My Brother Daqin No. 1 Dude

Chapter 263 Does Emperor Brother Know Witchcraft?
The old man named Tsuna Cheng-kun hurriedly put the venison on the chopsticks into the pottery dish with intricate patterns in front of him, hastily proving his innocence.

"Zewan didn't think so! Ze and this scorpion are inseparable!"

The old man had a correct attitude and a firm tone, and he almost raised three fingers to swear to the ancestors of the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.

But the middle-aged man who was sitting first did not let the old man go because of this. With a chuckle, he picked up the wine bottle and offered a toast to the old man from afar.

Without waiting for the old man to react, he drank it all by himself and said: "Gang Chengjun is far more resourceful than I am. This time we are going against that treacherous and treacherous Zhuzi. We will take Gang Chengjun as the leader."

As soon as the voice fell, a wry smile appeared on the old man's face, and he raised the wine bottle in his hand, just as he was about to return a bottle and say something.

At the right time, the two people sitting in the first seats on the left and right sides moved quickly. Before the old man raised the wine bottle to his chest, the wine bottles they held in both hands were already aimed at the old man.

"I will be led by Mr. Gang Cheng!"

"I will be led by Mr. Gang Cheng!"

The timbres of the two are different, and the voices are not uniform. The same thing is that the speed of speech is extremely fast, as if the mouth is borrowed.

Ordinary people tend to have a bald mouth and slur their words when they speak fast, but the two of them uttered words not only clearly, but also with a loud voice, enough for the entire hall to hear clearly.

After speaking, the two drank the wine bottles in one gulp, just like the people above them.

The old man's complexion suddenly turned ugly, his wry smile turned into a shadow, and his eyes were so unkind that he turned around on the superior, No.1 on the left and No.1 on the right.

As soon as the gaze was turned, all the attendees on the left and right sides were holding wine bottles with both hands.

Among them are tall and thin people who have not touched their chopsticks and spoons today, and those who have fat wrapped around their waists three times and changed their food twice on the table.

There are those who are young and cautious and reticent, and there are also those who are full of righteous indignation and wish to bring a full palace of people into Xianyang Prison to kill Ying Chengxun for revenge.

All the attendees pointed at the old man with the wine bottles that were at the chest level of the pork belly or the strong muscles.

"I will be led by Mr. Gang Cheng!"

"I will be led by Mr. Gang Cheng!"

"I will be led by Mr. Gang Cheng!"

"..."

Their voices seemed to shatter doors and windows.

After that, the wine was delivered to the entrance with both hands, and the strong wind brought by the sleeves of the robe trembled the candles blown by the 36 brilliant candles mixed with ambergris in the hall.

As a result, the main hall was flickering, and the figures of the attendees were also faintly visible, and it was impossible to tell whether they were people or ghosts.

When the candles were burning steadily, the hall was brightly lit again, the King Chu wine hanging on the wall in the wine bottle was crystal clear, and the texture of the slaughtered beef and mutton on the table was clearly visible.

Everyone's faces were full of eagerness and anticipation, and their eyes were full of trust when they looked at the old man.

The old man looked unwilling, and looked like a veteran with withered bark, he put the wine bottle full of fine wine on the table with a "Duang" sound.

"What does Gang Cheng-jun mean by this?"

The upper middle-aged man looked puzzled, and there was a bit of evil spirit between his brows.

All the attendees were silent, but they still looked at the old man with eagerness, anticipation, and trust.

It's just that the brows moved a little closer, gathering unformed clouds.

"Let's wait for success before drinking."

The old man explained.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Gang Cheng is always strong and strong, and his ambition is far behind us!"

The upper middle-aged man laughed loudly, slapped his thighs, and praised the old man repeatedly.

His name is Meng Jiakun, and he is the head of the Meng family.

The Meng family is deeply rooted in the Qin state, and has a longer history than the chief family, the Gan family, which can be traced back to Qin Xiangong.

The Meng family, the Xi family, and the Bai family are the three oldest families in Qin State today.

The three families have a high status in the Qin family, which can be seen just by looking at the seats.

Apart from Meng Jiakun sitting at the top seat, Bai Fei, head of the Bai family, sitting first on the right seat, and Xi Shu, head of the Xi family, sitting first on the left seat.

This has something to do with Yu Yin, the ancestor of the three families, but not much.

The real reason is that most of the other aristocratic families' sources of income are eating and selling scrap ironware from the Gan family.

But the three are not, the money from selling scrap iron is a small part of the income of the three, and most of them are the supply of prostitutes and actors in the state of Qin.

Just relying on the sale of well-trained concubines, the three families can be famous.This is also the reason why the three families can dominate the banquet without Gan Luo.

Bai Fei loudly praised that the old man deserved to be the one who can relieve Ying Hou, while Xi Shu said that if there is no Gang Chengjun to lead us today, we would really dare not fight that Zhuzi.

After the patriarchs of the three great families of Mengxi and Bai praised endlessly, there was no one present who did not praise the old man greatly.

The old man responded to everyone who praised him one by one, holding and complimenting him, and his words could tickle the itches in the hearts of the heads of every aristocratic family.

To describe a person who treats people with all aspects, the four words "eight-faced and exquisite" are often used.

The smiles on the faces of the patriarchs of all the aristocratic families that the old man can say are getting bigger and stronger, and he really understands what the patriarchs of the aristocratic families like to hear and what they have done. It should be said that they are exquisite.

