Chapter 39: Excavating the Ling Canal, breaking through the Baiyue, achieving an unparalleled feat, and founding a state that would endure for all ages (This chapter contains three thousand words)

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    Lü's mansion, in the depth.

    Lü Taigong listened to the sounds of the courtyard with some surprise and asked his attendant:

    "What's going on?"

    The attendant shook his head and said, "The eldest son of the second wife was taken away by the Xiao family."

    Lü Taigong straightened up, shocked, "The Grand Ceremonial Party?"

    "How can the Grand Ceremonial Party be here?"

    The attendant pointed at Liu Bang with his palm and said:

    "It's brought by Lord Liu Ji."

    "When Lord Liu Ji came, he followed the formal procession of the Qin Dynasty. However, it was blocked by the eldest son of the second wife."

    "The eldest son of the second wife, by reason, wanted to extort some money, so he found a pretext and said his etiquette was wrong."

    "Afterward, he was taken away by the Grand Ceremonial Party."

    Lü Taigong immediately became stunned. "Tell me again, who brought the Grand Ceremonial Party?"

    "Liu Ji?"

    The Grand Ceremonial Party is not a position in charge of prisons; on the contrary, it is a position of a ceremonial official, mainly responsible for matters related to the ancestral temples.

    To talk about such things in front of officials in charge of ritual affairs?

    What surprised Lü Taigong was:

    Liu Bang's connection with the Grand Ceremonial Party was surprising.

    Isn't Liu Bang just a lowly town leader?

    "I've heard that Liu Ji seems to have a good friend called Zhaozi."

    The guard said doubtfully, "But I'm not sure about the rank of this Zhaozi. Is it really that high-level?"

    "Zhaozi?"

    Lü Taigong was surprised and said, "It's Zhaozi?"

    "Liu Ji, to be on terms with Zhaozi?"

    "Send someone to investigate for me quickly!"

    This was not what Lü Taigong had expected.

    Zhaozi, that's the Imperial Tutor!

    Lü Taigong was usually gentle, so the guard dared to ask:

    "May I ask, Master, why is it that Zhaozi's mere mention has caused you such surprise?"

    Lü Taigong shook his head and said:

    "That's Zhaozi! The Imperial Tutor!"

    "The current emperor personally acknowledged that Zhaozi is his teacher!"

    "The most crucial point is that even this Zhaozi, whose face is as big as the sky, has never acknowledged this position of the Imperial Tutor for himself."

    The guard immediately had a look on his face as if he saw a ghost.

    Never imagined that Liu Bang could have such connections!

    "Thank goodness I didn't go to bother them back then..."

    The wedding continues.

    However, this wedding did not have any problems this time, after all -

    Who would go and trouble someone related to the First Emperor?

    However, Lü Taigong tonight turned and tossed, unable to sleep.

    The worry about his daughter's marriage was a secondary concern, and the main thing he was reflecting on was:

    Whether his past actions had inadvertently offended Liu Bang.

    ...

    And at this very moment in Suzhou University.

    Zhao Ping'an returned to his dormitory.

    Today's events are over, that silly Li Shanben didn't do anything in the end, just ended the class normally.

    In the last time period of today afternoon, Zhao Ping'an actually felt that the palpitation was very strong:

    Much more intense than the palpitations he felt when Li Si, Ying Zheng, and Liu Bang sent him messages.

    "What's going on?"

    He quickly returned to the dormitory and picked up his phone.

    On the phone, the game suddenly started updating.

    "Is it really possible for single-player games to auto-update?"

    He quickly understood:

    It's another evolution.

    After the update, just as he was about to enter the game, a screen appeared on his phone:

    [Now you have three paths to choose from]

    [The first is to choose the Liu Bang path and fully develop the Liu Bang line]

    [In this process, the mutual relationship between you and Liu Bang will be deeply cultivated.]

    [The second is to choose the Qin Dynasty path and try to challenge fate, prolonging the Qin Dynasty as much as possible]

    [If one of the above paths is completed, the owner will be granted another opportunity to bind a new object.]

    [The third is for the master to choose both paths and develop them simultaneously.]

    [However, if this choice is made, the owner will lose one chance to bind a new object.]

    [If the opportunity to bind a new object is exhausted and all the old objects have died, the master's real-life luck will be weakened.]

    "It seems like, the game has a new mechanism..."

    "His luck in reality will be weakened..."

    He looked at the pendant package in his hand and had no doubt that this object could affect reality.

    Zhao Ping'an looked at the game on his phone, "Fortunately, it's just weakening reality's luck."

    He had seen similar golden fingers before, which were usually used for "erasing" the character's life or situation. This one was quite lenient towards him...

    For now, it's still manageable. He still has a few active binding opportunities in the game.

    In his phone, despite not in line with Zhao Ping'an's subjective intention, the help to "Liu Bang" was still counted this time:

    [The owner successfully helped Liu Bang smoothly complete the wedding without losing a single soldier.]

    [Reward: Gold Ten Spoons]

    [Note: The ten pieces of gold were originally intended to be used by the Lü family as a reason for the etiquette scams on Liu Bang. However, Liu Bang did not want it, and gave these ten pieces of gold to you instead.]

    "Wow, that's quite direct?"

    Zhao Ping'an was surprised and said, "Directly giving me gold? That's truly worthy of Liu Bang!"

    This kind of thing no other emperor in history could have done, except for Liu Bang, who does this kind of thing seems not very surprising…

    "First look at the macro, then look at the micro."

    As a student raised in a formal history education system, Zhao Ping'an prefers to focus on the macro first and then examine the micro details.

    On his phone, the next events of the Qin Dynasty continued to flash by in a stream of light:

    [After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Qin Shi Huang's conquest never ceased.]

    [In the year 219 BC]

    [Qin Shi Huang launched a southern expedition against the Yi and Wu tribes]

    [The Baiyue tribes submitted]

    [Qin Shi Huang built the Lingqu Canal, which connected the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, strengthening his rule.]

    [Objectively, it also played a role in promoting economic development.]

    [In 215 BC, the Qin army launched a northern campaign, inflicting a defeat on the Xiongnu.]

    [The Straight Path was built, the border was stable, and the Qin army demonstrated its might.]

    [The military engineering, national strength, were fully revealed.]

    [And at this time, Qin Shi Huang seemed to think that he had reached the pinnacle of what he could do.]

    [He began to think, whether he could obtain more?]

    [He wasn't stupid. He felt that he had worked hard for so long, and it was time for him to enjoy the fruits of his labor.]

    [He wondered, after his death, whether this great unified empire would collapse like a house of cards?]

    [He suddenly realized, "Alas, my life is so short, and I envy the boundless Yangtze River."]

    [At this very moment.]

    [He thought of you.]

    [This character who runs throughout his life.]

    Zhao Ping'an was taken aback, "What are you planning to do?"

    Is he going to start contemplating longevity again?

    Hey hey hey, Li Si also runs throughout your life. Can you chat with Li Si a bit more?

    [The owner can now choose to start a conversation with Qin Shi Huang now.]

    [Or after paying attention to the progress of Liu Bang, you can then communicate with Qin Shi Huang?]

    "How about checking on Liu Bang first?"

    Zhao Ping'an wanted to chat with Liu Bang first and see what the current world was like.