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Chapter 543 Life-saving Medicine

"260 B.C."

Li Yan cleared his throat and began to speak. He saw that Yang Ji was a little confused, considering that these generals generally had a low level of education.

Li Yan tried to be as straightforward as possible: "About nine hundred years ago, after nearly seven or eight hundred years of fighting during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, only seven powerful countries remained out of the eight hundred princes in the world, namely Qin, Zhao, Chu, Wei, Han, Yan, and Qi. There were also some forces surviving in the cracks, which can be ignored."

"The two most powerful countries were Qin and Zhao. Qin was in the present-day Guanzhong, Bashu, and Longxi areas, while Zhao's territory was even larger, including the entire territory of today's Shanxi, most of Hebei, the northern part of the Hetao, part of the grassland, and also occupied part of the land north of the Henan River."

After hearing this, Yang Ji nodded slightly. He had some impression of the two great powers of Qin and Zhao. Seeing that what Li Yan said involved military affairs, Yang Ji also became interested.

"The two countries fought for years, and there was a period of time when Zhao was strong and suppressed Qin. Qin was forced to seek peace and held a grandson of the King of Qin as a hostage in Handan, Zhao."

When Yang Ji heard Li Yan mention the proton, his eyebrows raised and he subconsciously thought of Li Yan's current situation. Perhaps the proton in this story and Li Yan's identity are very similar, so it resonated with him?

Li Yan paused here, and seeing that Yang Ji did not show any sudden realization, he knew that this country bumpkin had never heard of this history. This made Li Yan a little excited, and he began to PUA Yang Ji.

Li Yan's time in jail was not in vain. He was thinking about how to divide Luo Yi from within and find a way to protect his life. As a person who makes a living by his brain, Li Yan naturally came up with various plans, waiting for people to contact him.

He didn't believe that as the eldest son of an emperor, with so many powerful people behind him, no one would be able to see his own value.
As long as someone is willing to contact him, there will be no problem in convincing others. Sure enough, Yang Ji took the initiative to come to him. This is the opportunity that Li Yan has been waiting for.

"The story we are telling today revolves around this proton-winning alien."

After introducing the background of the story and seeing that Yang Ji was listening attentively, Li Yan sorted out his thoughts and continued, "Later, Qin became powerful and suppressed Zhao. At one point, it attacked Zhao's capital, Handan. So every time Qin attacked, Zhao would take the hostage to the top of the city and hang him on the wall to threaten the Qin army."

Li Yan frowned when he said this: "General, you know that a conflict between two great powers cannot be hindered by a hostage. Qin naturally ignored it and continued to attack, but slightly avoided the area where the hostage was. Therefore, the Qin hostage was in a dangerous situation and his life was in danger."

Yang Ji nodded slightly when he heard this. In the face of national interests, a prince is naturally insignificant.

"Once, Lü Buwei, a merchant from Wei, was passing through Handan, the capital of Zhao, on business. He saw this scene and was deeply moved."

"Lü Buwei had been a businessman for generations and was very wealthy. He paid to befriend the guards guarding the Qin hostages and often brought some wine and meat to visit Yiren. At this time, Yiren was abandoned by the Qin State and was in despair waiting to die. Naturally, he was deeply moved by Lü Buwei's friendship. After a few visits, the two became close friends."

"Lü Buwei not only gave Yiren money, but also gave him his favorite concubine, and advised Yiren not to give up hope. He would help Yiren escape from the danger and return to Qin to become the king."

"Yiren even regarded Lü Buwei as a savior who came from heaven. They had never met before, but Lü Buwei gave him gold and silver, beautiful women, and even wanted to help him return to his country to inherit the throne. Ying Yiren was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. He immediately said that if such a day really came, he would share the Qin Kingdom with Lü Buwei and divide the world together."

Li Yan's clear voice continued to echo in the warehouse. When he said this, his tone suddenly became heavier, and then he paused abruptly, and his voice fell.

The warehouse suddenly became quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.

Upon hearing this, Yang Ji suddenly looked up, frowned, and clenched his fists with his hands that were hanging naturally in front of his knees. He stared at Li Yan with shining eyes, and a huge wave of emotion surged in his heart. His face became extremely serious and solemn, and he was so agitated that he could not calm down for a long time.

After thinking for a while, Yang Ji loosened his knuckles that had turned white and asked calmly, "What happened next?"

Although Yang Ji's face was calm, Li Yan could still feel that Yang Ji's breathing had become unnatural and a little rapid. Although he tried his best to remain calm, the two of them were so close to each other, sitting opposite each other, that even the slightest fluctuation in each other's eyes could be seen by the other.

"From then on, Lü Buwei sold his property and brought a huge sum of money to the Qin capital, Xianyang."

Li Yan smiled slightly, then said seriously: "The then King of Qin, King Zhaoxiang, was already old, over seventy years old, and his crown prince, Ying Zhu, was also over fifty years old and in poor health. Ying Yiren was just one of Ying Zhu's many sons, and not even a legitimate son."

