominable thing is that you actually asked the concubine de concubine to bring the fourth prince to meet your majesty, do you know that, Because of this, His Majesty has adopted the Fourth Prince to my imperial concubine!"

"You are really shameless, obscene, and despicable!" Zhang Feizi scolded Tian Jixian with a gloomy face, and the latter scolded Tian Jixian with cold sweat on his back, lowering his head and not daring to look directly at the ugly Zhang Feizi.

"However, this trick of yours is very effective. Although His Majesty is angry, he still listened to the words of De Fei and was willing to send troops to help the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, His Majesty has passed that test, but Man Chaowu has not passed this test. When Chaowu learned that he rushed to help the Northern Wei Dynasty unconditionally, he didn't want to let the blood of the son of Daqin go to a foreign country in vain, which made His Majesty very headache!" Zhang Feizi's tone fluctuated from low to high.

When Tian Ji first heard the first half of the sentence, he felt joy in his heart, and there was an unconcealable smile on his face, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, no matter whether it was the superficial joy or the inner joy, it disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help being stunned. After a while, after being relieved, he hurriedly said with puzzlement:

"How could this be? Isn't His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor a holy ruler?"

The sage king in his mouth is the dictatorship. In the eyes of many people, not only him, they all think that the Great Qin Emperor Qin Qin is a naked dictatorial emperor, who is the one and only. This kind of thing that the emperor agrees to, eight out of ten Nine No one objected, and it was useless to object.

But now, the autocratic emperor in Tian Jixian's eyes is actually a headache for the minister's opposition!

"The king of the holy judge? Haha, you, you really don't know my majesty!" Zhang Feizi couldn't help laughing, and then said immediately: "Your Excellency should know me, the Marquis of the Great Qin'an, right?"

Tian Ji quickly raised his hand and wrote back: "The name of Chang Hou is like thunder in my ears, so I naturally know it!"

What he said really wasn't flattering Chang Zifei. Few people don't know Chang Zifei's name now.

"At the time when His Majesty was still young and had no heirs, His Majesty decided to conquer the desert by himself, but An Guohou was worried that something might happen to His Majesty, so he tried his best to dissuade His Majesty from conquest by himself. His Majesty was furious and sent him to the dungeon!"

"Although your majesty was angry, he still listened to An Guohou's advice. It can be said that if the imperial concubine and empress did not happen to be pregnant with my Great Princess Qin, your majesty would never have personally conscripted. This is enough to show that although my majesty is superficially A king of holy order, in fact, His Majesty still attaches great importance to the advice of ministers!" Zhang Feizi carefully talked about Chang Zifei's death and Chang Yujia's personal conquest.

Hearing this, Tian Jixian's face changed, and he became ugly. According to this, it means that Daqin was unable to help the Northern Wei Dynasty?

What should the Northern Wei Dynasty do?

Thinking of the situation in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tian Ji felt flustered from the inside out.

"I beg Prime Minister Zuo to save the Northern Wei Dynasty!"

Tian Ji first bent his knees without hesitation, and began to plead with Zhang Feizi. There was no other way. Zhang Feizi was his only hope now. Into the limbo.

"Get up, although Man Chaowu objected, but His Majesty has already promised Defei Empress. As the saying goes, a gentleman is hard to follow, and what His Majesty promises will be done. No, His Majesty will send you the truth." Have you discussed it?" Zhang Feizi said with a half-smile.

Tian Ji got up slowly from the ground, and said in a hesitant tone: "Negotiation? The reason why your country's military objected was to help you unconditionally. Could it be that Prime Minister Zuo meant to discuss a condition for your country's military to no longer object?"

Tian Jixian is worthy of being the person who follows Tang Shao, and he knows everything.

"Haha, smart!" Zhang Feizi couldn't help but praised him, and then continued: "Yes, as your Excellency said, the reason why Man Chaowu opposed it was unconditional support. If you and I discuss a plan that can make Man Chaowu close With the conditions of the mouth, wouldn't it be logical for His Majesty to send troops to help?"

