"It is close to the West Sea and Yanchi, where the lake salt mining is extremely convenient, the mineral deposits are almost inexhaustible, and there is no problem in planting barley and breeding plateau cattle and sheep around, Daqin wants to control Kunlun, and it is necessary to hold Xining!"

Zhang Han arched his hand and said: "Obey!" Believe me, the soldiers of the Qin army will not be afraid of hardship! ”

I denied it: "They opened up territory for Great Qin, and I spared no wealth, and all those who went to Xining to pioneer the land, no matter how much the annual salt tax was, would take one-thousandth of it to the soldiers." ”

Don't underestimate one thousandth, with the salt production of Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake and the gold level of salt in this era, it is not a problem for them to be rich for four or five years.

Wealth was given to them to comfort people's hearts, and most importantly, these people could marry wives and have children, buy slaves, and hire servants, and Xining would become prosperous just around the corner! It's definitely much better than the court taking all the profits and investing them in.

What is the saying? There are no middlemen to make the difference!

If this money goes around the court, I am afraid that it may shrink by half......

"Ministers, soldiers, thank you, Your Majesty!"

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The next few days were mainly about preparing for the third expedition.

Xianyang was lively for more than half a month, and finally fell silent.

Seeing these Qin Shi's test papers, I couldn't help but sigh, it seems that Daqin's education policy is still effective.

This exam paper is much more difficult than the last time, not that the knowledge is much more difficult, but more of the knowledge close to modern disciplines, relatively speaking, it has added a lot of difficulty.

I am glad that the selected talents have been qualitatively improved, more suitable for modern thinking, and most of them can have a relatively clear understanding of physics, chemistry, biology, geography and other aspects.

With the completion of the marking, the third section of Qin Shi also came out, and naturally it was another interpretation of life in Xianyang.

After handing over these people to Meng Yi for appointment, Daqin is also about to usher in the final chapter of the three-year plan!

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The front hall of the chapter platform, the great court meeting.

Because the matter of building the road is the most important, Bai Chong took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the construction of roads in various places has been completed except for the sixteen counties of the grassland and Wang Insurance, and the cement roads have been built due to the lack of ore and construction difficulties, and less than one thousandth of them have been built, but Guanluo Road has been completed!" ”

I nodded, not being too harsh, and the results have far exceeded my expectations.

Sima Li is in charge of the world, and his importance ranks second: "Your Majesty, my Daqin manufacturing industry is thriving, and workshops such as rubber mills, sugar mills, and lacquer mills in Lingnan have sprung up; 90 million mu of new fields including cotton, rice, corn and wheat have been reclaimed, and more than 4 million mu of trees have been newly planted; Commerce and trade are also prosperous, and only the government, Jiangnan weaving, Hexi weaving and related industries account for one-tenth of the imperial court's money and silk taxes! Small artisanal workshops still use incentives for light taxation. ”

I pondered for a while and instructed: "There is no problem with the rest, it is too risky to concentrate cotton fields in Hexi, and other places should be encouraged to expand the scale of planting." ”

Last winter, the natural disasters in the cotton fields of Hexi are vivid, and it is too dangerous to put all the eggs in one basket, so it is necessary to diversify the risk.

"Yes!"

Zhang Han continued: "Your Majesty, except for the rebellion in the four counties of Weixi, Mu, Han, and Jing last year, there was no war in all parts of Daqin. The name change of the Yanzhi, Xianbei, Yanran, and Xiyuan clans caused some waves, but they were all forcefully suppressed, and no large-scale rebellion occurred. ”

I praised: "Very good, there are no external troubles in Daqin today, and internal worries need to be resolved as soon as possible, and I would like to remind you once again that you must not underestimate the role of culture in conquest!" This is where the Bongchen Pavilion comes into play. ”

Feng Zheng bowed and said, "Obey!" Fengchen Hall is about to be rebuilt and completed, and many such talents have been recruited from all over the country to collect poems, and at the same time follow His Majesty's edict to study sculpture, painting and other arts, so as to show the Great Qin culture in all countries and the Great Qin etiquette in the world! ”

"Good!"

