When Xiang Shaolong and the rest returned to Xianyang City, other than Fangzheng who still looked relaxed, everyone else had a serious look on their faces. This was especially so for Xiang Shaolong. Although Fangzheng and his family warriors had warned him that Lu Buwei was up to no good, Xiang Shaolong still managed to obtain evidence in his own way. After escaping from the red pine forest, he went to Huang Long Ridge to meet up with the group that he had split up with.
If Fangzheng and the rest guessed correctly that Lu Buwei was a spy, then when Xiang Shaolong went to Huang Long Ridge, he would definitely not meet his own people.
Reality proved that this was the case.
Although Xiang Shaolong had been warned and successfully killed the enemy disguised as his comrade, he was still worried about Lu Buwei's betrayal and did not know how to deal with it.
On the way back to Xianyang City, Li Si secretly came up to Xiang Shaolong and asked in a low voice.
"Brother Xiang, how much do you know about that Master Fangzheng Fang?"
"You mean Master Fang?"
Faced with Li Si's question, Xiang Shaolong was slightly surprised. However, he quickly introduced Li Si enthusiastically.
"This Master Fang is very capable. To be honest, I, Xiang Shaolong, almost lost my life a few times and it was him who saved me …"
Speaking of this, Xiang Shaolong thought back carefully and realized that Li Si had indeed saved him many times. The first time was when he had just arrived in this world and helped Tao Fang's group to fend off the horse bandits. Then, when he brought Zhao Qian on a diplomatic mission to Wei, they met tens of thousands of horse bandits. Then, when he brought Zhao Qian to escape, and this time … it could be said that Li Si had saved him four times.
"Brother Xiang, do you think this person is trustworthy?"
"Of course I trust Master Fang … Brother Li, do you have any good ideas?"
Sensing that Li Si's words had a hidden meaning, Xiang Shaolong was rather surprised. Li Si nodded his head and looked at Fangzheng who was sitting on a white deer.
"If this person is really on good terms with Brother Xiang, I want to convince him to join Qin. This person's intelligence and martial arts are top notch. If we can get his help, Lu Buwei will not be a problem at all."
"Inviting Young Master Fang … That's unlikely. I feel that he doesn't care about such things. Perhaps Brother Li doesn't know this, but the kings of the Six Kingdoms have sent people to invite him into the palace for a meeting, but Young Master Fang chased them out …"
Although Li Si said so, Xiang Shaolong thought about it carefully and did not think that Fangzheng would have such a thought. In fact, there were times when he envied Fangzheng's carefree life. Unfortunately, he made one wrong move after another. Now that he has come this far, he has to bear more than just his own fate.
"That's the six states, not my Qin state."
Li Si shook his head.
"From the battle at Red Pine Forest, we can see that this person alone can take on ten thousand soldiers. With him by our side, we don't have to worry about anything."
"Then how do you plan to win him over?"
Xiang Shaolong was curious now. To be honest, he also hoped that Fangzheng would stay and help him deal with Lu Buwei. However, Fangzheng was too elusive, and Xiang Shaolong was too embarrassed to ask. But if other people had the same idea, Xiang Shaolong was quite interested.
Hearing Xiang Shaolong's question, Li Si pondered for a moment.
"Generally speaking, to win over foreign officials is nothing more than status, power, money, or beautiful women …"
"I don't think Young Master Fang is interested in status and power."
Xiang Shaolong shook his head. If Fangzheng was really interested, he would not be living such a carefree life.
"What about money and beautiful women?"
"Young Master Fang likes to go around killing horse thieves and selling his warhorses to various countries … I don't think he lacks money. As for beautiful women … I heard Qian 'er say that Learned Lady Ji has fallen in love with him."
The current Xiang Shaolong was no longer the Xiang Shaolong who had just transmigrated. One must know that warhorses were precious resources in any country. Moreover, Fangzheng killed people without spilling blood. He only killed people and not the warhorses. He also had a unique horse taming skill. With a whistle, hundreds and thousands of warhorses would follow him obediently. He was even more obedient than a well-trained army.
Therefore, every time Fangzheng went out for a stroll, it was equivalent to returning home with a thousand taels of gold. In this day and age, the purchasing power of gold was naturally very high. Moreover, Fangzheng did not seem to have any power or army to support. With him alone, Ji Yanran, and at most a group of servants, this amount of money was enough for them to live comfortably.
And all this was because of Fangzheng's extraordinary strength. Thinking of this, Xiang Shaolong braced himself and decided to go back and practice the swordsmanship mantra that Fangzheng left for him. Just by looking at how Fangzheng could come and go as he pleased, while he was in danger everywhere, one could tell how big the gap between them was.
Actually, Xiang Shaolong did not know that Fangzheng could no longer find horse bandits to "support his family". The reason was very simple. Originally, the large groups of horse bandits were basically the armies of other countries who pretended to be horse bandits to disrupt the enemy's transportation of goods and trade. In the end, they were all killed by Fangzheng. It was fine, but he actually sold the warhorses back to them.
This made the six countries so angry that they wanted to vomit blood. You said you don't want to buy it. After all, warhorses were military resources. If you don't buy it back and he sold it to the enemy, it would instead increase the enemy's strength. But if you want to buy it back … Why should I spend money to buy my own things!!!
Therefore, after a few times, the six countries basically gave up on this method of harming others without benefiting themselves. At this time, other than some small groups of horse bandits who could not see the situation clearly, large groups of horse bandits like Hui Hu had disappeared without a trace.
