Chapter 146 No One Knows the End of the Qin Empire
The Qin Dynasty's Xianyang City.
The library, which attracted countless attention as soon as it was completed and attracted scholars and literati from all over the world, once again played its role of "collecting all the books in the world".
The various schools of thought could be easily identified by their clothing, but they all walked around the library with similar caution and lightness, holding rolls of thin and crisp paper carefully.
"Be careful, this thing will spread apart."
"Use a solidification spell quickly, it's going to shatter into pieces!"
"A few more copyists!"
"I don't understand! I don't know this bird language, I can't understand a single word! How can I copy it?!"
"Go, go to Xiuxian Academy and get a few, no, get all of them, get those students who are good at copying."
“…”
The originally quiet library was now as noisy as a bargaining scene in a vegetable market, but no one expressed any dissatisfaction.
Everyone's energy was devoted to organizing the collection of books.
Wei Shengxue leaned against the window frame and looked down. He stretched out his hand and caught a few books that had accidentally fallen, and then transferred them safely to a stable bookshelf.
"What do you think, fellow Daoist?"
"Huh?" She turned around, looking blankly at Ying Zheng who was questioning her, and then apologized, "Sorry, I was distracted just now. What did you say, fellow Taoist?"
Ying Zheng said, "Once the Outer Nine Provinces are incorporated into Great Qin, travel between the two sides will be inconvenient. A large teleportation array will need to be built. However, I'm afraid Great Qin lacks the resources to sustain such a large array for long. Does fellow Daoist have any good ideas?"
Wei Shengxue opened the system map again and took a look. "You don't need to worry about this issue for now. It's quite backward over there, and the level of civilization development is relatively low."
behind?
Li Si, who was working as a wall lamp nearby, looked up when he heard this. This comment was quite interesting.
Even when dealing with the barbarians and foreigners on the grassland, the Immortal Master never used this kind of evaluation. He only said that their living environments and development directions were different.
What kind of barbarian would deserve such an evaluation?
Wei Shengxue frowned, trying to think of how to describe this strangely developed civilization to them.
"This civilization possessed a complete language and writing system, developed a practical calendar, and created artworks with unique aesthetics..."
As she narrated, Ying Zheng and the others imagined an ancient civilization with a prosperous culture, which was estimated to be at the level of at least the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The two nodded secretly, which was in line with the normal development of monopolizing an entire continent.
"But they didn't have any metal products, not even the most basic bronze ones."
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up: "Does the Outer Nine Provinces have mines that the Great Qin doesn't have?"
——It must be because more convenient and better materials became available that people gave up bronze and iron tools.
"no……"
Wei Shengxue flipped through the information collected by the system again, feeling dazed. She didn't expect that there really was a place that was so unlucky.
"There aren't any metal mines there."
Ying Zheng:?
A big question mark slowly rose above his head.
What do you mean there are no metal mines?
Outer Kyushu, such a large area, no mines?!
"To be precise, there are no metal mines that are easy to mine where that civilization is located."
Accordingly, that civilization had a prosperous and unique production of stone and pottery products.
However, without metal weapons, the generation gap in military power could not be narrowed, and the basic conditions for unification were lacking, resulting in the absence of a strong central government and the inability to mobilize large numbers of troops.
To put it simply, it was a place that could be easily taken by force.
But...
With the practical experience in Rome and Egypt, the Qin emperor and his ministers, who had evolved again, had better ideas.
Li Si smiled and said, "Master, please tell me what the characters used in the Outer Nine Provinces look like."
Wei Shengxue called up the system information, and a familiar light screen appeared in front of everyone.
Characters that are different from those of the Qin Dynasty are listed on it, one after another.
Li Si looked at these words, and he could sense a familiar meaning in the unfamiliar words.
Things are recorded with strokes, and complex graphics form each word. You can guess what it means just by looking at the word.
Coincidentally, the writing system of the Qin Dynasty also developed step by step in this way, especially the inscriptions on ritual vessels, most of which retain the traditional appearance, making the similarity even higher.
Li Si smiled faintly, revealing the familiar expression that had once made the six kingdoms gnash their teeth. "I heard that when King Wu replaced the Shang Dynasty with the Zhou Dynasty, the Shang people were scattered and displaced. I never expected that one group would even travel thousands of miles."
Player Li Si activates the skill: Since ancient times!
Ying Zheng then added the final words, concluding: "Shang Shang has been away from his homeland for many years, and he has always missed it. The Qin Dynasty is willing to help him return to his roots."
Facing the black-hearted monarch and his ministers, Weishengxue acted as the atmosphere creator and shouted 666.
He also came over and suggested, "So, should we send civilized people over first, using courtesy before force?"