The old man was talking, and the venison in the complicated dishes had already been cold.

Meng Jiakun saw that the place was heating up, so he sat in the first place to observe the situation below, and ate meat and drank calmly.

From time to time, Bai Fei and Xi Shu, who are closest to him, look at each other and smile at each other, laughing is a mockery.

The ups and downs of the banquet are full of joy.

……

Two masked men in black came to Xianyang Prison with the imperial decree of the first emperor.

After verifying the authenticity, the guards of Xianyang Prison removed the intertwined bronze spears and let the two inside.

After the two entered, they were subjected to three waves of inspections along the way. After the three waves of jailers confirmed that the words "Ordered by heaven, longevity and eternal prosperity" stamped on the imperial decree were true.

The last wave of jailers sent a man, leading the two of them outside a cell.

He opened the cell door, let the two of them in, and left the key in the hands of the masked man who was walking behind him.

The tall and straight masked man took the key and stood in front of the cell door, as if guarding it.

"If you don't come to see me, you want me to come to see you?!"

Walking towards Ying Chengxun who was lying on the bed, the masked man lifted his veil, revealing a calm and majestic face. It was the founder of the Great Qin Empire, the First Emperor Ying Zheng.

Unfriendliness towards Ying Chengxu was written all over his face.

"Brother Huang has never dressed up like this before, how about it, tell me how you feel?"

The First Emperor has always been open-minded in his actions, and never bothered to play any tricks. Even in private visits in micro-services, he showed his face—except for important officials in the court, limited by the times, not many people in the world knew the true face of the First Emperor.

"There won't be a next time." Shi Huangdi sat on the half of the bed vacated by Ying Chengyu, and said with a grim expression, "I'm very busy, you better have something important to do."

One year after the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, many heroic families went to fiefdoms to sit in town.Some riots are slightly better than the first year, but not much, and it will take time to digest.

The biggest benefit of these heroic families going to the fief, for the first emperor, is that there are fewer memorials for him to deal with than last year.

The first emperor, who really felt the changes, sometimes thought that if this piece of land was also sealed off at that time, it would be the emperor's turn to review the memorial, and he could go to sleep.

The enfeoffment system is actually not bad.

Although the feudal lords from all over the country shared part of the memorials, the first emperor still had a lot of memorials to deal with, and the first emperor still didn't have much free time.

As the monarch who created an unprecedented unified empire, the first emperor had to do almost everything he had to do, and he didn't have much experience from previous dynasties to learn from.

So Emperor Shihuang was really busy.

In other words, no matter who achieves this position, anyone who has a little ambition and wants to do something will be very busy.

"Brother Huang, do you know about witchcraft?" Ying Chengxue asked thoughtfully.

"You asked me to come here to ask this?" Shi Huangdi's face became even more ugly, suppressing his anger and said: "The Empress Dowager Huayang treats you very well, you should know this matter better than me."

"Is there really witchcraft? If I had known that what Huayang Damu said was true, I would have learned it." Ying Chengxue said regretfully: "At that time, I was teasing me as Huayang Damu, and Huayang Damu was too. I remember asking me once. Why don’t you ask me a few more times, and I’ll learn if you show it in front of me.”

"What do you want to learn about witchcraft?" Seeing his younger brother's enthusiasm, Shi Huang frowned and said, "If you are interested in witchcraft, you can ask Concubine Chu, there should be no one in Guanzhong who knows better than Concubine Chu."

"This damn girl knows witchcraft?" Ying Chengxun widened his eyes and said, "She never told me."

Emperor Shihuang wanted to get up, and said, "Go and ask her yourself."

The first emperor was very busy and had no time to chat with his brother about witchcraft or not. The first emperor was not at all curious about witchcraft.

What's the use of witchcraft?The witchcraft in Chu State is prevalent, isn't it still being trampled down by my Great Qin Ruishi?

"I have something to do." Ying Chengxun hurriedly grabbed the first emperor, and smiled apologetically, "Brother Huang will announce a decree tomorrow. Would it be good if Qin didn't have ministers and concubines?"

"Not good." Shi Huang refused without thinking.

Lichen and concubines are slaves.

Although the feudal system gradually replaced slavery in the Warring States Period, slaves still existed widely until the Qin Dynasty, and even continued until the Qing Dynasty.

Lichen and concubines have two important meanings in the Qin Dynasty, which is also part of the Qin farming and warfare system.

The first is plowing.

The Qin Dynasty carried out large-scale construction projects. Although the Qin Dynasty had many prisoners of war, there were also many prisoners who were imprisoned.

However, with the Great Wall, Chidao, Imperial Mausoleum, palaces, ditches, etc., which required a large number of artificial projects, the Qin Dynasty was always short of manpower.

If too many civilians were forcibly recruited to carry out projects, the reduction in the number of farmers would lead to a poor harvest of food. If it was less serious, it would cause the Qin Dynasty to be unable to fight foreign wars, and if it was more serious, it would lead to famine.

Moreover, civilians are forced to expropriate to repair the Great Wall, roads, ditches, etc. It requires wages, food and housing, and civilians are protected by the Qin law, which costs a lot.

Qin State has too many civil engineering projects and cannot afford to hire so many people, so Qin State needs servants and concubines.

No wages are paid, you can beat and scold at will to rush to rush to work, you can't farm land, and you are not protected by Qin Law.

The second is war.

(End of this chapter)