After Zhang Liang and Wu Guang left Xianyang, Fusu shifted his attention to the land west of the Jingluo River. If you want to build Daqin into a world power, you need to take the road of paying equal attention to economy and military. The Daqin Ordnance Academy and the Daqin Military Academy have been established militarily, but the economy has not yet been established. To develop the economy of Daqin, it is necessary for agriculture and commerce to go hand in hand. Agriculture is the foundation, and commerce is the only way to project Daqin's influence to the world.

Throughout the history of the rise and fall of China for thousands of years, due to the influence of the idea of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, many dynasties suffered losses because they could not grasp the relationship between agriculture and commerce.

Before the Tang Dynasty, although many empires appeared on the stage of world powers, they did not project their influence on foreign countries. Since the Tang Dynasty, commerce has gradually been valued, and only then has there been a prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty. During the Song and Ming dynasties, commerce achieved unprecedented development, and ships loaded with silk and porcelain sailed from the coast to the world, infiltrating the influence of oriental civilization to the world.

Looking at the Yuan and Qing dynasties, due to the sudden transformation from nomadic civilization to agricultural civilization. The experience of governing the country is still gradually accumulating, so two extremes have emerged. The Yuan Dynasty was extremely open, and emphasized commerce over agriculture, so many foreigners such as Marco Polo traveled in the Yuan Dynasty, but agriculture was a mess, which led to the financial unsustainability of the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, the Qing Dynasty was at the other extreme, completely biased towards the direction of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and the economy completely relied on the small peasant economy and was self-sufficient. Only then did it have a hundred-year-long seclusion from the country.

On this day, hundreds of officials gathered in the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace. Fusu officially put the matter of passing through the land west of the river on the agenda. In the past, because of financial constraints, he did not have the confidence to discuss the matter of passing through the land west of the river, but now the huge amount of income brought by the issuance of bonds of the Great Qin State has given Fusu the courage to plan the land west of the river.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the land of Hexi has been recovered for almost four months, and now that my Great Qin treasury is full, it is time to plan the matter of passing through the land of Hexi, I intend to allocate 1.5 billion yuan of money and 30 million stones of grain to build the four counties of Hexi and the Hexi Metropolitan Protectorate, I don't know what you think?" Fusu looked at the group of ministers below and asked.

"Yu Gongzi, 1.5 billion money, 30 million stone grain. This is going to empty half of my Great Qin treasury, isn't it a bit too much? Li Si asked painfully.

It was not easy to see that the proceeds from the issuance of the bonds of the Great Qin State had enriched the treasury that had bottomed out, and now it was necessary to take out so much money and grain to pass through the land west of the river. How could Li Si not be in pain?

"Prime Minister, I know you are reluctant to pay this money, but you have to look forward, when the land west of the river is slightly cleared, how much income will there be, where there are no less than nine million acres of land that can be used as fertile land, and endless pastures for grazing cattle and sheep. At that time, the land west of the river will become the granary of my Great Qin! I can guarantee that in a few years, the money and food taken out today will be doubled! Fusu confidently persuaded Li Si.

Li Si had no choice but to agree with Fusu's suggestion with a bitter face, in fact, he also knew that what Fusu said was true, but it was really reluctant to take out so much money at the moment.

"Gongzi, I don't know who Gongzi arranged to be the general of the Hexi Metropolitan Protector?"

"Your Majesty also thinks that the candidate for the general of the capital should be determined," Meng Yi also opened his mouth to suggest.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, don't be in a hurry about this matter." Fusu smiled and diverted the topic.

In fact, the suggestion of Meng Yi and the others is also reasonable, after all, they have taken out half a year's money and handed over the petition, and it is understandable to care about it, Meng Yi, as the prime minister of Zuo, is afraid that he will also be annoyed by these courtiers, so he dared to make a suggestion.

"Yu Gongzi, the ministers think that the construction of the four counties of Hexi and the Hexi Protectorate is not the first priority, the population of Hexi is scarce, and the biggest problem is that there are no people after the four counties and the Metropolitan Protectorate are built" Shusun Tong expressed his opinion.

Fusu nodded with satisfaction after listening to what his uncle and grandson said, this was what he wanted to hear the most.

"Rank minister, I think what Uncle Sun Tong said speaks of the dilemma of the land west of the river. There is no land and no people, this is the biggest problem faced by the land of Hexi, I wonder if you have any good suggestions to solve this problem? ”

"My Majesty, Your Majesty has a suggestion, I don't know if it's feasible, and I ask my son to decide." Shusun Tong said.

"Tell me, I'll take care of it after I hear it." Fusu waited expectantly for his uncle to speak his opinion.

"Now the people of my Qin land have been able to eat without worry, and there are many hungry and cold people under the rule of Jiangdong and the puppet emperor Hu Hai, and the ministers think that they are all my Qin people, but there is no choice for the time being, if the prince can take out some of the reclaimed Hexi fields and distribute them to these people, then they will inevitably go to Hexi with their families, which can not only solve the problem of no people in the four counties of Hexi, but also weaken the strength of Jiangdong Xiang and the puppet emperor Hu Hai, after all, the people are the foundation of soldiers and people, money and food." Shusun Tong said his suggestion.

"Yu Gongzi, the old minister Fan Zeng thought that Uncle Sun Tong's advice was very good, but there were still some shortcomings. There were many battles between the Xiang clan and Hu Hai in Jiangdong, and there must have been many people who were dissatisfied with the war among the soldiers on both sides, and at this moment they must be more looking forward to a life of peace and contentment, but they had no choice. If we use the land west of the river as a condition to give those soldiers a chance to live and work in peace and contentment, won't they run to our west of the river at night? ”

After listening to what Shusun Tong and Fan Zeng said, Fusu nodded with satisfaction and cast appreciative glances at Shusun Tong and Fan Zeng.

"Uncle Sun Tong, I completely agree with your suggestion. Since you can think of such a good way, you must have already thought of a way to dig up the common people from Jiangdong and the puppet emperor Hu Hai to my land west of the river, right? I think it is most suitable for you to be the general of the Hexi Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

The ministers looked at Shusun Tong with envy, and sighed why the luck of this product was so good? In fact, how did they know that Shusun Tong had always been hiding his foolishness and clumsiness, but now he was impressed by Fusu's eloquence and decided to contribute his talent.

At the end of the court meeting, Fusu made two major decisions: one was to agree on the matter of passing through the land west of the river, and the other was to promote his uncle and grandson Tong to the general of the Hexi Metropolitan Protectorate.

After the court meeting ended, Fusu left Meng Yi and Fan Zeng behind.