Tian Ji frowned first, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Lord Prime Minister Zuo, I don't have anything for Daqin in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Even if I have something, it is what I need most in the Northern Wei Dynasty, or Daqin doesn't like it. I would like to invite you, Prime Minister Zuo." Mingjian!"

In fact, unconditional support is not what the Northern Wei Dynasty meant. The Northern Wei Dynasty also wanted to give something to Daqin, so that Daqin could taste the sweetness, but the Northern Wei Dynasty really had nothing to give. The Northern Wei Dynasty did not border on the border, so what was given was given for nothing.

"Haha, the truth is that the Northern Wei Dynasty can't give Daqin anything, but this thing doesn't need the Northern Wei Dynasty. Didn't your Excellency say before that the Moon Empire was targeted by the Shu Empire?" Zhang Feizi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing an intriguing smile .

"Yes, the new emperor of the Shu Empire is very aggressive. He is an ambitious emperor who intends to win over millions of people from the seven counties of the Moon Empire. , can't take care of themselves, the strength of the Moon Empire is well known to the world, without the deterrence of the former Great Wei Empire, the Moon Empire is no different from the fish under Daozu!"

PS: "Brothers, the more you write, the more difficult it is to persist, because many brothers are not very patient, and they often don't want to read after reading one or two hundred chapters, which leads to the author's unsatisfactory grades. If this continues, it will eat dirt , I hope brothers can give a full order, thank you!"

Chapter 735 Tian Jixian's Helplessness!

"If there are no accidents, I am afraid that within three years, the Moon Empire will collapse across the board. At that time, Yue... Prime Minister Zuo means that the Moon Empire will give you a condition that will stop your country's military from opposing it?" Tian Ji was talking first, and suddenly understood what Zhang Feizi meant.

"That's right! That's what the truth is about!" Zhang Feizi said with a smile on his face.

"What exactly does Prime Minister Zuo mean? Can you explain it in detail?" Tian Jixian asked with a more urgent expression.

Although he understood what Zhang Feizi meant, he only understood the general idea, and he couldn't figure out how to do it.

"There is nothing worth explaining. Let's put it simply, as long as the Northern Wei Dynasty agrees to two conditions of Daqin, I can not only send troops to help the Northern Wei Dynasty, but also destroy the Shu army that invaded the territory of the Moon Empire. What do you think?" Zhang Feizi said. .

"What condition?" Tian Ji asked frowning first.

"The Empress of the Moon Empire ceded Yanshui Pass for my concubine Qin. With these two conditions, as long as she agrees, the truth will be reported to His Majesty immediately, and the group of ministers will be called to discuss again. I believe that there are these two conditions. Haha, Man Chaowu I won't be refusing!" Zhang Feizi said with a blushing smile.

Tian Jixian's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said with a face full of shock: "You Daqin actually wants to accept the Empress as a concubine. Is this your wishful thinking or our wishful thinking? Even if I agree, how can the Moon Emperor agree? This is impossible. Prime Minister Zuo, please stop joking!"

In Tian Jixian's eyes, the Moon Empire may be forced to cede Yanshui Pass for the sake of the empire's safety, but it is absolutely impossible for the Empress to become the Great Qin Concubine. This is even more shameful than subjugation!

"Your Excellency, don't talk nonsense. This is not my Daqin's idea, but my Zhang Feizi's personal idea, and the truth not only wants the empress to be my concubine, but also requires the empress not to abdicate the throne for any reason. The empress is still the empress. It's just that there is an extra title of Concubine Qin!" Zhang Feizi might feel that it wasn't exciting enough, so he added more details.

Tian Jixian was almost dumbfounded. He thought to himself, I heard you right, it’s all right to accept the Empress as a concubine, but to continue to be an Empress, this is to control the entire Moon Empire through the Empress, isn’t the Qin Empire’s appetite for it? A little too big!

"Lord Prime Minister Zuo, don't even think about it, the Moon Empire won't agree!" Tian Jixian said with a rather excited expression.

