Chapter 55: The Importance of Business
Chapter 55: Three Strategies for the Huns (I)
Li Si and Meng Tian are not very optimistic about Qin An, but they know Hu Hai too well, this is a stubborn guy who does not learn and has no skills, and is even a little vicious.
And Ying Zheng likes Hu Hai's character the most, because this character is like Ying Zheng.
It is precisely because of this that Yingzheng takes Hu Hai with him every time he goes on patrol, which also brings a false impression to everyone, thinking that the first emperor will also pass the throne to Hu Hai.
This is also Zhao Gao's deliberate doing, so that no one will find out that he tampered with the edict.
"Village Chief, if there are no other problems, I want to continue teaching the four of them."
"Sir." Meng Tian said, "In the past few days, I have been thinking about Mr.'s three policies towards the Xiongnu. Finally, I sorted it out, and could please comment on it for me. ”
"I don't dare to say anything about the comments, communicate, let's communicate." Qin An immediately said.
Just kidding, I'm just a history buff, and I didn't graduate from a history major, so I know best how many pounds and taels I have.
"Thank you, sir." Meng Tian thought that Qin An was just modest, and he was very happy, and took out his own policy and respectfully handed it over to Qin An.
Qin An took Meng Tian's policy, saw the words on the paper, frowned slightly, and said, "Old Meng, it's not that you don't know that I don't know Qin Zhen, and it's useless to give it to me." ”
The others couldn't help but laugh.
Meng Tian scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "This was originally intended to be shown to the village chief, but I hope that Mr. can take a look at it and correct the bad places inside." ”
Li Si smiled: "Lao Meng, why don't you say it directly, so that the village chief and we can hear it, and we can also let the eldest prince learn it." ”
Ying Zheng said: "Yes, this is a good idea, Meng Tian, you can say it." ”
"No." Meng Tian responded, "I made changes according to Mr. 's policy. Mr. said, let the border pass trade with the Xiongnu, I won't talk about this, because for Daqin, merchants are lowly people.
Daqin is heavy on agriculture and light on commerce, and will not agree to trade with the Xiongnu at the border, and the Xiongnu are cruel in nature and will not trade with us.
So I didn't think about the first one. ”
Qin An shook his head and said, "Go on." ”
Ying Zheng asked, "Why did the gentleman shake his head?" ”
Qin An said with a wry smile: "The reason why the Great Qin era emphasized agriculture over commerce was because of the lack of productivity and the lack of agricultural products.
I looked at the situation in the village and found that the heavy land here is still ploughed, and the harvest is also manual, which is really backward.
The most important thing is to plough or use a straight plow, it really hurts my heart.
If you are outside, one person and one harvester can harvest all the grain in the village in one day. ”
"What?"
Ying Zheng and the others were taken aback.
There are 3,000 acres of fertile land in the village, and it can be harvested by one person in a day, which is terrifying.
Gongzi Gao said: "Sir, do people outside use immortal arts?" ”
"What immortal arts?" Qin An smiled: "I see that you have read too many novels, and you are also immortal, this is just the crystallization of human wisdom."
Outside, whether it's flying or going to the sea, or retreating. We can all do it with tools we invent.
Moreover, the outside world has already achieved the feat of landing on the moon, and the construction of a space station in the universe has begun.
I believe that in a few hundred years, we will be able to live in space. ”
Ying Zheng and the others were taken aback again, they had forgotten that Meng Tian was going to talk about the strategy of dealing with the Xiongnu at this time, and Qin An's words ignited a new topic.
"Sir, you said that you can fly outside, then sir, can you fly into the sky." Li Xiao asked.
"Don't speak." Li Si immediately interrupted Li Xiao's words, and looked at Li Xiao with unkind eyes.
Your Majesty and the two sons are sitting here, where is your turn to speak.
Qin An immediately said: "Lao Li, don't be like this, it's a good thing that children have such ideas, it's because we have wonderful ideas, so we can create so many useful things."
I know why it thunders and rains, and why it blows wind. ”
"Dad, sir, this is training us to learn more and ask more questions, so that we can increase our knowledge faster." Li Xiao said.
"That's right." Qin An nodded.
Li Si scolded Li Xiao a little embarrassed, and the stinky boy didn't speak.
Ying Zheng smiled: "What Mr. has learned is really different. ”
"Hehe......" Qin An smiled and said, "We seem to be off topic, now is not the time to talk about this, Lao Meng, you can continue." ”
Meng Tian came back to his senses and remembered what he was going to say.
"Sir, I don't agree with your first argument, you won't be upset."
"No, it's just that you don't see the benefits of trade, there is a dynasty in history, he can't fight, but he is very good at making money, and using business to destroy the surrounding powers." Qin An said.
Ying Zheng was taken aback and said, "There is still such a way?" How powerful is doing business? ”
"Of course, shopping malls are like battlefields, and business between countries is a war without gunpowder, and the country that loses will suffer heavy losses.
For example, the Xiongnu only recognized the coins of the Qin Dynasty but not the coins of the Xiongnu, so the Great Qin would not do business with the Xiongnu in the future.
The Xiongnu had a lot of Qin Dynasty coins in their hands, which was equivalent to holding a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron, and the tribal leaders who were originally wealthy were suddenly not as rich as the herdsmen who raised thousands of cattle and sheep.
Excuse me, will the Huns be in chaos? ”
"But the Huns have no coins, they have always bartered, even if Daqin's coins enter the Huns, it will not affect them." Meng Tian said.
"Wait." "I seem to have caught something from my husband's words, and let me think about it for a while." ”
Yingzheng and the others looked at Li Si.
Li Si was knowledgeable, and although he mainly studied the law, he also learned from others, so he learned something from Qin An's words.
But this was just a flash of inspiration, and I never grasped the point.
Now that he is being watched by so many people, he is even more anxious, so that he can't speak.
Ying Zheng saw that Li Si was anxious, he hadn't seen him for a long time, and he missed it very much, so he immediately opened his mouth to help him out of the siege.
"Sir, you should know what Li Si caught, right?"
"It's economic encroachment." Qin An said, "Meng Tian said that the Huns didn't use coins and exchanged things for things, which was only temporary.
As long as the border passes did business with them, the Huns would naturally accept Daqin coins. We can also guide them to use Great Qin coins, and the method is very simple. ”
"How to make it simple?" Meng Tian asked.
"Tell the Huns to buy grain and wine at the border, and sell the daily necessities that the Huns need. Will the Huns come over to do business? ”
"I think so, they don't have the things they need to live." Meng Tian said.