Back in Xianyang, Montenegro reported the inspection situation to the king of Qin in detail, and because of the merit in suppressing the bandits, the 500 subordinates of the same company were rewarded.

Big Brother Guang opened a porcelain shop in Xianyang a year ago, specializing in selling Nanyang's own porcelain, and the business is also very good. Montenegro decided to run his eldest brother's porcelain business well, so he wrote to his teacher Meng Zhao to help carve two seals, one large and one small, and the seal had only one word, Qin Seal "light". A small seal is stamped on the bottom of each piece of porcelain as a trademark. He also designed a beautiful mahogany box, the four corners are inlaid with bronze patterns, the bottom is cushioned with red silk, and the box is printed with the font number of Nanyang Kiln. It also spent a lot of money to renovate the store. When the first batch of wine and tea sets with trademarks were shipped to Xianyang, Montenegro personally selected the most perfect 300 sets from a truckload of porcelain and put them into a beautiful mahogany box, and the porcelain in the box immediately became brilliant and very high-end.

"Is it pretty?" Montenegro asked Big Brother Light.

"Pretty is beautiful, a box costs six hundred yuan, and the porcelain in me used to sell for two hundred yuan, and the total cost is eight hundred yuan, can it be sold?" Big Brother Guang wondered.

"In the future, those who put it in a box will sell it for fifty gold each! Don't sell below this price! Montenegro replied.

"You're crazy, aren't you? A pot of eight cups sells for fifty gold? That's what gold is made of. Big Brother Guang said.

"We're going crazy and selling like this, and we don't bargain. You listen to me and try it, if you can't sell it after three months, you will handle it yourself! Montenegro replied.

"How do you sell the rest of the pick?" Big Brother Hikari asked.

"All smashed!" Montenegro said, "Just go to the door of the store and smash it." None of them are sold! ”

"Smashed? Do you know that this big kiln needs hundreds of workers to work for half a month to do a good job, why did you smash it? Fifteen dollars a piece, so it sells very well! "Big brother Guang thinks Montenegro is really crazy!

"Listen to me, just three months, I promise you will never regret it." Montenegro said resolutely.

The reopening of the South Sunshine Kiln porcelain shop immediately caused a sensation in the city. The shop is resplendent and luxurious, with several sets of solid wood tables and chairs that are exactly the same as those of later generations for customers to drink tea and chat. At each table, there is a well-dressed and beautiful-looking female clerk who is responsible for making tea for the guests, and a musician plays the Qin Zheng for the guests. The most eye-catching thing is a large pile of beautiful porcelain at the door, which is smashed hundreds of pieces every day. Many passers-by talked about it, saying that it was a pity that such a beautiful porcelain was smashed, and the original high price was all down. The beauties in the shop will answer seriously: "These are porcelain with slight flaws, we only sell the most perfect to customers, welcome to come in and appreciate!" ”

After looking at the price, most people said that the owner of this shop was crazy about money. Half a month has passed, and the whole Xianyang City is talking about this matter, but no one has come to buy it. The beautiful clerks in the store also began to breathe, and they lost their passion at the beginning, and they were so anxious that the eldest brother turned around.

Montenegro feels it's time for the fire! Call all the subordinates, explain it, withdraw the money yourself, and let them take turns to go to the store to "buy" a set of tea sets and go home.

When the whole country had a bumper harvest, Meng Tian reported two good things: one was that Mao Dunshan Yu paid tribute to the King of Qin with 50,000 good horses, which had been sent to the grassland. The second is that the caravan sent back from the most distant county of Ile in Great Qin has entered from the northwest border of the empire and is about to arrive. The king of Qin was overjoyed, and the empire set up more than 40 new counties along the rivers and lakes in the northern grasslands, attracting a large number of Xiongnu remnants to cultivate and graze, and there was no longer a shortage of war horses. However, the Xiongnu's tribute to the Central Plains was unprecedented and of great significance. The distant county of Illes sent back the merchant group, allowing the empire to open up the mysterious world of the West for the first time. The king of Qin was overjoyed and ordered the Yilie caravan to be carefully taken care of along the way, and let the envoys of Maudun enter Xianyang to worship.

September 9 is an important festival in Daqin, and this year, all the official warehouses across the country are piled up with all kinds of grain. The counties of Zhao also achieved an unprecedented bumper harvest. On this day, the country celebrates the harvest.

On this day, the Qin State held a great court meeting to receive the Xiongnu envoys and the envoys of Yile County, and the main hall of Xianyang Palace was crowded with civil and military officials.

Three Xiongnu envoys entered the place to present their letters of state, saying: "The Xiongnu Mao Dunshan will always submit to Daqin, and is willing to form an alliance with Daqin as a father and son." It is hoped that Daqin will open up the northern border trade. Children are allowed to graze around the Wolf Juxu Mountain. ”

The alliance of father and son, Manton calls himself Shan Yu, which shows that the Xiongnu gave Daqin enough face. King Qin thought for a while and asked, "Everyone, Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Li Si immediately came out and said: "I think that it must not be." The Huns were ambitious and wolf-like, and this move was to emulate the king of Yue, Goujian, who had bad intentions. If you indulge today, he will become a great disaster in the future! Immediately, many ministers of civil and military affairs agreed.

