Chapter XII

Qin Xi took off the saddle and handed it to Wang Qian, who took it and said happily: "If there was this thing, it would not be so difficult to deal with Zhao Guo's iron cavalry back then." ”

Zhao Zheng also smiled: "It's not too late now, the emperor wants to take back the land of the Henan Plain from the Xiongnu, with this saddle, my Great Qin Ruishi can even attack the grassland and exterminate the Xiongnu in one fell swoop!" ”

Suddenly, Qin Xi snatched the saddle back and said, "With this thing, if the emperor will go north to exterminate the Xiongnu now, I will put it away." ”

Zhao Zheng and Wang Jian were stunned for a moment, and Zhao Zheng asked, "Stinky boy!" What did you say! The extermination of the Huns is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and you don't agree with it! ”

Qin Xi looked at Zhao Zheng and said, "You are still an official, can't you see the situation in Daqin clearly now?" It is possible to recover Daqin in the Henan Plain, but it is definitely not the time to exterminate the Xiongnu, otherwise Daqin will be exhausted to death in less than two years. ”

Qin Xi said again: "It seems that the emperor is still a guy who is very happy with his achievements, and he wants to take advantage of all the great achievements, and Daqin will be hollowed out by this guy in the end." ”

Zhao Zheng's face turned dark, grabbed Qin Xi's ear, and said, "If you don't make it clear today, my father won't be able to spare you." ”

"It hurts, it hurts, let go, I said."

After Zhao Zheng let go, Qin Xi said: "It's still the same sentence, Great Qin seems to be strong, but in fact, after ten years of unification war, it has basically been hollowed out, and it is just a matter of being strong outside and doing it in the middle." What I didn't expect was that His Majesty the Emperor was not trying to restore the national strength of the world, but continued to fight? If that's the case, I have the heart to help Gongzi Fusu save Daqin, but it won't help. ”

"No! I still have to do it myself, and when the time comes, the world will be in chaos, and I will have to find a way to survive, and it will be over sooner or later with such a Great Qin. Saying that, Qin Xi thought to himself.

Wang Jian was dumbfounded when he heard it, and Zhao Zheng had a black face the whole time.

Zhao Zheng raised Qin Xi's ears again, and angrily scolded: "If His Majesty the Emperor hadn't stopped the war, the Northern Xiongnu and the Southern Yi would have entered the Central Plains long ago!" ”

"Excuses! It's all excuses! Qin Xi said: "As long as the Xiongnu and Yi people defend for more than ten years, they can be exterminated when the national strength is restored, why should they be at this time?" It is because the emperor only thinks about his own great achievements. ”

"You! You! Zhao Zheng almost fell to the ground in anger, but fortunately, Wang Jian helped him in time.

Qin Xi rubbed his ears and said, "Dad, you don't have to be angry, when the time comes, Daqin will be spoiled by the emperor, and his son will be rich, and then his son will also pull a large army, and that kind of barren world will be easily defeated." If you are interested, you will be the emperor, if you are not interested, we will find the descendants of the Ying family to be the emperor. ”

Zhao Zheng jumped up all of a sudden, directly gave Qin Xi a big slap, and said, "Your father will never let Da Qin finish!" If Da Qin is really going to die, he will be the first to kill you for his father and then kill himself! ”

Qin Xi covered his face and said pitifully: "But you are a small official yourself, can you stop the emperor from coming?" ”

"If you dare to talk nonsense again! Break your mouth for the Father! Daqin must not have an accident! Zhao Zheng flicked his sleeves, got on his horse and left.

"Second brother, take care of your mouth, see if your father is angry, I'll persuade you." Wang Jian said and rode on his horse and chased after him.

Qin Xi rubbed his cheeks, "Why is this old guy so loyal to Daqin, it seems that I can only plan slowly." With that, he turned and went back to the paper mill.

Wang Jian quickly caught up with the First Emperor and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, Gongzi Xi is just unintentional, and I ask His Majesty the Emperor to be generous and benevolent." ”

The First Emperor said indignantly: "What is his unintentional words! ”

Suddenly sighed again and said, "But this kid is indeed right, it's time for the world to rest." I, Great Qin, unified the Six Kingdoms, but also took over the poverty left by the Six Kingdoms, if I really follow my idea of attacking the north and attacking the south, I am afraid that I will really let Great Qin lose the country. ”

"Your Majesty, there will be a word in the end that I don't know whether to say or not." Wang Jian said.

"You say."

Wang Jian said: "Gongzi Xi seems to have some opinions on how to restore national strength, so it is better to take advantage of this time Gongzi Xi to take the initiative to seek official positions and give Gongzi Xi a heavy responsibility." ”

The First Emperor thought for a moment and said, "He is only fourteen years old, he is too young, let's investigate again." ”

"Let's go, go with me."

"No!"

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Qin Xi's side, after correcting some problems in the paper factory, went to the pottery factory, and in another month, the world's first paper will be available!

But now Qin Xi's main thing is to burn porcelain. In this era, people used earthen pots, and the aristocracy basically looked down on them. And once the ceramics come out, they will inevitably be loved by the aristocracy, and they will definitely make a lot of money.

It takes more than a dozen steps to fire ceramics, and it can't be completed in one day, the first day is just to make the embryo for plain firing, and the next steps will be at least tomorrow.

After the busy work, it was already the sun setting, and in order to take care of the first batch of porcelain, Qin Xi planned to spend the night here.

Although the few craftsmen who were busy with Qin Xi were very puzzled about whether this could produce the effect that Qin Xi said, seeing that Qin Xi attached so much importance to it, they also raised their spirits and took care of this kiln with Qin Xi.

For several days, Qin Xi shuttled back and forth between the paper mill and the pottery factory, and when he had time, he would go to see the situation in the coal yard.

It's not winter yet, so the coal has to be hoarded here. Qin Xi even made honeycomb coal, but it could only be used by his own restaurant, and it would take a long time to popularize it.

During this period, Qin Xi's official position also came down, and it was a small official position that Qin Xi had never heard of, and there was no opportunity for power. However, Qin Xi is very satisfied, because this official position has a very good right, that is, he can open mines, although in the end he is all for Daqin, but who will not fill his own pockets!

So as soon as Qin Xi got the official position, he set his sights on an iron mine.

Although it is said in the history books of today's times that it has entered the Iron Age, the output of iron is very low, and even this can meet the use of senior generals in the army, and most of the weapons of the army are still only bronze, let alone hundreds.

And Qin Xi, who has more than 2,000 years of knowledge, is not a professional, but there are many iron-making processes seen in historical estimates, which is enough to increase Daqin's iron production capacity by a few grades, and even try steelmaking.

Although Qin Xi has been running outside, his movements are still too big, and he has already attracted the attention of some officials. These can't help but be curious, when was Qin Xi, the official, sealed, and such a small official made such a big move, His Majesty the Emperor didn't care about it?

And Li Si's words woke up many people. Li Si said: "This is Your Majesty's order, don't speculate." ”

Of course, of course, the First Emperor knew about this, but he didn't care about Qin Xi, anyway, Qin Xi didn't care about asking for money before, this kid likes to mess around, just go and make trouble, maybe there will be a surprise. If something happens, just dismiss the official and throw him back into the mountains.