Of course not.
This kind of purely layman's idea would never appear in front of them anywhere else, but it was the immortal master who raised this question.
So the king and his minister, who had been professionally cheating people for decades, explained to her in great detail how to do it, why to do it, and what the benefits of doing so were.
In a word, "In the face of absolute force, people are always willing to reason."
Well, it’s a very specific kind of “persuasion” with the characteristics of the Qin Dynasty.
Now that the goal is determined, you can start preparing.
As they headed back to the palace, a new batch of intelligence arrived. Ying Zheng quickly glanced at it and handed it to her with considerable interest. "News has come back from the south: there's an ancient civilization beyond the mountains."
Which place to go first?
Of course, this is not to ask where the Qin army is going. For the current Qin Dynasty, dividing the troops into two routes is not a problem at all. Moreover, they are going to "establish diplomatic relations" this time, and there is no need to use such a large force as when they destroyed the six countries.
He was asking Wei Shengxue what she meant, whether to go to Outer Kyushu first, or to the civilization in the south?
Wei Shengxue estimated the distance, considered her own speed, and said, "I want both."
With her cultivation level, she could transform into light and travel alone. In one day, she could travel along the route of "Daqin - Rome - Southern Civilization - Outer Kyushu - Daqin".
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Ying Zheng walked quickly in the corridor, the corners of his robe decorated with mountains and rivers fluttering behind him, and there was a hint of worry in his expression.
"Fellow Daoist, there are doubts about politics."
Wei Shengxue picked the last tender melon, slowly made a cup of fruit tea, and motioned him to sit down.
She asked directly: "Has your cultivation been damaged?"
Ying Zheng shook his head.
She then asked, "Does it feel similar to three years ago?"
Ying Zheng recalled the feeling of his blood boiling and the ominous premonition lingering in his heart, as if the most important thing in his life had collapsed and been destroyed, causing him to uncontrollably develop violent emotions.
“It’s worse than it was three years ago.”
Wei Shengxue propped up her chin, her eyes blank as if she was lost in thought. In fact, her consciousness was so strong that she was almost jumping around. "Help! Hurry up, help me find the reason!"
The system, which was rolling around in the mall with points, held data chips in its left hand and Cyber Cola in its right hand, dove headfirst into the database.
Countless characters jumped rapidly, almost forming a glowing board...
Found it
【It is the fate line induction】
Wei Shengxue tried to understand the literal meaning: "Sensing the future destiny, similar to the premonition of an immortal cultivator?"
"Almost, but this refers to the original destiny line without external factors. It is connected to the national destiny. He senses how Qin would have developed if you hadn't appeared."
Wei Shengxue sensed the negative emotions still lingering on the other side, and her heart sank. "Is something wrong with Daqin?"
Based on current conditions, there is a 1% chance that the Qin Empire will be destroyed, a 23% chance that a major upheaval will occur, and a 76% chance that the Qin Empire will have problems.
[Monks are always extremely sensitive to their own safety]
——After all, if the two of them hadn’t come interfering, the First Emperor would have almost reached the normal lifespan of this world and this era.
Wei Shengxue was shocked: "Where did this short-lived ghost come from?!"
He's only a few dozen years old. How can a person live so short? — by Weisheng·Interstellar·Average Lifespan 300·Xue.
[Yes, people in this world have short lives, and civilians have even shorter lives.]
[But host, don't worry. The current Great Qin has been turned upside down and is completely different from before.]
System Death Smile: How should I write a report on transforming the physical world into a world of immortal cultivation? How many hundreds of thousands of words should I write?
The worker's resentment was almost bursting through the sky, but the host's words made it smile, "You've worked hard, spend these points."
The system said, "I feel so embarrassed, these are your points," and quickly transferred the points to its own account.
It’s just like humans receiving red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.
We are all respectable adults, we just love this kind of hypocritical tone, hehe.
After appeasing the system, Wei Shengxue told Ying Zheng these speculations.
Ying Zheng was quite open-minded about the "bad endings" she mentioned.
"That was the fork in the road I had already passed. The current Daqin is doing very well, even better than the best future I could have imagined."
When he said this, there was a relaxed and happy smile on his face, and his gaze towards the sky was gentle and distant, as if he was looking over the palace walls and tall buildings, across the mountains and seas, taking in the beautiful mountains and rivers.
The late autumn sunshine brings with it warmth, drying up and melting away all anxiety.
In this world, no one would know that according to the original development, at this moment in this year and this month, outside the city of Xianyang, the king representing the most honorable status of the Qin Empire was kneeling on the ground with the imperial seal in his hand, making a standard gesture of surrender, to welcome the new owner of this ancient city.
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