Bitumen!

Asphalt can be mainly divided into three types: coal coke asphalt, petroleum asphalt and natural asphalt.

Among them, coal coke bitumen is a by-product of coking, and petroleum bitumen is the residue after distillation of crude oil.

Natural bitumen is stored underground, and some form layers or accumulate on the surface of the earth's crust.

Asphalt is mainly used in coatings, plastics, rubber and other industries, as well as paving roads.

In Daqin's time, at least for now, its only role was to serve as a binder and pave the road.

Natural asphalt is formed by the long-term extrusion of petroleum in nature by the earth's crust and gradual changes in contact with air and water.

Most of this asphalt has been naturally evaporated and oxidized, and generally does not contain any toxins.

And most importantly, Yinggao clearly knows that the largest asphalt vein in the Central Plains is in Shu County.

To the north of Jiaming Pass, that is, the area of Longmen Mountain in Guangyuan in later generations.

With a large natural asphalt vein and asphalt concrete that has been researched in the laboratory, Incoco has the confidence to participate in it.

Chidao was originally a huge expense, although it was beneficial to the country and the people, but for the Great Qin court, it was a great trauma.

Yinggao has calculated countless times by himself, and even considered many times the problems that arise because of the gallop.

He felt that this was an opportunity, a good opportunity to impact the original system.

Since Shang Jun's change of law, it has always been Daqin's insistence, which was understandable in that era, but in this era, it is no longer a help, but a constraint.

In that era, the jingle of the Great Qin poverty was naturally to encourage fertility, farming, and war.

However, now that Great Qin is about to annex the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, it is already the largest power in the world, and it needs to change its concept.

And the most important thing is that the crops on the Central Plains are not easy to grow, and they are not easy to harvest, and the harvest is not high.

This means that it will be a big trouble to reinforce the cost and suppress the last, and the merchants will promote circulation together, and there will be too many places where Daqin needs money in the future, giving birth to the merchants, collecting heavy taxes, and winning over the merchants? It has become an imminent matter for the Great Qin Imperial Court.

Just all the time? Ying Zheng and the others didn't care about this matter, as if they had never noticed the disadvantages of focusing on the basics and suppressing the last.

So? At this time? There was no way, Yinggao directly pointed out.

After half a ring? Ying Zheng looked at Zheng Guo and the others, and said, "About this matter? After you Aiqing went down, we discussed one or two? Tomorrow's Zhisu Inner Historian's Office will give Lone a strategy! ”

"No."

Nodding in agreement, Zheng Guo and the others got up and were about to leave, at this moment, Yinggao was very eye-catching and wanted to keep up? I heard Ying Zheng's voice coming slowly.

"Childe Gao stays!"

"No."

Footsteps? Ying Gao watched Meng Tian and the others leave, and for a while, only Ying Zheng and Ying Gao's father and son were left in the study again.

After taking a sip of tea, Ying Zheng put down the tea cup and shook his head at Ying Gao? Said: "Do you know that it is my Great Qin national policy to focus on the original and suppress the last, and now the east is about to rise?" Is stability the main thing? ”

Returning to sit down again, Ying Gao raised his head and looked directly at Ying Zheng? He arched his hand and said, "Doesn't my father think of this national policy?" Isn't it becoming more and more unsuitable for Daqin? ”

Father and son? Each has its own position.

A rhetorical question this time? Destined to ask nothing.

The atmosphere in the study became more solemn, and neither father nor son spoke, just looked at each other.

"Da Qin Dong is about to leave, and Gu doesn't want an accident, do you understand?"

Ying Zheng looked at Ying Gao, paused word by word, and said: "The policy of focusing on the foundation and suppressing the end is the policy of the merchant king, and it has been implemented in Daqin for a hundred years, how can it be messed up." ”

"Father, Great Qin is no longer the Qin State in the northwest, but a big country that is about to go east, annex the Six Kingdoms, and complete the unification of the Central Plains."

"There is no one before, and there is no one after!"

Ying Gao's tone was solemn, and he arched his hand towards Ying Zheng, and said: "In today's situation, it is no longer suitable to focus on the basics and suppress the last." ”

"Shinong industry and commerce, the four major classes, the class of scholars, there are disciples of the Xue Palace, although they have an impact on Daqin, they are not big."

"After the annexation of the Six Kingdoms, if Great Qin wants long-term peace and stability, it is necessary to improve the status of merchants and win over merchants from all over the world to stand on the side of Great Qin."

"Raise the country with commercial taxes, reduce or exempt agricultural taxes, so as to show grace to the world and win over farmers to stand on the side of Daqin, so that Shinong, industry and commerce are all interested in Daqin."

"Father, if there is a way to be poor, change is passable, and if it is not stimulated by businessmen, without the stimulation of commercial taxes, even if it is the establishment of checkpoints and the establishment of the Road Administration Department, it is just beyond its means."

"Every year's maintenance, the maintenance of the Highway Administration Office, needs to be funded from the imperial court, so that the Great Qin Imperial Court will definitely be worse."

"With the war, the fullness of the Great Qin treasury cannot be compared with the present!"

……

Ying Zheng's eyes were like torches, and he deduced some Yinggao's words in his heart, and he clearly realized that this matter was feasible.

It's just that the hundred-year-old tradition is subverted, even if it is the Qin Wangzheng, he is a little apprehensive for a while, after all, there is no problem with Daqin for the time being.

And once the reform is carried out, if one is not handled well, there is a chance that there will be problems immediately in Daqin.

The most important thing is that since ancient times, all reformers have died without a place to be buried, which makes Ying Zheng hesitate somewhat in his heart.

"The revitalization of businessmen, even if it is really to be implemented, you need to take the lead, this matter is not in a hurry, I am thinking about it for a while."

Ying Zheng glanced at Ying Gao: "After all, you still have to conquer the Great Moon Clan, go south to the south of the pole, and there will be no time in a short time." ”

"The matter of galloping must be properly handled before going south to the south, and Erchen will complete the expedition to the northwest in the shortest possible time."

For things that are beneficial to Daqin, Yinggao is sparing no effort to complete, in his opinion, everything he does is attached to the country of Daqin.

As the descendant of the royal family surnamed Ying, it makes Daqin more prosperous, which is the innate glory of Yinggao.

It's also a responsibility!

"Father, Great Qin can't keep the old system, we have to learn to change, as a country that is about to annex the Six Kingdoms, learning to change is the most important thing."

"Among the Six Kingdoms, except for the human race, other aspects are fundamentally different, and if you want to integrate the Central Plains, the Great Qin Imperial Court must learn to change."

"There is a sentence in the son's heart that he does not vomit and is unhappy, and it can be regarded as a sentence that the son sent to his father: the sky is not enough to fear, the ancestors are not enough to be afraid, and the words of people are not enough to be compassionate!"

"Just like the Shang monarch said: as long as the king can make the country strong, he does not have to follow the old law; As long as it is beneficial to the people, there is no need to follow the old etiquette. ”

"A strong country is fundamental, and the legal etiquette system is outdated!"