Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 93: Ying Shixi

"Ximen Bao!"

"Look at what you wrote!"

When Ximen Bao was enjoying the treatment of cattle and horses after death, Zhangshui Hebo suddenly appeared with a document in his hand and questioned him.

Ximen Bao then remembered what he had entrusted to the temple servant when he felt he was about to die.

I didn't expect it's been so long.

This thing was really done!

I guess his relatives have moved to Ye County.

However, he had not considered what would happen after his death, so he had to face the questioning of ghosts and gods.

Ximen Bao looked up at Tu Bo who was sitting on the throne.
I found that my boss was already dozing off, so I pretended that nothing was happening.

So he could only apologize to He Bo obediently, "I was too worried and offended the ghosts and gods!"

He Bo was not polite either, he pointed at him and said, "You old man, you always think about this and that, and you still think about me when you die!"

"You should really ask your wife to come over and let her teach you a lesson!"

After hearing this, Ximen Bao apologized more sincerely and bent his waist even lower.

Only then did He Bo relax his expression and put the documents away.

"Okay, next time you feel like giving advice, remember to tell Tu Bo not to look for me, okay?"

Ximen Bao nodded, but couldn't help but ask, "But He Bo will still know, won't he?"

"What should I know?" He Bo argued, "Don't slander me!"

"The powers and responsibilities of ghosts and gods are very clear!"

Ximen Bao laughed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, of course He Bo won't know about Tu Bo's affairs!"

"The heaven and earth have their own laws, and ghosts and gods naturally have their own laws."

Anyway, He Bo once said,

Some things are enough to just be known in your heart; there is no need to point them out and scare everyone.

"Just do your job!"

He Bo tormented Ximen Bao for a while, then generously let him go back to work.

When he returned to He Bo's mansion, he was delighted to see the ghosts and gods returning from accountability, and couldn't help laughing, "Doctor Ximen is advising you as if you were the monarch!"

He Bo laughed, "He is using human thinking to guess what ghosts and gods are thinking!"

After Ximen Bao went to Hexi, he was worried that the gods and ghosts would do something to the State of Wei in anger.

After all, the River God of Zhangshui looks so young and acts so young, but he controls the lives and deaths of countless people on both sides of the Zhangshui River.

Moreover, before Ximen Bao left Ye County, sacrifices to He Bo had already become very prosperous on both sides of the strait.

People often kowtow to ghosts and gods, and some new customs and etiquette have emerged.

Ximen Bao was happy and worried at the same time.

It is a good thing that ghosts and gods are kind and loving.

But just as ghosts and gods have kind faces, they naturally also have opposite, angry and hateful faces.

What would happen if one day a person lost the favor of ghosts and gods?
So he looked for an opportunity and wrote that document, hoping that the gods and ghosts would not hate the Marquis of Wei or even the State of Wei because of him.

He Bo said disdainfully, "Ximen Bao thinks highly of himself. How can one person be compared to a country?"

"And I'm not a moody child. It's just that I can let my nature show because I'm above the mundane."

"I am free and lazy by nature, so I won't harm a country's people just because I'm angry!"

People are forced to grow up and change their personalities and ways of doing things because of various things.

This is what is called the "price of growing up."

But ghosts and gods have the power to make choices.

At least in his field,

Many things are not a problem for He Bo.

He has the power to keep his "innocent heart" without having to worry about personnel changes.

Unless you cross the river!

"Ugh!"

When thinking of the mother river that has been so cruel till now, He Bo couldn't help but grin, revealing an expression of being loved by his mother. He has already experienced the "motherly love" of the Yellow River, so what about the Yangtze River in the south?
He Bo didn't even dare to think about it, so he simply went into the mountains to try out his newly learned blacksmithing skills.

As for Wei Houji?
It seems that Ximen Bao's advice is

It’s better to wait quietly for him to die!
Anyway, He Bo was too lazy to even scare him through dreams.

There are plenty of opportunities after death!
……

While the ghosts and gods indulged in traveling and sightseeing,
The countries of the Xia Dynasty are already in turmoil.

