Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 173 This sister can't have it anymore, sooner or later she will eat into a ball!
When Fusu found Qin Mo, he was sitting on the steps in front of the school chatting with Han Fei, old Zhang Yan, Ying Bu and other guests.

Not far away, Concubine Yu, Yuan Man, sister Lu Zhi, and a group of princes and princesses and the two sons of Gongsun's family were chattering and watching the demolition of the hut.

Seeing that Fusu came out of the palace gate, all the people rode their horses and came straight here, and they all stepped forward to salute: "I have seen the prince (brother)~!"

Fu Su saluted Han Fei and the others, and then said to a group of younger brothers and sisters: "You have also met the father, why don't you go back to the school to study, and play outside instead?"

All the princes and princesses shrunk their necks, today is not a rest.

Only because Yujia returned to Xianyang yesterday, they asked for leave in the morning and went back to the palace to reunite with Yingzheng, Fusu and Yuanman.

Then, they forgot about going back to the academy, and followed Yuan Man out to have fun!
"We took a day off, and it won't be too late to go back tomorrow morning, so brother doesn't need to worry about it." Hu Hai argued with his neck stuck.

Fusu turned to look at Han Fei with a questioning look in his eyes.

Han Fei nodded: "It is indeed a day off, just return to the library tomorrow morning."

Fu Su suddenly nodded, and raised his hand to give Hu Hai a brain-bump: "You don't need to be smart on the right way, you only think about being lazy and slippery..."

Hu Hai covered his forehead and curled his lips angrily, then turned around and winked at his sisters and brothers.

The princes and princesses immediately cast admiring gazes on him, helping Sun to come back from the southern tour, and they became more majestic and more and more like Ying Zheng.

Only a bastard like Hu Hai dares to refute!
Fusu stopped controlling a group of younger brothers and sisters, and turned to Qin Mo and said: "Qin Xiang, the emperor ordered me to encourage merchants to open up Baiyue, but I have no clue, Qin Xiang must teach me."

Of course, Qin Mo didn't mind helping, and talking about it wasn't troublesome, so he thought for a while and said, "Businessmen are after profit, and if you want them to develop Baiyue, it's nothing more than a lure."

"Hold an auction of Baiyue's treasures, make the momentum bigger, that's it!"

Fusu nodded, then shook his head, hesitatingly said: "Since my father entrusted this matter to me yesterday, after I returned to the palace, I sent a large number of guests and retainers to bring all kinds of Baiyue treasures into the palace. The restaurants and guest houses in Xianyang city are promoting the benefits of Baiyue to merchants..."

Qin Mo, Han Fei and others nodded while listening.

This is actually the same routine as when Qin Mo held the auction of foreign treasures.

It's just that Qin Mo gave dozens of hard-earned horses to military officers for free, and valuable jades to civil servants for free to help them promote.

As for the crown prince Fusu, he has a large number of guests and retainers under him, so he doesn't have to be the one to take advantage of it by giving away treasures for nothing, and just let the guests and retainers do publicity.

When the news of Baiyue's great benefits spreads, we will hold another auction of Baiyue's treasures, so that merchants can see the real benefits.

When it's time to introduce, it's done!

In short, there is nothing wrong with Fusu's arrangement, it is very stable and appropriate.

"But at noon today...retainers and guests came back one after another and told me that although merchants showed great interest in Baiyue's treasures, very few merchants had the intention to go to Baiyue for business."

"Even many merchants shook their heads when they heard about Baiyue!"

Fusu turned around and expressed his helplessness.

Qin Mo, Han Fei, Old Zhang Yan and others looked at each other, and then asked in unison, "Why?"

Fu Su smiled wryly: "Firstly, it's because the business route outside the territory has already been established, and the potential is huge. If you come back from the fortress, you can always make a lot of money."

"Merchants are probably also lazy. They can make a lot of money by taking a mature business route outside the Great Wall, so naturally they don't want to bother to go to Baiyue. After all, they may not be able to earn more..."

