The Warrior of Love

"Are you conscious? Do you want to call the imperial physician?"

"I'm not kidding! Well... I made this decision after careful consideration."

Fusu let go of the Taia sword, took two steps back, and said with a blushing face.

"I am not fit to be an emperor. It would be fine if it were a peaceful and prosperous era, but in such a chaotic era, someone like me cannot pacify the world. The best evidence is that the Tai'a Sword does not agree with me at all.

I am the descendant of the First Emperor, but I cannot wield the Taia Sword. This means that I do not have the qualities of an emperor... But the person sitting in this position now is none other than me!

Even though I don't have enough ability, I will inherit the will of my father, no, the will of my ancestors of the Great Qin Dynasty, and pass on the unification of this world!

Therefore, I need someone who can pacify the world to support me who cannot pacify the world... so I chose you."

"This reason sounds so casual... Although I understand your feelings, are you serious? I am nominally an envoy of the six countries, but in fact I am a guy of unknown origin. In terms of bloodline... well, there is nothing noble about me anyway." Jiang Liu scratched his head.

"Things have their priorities. It's time now, why bother about this?" Fusu said sternly, "Fu Yue, who assisted Shang Jun Wu Ding, was just a slave at first. As long as he has talent, he should be given important positions and should not be abandoned based on status, bloodline, or country. This is what our Great Qin has always advocated."

Jiang Liu had a subtle expression: "But this is not the same as being an official, we... don't have any emotional foundation."

"Feelings can be cultivated slowly!"

In excitement, Fusu said a famous saying that transcends time and space.

"And isn't this normal?"

It seemed to be very common in ancient times that marriages were arranged by parents and matchmakers, and that couples knew nothing about each other before getting married.

It would be better to say that free love is relatively rare in this era.

"Don't worry, I will treat you very well after we get married and will never take a concubine."

"Hiss——" Jiang Liu suddenly felt a little headache. Fusu spoke so seriously that he couldn't find a good opportunity to refuse.

reject?

Of course I have to refuse!

He was not in love with Fusu, although the empress was quite good-looking and theoretically her dowry was the richest in the world, but if he agreed under the circumstances... what would be the difference between that and breeding dogs and horses?

Jiang Liu is a man of integrity, okay!

And... Ritsuka's expression at the back is really scary...

Even Fu Fu was almost scared away!

"No! Absolutely not! No matter what I say!"

As expected, before Jiang Liu opened his mouth to refuse, the girl with long black hair had already jumped between the two men as if she had teleported, looking as nervous as an old hen protecting her chicks.

"Brother is mine... No, brother is not such a casual person. If you want to get married, you must first get the approval of your family!"

"Family? Oh, I don't have any elders... Where is your father now?"

"Uh, out of this world anyway."

"Has she passed away? What a pity. What about your mother?"

“Not anymore.”

"This one……"

"Now I am the only relative of my brother!"

"So what do you think, sister?"

"disagree!"

Ritsuka puffed out his chest: "No one can take him away from me!"

"Oh, brother and sister depend on each other for survival. This really does not allow others to interfere. But sooner or later he will get married and have children, and you will get married too."

"As long as we are mutually...Don't worry about it, I have my own clever plan."

Li Xiang pursed his lips and said, "Anyway, just give up!"

"Um……"

Fusu pondered for a moment, and a series of chemical reactions went through his brain, and suddenly an idea came to him.

"Then you two brothers and sisters should marry me together!"

"what?"

"This way you won't have to separate."

"Hey--"

"Don't worry, I can love you and your brother at the same time! Although you are a woman like me, I don't mind it. It's better this way, oh hehe!"

"Uh..." Ritsuka was completely dumbfounded, and at this moment another figure rushed over at lightning speed.

"No! Absolutely not! No matter what I say!"

It's like a replay...

Mashu refuted righteously: "Senior is me... He is very important to us in Chaldea, and I absolutely cannot give him to others!"

"Oh, this is troublesome."

Fusu looked Mashu up and down, and perhaps she understood something from the sub-servant girl's determined expression, so she gave up trying to persuade her.

"So—are you coming too?"

“Fu!!”

"Ugh?!"

"Anyway, an emperor cannot have only one spouse. I was originally worried that the ministers would object, but now it seems that there is no need to worry about it. Let the four of us protect this country together.

