Ji Yanran's words aroused Fang Zheng's interest in playing Civilization, but when to start was still a difficult question for Fang Zheng.

Judging from the current history, Fang Zheng could either start an uprising in the Warring States Period and then follow the example of Qin Shihuang to sweep across the six kingdoms and unify the world, or follow the example of Liu Bang, take action in the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty and then build a brand new Han Dynasty.

If you are looking for excitement, the former is naturally more refreshing. But after thinking about it, Fang Zheng thinks the latter is better.

Although the title of the greatest emperor in history is indeed attractive, he also paid a lot. What Qin Shihuang did laid the foundation for the political structure of China in the future, but it also caused a lot of trouble. For example, the unified writing system, the unified wheel gauge, the burning of books and burying of scholars. These are all things that had to be done for the sake of unification. If Fang Zheng replaced Qin Shihuang, I am afraid he would only do more drastic things instead of being more lenient.

The same is true for large-scale construction projects. Except for the Afang Palace, which may be a bit out of line, building highways and the Great Wall are all things that benefit the country and the people. The story of Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall has been passed down through the ages, but if there was no Great Wall, you, Meng Jiangnu, would not even have the chance to cry, and you would have been captured by some Hun as a trophy.

The same was true for Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. The Grand Canal he built strengthened transportation between the north and the south, which also benefited the country and the people. However, the Sui Dynasty fell because of this.

To put it bluntly, what they did was correct, which is indisputable. However, due to the technical conditions at the time, they could only use this method to complete it. Many people died in both the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, but they really couldn't be built without deaths. In fact, when it comes to civil engineering of this level, even in modern times with all kinds of advanced technology, people may die, let alone in that era.

Of course, historians of later generations might be able to make fair evaluations of Qin Shihuang and Emperor Yang of Sui, but people at that time must have hated these two tyrants.

But anyway, it's better than the Egyptian pharaohs. Look at the broken pyramids they built. Are they even remotely useful other than as tombs?

You can also make some money through sightseeing.

If we think about the "Last Lesson" we learned in elementary school textbooks, we can know that the views of the literati of the six countries at that time on Qin Shihuang were probably not much better than that French teacher's view of De Er.

Therefore, in Fang Zheng's opinion, it is better to let Qin Shi Huang follow the history and make everyone hate him, and then he can learn from Liu Bang to save the people... After all, if he is to be the emperor, he will have to be the emperor for a thousand years, and he can't just do nothing every year and suppress riots.

From a certain perspective, the demise of the Qin Dynasty was also inevitable. It was because Qin Shi Huang had stirred up too much hatred, which had already caused public outrage. As soon as he died, all the problems came to light. The peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty was like igniting the accumulated gunpowder barrel. After overthrowing the Qin Dynasty and taking revenge, everyone felt relieved and went back to their normal business.

After that, as always...

As time went by, Fang Zheng sat quietly in Xiaoyao Palace, paying attention to the general situation in the world while playing his own chess game. Of course, Fang Zheng also made great efforts in this process. For example, the improvement and manufacturing skills of various basic technologies such as papermaking, iron smelting, and porcelain making were spread from Xiaoyao Palace.

These techniques were either explained by Fang Zheng himself and taught to others in Xiaoyao Palace, or Fang Zheng proposed a direction and let the scholars in Xiaoyao Palace study it themselves. Since these scholars regarded Fang Zheng as the reincarnation of a god, Fang Zheng did not encounter too much difficulty in imparting knowledge.

As time went by, the students in Xiaoyao Palace gradually grew up. Many of them began to miss the prosperous life outside and chose to leave. Since Xiaoyao Palace was located on the border between Qin and Zhao, most of them chose to join Qin. The reforming Qin was naturally hungry for these "technical talents" and quickly absorbed them thoroughly. As a result, the speed of Qin's national strength improvement was much faster than before, and even in just a few years, there was a great improvement.

By the way, Fang Zheng was also curious about Xiang Shaolong's views on these things, but found that his only reaction to the emergence of papermaking was "Wow, papermaking actually appeared in Qin!"

From this we can see that this guy must not have learned history well.

That's true. If Xiang Shaolong is good at history, he should at least show some knowledge in this area. Don't most time travelers who go back to the past burn glass or make paper?

Although there are also some weirdos like Main who started out as a shampoo manufacturer.

Just like that, time passed, another year passed, and winter came in the blink of an eye.

Fang Zheng was riding a white deer in the mountains and forests, silently looking at the camp with flags flying below, without saying a word.

The person in the camp below was none other than Xiang Shaolong. During this year, Xiang Shaolong, like in the original novel, disguised himself and went to Zhao State to capture Zhao Mu alive. He was appreciated by King Zhuangxiang and was sent as an envoy to the six countries. But this was actually a conspiracy by Lu Buwei, who wanted to completely eliminate Xiang Shaolong and his party by using the opposition and enemy forces within Qin. Although Xiang Shaolong escaped by chance, the third princess of Zhao State and her four maids died tragically in this battle.

