Chapter 155 Invincible Place

The night has just begun to rise, and the lanterns are shining brightly.

The carriage rolled, with lanterns hung on both sides of the carriage, and stopped in front of a house.

"Lord, we have arrived."

Bai Lu was carrying a sword and wearing armor, riding on a horse and following the carriage.

"knew!"

Zhao Shuang's voice came from the carriage, Bai Lu waved his hand, and the five hundred soldiers following the carriage divided into five teams, surrounded the courtyard, and stationed themselves in various places to guard the key points.

This is a house in the mountains, covering a vast area, located on the south bank of the Weishui River, six or seventy miles away from Xianyang and very close to the Wu Road. The land near the house was given to Zhao Shuang by the State of Qin as a resting place in Beijing.

It is unknown who built this house and when, but we only know that there is a hot spring in the house, and it was originally a palace for a prince to stay and recuperate.

Later, it was passed down through the generations that with the changes in power, the ownership of this house changed and it also underwent transformation. Its owner eventually became Zhao Shuang.

Since the beginning of its construction, this house has had a semi-military character, and many towers and pavilions have been built. There are both recreational residences and some are completely defensive military facilities.

After all, this is a wilderness and is infested with bandits.

Stables, granaries, armories, longhouses for soldiers to rest, and even places where maids and servants live, all the facilities are available.

In the center of the yard is the main house, and the connected backyard is a mess of trees. There is a hot spring inside, which is the hot spring courtyard.

Zhao Shuang walked into the main room. There was a musty smell inside, and it felt like no one had been here for a long time.

Under Bai Lu's command, the five hundred soldiers began to familiarize themselves with the terrain and arranged patrol positions. A group of coquettish women entered the inner courtyard and began to clean the courtyard.

Zhao Shuang walked out of the house. Outside the eaves, there was a pool of stagnant water, filled with green algae and a stench, without any life.

"My Lord, the spies have returned. The water sources nearby have been identified. In addition to the five wells in the courtyard, there are three mountain springs, two hidden springs, and a creek in the mountain. This courtyard can be garrisoned by thousands of people. The grain grass is full, enough for a year.”

Zhao Shuang nodded and sat down.

"I will give you three thousand gold to buy food, fodder and other supplies. Then I will find a hundred craftsmen to repair the yard inside and outside."

"promise!"

Bai Lu responded first, then looked very confused.

"My lord, since you have already met with King Qin, why don't you go back to our own territory? Everything is expensive here in Xianyang. I've been shopping around in the past few days and I can't even buy a leg of lamb here for the money we spend on a sheep."

Zhao Shuang smiled, looked at the confused expression on the other person's face, and shook his head.

"We have to stay here for a long time."

Lu Buwei is good at calculations. Placing Zhao Shuang here is equivalent to putting him under the eyes of everyone.

Moreover, although the land near this house was given to Zhao Shuang, it was all wild land and had little income.

In other words, although this place has military value, stationing soldiers here is a purely money-consuming matter, and Zhao Shuang has to pay for it himself.

If you want to gain a foothold in the situation in Xianyang, in addition to military strength, financial resources are also important. Lu Buwei was born as a merchant, so he naturally understood this truth.

In the current situation, in addition to the obvious comparison of military strength between the parties, the most important thing is the competition of financial resources. Understanding the opponent's financial resources and even destroying them is one of the most important conditions for defeating the opponent.

Compared with the 100,000 households in Luoyi of Marquis Wenxin, the fiefdoms of the brothers Chang'an Lord and Changping Lord were poor and weak, and they could be self-sufficient, but it was very difficult to go out and fight for a long time.

This is also the reason why Lu Buwei did not regard Zhao Shuang as his enemy at first, and Cheng Xi gave him two thousand gold.

Although Lu Buwei temporarily reconciled with Zhao Shuang, it did not mean that he became a friend. On the contrary, giving him such a seemingly luxurious house was actually draining Zhao Shuang's financial resources.

"That's really not cheap."

Bai Lu murmured, seeming a little distressed.

It is bitterly cold in Yanland. It is the middle of winter, heavy snow falls, and the earth is completely white.

In the prince's residence, Yan Dan closed his eyes.

The Qin army retreated, Yan and Zhao made peace, and Yan Dan was busy responding to matters, and did not rest until this moment.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

The six-fingered black knight held black eyebrows in his hand and entered the Prince Yan's Mansion. He went straight to Yan Dan without alerting any of the guards.

"Giant!"

The two sat opposite each other, and the six-fingered black man put his black eyebrows in front of him.

There were only two people sitting in the palace, which seemed a bit empty, and there was no one around.

"In the land of Qin and Chu, the power of the Mohist family has grown rapidly. There are now five thousand Mohists registered, just below the peasant family. But, what is the identity of this great leader of the Mohist family?"

"Why does His Royal Highness want to know his identity?"

The Six-Fingered Black Man's question did not puzzle Yan Dan.

"A few days ago, Zhao Shuang, Lord Hanyang of Qin State, was in Xianyang Palace and did not deny Qin's intention to destroy the six kingdoms. The great commander-in-chief was in the land of Qin and Chu, but his behavior was very different from the Mohist family's past behavior. The giant really didn't worry , will the Mo family be involved in the turmoil between Qin and the Six Kingdoms?"

"The Mohists should abide by the principle of universal love and non-aggression."

"But that's not what the commander-in-chief did. He helped Tianze restore the country and started a war between East Vietnam and the Chu State. For this reason, the Chu State regarded our Mo family as an enemy. He let Li Kai return to the Korean court and got involved in Korean political affairs. . Once it fails, our Mo family will suffer the consequences. And now Mo Xia, who is under the command of the general, is a faction of his own. He only follows orders and hardly obeys the orders of the government city. "

Having said this, Yan Dan looked at the Six-fingered Black Man and asked.

"Are you really not worried?"

Yan Dan's problems are all very real. When Zhao Shuang first took charge of the Mohist power in the land of Qin and Chu, he first kicked out the Mohist disciples who were born into noble families, and then aggressively deployed his own people.

Nowadays, Zhao Shuang recruits and promotes Mo Xia in the Qin and Chu lands almost exclusively by himself, and the other commanders cannot get involved at all. Among the five thousand Mo Xians, he is the only one who obeys his orders.

The Six-Fingered Black Man heard this and asked a question.

"Where does His Highness the Crown Prince think the future of the Mo family will lie?"

"Unite the people with lofty ideals in the world to resist the tyranny of Qin."

Yan Dan did not mince words and said it bluntly.

The six-fingered black man laughed and nodded. There was doubt in Yan Dan's eyes, and he didn't understand why there was a sense of joy in the words of the Six-Fingered Black Man.

"Very well, Your Majesty, just do this!"

"Big man, what do you mean?"

Yan Dan sat up straight, as if inspired, he raised his hand, and the six-fingered black man had already stood up.

During the Warring States Period for hundreds of years, all schools of thought were looking for their own way out. The same is true for the Mohists.

The Six-Fingered Black Man slowly walked away. Before leaving, he left behind a sentence that Yan Dan didn't understand at all.

"In the last days of the storm, no matter how the world changes, the Mohist family has been in an invincible position."