99: Chapter 99 Brother-in-law Wang Li finally arrives in Xianyang!

Currently, the Forging Workshop was rushing to produce a large number of components for steam threshers, and a large group of soldiers were following Yang Lao to learn the lost-wax method.

Once they mastered the lost-wax method and gained the ability to hand-mold the casts, they would be the ones to forge the mingguang armor and Iron Pagoda that Zhao Fusu had been dreaming of.

The Forging Workshop also produced a large number of steel sabers every day to re-equip the army.

The most expensive parts of producing steel sabers were the molds and the labor.

The Hexagonal Boron Nitride Release Agent currently being produced was all used for the production of steam thresher components.

Therefore, every steel saber produced now used a one-time mold. After the casting was complete, the clay mold was smashed to obtain the steel saber.

Mass-producing steel sabers was also a significant expense.

Zhao Fusu had Yang Lao and the others remelt the recovered Bronze Swords and turn them into bronze cauldrons or agricultural sickles for sale, partly to cover these costs.

As soon as the bronze sickles were released, people began coming one after another to buy them.

Zhao Fusu believed that the people buying the bronze sickles must be related to anti-Qin forces.

It would be more accurate to call the newly forged bronze sickles "jijin sickles," and their price was exorbitantly high.

Commoners would certainly not buy these jijin sickles.

Only anti-Qin forces would likely buy them to use as military equipment.

Zhao Fusu was not worried about them buying the bronze sickles for use as weapons.

A steel saber could easily cut through a bronze sickle.

The anti-Qin forces buying bronze sickles in large quantities would instead allow the Forging Workshop to earn a lot of money to produce even more steel sabers to equip the troops.

It would both empty the pockets of the anti-Qin forces and upgrade the equipment of his own troops.

This move could be described as killing two birds with one stone!

Zhao Fusu didn't know which anti-Qin faction was going to be the sucker.

On the dirt road, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were transporting a large batch of sickles toward Fangling in the Chu Region.

As they traveled further from Xianyang onto remote country roads, many bandits set their sights on their cargo.

Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, and their party of dozens were attacked by a group of over a hundred bandits.

Without needing anyone else to lift a finger, Xiang Yu brandished a Bronze Sword and slaughtered the hundred-man bandit group until they wailed in terror, leaving a trail of corpses behind.

In war, Xiang Yu had always disliked deceptive tactics.

He preferred frontal charges, concentrating absolute force to crush the opponent from the front.

His "martial path of absolute power" style of fighting was such that, with equal numbers, even the God of War Han Xin would shake his head in resignation.

"Exhilarating!"

"Exhilarating!"

Xiang Yu fought with growing excitement, the bandits' blood spraying onto his face, making him look like an invincible and all-conquering demon god.

"They saw me, Xiang Yu, and instead of surrendering, they actually dared to attack me? They must be tired of living!"

Xiang Yu's chin was held high.

Not just a hundred bandits—even if there were a thousand, he could still make them wail in despair.

He alone was a match for a thousand men.

"Alright, Yuer, we shouldn't stay here for long."

Xiang Liang said to Xiang Yu, "Let's leave quickly and deliver this batch of goods to Fangling to sell to that big sucker, King Qian of Zhao."

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

...

At King Qian of Zhao's residence in Fangling, Chu Region, King Qian of Zhao sneezed several times in a row again.

"Has my health really deteriorated to this point?"

King Qian of Zhao was speechless; he was standing right under the sun and yet he was still sneezing!

Meanwhile, on the Qin Straight Road, a travel-worn contingent of the Qin Army finally arrived at Xianyang.

The man leading them was as sturdy as a Huben guard, riding a tall horse.

His gaze frequently drifted toward the items their Qin Army unit was escorting.

Those items were what Zhao Fusu had personally notified Meng Tian about, ordering the Vice General Wang Li to lead a thousand Qin soldiers to escort them back.

Seeing how much Zhao Fusu valued the items, Wang Li had not dared to slacken for a moment along the way, fearing any accidents.

Even though they had now reached Xianyang, Wang Li remained on high alert.

This was a mission assigned by His Majesty the Head of State. He, Wang Li, could die, but the task given by His Majesty the Head of State had to be completed.

The mission from His Majesty the Head of State was more important than his own life.

News of Wang Li leading the Qin Army to Xianyang was quickly reported to Zhao Fusu.

"My brother-in-law, he's finally here!"

Zhao Fusu was overjoyed at the news.

He had been looking forward to his brother-in-law's arrival for a long time.

After much longing, his brother-in-law had finally returned from Shangjun with those goods.

He took his soldiers and went personally to welcome Wang Li into Xianyang.

Li Si, Feng Quji, as well as Wang Xia and General Wang Jian, were all alerted.

Not only them, but a large number of Shadow Guards also went into motion.

Through the Shadow Guards, the First Emperor also learned that Zhao Fusu was going to establish the Great Qin Empire Weekly.

Zhao Fusu had the people running the newspaper specifically reserve the front page for content he would personally determine.

The First Emperor was also curious about what exactly Zhao Fusu intended to publish on the front page of the Great Qin Empire Weekly.

Upon hearing that Wang Li had arrived outside Xianyang, Li Si practically didn't even put on his shoes before ordering his servants to prepare a carriage to go to Wang Li's camp outside the city.

He was impatient to know what exactly Wang Li had brought back from Shangjun.

Previously, Li Si had guessed several times what Zhao Fusu would publish on the front page of the Great Qin Empire Weekly.

He had guessed the Steam Engine, and he had also guessed the steam thresher and steam rotary tiller.

But without exception, all of these guesses were denied by Zhao Fusu.

Zhao Fusu had told him repeatedly that he would know once Wang Li brought that item back from Shangjun.

This made Li Si even more eager to know what the item Zhao Fusu spoke of was, and what content Zhao Fusu intended to publish on the front page of the Great Qin Empire Weekly.

Although Li Si still didn't know what Zhao Fusu wanted to publish on the front page of the Great Qin Empire Weekly...

Based on his understanding of Zhao Fusu, he knew very well that the content for the front page of the Great Qin Empire Weekly would certainly be more explosive than things like the Steam Engine, steam thresher, or steam rotary tiller.

This made Li Si increasingly desperate to know what Wang Li had brought back from Shangjun.

"Faster, faster!"

"Even faster!"

Sitting in the carriage, Li Si constantly urged the driver to reach Wang Li's camp as quickly as possible.

Wang Xia, General Wang Jian, Feng Quji, and even Wei Liao also hurried toward Wang Li's camp on horseback.

All at once, the nobles of Xianyang focused their attention on Wang Li's camp outside the city.

They had all heard more or less that Zhao Fusu had specifically instructed the Great Qin Empire General Administration of Press and Publication to leave the front page of the Great Qin Empire Weekly blank, waiting for an item Wang Li was bringing back from Shangjun.