The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 198: Tiger Overwhelms Li Si, Man vs. Heaven

"Go and do your thing." Ying Chengjiao waved his hand and drove Li Si away, not wanting to see Li Si anymore.

Ever since Li Tonggu appeared in front of Ying Chengjiao, he either questioned him or denied him.

Ying Chengjiao was not very happy.

The young man rubbed his brows, thinking about the chain reaction that would be caused by the Lu Chamber of Commerce's withdrawal from various countries, and felt his head hurting more and more.

In less than a moment, the boy, whose thoughts had come to an end, opened his eyes and planned to fill his stomach first.

The sky is huge, the belly is the biggest.

He was hungry because of thinking.

"Huh? Why haven't you left yet?" In the boy's sight, Li Si still maintained the same look as before the boy closed his eyes, as if he had turned into a motionless stone at this moment.

Ying Chengjiao glanced sideways:
"I don't serve food."

Li Si was calm and bowed his head slightly:

"Si wants to know whether the young master really knows the reason why the Lu's Chamber of Commerce withdrew from the various countries."

Ying Chengjiao looked into Li Si's eyes and saw pride in them.

Proud Li Si folded his hands:
"My lord sent me to see you, because he wanted you to subdue me, but you only did half of it.

“Si only saw the young master’s amazing charisma and could be a reference to his knowledge.

"My Lord said that the young master has an extremely sharp sense of smell and the best insight in the world, but I have never seen it before."

Ying Chengjiao rolled his eyes and was not interested in subduing Li Si.

If Li Si was still in the Jixia Academy, he would be very willing to recruit him.

Li Si may be inferior to other philosophers in terms of knowledge, but he is definitely far superior in governing the country.

But now Li Si has become a disciple of Lu Buwei, and he joined Qin without Ying Chengjiao's recruitment. Why should the young man bother doing that?

Subduing Li Si was the business of his brother, Crown Prince Zheng. What does it have to do with Prince Chengjiao?

He is not a king.

"The commander is the commander, and I am me." Ying Chengjiao said in a relaxed manner: "Go back and tell the commander not to think about anything else and to assist my father and brother well."

Li Si's eyes brightened slightly, and he believed the insight that his master had mentioned:

“The Lord has said that the young master has no intention of competing.

“But the master also said that we should prepare more supplies.

“We can’t wait until the goods are sold out and then restock them temporarily, because then it will be too late.

"The King of Qin has only two sons. If something unexpected happens to the Crown Prince..."

Li Si stopped there and lowered his head a little more.

Ying Chengjiao's phoenix eyes narrowed into a slit, and a hint of murderous intent arose in his heart.

Today, he is not afraid to kill people.

His tongue moved in and out of his mouth, and he looked Li Si up and down, from the tall crown on his head to the blue cloth shoes under his feet.

Li Si felt his whole body tense up, and every hair on his body stood up, as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast.

[Where does this boy get such a strong pressure from? It is even stronger than the master...]
Li Tonggu gritted his teeth and held on, but he felt his knees go weak.

With a "bang" sound, Li Si fell to his knees.

His knees hit the ground first, and then his whole body pressed against the ground with a "thump".

He was disoriented from the fall, and felt severe pain and pressure in his back.

Feeling that his life was in danger, he quickly half turned around, wanting to fight a desperate battle with the person who had attacked him.

As soon as he turned his head, he was frightened to death.

He didn't see anyone, he only saw a huge black tiger head!

The tiger opened its mouth wide and let out a low roar.

Li Si's face rippled like water waves, and his brain buzzed and lost contact with his body.

He didn't know how long it took him to come to his senses, but he guessed it was not long.

Because his tiger's mouth was still half open, it emitted a fishy and foul smell, which almost made him faint again.

His body was stiff and he was in a semi-dizzy state. He dared not move and had no intention of resisting at all.

It is true that he practices martial arts.

But it is impossible to beat a tiger with bare hands!
Li Tonggu couldn't understand why such a ferocious tiger would appear in Master Chengjiao's residence!
"Alright." Ying Chengjiao made two "tsk tsk" sounds and gestured: "Take the claws off. If you keep stepping on it, it will kill you. Don't you know how heavy you are?"

The black tiger shook its head left and right and made a "woo" sound, as if in response.

He raised his left front paw that was pressing on Li Si's back, walked slowly to Ying Chengjiao, and lay down at Ying Chengjiao's feet.

He closed his eyes and began to doze off.

Ying Chengjiao rubbed the tiger's head vigorously. It was soft and felt great.

Half a year later, the black tiger had grown to 400 jin.

Sword Saint Gai Nie doesn't need a sword. He can fight Black Tiger with his bare hands and give Black Tiger a full meal.

This is a black tiger that has just left its infancy.

Ying Chengjiao couldn't even imagine how big the black tiger would be when it grew up.

