There are always many accidents in life.

When the war in the north was as bright as fire, Zhao Tuo was hiding in a corner of Lingnan as a turtle, or just a sign of incompetence.

If he put himself in his shoes and asked Li Yuan to choose for Zhao Tuo, he would definitely swore an oath to the Northern Expedition immediately. The soldiers who led the Southern Expedition returned to Guandong with an unyielding momentum to compete with the anti-Qin princes. As for victory or loss, the result was irrelevant and there was no need to consider it much.

The hesitation of gains and losses brings nothing to gain.

Ba County in June.

The heat and heavy rain began to hit.

On the five-foot road.

The heavy rain in summer washed away the soft soil on the hillside, and the rolling stones blocked the road tightly. A small team of supplies in charge of road construction were working hard to push the stones down the bottom of the ditch, but looking at their manpower, they were afraid that it would not be able to smooth the road even if it was dark.

After the completion of the newly opened channel to Lingnan, Yelang and Dian Kingdoms, it has gradually become an important part of the Southern Silk Road after its completion the year before.

In the blocked area, in less than two hours, several caravans had to stop. They all went to the Lingnan area to barter. After this round and back, the profits earned by these caravans were more than ten times higher than those who were doing business on the spot.

Of course, if there are huge profits, you will naturally have to bear the risks. For example, if the mudslides rolling down on this road are coincidentally possible, it may directly flood a caravan.

The merchants were extremely anxious. They complained about the haunting weather and the difficult road, but they didn't realize that if it weren't for the limitations of natural conditions, there would be no chance for them to get rich.

In the afternoon.

A team under the banner of the Qin army arrived at the blocked site. At the front of the team, the captain Yang Yu looked grim. After carefully examining the road blockage, he immediately gave an order. Under the command of his respective generals, hundreds of Qin soldiers began to assist the baggage soldiers to carry the rocks.

"You guys, move all the goods off the horse's back and don't block the road." Yang Yu shouted at the merchants who were stunned to watch the show.

"Who are you? Why do you ask us? This is my goods. I have paid taxes. No one can move with the laws of the Qin Dynasty." Among the merchants, a fat guy with big ears stuttered his neck and hummed.

"I can't move. There is another decree for the Qin Dynasty. That is, when the military situation is critical, all supplies can be requisitioned." Yang Yu smiled coldly, waved his hand, and the soldiers under his command rushed forward and threw the goods from the fat caravan off the cliff.

"Oh, my goods, my life. This really killed me." The fat man cried and howled. He never expected that his quick speech would be treated so roughly.

Didn’t it mean that Xin Qin is a heavy business?

Didn’t it mean that Li Yuan, the King of Shenwu of Qin, attach great importance to merchants? In the Chang'an court, officials such as Zhisu Neishi were appointed to Hu Shang. Are these facts unreliable? The fat merchant from Qi land slung his feet and his chest. If it weren’t for the great risk of the sea, and if the spiritual channel was blocked by the Man Yue people, he would not have followed this extremely difficult five-foot road.

With constant regret, the fat merchant's eyes suddenly widened a lot. His eyes swept to the middle of the Qin army that had just arrived. A corner of the curtain of the carriage carriage was lifted up, and the person inside almost made the fat merchant scream.

"Doctor Lu Jia.Doctor Lu!"

Who is Lu Jia?

Almost everyone knows that this lobbyist who repeatedly travels to foreign countries and has repeatedly brought reliable allies to Qin State has become a positive example of propaganda.

More importantly, Lu Jia came from Guandong. His rising status in Qin made the new Qin people in Guandong all have their honor and made them feel stronger and stronger in their sense of belonging to Qin.

Lu Jia and Yang Yu went on a mission to Lingnan.

The 800 elite soldiers from Li Yuan’s personal military camp were also accompanied by the 800 elite soldiers from Li Yuan’s personal military camp. Although this number was not large, each Qin army soldier was selected from various places. I believe that when they arrived in Lingnan, they would show the Qin people of the South Vietnamese different demeanor and appearance of the Qin people in the South, and their arrival would reawaken the Qin people in the south for their nostalgia for their hometown.

There are two channels from Qin to Nanyue.

One is the traditional road from Nanjun to Changsha County, and then crossing the Wuling Mountains. The second is the road from Wuqi Road south of Bajun, passing through Yelang Kingdom and then following the West River to Guilin County in Nanyue. The second road was the one that Lu Jia went to Lingnan.

Inside the carriage.

Lu Jia, the senior doctor of Qin, was closing his eyes to rest. The journey south was to protect his soldiers, and Lu Jia needed to consume more brain power.

The inactive nature of the Nanyue Kingdom in sending troops to attack the Meiyue tribe gave Lu Jia a vague premonition. The last time he went to Lingnan, Zhao Tuo agreed immediately. When the Qin army advanced south, he led the Qin soldiers stranded in Lingnan to respond, striving to attack on both sides, and breaking the blockade of the Meiyue people on the Wuling Road in one fell swoop.