"Secondly, the Baiyue hills and forests are stretching and the roads are difficult to walk. Although there are many rivers but no management, if you go to do business, it is really not as easy as going outside the Great Wall."

"In addition, Baiyue is full of miasma, hot and humid. Going to Baiyue for business is very easy to lose your life. If you are not a merchant from Chu or Shu who are adapted to the southern climate, you really dare not go there."

"I sent someone to ask Mr. Wang specifically, and he said that the people of Chu and Shu were active in filling Baiyue with immigrants."

"The further north the rest go, the fewer people there will be, responding to the imperial court's call to emigrate!"

This explanation can be described as detailed and solved the doubts in everyone's mind.

Old Zhang Yan, Ying Bu and other guests were all scratching their heads. There was really no solution to this matter, so it was no wonder that Fu Su wanted to ask Qin Mo for advice.

Including Han Fei, who also shook his head secretly. Before the business roads outside the Great Wall were not saturated, it might not be easy for Baiyue to attract merchants to open up.

Qin Mo smacked his lips and pondered for a long time before he said, "Everything you say is empty, after all, the benefits are not big enough."

"If Baiyue's business profits are far greater than those outside the territory, those merchants will definitely go to Baiyue even if they buy a broken fishing boat to go to sea~!"

Fu Su was stunned for a moment, but these words hit the nail on the head.

As he himself said, merchants can make money when they go outside the Great Wall, so why bother to go to Baiyue, it may not be possible to make more money.

All the crux of the problem is that the benefits are not big enough!

"Can Prime Minister Qin find a way to solve it?"

Fusu tried to ask, but after speaking, he seemed to feel a bit difficult, so he said in a hurry: "It's really not possible... I will report to the emperor to give some business tax relief to the merchants in Baiyue."

This is also a way. The imperial court's reduction or exemption of Baiyue's business tax is equivalent to increasing the value of Baiyue's treasures in disguise.

The benefits are big enough, so there are naturally merchants who are willing to venture beyond!

Han Fei nodded appreciatively and said, "His Royal Highness is quite quick-witted. In my opinion, this method is feasible."

Fusu probably didn't expect that Han Fei would appreciate his casual method, so he couldn't help being flattered, and he raised his hand and said, "Dr. Han's absurd praise."

Han Fei is a great talent that Ying Zheng respects, and it is more proud to get a compliment from Han Fei than to receive [-] compliments from others.

"The court collects business taxes not only to fill the treasury, but also to balance the gap between the rich and the poor invisibly. It is best not to reduce the business tax unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Furthermore, the profits of treasure goods are not obtained by giving away profits. The market is the criterion for determining the price or profit of treasure goods..."

Qin Mo murmured for a while, and Fusu and Han Fei heard the words with mosquito coils in their eyes.

Balancing the gap between rich and poor?

The market determines the price?

Fu Su and Han Fei pondered over the key words in Qin Mo's words, and couldn't help but fell into long-term contemplation.

Especially Han Fei, his wisdom is unquestionable, frowning from time to time, it seems that he has realized something and is thinking about the gist of it!
While they were contemplating, Qin Mo suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "There is a solution."

After speaking, he got up and walked towards the small courtyard next to the school.

But halfway through, I realized that the small courtyard was almost demolished, so I stopped abruptly and turned to walk into the academy.

Everyone was baffled by him, and Fusu and Han Fei also came back to their senses, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

Fusu wondered, "What is Prime Minister Qin doing?"

"Get some delicious food and drink, and help you increase the profit of Baiyue Baohuo by the way."

Qin Mo left a word without looking back, and continued to walk into the academy.

When Fu Su heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly got up to follow.

Everyone was curious, so they followed suit one after another.

Including the sons and princesses who were so obsessed with playing truant, they immediately followed into the academy when they heard that there was something delicious to eat and drink.

Well, to women and children, the food cooked by Qin Mo is like a nuclear bomb attack, which cannot be resisted at all!

……

After Qin Mo entered the academy, he first went to the Baigong Institute, found Baigong students who were improving the sugar refining process, and asked them for white sucrose.