“Did you scare Tonggu?” Ying Chengjiao apologized with an apologetic look on his face: “This beast likes to pounce on people from behind. But Tonggu, don’t worry, it usually doesn’t bite or eat people.”

Li Si struggled to get up, holding his still trembling calves, and forced a smile back:
"It's okay, it's okay..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the black tiger.

[It usually doesn’t bite, but that doesn’t mean it might bite!]
The black tiger closed his eyes, raised his head slightly, and rubbed Ying Chengjiao gently.

Li Si was terrified by what he saw, and felt that the black tiger could eat half of the boy with just one mouthful.

He had just experienced the power of the black tiger firsthand; one claw made it difficult for him to get up.

"Such a big change in the Lu's Chamber of Commerce was caused by my father." The young man suddenly said in a declarative tone.

The tone was very common, as if he was talking about something that everyone knew.

Li Si's body was still shaking and he was still frightened.

I suddenly heard the young man's words and my brain couldn't react to what he was saying.

After a moment, Li Si's brain processed the information heard by his ears and sent him a signal of shock.

He didn't even look at the black tiger again. His eyes were wider than a tiger's and he stared straight at the young man.

After a long while, he said with difficulty:

"I heard that pigeons can carry messages across thousands of miles. Did the Lord tell you first?"

"What do you think?" the boy asked nonchalantly.

Lis.

Speechless.

a month ago.

Qin State.

With nothing important to do, Prince Chu of Qin went to Guanzhong in person to inspect the water control situation in Zheng State.

Where the water flowed, Prince Chu of Qin saw white salt and alkali.

They are connected into pieces and spread on the ground, like spots formed by food that has been left for a long time.

King Zichu of Qin had long known about the floods in Guanzhong, and also knew about the white-haired land that had grown because of the floods.

But I didn’t go there in person to see it with my own eyes.

No matter how the words were used to describe it, it was impossible for Prince Chu of Qin to be moved.

It's such an eyesore!

Four days after the arrival of Prince Chu of Qin, heavy rains came and the Jing River overflowed.

The river water broke through the dam and also burst the King Qin's eyes.

Prince Chu of Qin's eyes were red with anger as he saw with his own eyes that the thirty miles of land he had seen only yesterday had turned into a vast ocean.

The sound of the river rumbled, louder than thunder!
The old Qin people were unable to escape and were swept away in the river, caught up in the trees and floating up and down.

I couldn't hear his cries for help, nor could I see his appearance clearly. There was no need to think about rescue.

It would be a blessing if we could retrieve the body intact and give it a grave when the tide recedes.

At this moment, Qin Wang Zichu suddenly felt that the white hair was not so annoying anymore.

At least, the white-haired creatures don’t eat people.

The arrival of Prince Chu of Qin gave the Qin people in Guanzhong a huge boost in their efforts to control floods, and they put in 120% of their efforts.

They, who originally worked for themselves and their hometown, now have new motivation.

For the Qin State.

The king has come to see them!

Prince Chu of Qin thought that his heart had already turned cold and frozen hard.

But when those men, women, young and old, whom he had never seen before, knelt on the ground, with their hands in the mud, and shouted "Great King", "Your Majesty", "My King" and so on.

The ice in his heart cracked and began to emit heat.

The intensity of the emotion at this moment was only comparable to that night in the Xianyang Palace when his father forced him to kill his father.

These Qin people stuck in the quagmire don’t know any etiquette and can’t say anything nice.

But the love that King Zichu of Qin could feel from these Qin people was far greater than that from the ministers in the court.

There was a heavy thunderstorm.

King Chu of Qin called Zheng Guo.

He looked at the dark-skinned old man in front of him, his voice slightly hoarse:

"Can it be cured?"

Zheng Guo wiped off the rain and stomped his feet, which had never worn shoes for years, fiercely on the ground:
"can."

Before the old man came, he wanted to revive the name of orthodox water engineers, to leave a lasting reputation, and to snatch the title of the best water engineer in the world from Li Bing's head.

Now, the old man still thinks so.

I just want to cure the water, simply cure the water.

The old man will never forget the look in the eyes of the Qin people in Guanzhong when they saw him - as if they were looking at a god.

"How long?" the King of Qin asked again.

"Ten years, ten years." The old plumber became a little impatient.

Why are you asking all this? Now is the time to repair the dam. If you don't want to help, get out!

Qin Wang Zichu noticed that the old water worker had a bad tone and became anxious.

He did not blame him, but stood up and shook the old waterman's hand:
"Grandpa, don't think I talk too much.

"The more I know, the better this water can cure."

"Do you know what's the use? Can you bring them all back to life? Do you know how to control floods?" The deaths in recent days made Zheng Guo extremely irritable.

Qin Wang Zichu's handshake and words completely ignited the old water worker.

Zheng Guo shook off the hand of Qin Prince Chu and pointed diagonally upwards:
"You're in a cart pulled by five horses! It's parked high up in the mountains!

"You watch from a place where the flood can't reach you. Even if Nai Gong is unhappy, he can't do anything about you!