Now, the Qin army has taken action, but the Nanyue army has not moved. Why is this? This time, Lu Jia's mission was not only to persuade Zhao Tuo to move closer to Qin again, but also to have a more important hidden task, that is, if Zhao Tuo is determined to be a separatist king and prince, Qin would change his strategy for Nanyue and instead look for a replacement within it. Who is the candidate? Lu Jia, who is most familiar with the situation of Nanyue, undoubtedly has the most say.

Prime Minister Lu Jia, Cangwu King Zhao Guang, or others. In his heart, Lu Jia rotated important real-power officials from the South Vietnamese Kingdom one by one.

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South Vietnam.

Panyu.

This ancient city located on the edge of the Pearl River is located on the hillside of Yuexiu Mountain. Its area is much worse than that of the Guangzhou City in later generations.

However, in the Qin Dynasty, Panyu was the largest among the cities in Lingnan. In this city, the powerful and generals and others from the three counties of the Nanyue Kingdom were gathered.

Zhao Tuo, the King of Nanyue, has been very upset recently. At the age of fifty, his hair gradually began to turn gray, and his energy was not as good as when he was the magistrate of Longchuan County a few years ago.

The news that the Qin army was stubbornly resisted by the Baiyue tribe and the Chu army in Nanzhu City, and finally had to retreat to the coast of the river had already reached Panyu, which made Zhao Tuo feel both grateful and regretful.

Fortunately, he followed the advice of Prime Minister Lu Jia and chose to wait and see in the battle between Qin and Yue. When Lu Jia was in Chang'an, he was implicated because of Chen Ping's bribery incident. Although Qin did not propose substantial punishment measures for Lu Jia's bribery, the verbal and attitude neglect and contempt of officials still caused subtle changes in Lu Jia's heart.

This change naturally cannot shake the root of the situation in a short period of time, but the mistake is that there is also a person next to Lu Jia who is also surnamed Lu but hates Qin.

Lu Tai.

After being rescued by Lu Jia, Liu Bang, the fish that escaped the net from Lu Zhi, lurked in the mission of the South Vietnam Kingdom. His identity was just a groom, and Lu Tai paid great attention to protecting himself and never went out without any trouble, so it was not eye-catching.

When he was in Chang'an, Lu Tai originally intended to set up a trap and asked Liu Ying to carry poison and wait for an opportunity to poison Zhao Tuo's son Zhao Zhongshi, but he gave up because of Liu Ying's cowardly personality and could not make any moves. Later, Lu Tai tried every means to gain Lu Jia's trust and became a close servant with him from a coachman.

This change in identity gave Lu Tai more possibilities to approach the core of the political life of South Vietnam. After all, Lu Jia's identity as prime minister was there.

"Major, do you want to be a loyal minister or a rebel; if you are a loyal minister, please persuade King Zhao to become independent and not surrender to Qin. If you want to be a rebel minister and only want to enjoy it yourself, please ask King Zhao to surrender to Qin. From then on, the three counties in Lingnan are owned by the Qin Dynasty-!"

After gaining Lu Jia's trust, Lu Tai finally said something he had planned for a long time one night.

After arriving in Nanyue, Lu Tai's true identity no longer needs to be hidden. After being with each other these days, Lu Jia has regarded Lu Tai as a junior and will not take him to Qin to surrender himself.

When Lu Tai said this, Lu Jia was wrong, and in the next answer, Lu Tai hit the nail on the head, saying that anyone could surrender to Qin, but Zhao Tuo could not surrender. Why? The reason is that as long as Zhao Tuo surrendered to Qin, it would be impossible for him to stay in Lingnan. For the sake of the stability of the three counties in Lingnan and the Qin army in the south, Li Yuan would inevitably force Zhao Tuo to go to Chang'an to recuperate. Once Zhao Tuo sets off, he would be under house arrest. Of course, this is still the result of thinking about the good. If he thinks about the bad, it will be a little bit more to say whether Zhao Tuo's life can be saved.

Lu Jia had a strong personal relationship with Zhao Tuo, otherwise he would not have been appointed as prime minister at the beginning of the Nanyue Kingdom. When Lu Tai analyzed this, Lu Jia was immediately shocked and sweated.

Zhao Tuo naturally refused to be a famous prince without real power.

At the beginning, the conditions he decided to negotiate with Qin were based on alliances and treat each other equally. If it was not good, it would be semi-independent.

Once the Qin army successfully defeated rebellious forces such as Mei Yue and Min Yue, will Zhao Tuo's soldiers who are nostalgic for Qin still obey their orders? Zhao Tuo has no confidence. Therefore, for the Nanyue Kingdom, the best result is to maintain the current state of being in a close and distant state.
Chapter completed!