Hmm, would the heroine in red agree? Haha, there is no such thing as too many cute girls, let’s all live happily together! "

"Uh..." Ah, it seems that he is not completely without the qualities of an emperor. At least in terms of "willfulness", he is still in the same vein as the First Emperor.

Why didn't I see this side of her before?

Three days later, Jiang Liu and others, unable to bear the harassment, left Xiang Liang alone in Xianyang City and fled back to Chu State overnight.

Chapter 268: News from Baiyue

"You guys are back at the perfect time now!"

As soon as they returned to Shouchun and had no time to rest, Xiang Yu came to them in a hurry.

"We have a very important task now. If we accomplish it, it will be of great help to future wars."

"what's up?"

Lixiang and Jiang Liu looked at each other, somewhat confused.

Xiang Yu was refreshed and asked in a deep voice: "Do you know Baiyue?"

"Baiyue?"

Li Xiang blinked: "I seem to have heard of a story called Sleeping on Firewood and Tasting Gall, and there is a country called Yue in it."

"That one is related to Baiyue, but it cannot be dismissed as the same thing. There are some differences... but I can't explain it clearly at the moment."

Xiang Yu put his hand on his sword, unable to contain his joy.

"Ever since the changes in the world, the traffic with the south has been cut off, but the elite scouts I sent out not long ago sent back news that they found the land of Baiyue, and there are Qin troops stationed there!"

"Oh? Is it Zhao Tuo?" Jiang Liu's eyes lit up, "This is a force that cannot be ignored."

The so-called land of Baiyue actually refers to the coastal areas in southern China, which include today's Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.

There were many tribes in this area, too numerous to count, so it was called "Baiyue".

The famous King Gou Jian of Yue, whose Yue Kingdom was located in the area of ​​present-day Zhejiang Province, was also considered one of the Hundred Yue, and the most powerful and famous one. It once had the opportunity to break away from the barbarians like the Chu State and join the circle of "Huaxia".

But later, the State of Yue was destroyed, and no powerful country appeared in the land of Baiyue again. In fact, there was only one powerful country in the entire south, the State of Chu.

There is no way. These days the level of development in the northern region is much higher than that in the southern region.

It is said that although Fujian and Guangdong have developed very well in later generations, in the Qin Dynasty two thousand years ago, they were still a piece of deep mountains and old forests that had not been developed much.

Moreover, it is not just the land of Baiyue. The Chu State also has large undeveloped swamps. They look big on the map, but there are not many places that can actually be used - just look at Russia to understand.

Due to the population size, there were still many places that had not been deeply developed at that time. Many lands of fish and rice in later generations have now become barbaric places with few people.

In fact, there was no shortage of land for a long period of time in Chinese history, but the phenomenon of "too many people and too little land" often occurred.

Firstly, it is indeed difficult to develop these wild lands, and there are not many places that are naturally suitable for farming.

Li Bing and his son have been praised for two thousand years because the Dujiangyan Irrigation System they designed turned Shu into the "Land of Abundance".

What is the Land of Abundance? To put it simply, it means being able to grow crops and feed people!

Secondly, there are reasons such as land annexation, hiding of population, natural disasters and man-made disasters... It is difficult to explain this kind of thing. I believe that as long as you know a little about Chinese history, you will know the consequences of farmers losing their land.

The cause and effect are extremely complex, and cannot be simply explained by "too many people and too little land".

Qin Shihuang was a king with a very far-sighted vision, which can be seen from a series of things he did during his administration. Whether it was the unification of weights and measures or the county system, it was nothing more than strengthening the control of the core of power over the local grassroots.

In addition to these, there were things like unifying currency and writing. The First Emperor really did a lot of drastic things.

As for "land", which is the most sensitive thing for agricultural nations, Qin Shihuang naturally could not ignore it.

On the one hand, he sent Meng Tian to the north to attack the Xiongnu, recovered the area south of the Hetao, and built the Great Wall to prevent the nomadic people from moving south.

On the other hand, he did not ignore the ditches, swamps, deep mountains and old forests in the south, but sent Ren Xiong and Zhao Tuo as commanders to lead an elite force south to conquer the land of Baiyue.

