Chapter 97 Wei Shengxue: Listen to me

Don’t say it, don’t say it, although this method is extremely shameless, those who play politics have dirty hearts, and everyone standing in the court has a thick skin.

Although they were greatly shocked when it was first proposed, they quickly regained their professionalism as outstanding employees of the Qin Dynasty. A court discussion lasted for more than an hour, and they turned it from a wild idea into a specific implementation plan, and even determined the people responsible for its implementation.

There is only one key point left waiting for external assistance - how to spread it throughout the world in a short period of time.

The autumn harvest is approaching. The southern areas will start rushing to harvest in half a month, and the northern areas will be at most a month later. The Qin Dynasty has already started to build important transportation routes at all levels, but due to the current industrial level, the efficiency is not high. It has only barely paved the national highway, that is, the large official road from Xianyang to various counties.

Only a few counties in the vicinity have built a portion of the county roads and prefecture roads. The roads in the more distant areas are still being leveled, not to mention the various accidents that may occur during the process, which have more or less slowed down the progress.

Under such circumstances, it is still possible to quickly transmit the news to the thirty-six counties in the world, but it is difficult to spread it to all counties, and it is wishful thinking to spread it further.

Since it cannot be done by conventional means, we can only rely on magical powers.

You'll help, right?

Wei Shengxue: "Of course."

How could she miss such a good opportunity to gain merit?

Wei Shengxue poked his son: "Does this count as promoting the communication revolution in Daqin?"

The system applauded its host's ability to exploit opportunities and earn merit. [More than that, you've directly brought about change. Once Daqin establishes a complete communications network, merit will roll in.]

There was a large carrot hanging in front of him, and even the system was fawning over it, offering its services to the host: [According to this system's calculations, the time after the autumn harvest in Xianyang City is the most suitable for a breakthrough. The host can take this opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul stage in one fell swoop.]

"And then he was struck by lightning and turned into charcoal in public?"

The system decisively discarded its initial judgment. What it said about not being satisfied with the state of mind of the Jindan stage and that it would be difficult to survive the thunder tribulation if it went any further, were all rubbish in the face of the vast amount of merit!

As long as she doesn't start a massacre, even if she collects her spiritual power and jumps off a cliff, a branch will hook her collar. If she stands in the middle of a battle between two armies, she can just avoid her.

Merit and virtue protecting the body is so unreasonable!

This matter is neither difficult nor trivial, it just takes time and there are too many trivial items. However, for the time being, as long as we can reach the thirty-six counties in time and leave enough time to mobilize public opinion and spread rumors, it will be fine.

"This is not difficult." Facing the expectant gazes of the Qin emperor and his ministers, Wei Shengxue spoke slowly.

“All we need to do is select a group of people who are good at balancing, bold, and good at spreading rumors.”

He has good balance because he has to jump over flying swords; he is brave because he has to jump over flying swords; he is good at spreading rumors because what can spread faster than a wild rumor?

The teleportation array cannot be opened because it consumes too much energy. It just so happens that the flying swords that were refined before are still in the warehouse, so we can use them to carry these people over.

Airdrop type *flying sword version* parachuting, looking forward to the participation of warriors.

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"Can I fly to the sky by tying it to a sword?" Little Han Xin's eyes fell on Meng Yi's sword, and he looked eager to try.

Wei Shengxue watched the fun and encouraged him, "Yeah, like this..."

Chirp!

“Ah ...

The messengers, with a rope tied around their waists and hanging on the hilts of their swords, rushed into the sky with screams and flew in all directions.

Wei Shengxue pulled out a real-time map, on which a patch of light was moving rapidly, like a meteor across the territory of Daqin, or like dandelions flying in all directions.

"Here it is." She tapped the map with her finger, and it zoomed in, showing the details of the person who had landed. "Oh, it's hanging on the tree. It seems to have fallen into someone's backyard."

After more than a year of training, the Qin emperor and his ministers felt that they had developed a big heart that could remain calm in the face of praise or criticism, but when they saw this map that could monitor the entire world for the first time, they were still indescribably excited.

"If we have a map like this when we march and fight, our army will surely win!" The eyes of all the generals were firmly glued to the map, and they unconsciously moved forward a few steps, and then a few more.

"This map can display the scenery within the territory of the Qin Dynasty at will. If it is used to supervise the officials, the whole world will be in your hands." This was said in a very Legalist tone, and you can tell it was said by Li Si, the leader of the Legalists.

"A group of vulgar people who squander natural resources. Such divine objects should naturally be used to spy on the weather and prevent natural disasters in time." This is obviously Zhi Su Nei Shi.

Wei Shengxue had not expected that just for the sake of convenience, he used the system's map, which actually led to a sincere debate among a group of ministers.

However, this map mainly relies on the system's information collection and recording functions, and real-time updates require it to be operated throughout the process, so it cannot be loaned out.

Upon hearing the news, the Qin emperor and his ministers sighed in disappointment. Well, they were not disappointed actually. They just acted pitifully out of habit and planned for some benefits.

After learning that they couldn't get it, they quickly gave up and started counting how many people had reached their destination. Some people even counted how many of them had landed smoothly on flat ground.

