He could vaguely guess the reason why the emperor couldn't wait to call him and Sugatha here after the celebration banquet.
After the eunuch issued the order, Zhao Tuo took off his shoes outside the palace and walked in.
As soon as he entered the palace, he saw the First Emperor sitting on the gorgeous imperial couch, his head lowered, and he was carefully looking at the silk silk unfolded on the case.
Sugatha was kneeling on the ground, half-leaning, holding a pen in her hand, as if writing something on a piece of silk.
Zhao Tuo blinked, looking very much like a parent supervising a child's homework.
But it only took him a moment to realize that the long thing spread out on the case was a map.
Sugatha is drawing something on the map with a pen.
The First Emperor looked at it very seriously, and his eyes followed Sujatha's pen.
Zhao Tuo stood aside silently and did not disturb him.
After a while, Sujatha put down the brush in her hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is what I know about the general situation west of Yuezhi. However, I have never been to these places. I mostly heard what I heard from my tribe and businessmen.
, this map should be different from the actual situation."
Qin Shihuang nodded, it is only normal if there are differences.
He stared at the place where Sujatha finally stopped writing and asked: "How far is the Dawan you mentioned from Daqin?"
Sugatha thought for a moment and said, "About ten thousand miles."
The First Emperor frowned, tapped his fingers lightly on the case, and whispered: "More than ten thousand miles."
A journey of thousands of miles can be said to be an extremely long distance in today's era.
And I heard Sugatha say that in this journey of tens of thousands of miles, there are many places where there are deserts, Gobi and the like, which are not accessible roads.
However, the First Emperor did not dwell on this issue.
If people from the Western Regions can come from there, the army of Great Qin can naturally go there.
He raised his head and looked at Zhao Tuo, who was standing in the hall with his hands down.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Tuo, pays homage to your Majesty."
Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed. Regardless of his title, when meeting his father-in-law, the emperor, the etiquette must be in place.
The First Emperor smiled and said: "Marquis Wugong, come to me and take a look at this map."
"only."
Zhao Tuo responded and stepped forward.
Sujatha looked sideways and saw a trace of peace in her eyes when she saw Zhao Tuo's figure.
Zhao Tuo didn't notice this, his eyes fell on the map spread out on the case.
Da Qin lives in the center of the map.
Outside the thirty-six counties of the Qin State, the northeast is marked with the words Donghu, Korea, etc., and the south is marked with the Southwest Yi and Yue people.
Henan, Yinshan and other areas that Zhao Tuo had just conquered were also circled.
The names of Beidi, Jiuyuan and other counties were written on it. The vast land had actually been planned, and part of it was assigned to Beidi County and part of it was Jiuyuan County.
However, Zhao Tuo only glanced at these places, his eyes swept across the Yuezhi west of the river, and landed on the names of the countries further west written by Sujatha.
Wusun, Loulan, Jingjue, Qiuci (qiu ci)...
All the way to Dawan in the west!
The map was drawn a bit hastily, and Zhao Tuo looked at it carelessly, not knowing whether the drawing was correct or not.
After all, he had only heard stories about Princess Wusun and Queen Jingjue. There were so many small countries in that place. How could he remember who was next to whom in each country?
However, Zhao Tuo knew very well that the place where these countries were located was what later generations often called the Western Regions.
There is the only way for China to communicate with the West.
Just as Zhao Tuo was looking at the map, the First Emperor's excitement had calmed down, but there was a hint of determination in his eyes.
Why did he rush to call Sujatha over after the celebration banquet?
Was it because of this woman's beauty that he had desire and couldn't wait to dote on her?
If this is the case, then why did he ask Zhao Tuo to come over?
The First Emperor was not very interested in women.
For him, the main reason why he was so anxious was because Sugatha was born as a noble girl of the Yuezhi clan and could bring him information about the western world.
Before that, he had known through sporadic channels that there was a very vast land farther west of Yuezhi, but he had no way of knowing what it looked like specifically.
He was quite eager for this.
The First Emperor reached out and took off a jade ornament from his waist and placed it on the place on the map.
"Martial Lord, do you know where this jade comes from?"
Zhao Tuo was startled when he saw that the jade was as white as grease, shining with a faint luster under the flickering light.
What a jade!
After all, Zhao Tuo was born into a noble family, so he had some experience.
In addition, the emperor has now placed this jade on the map of the Western Regions, so the answer is still unclear.
