Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 221 Daytime
In the sixteenth year of Qin Wangzheng's reign,

After being idle for a long time, the ghosts and gods who were obsessed with "Capibala" finally woke up -

It can't go on like this!

He Bo, ah He Bo,
The mother river is still waiting for you to take it into your arms and change your generation!
This is something that requires a lot of patience and effort. How can you waste your time on others?
then,

He Bo decided to cheer up.

He abandoned his observation of Liu Yan's life and turned around to go to the Western Regions to take a bath in another place.

Ok……

Anyway, there is no way to rush things on the other side of the mother river.

When He Bozhen completely conquers the Yellow River,

Then he will lose his "Mother River"!

Now,

Just enjoy the happiness of having a mother.

"hiss--"

"The water from the salt lake is still the best!"

"It tastes better than the ones from Zhuxia!"

Maybe it's because I've been with Liu Yan for too long.
This time, He Bo made himself a capybara leather suit, with most of his body immersed in water, leaving only his head with a numb expression and full of disappointment in life exposed.

He Bo could feel that
After many years,

His body was filled with salt again.

When we get ashore,
He is about to change from a capybara with no desire to live to a salted fish with no desire to live.

but,

This is not a big problem.

Because ghosts and gods always have their own time.

However, the new Xia messengers that the gods and ghosts expect may not always appear in the Western Regions.

Over the past decade,
Something happened in Xinxia.

From the news spread from the Western Regions, He Bo roughly learned that:
After more than a hundred years of existence, Xinxia experienced a serious internal strife. Coupled with attacks from external enemies, Xinxia was forced to cut off ties with other Xia countries.

This dealt a severe blow to Qin's talent export plan and indirectly caused a rapid increase in the number of ghosts in the underworld.

After all, in the Western Regions,

After all, it is mainly an oasis and cannot support too many people. The climate and soil are not suitable for the gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty who rely on farming as their main livelihood.

But Xinxia had a vast land, and after expanding to the Ganges River basin, it had a large amount of fertile territory, enough to feed a large population.

And the temper of Ganges,

Although it is much gentler than the suspicious, restless, and loving mother river that sweeps across the earth, this does not mean that the Xinxia people can easily conquer both sides of this river.

Because the Ganges is stable,
The climate on the mainland of Sindhu is very unstable!

When it is hot, it is too hot, which can easily cause drought, and many people die from the heat every year.

During the rainy season, the rainfall is too abundant and the river will flood if the river water fluctuates slightly.

Emphasize the saying "those who are suffering from drought will die of drought, and those who are suffering from flood will die of flood."

therefore,

After the Xinxia Empire expanded to the upper reaches of the Ganges and the Maurya Empire occupied the lower reaches and cut off the river, its rulers and ministers had to invest a lot of financial and human resources to develop water conservancy.

The major water conservancy projects
A lot of manpower is needed.

The original barbarian supplies have been consumed a lot, and the gentlemen of Xinxia have to go shirtless.

This is also one of the main reasons why Xinxia has insisted on "talent introduction" for so many years.

Anyway, the soil and water on both sides of the Ganges are very fertile.
As long as we prevent excessive rain and heat, we can harvest a lot of food and feed a large population.

Therefore, Xinxia became a retreat for the gentlemen of all Xia in this turbulent era.

Although once this road is retreated, it will leave the existing known territory and go directly outside the domain.

But no matter what,
After all, it is much better than Zhu Xia who has already started the "Grand Battle Final Round"!
As the population continued to grow and the land was being reclaimed, the time it took to establish a country became longer and longer...

Many questions,

Nature also surfaced.

Bear the brunt,
It is the issue of different ethnic groups in Xinxia.

The rise of the Maurya Empire
This is very unfavorable for Xinxia.

Because this country was founded by the Sindhu people, it naturally has a certain attraction to those barbarians.

The wars between Xinxia and the Maurya Empire also saw both victories and defeats, and there was no way to completely suppress it.

Secondly,

There was also a cultural shock.

Since the new Xia state was established in a foreign land, it was impossible not to adopt some policies that were in accordance with local customs and conditions.

at first,

The rulers and ministers of the new Xia hoped to emulate the ancestors of the Xia, especially Jiang Qi:
First consolidate the rule, and then, without forgetting the original intention, promote the rules and regulations of the various countries.

