Xianyang Palace, Hu Hai's palace.
Zhao Gao and Huhai sat opposite each other, their faces dark and filled with fear!
Yesterday.
Zhao Qiu had obtained super rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in public, and he had gained countless Reputation Points in the hearts of Great Qin's people!
The First Emperor was extremely fond of him!
Even when the common people called him 'Lord for ten thousand years', the Emperor still did not feel any anger. Instead, he revealed a deep sense of gratification.
In the eyes of ordinary ministers, this might seem like excessive favoritism.
but...
In the eyes of Zhao Gao and Huhai, who knew about Zhao Qiu's hidden identity, it was not that simple.
They knew very well that Zhao Qiu was the eldest son of the empire!
This was the rhythm of passing the position of the Empire's Crown Prince to him!
For an ambitious young master like Huhai, this was something he could not accept.
"Teacher, Zhao Qiu's reputation is at its zenith, and Imperial Father trusts him greatly.”
"If this situation continues, when his identity is announced, Father might make him the Crown Prince of the Empire!”
"Should we send someone to kill him directly?”
Huhai's voice was filled with worry. In his anxiety, he even threatened to kill Zhao Qiu to prevent future trouble!
Zhao Gao was shocked by Huhai's words. At the same time, he sighed at Huhai's immature nature.
However, this was also good.
If he ascended to the throne with such a temperament, it would be even easier to control!
Thinking of this, Zhao Qiu smiled. Coupled with his pale face, he looked extremely cold.
"Your Highness must not be rash!"
"Don't forget that Gongzi Qiu is the number one general of Great Qin!”
"Last time, the secret forces of the remnants of the six dynasties in Xianyang City sent over a hundred assassins, as well as a king assassin like Gao Jianli. Even so, it was not enough to assassinate him.”
"From this, we can see how powerful he is!”
"If Your Highness were to act rashly, not only would you not be able to kill Young Master Qiu, you might even alert the enemy.”
"Last time, we were able to live in peace because the remnants of the Six Nations were used as scapegoats.”
"Your Highness must have seen the position of Gongzi Qiu in the First Emperor's heart. If he were to be assassinated again, he would definitely investigate.”
"Once we find out that the assassination is related to you, Your Highness, you may not have the chance to be the emperor in this life!”
Zhao Gao analyzed to Huhai coldly.
"Then what should we do?"
"Are we just going to watch him grow stronger day by day until Father reveals his identity and makes him the crown prince?”
Huhai said helplessly after hearing Zhao Gao's analysis.
"Your Highness, the battle for the throne is not done overnight.”
"Right now, Gongzi Qiu is in Xianyang and his martial strength is unparalleled in the world. It's impossible to touch him.”
"What we can do now is to prevent him from gaining more prestige and weaken his position in the First Emperor's heart.”
"Isn't he in charge of promoting those high-yield crops to the whole country recently?”
"We can start from this aspect!”
"Once the universal education fails, Gongzi Qiu's position in the First Emperor's heart will be greatly reduced!”
Zhao Gao said coldly. His long and narrow eyes were filled with a cold light, like a poisonous snake lurking in the dark.
"What do we do?"
"The high-yield seeds are already on their way. When spring plowing begins, they will be widely spread throughout Great Qin.”
Huhai asked in confusion.
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. I'm afraid that there are people who are more afraid of the promotion of high-yield crops than we are.”
"We only need to secretly leak some information, and someone will naturally spare no effort to destroy it!”
A cold smile appeared on Zhao Gao's face. He already had a plan to deal with Zhao Qiu.
"Teacher, are you talking about the remnants of the Six Nations?”
Upon hearing Zhao Gao's words, Huhai immediately thought of the Six Nations survivors who had tried to assassinate Zhao Qiu not long ago.
It was likely that those who were secretly gathering strength to restore their country were the ones who did not want to see the high-yield crops spread throughout Great Qin.
"That's right, it's them!"
"Later, I'll send my henchmen to leak the news of the high-yield grain seeds. The rest will be left to the remnants of the six dynasties!”
"For their dream of restoring their country, these people will definitely not spare any effort to destroy it!”
Zhao Gao drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, and a confident smile appeared on his cold face.
At this moment.
Zhao Qiu was still instructing and supervising the officials and farmers in the production of potatoes and sweet potato seeds.
He had no idea that Zhao Gao and Huhai had already started a plot against him.
......
Daqin, Daijun.
Dozens of carts of high-yield rice, potatoes, and sweet potato seeds were slowly transported into the area under the escort of soldiers.
They did not notice that in the distant mountain valley, a group of elite cavalrymen disguised as bandits had already set their eyes on them.
When the team escorting the grain seeds walked into the mountain.
These 'bandits' instantly rode their horses out and swooped down from the hillside.
Although they all had Central Plainsman faces, their equipment was all Hu.
They were all dressed in Hu clothes, holding scimitars in their hands, wearing Hu boots, carrying longbows on their backs, and hanging quivers on their horses.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
During the process of charging, these 'bandits' skillfully drew their bows and loaded their arrows. A dense rain of arrows mercilessly shot towards the team escorting the grain seeds.
The dense rain of arrows made the pupils of everyone in the escort team shrink!
Such skillful riding and archery skills were definitely not ordinary bandits!!
Their attire made Great Qin's soldiers think of a famous army from the State of Zhao-the Hu Knights!
Back when Great Qin had destroyed the six countries, this army had made Great Qin's soldiers suffer quite a bit!
"Raise your shields!"
Even though they were shocked, Great Qin's elite soldiers reacted quickly.
One by one, they raised their shields to block!
"Hahaha!"
"Great Qin's soldiers, if you want to go down this path, stay and buy your lives!”
The bandit leader loudly laughed as he threatened Great Qin's soldiers.
"Cut the crap!"
"They're just some remnants of the State of Zhao!”
"What do we, the elite warriors of the Great Qin Empire, have to fear?”
"You want to fight! I'll fight!"
The garrison commander in charge of escorting the soldiers was a veteran, and he had the ferociousness of Great Qin's soldiers carved into his bones. Facing an enemy army that was several times his size, he was not afraid at all!
"Wind!"
"Gale!"
The soldiers under his command also roared loudly and formed a battle formation, waiting for the arrival of these bandits!
However, at this moment.
Rumble!
A series of heaven-shaking horse hooves sounded out from afar, and both Great Qin's soldiers and the remnants of the State of Zhao looked into the distance.
Only to see.
Thick smoke billowed and covered the sky!
At least a thousand cavalry could cause such a commotion!
How was this possible?
Why were there thousands of riders here?？
Suddenly!
A terrifying possibility appeared in the mind of the bandit leader!
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