However, this war was not very smooth. The Qin army suffered a lot and was obviously not adapted to the local environment and mountain warfare. Although it conquered a lot of territory, it was not able to carry out in-depth development until the death of Qin Shi Huang, and people's hearts were not stable.

If the First Emperor could live a few more decades, the situation in the Baiyue region would be very different (assuming he didn't ruin the country), but he died early. Moreover, as soon as he died, the whole country immediately entered a state of constant war, and bandits swarmed in the Central Plains.

At this time, transportation between the north and the south was blocked. Not only could the Qin army's southern army not return, but they also had to guard against a backlash from the Baiyue people, or the uprising army from the Central Plains moving south... Life was quite painful.

Historically, Zhao Tuo would guard various strategic locations and strictly guard against all forces in the Central Plains, but he did not participate in the struggle for supremacy. Instead, he established the "Kingdom of Nanyue" in the land of Baiyue and became the king there.

After Liu Bang unified the country, some princes who did not understand the general trend of the world planned to establish their own territories, but they were all wiped out by Liu Bang one by one.

Zhao Tuo's Nanyue Kingdom appropriately expressed its humility and sincerity. Considering that the country was empty and unable to conquer the Baiyue, Liu Bang accepted Zhao Tuo's nominal allegiance.

Facts proved that Liu Bang's judgment was correct. This place could not be taken over in one or two battles. It was not until the reign of Emperor Wu of Han that Nanyue was conquered, and the rule was not very stable.

But then again, this is the Type-Moon singularity, not orthodox history, so it's not surprising that the direction has changed slightly.

Zhao Tuo had not yet established a country. After the death of his main general Ren Xiong, he took control of the Qin Dynasty's Southern Legion of nearly 200,000 elite soldiers and seized the territories of the three counties of Nanhai, Guilin and Xiangjun.

To be honest, he had thought about becoming king. Although these three counties were not as rich as the Central Plains, they were strategically located and easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as they controlled the key roads, they would be as stable as Mount Tai.

But his greatest reliance is the Qin army... People will miss home, and for most of the Qin army, the land of Baiyue is not a place where they can live and work in peace.

Apart from this, the Yue people are actually not very submissive to him. Although they are submissive now, they are stubborn and unyielding at heart and will rebel again sooner or later.

He seems to be a local tyrant here, but in fact he is walking on thin ice. If he is willing to spend decades to manage his business, with his ability, he may be able to rule the country for life. But who is willing to waste his life here?

If the traffic hadn't been blocked, he would have led his troops north long ago!

“Has the traffic been restored now?”

Jiang Liu asked, "Did Zhao Tuo send someone to negotiate?"

"Well, we have sent messengers to each other and communicated several times."

Xiang Yu said slowly: "Zhao Tuo was very happy to learn that we had formed an alliance with Qin. He said frankly that he could cooperate with us to fight against the White Huns. But now there is a problem that prevents him from sending a large number of troops."

Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows, knowing that the key point had arrived. This was probably the important matter that Xiang Yu was talking about.

"North-South traffic has not yet been opened up. Most of the roads to South Vietnam are deep in the mountains and forests. Now they are occupied by various monsters and demons. The army cannot pass through at all."

Xiang Yu stood with his sword in hand and said solemnly: "I have decided that in order to show the sincerity of the coalition forces, I will assist Zhao Tuo in opening up the north-south road, clearing out the monsters, and opening up a way home for the southern expeditionary army!"

Chapter 269: Night Talk

The sun rises and the moon sets, and in the blink of an eye another half month has passed.

During this period, with the help of the Twelve Golden Men and various puppet weapons that were reactivated, the Qin army stabilized its defense line and tied down most of the White Huns' forces. The six countries were able to have enough energy to open up the north-south roads and meet up with the Qin Southern Expeditionary Force in the Baiyue area.

Before the great changes in heaven and earth, the two most powerful armies in the world were the Great Wall Garrison Corps in the north and the Expeditionary Corps in the south.

The former was the first wave of troops to be attacked by the White Huns, and suffered heavy losses, but they retained some of their strength and escorted Fusu back to Xianyang to inherit the throne. The latter was isolated in the land of Baiyue and has only recently been contacted.

But when Xiang Yu opened up the road, this elite army could join the Central Plains battlefield as a fresh force, allowing the Qin & Six Kingdoms Alliance to completely overwhelm the White Huns.