But the reason why Jiang Qi and other vassal states based between Rongshan and Dihai were able to succeed was that the power of the barbarians had been greatly weakened over a long period of time. And when the gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty tempered their swords, their fate was already determined -

Disobedience,
Just die!
But it is different in Sindhu.

Who could have thought that among the Sindhu people, who had always been able to "conquer anyone and make decisions for anyone", there would emerge two generations of heroic leaders who would establish a peacock kingdom?
Xinxia wrestled with it, but the result was evenly matched, so naturally it had no way of gaining an absolute advantage in the right to speak.

According to merchants traveling between the two places, Buddhism, which came from the Maurya Kingdom, is now rising in the Xinxia Kingdom.

Some were even brought to the Western Regions through trade routes, attracting many people to believe in them.

but,

What you believe in is secondary.

The seeds of the new Xia have blossomed everywhere, and with the traditions in the bones of the Xia, gentlemen are naturally pragmatic.

Believe if it is useful.

It’s useless not to believe it!
Anyway, the status of ancestors will always be higher than that of gods.

What really caused Xinxia to explode and become paralyzed, and lose the ability to communicate with the outside world,
This is its system of "respecting the virtuous".

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the country was small and the people were scarce, so there was naturally no problem in recommending talented people.

But today, Xinxia has grown stronger, and "popular election" is no longer keeping up with the times.

The Zizhi Rebellion in Yan State is a vivid example!

The next few monarchs of Xinxia wanted to centralize power, pass it on to their descendants, and dominate the country and ancestral temples.

But Xinxia's ministers were unwilling to lose the opportunity to compete for the throne.

Civil unrest broke out.

Over the years, only profit-seeking merchants have insisted on traveling between the two Xias despite the wars.

He Bo also felt a little regretful about this and was worried about Xinxia's situation.

But the rise and fall, order and chaos of a country have their own laws, which he cannot prevent.

As a branch of the Xia civilization extending to the outside world, it is already very good that Xinxia has been able to survive until now before the first major conflict broke out.

And a century of governance,
The foundation is solid.

The future fate of Xinxia is at most a "change of dynasty".

It will not be like those civilizations further west, which will perish forever.

After all, compared with many ethnic groups in the west, the gentlemen of the Chinese nation are very good at "farming".

When it comes to how to plant their roots deeper, exist longer on this land, absorb more nutrients and grow stronger, the Xia people are already far ahead of all other ethnic groups in the world.

……

"My ancestors are on top!"

"I will never be a coward who flees from the city!"

new summer,

Faced with unprecedented chaos in the country, the descendants of Zhao, who possessed the bloodline of the first generation of monarchs, stood up.

The brave and resolute young man drew his sword, swore an oath to his ancestors, and then led his guards to attack the enemies outside the city.

After a difficult battle,

The enemy retreated.
He won.

At the same time,

Ashoka, the third monarch of the Maurya Empire, who brought the country to its peak, also closed his eyes forever.

In the end, he failed to fulfill his father's wish and defeat the hateful Xinxia.

The faith he revered in his later years also made this country, which was established by force, docile and gentle.

The monks chanted scriptures continuously to mourn the king's passing, praying that he could go to the Pure Land and bathe in the glory of the Buddha.

As for what the future of the country will be like, the monks, who have already occupied a large amount of land and wealth, are not concerned.

Shortly after,
The King of Qin, standing in the city of Xianyang, also held down the Tai'a sword he was carrying.

He stretched out his hand and called upon the Qin army to take a further step on the road built by their ancestors.

"This battle!"

"Destroy Han!"

A gust of wind blew up the Qin army's flags, and made the armor they carried make noises.

Countless Qin people also shouted:
"wind--"

"wind!"

They sang "Qin Feng" loudly and walked out of Hangu Pass.

He Bo soaked himself in the salt lake, squinted his eyes, and quietly felt the process of being pickled.

Many parties are working together.

The capybara's ears couldn't help but wiggle.

A wild camel was attracted by this strange animal it had never seen before and began to lick He Bo's head that was above the water.

It licked it twice, and then couldn't help but show its big teeth:
Ok,
It’s salty indeed!
(End of this chapter)