After Qin Bolian succeeded to the throne, he changed his name to Shixi in order to show his determination to reform.

The Book of Songs says: "Thousands of couples weed the fields, going to marshes and boundaries."

Therefore, Qin Bo used his new name to imply that he would attach importance to farming and let the Qin people return to their normal aspirations.

But before farming in peace, the situation in Qin needed to be stabilized.

Afterwards, he ordered an attack on the Rongdi tribe west of Qin. After exterminating them, he established Didao County. With the simplest and most straightforward use of force, he strengthened his control over Qin, enhanced his own prestige, and completely secured his position.

However, after personally conquering the Rongdi tribe in the west, Qin Bo did not return directly to Yongcheng, but issued a confusing order:
He selected hundreds of strong men from the army and asked them to pack their bags, carriages, horses and weapons and head to the far west.

The ministers therefore advised him, "We have learned from the Western Rong that the areas further west are very desolate and uncultivated, which is why the Qin rulers of all dynasties did not expand westward."

Qin Bo said, "I know the west is very desolate, but I once made a promise to someone that I would go find his lost friend in a distant place. How can I break my oath?"

After hearing this, the ministers stopped trying to persuade him.

Anyway, only a few people went out, and it was an action funded by the monarch. What could they say?

When Qin Bo returned to Yongcheng, he got a surprise.

Someone who claimed to be a great master of Mohism took the initiative to ask to see him.

The Mohists had a bad reputation among the nobles because they supported the common people to resist the rule of the nobles and gentlemen.

But their abilities are indeed valued by countless meat eaters.

Moreover, after the Mohist school was divided into three parts, except for the Mohists of Dengling in Chu who were still practicing violence, the Mohists of Xiangfu in Qi had already appeared to be "gentle and refined".

Therefore, the branch that appeared in Qin State should be the ink of Xiangli family!

Compared to Deng Ling, he is more gentle.
Compared with the Xiangfu family, this one is more practical!
Qin Bo was overjoyed and met Xiang Liqin, who was so old that all his teeth had fallen out.

"Old man, what can you teach me?"

Qin Bo bowed to Xiang Liqin and kept a very humble attitude.

Xiang Liqin said, "I have nothing to teach you, Lord Qin, but I heard that you sent people to the west, so I want to see you and ask you the reason."

"Why are you doing this all of a sudden?"

Qin Bo told him, "This is a promise between me and a friend."

He told Xiang Liqin about his experience by the Sushui River.

Xiang Liqin laughed, "This is a ghost!"

"The ghosts and gods have met you so many times, and Mr. Qin has no reaction?"

Qin Bo stroked his beard in confusion, not knowing what Xiang Liqin was talking about.

spirits?

What ghosts and gods?
Who is the ghost? Who is the god?
Xiang Liqin laughed so happily that he nearly passed out, and his disciples were so scared that they quickly patted his back to calm him down.

Afterwards, Xiang Liqin told King Qin about what happened in Zhao State.

The other party suddenly realized what was going on and quickly bowed to the east to express his gratitude. Then he became puzzled, "But how could the ghosts and gods of Zhao appear in Wei?"

Xiang Liqin shook his head, "How should I know? After all, I am just a mortal."

"However, since the gods and ghosts approve of you, I think you can be a good monarch."

Hearing such an affirmation, Qin Bo was overjoyed and bowed directly to Xiang Liqin and asked, "Please help me govern the Qin State!"

Xiang Liqin nodded and did not refuse.

So while he was happy that he had received the help of Mohism, Qin Bo couldn't help but secretly think in his heart:
It seems that the mission of sending people to the West will continue and will be intensified in the future.

Both the gods and the Mohists were curious about that place. Could it be that after crossing that desolate area, there would be rich and fertile land in the farther west?
If there were not too many countries in the east of Qin, making it difficult for Qin to be stable, Qin Bo really wanted to organize more people and a larger caravan to explore there.

If there really was an unknown fertile land, he would not mind incorporating it into the territory of Qin and letting it be influenced by the Zhou rituals.

As for the possible barbarians?
snort!
All the virtuous gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty appeared there.
The barbarians will disappear naturally!

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