Chapter 242 Looking for Someone (200 monthly tickets plus more!)
"I will provide you with thirty thousand taels of gold and thirty thousand dan of grain." Wu Shiluo had already provided manpower and livestock. Widow Qing gritted her teeth and cut off a piece of meat.

"Master Zhu, what about you?"

After successfully persuading Gongshu Chou, Guafu Qing and Wu Shiluo, Tianxuan's gaze fell on the Zhu family who had been silent for a long time.

"I will dispatch one hundred elite soldiers from Shennong Hall to you."

Although Zhu Jia knew that cooperating with Tian Xuan was a gamble, in order to reverse his decline in the farm, Zhu Jia, who had never been a gambler, had to gamble. Facing Tian Xuan's shining eyes, Zhu Jia squeezed out these words from between his teeth. As he spoke, the mask turned from anger to joy.

"Very good." Tianxuan was in a good mood, with a faint smile on his lips.

Wow!
Tianxuan personally picked up the wine jar on the stone table, and the clear wine without impurities swirled to fill the jar, making a crisp sound. When the bronze wine jar was full, Tianxuan picked up the wine jar in front of him and gestured to the four guests.

"Everyone, please."

Wu Shiluo picked up the wine jar, lowered his head and looked at the wine in the jar that exuded a faint aroma, and asked with interest: "Wushuang Jun, what is the name of this wine?"

Tianxuan said: "If this cup of wine needs a name, then I wish us a brilliant future!"

"A brilliant future?" Gongshu Chou said with a smile, "I like this statement!"

Widow Qing also said: "I like it too, and I sincerely look forward to seeing you, Wushuang Jun, rise step by step in the court of the Great Qin and become an important official of the empire."

Bang!

Five wine jars filled with wine clinked together, and tiny drops of wine splashed up and mixed together, making it difficult to distinguish. Tianxuan, Gongshuchou, Zhujia, Guafuqing, and Wushiluo drank the wine in the wine jars at the same time.

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"Congratulations, sir."

Gongshu Chou, Guafu Qing, Wu Shiluo, and Zhu Jia, the four distinguished guests that Tianxuan had specially invited to better manage the Western Regions, all left. As for the things they promised Tianxuan, they would be delivered to him soon. Tianxuan knew that his appointment with Zhu Jia, Gongshu Chou and others today would be sent to Zheng Ge before nightfall.

In fact, Zheng Ge probably already knew about it at this time.

After seeing off the distinguished guest, Tianxuan stayed in the flower garden, sniffing the rich fragrance of flowers in the air, with a calm expression. Suddenly, a black shadow emerged from behind Tianxuan. The Night Owl's top expert, Mo Ya, came behind his loyal master and said respectfully.

"What's there to congratulate?" Tian Xuan turned his back to Mo Ya, with his hands behind his back, as if he was pointing out the situation. "Although the Zhu family, Gongshu Chou, Guafu Qing, and Wu Shiluo promised to support me, if I can't prove myself, they will forget their promises without hesitation and withdraw their support for me."

Having said this, Tianxuan let out a long breath.

"Whether Gongshujia, Nongjia Shennongtang, and the families behind Widow Qing and Wu Shiluo can become my true allies depends on my methods!"

Mo Ya lowered his head and said confidently, "My lord, I believe you can conquer them." "I hope so!" Tian Xuan did not take Mo Ya's flattery to heart. During the conversation, a gleam of light flashed through Tian Xuan's mind and he remembered something, "Mo Ya, I will set off for the Western Regions in a month at the latest. Before that, there is one more thing to do!"

"Please give your orders, sir." The black crow trembled all over and waited for the order from his loyal master.

Tianxuan looked solemn, "Give orders to find me someone."

"who?"

"Zheng Guo!" This name burst out from between Tianxuan's teeth.

"Zheng Guo?" Mo Ya's expression changed drastically, and he could hardly believe his ears.

Zheng State, if most people hear this name, they will definitely think of the vassal state that rose during the reign of Duke Zhuang of Zheng. Although it was only a flash in the pan, it also had a glorious history - Zheng State! However, for people in this world, especially the Qin and Han countries, Zheng State does not refer to that vassal state, but a living person.

Zheng Guo, a native of Xinzheng, South Korea, was a Korean hydraulic engineer.

In the first year of the reign of King Qin, Zheng Guo was ordered to go to Qin to lobby for a canal, suggesting that the Jingshui River be diverted eastward to the Beiluo River to form a canal, in an attempt to tire the Qin people and prevent them from attacking Han. The King of Qin adopted his proposal and ordered him to preside over the excavation project. During the construction process, Qin discovered this intention and wanted to kill him, but he said that the canal would benefit Qin, so he continued the construction and finally completed it. The canal diverts the Jingshui River from Zhongshan to the west to Hukou as the canal mouth, taking advantage of the slightly higher terrain in the northwest and slightly lower terrain in the southeast, diverting water along the southern foot of Beishan to the east and injecting it into the Beiluo River. The total length is more than 300 miles. Taking advantage of the muddy and fertilizer-like characteristics of the Jingshui River, it is used for irrigation, and it presses and reduces the salt and alkali content in the cultivated soil layer, achieving the effect of improving the soil. It irrigates more than 40,000 hectares of land, increasing the yield to one zhong per mu. "So Guanzhong became fertile land, and there were no bad years. Qin became rich and strong, and finally annexed the princes, so it was named Zhengguo Canal"!
For Qin, the Zhengguo Canal built by Zheng Guo did irrigate the Guanzhong Plain, but his original intention was to exhaust Qin. So after the construction of the Zhengguo Canal was completed, Zheng Guo was left idle and no longer used. For Han, although Zheng Guo was a Han, the Zhengguo Canal he built did delay the time for Qin to attack Han, but it did not achieve the effect of "exhausting Qin". Therefore, after Zheng Guo returned to Han, the Han people did not welcome their hero, and even regarded Zheng Guo as a traitor who secretly defected to Qin.

Although there is a Zhengguo Canal named after Zheng Guo in Guanzhong, Zheng Guo himself has disappeared for many years. So when Tianxuan ordered Mo Ya to find Zheng Guo, Mo Ya, a Han, not only did not know the whereabouts of Zheng Guo, but he was not even sure whether he was alive or dead.

Tianxuan saw the confusion on Mo Ya's face and said, "There are many deserts in the Western Regions, and water is extremely precious, but there is no shortage of mountains that can store ice and snow. In terms of water conservancy, Zheng Guo is a great man of the time. If he were still alive, he would definitely be useful to me in managing the Western Regions. On the contrary, if Zheng Guo is dead, there should be a disciple who has inherited his water conservancy skills. Find him for me."

"Here."

After hearing Tianxuan's words, Mo Ya's handsome face was filled with an expression of sincere submission, and he bowed his head to accept the order.

call out!
The Night Owl's number one master turned into an elusive ghost and disappeared beside Tianxuan.

"Hehehe."

Everyone left, and Tianxuan stood alone in the flowerbed planted with various flowers. The colorful flowers reflected in Tianxuan's eyes, and the light in his eyes was surging. Emotions such as joy, confusion, and fear were intertwined, turning into an indistinguishable solemnity. Finally, Tianxuan's lips split and he let out an ambiguous laugh.

[I am entrenched at the junction of the Central Plains and the Western Regions. If I advance, I can take advantage of the chaos in the world in the future to compete for the Central Plains and achieve hegemony; if I retreat, I can dominate the Western Regions and become the hub of communication between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and preserve wealth and prosperity for future generations for at least a hundred years! ]

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