In December, after winter begins, the grassland becomes very cold and the snow falls like catkins.
White Wolf City.
A few months ago, Xia Si followed Yu Jiao and Luo Tanman to the Xiongnu.
During the period when the leader of the Xiongnu, Luotantuo, was killed and Luotangman returned, there were undercurrents among the Xiongnu. The struggle for the position of the leader of the Xiongnu resulted in numerous open and covert struggles.
In the past few months, Xia Si helped Luotuanman resolve crises several times and consolidated his position as the wise king.
Now, she has been accepted as the concubine by Luantangman, and she is favored and trusted.
However, Xia Si has a secret that is not known to outsiders.
What Luo Tanman favors every night is only her ghost, not the real person.
Her true form uses the ghost to do things, and exchanges herself with the ghost, hiding in the ghost's body, confusing the real with the fake, and no one can see through it.
Therefore, although Xia Si is a strange woman who has witnessed the battle of human relations countless times, she has never experienced it personally.
This is one of the cultivation methods of Yinnu Cult, with the goal of transcending ordinary people's desire to sink, and tempering the state of mind and will.
If Xia Si wants to be happy with others in her true body, she will have to practice to a level that transcends the barriers of Yinnu's teachings, or she loses her mind and is really willing to devote herself to someone.
At this time, Xia Si was in a sleeping palace, talking to Yue Qing, the leader of the World Destroying Sect.
Every generation of the World-Destroying Sect has two sect leaders, and they must be brother and sister. This has been the case from generation to generation.
Yue Qing is the leader of the female sect. She is wearing a white cloak, her skin is as good as snow, and she stands tall and graceful.
Xia Si was wearing a blue leather skirt and a white fox fur collar. The two of them had different styles and were talking.
Yue Qing asked: "The Yinnu Sect was destroyed by the Qin people. I want to know the details."
Xia Si narrowed her eyes: "Do you want to know about Great Qin Ye Yu's Mansion, or the Qin Prince behind Ye Yu's Mansion?"
"Ye Yufu can attack and kill the leader of the Huns, and the order comes from the prince of Qin. Both of them want to hear it." Yue Qing said.
"Does the clan leader want to take revenge on the Qin people?" Xia Si asked.
Yue Qing was noncommittal and waited for her to continue.
Xia Si was silent for a moment, then introduced the general structure of Ye Yu Mansion, and then said calmly: "I was forced by Ye Yu Mansion, so I had no choice but to leave the Huns."
"Master and I made several plans at the beginning, but they were all foiled by the Qin people."
"Later, my Yinnu Sect's sect was destroyed, and I realized that the current world and the ancient times are very different from the time when the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty came together. The cultivation techniques of the Middle Earth emerged one after another, hundreds of schools of thought contended, and the strong ones
There are countless, most of them are used by the seven kingdoms, and Qin is the most powerful.
Our sect may never be able to return to its ancient glory."
"So you came to Xiongnu to avoid disaster and to stay away from disputes?" Yue Qing said.
Xia Si: "That's not true. I have some plans, but I don't plan to provoke the Qin people again."
"Can you really give up your hatred of killing your master and destroying your sect?" Yue Qing didn't believe what Xia Si said at all.
This woman must have something up her sleeve.
"If I had the chance, of course I would like to kill Qin Chu to avenge Master, but I can't do it. If I have to fight against the Qin people with my own strength, it would be tantamount to committing suicide.
If the suzerain wants to be hostile to the Qin people in order to retaliate for the death of the Xiongnu lord, it is better to be cautious."
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Zhao Huaizhong came in quite leisurely.
Everyone seems to be in Maodong, even Ye Yufu has not much going on.
As time went by, he had gradually taken over, helping King Zhuang Xiang share some state affairs, and paying attention to the people's livelihood of Qin and other issues.
In fact, the so-called education of the people must first be based on the premise of having enough to eat.
Only then can we talk about education and enlightenment of people's wisdom.
After winter, Zhao Huaizhong went in and out of the flower house every day, discussing next year's spring planting and increasing production with Mu Yangjing and Jiang Ji.
I used to think that grain grafting could not be done in this world, but this is not absolute.
In a world where magic exists, there is nothing scientific about it.
