Nanyue Kingdom, Panyu City (Guangzhou).※%

At this moment, there was a scene of joy.

Today is the ninety-first birthday of King Zhao Tuo, the founder of the Kingdom of Nanyue.

There was an endless stream of Nanyue nobles, ministers, local officials and tribal leaders who came to congratulate him.

Among the congratulatory gifts, dozens of beautiful girls stood out.

At this moment, Zhao Tuo was casually picking at the bamboo slips that recorded the origins and information of these beautiful girls. His eyes were blazing, and under the cover of his beads, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart. He could only kowtow and kneel down in fear.

After a long time, Zhao Tuo said tremblingly: "It's passed, it's passed!"

"I am an old man, all these maids should be sent to Wang Shisun!"

"No!" Prime Minister Lu Jia bowed his head and bowed.

Zhao Tuo looked past Lu Jia and stopped at the chariot at the door of the palace, which had gone through decades but was still as new as before.

Seeing this chariot, Zhao Tuo seemed to have traveled through time and returned to that morning more than sixty years ago.

"The First Emperor has passed away!" Angels from China brought this news, which was tantamount to bad news, to Nanhai County.

In the entire Nanhai County, hundreds of thousands of troops were in silence, and everyone was in tears.

Almost everyone, at that moment, seemed to have lost the reason for their existence.

Especially for Zhao Tuo, the death of the First Emperor was equivalent to the collapse of the sky.

At that time, hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Nanhai County were thinking in their hearts: Without the First Emperor, who should we listen to?

It is indeed difficult to live in such a life when we lose our backbone and goals.

Soon, Zhao Tuo discovered that, in fact, things were not as bad as he imagined.

The First Emperor passed away, and Nanhai County became an orphan of the Qin Empire.

The nobles in Xianyang were busy with political disputes, and Zhao Gaolisi acted recklessly. The supplies and support from China were gradually cut off, and even the envoys from Xianyang no longer appeared in Nanhai County.

The Qin army, immigrants and family members in Nanhai County could only rely on him and the then-prefect Ren Xiao.

Without the support from the motherland, the expeditionary army began to struggle to move forward in Nanhai County, where hundreds of Yue people lived together and barbarians and Di people were everywhere.

The Vietnamese were unruly and difficult to tame, and they often attacked areas where Chinese immigrants gathered.

At that time, Zhao Tuo was the magistrate of Longchuan County, Nanhai County.

Longchuan is located between Baiyue and the main gathering place of Chinese immigrants. The terrain is difficult and the strategic location is very important.

In contrast, the Yue people's attacks and resistance were also very strong.

Throughout the year, Zhao Tuo led his army, killing, killing, killing, killing.

Anyone who dares to attack Han people will be killed, anyone who refuses to obey will be killed, even those who look wrong will be killed!

China's elite Qin army crushed the resistance of various tribes in Baiyue. Of course it was easy.

However, the Baiyue tribe deep in the jungle and in the swamps are endlessly killed and destroyed.

This year, 10,000 heads were chopped off, and next year, 30,000 Yue people rushed over, screaming.

At that time, Zhao Tuo often rode in that chariot and mobilized troops to encircle and suppress the Baiyue tribes who resisted the rule and attacked the Han people.

The ruts of the chariot were stained with the flesh and blood of the Baiyue people. Corpses were strewn in the swamps and mountains, and broken limbs could be seen everywhere.

Finally one day, Zhao Tuo discovered that killing people alone could not solve the problem.

Yue people are not afraid of death at all, so why should they be afraid of death?

If the First Emperor is still there, that's okay!

With the firm support of the First Emperor, Chinese materials, immigrants, supplementary troops and civil servants continued to flow into the South China Sea. The elite and ruthless Qin army could wipe out the resistance of the Baiyue people inch by inch.

It is a pity that the first emperor, a man of great talent and sagacity, died on his way south in search of immortality.

Sitting in Xianyang City are a group of mediocre aristocrats who are just living in a coma and are short-sighted.

No one cares about the hundreds of thousands of troops and immigrants in Nanhai County. The envoys sent to Xianyang for help reported back that the nobles in the court only care about the money, taxes, grains and silk sent by Nanhai County. No one cares about the life and death of Nanhai County.

Difficulty, Xianyang does not even want to send a single soldier to the South China Sea.

