Xianyang, Zhangtai Palace, in the main hall.
A middle-aged man wearing a black dragon robe, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and a long beard that reached his chest was reading a report in his hand.
In front of the middle-aged man, Eunuch Li bowed his head and stood respectfully to the side, not daring to act rashly.
The middle-aged man was none other than the current Emperor, the Emperor of Great Qin, Ying Zheng!
Ying Zheng, who had become the first emperor of Huaxia after sweeping across the six dynasties, was now in his middle age. It was the time of his life when he was full of vigor. Therefore, his temper was much worse than when he was the King of Qin.
Therefore, the people serving him became even more careful than before, afraid of angering the Emperor in front of him.
After reading the report, Ying Zheng frowned slightly, his sharp eyes staring at Eunuch Li.
"You said that after you brought Ying Jing to his fief and told him the truth, you didn't have any dissatisfaction or private complaints?”
"That's right!" Eunuch Li hurriedly replied," Young Master Jing didn't show any dissatisfaction, nor did he dare to complain. However, this old servant can see that Young Master is still somewhat disappointed.”
"Humph!" Ying Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly as he said,""As my son, since you want to be the ruler of the country, you have to be prepared to suffer.”
"Compared to that, what's the point of his suffering? Now that the northwest has suffered from successive droughts over the years, the people have already lost their homes.”
"The people of the northwest are all suffering. If he doesn't want to share my worries, could it be that he is counting on me to help him?”
Hearing this, Eunuch Li looked embarrassed and did not dare to say another word. But, Ying Zheng suddenly changed the topic.
"However, this kid surprised Us. He didn't stay in Z County for long and returned to his fief. It seems like he has the demeanor of the Great Qin Imperial Family!”
"I'm really looking forward to his next performance!”After saying that, Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Eunuch Li." You said that on your way to Z County, many refugees from Great Qin went to seek refuge with him. Have you investigated the origins and identities of those refugees?”
Eunuch Li hurriedly cupped his hands." Your Majesty, I investigated the situation at that time. Those refugees were all confirmed to be disaster victims in the northwest.”
"On the way back to Xianyang, I sent someone to investigate and confirm the identities of those refugees. However, I couldn't find out how those refugees knew about Gongzi Jing.”
The 'test' was the identity card of the people of the State of Qin, and it was impossible to travel far away without a test. Therefore, when Ying Zheng heard this, the doubt in his eyes disappeared by half.
"No matter what, he is still Zhen's son. To be able to have such a method, it proves that he is still prepared.”
"That's good. It just so happens that that place isn't peaceful. With these people by my side, firstly, I can see his ability. Secondly, I can see what he wants to do next.”
"But you have to keep an eye on him. If Ying Jing does something ridiculous and you don't tell me in time, I will be responsible for you!”
"Yes!" Eunuch Li hastily agreed, but his expression did not dare to relax.
" Also..." Speaking up to this point, Ying Zheng suddenly asked casually,""After I made Ziying the Crown Prince, who in the court has any objections?”
Eunuch Li pondered for a moment before replying,"Your Majesty, according to this old servant's investigations, other than the Grand Commandant's opinion on your appointment of the Imperial Grandson, there is nothing unusual.”
"Grand Commandant? Wei Liao?" Ying Zheng snorted coldly." What's there to be dissatisfied about? Who do I want to appoint as the Crown Prince? Do I need his approval?”
"Hmph, do you really think that just because you have great achievements, you can tell me what to do? It seems that our Grand Commandant has already begun to forget who he is!”
Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Eunuch Li lowered his head and remained silent, not daring to say a single extra word.
After Ying Zheng had finished speaking, the murderous aura emanating from his entire body grew stronger and stronger. Suddenly, he changed the topic," Have you found Lu Shengren?”
Eunuch Li was stunned for a moment before he quickly replied,""Your Majesty, Lu Sheng is very cunning. This old servant has already found out many people. I believe we will have news soon.”
Ying Zheng nodded slightly." Then catch him as soon as possible. I'm getting impatient from waiting!”
Eunuch Li's heart was beating like a drum. Since Ying Zheng had already said that he was getting impatient, then it meant that he was already impatient.
Thus, Eunuch Li bowed in acknowledgment, then took his leave and left Zhangtai Palace in a hurry.
Seven days later, in Ying Jing's fief.
When Ying Jing arrived at his fief with a few thousand female followers, the number of followers around him had already increased to nearly 20,000.
Among them, there were 6,650 men and 12,650 women.
Facing nearly 20,000 mouths, Ying Jing was really under a lot of pressure. That little bit of wealth of his was about to be exhausted.
The most important thing now was to get these people to build their houses as soon as possible, gather food, and at the same time, open up wasteland.
Otherwise, Ying Jingbao might become Great Qin's first Prince to go bankrupt because of his followers!
Therefore, the first thing Ying Jing did when he arrived at the fief was to divide the work.
He divided the nearly 20,000 people under him into three groups. One group built straw huts that could accommodate everyone, one group opened up wasteland, and the other group farmed.
Currently, Ying Jing only had one kilogram of potato seeds in his hands, but there wasn't much land to plant. However, there were too many people to feed.
Therefore, not only did Ying Jing want to plant the potato seeds in his hands quickly, he also wanted to exchange for more potato seeds to plant.
But the problem was that after all the potato seeds were planted, Ying Jing discovered an even more serious problem.
The potatoes would take at least two months to mature, but the question was, what number of followers would he have in these two months?
Forget about two months now, he could only support these people for half a month at most before he could not afford to raise them.
What would he do then? And send their male followers to the army?
Ying Jing quickly rejected this idea. After all, it was fine if it happened once or twice, but if it happened too many times, something would definitely happen.
And even if he could send the male out, what about the other female followers? That was still more than ten thousand people!
This was Ying Jing's biggest problem.
Just as Ying Jing was unable to think of a solution, an uninvited guest arrived at his fief.
"Meng Tian? What is he doing here?"
Hearing his subordinate's report, Ying Jing was dumbfounded because he did not know Meng Tian at all.
Meng Tian was the War God of Great Qin, the boss of Longxi County, and had a large army under her command. However, Ying Jing had never interacted with him before.
Wasn't Meng Tian worried that someone would find out and come looking for her, so that she could use this opportunity to make a false accusation against Ying Zheng?
After all, Ying Zheng was a very suspicious person. Once he thought that Meng Tian wanted to form a clique with him for personal gain, it would be troublesome!
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