Not to mention whether the Moon Empire will agree or not, anyway, he dare not agree. If he agrees, he will have to envoy the Moon Empire to persuade the Moon Empire to agree to these conditions. I am afraid that once he speaks out this condition, the angry Yue The minister will tear him into pieces.

This condition is no different from standing on the head of the Moon Empire to defecate and pee.

Zhang Feizi smiled disapprovingly and said, "You don't even dare to think about it. How do you know whether it can be done or not? That's all for the truth. You can think about the rest. As long as you agree now, the truth will let His Majesty know." An order has been issued to order the [-] Qin troops in the Yanshui Camp to stand by, and the Yanshui Camp will dispatch troops immediately after you persuade the Moon Empire to agree to the terms!"

"One hundred thousand Qin army?" Tian Jixian seemed to have grasped the point, and couldn't help asking in doubt: "Didn't we agree on the Xuanjia army? How did it become one hundred thousand Qin army?"

"To tell you the truth, I am worried about handing over the Xuanjia Army to the Northern Wei Dynasty. This is one of the elites of the Great Qin Dynasty. If there is an accident, it will be a heavy blow to the Great Qin Dynasty. Therefore, I hope your Excellency will forgive me. In addition, Your Excellency, don't underestimate Yan Yan. The 40 Qin army in Shui Daying is my Daqin Yang army, it can be said to be victorious in every battle, with the strength of the Yang army, it is enough to withstand the 50 or even [-] elite troops of the Southern Wei Dynasty, and can fully meet the needs of the Northern Wei Dynasty!"

"Also, the money and food consumed by the Great Qin Expedition are paid by Da Qin himself, and don't need to be supported by the Northern Wei Dynasty. But as we said earlier, the mainland of Da Qin is too far away from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and no one can guarantee that there will be no problems with my Great Qin's logistics. If something goes wrong, the money and food consumed by the Great Qin Expeditionary Army will be temporarily in charge of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and when the logistics problem of the Great Qin Dynasty is over, the Great Qin will return the Northern Wei Dynasty without missing a grain of food!"

"Okay, the truth has been said so much, it's up to your Excellency to make a decision, come and make tea!" Zhang Feizi said calmly, drinking tea leisurely, after all, he was not the one who was in a hurry.

"Oh..." Tian Jixian sighed, feeling sad in his heart, this feeling of being pinched by the throat is really uncomfortable!

"Well, I agree with Daqin's conditions. I will leave Xianyang later and go to the Moon Empire to discuss. I hope Daqin will be able to fight quickly!" Tian Ji nodded and agreed without hesitation for a long time. There is no way, he has to try , what if it succeeds?

"Haha, very good, then the truth is waiting for the good news!" Zhang Feizi stood up from his chair, and saluted Tianji first with a smile.

Tian Ji hurriedly complied to return the gift, "Your Majesty Zuo, just finish what you promised!"

"Definitely!" Zhang Feizi agreed.

"I will take my leave!"

Tian Jixian once again edited, saluted and resigned, and soon left the court. After Tian Jixian left, Zhang Feizi also left Prime Minister Zuo's mansion, and went straight to the direction of the palace. About a quarter of an hour passed, and the time came to a quarter of noon. At this time, Zhang Feizi also came to the royal study of the palace.

Imperial study room!

"Your Majesty, I just discussed the conditions with the envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty have already agreed to two conditions, and are ready to leave Xianyang and rush to the Moon Empire!"

In the imperial study room, Yingchang was sitting on the dragon chair reviewing the memorial, while Zhang Feizi stood three steps in front of the imperial case and wrote a report respectfully. He informed Yingchang of the results of the discussion with the envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty just now. After listening to it, Changying was satisfied. nodded:

"It's done well. Since the envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty have agreed, then this matter is half done. Let's draw up an order. Order the commander of the Yanshui Camp, General Hu Lie, Yang Hu, to be on standby at any time, and this order is the order of the Moon Empire. As long as the Yue Empire handed over the Empress as Concubine Qin and ceded the Yanshui Pass’s credential, a hundred thousand troops would enter the pass immediately, mainly to help the Northern Wei Dynasty, and secondly to destroy the invading Shu army!”