Last time in the land of Baiyue, Qin Mo used the clumsy method of filtering water in the wild to forcibly turn black cane sugar into white cane sugar.

And Narangye white sucrose became one of Daqin's war preparation materials, which was used to enhance the power of black gunpowder.

The improvement of its refining process has long been put on the agenda by Xueguan and Shaofu!
"Is this thing mixed with lime milk? Can the white sugar you make be edible?"

Qin Mo couldn't help asking when he saw a student holding a basin of lime milk and pouring it into the cauldron for making sugarcane juice.

Lime has a unique molecular structure, and it can react with many things together, and he knows that using it to purify can get twice the result with half the effort.

But he is not sure whether the sugar purified from this can be eaten.

Don't talk about it?

"After boiling and boiling, precipitation is required. During the process, lime and impurities will precipitate and separate from the sucrose slurry floating on it. The two are not compatible. After the slurry is scooped out, it will go through several processes..."

"Anyway, it's edible, let's see, Prime Minister Qin!"

While explaining, the student held out a can of purified white sugar. As if afraid that Qin Mo would not believe it, he squeezed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, indicating that it was definitely edible.

Qin Mo took the sugar jar, stretched out his hand and squeezed out a pinch, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, but there was no peculiar smell.

It doesn't even have the kind of rush that is unique to lime!

After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Hu Hai and said, "Young Master, come to eat candy."

Hu Hai smelled the sweet smell that filled the laboratory, and he was already hungry. Hearing this, he immediately walked up to Qin Mo, opened his mouth wide and waited for the food to be fed.

Qin Mo sprinkled the sugar in his hand into his mouth, and waited for him to gargle and swallow it, before asking, "Do you feel any discomfort in your mouth?"

Hu Hai shook his head, but excitedly said: "Sweet~!"

Qin Mo continued to ask, "Is the chest and abdomen hot?"

Hu Hai shook his head again: "Not yet!"

Suddenly, Qin Mo took a sip with peace of mind, then smashed his mouth and nodded, "It's okay, it's really edible."

Fusu: "..."

Yuan Man: "..."

Do you dare to be wicked?
Even if Hu Hai is naughty, he can't cheat him like this!

Han Fei, Yingbo and other guests were sweating while watching.

This is Qin Xiang.

Another person, even if he is brave enough to grow hair, would not dare to play tricks on Shi Huang's son like this!

"Come, come, children, try it."

Qin Mo gave the young princes and princesses, as well as the two children of the Gongsun family, a small handful in the palm of each of them, and let them lick and eat by themselves.

Then, he led a group of people out of the laboratory and went straight to the cafeteria of the academy.

……

The cafeteria of the academy is very large, and the ingredients are also very complete.

Qin Mo asked the cooks to help prepare the ingredients, while he put on his apron and went to the stove himself. First, he made a few pots of Cantonese-style sweet soup and slowly stewed it on the fire.

Then he began to cook some ordinary stir-fried dishes that are now popular. Every time a dish is cooked, let everyone taste it while it is hot.

"Well, I haven't tasted the dishes made by Junhou himself for more than a year, but I don't think so, but the craftsmanship has improved a lot. It's very delicious to eat."

After Old Zhang Yan tasted it, he couldn't help but praise it.

He was used to eating the dishes made by Qin Mo before, and the taste was very good. To be able to give such an evaluation, it is indeed more delicious.

Fusu, Han Fei, Yingbu and others, as well as sisters Yuji, Yuanman, Lu Zhi, and a group of children, didn't have time to talk, they were all scrambling for food with their chopsticks.

Qin Mo cooked several dishes before he stopped and asked, "How is it?"

Everyone hurriedly nodded together: "It's delicious... the food is also... the gentleman's cooking skills today are really improved..."

Qin Mo smiled and shook his head, pointed to the sugar jar beside the stove, and explained: "It's not that my cooking skills have improved, but that this sugar can enhance the freshness. With the same cooking skills, adding some sugar to stir-fries will make it taste better." Minute!"