After all, no one's cavalry was born out of nowhere.
When he reached the outskirts of Xianyang City, he saw Lu Buwei personally leading his family to welcome him. Fangzheng was not in the mood to watch Lu Buwei and Xiang Shaolong exchange pleasantries. After exchanging greetings, he left and went shopping in Xianyang City.
Compared to the capital cities of other countries, Xianyang City was unusually prosperous. This was not to say that the capital city was luxurious, but the streets were bustling with people. From this, one could see the rise and fall of a country. Fangzheng had been to Handan and Daliang before. These two ancient cities had a much higher status and history than Xianyang City. However, there were very few people on the streets. The reason was naturally because the six countries had been at war for many years. The people were all killed, so how could there be any prosperity and liveliness to speak of?
From this, one could see that it was not by luck that Qin was able to unify the world.
"Young Master Fang, please wait!!"
Just as Fangzheng was riding on a white deer, he heard a shout coming from behind. Turning his head, he saw a man galloping towards him on horseback. When he reached Fangzheng, he immediately dismounted and respectfully handed over an invitation.
"I am Lu Meng, a general of Premier Lu's household. Premier Lu knows of Young Master Fang's famous name, so he specially invited Young Master Fang to his residence for a banquet to discuss the ways of governing a country. I wonder if Young Master Fang has the time?"
"Lu Buwei?"
Looking at the invitation, Fangzheng lightly snorted.
"Lu Buwei is just a merchant. What right does he have to discuss the ways of governing a country? I have no interest in him. You can leave now. "
"But … …"
"Scram."
Fangzheng silently glanced at him. Immediately, the other party's expression changed and cold sweat flowed down his back. He did not dare to say another word and immediately turned to leave.
As for Lu Buwei, Fangzheng had never thought highly of him. Fangzheng had also read his so-called "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu Family" and had indeed "benefited greatly" from it.
For example, "The world is not the world of one person. The world is the world of the world." Just by looking at this sentence, it was quite reasonable. However, if one were to look at it together with the other words in the book, it would not make sense. For example, "Punish the tyrannical without selfishness, and confer sages under the heavens, so one can be Uncle Wang. If the ruler of Uncle Wang kills the tyrannical without selfishness, then one cannot be Uncle Wang. "
There was nothing wrong with these words, but when Lu Buwei put them into a book, it was very problematic. Look, he first said, "The world is not the world of one person, but the world of all people." Then he added, "Kill the tyrant, but do not occupy his land. Confer the land to the virtuous, only then can one achieve the cause of hegemony."
Aiyo, then I have to ask, who is this virtuous person? If you say that it is the world of the people, does that mean that the people of the world should choose the virtuous person to be worthy of the world? Then how should the people of the world choose?
After all, this was ancient times, not modern times where the internet was so advanced. It was not a problem for people like Han Fei to write books, but it was almost impossible for them to influence the public. If the people of the world really wanted to choose the virtuous person of the world, then at least the people of the world should know of the existence of such a person.
And all of this … would cost money.
So the question was, who had more money, the real scholar or the businessman?
Was this still a question?
To put it bluntly, the "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu Family" was actually the earliest theory of freedom and democracy. This showed that capitalists had indeed been the same for thousands of years. Under the banner of petitioning for the people, they were actually doing it for themselves. In fact, this was very confusing, because the capitalists controlled the commercial circulation, which had the deepest relationship with the common people. The common people would not feel the same way about the various policies of the court. However, if you were to talk about the daily necessities of life, food, shelter, and transportation, these were inseparably related to merchants.
Therefore, it was natural for the merchants to rope in the people of the lower class to fight against the government for benefits.
Fortunately, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had Lu Buwei executed and laid the basic ideological guidelines for the future of China to focus on agriculture and suppress commerce. Otherwise, China might have been completely destroyed after Rome fell apart like Europe.
Capitalists always pretended to be petitioning for the people, but no matter when, the interests of the capitalists and the interests of the people of the lower class would always conflict with each other. Of course, they could do what Lu Buwei did and recruit virtuous people to write the "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu Family" to confuse the public. However, reality proved that no matter how rich your capital was, Emperor Qin Shi Huang could still execute you. No matter how much you preached about freedom and democracy, it was useless.
Count yourself lucky that your whole family was not executed. What's there to be dissatisfied about sending you on your way with a glass of poisoned wine?
No matter the era, capitalists were the original sin. If something went wrong, it was absolutely right to make them the scapegoat.
"Wow!!"
While Fangzheng was lost in thought, there was suddenly a commotion among the crowd in the market in front of him. Then, Fangzheng saw a few big men chasing after a young man and beating him to the ground. Beside him, a young and beautiful girl was crying and trying to stop the group of evil men, but she was pushed to the ground instead.
Sigh, why is it this again?
Seeing this scene, Fangzheng shook his head and sighed. He had seen similar things countless times. There was simply too little entertainment in ancient times. In modern times, you could still stay at home and watch some TV shows or play some games, but in this era, people's entertainment was basically related to beautiful women singing and dancing, so there were naturally so many conflicts that even the number of plots in web novels could not cover them all ….
But since he saw it, he had to do something about it, right?
With this in mind, Fangzheng gently patted the white deer beneath him. Following that, he saw a white figure flash. The next moment, the white deer suddenly leaped up from the crowd and landed heavily between the two groups of people, separating them.
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