General Qin

"It's a side hall, not a sleeping palace."

Zhao Tuo stood at the door and nodded slightly.

He could vaguely guess the reason why the emperor couldn't wait to call him and Su Jiasha here after the celebration banquet.

After the eunuch delivered the order, Zhao Tuo took off his shoes outside the hall and walked in.

As soon as he entered the palace, he saw that Emperor Shihuang was sitting on the gorgeous emperor's couch, with his head lowered, carefully watching the unfolded silk on the table.

Su Jiasha was kneeling on the ground, leaning halfway, holding a pen in her hand, as if writing something on silk.

Zhao Tuo blinked, it looked like a scene where a parent supervised a child's homework.

But it only took a moment for him to understand that what was spread out on the desk was a map.

Su Jiasha is drawing something on the map with a pen.

The first emperor looked at it very seriously, and his eyes followed Su Jiasha's pen.

Zhao Tuo stood silently by the side without disturbing him.

After a while, Su Jiasha put down the brush in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is what I know about the general situation in the west of Yuezhi. However, I have never been to these places, and most of them have heard from the tribe and businessmen who come and go. , this map should be different from the actual situation.”

Qin Shihuang nodded, it is only normal if there is a difference.

He stared at the place where Su Jiasha stopped writing, and asked, "How far is the Dawan you mentioned from my Daqin?"

Su Jiasha thought for a while and said, "About ten thousand miles."

Shi Huang frowned, tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, and whispered, "Wan Yu Li."

The journey of thousands of miles, in today's era, can be said to be an extremely long distance.

And I heard from Su Jiasha that in the tens of thousands of miles, there are many places that are deserts and Gobi, which are not thoroughfare.

However, Emperor Shi Huang did not dwell on this issue.

People from the Western Regions can come from there, and the army of Great Qin can naturally go there.

He raised his head and looked at Zhao Tuo who was standing in the hall with his hands down.

"Minister Zhao Tuo, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Zhao Tuo saluted hurriedly, no matter what his title is, when seeing himself as the emperor's father-in-law, etiquette must be in place.

The First Emperor smiled and said, "Marquis Wu Gong, come to my side and take a look at this map."

"only."

Zhao Tuo responded and stepped forward.

Su Jiasha looked sideways, and when she saw Zhao Tuo's figure, there was a trace of stability in her eyes.

Zhao Tuo didn't notice this, his eyes fell on the map spread out on the case.

Daqin is in the middle of the map.

Outside the thirty-six counties of the Qin State, there are signs such as Donghu and North Korea in the northeast, and Southwest Yi and Yue people in the south.

Areas such as Henan and Yinshan, which Zhao Tuo had just laid down, were also circled with pens.

The names of Beidi, Jiuyuan and other counties are written on it, which means that the vast land has been planned, and part of it is assigned to Beidi County and part of it is Jiuyuan County.

However, Zhao Tuo just glanced at these places, and his eyes swept across the Yuezhi location west of the big river, and fell on the names of the countries written by Su Jiasha further west.

Wusun, Loulan, Jingjue, Qiuci (qiū cí)...

All the way to Dawan in the west!

The map was drawn sloppily, and Zhao Tuo looked at it carelessly, not knowing whether the drawing was correct or not.

After all, he had only heard stories about Princess Wusun, Queen Jingjue, etc. There were many small countries in that place, and it was impossible for him to remember who was next to which country.

However, Zhao Tuo knew very well that the places where these countries were located were the Western Regions that later generations often referred to.

There is the only way for China to communicate with the West.

While Zhao Tuo was looking at the map, Shi Huangdi's excitement had calmed down, but a look of determination appeared in his eyes.

Why did he can't wait to call Su Jiasha over after the celebration banquet.

Is it because the beauty of this woman made him desire, and he couldn't wait to pamper him?

If so, why did he ask Zhao Tuo to come over?

The first emperor was not very interested in women.

For him, the reason why he was so anxious was mainly because Su Jiasha was born as a noble daughter of the Yue clan, who could bring him information from the western world.

Before that, he had known through sporadic channels that there was a very vast land further west of Yuezhi, but he had no way of knowing what it looked like.

He longed for it.

The First Emperor reached out and took off a piece of jade from his waist, and put it on the spot on the map.

"Wu Gonghou, do you know where this jade comes from?"

Zhao Tuo was startled, and saw that the jade was as white as ointment, shining with a faint luster under the flickering lights.

Good jade!

Zhao Tuo was born in an aristocrat anyway, so he has some knowledge.