Everyone suddenly nodded and continued to chopsticks.

Only Fusu and Han Fei seemed to understand what Qin Mo wanted to do.

Next, Qin Mo started to come up with new tricks, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, sweet and sour pork ribs, shredded fish-flavored pork, braised pork, etc., all kinds of sweet dishes were cooked by him one by one.

Also, all kinds of loofah fruits.

In addition, traditional Chinese desserts such as horseshoe cake, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, red bean cake, mung bean cake, thousand-layer cake, cold cake, pea yellow, etc., were trial-produced with the help of the chef of the school.

There are some successful trial productions, and some failed trial productions, but they are all edible!
After all this hard work, Qin Mo really found the feeling of cooking for Paoze in the army when he was not making a fortune!

"call……"

Qin Mo took off his apron and stretched himself, but when he got out of the back kitchen and came to the outside cafeteria, he was startled.

Ying Zheng and a group of courtiers arrived at some time, and they were eating happily.

Qin Mo's thoughts just now were all on how to try out the pastry. He didn't have many brain cells, and he was exhausted. He didn't pay attention to the movement in the cafeteria outside.

"Aiqing's cooking skills are really amazing."

When Ying Zheng saw Qin Mo come out, he was full of praise immediately.

Qin Mo came back to his senses, and quickly bowed his hands in salute: "Your Majesty... When did you come here?"

Ying Zheng thought for a while and replied: "When the sweet and sour pork ribs are served...the way of cooking them is sweet and sour, delicious!"

Qin Mo smiled, and beckoned to the back kitchen, and asked the school chefs who helped out to bring out a few pots of Cantonese-style sweet soup that had been stewed to perfection: "Your Majesty... gentlemen... have some sweet soup and press it." Press down."

"Good~!"

Ying Zheng said nothing, and immediately nodded.

Everyone couldn't wait, sitting in rows in the cafeteria waiting for a share.

Qin Mo waited for everyone to drink, and then asked again: "Your Majesty and the gentlemen came to the academy, didn't they come here to find something to eat after smelling it?"

Of course, Yingzheng was not that busy, and explained while drinking sweet soup: "There is a shortage of officials in Zhisu Nei Shifu and Guanzhong Nei Shifu, and Aiqing is also aware of it. The students who count are recruited as officials."

"After arriving at the academy earlier, I heard from the guards that Aiqing and others are also in the academy, and they even came to the cafeteria."

"Zhuqing and I know that there is delicious food, so how can we not come and join in the fun...haha."

At the end, he couldn't help laughing, as if he was a little proud of his good luck.

Qin Mo suddenly nodded, and muttered: "Your Majesty shouldn't just select officials in the academy, if you only select officials in the academy, those ambitious people who come from all counties in the world and gather in Xianyang City, waiting to be recruited as officials, wouldn't you? Don't be disappointed?"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that when the minister first became the prime minister, the selection of officials and appointment of officials was presented?"

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I remember it, so I will keep it on my desk."

Qin Mo said with a smile: "What's the use of His Majesty's collection? If you don't carry it forward, it will always be a bundle of scraps!"

"Now that His Majesty's prestige is in full swing, and the hearts of the people of Kyushu turn to Qin, it's time to implement it."

"In this way, it will also prevent the country's leftovers from struggling to achieve their ambitions, and really do some unremarkable things under the depression!"

Ying Zheng raised his thick eyebrows, and Dan Feng's eyes narrowed slightly.

Qin Mo's last sentence is the key point, Qin has today, annexed six countries, and unified China, relying on those talents left behind from the countryside.

In other words, those rural talents who failed in the Six Kingdoms!

Shang Yang is like this.

Zhang Yi is like this.

The same is true for Fan Ju.

Moreover, the reason why Daqin lacks low-level officials now is that firstly, there are indeed few people who can read and write in this era, and secondly, because officials from the original six countries dare not use them.

Third, there are many great talents who think highly of themselves, and they don't want to be low-level officials!