They are ready to use these resources and wealth for their extravagant life and indulgent enjoyment.

Nanhai County became an orphan and was abandoned by Xianyang!

After receiving the messenger's reply, everyone fell silent.

Some people didn't believe it, so another group of messengers set off.

But the result was cruel. Several waves of messengers brought back the same news: Xianyang only ordered and urged Nanhai County to pay taxes. As for resources and reinforcements?

Zhao Gao is busy calling deer a horse, and Li Si is seeking to destroy everything. Who cares about the problems of Nanhai County?

The commander-in-chief Ren Xiao was so angry that the soldiers of Nanhai County also gave up on Xianyang.

The glory of the Qin Empire quickly disappeared like the setting sun with the death of the First Emperor and the struggle of Zhao Gaolisi.

The age of endless darkness has arrived.

In the darkness, no one could see what was going on. No one knew what was waiting for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and immigrants who were ordered to come to Baiyue to open up territories for future generations.

Everyone was panicked and at a loss.

The resistance of the Baiyue people was still fierce.

At that time, Zhao Tuo knew that the policy must be changed.

Without China's support, only half a million immigrants and troops would not be enough to gain a foothold in this civilized wilderness.

But, at that time, Zhao Tuo didn't know what to do?

The Baiyue people are unruly and do not understand Chinese language and writing, so it is difficult for them to communicate.

Some people can no longer hold on and use alcohol to anesthetize themselves all day long. Some people are so decadent that they are like walking zombies.

There are even desperate officers who cannot bear the pressure and choose to commit suicide.

Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo had to start looking for a path for the hundreds of thousands of comrades under their command.

They have that responsibility and that obligation - because it was the two of them who brought these hundreds of thousands of comrades and immigrants from their prosperous hometown in China to this wild Nanhai County.

If a fox dies, how about the head of a hill? How much less a human?

Ren Xiao decided to abandon the colony in Nanhai County, and the entire army escorted the immigrants and their families back to China - even if he lost his life for it!

But soon, another news came from China - the world was in chaos!

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled in Daze Township. The uprising army was as powerful as a prairie fire, and the Qin Empire lost control of the world.

Then, heroes arose everywhere, and wars raged all over the world.

Countless refugees fled to Nanhai every day and told the soldiers of Nanhai County about the horror and terror of the war in China.

The official army and the rebel army fought each other, countless prosperous cities were turned into ruins, and many prosperous cities became deserted and dead cities.

The empire fell...

Faith collapsed...

More importantly - there is no hometown anymore...

Almost everyone’s hometown is already in flames of war!

Countless people are asking: What should we do?

In order to prevent Nanhai County from being affected by the war, the county captain Ren Xiao ordered the burning of the bridges and roads leading to China and the closure of the five passes.

None of the soldiers in Nanhai County had a favorable impression of the warring parties in the Chinese Civil War.

The arrogance of the Qin court and the misbehaving nobles, ministers, and princes broke their hearts. They refused to work for this regime that had changed its color and lost the founding spirit of Qin.

As for the rebellious Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, King Huai of Chu and so on?

Haha. In the eyes of the officers and soldiers of Nanhai County, they are a bunch of rebels! If the First Emperor were here, with an edict, the 500,000 soldiers and civilians of Nanhai County would have to go out to suppress the rebellion!

Moreover, at this time, the resistance and attacks of the Baiyue people became more and more frequent, and Nanhai County no longer had time to pay attention to the various rights and wrongs in China.

It was also at that time that Zhao Tuo captured a person while leading his army to encircle and suppress the Baiyue tribe.

His current prime minister, Lu Jia, was a nobleman among the Baiyue people.

Zhao Tuo finally discovered that it turned out that the Baiyue people were not incapable of communication, nor could they only rely on iron and blood, death and killing to conquer.

If you control the nobles of Baiyue, you can control the tribes of Baiyue. If the nobles of Baiyue surrender, those Baiyue barbarians who were not afraid of death and fought one after another will suddenly become unable to fight back or retaliate.

Mouth, subjects who are more docile than Chinese farmers.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo put forward the slogan of "harmony and editing of Baiyue".

He gave the Baiyue nobles official positions, salaries and rewards, sent out civil servants to teach the Baiyue nobles how to read and write, and taught them etiquette, morality and culture.

Therefore, the Baiyue people became honest.

There were no more attacks on Chinese gathering areas.
To be continued...