Qin Dynasty: Becoming a peerless master through the Golden Light Mantra

Upon hearing Honglian's words, Han Che immediately agreed: "Okay, let's go back now."

They are no longer safe.

Even if Honglian doesn't say anything now, he will find a way to bring her back later.

Under Han Che's orders, the convoy began its return to Xinzheng, moving at a significantly faster pace than when they had arrived.

Seeing the convoy returning along the same route, Jingni stopped following and remained hidden in the woods.

At the same time, she was also thinking about what Han Che had done today.

Han Che led his men into the village and spoke with the villagers.

Was he making contact with farmers?

The farmers are mainly distributed in the rural areas of the six provinces of Kanto.

Those trading towns and markets between villages were organized by the farmers themselves and were their main source of income.

As for why there is no Qin state.

This is related to the system of the Qin state.

Although the Qin state implemented a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, the "agriculture" in this context did not refer to farming households.

The farmers of Qin were bound to the farmland of Qin and could not move around at will.

All farmers can do is cultivate the land, and when the country needs them, they go to the battlefield to fight or perform corvée labor.

Moreover, the Qin state exploited farmers to the extreme, which was completely inconsistent with the agricultural concept of caring for the people's strength.

If a peasant appeared in the Qin state to promote the peasant philosophy, according to Qin's "crime of speaking recklessly," he would most likely be cut in half at the waist or beheaded, and the surrounding people would also be implicated.

This is precisely why the peasants have always disliked the Qin state.

Thinking about this, Jingni felt that this was very important information.

Han Che is a very capable person.

He had already made the Qin state wary.

The abilities they demonstrated not long ago exceeded their expectations.

Now that he has come together with the farmers again, Jingni seems to see a massive net being cast towards the Qin state.

The Farmer's School was the largest of the Hundred Schools of Thought, with 100,000 disciples.

Even if these 100,000 people have not received any military training, their sheer fervor alone is enough to give any country a headache.

Moreover, there are many highly skilled martial arts masters in the farmhouse.

Han Che was unaware of Jing Ni's thoughts.

He would be amazed if he knew.

Although Jingni guessed wrong, the result was correct.

His marriage proposal to Lianyi, the daughter of Lord Changping, was motivated not only by a desire to unite with the State of Chu, but also by a desire to befriend the peasants.

Changping Jun and Tian Guang, the leader of the Farmer's Knight, had a very good personal relationship.

Although few people knew this, he knew it because of his understanding of the plot.

Building good relationships with farmers can greatly enhance one's understanding of the grassroots level of the country.

Farmers were active among the people of the six states.

Farmers have a far greater understanding of the population and land than government officials in other countries.

That's why, as long as you can get these things from the farmers and then get their help, it will be much easier to do many things.

Whether it's collecting taxes or conscripting soldiers, it can be done with a very high efficiency.

As is well known, taxes and military force are the most fundamental things for a country to maintain its rule.

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Our attention now turns to the Qin state.

After leaving South Korea, Yan Ri hurried back to Xianyang.

Prime Minister's House.

Lu Buwei was very dissatisfied with Yan Ri, who was urgently seeking an audience with him.

"Yanri, have you completed the tasks I assigned you?"

He's in a terrible mood right now.

Although he killed Cheng Jiao and dealt with the relatively weak Han state relatives in the Qin court, his power did not increase; on the contrary, it was weakened.

King Ying Zheng of Qin had come of age and married a woman from the state of Chu.

As the son-in-law of the State of Chu and the adopted grandson of Empress Dowager Huayang, he is reclaiming the power that originally belonged to him with the support of Empress Dowager Huayang and the powerful relatives of the State of Chu represented by Lord Changping.

In addition, the Empress Dowager Zhao, whom she had promoted herself in the palace, betrayed her after obtaining Lao Ai, thus dividing the power in her hands.

However, this is not excessive.

Those two unscrupulous adulterers caused a sensation in the palace.

The King of Qin's birth mother, the Queen Dowager of Zhao in Qin, was pregnant with the illegitimate child of the eunuch Lao Ai.

How could this possibly please Lü Buwei, who once held absolute power?

He even has murderous thoughts now.

If this matter is exposed, he will also be implicated.

In that case, what he did before became someone else's benefit.

Sensing Lü Buwei's anger, Yan Ri, though terrified, mustered his courage and replied, "Reporting to the Prime Minister, the mission has encountered a change of plans."

"An unexpected turn of events? In other words, the mission wasn't completed?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Ri immediately felt immense pressure from Lü Buwei.

The phrase "old but vigorous" perfectly describes someone like Lü Buwei.

Even with his hair turned white, his abilities in certain areas remained astonishing.

If he hadn't been afraid of his affair with the Queen Dowager Zhao being exposed, and if he hadn't needed to focus on Qin's political affairs, he wouldn't have sent Lao Ai into the palace.

At the same time, a faint but palpable killing intent emanated from a corner of the room.

Yan Ri immediately knelt on one knee and said, "Prime Minister, please let me explain."

Seeing Yan Ri's submissive demeanor, Lü Buwei once again felt that sense of control over everything.

Although the Qin court had lost control, the Luowang network remained under his control.

His mood improved considerably at this point.

"Then tell me what happened?"

"One of our targets, Han Che, the eleventh prince of Korea, knows that you, Prime Minister, are the leader of the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven)."

After saying that, Yan Ri buried her head deeply.

Lu Buwei stared intently at Yan Ri with his wide, tiger-like eyes, as if he wanted to devour Yan Ri alive.

This matter touched a nerve with him.

He couldn't imagine what would happen to him if this matter were exposed.

"How did he know?"

The pressure felt this time was even greater than before.

In response, Yan Ri could only grit his teeth and reply under pressure: "Your Excellency, I do not know. It was Han Che who defeated Jing Ni, who went to assassinate him, and Jing Ni sent this message back."

"Can he defeat Jing Ni?"

Lu Buwei was quite surprised to hear this news.

The top-tier assassins trained by the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) may not be as skilled in martial arts or internal strength as the chosen ones of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

But when it comes to killing skills, those people can't even come close.

Could it be that he deciphered the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon, which belonged to Korea, and obtained its power?

Immediately afterwards, Lü Buwei thought of a possibility.

The Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon: a secret that has been passed down on this land for nearly a thousand years.

Although many things are now untraceable, the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions should have been divided into seven parts and fell into the hands of the seven kingdoms, and they are closely related to the Ji clan bloodline.

The current Korean royal family is of the Ji surname and is a descendant of King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa.