The word empire that Bai Hui said made Bai Qi's heart warm when he heard it.

Bai Qi's eyes were burning, he liked the idea of dominating the world, and it was also his goal.

Bai Hui continued: "Then this is the southern route, the pure sea route. We went all the way south, to the Annam Peninsula, then to the Strait of Malacca, then to the dangerous Tianzhu Ocean, then to the Red Sea, and then to the Mediterranean Sea through Egypt. Egypt is the highest pure slave country of the pharaohs, and the level of civilization is not lower than that of our Zhou royal family. ”

"Also, don't ask me why I understand this, I know the first two thousand and the last two thousand." Bai Hui grinned.

Bai Qi slapped Bai Hui's head: "In front of the king, be respectful." ”

After the Empress Dowager Xuan looked at the map carefully, she said slowly: "This palace believes that you do know that you do know that there are four thousand years up, and even if you see something, you may not know its value, so what do you think it should be next?" ”

"The three things that need to be done most at the moment are making glass, making cement, and planting cotton."

Bai Hui took out a ball of cotton: "Queen Mother, this thing is the best clothing in the world." ”

Bai Hui knows a lot about cotton, and modern life in later generations is almost inseparable from cotton, even if there are countless synthetic fibers, cotton can never be missing.

In later generations, cotton is definitely more expensive and more comfortable than man-made fibers.

Bai Hui spoke for half an hour with only one cotton.

At the end, Empress Dowager Xuan said: "This thing is more important than cement, and cotton is used to prosper Daqin." ”

"That's right, when the cotton production reaches 100,000 tun per year, the value generated is enough to build Chang'an City. This is a strategic-grade material, at the same level as iron, salt, and grain. ”

"Yes."

King Qin asked Bai Hui at this time: "I thought that you came to the palace to ask for money and food." ”

"Don't want it, there is a trade route in the Western Regions, this wealth is rolling in, and now I am asking for a little money and food just to improve the equipment of the four guards. With this amount of money and food, I believe that only horses, sheep and other things in the Western Regions are enough for me to earn enough money. ”

Looking at Bai Hui's confident appearance, King Qin was shocked at how Bai Hui was so confident in the value of the Western Regions Trade Route.

King Qin asked his question, and Bai Hui replied, "Brother Wang, the value generated by foreign trade is unimaginably high. And the three things we have in our possession, tea, porcelain, and silk, are the most valuable commodities in the world, and nothing can compare with these three. Unique products are precious, but the quantity is limited, and ours can be produced. ”

"In principle, then, Shu land is open up to grow tea, all parts of the country increase agricultural and mulberry inputs, and you let go of porcelain burning."

King Qin understood that as long as these manufactured things were put into order, they really needed as much as they could.

Bai Hui sat there very seriously, Bai Hui remembered that there was a documentary in later generations that said that in the Age of European Discovery, the Ming Dynasty spent a hundred years, and the trade surplus reached 20,000 taels of silver, what a terrifying number.

This is still the result of the Ming Dynasty not participating in the Great Voyage, only selling tea, porcelain, and silk.

Empress Dowager Xuan also figured out that the gold, silver and other things that were traded back from outside were the wealth increased by Great Qin, and this could definitely be done, and it had to be done.

At this time, Bai Hui suddenly said: "Queen Mother, don't you mind recognizing a daughter, Brother Wang doesn't mind giving a knighthood to a foreign clan?" ”

Empress Dowager Xuan and King Qin didn't react.

Bai Hui explained: "A lot of tea, salt, iron pots, silk. Before the New Year, we will receive 500,000 sheep and 30,000 horses. ”

"It's sealed, you can say what you want." King Qin reacted, the Wu clan wants a title, just with so many horses, there is no problem, you can definitely give a title, what about women. Whoever is not convinced will give Daqin so many horses back.

"I also taught Wushi a trick, every year to open Qin to shear wool, they will transport the wool over, and with the craftsmen of the Western Regions who understand wool weaving technology, our craftsmen in Daqin only need to improve these techniques, I believe that in less than three years, the value of the wool industry is more than hundreds of millions of dollars."

Empress Dowager Xuan nodded: "Okay, you go back and tell the Wu clan tenant that on the New Year, give her the title of the left chief of the Qin State." ”

"Yes." Bai Hui nodded.

Zuo Shuchang, a foreigner who has obtained this level is quite high.

After the important things are reported, go home and sleep.

King Qin couldn't sleep, it was all over the second watch, King Qin was still sitting in the study and reading all kinds of documents brought back from the north, suddenly, King Qin found that Qin's troops were not enough, and the farmers were not enough, not to mention money, grain and other reserves.

King Qin was so busy that he didn't sleep until almost four watches, and he slept until three strokes the next day.

A palace concubine personally prepared hot water and sent it to King Qin's bedside to wash for King Qin, and now there are many palace concubines in the harem, and there are at least five noble daughters from other countries who have not seen King Qin.

After Ye Yang in Xianyang Palace, there are no favorite concubines, which is definitely a good opportunity for the palace concubines.

When King Qin was washing, the internal historian entered and handed over a list of people who were going to enter the palace to see King Qin today.

King Qin asked casually: "Do you know if there are any guests in the Dahe Monarch's Mansion today?" ”

According to King Qin's thoughts, after Bai Hui came back, he would definitely have a banquet, not to mention that there were also some elders with status from Lou Fu and Lin Hu.

The internal historian replied: "Your Majesty, early this morning, Dahejun took people to Liyang. ”

"Oak Yang?"

King Qin repeated the name of the place, and violently pushed away the palace concubine who was helping him dress, and shouted at the internal historian: "Go and check the widow immediately, the latest auspicious day, immediately." ”

"No." Although the internal historian didn't understand what was wrong with King Qin, he would immediately carry out such an order.

King Qin signaled to quickly help him get dressed, and then retreated.

The Empress Dowager Xuan, who heard the news, arrived and asked King Qin curiously: "Wang'er, the ceremony of sealing the monarch needs more preparations, and it is also necessary to invite the nobles of all countries to come, which is a big deal." ”

"Mother!" King Qin called his mother and said helplessly: "Liyang is the old capital of Qin. ”

"Yes, how could my mother not know that Liyang is the old capital?"

"Bai Hui went to Liyang."

"Go and go to prepare, what is this, it is nothing more than that he wants to see, there are still things worth using in the old warehouse of Liyang, this time Wang Er is stingy, the object is a dead thing after all, and it is a good object if it is useful. Instead of caring about such things, you should care about Lin Hu's Wuli. ”

Empress Dowager Xuan's words made King Qin a little confused, and Liyang still had the old Qin army's war readiness warehouse.

And there is nothing to see in Ully.

"Go check it out, or there's something you can't think of." Empress Dowager Xuan said very indifferently and turned to leave.

The king of Qin followed his words and really went to the pavilion.

Both the Lin Hu people and the Lou Fu people lived here, and this was the place where the Qin State entertained foreign guests.