Shanglinyuan.

After lunch, Fusu had a conversation with Li Shiqi about educating and guiding the chiefs of the Nanyue people, and then went deep into Shanglin Garden with dozens of knights including Zhang Han, Li Cheng, and Meng Ying.

Compared with the scale of the royal gardens of the Han Dynasty, which were "huge gardens surrounded by city walls and covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 miles", the Shanglin Garden at that time only had a huge lake excavated by the First Emperor called "leading the Wei River to flow into a long lake, extending 200 kilometers from east to west and 30 kilometers from north to south."

Regarding the rumors that "the palace will be expanded with a circumference of more than 300 miles, with scattered palaces and villas extending between mountains and valleys, with connecting roads and suspension bridges leading to Mount Li, with a total length of 800 miles", they are actually design ideas that only exist on paper and have never become a reality.

It is worth mentioning that all the planned land has been expropriated and used by the government. Fortunately, the current Qin State is still dominated by the state-owned economy, and there is no "demolition tycoon" situation.

Therefore, the current Shanglin Garden is more like a world of animals and plants, where the number of animals far exceeds the number of people. Even the area where nearly 10,000 Yulin soldiers are stationed only occupies a small area beside the large pond.

It can be considered a plan to maximize the use of space... Fusu looked at the camp in the distance. At tomorrow's morning meeting, he planned to review the new army composed of "sons of slaves".

Qin Shi Huang was reluctant to accept such grand projects, and after Fusu suspended the construction of the Afang Palace, the natural ecology here was not overly damaged. As far as the eye can see, the hunting ground seems to be an untouched primitive wilderness.

A group of armored warriors deployed in a fan-shaped formation, and their horses equipped with iron nails and stirrups allowed them to fully demonstrate their cavalry skills in front of Fusu. A hare that was trying to avoid being hunted ran straight in front of Fusu's horse, and he immediately pulled the bowstring and shot an arrow into the mud.

"How brave!" the knights praised loudly.

Li Cheng jumped off the horse, picked up the dead rabbit, and was about to say something when suddenly a clear roar of an animal and a series of noises came from the forest.

What on earth was going on? Li Benben looked at Zhang Han suspiciously as he signaled his men to remain silent.

Zhang Han, who was sitting on horseback, replied: "Your Majesty, if I am not mistaken, these must be two stags fighting fiercely here."

A gleam of curiosity flashed in Fusu's eyes. After seeing only a few rabbits and traces of birds along the way, he finally got to see such a large creature with his own eyes.

The only legal provision in the Qin Empire was that it was strictly prohibited during the breeding period of animals; apart from this provision, there were no restrictions on the protection of any wild animals.

Fusu's organization was not a sudden inspiration. In an era with a lack of rich leisure options, it was an effective way to quickly deepen the relationship with subordinates as a team activity.

Among the group of flatterers surrounding him, some were clan members who were as close to Fusu as family members, or they were the best children of important officials in the court.

It is no exaggeration to say that these riders are an absolute group, loyal and obeying Fusu's orders.

It is expected that in the next ten to twenty years, this group of people will have a great chance to grow into a thousand bull level. The outstanding ones among them may even reach the high position of three dukes and nine ministers. If they can be conquered, it is actually equivalent to conquering the power of small groups. Although it may not be possible to make these people completely obey orders, at least in some competitions that do not involve their own interests, they can watch the changes calmly and have nothing to do with each other.

With Fusu's consent, Zhang Han jumped off his mount and, with a team of hunting dogs whose tails were shaking wildly but who made no sound, carefully headed in the direction where the deer's calls came from.

At the same time, the other cavalrymen slowly drove their horses to disperse the space around them.

Not long after, Zhang Han's shouts were heard in the jungle, interweaving with the chaotic barking of dogs.

Bang, bang, bang...

The chaotic sound of footsteps echoed in the dense forest.

Behind a group of dogs with their tails drooping and complaining constantly, there followed a male deer that was 1.5 meters tall and about 2 meters long. The male deer kept his head down, trying to use his antlers that were more than half long to provoke the hounds around him.

This is a wild animal called a deer, whose distinctive feature is that males have horns while females do not. Zhao Gao's remark "calling a deer a horse" may refer to female deer.

Facing this mature male deer - estimated to weigh around 300 kilograms based on its appearance - the sound just heard was that of two large deer vying for mates.

When the deer came out of the dense forest and saw the warriors riding on horses, it was obviously startled. It slid a short distance and stopped, then turned around and ran away out of natural instinct.

But unfortunately, it was too late.

There was a group of cavalry who had been waiting for the opportunity and were quickly blocking its escape route.

The hounds, with their tails hanging low, attacked without mercy.

Fusu took the spear handed to him by Meng Ying, tapped the horse lightly with his feet, causing the black horse to neigh and move, and quickly chased after the stag like a flash of light.

