Chapter 381 There is also the sea route

Ying Zheng said: "Feng Xiang's concerns are very important, the emperor once said that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads.

In the past, I didn't think much of this, but after a long time of contact with the emperor, I realized that this is a wise saying.

The quality of the road directly affects the connection between the local people and the outside world.

In the village in the mountains, there is no good road, and every time you go out of the village, you need to walk for several days and nights, who wants to go to such a place.

If no one goes, how can they get rich? ”

"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers said at the same time.

Ying Zheng sighed and said: "I am not wise, if I am wise, I should solve the problem of the road." ”

Fu Zikang said: "Your Majesty, if the imperial court wants to build roads, it can't be completed without a hundred years. ”

"And what good advice do you have?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Let the businessman collect donations, anyway, this road will be used by everyone in the future." Fu Zikang said, "Wechen is willing to donate 20,000 taels of silver. ”

"Wechen is also willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver."

"Wechen is willing to donate five thousand taels of silver."

"Wechen is also willing to ......"

For a while, all the nobles said that they wanted to donate money for the construction of roads.

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Quji with satisfaction, he knew that these people were all arranged by Feng Quji, and it was Feng Quji who persuaded this group of nobles.

It's just that Ying Zheng didn't expect the nobles to be so rich, at least five thousand taels, and after a while, there was no donation of 500,000 taels.

This money is exchanged for food, which is enough for 500,000 people to eat for three months.

"Okay, I accept the kindness of all Aiqing, Feng Quji, you will count the silver, manage it in a unified manner, and then work out a road repair plan with the cabinet."

"No." Feng Qujian said.

"Your Majesty." Meng Yi said at this time, "Building a road is not something that can be repaired in a while, and if you want to build a road that runs through the entire Great Qin, the length of time is unknown.

Therefore, Wechen wanted to open the operation. ”

"Sea freight?" The civil and military officials looked puzzled.

What's going on with this sea freight? By sea?

Ying Zheng also frowned slightly, and said, "Meng Yi, let's talk about it in detail." ”

"No." Meng Yi responded, "Shipping, as the name suggests, is to build a wharf and move goods from the wharf to the ship.

Transporting goods by ship to South Vietnam and other places, and sending goods directly from South Vietnam to the interior of Baiyue, thus saving time and effort.

Not only in South Vietnam, but also in coastal areas on the way, as long as there is a suitable coastal area, we can set up a wharf for unloading, so that goods from the north and south can circulate faster. ”

Feng Qujian and the others were shocked, by sea, by sea, how could they not have thought of it.

Especially Feng Quji, who knew the situation in the Age of Sail, but he missed the sea route.

What a mistake, what a mistake.

Feng Quji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Lord Meng, shipping needs ships, and we don't seem to have so many ships." ”

Ying Zheng said: "That's true, you need a boat. Once shipping is faster, it is estimated that many merchants will want to take the sea by sea, but Daqin does not have so many sea vessels. ”

Meng Yi said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has already thought about this matter. Wechen hoped that His Majesty would allow the emperor to train a few shipbuilders, and then allow Wechen to open a shipyard.

When the shipbuilding technology matures, warships can be built for the imperial court.

Weichen believes that it won't be long before Daqin's warships will be able to go to sea and make immortal achievements for Daqin. ”

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense, but it's not so easy to build a warship. ”

"Your Majesty is reassured. Wechen's shipyard will definitely help Daqin build a perfect warship. ”

"Good. If you ask for anything, I will definitely agree to it. Ying Zheng's statement directly shocked all the civil and military officials.

This is the promise of the First Emperor, Xu Fu got such a promise at the beginning, so that he went from a third-rate monk to become the national teacher of Great Qin overnight, and his power was greater than that of the two prime ministers.

Fortunately, Xu Fu did not target Li Si and Feng Quji, and concentrated on researching the elixir of life.

Now that Meng Yi has also received Yingzheng's promise, everyone is very curious about what kind of promise Meng Yi will make.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for trusting Wechen." Meng Yi said, "Wechen is not a professional businessman and doesn't know how to do it is the most suitable thing for Daqin to prosper business, so Wechen needs to consult the emperor."

Prior to this, Wechen will gather some businessmen and families, nobles, anyone who is willing to follow Wechen to have a sea shipment, Wechen will not refuse. ”

Ying Zheng bowed his head and said: "I don't dare to promise things I don't know easily, it's good, you are a lot more mature, I am very pleased."

The next time I see the emperor, I will take you with me. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Meng Yi said excitedly.

He had already decided that when he saw Qin An this time, he must ask clearly, how can he start business, and is it feasible for the army to start business?

Li Si spoke: "Your Majesty." Whether by sea or land, labor is needed. Now that His Majesty has issued a new policy, the labor has been reduced on a large scale, and the labor in Lishan and the Great Wall has basically returned home.

This initiative has won the love of all the people. The people praised His Majesty even more.

If a large number of laborers were to be recruited for the construction of the road, what had been done would be in vain.

Even the credibility of the imperial court will be lost as a result. ”

Ying Zheng was slightly stunned and said: "It makes sense, now the reputation of the court is higher than before, and I don't want the reputation of the court to be ruined." What do you think? ”

Li Si immediately said: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, you can recruit workers." Pay the people. When a merchant appears, it is not up to the imperial court to come forward, so this matter will not have anything to do with the imperial court. ”33

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "That makes sense." However, it is possible for merchants to recruit workers, but it is absolutely forbidden to take them by force.

There must be no bullying of men and women, otherwise I will never spare it when I learn about it. ”

"No." Li Si responded, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen will ask the people of the Legalist family to formulate a law about workers. ”

"It's fine." Ying Zheng nodded and continued, "Workers and businessmen have an employment relationship with each other, and they are also subordinate and subordinate relationships.

Businessmen must not bully workers at will because they have money and are employers.

However, if a worker sues a businessman for bullying a worker, as long as it is true, and the circumstances are serious, the businessman will be directly ordered to make corresponding compensation and punish himself. ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Si responded.

"The matter of promoting business is urgent for Daqin. There is less and less grain in the world, and the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and I don't want to see the peasants' interests harmed.

Therefore, I decided to increase the granary and collect the surplus grain of all the people of the world, and the price should not be lower than the market price.

From now on, all taxes will be paid in money, and the taxes on grain, commerce, etc., will be paid against copper, gold, and silver.

The wages paid by the merchants to the workers must be money, not grain or cloth. ”

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