"Hongzhu, you are in such a hurry to find a brother, but what problems have you encountered?"

Shang Ji motioned for Deng Yan to sit down, and then asked.

In the afternoon, Shang Ji originally planned to inspect the restructuring of the county soldiers in each county, but he was stopped by Deng Yan before he went out, and he seemed to be in a hurry.

"Lord, there is an urgent matter that must be reported to you."

"What's the matter? Just say. ”

Shang Ji suddenly became interested, he gave Deng Yan a very high authority, the civil affairs side, as long as it does not involve the appointment and removal of important officials and the transfer of a single amount of more than 10 million funds, Deng Yan can basically handle it by himself, even if there are a small number of tricky things, they are generally placed in the political hall composed of Xun Yu, Chen Ang, Yan Xian and others to discuss and solve, and there is rarely a need for Shang Ji to make a decision in person.

And once this kind of thing happens, it indicates that something big has happened, and the government does not dare to make a decision easily.

"Lord, Gongsun Chan sent his henchman Yan Gang as an envoy to ask for a meeting again."

"Huh? Gongsun Chan sent an envoy again? How? Does he want to surrender? ”

Shang Ji was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked with interest.

The first wave of envoys before was closed, and it didn't take long to send the second wave, and let Deng Yan be so excited, except for surrendering, Shang Ji really couldn't think of any other possibility.

"Gongsun Chan has a strong personality, and it is unlikely that he will surrender."

Deng Yan shook his head with a smile, and continued: "However, today's matter may be more important in the long run than Gongsun Zhan's surrender. ”

"Oh?"

Shang Ji was interested, couldn't help but sit up straight, and asked, "What is going on?" Hongzhu elaborates. ”

"Does the lord know about Li Bing?"

"Li Bing? Which Li Bing? Shang Ji asked with some confusion.

"Li Bing, the county guard of Shu County of Qin State!"

"Of course I know this, the county guard of Shu County of Qin State built Dujiangyan, which blessed the world, how could I not know such a character?"

Li Bing's great name Shang Ji naturally knew that he was about thirty years earlier than Shang Ji, and Li Bing had been dead for many years when Shang Ji was born, but his name was like thunder even if Shang Ji was heard.

It is the Dujiangyan built by Li Bing that makes it known as "Zeguo" and "Red Basin", and the Shu land that is either drought or flood has become the country of abundance familiar to later generations, and the continuous material support provided by Shu is also an important foundation for Qin to dominate the world.

"There is one person in Yan Gang's group, whose name is Li Ming, who is a descendant of Li Luhai (Li Bing No. Luhai). Like his ancestors, Li Meng is an unborn talent who is proficient in water conservancy, and he is an extremely rare god-level water conservancy master. ”

"Huh? God-level water conservancy master? Can you be sure? ”

Shang Ji Huo Ran got up and couldn't help but ask.

"It can be determined that my subordinates have already met me, and it is indeed a rare talent in a century."

Shang Ji's mind changed sharply when he heard this, and after calming down, he slowly sat down and said, "What is the specific situation, you can say it slowly." ”

"Li Mi lived in seclusion in Youzhou before, and by chance, Gongsun Chan knew the news of Li Miao's seclusion, and came to the door to personally invite, hoping that Li Miang could go out of the mountain and enter the office, but because Gongsun Chan could not complete the conditions proposed by Li Miao, he failed to recover him.

And this time, Li Luo was also forcibly kidnapped from Youzhou by Gongsun Zhan! ”

"What do you mean? What did he do when he tied Li Meng to us? ”

Shang Ji was a little puzzled, even if Gongsun Zhan couldn't subdue Li Ming, there was no reason to tie Li Meng to Shang Ji!

"According to Yan Gang's meaning, only the lord has enough virtue to subdue Li Ming, and they hope to use Li Ming to make up for the previous unhappiness, and in the future, the peaceful development of the two states will not invade each other."

Shang Ji smiled dumbly when he heard this: "Hehe, what is this Gongsun Zan thinking in his head?" Could it be that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor? ”

"Of course not!"