This can be regarded as a knot in Fang Zheng's previous life. You should know that A Step into the Past was the first time-travel harem novel Fang Zheng read at that time. Although Xiang Shaolong had lost women before, such as Su Nu and Shu Er, these women only had one-night stands with Xiang Shaolong after all. Su Nu even committed suicide without having any physical contact with Xiang Shaolong. They were just named supporting characters ABC. It was a pity that they died, but it was not a big deal.

However, Zhao Qian was different. This third princess could be considered the heroine in the early stage except for Ji Yanran. However, she was shot to death by an arrow, and even the four maids following her were hacked to death on the spot. This scene caused great harm to Fang Zheng's young mind at that time, which was no less than watching The Return of the Condor Heroes and seeing Xiaolongnu being taken by Yi Zhiping.

Jin Yong's Little Dragon Girl, Huang Yi's Zhao Qian, and Gu Long's Lin Shiyin are all childhood shadows.

Fortunately, these three people don’t write online articles, otherwise readers would definitely crawl over along the Internet cable and strangle them to death.

"Xiang Shaolong, you should also try your best..."

Fang Zheng shook his head as he watched the envoys dismantle their tents in the dark and split into two groups to try to attract the enemy. Xiang Shaolong only thought about the enemy country and never thought that Lu Buwei wanted to sell him out. This was simply embarrassing for a time traveler. Anyone who knows a little bit of history knows what kind of person Lu Buwei is. Can you have a good result by being friends with him?

Soon, the enemy troops on the other side were lured away by the Qin soldiers, and Xiang Shaolong and his party walked out from the other side and headed towards the red pine forest.

However, at this moment, they saw the originally dark red pine forest in front of them suddenly lit up with flames, surrounding them from all directions. At this moment, Xiang Shaolong and his group were shocked and hurriedly evacuated. But unfortunately, it was too late. The enemy had a total of 5,000 people, and they were well prepared. Xiang Shaolong's side was to divert the enemy and disperse the actions. His group had only a hundred people. Although they were all elite generals, they were still no match for four hands. They were caught off guard and were beaten to a pulp.

"If you put this in a modern online novel, readers would definitely call it toxic."

Seeing Xiang Shaolong and his group fighting and retreating, almost completely defeated, Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly. Then he stretched out his hand and gently stroked the strings of the zither in front of him.

The sound of killing shook the sky and the horses neighed.

"Retreat quickly, follow me!"

Xiang Shaolong desperately swung his sword and chopped down the enemies in front of him, but the enemies kept coming and were almost unstoppable. The other family generals also protected everyone and retreated. No one knew where to go, but now there was only one way to escape!

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!!”

At this moment, another round of arrows flew down and covered Xiang Shaolong and others. Seeing this scene, Xiang Shaolong's eyes widened, not knowing what to do.

However, at this moment, suddenly, a low sound suddenly appeared.

“Boom boom boom!!”

As four low musical notes sounded, the air around them suddenly began to whistle, turning into a sudden tremor of strong wind, and then the arrows were seen flying in all directions and scattered all over the ground.

“Boom boom boom—!!”

Four more loud sounds rang out, as if a large army was about to arrive, causing the enemy troops, who were originally shouting and killing, to stop in their tracks. They held torches and swords and looked around blankly. At the same time, the sound of the piano started again, turning into a smooth and beautiful tone that resounded throughout the red pine forest.

"It's Master Fang!!"

Hearing the music, Zhao Qian immediately showed an excited expression, and Xiang Shaolong also breathed a sigh of relief. On the contrary, the others looked confused, not knowing what was going on.

But they don't need to know.

The sound of the piano became louder and more majestic, and the expressions of the bandits suddenly changed. Along with the roaring sound of the piano, their eyes widened, their faces turned pale, and they pressed their chests tightly as if they couldn't breathe. At the same time, the sound of the piano was like a mountain stream, pouring down.

“Plop!!”

The bandits who were surrounding Xiang Shaolong could no longer stand steadily. They swayed twice, then suddenly fell to the ground and turned into corpses.

Seeing this scene, everyone was horrified, only Zhao Qian and a few others who had accompanied Xiang Shaolong on his diplomatic mission to Wei State showed joy. Xiang Shaolong quickly raised his hand and bowed to the pine forest.

"Thank you, Master Fang, for saving my life!"

"Why……"

Xiang Shaolong was responded with a sigh. The next moment, everyone saw Fang Zheng riding a white deer, swayingly emerging from the depths of the pine forest. He stroked the guqin in his hand while looking at Xiang Shaolong helplessly.

"Xiang Bingwei, as a time traveler, this is a bit embarrassing..."