Molested Zulong at the beginning

Jealousy, too much jealousy.

How could this country called the Maurya Dynasty be so lucky and so favored by the heavens.

The area of ​​arable land is several times that of the Central Plains, and the grain can be harvested three times a year, which is simply enviable.

Such a good place, in the hands of these guys, is really too wasteful.

Bai Su continued with a smile: "And all the way to the west, the second is called the Parthian Empire. Its territory is less than one-third of the Central Plains, and its population is less than half of the Central Plains. It makes a living by selling slaves and doing business."

"They follow the enfeoffment system in the country, and they are known as the king of kings. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers seem to be powerful, but their strength is very mediocre and weak. Compared with the Donghu, the Huns are not much stronger."

"And at the end of the west, there is also a big country named Rome. They have a vast territory and a large population. They established their country by force, which is quite like the style of the Warring States Period."

"General Xiang, the world is so big, it doesn't stop at the Central Plains."

"The general demolished the mountains and rivers all the way, shook the five mountains, and his bravery is incomparable throughout the ages. You are so talented, but you only have a small Chu country in your eyes. Don't you think it's a pity?"

Xiang Yu clenched his slender jade hands slightly, and remained silent for a while.

As an aspiring general, no one can refuse the temptation to open up territories and make contributions, and she is no exception.

It is foreseeable that if Bai Su mentioned these places, she can capture them and bring them into the territory of the Central Plains.

Then her prestige will suppress the eternity and become a peak that future generations of generals cannot surpass. This will be the supreme glory of a general.

At that time, she will not only fulfill the promise she made with Yu Ji when she was a child, and become the number one general in the world, she will also become the unparalleled general in the history books of the Central Plains.

It would be a lie to say that there is no thought at all.

It's just to let her let go of the obsession she has been holding on to all along, as well as her prejudice against Daxia, and go to the enemy's camp. For a while, she really can't get over the hurdle in her heart.

Bai Su couldn't help smiling: "General, you don't need to rush to answer, you can think about it slowly, and after you figure it out, you can come to the mansion to look for me at any time, the gate of the Bai mansion will always be open for the general."

After finishing speaking, he put down the wine cup and gave Xiang Yu a sip, then turned and left.

Xiang Yu walked along the window, looking at Bai Su's receding figure on the street, his slender black eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his expression became complicated for a while.

She couldn't help muttering: "Is it an agreement with the world's number one general, Yu Ji, what should I do?"

Chapter 370 Fourth Thunder Helps Me

After leaving from Xiang Yu's side, Bai Su came all the way to Shaofu to discuss the matter of digging a canal.

A group of craftsmen with rich experience in water conservancy, headed by the Mohist giant, quickly mobilized and studied the distribution of water areas in Chu.

After all, this foreign expedition still needs to be discussed with Sister Zheng, and it can only be launched when the time is right.

And the digging of the canal is a major event that benefits the country and the people. It has already won the nod of the political sister. Naturally, the sooner the construction can be started, the better.

When the sky was approaching dusk, Bai Su opened the door and came to the Moqijian.

The drawings about how to dig the canal in Chudi have been compared by a group of Mohist disciples, and they are almost completed.

Mo Xun is worthy of being the youngest Mohist tycoon, full of talent.

Bai Su just provided her with some ideas, and Mo Xun designed several sets of plans for digging canals based on the map of Chu State.

Mo Xun was wearing a blue underskirt, his jet-black hair was coiled up high, with a dignified temple.

On her delicate and pretty face, there was a hint of sickness and paleness that had not been out for a long time, and she said: "My lord, the plan for digging the canal has been drawn up."

As she spoke, she placed the drawn drawings on the table in front of Bai Su.

This blueprint is very delicate. After learning some perspective and composition skills from Bai Su, she drew the distribution of mountains and waters along the way very accurately, so that people can see it clearly.

Bai Su said with a smile: "As expected of a great Mohist, the efficiency is really fast."

Mo Xun's white jade hands raised the black hair scattered between her eyebrows, and put them behind her delicate ears, revealing her white collarbone, and her slender black eyebrows were slightly frowned.

She said: "The most time-consuming thing is the map of Chu State. My lord has ordered someone to prepare it for me. I just designed a reasonable canal and river course according to the blueprint. It is not difficult."

