Chapter 52: The First Batch of Gold and Silver from Fusang Shipped Back to Great Qin!
"Iwami Ginzan and Sado Kanejima have been found!"
The First Emperor was the first to get the news, and the second was Zhao Si, because Zhao Si was sitting next to the First Emperor at this time.
With the help of Jing, Lin Baiyu found Iwami Silver Mountain and Zuodu Treasure Island, and carried out emergency mining.
"Silver rolling stone walls, gold everywhere ......"
In the report sent by Lin Baiyu, even the nearby river was glowing with golden light, and the golden sand was shining in it.
These two bonanzas have not yet been systematically excavated, so how rich are they?
It only took Lin Baiyu more than a month to mine, and he brought back a full seven ships of gold, silver and copper mines!
Seven ships!
Seven ships!
Now that Fusang has no time to build a large-scale deep metallurgical site and mine furnace for the time being, there is no way, Lin Baiyu can only purify the rich ore he found first and transport it back directly.
What is the concept of the seven ships, when Langya handed over and unloaded, the local county people were stupid, and urgently played the county guard, organized the county soldiers to guard the port to count the ore for transportation, and wrote on the spot that the first emperor drove the emergency.
The gold and silver shipped back last time was Xu Fu's accumulation of ten years, and although it was exciting, it was a bit like a windfall, and it was difficult to continue.
Therefore, the civil and military officials just made a fuss, and there was no follow-up.
This time it was different, this was the direct discovery of two rich ores, and with a little mining, they were directly transported back to the seven ships.
According to conservative estimates, the value of these seven ships of ore is tens of millions of dollars.
Crucially, this is a sustainably mined bonanza, not a windfall like the last crackdown on Xu Fu.
To put it mildly, once the mining chain is successfully implemented, the gold and silver mines of Fusang alone will be able to increase Daqin's annual financial revenue by half.
Now, Daqin's total financial income in a year is about 2 billion yuan.
High taxes and salt and gold minerals dominate the mix.
Just, if you send so many people out, you can directly increase your annual income by half?
Do you also say that overseas is not full of gold? After reading it, the Langya county guard couldn't wait to carry his hoe to Fusang to mine, and at the end of the recital, he bluntly said that he could be widely recruited and sent overseas.
"What do you think?" The First Emperor threw the bamboo slips to Zhao Si.
Because paper was given priority to the Xianyang government and the First Emperor to drive and print Qin laws, local governments like Langya still use traditional bamboo slips for office.
At present, the first emperor received the folds, some of which were made of paper and some of which were made of bamboo slips.
Some of the bamboo slips are not available for paper, and some are temporarily unusable, but it is foreseeable that with the gradual expansion of paper production capacity, bamboo slips have begun to be slowly eliminated by the society.
"Sit and ......watch," Zhao Si spread his hands.
"Baiguan will definitely not be able to help but open the sea......," Zhao Si sighed.
With so much financial income coming out of a projectile land, if the civil and military officials of Great Qin can still sit still, it is good for them to cultivate their qi and kung fu.
Whether it is a civilian or a military attaché, who doesn't want more revenue, and who doesn't want the boss to allocate a little more when he allocates funds to the department?
Either it is to suppress the brother department, and the brother department has less allocation, and its own department will allocate more, or it is to increase the company's profitability, and the more profit it has, the more money it can allot.
No matter whether it is an official who does practical work or a corrupt official, no one can live without money, and everyone wants to give themselves as much budget as possible.
The difference is only that corrupt officials think that they can be more corrupt if they allocate more money, while capable officials hope to use more money to do more practical things.
"Don't talk about hundreds of officials...... I want to go overseas with a wide range of conscriptions. The First Emperor waved his hand, also a little uneasy.
With so much money here, it's impossible to think otherwise.
Fuso is blessed with mineral resources, and Japan's location at the junction of the Eurasian and Pacific tectonic plates has created the illusion that Japan has a wide variety of mineral resources.
As a matter of fact...... It is not the overseas rich minerals, but the Fuso rich minerals, and in this era, even if the New World is discovered, there are very few things that can be done.
"However, with these seven ships of gold, silver and copper mines, there will be no more restrictions on the opening of the sea in the future." Zhao Si smiled.
The Daqin Sea Opening Plan is currently under the full authority of Fu Feng, and there is a brief departmental prototype, but it is not independent.
How much resistance is there to set up a separate department?
I haven't seen a leaf on the sea yet, I have invested so much, and I still want power?
Now, the rewards are here and the benefits are coming.
The formation of departments involving maritime affairs is also logical, and then, according to the character of the First Emperor, this money bag must be independent of the Three Princes and Nine Emperors, and it is not surprising that soon there will be a department directly under the imperial power similar to the Black Ice Platform in Daqin.
There is certainly resistance, but it is even more ridiculous under the offensive of gold and silver.
This is the God of Wealth!
There are two endless rich mines overseas, Iwami Silver Mountain and Zuodu Golden Island, which are really annoying, what should I do if the financial allocation is not available?
"When it comes to maritime agencies, it's really time to be separated."