There was a sound of "poof".

With the help of horsepower, the spear penetrated the deer's neck and pushed it several feet away. The huge force immediately broke the deer's neck, causing it to lose signs of life instantly.

"Your Majesty's majesty is inviolable!"

"May the Qin State last forever!"

A series of thunderous shouts broke out among the cavalry.

Fusu waved his hand to greet everyone while his Wuzhui circled in place, and occasionally nodded and smiled at a few familiar faces.

Correspondingly, Li Cheng got off his horse, pushed away the hunting dogs surrounding the deer one by one, took out the gun from the saddle bag, and accurately pierced the heart of the struggling and whimpering stag on the ground.

Next, after receiving a water bag handed to him by several cavalrymen, he collected the precious blood flowing from the stag.

For deer, especially male deer, the blood has always been a scarce and precious nutrient in the past, and it often symbolizes strength and vitality.

Under the setting sun, a pile of deer legs lay on the stone platform in front of the Shanglinyuan Palace, with clear cut marks on each leg. The whole leg was placed on a large iron grill, and the heat was transmitted through the wood and charcoal, emitting a faint fragrance.

Fusu rolled up his sleeves, held a brush in his hand, and applied a sauce made of honey, pepper powder and salt on the surface of the sliced ​​venison, and evenly sprinkled it with melted fresh chicken fat.

According to the ancient "Zhou Li: Tianguan Zongzai", "In autumn, calf and deer are served, and chicken fat is served." "Calf and deer" refers to young deer, and "chicken fat" refers to chicken fat. This sentence means that in autumn, each vassal state needs to offer fresh young deer and chicken fat as a main ingredient to the emperor.

As the oil and sauce dripped onto the burning charcoal, the rich aroma spread with the breeze. On the table next to the stone platform sat a group of counselors, such as Wang Zhang, Li Daoyuan, and others; they watched all this with different moods. In sharp contrast to Wang Zhang, who looked worried, two young warriors named Li Cheng and Meng Ying were holding knives, looking forward to the food that was about to be served.

In the wooden box in the corner, there were a few shivering little animals - they were just brought into the forest by Wang Zhang to look for, and they were confirmed to be ordinary cats - leopard cat cubs. After close contact with these wild creatures, the little leopard cats have gradually adapted to the artificial environment.

In view of this situation, Fusu, who was both a general and a monarch, decided not to send these kittens back to the wild, but to raise them in the Lan Chi Palace. Although they did not have the powerful skills to catch voles, they could help control the reproduction of harmful rats to some extent.

Looking back in time, around the same time, people had domesticated cats from Africa. After waiting for Li Xin to wipe out the nomadic Qiang people in the north, Fusu planned to immediately organize a merchant group to go deep into the western Asian countries (now called "Western Regions"), not only to develop a stable trade route and obtain crops that have not yet spread to the Central Plains; but also to introduce a batch of new pet cats to catch mice.

Because even in the corners of the palace, rats could be seen from time to time. So he ordered several dog servants to lead small hunting dogs to search inside and outside the palace day and night to prevent rats from doing evil - this phenomenon was vividly jokingly called "real dogs catching rats!"

Rats not only steal food, but also spread the deadly plague. In that era without modern medical technology, once the plague broke out, apart from implementing regional isolation, the only thing left was to watch the cruel outcome of the epidemic: the number of patients increased day by day, and finally died helplessly - this was a situation that Fusu could not tolerate.

In order to guard against this potential threat, Fusu took out ink and a brush from his backpack and carefully recorded his thoughts. At this time, the roasted venison had already shown an attractive color - brass color with a dark burnt aroma, which made people salivate. After some chopped green onions were sprinkled on the surface of the venison, this delicacy added more depth to the flavor, and the effect of stimulating appetite was extreme.

In the early morning, when Fusu put on his battle robe and looked out over the training ground in the distance, he saw a line of Yulin cavalry divided into several groups, some doing infantry tactics exercises, some preparing for a cavalry duel on horseback. This scene foreshadowed the coming battle and the moment of glory.

On Fusu's left was the cavalry led by Chunsheng, which totaled 1200 people including him; on his right was a large team consisting of two large infantry camps.

Although the "slave-born sons" in the Yulin Army were not very old and the armor seemed a little ill-fitting on their bodies, they held their heads high and were as quiet as the mountains. Only the occasional neighing of war horses could be heard, and there was no other noise disturbing the air.

He is indeed worthy of being called the "God of War"! Fusu glanced at Han Xin and praised him silently in his heart. It is really amazing that he could shape nearly 10,000 "slave-born children" into what they are today in such a short period of time.

The reason is that Fusu pardoned their slave status, gave them a chance to live a hopeful life, and made them more serious in their training. Secondly, it was Han Xin's unique personal talent that made this possible.

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