Chapter 342: Changing the Policy

Silk Road.

Ying Zheng, Li Si and others remembered that this was the road opened up by a person named Zhang Qian during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The original purpose was to unite the countries of the Western Regions to deal with the Xiongnu, and in the end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also relied on the Silk Road to unify the Western Regions, so that the territory of the Han Dynasty increased several times.

What future generations can do, how can he, the first emperor, not be able to do it.

So, Ying Zheng slowly got up and said: "If you don't say it, I have forgotten that there is a world map in my palace, which let me know the vastness of the world, and at the same time, let me know that Daqin is only such a big part of the world." ”

Ying Zheng even compared the size with two hands.

"Therefore, I have decided in my heart to stabilize Great Qin in my lifetime, and when Great Qin's national strength is strong, I will definitely conquer the city and let the world return to Qin."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Your Majesty is wise."

……

The officials patted their horses at the same time and said.

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "The Silk Road is feasible, Feng Quji, you form a caravan and go to the Western Regions to do business, mainly silk porcelain and glass." ”

"No." Feng Qujian responded, "Your Majesty, should you send troops?" ”

"Yes, I'll give you five hundred iron horses." Ying Zheng said.

It's not that Yingzheng doesn't want to send more people to escort him, but there are too many people and the consumption is large, and there is no need for this, five hundred iron horsemen are enough to sweep the bandits in the entire Western Regions.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Feng Qujian said excitedly.

Later, Ying Zheng discussed some state affairs with civil and military officials, and then withdrew from the court, but left Li Si and Feng Qujian behind.

Li Si and Feng Qujian followed Ying Zheng to Ying Zheng's imperial study.

"Come, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the two of them were sitting down, Ying Zheng asked, "Feng Quji, since you proposed in the court that the salt should be handed over to the merchant to be responsible, I want to know, who are you going to hand it over?" ”

"Your Majesty." Feng Quji said without hesitation, "As long as anyone can contribute 100,000 taels of silver, Weichen will be handed over to whoever manages it." ”

"Hmm. Not bad. Ying Zheng nodded slowly, "One hundred thousand taels seems to be a lot, once you get the right to make salt, it won't take ten years to return to your capital."

It can be a profit in the future. ”m.

A pound of salt can be used for a month, and it is sixty yuan a year, which is the amount of salt used by ordinary people.

If there are 10,000 households in a city, it can be sold for 600,000 wen, which is converted according to 1,000 wen and one tael of silver, which is 600 taels.

But you can sell not only one city, but at least a dozen cities, not counting those restaurants, restaurants, etc.

There are definitely 10,000 taels of silver earned this year, and even more.

And after the salt is cheap, the usage will be different, and it will not be the same as before, deducting the salt used in the search.

Therefore, the technical cost of 100,000 taels is not expensive at all. They are not buying the present, but the future.

"What about the Silk Road?" Ying Zheng asked again.

"Returning to Your Majesty." Feng Quji said, "Regarding the Silk Road, Weichen wants to know a little more, so he wants to go to the village to ask the emperor." ”

"Yes." Ying Zheng said, "Qin An said that the sea route of Great Qin is still too early, so there is no need to worry, first take the land of Baiyue and expand the population."

In this regard, I very much agree, the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms has caused countless casualties among the people, and now is the time to recuperate and expand the population of Great Qin.

However, this did not prevent me from exploring the Western Regions, and the Western Silk Road was a trade route, a trade route between the Western Regions and Great Qin.

It is also the only way for Great Qin to send troops to the Western Regions in the future. In the future, I will take the Mauryan Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Roman Empire.

I want the whole world to return to Great Qin, so Feng Quji, your trip to the Western Regions this time is very important and cannot be missed. ”

"Wechen understands." Feng Qu replied.

"Then you go down and prepare, you can go to the village to find Qin An, give you three days to form a caravan, and go to Zhaojia Village with me in three days." Ying Zheng said.

"No."

After Feng Qujian left, Ying Zheng opened his mouth and said, "Is there anything you want to ask?" ”

Li Si lowered his head and asked, "Your Majesty is cultivating nobles and merchants, and in this way, it will be very unfair to the peasants of the world." ”

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "Li Si, you really disappointed me. ”

"Your Majesty forgives you." Li Si immediately lowered his head.

Ying Zheng opened his mouth again and asked, "I ask you again, Qin An's knowledge is amazing?" ”

"Awesome, very awesome." "At the beginning, he invented candles, invented paper, ink, pen, inkstone, and the art of making salt.

However, soon after, agricultural tools such as the curved plow were invented, and new crops were introduced.

Now the electric light, the textile machine and so on have been invented.

Wei Chen never thought that without a torch, a candle could light up the room, and it was not an exaggeration to compare Qin An to an immortal. ”

Ying Zheng said with a smile: "Since please An is so powerful, do you think the steam engine that the Mo family and the public loser have been working on recently will be successful?" ”

"Doesn't this mean that there are no materials? So Wechen is not sure. Lees said,

"Stupid." Ying Zheng scolded angrily, "Do you really think there is no material? The land of Baiyue is already the land of Great Qin.

We won't be able to find the rubber tree? ”

Li Si's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is wise, we just need to find the rubber tree." Then vigorously cultivated, into a rubber garden, and after three years, Qin An walked out of the village, and he could immediately make a steam engine.

With a steam engine, many tools can be made, and one of them is a steam engine plough truck.

Thousands of acres of farmland can be cultivated every day, so that farmers do not need too many people, they can become workers and go to work in major workshops.

In this way, business can develop rapidly, and Daqin will become richer and richer.

At that time, the imperial court had money, food and people, and sent troops to the Western Regions to occupy the countries of the Western Regions. Go to sea and occupy the borderlands, especially Dongying. ”

"Now that you can see it, you should know why I cultivate nobles and merchants, right?" Ying Zheng asked again.

Li Si thought for a while and said, "Weichen understands that in Daqin, only they are rich people, and only they can help Daqin develop business.

His Majesty used to curb them because the nobles were eating away at the money and grain of the imperial court, which was very harmful to Great Qin.

Although this hazard has always been there, after the arrival of potatoes and sweet potatoes, this hazard has been temporarily alleviated.

The top priority now is to develop Daqin. The prosperity of the village is obvious to all, whether it is business or agriculture, it is very good, and the faces of the people are smiling.

Even with the addition of more than 8,000 people, they are still alive and well, and some people are even better off than Weichen.

At least they eat better than Weichen, and I'm afraid that the people who live now are better than many people in Xianyang City. ”

Ying Zheng knew this very well, and he also watched Qin An make the village so prosperous step by step.

He didn't have this ability.

Some people died, but not completely......