Mu Yangjing's farming technique can rely on mana to bring rain and fertile land. Hybrid rice cannot be implemented, but it can increase the yield of some crops.
This winter, Zhao Huaizhong and Mu Yangjing discussed farming repeatedly.
Starting from aspects such as lighting, grouting, watering, and reducing insect pests, we will conduct research on grains, especially millet and yellow rice, which have short harvest cycles and are easy to survive.
Zhao Huaizhong has already begun to create a framework for the future Great Qin, focusing on the combination of agriculture and law.
It takes agriculture as the foundation, law as the norm, and then supplements it with some Confucian ideas and obeys its enlightenment.
Regarding farming, Lieutenant General Zhao Huai stated some directions for future generations, and it was left to Mu Yangjing to implement them, making them more suitable for this era, and studying which ones can expand production.
At this time, Zheng Guo Canal has been repaired for nearly two years, and it is expected to be completed in more than a year.
Throughout the winter, Zhao Huaizhong was accumulating strength, starting from the foundation to promote the improvement of Qin's national power.
Winter passes and spring comes.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the spring equinox of the year again.
Zhao Huaizhong is nineteen years old.
This winter, he decided on the candidate for his concubine, Jiang Shu, the daughter of Shennong.
As for Mu Yangjing, don't be too hasty.
April.
There is still some winter chill left, but the air is already filled with the fragrance of spring.
Those who plowed early began to loosen the soil.
Early in the morning, Zhao Huaizhong arrived at Ye Yu Mansion.
He took out a piece of paper specially used for puppetry, copied certain contents on it, then folded the paper and applied the magic power of puppetry to create wisps of formation patterns all over the paper.
The paper immediately turned into a puppet bird, flapped its wings and flew away, all the way out of Xianyang and heading east. The puppet pattern on its body flickered, absorbing the breath of heaven and earth, and approached Daqi.
The puppet bird is propelled by the power of the saint and flies extremely fast.
That night, it arrived in Qi State, and finally flew to Jixia Academy in Linzi, where it fell into Zou Yan's hands, unfolded and turned into a letter.
During this period, there was frequent correspondence between the saints.
Zhao Huaizhong not only wrote to Zou Yan, but also to Xunzi, and the three of them communicated about problems.
At this time, Zou Yan took the letter in his hand and immediately opened it to read.
After he finished reading the letter, a disciple next to him came up and asked: "The thing Master Zou is holding is the Qin people's paper?"
Zou Yan nodded: "Exactly, wait and see, is this thing mysterious?"
He shook the paper in his hand and said to the disciples:
"This object is used for writing. It is not only light, but can also carry more content. It has been promoted in Qin people's country."
A disciple responded: "I have also heard about the recent changes in Qin. In the past winter, the Qin prince, farmer Mu Yangjing, miscellaneous family Lu Buwei, military strategist Wang Jian and others were all teaching Dharma in Qin without hiding their secrets.
The student also heard that there were practitioners of various types in the six countries, so he was moved and entered Qin one after another.
In Qin, farming, education, and spiritual practice are all developing rapidly."
Another disciple asked: "When Qin Chu and Master Zou corresponded, they were talking about the practice of saints?"
Zou Yan shook his head, with a smile on his face, and said proudly: "He has something unclear, so he came to ask me for advice."
"Qin Chu also has something unknown, why?"
"Can't say."
Zou Yan shook his head slightly: "Disciples, please study ink for me. I want to repair the book and reply to Qin Chu. Don't let Xunzi take the lead."
The next day, outside the Yeyu Mansion Hall where Zhao Huaizhong was, two things flew in one after another, from Zou Yan and Xunzi respectively.
Recently, the saints beat drums and pass flowers around like a dragon, exchanging news from time to time with all kinds of strange methods.
At this time, what Xunzi sent was a bamboo pen that flew through the air, landed in front of Zhao Huaizhong, and wrote lines of writing on a piece of paper on the table.
Zou Yan is not behind others either.
The bamboo scroll he sent from the air was unfolded, and the power of the five elements were intertwined, explaining the changes of yin and yang, the scene was magnificent, and then it fell down and turned into words.
The old sages often competed with each other because of their different categories of learning.
Zhao Huaizhong took advantage of the hearts of the old saints and asked them to work for him.
At this time, he began to check the contents sent by Zou Yan and Xunzi.