After listening to Zhao Dan's idea, the eyes of many Zhao ministers present suddenly lit up.

You must know that the atmosphere of the Zhao State, or the Shandong States, is different from the Qin State, and although the social status of the merchants in the Zhao State is not high, at least they are not directly discriminated against in the form of legal provisions as in the Qin State.

In fact, it is not uncommon for the great nobles in the Zhao Kingdom to participate in business, but these are generally controlled by their relatives, and the great nobles themselves will not come forward.

But even so, as the big bosses of their own industries, these big aristocrats still know their own industries very well.

As Zhao continued to conquer various countries over the years, the original industries of each country were either swallowed up by these great nobles, or bought by the nobles at a low price, or obtained from Zhao Dan through rewards.

But while there is industry, population is a big problem.

For the sale of human beings, Zhao Dan controls it very strictly.

After all, Zhao Dan knows very well that the nobles of the family are the easiest place to hide the population, and once the population is taken away by the nobles of the family in the form of subordinates and concubines, then there will be a crisis of labor and military resources in Zhao State.

At this point, Zhao Dan received the full support of the Zhao military and the general support of the Zhao people, so even if many big nobles were dissatisfied, they still did not dare to disobey Zhao Dan's order that "Zhao people cannot be slaves".

Under such circumstances, the expansion of the industries of the great nobles was inevitably curbed.

Now, when they heard that there were so many people in this distant "India" country who could be used as laborers, these important ministers of Zhao State were naturally moved.

Exploiting their own people, to be honest, these big aristocrats still have a little bit of insignificant weakness and embarrassment, but if they want to exploit the alien Indians thousands of miles away, it can be said that there is no psychological pressure at all.

For Zhao Dan, there is no psychological pressure.

How did Western countries develop in later generations? It was not by exploiting the whole world, making black Africans slaves, making the Americas and Asia dumping grounds, even the Qing Dynasty was reduced to a semi-colony, and the customs management rights of the Qing Dynasty were even obtained by the British.

What a ridiculous thing it is, but others have the final say in their own customs, import and export goods and tax collection!

Push back the timeline a little further to the era before Zhao Dan crossed over, in that era, the reason why the US imperialists were able to dominate the world and the reason why they were able to boast about the American dream was really because of the superiority of the social system of the US imperialists?

Of course not. The reason why this is so is because after World War II and the Cold War, the US imperialists ensured their hegemony through a series of means, and were able to continuously absorb nutrients from the global economy, and truly achieved the goal of exploiting the entire earth, which is why there is a desirable life of US imperialism.

History tells Zhao Dan that the happiness of some people always comes at the expense of the misfortune of others, and the words that everyone develops together and works together to create a better tomorrow are basically deceiving children.

Since this is the case, then the people of Zhao State, or the Chinese nation, must not be able to bear the misfortune, so they can only ask Ah San and the Seleucids who now rule Central Asia and West Asia to make a small sacrifice.

Zheng Zhu couldn't help but speak at this time: "King, if you look at it from this map, it seems that this place called the 'Qinghai-Tibet Plateau' is closer, why did the king choose to go to the Western Regions, and then go south from the eastern Seleucid to India?" ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Li Mu with a smile.

Li Mu understood and said: "Zheng Qing doesn't know, the terrain of this Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is much higher than the Central Plains, and there is a high mountain that runs thousands of miles on the south side, which is very difficult to pass. The biggest challenge is that if the Central Plains soldiers go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they often suffer from strange diseases, such as headaches, brain fever, breathing difficulties, and physical exhaustion. ”

"What?" Zheng Zhu's face showed a look of surprise: "There is still such a thing? If that were the case, wouldn't it be impossible to conquer this region in the future? ”

Li Mudao: "It's not like that, according to the current situation, the Qiang people in the Xihai area will not have this symptom even if they go to the plateau, they only need to station the army in the Xihai area, so that the army can get used to this climate, as early as five years or seven years later, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau should be under the command of the king." ”

"Five, seven years?" This time was obviously not enough to satisfy the nobles present.

It's like a factory has a lot of orders, and the bosses are looking for workers all over the world, and an agent tells them that the workers do, but they have to wait three years......

You can't wait for three months!

Here it is necessary to talk about the atmosphere of the Zhao State, the Zhao State at this time, as Sima Qian said in the historical records, belongs to "the bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." The so-called "king of a thousand times, the prince of ten thousand families, and the king of a hundred rooms, are still suffering from poverty, and the people of the family are still poor!" ”

This is enough to prove how deeply rooted the business ideas of this era, or the idea of disliking the poor and loving the rich, even the rulers who are princes and princes are inevitably greatly affected.

Of course, this actually only exists in the six countries of Shandong, which are commercially developed, and if they are swept away by Great Qin as in history, the merchants can only lie dormant silently and continue to be the doglegs of the nobles.

But in any case, after such explanations and elaborations, all the important ministers of Longtai present expressed very clear support for the plan of the western expedition.

According to this plan, Li Mu will lead at least 50,000 cavalry along the Hexi Corridor into the Western Regions at the beginning of spring next year, striving to drive the Huns out of the Western Regions in a battle, and then sweep through the entire Bactrian region and open the way south to India.

Although it is said that the Mauryan Dynasty of India is now ruled by the most powerful king in Indian history, Zhao Dan still has enough confidence in his victory.

After all, the gunpowder weapons possessed by Zhao Jun are unique in this world, beyond the times, no matter how wise Ashoka is, no matter how brave the soldiers of the Mauryan Empire under his command are, they can only retreat in the face of many gunpowder weapons such as earth-shaking thunder and grenades.

Zhao Dan made a final elaboration for today's meeting.

"Zhuqing, don't be fooled by this mediocre Central Plains, and remember that 'under the Putian, it is not the king's land. On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister! Zhao Guoren will never rest on their laurels, let alone be rich and peaceful. We have to keep expanding, expanding, and expanding again, if one generation doesn't work, there will be two generations, and if two generations can't work, there will be five generations and ten generations! One day, the widow wants the whole world to become the paradise of my Chinese people! ”