"Mrs. Huayang, Ying Zhu's favorite, is young and beautiful, but she has no children!"

"Lü Buwei approached Lady Huayang in the name of giving gifts and told her that if she had no children, she would be banished to the cold palace or buried with Ying Zhu when his own emperor succeeded to the throne a hundred years later." "These realities awakened Lady Huayang, who was indulging in pleasure, and then Lü Buwei told her that she could adopt a child as a son and let this son succeed to the throne in the future, so that she could become the queen mother, continue to enjoy wealth and glory, and her family would be preserved."

"In the process of selecting a stepson, Lu Buwei recommended Yiren, who was a hostage in Zhao State at the time. Originally, Lady Huayang thought it would be troublesome to recognize a son who was far away in a foreign country and whose life and death were uncertain. But Lu Buwei told Lady Huayang that the other children were fine, and even if the lady showed great kindness, they might not be grateful."

"And it is precisely because Yi Ren was treated as an abandoned child, with his life hanging by a thread, that if Madam rescued him and made him the Crown Prince, then he would be his savior and a reborn one, and he would definitely treat Madam wholeheartedly."

"Lady Huayang nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Only by showing great kindness can a great relationship be established. So she fully cooperated with Lu Buwei."

Yang Ji no longer had the relaxed look he had before he came. As Li Yan spoke, he also put himself into the story. When he heard that Lu Buwei had solved another problem, he subconsciously clenched his fist to celebrate.

Seeing that Yang Ji was already immersed in it, Li Yan did not delay and continued, "After dealing with Lady Huayang, the two of them went their separate ways. Lady Huayang went to Ying Zhu to ask for the adoption of Yiren as her own child. Meanwhile, Lü Buwei returned to Zhao, spent all his family wealth, and finally, when Qin and Zhao were at war, he killed the guards, bribed the city gate, and escaped from Handan."

"Although there were many twists and turns along the way, the group finally returned to Xianyang."

"At this time, Madam Huayang also asked Ying Zhu to agree to adopt her, and appointed Yiren as the crown prince. And by coincidence, it seemed as if Yiren's years of suffering had come to an end, and he had won a new life."

"Not long after, King Zhaoxiang of Qin passed away, and Crown Prince Ying Zhu succeeded to the throne. Ying Zhu had been the crown prince for many years, and was so excited when he took over the throne that he died in front of the old King of Qin after only three days of mourning. There was not even a coronation ceremony, and Ying Yiren ascended the throne directly as the crown prince."

"and after?"

At this point, Yang Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Yi Ren had finally succeeded, he was also happy from the bottom of his heart, as if he had succeeded himself. Seeing Li Yan stop, he hurriedly urged: "Where is that merchant Lu Buwei?"

"Did the aliens make use of him?"

Li Yan said slowly: "The first thing Yiren did after ascending the throne was to appoint Lü Buwei as prime minister. At that time, the prime minister was in charge of state affairs and held military power."

"Lü Buwei went from being a despised merchant to becoming the prime minister of a great country. He governed the country internally and led troops to conquer foreign countries. The king and his minister were sincerely united and worked together. In more than ten years, they greatly weakened the six states in Shandong."

"After years of repression, Yiren became addicted to wine and sex and indulged in pleasure. Not long after, his health collapsed. After his son Ying Zheng succeeded to the throne, he carried on the legacy of the six generations and conquered the six kingdoms in just over a decade, unifying the world. He was known in history as the First Emperor of Qin!"

Li Yan finished slowly, and at the end, every word he said was powerful and heavy!
"Emperor Qin Shihuang?"

Yang Ji was shocked and asked anxiously, "That's it."

After talking for a long time, Yang Ji was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead because of the lack of literary talent, but he couldn't say a single fluent sentence.

Li Yan smiled slightly and said at the right time: "He is the first emperor in history who unified the writing system, the wheel gauge, built the Great Wall, swept across the world, and unified the world."

“So that’s how it is.”

Even if Yang Ji was not well-educated, he knew the status of Qin Shihuang in history. He was the ancestor of emperors and the first emperor in Chinese history. To Yang Ji, he was simply a legendary existence. He did not expect that there was such a thrilling story behind Qin Shihuang.

It seemed as if this piece of history brought great shock and impact to Yang Ji's heart. Regardless of Li Yan's words, Yang Ji closed his eyes unconsciously and fell into a long period of contemplation.

Li Yan knew how uneasy Yang Ji was at this time. In fact, he had a purpose in telling this piece of history, and he naturally knew what inspiration this story brought to Yang Ji. So he did not speak, but sat quietly opposite him, also slightly closing his eyelids, waiting for Yang Ji to come back to his senses.

The two men sat opposite each other, neither of them spoke. The warehouse was completely silent, so quiet that one could hear the sound of wind blowing in through the crack in the door. If one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed that there were two people sitting in the warehouse, and they were sitting opposite each other very properly.

(End of this chapter)