“Father, why did you call me over? Did you run into trouble again? Let’s get one thing straight, I’ve done a lot, I don’t plan to get involved in anything else.” Zhao Chen preemptively set a boundary. He wasn't interested in Qin politics just yet, he was still just a three-year-old child!
Hearing this, Ying Zheng was speechless.
“You little rascal, do you despise political affairs so much? The Qin Dynasty is yours in the future. Don’t you want to be the King of Qin?”
Ying Zheng's words directly revealed the future, the next King of Qin would be him.
Zhao Gao stood by, like an invisible man.
But in his heart, he was astonished. He truly hadn't expected Ying Zheng to say such a thing. It seemed Ying Zheng's fondness for the seventh son had surpassed all his other sons.
“Father, isn’t this a bit too early? Didn't you ask Yin Yang House to help you refine the Elixir of Immortality? Maybe you can remain the King of Qin forever.”
“You little rascal, you’re mocking me, I’ll teach you a lesson!”
Ying Zheng laughed and scolded again.
“You let Yun Zhong Jun from Yin Yang House control all the fortune tellers in Xianyang, you think I don’t know? Although I don't know what you want to do, I won’t interfere.
Moreover, regarding the Elixir of Immortality, do you think I truly want to live forever?”
“I know you don't really want it, Father. It's just that you have too much to do, and your offspring are not promising. As a last resort, you can only pursue the Elixir of Immortality!”
Ying Zheng: ……………………
“You little rascal, how can you speak of your brothers like this? Do you think you are not promising either?”
“Uh!!”
I forgot, I'm also Ying Zheng's son now.
I was careless.
“Hahaha!!”
Seeing Zhao Chen's embarrassed expression, Ying Zheng burst into laughter.
“Father, what’s the matter? If there’s nothing, I’ll go back.”
“Wait, I do have something. Ba Qing sent a message, white paper has become a favorite of the nobles from the Six Kingdoms. It seems you have drained the wealth of the Six Kingdoms’ nobles. Can it be ended now?”
“How much did you earn?”
“Over 3 million gold!”
“This much?”
Zhao Chen was astonished.
He had thought it would be great to earn a million, but it had exceeded three times that amount.
It seems the nobles of the Six Kingdoms knew how to exploit the common people.
“It’s this much.
But, Chen’er, will your plan really succeed?”
“It will succeed, of course. But, Father, or rather, the Qin needs to work on it a bit. But, it will be a little unfair to Qing Jie Jie.”
“You know this will wrong your Qing Jie Jie, yet you still let her do it. Do you want to cultivate her into another Lü Buwei?”
Ying Zheng’s words weren't just casual talk.
Lü Buwei, as a mere merchant, invested all his efforts to help them, father and son, become the King of Qin. This investment was considered his most successful one.
Why did Lü Buwei do this? It was because he wanted to prove himself.
Lü Buwei was incredibly wealthy during the Warring States Period. How wealthy?
He accumulated wealth of tens of thousands of gold in just a few years!
In the State of Wei, when asked who was the richest, the common people would immediately think of Lü Buwei, saying he was a true tycoon, a wealthy merchant with nothing but money.
But, because of the ancient emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce, with the order of "scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants", merchants were the most lowly profession.
Even if Lü Buwei had more money, people would envy him, but would still add a phrase: "Humph, what's so great, he just has a couple of stinking coins."
This wasn't because people hated the rich, but because of the limitations of the times.
This made Lü Buwei, who was always arrogant and proud, very unhappy. He believed he could excel in anything he did, even assisting an emperor, and then, he helped Ying Yi Ren, still a hostage, become the King of Qin.
But he only reigned for three years before dying. The 13-year-old Ying Zheng ascended the throne, and power was controlled by his mother, Zhao Ji, and the Chancellor Lü Buwei!
Until then, Lü Buwei not only became a successful politician, but also rose to the position of Chancellor, and no one dared to look down on him as just a merchant!
But, Lü Buwei was too obsessed with power, and ultimately suffered the consequences.
Now he has been exiled to Shu, I wonder how he is doing.
Ying Zheng naturally didn't want another Lü Buwei to appear in Qin.
“Father, are you overthinking? Didn’t I explain in my plan? Developing commerce can make Qin more prosperous. Not only that, Qin can establish a department specifically for merchants. This way, they won’t be able to do that anymore.
Moreover, what Qing Jie Jie and I are planning, it might even be able to overthrow a country. Wouldn’t that allow Qin to take down a country effortlessly? Isn’t that great?”
“I know, I’m just worried.”
“Don’t worry, I'll be there, you don’t need to be so concerned. However, Father, you have to send people to protect Qing Jie Jie.”
“Of course, don’t worry about her safety.”
“Is that all? If not, I’ll be leaving.”
“There’s one more thing. The people you asked Luo Net to find, only some have been found. Some of the information you provided was too little, they are still searching.
But, none of the people you wanted to kill have succeeded yet.
Especially one named Liu Ji, he escaped three times by luck, and even killed two Di-ranked assassins from Luo Net.”
“Your Highness, I apologize for my incompetence.”
Zhao Gao also knelt down to plead guilty.
“Hmm! Get up. It's not your fault.”
“Thank you, Your Highness!”
Zhao Chen was also helpless at this moment. He hadn’t expected this. Liu Ji, though not yet a protagonist, was probably just a small character, but he already had the Imperial Fate protecting him. Otherwise, how could he escape three times, when the King of Qin wanted him dead.
“Father, don’t worry about Liu Ji. Find his location and secretly monitor him. If there’s a chance, I’ll take care of him.”
Zhao Chen didn’t believe it. Even if you haven’t killed the White Snake, what does it matter if you have? As a time traveler, the favorite child of the Mother of Willpower, can’t you kill a petty thug?
Not to mention that he has already achieved enlightenment, Liu Bang is nothing to him.
“Alright, but be careful.”
“Don’t worry, Father, I know what I’m doing!”
“Alright, I have to deal with the political affairs, you can go.”
“Ha!!”
Do you have to be like this, Father? You’re playing the “kill the donkey after the mill is finished” game so openly.
Alright, very good! The next time you have a problem, don’t expect me to help you answer it.
Zhao Chen got up and left without looking back!
“Zhao Gao, send people to monitor Liu Ji’s every move. Temporarily give up killing him, let Chen’er handle it.”
“This servant will obey.”
“Also, send people to secretly protect Ba Qing’s safety. If anything happens to her, you can forget coming back.”
“This servant understands!”
After giving the orders, Ying Zheng didn’t speak anymore, and continued to handle government affairs.
Zhao Gao stood silently by his side.
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