Then came Yujin.

Although the government is under the rule of the general Shaofu, the importance of the government is not weaker than that of Jiuqing, and he has to attend every court meeting.

"Your Majesty, the Daqin Academy of Science and the Research Institute of the General Residence in Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion have achieved remarkable results, not only in lacquermaking, rubber making, improving carriages, keel waterwheels, farm tools, etc., but also cultivating a group of skilled craftsmen with His Majesty's new thinking!"

The people who have been trained in the Zuofu have performed well, and they have made some improvements to the equipment I have given them, which is more suitable for the development of this era, which makes me much more gratified.

Shusun Tong made a rare performance: "Your Majesty, there has been no great progress in the Hundred Schools of Science except for medicine, and there has been great progress in others, and medicine has also broken some feudal superstitions, and the School Palace has issued many books to correct medical concepts, and the "Women's Medical Book" compiled by the queen has also been officially published under the verification of the imperial doctor's order!" ”

I will smile in my heart, at that time Li Shiyun said that she wanted to pass on these experiences to the world, I just thought she was doing it on a whim, but I didn't expect it to be done.

The rest is a decent debriefing.

Feng Zai, as the first assistant, was placed at the end.

After listening to Feng Zheng's report, I roughly had a comprehensive understanding.

In the past three years, Daqin's treasury revenue has increased rapidly year by year, but on the whole, the expenditure is still higher than the income, building roads, building ships, building water conservancy, and opening up wasteland. Not to mention going hand in hand.

However, the results achieved are also extremely significant, whether it is the economy, culture, manufacturing, etc., or the territory is stable, and the development of new land, today's Daqin is simply different from the Daqin thirteen years ago!

It wasn't until nightfall that everyone finished their reports, and even after a day of sitting, I still didn't feel tired!

"Zhongqing has worked hard, so I will be here today and continue tomorrow."

Everyone was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that after the day was dealt with, the foreign official would leave Xianyang early the next morning, and in the past thirteen years, the number of times the Great Dynasty Meeting has been postponed no more than three times, why did it be postponed again this time.

However, everyone thought that I was happy for Daqin and might have to hold a palace banquet again, so they all left happily.

Only Feng Zheng and Meng Yi walked last.

Meng Yi is now in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials in the entire Great Qin, although the officials above 600 stone still need to be decided by me, but the power is not small.

"Feng Xiang, why has the Great Dynasty been postponed again?"

Feng Zai smiled, but he couldn't hide the tiredness on his face: "Who knows." ”

Meng Yi saw that he was not in a good state, and said with relief: "Feng Xiang, don't be too tired. ”

Feng Zai sighed: "The old man now knows how comfortable this Zuo Prime Minister was before, and how hard Li Xiang was. ”

Meng Yi was stunned, he didn't expect Feng Zai to praise Li Si, although Feng Zai couldn't say it directly when he drank before, he also had a lot of disdain in his demeanor.

Feng Zheng came from the bottom of his heart, and his opinion of Li Si changed from Yu He's forcing him to be the same as Li Si, until he took on the actual position of the right prime minister, he didn't know how difficult it was for the right prime minister of Daqin!

There are so many male calves to deal with every day, there is a drought here, a flood there, cattle and sheep in the north cannot be sold, silk in the south is in short supply, the Great Wall has to be repaired, and the roads are washed out......

The two countries of the Great Qin Domain and the seventy-six counties are all gathered here, and they also have to face the pressure from the emperor and the complaints of foreign officials. Although Jiuqing shared some work, the preliminary decision was still with him, and Feng Zheng was about to be driven crazy at the beginning!

Fortunately, I finally survived......

Feng Zao said slowly: "If you are not in your position, you don't know ...... politics" and slowly walked out of the front hall.

If I had known what he was thinking, I would have scolded him: Why don't you know now???