All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

Han Chunming only needs to control the largest share of the profits. He needs to make a profit on the goods they purchase, he needs to make a profit on the exorbitant licenses they obtain, and he needs to pay commercial taxes when they export abroad. In short, no matter how much they earn, Han Chunming's fixed profit must be guaranteed.

Today, the industrial bases of Tianshan City and Jushi City are still firmly in Han Chunming's hands, and all the managers there are university graduates.

Including universities, some institutions that truly cultivate talent are all key targets of Han Chunming's control.

Neither the Dragon Church nor the Cabinet dared to lay a hand on those two cities; anyone who did would have their claws chopped off.

Han Chunming didn't know where the Dragon Kingdom would ultimately end up, but driven by faith and enormous profits, the Dragon Kingdom would eventually unify the north, then unify China, and perhaps even unify most of the world, making it even more powerful than Genghis Khan in history.

The Dragon Kingdom is like a speeding train, and Han Chunming is the driver, controlling the direction of the country. But what if Han Chunming is gone?

Who can control this high-speed train?

Han Chunming occasionally thought about this question, and felt a vague unease in his heart. This world had changed because of him, but the more unfamiliar he was with this world, the greater the danger.

He had always been puzzled by one thing: if the mythological world and the modern world and the ancient world were truly the same, then why was there no trace of him in history?

He now has two guesses in his mind. The first is that at the moment he changed history, the future was no longer the future he had experienced. More than two thousand years later, it was no longer the modern era he had lived through.

Another speculation is that even if he had built a vast empire in history, it was all covered up for various reasons. After all, history is written by the victors, and what if he fails in the future?

Two guesses, but they are still just guesses. Han Chunming often comforted himself, saying that even if he left this world the next second, he would not regret it.

This world is wonderful because of me. I have been to this world. This life experience is something I have never had before, and I am already very satisfied.

The elixir of immortality is the key to the next step; otherwise, all of this may be in vain.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Finally, it's here!

Han Chunming's caravan traversed most of the Dragon Kingdom, and along the way, they purchased hundreds of mirrors at a trading market in Tianshan City.

These mirrors vary in size and are all framed, some with gemstones, others with gold, silver, or bronze, and of course, there are also the cheapest wooden frames.

Transporting mirrors was extremely troublesome. There was no bubble in this era, so they could only use various wood chips to pack them in boxes. Each box contained seven or eight mirrors of different sizes, and a car had six boxes stacked three layers high.

There were eighty horse-drawn carriages transporting the goods, fifty of which contained mirrors, and the rest were various daily necessities. The amount of food and other supplies consumed by more than one hundred people was not a simple quantity.

All the mirrors were transported to the territory of Daqin (the Roman Empire), unloaded in several cities along the way, and finally arrived in Xianyang.

The Qin Dynasty had a strong demand for these luxury goods. The Qin Dynasty of today is not the same as it used to be. Its internal management has become seriously corrupt. There are many wealthy people in the Qin Dynasty who can afford these luxury goods.

These spies established trading companies in major cities of the Qin Dynasty, spending a great deal of money to build a powerful network of relationships within the Qin.

Even the business guild in Xianyang was backed by Han Chunming's old acquaintance, the now-famous Grand Eunuch Gao Yao.

Of course, Gao Yao certainly didn't know that the owner behind these businesses was Han Chunming. If he had known, he would have already tried to contact Han Chunming.

Gao Yao is no longer the same Gao Yao he once was. This modern nobody's ambition has now swelled to the extreme. In the past few years, he has killed at least 800 to 1,000 people for the sake of power. He has long since become a truly ruthless character.

Gao Yao is now close to the pinnacle of power. He controls the daily lives of everyone inside Xianyang Palace and has become the true Grand Eunuch.

Qin Shi Huang's health was deteriorating year by year. Gao Yao remembered the simple history lesson Yi Xiaochuan had given him, and he knew that his master, Hu Hai, would be the one to ascend the throne of Qin in the future.

How to put Huhai on the throne was naturally under Gao Yao's control.

All the eunuchs in Xianyang Palace are now under Gao Yao's command. Qin Shi Huang's health is under his surveillance. It can be said that if he wanted Qin Shi Huang to die, it would only be a matter of issuing an order.

He even established his own assassination squad outside the palace, specifically to assassinate those he disliked.

Crown Prince Fusu was the next target he planned to assassinate.

As Qin Shi Huang's health deteriorated day by day, the elixir of immortality he awaited remained a distant prospect.

Qin Shi Huang was already making backup plans, intending to pass the throne to his son, Crown Prince Fusu. He sent an urgent messenger to the border to summon Meng Yi back.

Qin Shi Huang intended to appoint Meng Yi and Li Si as his regents, as these two, one a civil official and the other a military commander, were his most trusted ministers at the time.

The reason why Meng Tian was not chosen is because he was murdered by Gao Yao two years ago.

The 300,000-strong Meng family army is now under the control of Meng Yi, who is also Yi Xiaochuan. In recent years, he has followed Meng Tian to snipe at the Xiongnu and guard the Great Wall on the border, preventing foreign tribes from invading even a small part of Qin's territory, and has made great achievements in battle.

Yi Xiaochuan chose to take over the Meng family army not because Meng Tian considered him his younger brother, but because of a promise he made to Yu Shu.

Over the years, he knew everything Yu Shu had experienced in the palace, but he was powerless to help her. Therefore, he could only try to raise his status and position so that he could get closer to Yu Shu, protect her, and fulfill the five-year agreement he made.

Unfortunately, Qin Shi Huang entrusted the wrong person. At this time, Li Si had already joined forces with Gao Yao. Li Si was the head of all officials, while Gao Yao was the chief steward of the palace. They were truly in cahoots.

Yi Xiaochuan, on the other hand, was preoccupied with women and his so-called historical narratives. He hated Qin Shi Huang more than anything; how could he possibly be wholeheartedly supporting Prince Fusu's ascension to the throne?

If he truly wanted to wholeheartedly support Fusu's ascension to the throne, then in the past few years, given his status, he could have easily protected Fusu and found a way to eliminate Gao Yao.

But Yi Xiaochuan, with his saintly heart, even with 300,000 Meng family soldiers under his command, remained complacent and only thought about love and romance. He never used his power to protect the woman he loved.

During this period, Qin Shi Huang had not attended court and was lying in bed waiting to die. All orders were issued through Gao Yao and Li Si, who had effectively sidelined the entire court.

Upon learning that Qin Shi Huang was preparing to summon Yi Xiaochuan back to Xianyang, Zhao Gao knew that the time had come. Yi Xiaochuan must not be allowed to return to Xianyang, and Qin Shi Huang must die during this period.

Han Chunming's caravan finally arrived in Xianyang in September of that year. As soon as they arrived, a secret agent from the Xianyang Palace sent word that Qin Shi Huang was nearing his end and was very likely about to die.

Han Chunming was shocked to hear the news. Sure enough, the time was a year earlier than he remembered in history. However, it was fortunate that Qin Shi Huang was still alive, which meant that Cui Wenzi's elixir of immortality had not yet been delivered to the palace.

Han Chunming then released a large number of spies to gather information.

Over the years, he had been trying to find out about Cui Wenzi, but the man seemed to be shrouded in mystery, and he couldn't find out anything about him. His whereabouts also seemed to be random.

Over the years, he had also planted several spies in the palace, but unfortunately they were all junior eunuchs and did not know much.

However, through money, the spies managed to bribe many powerful ministers and eunuchs in the palace, and were able to obtain firsthand information.

Currently, he needs to keep a close eye on news within the palace and be constantly aware of whether Qin Shi Huang will suddenly die.

Another point of focus is to monitor the various entrances to Xianyang and the official post stations along the roads, to see if anyone is urgently sending anything to Xianyang.

Han Chunming remembered that in the original drama, after Cui Wenzi finished refining the elixir of immortality, he asked Yi Xiaochuan to send someone to retrieve it. There were three elixirs in total.

In order to prevent Yi Xiaochuan from escorting the elixir of immortality back to Xianyang, Gao Yao secretly contacted the assassination team and General Jin of Tu'an to plot to capture Yi Xiaochuan along the way.

In the end, Yi Xiaochuan fought his way out, sacrificing himself to cut off the tail of the soldiers escorting the medicine, and chose to die in battle.

However, because of the tiger-shaped jade pendant protecting its owner, it eventually became a living dead. Finally, it took the elixir of immortality and was brought back to life, thus gaining immortality.

There were too many twists and turns involved, and Han Chunming couldn't remember them all at once.

However, he was very clear on one point: as long as he kept an eye on whether there were large numbers of Qin soldiers escorting them on the way to Xianyang, he could determine where the elixir of immortality was.

The second point of focus is the situation of Qin Shi Huang in the palace. As long as Qin Shi Huang is alive, it means that the original plot is still continuing and everything is still possible.

Han Chunming also refrained from making any rash moves, quietly waiting for the necessary moment to strike.

He has rarely come to the Qin territory in recent years, one of the reasons being that he does not want to change the original storyline of Yi Xiaochuan, the chosen one.

Cui Wenzi, the divine physician who can concoct immortality, and the Northern Rock Hermit behind him are too mysterious. Han Chunming is afraid that if he interferes too much with the plot, he will be plotted against.

He admits that he is unparalleled in martial arts, but he is also afraid of the unknown!

In the original drama, Yi Xiaochuan lived in a daze for over two thousand years after taking the elixir of immortality, and Gao Yao was in the same state. But didn't Cui Wenzi, who refined the elixir of immortality, also take it himself?

This makes no sense at all. Perhaps Cui Wenzi was a deity himself and didn't need the elixir of immortality.

Who knows how many secrets are hidden here? Han Chunming doesn't want to change any of this. Once he achieves immortality, he will have enough time to thoroughly investigate everything.

What if we intervene in advance and Cui Wenzi doesn't play by the rules?

Therefore, the key is to remain unchanged amidst all changes!

As expected, during his time in Xianyang, Han Chunming discovered a lot of information about the palace. It turned out that a year ago, Tu'an Kingdom sent the princess and General Jin to infiltrate Qin and assassinate Qin Shi Huang. The attempt failed, the princess died, and Consort Li Yu Shu was exiled to Lishan to build the imperial mausoleum.

The reason why Tu'anguo wanted to send someone to assassinate Qin Shi Huang was because the Xiongnu Modu suddenly rose to power and annexed the Donghu, which made the Qin Dynasty feel extremely uneasy.

Qin Shi Huang had decided to incorporate the small border state of Tu'an into the territory of Qin and build a Great Wall on Tu'an's land so that Qin could better defend against the invasion of the Xiongnu.

However, Qin Shi Huang's decision led to the destruction and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Tu'an people, which was something Tu'an could not tolerate.

So the princess personally led General Jin and his men to Xianyang to assassinate Qin Shi Huang.

Unfortunately, after their first attempt to assassinate with poison failed, Gao Yao discovered their scheme and devised a plan to wipe them all out.

The princess was forced to commit suicide by poison, and Yu Shu was exiled to the imperial mausoleum. Only General Jin managed to break through the encirclement despite being wounded by force, while Gao Yao successfully gained the trust of Qin Shi Huang because of that conspiracy.

After this incident, Gao Yao spoke ill of Yu Shu and Yi Xiaochuan to Qin Shi Huang, hoping to use Qin Shi Huang to get rid of Yi Xiaochuan.

However, Yi Xiaochuan had made outstanding military achievements, and Qin Shi Huang was reluctant to part with him, so he sent Yi Xiaochuan to Lishan to build the imperial mausoleum.

Later, after successfully completing the work at the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, Yi Xiaochuan was tricked by Gao Yao into sending Qin Shi Huang to continue guarding the Great Wall.

Now that Qin Shi Huang felt his time was up and there was still no news of the elixir of immortality, he began to make arrangements for his funeral.

When Qin Shi Huang was on his deathbed, he suddenly realized that if he died, the only people who could help the Qin Dynasty successfully transition to the throne were Meng Yi and Li Si, one a civil official and the other a military strategist, to assist Fusu in succeeding to the throne.

Gao Yao believed that Yi Xiaochuan should not be allowed to return to Xianyang, and Fusu should not be allowed to succeed to the throne. The only way was to let Qin Shi Huang die of slow poisoning, and then send someone to kill Fusu and the ministers who supported him.

Finally, kill Yi Xiaochuan on his way back to Xianyang. As long as he controls Qin Shi Huang and prevents outside news from reaching his ears, he can alter the imperial edict after Qin Shi Huang's death and let Huhai succeed him. Then he can be second only to the emperor and completely secure his position.

Under Gao Yao's arrangements, Xianyang began to experience unrest. Many ministers who supported Fusu were inexplicably assassinated, and for a time, Xianyang was filled with a sense of impending storm.

Han Chunming made no move, remaining a bystander. In the thousands of years of Chinese history, such conspiracies have occurred in every dynasty, some even several times more devastating than this.

Han Chunming was waiting, waiting for the final opportunity; he had to seize the elixir of immortality.

Persistence pays off. In October, news spread from the palace that the elixir of immortality had finally been found. Emperor Qin Shihuang sent a message by carrier pigeon, ordering Meng Yi to change his route on his way back to Xianyang to retrieve the elixir of immortality and to escort it to Xianyang by express courier.

Upon receiving this news, Han Chunming could not hide his excitement. The plot had finally reached this point, and he had to intercept it.

Rather than letting Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan benefit from it, he might as well take the elixir of immortality himself. Of course, Han Chunming is not a heartless person; he will repay Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao.

Yi Xiaochuan has lived in a daze for over two thousand years without ever truly being with Yu Shu, so I will make sure they become a couple.

Gao Yao, however, hated Liu Bang for betraying him and turning him into a eunuch. He would then make Liu Bang kneel before him and let Gao Yao do as he pleased.

Han Chunming had already made his plans, and immediately dispatched a large number of spies to the road leading to Xianyang to find out Yi Xiaochuan's whereabouts.

If he can find Yi Xiaochuan in advance, he can act first and intercept the elixir of immortality. If Yi Xiaochuan has already been ambushed by General Jin, he can wait at the entrance to Xianyang and wait for the Qin soldiers escorting the elixir of immortality to walk into his trap.

Following Han Chunming's orders, the number of caravans entering Xianyang gradually increased, and many caravans passed through various roads leading from different counties to Xianyang.

Yi Xiaochuan was escorting the elixir of immortality with a large number of Qin soldiers, so it was impossible for him to leave no trace along the way. Therefore, Han Chunming was not in a hurry. He waited at an inn outside Xianyang City. Once there was news, a message would be sent to the inn by carrier pigeon.

To prevent any accidents, Han Chunming ordered that three pigeons be released as a precaution once the target was spotted.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Han Chunming felt a little anxious. In this era, traveling relied entirely on legs, whether it was a horse's legs or a human's legs, and the speed was not fast. It was normal to travel back and forth for several months.

The Dragon Kingdom Research Institute is currently conducting experiments on steam trains. Once successful, railway construction will begin, marking the official entry of the Dragon Kingdom into the steam age.

Looking at the low thatched huts outside the city and the simple attire of the passersby, Han Chunming couldn't help but sigh. He had gone directly from the slave era to the steam era, which meant he had shortened the time by more than two thousand years!

If we could achieve immortality and things continued to develop in this way, would Earth enter the interstellar age in over two thousand years?