Deng Yan shook his head and denied Shang Ji's statement, seeing that Shang Ji was a little puzzled, Deng Yan continued to explain: "The key is the conditions proposed by Li Yan himself.

Li Ming's highest ambition is to emulate his ancestors and build a water conservancy project that can benefit thousands of people and benefit thousands of years, but the manpower and material resources required for such a large project are astronomical, and he was unable to afford it when Emperor Ling was in power.

Whoever can help Li Meng fulfill this grand wish, Li Meng will be loyal to whomever he wants. It was because Gongsun Zhan couldn't meet this condition that he let Li Miao, a great talent, live in seclusion in Youzhou. ”

Shang Ji's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and when Deng Yan finished his introduction, Shang Ji spoke: "What does Hongzhu mean is that Gongsun Zhan is doing Zheng Guoqu's strategy?" ”

"But!"

Deng Yan nodded heavily.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Ji and Deng Yan fell silent, both of them thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

Anyone who knows a little bit of history knows Zheng Guoqu. At the end of the Warring States period, the Qin State became more and more powerful, and South Korea was worried about its own safety, so it sent the hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo into Qin and persuaded the Qin State to build the Zheng Guo Canal.

The original intention of the Koreans was to deplete the Qin state by tricking the Qin king into building a large number of water conservancy facilities, so that the Qin state could no longer invade Korea.

After thinking for a moment, Shang Ji smiled and said coldly: "Hmph, Zheng Guoqu, Gongsun Chan is so bold, isn't he afraid of being self-defeating and reproducing the tragedy of South Korea?" ”

Deng Yan shook his head and said slowly: "Does Gongsun Chan still have a choice?" Even drinking to quench thirst is better than dying of thirst. Besides, Gongsun Chan is not completely without opportunities. If we really start to overhaul the water conservancy as he wishes, we will definitely not be able to crusade against Gongsun Chan within three or two years.

Take advantage of this window period to settle Liu Yu, truly realize the unification of Youzhou, and then unite with Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places to fight together, and there is no chance to resist us. ”

"Hahaha, good, good, good, since Gongsun Chan has the heart to be the Six Kingdoms of Shandong once, then the general will be as he wishes, Li Luo I accepted it, 'Zheng Guoqu' I also want to repair, I just don't know how much Gongsun Chan has the quality of playing against the general?"

Shang Ji stood suddenly, laughed, and said quite heroically.

"Since the lord has made up his mind, then his subordinates will deal with it."

Deng Yan was stunned, he didn't expect Shang Ji to make up his mind so quickly, but seeing that Shang Ji had made up his mind, he was not ambiguous at all, and immediately said loudly.

Looking at the back of Deng Yan leaving, Shang Ji had a lot of thoughts.

If Li Bing and Shang Ji are still a decade apart, then Zheng Guoqu will grow up with Shang Ji.

The Zhengguo Canal was built in the first year of the reign of King Qin and completed in the tenth year of the reign of King Qin, which took a full ten years, and consumed countless manpower and material resources, which added a huge burden to the Qin State.

From this perspective, South Korea has successfully achieved its strategic goals.

However, the completion of the Zhengguo Canal gave the Qin State an unprecedented and powerful boost.

"The canal is completed, the water of the silt is filled, the land of irrigation is more than 40,000 hectares (1.1 million mu today), and the harvest is a minute (100 kilograms today), so Guanzhong is a fertile field, no fierce year, Qin is rich and strong."

This is the historical record of Zheng Guoqu.

In other words, the following set of data can more intuitively reflect the role of Zheng Guoqu:

In 246 BC, the construction of the Zhengguo Canal began;

In 236 BC, the Zhengguo Canal was completed;

In 230 BC, Qin destroyed Han and opened the curtain of the unification of the Six Kingdoms;

In 221 BC, Qin destroyed Qi and the Six Kingdoms were unified.

Since Gongsun Chan has the intention of being a Korean, Shang Ji doesn't mind repeating the history of the Qin State again!