In addition, now that the emperor has placed this jade on the map of the Western Regions, the answer is still unclear.

He replied: "Dare to report to Your Majesty, is this the jade of Kunshan?"

The First Emperor smiled and said: "Of course, this is the jade of Kunshan. In the past, I issued an order to chase away guests, and Li Si wrote a letter of remonstrance. I used this jade of Kunshan as a metaphor. The jade of Kunshan is a treasure in the world, and it comes from Kunlun Mountain in the west!"

Having said this, the first emperor's eyes burst into excitement.

Kunlun!

The legendary mountain where the gods live.

Qu Yuan once asked: Kunlun Xuanyuan, where is its place?

The nobles of Zhu Xia have all heard the name of Kunlun, a sacred mountain.

But what is the land where Kunlun is like? Is there a country, is there civilization, is the land fertile or desolate, and what kind of products are there?

Nobody knows.

For the First Emperor, it was uncharted territory.

And he is precisely a king with a strong desire to control and conquer.

The First Emperor was very eager to know what the world west of Yueshi looked like, that's why he couldn't wait to call Su Jiasha and Zhao Tuo.

Now, he knows.

In the vast land of the west, where the legendary Kunlun Mountain is located, there are actually a group of tiny countries!

The powerful Dawan has a population of only a few hundred thousand and an army of 100,000.

A medium-sized country has a population of tens of thousands and only a few thousand soldiers.

Weak and small countries are even less worth mentioning.

As Su Jiasha said, she once heard from a businessman from the west that there was some kind of Jingjue country in that place, with a total population of only three to four thousand people and five hundred victorious soldiers.

WTF!

In a country with five hundred troops, Daqin would randomly send out two or five hundred masters, and they would not always hang and beat the other party.

In the eyes of Emperor Shihuang, who had destroyed six countries of ten thousand chariots, these countries were really too weak.

But they also occupy a very vast land, which seems to be comparable to many counties in Daqin, including the sacred mountain Kunlun, which produces beautiful jade and is widely spread in the world of Zhuxia.

In such a place, how can the first emperor not have the desire to conquer.

He stared at Zhao Tuo, and said with a faint smile: "Where Kunlun is located, there are countless small countries. Wusun is close by, and Dawan is far away. They are all rotten wood and mud. I don't know. Sweep the Western Regions and promote the power of Qin in Kunlun!"

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile.

This is the opportunity he gave himself to his son-in-law.

The nineteenth grade Lunhou.

It's only one step away from Liehou at the twentieth level.

But this step must be done with monstrous achievements.

Now the Great Qin Quartet, apart from the Baiyue in the south who can barely be praised, such as the Southwest Yi, Donghu, and North Korea are no longer enough to be credited for upgrading the princes.

Don't you, Zhao Tuo, dislike me beating Baiyue?

Then go to the Western Regions!

It is big enough, there are enough countries, and there is Kunlun Mountain.

If you conquer there, you can directly become a lieutenant!

The First Emperor's eyes were piercing.

He gave Zhao Tuo a chance, and he also thought that the man in front of him would agree to lay down a big territory for himself.

In that expectant gaze.

Zhao Tuo smiled wryly to himself.

He remembered that he often saw a question in his previous life, if someone sent a map of the world to Qin Shihuang's case.

What choice will this eternal emperor make?

Will Daqin unite the world?

Now, Su Jiasha did not send a map of the world, but gave Emperor Shihuang a map of the Western Regions and specific information.

The first emperor has been looking for a goal for his life.

Qin's military merit system has also been forcing the country to expand its territory, allowing generals and heads of state to have a way to rise.

Therefore, Qin State destroyed the six countries.

After destroying the six countries and beating the Xiongnu.

After defeating the Huns?

Play Baiyue?

Apart from Baiyue, which is full of miasma, does the first emperor have no goals in life?

Could it be that the bloodthirsty monster, Military Merit Lord, is about to stop its steps?

Now, Su Jiasha sent a new goal.

Destroy Yuezhi, go straight to the Western Regions, and take down the legendary Kunlun Mountain!

The attractiveness of this goal even surpassed that of Baiyue in the south.

Zhao Tuo understood what Emperor Shi Huang wanted.

I also understand that he called himself here tonight, I am afraid he is giving himself a chance to be promoted to Liehou.

But he still shook his head slowly.

"Your Majesty, I think this is not a good time to attack the Western Regions."

The smile on Shi Huang's face froze.

Zhao Tuo, rejected me?

Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked at the emperor in front of him.

His eyes were piercing and firm.

He doesn't want to leave him again!