At this time, Prime Minister Wang Juan stood up and said: "When Qin Xianggong first sealed the princes, the people were only tens of thousands, and the soldiers were only 20,000. The reason why it is so powerful today is that it has become strong by constantly integrating the western Zhurong, Yiqu, Loufu, and Xiongnu tribes. Now the above departments account for more than half of the Great Qin Army, which is the reason why the Qin Army can sweep the world. We have set up more than 40 counties in the north, educated countless Huns, and made them the subjects of the Great Qin Empire, why can't we let the Huns from farther away also integrate into this big family of Great Qin? The prime minister's words have attracted more people's approval.

People of both opinions argued. Montenegro also stood up and said loudly: "King Qin, the minister was still a grass people in Korea four years ago, and King Qin has today's Yingchuan County and Nanyang County because he regards the Koreans as his own people. Last year, the people of Zhao Di regarded Great Qin as a tyrannical Qin, and now they are living a better life than before in the favor of the King of Qin. Although Qin Jian can only defeat the enemy for a while, the follow-up promotion of Qin Law and the education of the people are the foundation of the long-term. Regardless of whether Mao Dun is sincere or not, we just need to build a city near Wolf Juxu Mountain and implement Qin Law and Qin Yan. Let the Xiongnu people live a better life, Mao Dun just wanted to rebel, and no people followed him. This is the ultimate goal of the war, the foundation of the strength of the Qin State. ”

"General Montenegro is right, before King Zhaoxiang, Daqin and Yiqu fought a bloody war for hundreds of years, and subdued the King of Yiqu many times, but it was useless, until Empress Dowager Xuan set up counties in Yiliang, and the implementation of Qin Law has today's Beidi County and Shang County. Now if anyone claims to be the king of Yiqu rebels, a pavilion chief can clean him up! Wei Yu said.

"Zun Mao Dun invited to build a city near Wolf Juxu Mountain, and let Mao Dun send his princes to Xianyang to study and learn Qin law." King Qin said.

The court summoned officials who had returned from the county of Ille. The person who came saluted the king of Qin and said, "The official city of Yile County ordered Qin Feng to meet the king of Qin on the orders of Yilie Jun, Princess Yile, and Yile County Lieutenant. ”

King Qin immediately stood up, walked up to Qin Feng, held Qin Feng's hands with both hands, and helped him stand up. "The official city official is a civil official, how did your hand become like this!" Seeing that Qin Feng's hands were very rough, King Qin asked.

"King Qin, we only arrived in Yirejun at the end of last autumn, and Yilie has been robbed and burned down, and there is a ruin. Lord Qin Zhong led everyone to rebuild the city and reclaim the wasteland in the spring. Due to the lack of tools, we had to work with our bare hands for a winter, and our hands became like this! Qin Feng replied.

"Qin Feng, you are also surnamed Qin?" King Qin asked.

"Lord Qin Zhong said that we are all from the distant Great Qin, and we must not forget that we are Qin people, so all the past Qin people in the land of China voluntarily changed their surnames to Qin." Qin Feng replied.

"Good! Qin Zhong did not disappoint the widow. I suffered a lot on the way! King Qin patted Chunfeng's shoulder and asked.

"The grassland crosses two large deserts and a large snowy mountain to the west, and it takes seven months to return to Daqin. In winter, the mountains are covered with heavy snowfall, and the roads are impassable. You can only go once a year, and you can go back and forth every two years. Qin Feng said.

"Thank you for your hard work! When you come back this time, what good things did you bring back? King Qin asked.

"There are fourteen little tigers, 500 catties of cotton seeds, and 200 catties of sweet potato seeds." Qin Feng said, took out a silk book and handed it to King Qin.

"Bring it on and have a look!" King Qin said.

A few Lang Wei carried up a few bags of seeds and a dozen tiger cubs in iron cages.

At first glance, Montenegro is a common cat in later generations. Everyone praised it when they saw it. I saw that this shape was smaller than a dog, resembling a tiger but not having the wildness of a tiger, a little more docile and cute.

"This is the little tiger?" King Qin also asked in surprise.

"O king, this and the animal came to Ile from the west of Eli, and they have been trained and are very docile. Good at climbing trees, flying rafters and walking on the wall like walking on the ground. They like to eat fish, porridge, and rice, and are the natural enemies of rats! Therefore, every household in the Western Regions is raising it and is regarded as a mascot! It guards the granary and can prevent rodent infestation! Qin Feng said.

"Good things, order the painter to draw its appearance, post it everywhere in Xianyang, and inform the people that no one is allowed to hurt the little tiger." King Qin said.

"Since this little tiger is a mascot, let's choose a new name to distinguish it from the tiger! So that it is convenient to legislate to protect it! The prime minister suggested.

At this time, more than a dozen cats were meowing. King Qin thought for a while, personally picked up the pen and wrote down the word "cat", and said: "This word reads cat, and it will be called a cat in the future!" ”

King Qin looked at the bags of seeds again. Qin Feng introduced: "I only know that the cotton grown from this cotton seed can be woven into cloth, just like the cotton from the Xiongnu captured two years ago. We called it sweet potatoes in the form of lumps, and they were very sweet, and Princess Alina said it was a good thing, and she sent a few Eli men back with me to teach us how to grow them. ”

"All the Jinjue who came back with Qin Feng will be rewarded with 100 gold each." King Qin immediately rewarded Qin Feng and the others, and said to Zheng Guo: "Old Ling, the Yile people and seeds will be handed over to you!" "Zheng Guo is now an important minister of Jiuqing, but the King of Qin still affectionately calls him Lao Ling, which is very cordial.

"Your Majesty, when Wenxin Hou Lü Buwei summoned hundreds of sons to Xianyang, there were peasant families among them. After entering the Qin Dynasty, the peasants ate and lived together with the people of Guanzhong, improved tools such as plows and harrows, and improved the methods of fertile fertilizer, which greatly increased the output of land in Guanzhong. Later, due to the eviction order, he left Qin and never returned. Wangwang issued an edict and re-summoned the peasants to Xianyang. They are responsible for the cultivation and promotion of these new crops, which will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort. Zheng Guo suggested.

The expulsion order was a big mistake made by King Qin as soon as he took office, and no one dared to mention it in front of King Qin for more than ten years. They were all sweating for Zheng Guo, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"Among the hundreds of sons, there are even peasant families, and the widow is so ignorant, and the widow is also at fault." The king of Qin was not angry, and said: "Immediately issue an edict to the whole country and send envoys to Yan, Qi, Wei, and Chu to summon the world's peasants to Xianyang." Pavilions and posts in various places, but there are self-proclaimed farmhouses to stay, and they are all treated with the courtesy of a doctor. ”

After the dispersal, Hei just returned to the mansion, and the eldest brother Guang said excitedly: "In the past few days, I can sell two or three sets of tea sets and wine sets every day, and in this way, the profit is fifty times that of before." ”

"Big brother, if you go back to Zhangzhuang, you can try to produce bowls! Also, there are more glazes to debug. A variety of colored clay and stones are purchased at a high price to make glaze. With a water wheeler, glaze making will be much easier. Montenegro said.

"I was just going home once a few days ago! Do it now! The eldest brother replied.

"Tell the general, Qin Feng is coming!" The guards came to report.

"Please come into your room!" I'll change my clothes and come.

Qin Feng used to be the commander of the black slaves, and often went to the Black Mountain Mansion with the black slaves, and later followed the black slaves to Ille. It can be regarded as a soldier of Montenegro.

As soon as he walked into the guest room, Qin Feng hurriedly got up and saluted, and said, "Entrusted by Alina and Qin Zhong, I have come to visit the general!" ”

"No courtesy, sit down!" Montenegro greeted this former subordinate warmly.

"These two cats were brought to you by Princess Alina." Qin Feng handed a delicate cage and two letters to Montenegro, and inside the cage were two cats, one black and one white, very cute!

As soon as Montenegro saw the color of the two cats, he immediately understood Princess Alina's heart, and said, "Princess Alina has a heart!" Are they all okay? ”

"The princess and Qin Zhong are in good health, but Irejun was injured when he was a slave in the Huns, and I'm afraid his life will not be long!" Qin Feng replied.

At this time, two nieces came running and shouted, "I want to see the little tiger!" ”

"This will be called a cat from now on, you take it, choose to lock it up and feed it for three days, and then release it when they recognize their owners. Remember to tell Xiao Hei not to bully them! Montenegro explained to his two nieces.

The two little nieces, who were seven and nine years old, walked away happily when they mentioned the cat.

Montenegro picked up two silk books, the first of which was written by Alina, and in addition to telling about the current situation of Eli, it was full of longing. The second letter was written by a black slave, and in addition to greetings, it mentioned many difficulties, mainly because of the lack of manpower brought with them, and the white man was tall and free, and he was free and slow to obey the decrees of the Great Qin government.

Montenegro thought for a while and said, "I will suggest that King Qin send a team into the Western Regions, the country of Yilie is too important, you must gain a firm foothold there." ”

Montenegro took Qin Feng to visit his old boss Wei Yu. A detailed description of the current situation and the lieutenant of Ille.

"Montenegro, what do you think?" Wei Yu asked.

"I would like to suggest that the government recruit another 10,000 volunteers to Yile to assist Qin Zhong in opening the passage from Yile to Great Qin. Subdue more Westerners. Operating the Western Regions is of great significance to Great Qin, and the various seeds brought back by Qin Feng this time are of no less significance than corn! Montenegro said.

"That's what I mean, let's go to the King of Qin together, and start recruiting volunteers from all over the country to enter the Western Regions." Wei Xuanzi said.

Two hours later, he received the approval of the King of Qin, agreeing to recruit 30,000 volunteers from Great Qin, Yan, Qi, Wei, and Chu to go to Yile County in the spring. From Ille County to the east, the Chi Road was repaired, and the general Meng Tian was from Beidi County to the west to build the Trade Road.

"It seems that King Qin attaches more importance to running the Western Regions than we do." Wei Yu said.