Bai Su smiled: "To be able to understand the world's water conservancy so well and to complete the design and construction of such a large-scale project is not something that ordinary people can do. Juzi is still too modest."

Mo Xun didn't refute anything. After all, in terms of the experience of a craftsman, there are only a handful of people in the world who can compare with her.

Her slender black eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she couldn't help but said: "The canal that your lord envisioned is really a move that benefits the country and the people, but it is really too difficult to dig such a canal."

Bai Su was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "What do you mean by that?"

After pondering for a moment, Mo Xun said, "Your Excellency, I don't know. The construction of rivers and canals is different from the construction of official roads on the road. It needs to meet mountains and open mountains, and meet roads to open roads. The difficulty of construction is not at the same level."

"Many of these rock walls are extremely hard. On the steep rock walls, hammers and chisels can't break through at all."

"When Li Bing and his son built Dujiangyan, they lit fires in front of the mountain wall and roasted the rocks with the fire. After the fire was red, they poured cold water on them to crack the hard rocks and dig through them bit by bit."

"Big Xia mobilized nearly hundreds of thousands of people to build Dujiangyan, and it took 20 years to complete the construction. Now the canal you want to dig is more than ten times longer than Dujiangyan."

"The difficulty of this construction can be imagined..."

Although she didn't finish her words, the meaning was already obvious.

The degree of difficulty in the construction of this large-scale project is even higher than that of the Great Wall. If you want to complete it, you must recruit millions of laborers from all over the world.

But if a large amount of labor is not forced, then there will be no two or three generations, and it is almost impossible to accomplish things.

Bai Su stroked his chin and said, "How about improving the tools?"

Mo Xun shook his head slightly: "Although the ironware in the Central Plains has become popular nowadays, and the hardness of the chisel is much stronger than before, it is still too difficult to open up the mountains and open the roads in terms of manpower."

Bai Su smiled mysteriously: "Since manpower is not enough, how about using the power of heaven?"

Mo Xun blinked his black and white eyes, and couldn't help asking, "What does your lord mean..."

Bai Su said with a smile on his face: "If I can ask Lei Gong to help you, guide the thunder from the sky, and help you break rocks, how about it?"

Mo Xun couldn't help but sneered: "My lord is really good at joking, how can this person control the power of the sky."

Bai Su looked at her: "Don't worry about the possibility, I'll just ask you, if you have the help of Tianlei, how long do you think it will take to pass through the Grand Canal?"

The smile on Mo Xun's face gradually faded, and she glanced at Bai Su with a strange expression. Doesn't her lord really understand the magic of immortality?

After all, she has known Bai Su for a long time, and knowing that Bai Su is serious about business, she rarely jokes.

Although she couldn't believe it for a while, she pondered for a while, and then analyzed it seriously: "The most troublesome problem in digging the canal is how to open the mountain."

"If there is a thunderbolt to help split the rock, the required construction period will be greatly shortened. It may be completed in four or five years, and the labor required by the people can also be greatly reduced."

After listening to her analysis, a smile appeared on Bai Su's face.

He spread out a piece of rice paper on the table, picked up a pen and began to write slowly.

Seeing this, Mo Xun couldn't help asking: "My lord, what are you writing?"

After pondering for a while, Bai Su said, "Of course it's Tianlei's formula."

Mo Xun was taken aback for a moment, his big black eyes suddenly widened slowly.

Her vermilion lips parted slightly, a little afraid to say: "My... my lord, are you joking? Could it be that... my lord knows the fairy art of exorcising gods and controlling ghosts?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "I'm an ordinary person, so I don't know those gods and ghosts, but I can try the thunder that can smash rocks."

"Come on, follow my recipe and buy some things. I want to make Tianlei."

As he spoke, he handed over the formula in his hand.

Mo Xun took the formula, looked at the content above, and couldn't help frowning her beautiful brows.

She wondered for a moment whether Bai Su was teasing her.

I thought it was something like a sacrifice, a magical power of a spell, but I didn't expect that the things written in the formula were ordinary things that could be bought anywhere in the street.

Sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal...

Some medicinal materials used for medicine, healing, and deworming have nothing to do with the legendary sky thunder at all.

But when she raised her head, what she saw was Bai Su's serious eyes.

"The prescription of this thing is an important weapon of the country. Only you and I know it. Don't pass it on to outsiders. Otherwise, people will die. Be careful, be careful, be more careful..."

