Great Qin's twenty western regions had now also become regions without cities. Added to the twenty-two eastern regions, twenty-five southern regions, and the original ten northern regions, there were now seventy-seven regions in total.
Of the northern regions, Great Qin had only cleared three areas before the great chaotic age began, war erupted afterward, and the effort came to a halt.
Seventy-seven minus three meant Great Qin now had to clear seventy-four regions—more than twice its current territory. Clearing so many regions would be another colossal undertaking, and no one knew how long it would take. Great Qin would be spending a long time on this.
Great Qin would enter another period of stability. Zhao Fu had not expected to gain more than seventy regions so quickly. It seemed the national territory districts from the second round of planning had been somewhat too small and would have to be replanned.
During this period, besides clearing regions, Great Qin continued sending envoys to every region, strengthening Great Qin's ties with them and persuading them to join Great Qin as well. The previous example of eighty main cities joining Great Qin was an excellent one.
Gaining forty million people and eight million soldiers for nothing was undoubtedly a good thing. Great Qin now possessed sufficient advantages and strength to draw them into joining Great Qin.
Great Qin's envoy system used scholars as emissaries to travel to various regions, swallowing one region after another through peaceful means. People from all sides greatly praised it, and some factions began imitating it one after another.
The Warring States era was about to begin. This envoy system would shine even more brilliantly in the future, with envoys from every nation coming and going without end and missions constantly being dispatched from all sides. It could be