"But why did you come down here? Why did you have to say these words? To show off your kindness?
"Look! Don't talk!"

Without waiting for King Qin Wangzichu to speak, the old water worker opened the curtain and left angrily.

From afar, through the sound of the rain, Prince Qin could still hear the old waterman's loud complaints:
"Bah! You are delaying your work!"

Prince Chu of Qin stopped the soldiers who were about to capture the old water engineer, stood at the door, and looked at the old water engineer's back.

After a moment, he suddenly walked into the rain.

The sound of the rain changed from "splashing" to "pattering", and all hit the umbrella.

Ying Bai, who had been prepared, stood aside with an umbrella in his hands.

Prince Chu of Qin took away the umbrella above his head, looked at the sky full of lightning and thunder, and let the rain soak his whole body.

He imitated the old plumber's actions and wiped the rain off his face.

Before he could wipe off the raindrops, new raindrops covered his face again.

"Your Majesty..." Ying Bai came closer with an umbrella and called out worriedly.

"I'm fine." Qin Wang Zichu stared at the sky.

The rain hit his eyes, but he didn't even blink.

"I'm not dead yet." Qin Wang Zichu suddenly said, "It's okay if I'm not dead!"

The attendant Ying Bai shouted urgently:

"Where is the imperial physician's order? Send it immediately."

"Bai! I'm really fine!" Qin Wang Zichu grabbed Ying Bai's wrist and interrupted Ying Bai's words.

Ying Bai and Qin Prince Chu looked at each other for a moment and lowered their heads quickly:

"I have overstepped my bounds. Your Majesty, please punish me."

"Raise your head and look at me." Qin Wang Zichu's voice was firm.

Ying Bai's body trembled and he slowly raised his head.

She saw a pair of eyes full of water, with a light that made her willing to die for it.

"I want to fight against the sky!" Qin Wang Zichu looked up at the sky again: "Bai, do you think I can win?"

"Yes." Ying Bai knelt in the mud.

She touched the ground with her forehead, like those ignorant and speechless people who were responsible for flood control, and her voice trembled:
"Your Majesty has never lost!"

Her king wants to fight against the heaven, so she will not respect the heaven from now on.

Qin Wang Zichu clenched his fists, his voice still condensed in the heavy rain:
"Send Lü Buwei to see me."

About two quarters of an hour later, Lu Buwei arrived.

Qin Wang Zichu got straight to the point:
"Has the grain from the five nations arrived?"

Lü Buwei responded respectfully:
“They have all been delivered.”

"Do you think, sir, that we have a second batch of food?"

"No."

"It's just as I thought... I heard that you've been very busy lately. Your followers must be over 3,000, right?"

"I am recruiting many followers to attract talents for the Qin Dynasty."

"Well. Sir, you are getting older and so busy, I can't bear it. How about this, Sir, withdraw the Lu's Chamber of Commerce from other countries and transfer them all to Qin. In this way, Sir will have less burden on his shoulders."

"……this……"

"Sir, you said you wanted to control the flood, and I agreed. Sir, you said you wanted to revise the book, and I said nothing. Now I want to borrow some money and grain from you, do you want to lend it or not?"

"...After I return to Xianyang, I will immediately arrange for people to go to various countries to sell all kinds of goods."

"That's right. Sir, you are the Prime Minister of Qin. Why do you need foreign business? You can't be leaving a way out, right?"

"I dare not!" Lu Buwei knelt on the ground.

"Sir, what are you doing? There is no etiquette for kneeling in Qin." Qin Prince Chu helped Lü Buwei up and said, "Sir, your Lü Chamber of Commerce is so wealthy. You can use it to recruit people to control the flood. It can at least shorten the construction period by half, right?"

"……Yes."

"That's good." Qin Prince Chu sighed and said, "Qin can do without me, but not you. You have been away from Xianyang for so long, I'm afraid even the Prime Minister's Office can't accommodate the government affairs. How about you take my carriage back to Xianyang?"

Lu Buwei did not dare to refuse:
"Your Majesty, may I ask how the envoys from Qi should respond?"

"Although Cheng Jiao is young, this is just an engagement, not a marriage. An An's lively personality is also a good thing." Qin Wang Zichu said with a smile: "Let Mi Chen go as an envoy to Qi. I will accept this marriage. Remember to make the journey lively. Cheng Jiao is not only my son, but also the prime minister of Zhao, Wei, Yan, Chu, and Han."

"Yes." Lu Buwei responded.

He turned around and left, taking just three steps.

"By the way." The voice of Qin Wang Zichu came from behind.

Lu Buwei stopped, turned around, lowered his head, and listened respectfully to the king's will.

"Sir, you have made such a great contribution, how can you not be rewarded? I know you will not do business at a loss." Qin Wang Zichu said with a relaxed look: "Do more things while I am still alive. What do you think, Marquis Wenxin?"

(End of this chapter)