"This is my first expedition to Great Qin. General Hu Lie must be cautious. If I lose, not only will I be disappointed, but tens of millions of Qin people will also be disappointed. All countries will not join my Great Qin. In this expedition, we can only win. Don't be defeated, otherwise, I will come to see you myself!"

Ying Chang issued the order decisively and simply, and the order issued was still a strict order that only victory and no defeat were allowed, and he did not adopt a soft order because Yang Hu was the uncle of the country.

Monarchs first, family affection second!

"My minister immediately draws up an order and sends out an announcement!" Zhang Feizi responded with a solemn and respectful expression!

"If you have nothing to do, get out!"

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Chapter 736 Weapon Proving Ground!

Ying Chang waved his hand to signal Zhang Feizi to leave, and then continued to review the memorial. After Zhang Feizi saluted, he slowly exited the imperial study room. The imperial study room fell into silence again, only the sound of Pei Ji grinding ink and Ying Chang's writing.

Quiet and peaceful!

At the same time, twenty miles north of Xianyang City, there is a weapons testing ground!

The weapons testing ground is affiliated to the Ministry of Armaments and covers an area of ​​[-] mu. Originally, the weapons testing ground was located in the city, that is, in the Yamen of the Ministry of War. However, due to the continuous development and expansion of the Ministry of Armaments, the venue of the Yamen of the Ministry of War was far from meeting the requirements, so it was moved to Xianyang City. A suburb twenty miles to the north.

The Ministry of War Test Ground is a large open-air square. Its overall appearance looks like a school ground in a military camp. In the test ground, there are various siege equipment, including siege vehicles, catapults, kerosene vehicles, and impact wood. Wait for large and medium-sized siege equipment.

In addition to the siege equipment, all kinds of knives, guns and sticks are placed around the site, including the standard weapons of the Daqin army. The weapon testing ground is very lively. About a hundred craftsmen are testing the new weapons they have developed. While testing, There are also special people who record the effects of weapons.

"Look, everyone, Fang Ling is here!"

"I've seen Fang Ling!"

At this moment, a handsome middle-aged man about 34 years old, dressed in a black tunic and a copper crown, appeared at the weapons testing ground. Seeing this handsome man, the testing ground suddenly became more lively When he got up, many craftsmen who were experimenting with new weapons rushed towards the handsome man.

This handsome man is exactly Fang Zi, who developed the short crossbow. After many years, Fang Zi is no longer the young boy he was at the beginning, he is the father of three children, and he is no longer the crossbow commander The order, but the current sixth-rank ordnance order, is in charge of the ordnance department.

In his thirties, from a commoner to an order of the Ministry, he can be described as a genius in the sky, but no matter how Fang Zi changes, his love of developing weapons has never changed. Develop new weapons and find ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the Qin army.

The rocket is Fang Zi's masterpiece!

Seeing so many colleagues surrounding him, Fang Zi smiled lightly and said, "How about it, have you developed any good stuff?"

After the words fell, a young craftsman scratched his head, "Fang Ling, I'm going to make a large ballista. I brought it here today and tried it. The effect is very bad. Either the string is stuck or the string is broken, or the string is empty. , There is a big gap with the expected effect!"

This young craftsman was also wearing a black tunic, but there was a crossbow-shaped embroidery on his chest, which was the logo of the Crossbow Division. Ordinary people would know that he was a craftsman of the Crossbow Division of the Ordnance Department.

Fang Zi reached out and patted the young craftsman's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't be discouraged, the reason for the string jamming should be that you haven't calculated the position of the bowstring properly, and the string is empty, and the reason for the broken string is either that you use the wrong string, or It’s because the quality of the strings is not good, go back and change them in these directions, it will be successful!”

"Thank you, Fang Ling, for your advice!" The editor saluted and thanked the young craftsman with a face full of admiration.

"Fang Ling, I have a few questions here, can you clarify?"

"Fang Ling, why did the gear suddenly get stuck?"

"Fang Ling..."

