It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Chapter 495: Training Ying Hehua, but Han Nu reappears

Ying Zheng's carriage was far smaller than the chariot, but it was also quite spacious, and Li Si was sitting inside.

After Xu Zhi got on the carriage, Ying Zheng was reading a bamboo scroll, and Li Si on the left nodded slightly when he looked at her.

These days, Xu Zhi discovered that Ying Zheng's visit was not an incognito visit in the traditional sense. After all, even after changing his identity, he hardly touched the ground.

Perhaps Li Si, Yao Jia and others were too powerful. As soon as Ying Zheng found out something bad was going on, they would remove all the potential dangers for him within a day. For example, yesterday, she mentioned that Cao's mother and son were wandering around without knowing the Qin law, and this morning Li Si told her that no one would make things difficult for them.

The sunlight shone through the window with square patterns and fell on the two of them.

If Li Si's hair had not turned white, and if she had not been sitting on her knees and looking at them at eye level, this scene would have been like they were meeting for the first time.

Time passed slowly. It is said that the first emperor made five tours to the east to suppress rebellions and understand the people's sentiments.

The carriage was closed on three sides, with a table in the middle and a cup of water on it. Even when the carriage was moving, the ripples on the water surface were only slightly swaying. It can be imagined that Zhao Gao's horse-driving skills were very high.

If Ying Zheng just sat in the car, it wouldn't mean much.

Xu Zhi thought about Zhao Gao and silently planned a solution.

Ying Zheng didn't say anything. It seemed like a long time had passed before he realized that she had gotten on the car and had been sitting there for so long. So long that she and Li Si had exchanged glances with a fake smile several times.

Ying Zheng handed her a scroll of tax notes and told her to do as she pleased.

"Father?"

"I saw that you were interested in this yesterday, so why don't you learn more about it. If you don't understand, you can ask Li Si." After Ying Zheng said this, he just glanced at her and lowered his head to look at what he had in his hand.

"Ah?" She was not interested in such tedious things as taxes. "I," she said without having time to refuse.

"Princess please."

Because he was not sure what Ying Zheng meant specifically, Xu Zhi could only take the scroll handed to him by Li Si.

Along the way.

Xu Zhi didn't do anything else. She just spent two days reading all the scrolls in Kuaiji.

She finally discovered the problem:

The agricultural tax in Kuaiji County was mainly based on rice cultivation. As far as she knew, the items that Wei Jue used to increase production were accurately delivered to Chu last year. However, based on the additional collection of fishery taxes, the taxes paid in the first quarter of this year were no different from those before unification.

She was confident that those advanced agricultural-era products were definitely good things.

However, she couldn't understand why productivity hadn't improved.

That night, Shan Dai was quiet, and Xu Zhi finally asked Shen Zhi to invite Li Si.

Li Si didn't care about her pretending to be ignorant in front of Ying Zheng during the day.

She was able to push Wei Ju to the position of the Minister of Agriculture, so it was impossible that she had no interest in agricultural taxes, which was the largest source of revenue for the empire.

Li Si analyzed the tax regulations written on the bamboo slips.

She listened quietly.

She was not stingy in talking to Li Si, and occasionally offered one or two wonderful insights - "Chun Yuyue's statement that Chu should follow the old rules and not pay taxes is a big mistake. The Prime Minister is right. Paying taxes to the country is the obligation of every Qin citizen."

This little princess was kind and had her own way of controlling people. Chen Ping politely declined his olive branch, and Yao Jia remained neutral about her affairs. She could say this. In Li Si's eyes, either Ying Zheng was preparing to set up a government in Kuaiji County for her, or it was naked training.

Therefore, Li Si could not understand why Ying Hehua would give up Xianyang and desperately seek opportunities for herself in Chu, the hometown that Li Si left without hesitation when he was young.

Xu Zhi sat behind the desk and also looked at Li Si. The ordinary robe on Li Si was dark, which reminded her of Li Xian. There was a little light in his eyes, and he was just as gloomy.

It was a kind of cruelty that was steeped in the doctrine of criminal law and remained the same for decades.

After he finished talking about taxes, he still asked her what she meant - "Why did the princess ask His Majesty to stay in Chu for a long time?"

She appreciated the direct question and said with a smile, "I have my reasons for going. I just can't tell you."

Li Si smiled. The princess was the king, so there was no reason for her to explain. He didn't expect her to tell the truth, but just wanted to guess from her expression.

However, Ying Hehua looked directly at him through the yellow and white curtain. "This matter involves something very deep. It is also related to the unwritten agreement between me and your son. It is not easy to explain it to the Prime Minister now, but I believe that the Prime Minister will understand everything one day."

Li Si was confused. He was a man who thought a lot, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was Ying Zheng who was speaking.

Is it because Li You failed to protect Ying Hehua in Bolingsha, or is it because Li Zuoche has a special status and should not join the border army through his recommendation, or is it... his rebellious son has done something shameless to offend Ying Hehua again?

Li Si simply thought about it and found himself in an inconspicuous restaurant in Kuaiji County. He took a step forward and whispered through the curtain.

"...Which son of mine are you talking about, Your Highness?"

Li Si's words had just fallen.

The wind suddenly grew stronger, and the window shutters on the second floor swayed suddenly.

Li Si felt a chill on his back. He probably felt guilty because he had done too many things that went against his hometown in the past ten years.

He said that Chu was not peaceful! !

Shen Zhi rushed out alertly.

The man held a bloody long sword in one hand and a short crossbow in the other. The crossbow was delicately made and it was obvious that it was not made by the Qin people.

"Father."

Li Si almost lost his breath at his son's voice. "…Why don't you pay your respects to the princess and put down the dirty things in your hands!"

Li Si has a mysophobia, especially when it comes to other people's blood.

He really couldn't understand why none of his three sons, two biological ones and one adopted one, inherited his clean and bloodless style, and all of them were involved with swords.

What Li Xian did was the kind of thing he despised the most. How could his son, Li Si, be willing to be a dagger? Even if it was Ying Hehua's order, why did he need to do it himself...

If Li Si's voice hadn't really trembled with anger, she would have suspected that Li Xian had planned this appearance with his father.

"Princess, the matter you ordered the day before yesterday has been resolved." Li Xian called her openly, as if his father did not exist.

Shen Zhi closed the window, and the smell of blood immediately spread throughout the room.

The incense burner was quickly presented.

As soon as the screen was removed, Li Xian seemed to realize that he had a sword in his hand.

Under the moonlight, he wiped off the blood, quickly sheathed the sword, then knelt down and placed the short crossbow on the table.

There was an ambiguous smile in his eyes. "What the princess wants to know is a bit complicated. I will explain it one by one."

Li Si's eyes first stopped on the crossbow mechanism. He was the first to recognize the crossbow and his sharp eyes swept across it.

Xu Zhi was good at using crossbows, and she also saw the clues. It was exquisite and small, made by the Koreans, and was one of the artifacts that Zhang Ping gave to Changping Jun.