Now everyone can see that overseas is a big independent project, and it is no longer possible to borrow a person from the east and transfer a soldier from the west like in the past, but must be independent.
"Let's take a name...... "The First Emperor Mosuo glanced at the globe on the desk and smiled.
The fiscal revenue has increased dramatically, which is really a thing to be happy about.
Zhao Si was stunned for a moment, yes, the first emperor is easy to use, fortunately, it was not in vain in his previous life, Zhao Si's ability to name is not enough, but he can copy it! (Let's play it, old man)
Zhao Si carefully recalled what he had seen in his previous life and fell into deep thought.
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On the other hand, the civil and military officials who followed the first emperor to inspect the world also collectively fell into a climax.
"Xu Fu is really picky, there are gold, silver and copper mines everywhere...... It is said that there are too many to count, and there are not enough people to mine there. The Confucian student on the side of Shusun Tong sighed.
"We will wait for your majesty to speak, and then issue a levy to mine gold and silver......
"Why don't you speak?"
"I'm already writing a recital!" Uncle Sun Tong smiled.
The Qin Dynasty had enough conscription, and Confucianism had never admired the heavy conscription of the Qin State, but Shusun Tong knew how to be flexible.
Then there are not enough people to mine with a lot of gold and silver, so why don't you start a forced labor?
Where is the gold waiting for the little gold to give birth? Why don't you hurry up and transport these gold and silver back to Qin?
Shusun Tong even volunteered, and Mao recommended himself, wanting to personally organize conscription in the coastal area to go overseas.
Of course, that's his point.
Shusun Tong was very politically sensitive, and he knew that with this gold and silver mine being transported back to Daqin. Overseas will inevitably set off a big wave.
With such lucrative interests overseas, a brand new political organization will definitely emerge, and Shusun Tong will not hide it, so what's so important about face at this time?
On the other side, Li Si, Zhang Cang, and Chen Ping sat around the case.
"Although Zhao Si is a kid who talks wildly, he never says big things, I have heard him say about overseas gold, silver and copper mines, I have guessed a lot, but I have not guessed so much......" Li Si shook his head and looked at Zhang Cang a little helplessly.
"Your Majesty didn't intend to suppress the news, but now the trouble has fallen on me." Lees sighed.
The First Emperor didn't plan to press the news, but to put it bluntly, it was to show the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin.
Luck is sometimes part of destiny.
The recent changes in Great Qin, coupled with the gold and silver bonanza discovered overseas, all kinds of things combined, anyone will feel that the First Emperor is really the destiny of heaven.
This has a positive impact on public opinion on Daqin, and there is no need to suppress it, and it should even be widely publicized.
It is to let everyone know how much God favors Great Qin, this is the ancient era of feudal ignorance after all, and so many halo buffs can really increase the stability of Great Qin's rule.
It's fairy grain and gold and silver mines, and there are all kinds of high-yield grains, who doesn't tremble in their hearts when they see it?
The people of the world will believe... The civil and military officials of the Qin State may be more convinced.
I'm destined to have everything overseas, so why don't I go overseas? The place where the Xiongnu and South Vietnam don't is worth launching so many conscriptions?
They even wanted to tear down a door panel and carry a hoe to mine themselves.
And the excitement of the hundred officials needs Li Si, the left minister, to suppress one or two.
This kind of emotion is good at present, and it strengthens the centripetal nature of the civil and military officials, but it is not a good thing to let this emotion continue to develop, and Daqin cannot be manipulated by this emotion.
"It's too much!" Zhang Cang nodded.
"For overseas, Daqin is still beyond the reach of the whip at present, and in the long run, the only things that are worth launching overseas are slaves and gold and silver mines...... In the long run, the Hetao area and Lingnan will be completely incorporated into the territory of Daqin, but it can be left behind for a hundred years and a thousand years! Chen Ping also expressed his opinion.
Overseas is too far away, even if it is near the sea, to withstand major turbulence and twists and turns.
However, if counties are set up in the Lingnan and Hetao areas for decades or hundreds of years, then these lands are the inherent territory of Daqin, and they can grow food in a steady stream year after year to feed more people.
And from the point of view of domination, it is definitely easier to rule the inland lands of the sea.
Chen Ping's idea coincided with Zhao Si's idea of developing the sea and plundering overseas.
"However, it is also a good thing after all...... Zhang Cang smiled.
"Besides, it is autumn now, it is the season when the Huns are fat and strong, and after breeding, I am afraid that there will be disputes in the upper county area, and it is not appropriate to act rashly." Zhang Cang looked up at the endless sky.
Autumn is high and cool, and it is the time for the nomads to raise troops to the south.
They need to plunder enough resources to survive the cold winter in a limited amount of time.
"Disputes?" Li Si scoffed.
"If nothing else, it won't be long before you can receive good news from Shangjun!"
Horses pedal saddle horseshoes, the Huns were waiting for the cattle and sheep to multiply after the autumn to end fat and strong, and Daqin was also processing the added points of the mounted horse pedal saddle horseshoe to create heavy armored cavalry.
This time, the bones of the Huns will be completely shattered!
(End of chapter)