Several doctors who were good at calculations were holding pens and recording the time of arrival of each person. After calculation, they came to the astonishing result that the flying sword could travel ten thousand miles a day.

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With a group of big men behind the scenes giving advice and planning, and holding the imperial edict with the emperor's seal, the messengers who arrived at various counties received active cooperation from local officials.

Although the news they brought was extremely outrageous, so outrageous that everyone who heard it thought they were liars, if he hadn't been holding an imperial edict and his origin from nowhere was not special enough, the county magistrate would have wanted to kick him out.

But since it is your majesty's order, let's do it.

County Magistrates: Your Majesty must have his reasons for doing this!

If I don’t understand, it’s definitely not because he is wrong, but because we are short-sighted and cannot see his foresight!

With their support, the news of miracles and increased grain production before the autumn harvest was spread in the local area. However, at this time when everyone was busy preparing for the autumn harvest, they really had no time to talk about such topics that were obviously false.

"At this rate, we won't achieve the expected results." When several ministers in Xianyang met, they roughly calculated the outcome.

what to do?

"The topic isn't exciting enough."

Wei Shengxue led little Han Xin to nibble on fresh fruits, expressing disdain for Daqin's ability to spread rumors.

Ying Zheng asked her for advice: "What tricks do you have, fellow Daoist?"

Wei Shengxue spat out the fruit core and rubbed her hands excitedly.

It’s time to show you the rumor-mongering abilities of the Starnet surfers!

"Shock! That night, the bulls in the field kept roaring. So there's a secret behind it!"

"Shocking secret! Two men did this in the fields in the middle of the night, attracting the whole village to watch!!"

"Men fell silent after hearing this, women wept, and it kept them awake at night because of this!"

"Can you believe this? There's actually such a way of dying in this world! No one in the entire Qin Dynasty has ever seen it!"

“…”

After a series of seven or eight false rumors, Wei Shengxue stopped talking reluctantly, leaving the locals ample room to speculate.

Ying Zheng: “…”

Disciple of the Zongheng family: "..."

Disciple of the famous master: “…”

Other ministers: "..."

Can’t compare, can’t compare.

They are used to using tactics to sow discord, but their words are not so effective as this!

So what are those two men doing?! What's the secret behind that bull mooing?!

Li Si was not convinced: What other ways of death are there that even he, the former Chief Justice of the Qin Dynasty, doesn’t know!

After a long while, someone finally managed to utter, "This is too vulgar."

Wei Shengxue asked back, "Just tell me if you're curious or not?"

curious!

A door was opened for the "simple" natives who had never seen the headlines of the Star Network Shock Department.

With his imagination running wild, Wei Shengxue was satisfied with just eating melons.

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During the busy farming season, people came back from the fields in the afterglow of the setting sun. While it was still light, they would gather at the entrance of the village with a bowl full of cracks, sipping a few mouthfuls of wild vegetable porridge while talking about the latest rumors with saliva flying.

In a place where people would be extremely upset if the owner of the house lost a melon, this explosive news spread quickly among the villages.

When a woman went back to her parents' home to borrow a needle, she would lower her voice and say something mysteriously: "Have you heard? The man in that village did this kind of thing..."

When the children went to the foot of the mountain to herd cattle, they would gather together and excitedly whisper: "Did your cow run out to the fields to moo in the middle of the night? My grandfather now squats at the door of the cattle pen every night, waiting for it to run out."

The man carried several buckets of water together, and he couldn't help but say: "I guarantee that you have never heard of such a way of dying. No one in the world knows..."

The news spread throughout the Qin Dynasty at lightning speed, from the mouths of officials attending banquets, from the mouths of people entering the city to buy household items, and from the mouths of merchants coming and going.

Similar topics spread even in Chu, the area farthest from the Qin administrative center. Whether intentional or unintentional, the increase in grain production, which was mentioned in every topic, also spread.

After it was said so many times, people went from not believing it at first to having some vague belief, and then to believing it firmly after arguing with others.

"Uncle! Uncle!" A young man with rare double pupils ran into the yard and excitedly shared his discovery with his closest elder.

"When I was playing outside today, I heard them all talking about delaying the harvest for a few days. They hoped a miracle would happen and double the grain yield overnight!"

"Double it! Then we can collect much more rent. Uncle, let's let the tenants harvest their crops later!"

The young man, who thought he had come up with a good idea, shook his head proudly and thought to himself: He is not as stupid as his uncle said. Look how good his idea is this time!

"What miracle? That tyrannical Qin will be punished by heaven!"

The man holding the bamboo slips in the courtyard had deep hatred in his eyes. "Let them harvest the grain as usual. I want to see how many bushels of grain can be left in the fields during this rainy season!"

He then ordered his attendants, "Go to the storehouse and fetch the silver and money, and go to each household and collect the old grain. We have some old grain in reserve, so don't let it go."

Those mediocre people now look down on old grain, so he buys it at a low price. When it rains, the crops will rot in the fields, and the old grain will become a treasure.

He holds these grains in his hands, which will be used as bargaining chips to win over people, and he is waiting for those wavering fence-sitters to come to him for help!

As for hoarding goods and raising food prices?

Oh, a bunch of untouchables who surrendered to the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, their death is not a pity!