The craftsmen surrounding Fangzi asked him for advice and asked various questions. The craftsmen who asked questions, old and young, whether they were young craftsmen or older craftsmen, looked at Fangzi with eyes full of enthusiasm. worshiped.

Who is Fang Zi?The first national craftsman in the Great Qin Empire to obtain an official position through craftsmanship is enough to be admired by craftsmen all over the world.

"If the gear is stuck, you can apply a little lubricating oil. If the lubricating oil is useless, then remove the gear. It is very likely that the gear precision is related, and the gear angle does not correspond!"

"This question has to be..."

Fang Zi answered every question, carefully explained the doubts for everyone, without any impatience throughout the whole process, after half an hour, Fang Zi finally answered all the questions, and his throat was dry when he spoke.

"Fang Ling, come and drink some water!"

The young craftsman who was the first to ask a question just now brought a cup of tea, "Thank you!" Fang Zi thanked him, and immediately drank the tea without being polite, and then asked the young craftsman with a smile, "What's your name?" , this order seems to have no effect on you!"

"Hui Fangling, my name is Zheng Yue, a student of the sixth batch of Xuanwu Academy, and he just entered the Ordnance Department two months ago. Because he likes far superior weapons, he went to the Crossbow Division. Now he is a first-class weapon in the Crossbow Division. Master!" Zheng Yue smiled like sunshine, healing the soul.

The craftsmen in the Ordnance Department have a collective name called Armorer. There are three levels of Armorer, namely first level, second level and third level. The third level is not the highest level. Above the third level is the national craftsman level. There are many weapon masters, but there are only three national craftsmen, so you can know in advance how awesome a national craftsman level weapon master is.

Fang Zi nodded in satisfaction, "It's not bad, I just entered the Ordnance Department for two months, and I started to develop a large ballista myself!"

Fang Zi has a good impression of this Zheng Yue. Of course, this favor does not come from Zheng Yue giving him water to drink, but from the fact that Zheng Yue developed a large ballista by himself not long after entering the Ordnance Department. A lot of outstanding students in the workshop are much better.

Hearing this praise, Zheng Yue scratched his head in embarrassment, "I'm really ashamed of what Fang Ling said. After entering the Ordnance Department for two months, except for the normal work during the day, the rest of the time was spent on building this large ballista. !"

"The back and forth changes cost hundreds of taels of silver, but now they fail. It's really a loss to the Ordnance Department, and a loss to the imperial court's cultivation!"

"The word failure is the most normal word in the Ordnance Department. A finished weapon is born in countless failures. As for the wasted money, haha, the imperial court allocates funds to the Ordnance Department every year, just to let the Ordnance Department Armorers are constantly experimenting and manufacturing weapons!" Fang Zi said disapprovingly.

"I will live up to the cultivation of the imperial court, develop a terrifying weapon that can turn the tide of the war, and make a contribution to the unification of the Qin Dynasty!" Zheng Yue said with a firm expression.

Since Zhang Feizi implemented the enlightenment education to unify the world, the young students of this generation have the great ambition to unify the world in their minds!

"Work hard, I am optimistic about you!" Fang Zi patted Zheng Yue on the shoulder again, which encouraged Zheng Yue.

"Fang Ling, are you here also to test new weapons?" Zheng Yue looked at Fang Zi curiously and asked.

"Otherwise?" Fang Zi smiled lightly, then shouted in one direction: "Come on, get on the cannon!"

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Chapter 737 The Artillery Launches!

The voice fell, and an extremely strange thing was pushed out by ten guards of the test site. The structure of this thing is simple, like an iron frame carrying a big iron pipe. There is nothing special about it, and this thing is not very big. , the height is less than two feet, only the big iron pipe should be thicker and longer.

Judging from the struggling expressions of the ten guards, this thing is not so heavy!

"What the hell is this? Ten guards are pushing it so hard, it doesn't look that big!"

"Is this Fang Ling's new weapon?"

"What is the iron pipe in the middle of the iron shelf for?"

"It goes without saying that it must be used to hold arrows!"