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Chapter 13 An Idea

In fact, since the unification of the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang began to look for ways to live forever under the lobbying of countless alchemists. Xu Fu Dongdu was one of them, but this incident had not happened by time.

These six tours not only cost the people and money, but also made Qin Shihuang increasingly fall into the fanaticism of praying for immortality. The reason why he sought immortality was that in the eyes of later generations, Qin Shihuang began to lose his goal of life after sweeping across the six worlds and unifying China.

So he began to build straight roads and even plank roads to connect the whole country, conquering Lingnan and Baiyue, and everything was easily achieved through his words. Therefore, he felt that he had no opponents and his life was less and less targeted. Although the Huns still existed in the bitter and cold places in the northwest, it was not suitable for the development of agricultural civilization, and conquering them would not have much meaning. Therefore, in his eyes, it would be better to build a Great Wall to block the Huns' way south.

But Qin Shihuang certainly did not know that at this time, besides China, there were many more abundant lands than the Qin Dynasty, as well as many brilliant and different civilizations, such as the Persian Empire, the Macedonian Kingdom, the Roman Empire, and the Mauryan Dynasty that were almost in the same era. These super empires were almost comparable to the Qin Dynasty.

Especially the Alexander Empire, which was a hundred years earlier than the Qin Empire, was directly a super empire spanning the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe. After the Eastern Expedition to India, Alexander was only a few hundred kilometers away from Kashgar, a later generation. If he had the correct map at that time, he would definitely have fought from Afghanistan along the Hexi Corridor to China.

At that time, China was still in the late Warring States Period, and it was the chaotic scene of the seven countries competing for hegemony. Qin State was far less powerful than it is now.

Later generations have also continuously speculated that if this situation happened, would it be whether Alexander the Great included China in his empire territory like he swept across Europe and Asia, or was beaten by the seven heroes of the Warring States Period to look for their teeth and then lie down on their backs, and even buried alive by countless Chinese killing gods.

Of course, the latter is more likely.

As historical records show that Alexander only brought 50,000 soldiers in the Eastern Expedition. Although they were all brave and good at fighting, the Qin State was the one who guarded northwest of China at that time. After several generations of Qin Kings' efforts to govern and Shang Yang's reforms, it was when the national strength began to expand rapidly to compete with Qi for the Chinese hegemony. The country could mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers. In addition, the Qin people were already martial and warlike, and the weapons production of Qin State, especially the emergence of Qin State, made Qin soldiers look like tigers. Once Qin State encounters invading Alexander, a super war of different civilizations will definitely break out, and Eastern and Western civilizations will begin to blend thousands of years ahead of schedule.

Whether it was the failure of Alexander the Great or the failure of Qin, the consequences after the first intersection of Eastern and Western civilizations was: if Qin Shihuang knew that there was another powerful empire or civilization outside of China, he would definitely lose his interest in building the Great Wall and would not rush to find the elixir of immortality, but would instead rush his troops to the west to find the Alexander Empire that had no map and found the wrong way.

I want to be the emperor of the ages, and I have made great contributions to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. But since there is still heaven outside of heaven, I don’t mind being an emperor who makes great contributions to Pangu, an emperor who truly conquers the world. The title of emperor may not be enough to demonstrate his great achievements. At that time, you can consider adding the title of God Emperor on Earth.

But Chen Xu could also guess that if Qin Shihuang fought to India and conquered the Mauryan Dynasty, he would find that the world would truly be revealed in front of him, and he would go westward, as well as the huge and rich Persian Empire in Central Asia and the Roman Empire in Europe, and then cross the sea to reach the Kunlun Mountains described in the ancient book "Shan Hai Jing" (Note: Kilimanjaro Mountain in Ethiopia, Africa).

In that case, China will not be the same as later generations.

Under the leadership of old Qin generals such as Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and under the stimulation of Qin Lu's military merits, those who dug up the Qin Empire might also roll up their sleeves and scream and join the army to kill the enemy. In the end, the entire earth cart is the same track, the same writing style.

Well, thousands of years later, the whole world speaks Chinese language, so when we meet, we ask if we eat it!

Chen Xu's thinking suddenly became very powerful, and he was listless when eating, which made Chen Jiang think that his son had broken his head and started to get hysterical again.

"Brother, eat quickly, the food is going to be cold!" Xing'er's voice called Chen Xu back from the imagination of humans on earth singing, dancing, lions, dragon lanterns and speaking Chinese.

The soul was confused for a long time before Chen Xu slowly woke up.

The soybean and wild vegetable rice with teeth, the fish soup with little salt and taste, the crumbling thatched cottage and three family members with ragged clothes and beggars, seem not to think so far away.

Whether Qin Shihuang died or not, or Qin Dynasty was destroyed or not, was not something to be concerned about.

At present, I am eager to do the two things, eating and accommodation.

