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Chapter 175 The Great Qin Princess (8)
Human beings have their own laws of development, and each era has its own representative figures. Although gods have extraordinary abilities, if they intervene in human affairs, it is only a temporary solution.
As humanity continued to multiply and thrive, it sought ways of survival that suited it, and over time, the fortunes of humanity grew ever stronger.
It's a pity that the human race will never have a human emperor again. I hope that those gods and Buddhas who schemed against the fate of the human world will receive their due retribution!
Wangyou used her Word of Power in her last thought and clearly felt that her merit points had decreased by one-fifth, a devastating loss.
However, this time Wangyou cursed a large number of gods and Buddhas, and one-fifth of the merit was already very little, because those gods and Buddhas all began to have bad luck in different ways.
For example, the lotus platform beneath Shakyamuni Buddha, who was preaching at the Great Thunder Temple, suddenly exploded, and the jade vase in Guanyin's hand suddenly burst. Not only that, all the Buddhas, including Shakyamuni Buddha, suffered a backlash, and the fortune they had taken from the human world was flowing back to the human realm at an extremely slow speed.
The Heavenly Court, perhaps because it didn't receive as much fortune, didn't suffer as severe a backlash as the Buddhist realm.
The biggest driving force behind this struggle for destiny, Hongjun, suffered the most severe backlash. The Heavenly Dao seized the opportunity in an instant and completely erased Hongjun's consciousness.
Wangyou had a premonition, and she thought that at most the ordinary gods and Buddhas would be unlucky, but it turned out that the evil had backfired on Hongjun. For the first time in her life, Wangyou became curious about herself.
But it was only for a moment; soon, Wangyou put it all behind her.
Without the restrictions of gods and Buddhas, the fortune of the human world is slowly recovering and growing stronger. As the most outstanding emperor of the time, Ying Zheng is favored by the fortune, because Wangyou saw that the black bird symbolizing the Qin Dynasty had become much fatter.
Wangyou couldn't help but smile; now, she was not far from lying down.
"Auntie, what are you laughing at?"
"I suddenly thought of something good." Wangyou didn't elaborate, "How long until we can take it down?"
"At most three days!" Ying Zheng's tone was full of confidence.
"Then you keep an eye on the battlefield. I'll take some men to explore the territory we just captured, and maybe look for some mineral resources." Wangyou stopped watching the sword fights on the battlefield.
"Okay, bring more people."
"I'll take my own guards, you can keep your men!" Wangyou said before leaving.
In later generations, this place was filled with yellow sand, but now it has lush green trees and red flowers, and the air quality is naturally excellent.
It seems that after conquering this place, we still need to tell Ying Zheng that we must protect the environment, otherwise this place will eventually turn into desert. Combating desertification is really too difficult.
Although the desert scenery is beautiful, if you have a choice, it's better to avoid the desert.
Wangyou led her soldiers to survey the terrain and explore mineral resources. To be honest, they found quite a few. Xinjiang is now the territory of the Yuezhi, and it is indeed the place with the highest coal production in the country.
Of course, they also found a gold mine, the kind of gold that's like fine sand, which requires gold prospectors.
Three days later, the Yuezhi were officially incorporated into the territory of the Qin Dynasty. The Yuezhi ruler submitted to the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty also sent troops to garrison the area.
"Our Qin population is still too small. Once we defeat the Qiang and Baiyue, we will need to recuperate," Ying Zheng said with some regret.
"Take it slow, don't rush. Taking too big a step will be too wasteful of manpower and resources, and we will also run into problems if we don't have enough soldiers to guard the area."
“Aunt, I know. I don’t plan to start another war in ten years. I’ll focus on developing our internal strength first. As for external threats, I can send envoys to persuade them to surrender or do business with them. It’s always beneficial.”
Upon returning to the capital, Ying Zheng ordered a census. The total population of Qin was only a little over two million, which was far from enough to expand the territory.
Therefore, Ying Zheng decreed that men and women who had reached the age of eighteen must marry, and families with many children could receive rewards. Of course, this did not mean simply encouraging people to have children, but rather adding that they must take good care of their health before they could conceive.
This ensures the quality of the children born and also prevents people from risking their lives to have children for a small reward. Such behavior, once discovered, will be punished with the death penalty.
Wangyou also participated, and she was trying her best to protect women's rights, but given the circumstances in the country, unless men can also give birth.
For women who excel in military and political affairs, Wangyou would selectively administer either a fertility pill or a fertility pill, because these pills, after being modified by Wangyou, would not only not harm the body but would also nourish it.
However, the medicinal materials used in the process are extremely precious, many of which were obtained by her in the cultivation world and do not exist in this plane. Therefore, it is not realistic to use them on a large scale, so they can only be distributed as rewards.
To prevent women from being confined to the backyard and forced to give birth repeatedly, this reward was made public nationwide. Only those who have given birth know how painful childbirth is, and with specialized agencies distributed throughout the counties, no one wanted to try the Qin law.
Wangyou was not idle in response; she trained batches of obstetricians and gynecologists and distributed them to various counties to prevent people from dying in childbirth due to lack of timely treatment.
The Qin Dynasty still practices the military merit system, and this system will follow the people of Qin for a long time, unless one day the population of Qin becomes too large and the army needs to be reduced, in which case this law may be abolished.
After implementing a series of measures, another year passed in the blink of an eye, and Ying Zheng's other children also grew up one after another.
One day, while Wangyou was drinking tea, Yingzheng asked her when she was going to get married, which nearly made Wangyou choke and die.
What are you doing?
"Aunt, I think if you had a child, he would be very outstanding." Ying Zheng really wanted one; he hadn't been able to have a younger brother in his previous life.
"Don't even think about it. I can't have any more children, not even with a fertility pill. It's a limitation I have," Wangyou said with a smile.
Ying Zheng never asked again, only saying, "Aunt, why don't you help me take care of the child?"
Wangyou glanced at Ying Zheng and said, "Alright, then you should have more children to contribute to population growth."
After leaving the palace, Wangyou was followed by a string of children. Anyway, she was just herding one sheep or a flock of sheep, so there was no difference. Besides, it wouldn't be bad to put them in kindergarten. After all, there are always naughty kids, and they will be taught a lesson by other naughty kids.
When it comes to the education of children, Wangyou strives to promote their all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. The teachers in the academy include both men and women, and their teaching methods may differ or be similar, but in general, it is all good for the Great Qin.
However, Ying Zheng listened to advice, and within two years, this person had given birth to seven or eight children. Wangyou was speechless, wondering why he was never so obedient in other matters.
When Wangyou asked him later, Ying Zheng replied confidently, "My excellent genes should be passed down in greater quantities!"