Mo Xun looked at Bai Su's serious warning face, her red lips parted slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, she whispered, "I see."

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but glanced at the small piece of paper in her hand, feeling a burst of doubt in her heart.

Could it be that this small piece of rice paper can really attract thunder from the sky?

Chapter 370 I... I'm almost out of breath

It was approaching dusk.

After being busy for a long time, Bai Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, the handkerchief..."

Mo Xun stood aside and handed over the handkerchief.

Bai Su took the handkerchief and said, "Thank you."

Mo Xun shook her head slightly, she blinked her big black eyes, and asked curiously, "Is this the sky thunder that you are talking about?"

I saw a dark earthen jar on the table beside it, with lead wires next to it.

This black gunpowder weighed quite a lot, about ten catties, and Bai Su put it into it, which looked very strange.

Bai Su looked at Mo Xun's suspicious expression, and couldn't help but smiled: "Don't look at the ugly appearance of this thing, but in terms of value, the bow and crossbow can be called the country's most important weapon."

Mo Xun curiously stretched out his lush jade hand, and poked the heavy earthen jar: "My lord, how can we test its effect."

Bai Su stroked his chin and said, "Why don't you find an open place and I'll show you how powerful this thing is?"

Mo Xun's slender black eyebrows frowned slightly. Although she didn't know the specific power of this thing, but through Bai Su's serious attitude, she could feel that this thing was absolutely extraordinary.

After hesitating for a long time, she couldn't help but said: "My lord, I know that there is a hidden place where you can test the power. It's just such a important weapon of the country. Don't you need to notify Your Majesty in advance?"

Bai Su was taken aback for a moment, and then he reacted immediately.

As a foreign minister, without His Majesty's permission, Mo Xun researched this important weapon of the country without His Majesty's permission, which somewhat crossed the line.

As the son-in-law of His Majesty today, Bai Su is considered to be half of the family. Given his relationship with Sister Zheng, this kind of thing may be nothing.

But for a foreign minister like her, it was a bit inappropriate.

It has to be said that Mo Xun, as a giant of the Mohist family, thinks much more deeply than he does.

After pondering for a long time, Bai Su said: "Now Your Majesty is hidden in the deep palace, and the government affairs are temporarily supervised by Hu Bin. How about this? I'll let someone invite His Highness Hu Bin to come with you."

Mo Xun nodded and said softly, "That's very good."

After about an hour or so.

It is located in a hidden valley, and there are soldiers stationed here, all of them look terrified, with a faint murderous look on their bodies.

Apparently, they were all elite fighters who had fought on the battlefield.

Da da da!

At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes.

These soldiers' expressions were concentrated, and they all clenched their weapons tightly, and became alert.

This is the core of Shaofu's research, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach it privately.

Soon the carriage stopped slowly.

These soldiers did not relax their vigilance at all, until Bai Su opened the curtain and walked down, everyone was relieved, and hurried forward to salute: "I have seen Daliang Zao."

Bai Su nodded slightly, opened the curtain, and Hu Tan and Mo Xun got out of the carriage together.

As a giant of the Mohist school, Mo Xun is still habitually simple, wearing a blue underskirt, with black hair pulled up high, and a simple hairpin pinned to it.

Although there was no extra decoration on her body, her every move was so elegant, her slender jade hands raised her black hair, revealing her beautiful face.

Every gesture of her whole body reveals an intellectual beauty.

Hu Yan, on the other hand, was wearing a black palace dress, with gold thread on the sleeves, embroidered with gorgeous black bird patterns, and his whole person was full of nobility and beauty.

Since she is married now, her jet-black hair curled up into a woman's sideburns, when she took a quick look, she thought she saw the youthfulness of Sister Zheng.

Bai Su couldn't help secretly applauding, what a charming little wife.

I don't know if there will be a chance in the future to let her lie down with Sister Zheng. When he thinks of two "Sister Zheng", one big and one small, he will be distracted for a while.

Hu Tan's slender black eyebrows raised slightly, she looked at Bai Su curiously, and couldn't help but said: "Husband, why are you looking at me so straight?"

Bai Su came back to his senses, coughed lightly, and said seriously: "Naturally, I was fascinated by the majestic appearance of our Imperial Highness."