But after all the random thoughts just now, there was an idea that took root in Chen Xu's heart.

"Mom, are there anyone in the village who can do wooden jobs? Or who has tools such as axes and saws?"

At this time, Xing'er had already started rubbing her belly, and Chen Jiang's family had already eaten it. The remaining soybean, wild vegetables and half a jar of fish soup were swept away by Chen Xu. He put down the bowl and asked with his mouth.

"I know, Uncle Ma's family has an axe?" Xing'er immediately shouted.

"Then I'll go over and see if I can borrow it!" Chen Xu stood up and walked out.

"Xu'er, what do you want to do?" Chen Jiang asked quickly.

"Mom, our house is about to collapse and the roof is broken. I want to repair it while the sun is sunny, otherwise I will not be able to sleep if it rains!" Chen Xu explained.

"Go early and come back early!"

Jiang Chen reminded him, watching Chen Xu's figure disappear outside the yard, his eyes turned slightly red, as if suddenly his son had grown up and began to become a real man.

And this family must have a man to support it.

Before he could walk far, Chen Xu saw a middle-aged man coming towards him with excitement on his face. It was Ma Erbol.

"Xiaoxu~" Uncle Ma was overjoyed when he saw Chen Xu, and took Chen Xu's hand a few steps forward and said, "Go with me and have a look. Erwa has woken up!"

"Erxi is awake!" Chen Xu was also happy and quickly followed Ma Er's uncle to his home. In the room, he saw Erxi who had opened his eyes.

Although she looked weak, her face was a little gray, and her breathing was a little rapid and her breathing looked much better, and the blood and bleeding spots in her eyes had begun to dissipate.

Chen Xu checked Erxi roughly and then let out a long sigh.

It seems that the treatment was done in time at that time, and the use of licorice should have also had a certain detoxification effect. Erxi's poisoning symptoms have obviously weakened, and she has finally completely escaped from the threat of death.

In this era, if you accidentally eat a highly toxic substance, you can even save your life. It is said that this little guy is really lucky.

"Uncle Er, it seems that Erxi is really fine. I continue to boil medicine for him these days. I usually drink more light salt water, rice soup and egg whites to maintain it well. It is estimated that it will be completely cured in two or three days!"

"Plop~"

The woman who had been standing next to her nervously kneeled in front of Chen Xu excitedly, "Xiaoxu, my aunt kowtowed to you, thank you for saving Erwa's life!"

"Auntie, what are you doing? Get up quickly!" Chen Xu quickly pulled Erxi's mother.

Erxi's awakening made this family, which looked poor, instantly filled with happiness and laughter. The family of five gathered in the room and was extremely excited. Erxi's mother took out a small clay pot from the room, opened it and took out two light red fruit gardens and stuffed them into Chen Xu's hand.

"Xiaoxu, this is a little bit of macadamia made last year. I'll bring some back to your mother and sister!"

Chen Xu refused but had to accept it.

In addition to Erxi, Ma Erbang also had a ten-year-old eldest son and a five-year-old young daughter. At this time, he was staring at the jar that his mother was holding in her arms.

The second Xiniang also gave her two children.

"Mom~, I want mashed chicken too!" Erxi, who was lying on the bed, shouted in a very weak voice.

Chen Xu's face turned dark in an instant. Damn it, even though he was eating like this, he still wanted to eat it. How greedy should be.

If this continues, I guess I will be poisoned to death one day!

The two little guys holding Guopu were already yelling to rush out of the door to show off to the children, and at the same time they would also promote the incident of Erxi waking up.

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, Uncle Ma's family of four and several nearby villagers rushed over one after another.

The village is not big and there are not many people. The wars every year have caused the elderly to die, and there are not a single old man over the age of 60, and there are not many young and middle-aged men. The two brothers, Ma Da, Ma Er, were lucky. At that time, during the battle between Qin and Chu, they fled into the mountains and hid for several months and returned, and found that Qin had annexed Chu.

As for Chen Xu's father and Niu Dashi's father, they were arrested to serve in the army at the same time, and neither came back. The situation in other families in the village was similar. Overall, there were more boys and girls, and basically women and children were the main ones. Therefore, boys over ten years old basically became the main labor force in the village.

The story of Chen Xu coming to treat Erxi in the morning to treat poisoning has already spread in the village. When he heard that Erxi woke up, naturally everyone couldn't help but care. In this era, it was very difficult to raise a child well into adulthood. In a few years, Erxi could get married after becoming a 15-year-old, and he became the pillar of the family.

Almost everyone in the whole village came. Both men, women, young and old showed respect for Chen Xu, and at the same time he became interested in the changes after he woke up after falling down. Some people had some physical illnesses or were uncomfortable, so they surrounded him and asked if there was any medicine to treat, which made Chen Xu laugh and cry.
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