He responded: "Dare you tell your majesty that this is Kunshan's jade?"
The First Emperor smiled and said: "Of course, this is the jade from Kunshan. In the past, when I issued an eviction order, Li Si wrote a letter of advice and used this jade from Kunshan as a metaphor. The jade from Kunshan is a treasure in the world, and it comes from the Kunlun Mountains in the west!"
Having said this, the First Emperor's eyes glowed with excitement.
Kunlun!
The sacred mountain where the gods live in legend.
Qu Yuan once asked: Where is the hanging garden in Kunlun?
The nobles of the Xia Dynasty have all heard the name of the sacred mountain Kunlun.
But what is the land where Kunlun is located like? Is there a country, is there civilization, is the land fertile or desolate, and what kind of products does it have?
Nobody knows.
For the First Emperor, it was an unknown territory.
And he is exactly a king with a strong desire to control and conquer.
The First Emperor was very eager to know what the world looked like west of Yuezhi, which was why he couldn't wait to call Sujiasha and Zhao Tuo.
Now, he knows.
In the vast land of the west, where the legendary Kunlun Mountain is located, there is actually a group of small countries!
The powerful Dawan only has a population of hundreds of thousands and an army of 100,000.
A medium-sized country only has a population of tens of thousands and only a few thousand soldiers.
Weak countries are even less worthy of mention.
As Sujatha said, she had heard traders from the West talk about what kind of country there was, with a total population of only three to four thousand people and an army of five hundred.
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In a country with an army of five hundred, Da Qin would randomly send a leader of two to five hundred to defeat the other party.
In the eyes of the First Emperor, who destroyed six countries of ten thousand chariots, these countries were really too weak.
But they also occupy a very vast land, which seems to be comparable to many counties in the Qin Dynasty. It also includes Kunlun, a sacred mountain that produces beautiful jade and is widely known in the Xia world.
How could the First Emperor not have the desire to conquer such a place?
He stared at Zhao Tuo and said with a faint smile: "Where Kunlun is located, there are countless small countries, as close as Wusun and as far away as Dawan. They are all rotten wood and mud. I wonder if the martial arts prince will be willing to serve me after the Yueshi are defeated.
Sweep the Western Regions and raise the power of Qin in Kunlun!"
The First Emperor looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile.
This is the opportunity he gave his son-in-law.
Nineteenth level Lunhou.
He is only one step away from being a Lieutenant at level 20.
But this step must be to achieve great success.
Nowadays, in all parts of the Qin Dynasty, except for the Baiyue in the south, which can barely be praised, the southwestern Yi, Donghu, and North Korea are no longer worthy of the merits of upgrading the feudal lords.
Don’t you, Zhao Tuo, dislike me fighting Baiyue?
Then go and fight in the Western Regions!
It is big enough, has enough countries, and even has the Kunlun Mountains.
If you conquer there, you can become a lieutenant directly!
The First Emperor's eyes were bright.
He gave Zhao Tuo a chance and thought that the man in front of him would agree and carve out a large territory for himself.
In those expectant eyes.
Zhao Tuo smiled bitterly to himself.
He remembered a question he often saw in his previous life: if someone sent a world map to Qin Shihuang's case.
What choice will this eternal emperor make?
Will Da Qin unify the world?
Now, Sugatha did not send a world map, but gave the First Emperor a map of the Western Region and specific information.
The First Emperor was always looking for a goal in his life.
Qin's military merit system has also been forcing the country to open up new territories, allowing generals and leaders of Guizhou to have channels for advancement.
Therefore, Qin destroyed the six countries.
After destroying the six kingdoms, they defeated the Xiongnu.
After defeating the Huns?
Play Baiyue?
Apart from Baiyue, which is full of miasma, does the First Emperor have no goals in life anymore?
Is this bloodthirsty monster like Jun Gongjue going to stop?
Now, Sugatha has set a new goal.
Defeat the Yueshi, take the Western Regions, and capture the legendary Kunlun Mountain!
The appeal of this goal even exceeds the Baiyue Land in the south.
Zhao Tuo understood the First Emperor's intentions.
He also understood that by calling him here tonight, he was probably giving himself a chance to be promoted to a prince.
But he still slowly shook his head.
"Your Majesty, I think this is not a good time to attack the Western Region."
The smile on the Emperor's face froze.
Zhao Tuo, rejected me?
Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked at the emperor in front of him.