Just like Li Si when he was young, he didn't want to be a small official in his hometown, so he resigned from his official position and went to learn art from Xunzi.

In this era, there is no such thing as the later generations. A gentleman is ashamed of the corrupt Confucian morality of talking about profit, everyone is eager to stand out, and everyone is eager for wealth and glory.

If you don't give others a chance, if you push them into a hurry, you have to create an opportunity yourself to rebel against you!

Yingzheng was silent for a moment, and said solemnly: "Since this is the case, when I promulgate the reform of the central government system and the law on the performance evaluation of officials, I will also implement the selection of officials and appointment of officials."

"In my opinion, when the selection of officials and appointment of officials is carried out, those officials from the original six countries can actually be appointed."

"After all, if the heart is really for the Six Kingdoms, they should have gone to Baiyue as early as when the old clans of the Six Kingdoms gathered in Baiyue for restoration. Those who are still in Daqin now probably don't miss their homeland anymore."

"Jieshi, when recruiting the officials from the original six countries, let Jin Yiwei inspect them and check their words and deeds in their hometown on weekdays, that's all. Use it if you can, and don't use it if you can't!"

Qin Mo raised his hands: "Your Majesty's words are very true, so it's the best."

The two monarchs and ministers have finalized another major national policy at the dinner table.

And all the courtiers listened for a long time with their ears pricked up, but they only heard a half-knowledge.

The main reason is that everyone is speculating in their hearts, what kind of regulations are Qin Mo's appointment of officials and officials, and whether he can find a future for his descendants in it!

Ying Zheng seemed to have seen the thoughts of the courtiers, but he didn't want to explain anything. He was almost out of money for the appointment of officials.

When Qin Mo first presented the play, it might not have been perfect, but now he has perfected it so detailed that there is no need for officials to intervene to fill in the gaps.

In this way, it also prevents the officials from knowing and preparing for the nephews in advance, which will be unfair to others!
"Prince, if you don't go to supervise and encourage merchants to open up Baiyue, how can you have the leisure to come to Qin Qing for food and drink?"

Ying Zheng brought the topic to Fusu and asked casually.

Hearing Lao Tzu's words, Fu Su seemed to blame himself for being lazy, so he couldn't help feeling terrified and at the same time a little speechless.

Your prime minister squatted in front of the academy door, chatting with the guests, leading a group of children to play, and he didn't see you to supervise him.

Why can I kiss my son on it?
Eating a solid meal has become a sin!

Fusu murmured in his heart, but he already explained: "My son came here not just to eat and drink, but to ask Prime Minister Qin for advice on how to encourage merchants to open up Baiyue..."

He recounted the news collected by his followers and the merchants' views on going to Baiyue for business, and recounted it to Ying Zheng and the courtiers.

After Ying Zheng heard it, he realized that he had made a mistake, but as a strict father, it was impossible to admit his mistake, so he pretended that nothing had happened, but turned to Qin Mo and asked, "Aiqing, Bai The value of Yuebao goods is there, and no one would be stupid enough to buy them at a high price, so how can we increase profits?"

Qin Mo didn't answer directly, but looked at the second bowl of sweet soup in his hand, and asked instead: "Your Majesty, does this soup suit your appetite?"

Ying Zheng nodded without hesitation: "It's a rare delicacy, it suits your appetite!"

Qin Mo pointed to the dishes and pastries that had already been eaten by everyone, and continued to ask: "How about these, do they suit His Majesty's appetite?"

Ying Zheng nodded again and exclaimed, "It's all the best in the world!"

He answered these two questions quickly, but he was even more confused in his heart. Can delicious food increase the value of Baiyue's treasures?

Including the courtiers, they were no longer guessing about the content of the appointment of officials, they all looked at Qin Mo blankly.

This touched their blind spot of knowledge!

Qin Mo smiled, glanced around everyone, and said with a smile: "If the cooking methods of these delicacies are spread, will they be popular in Guanzhong, and even in the whole Qin Dynasty?"

Ying Zheng looked at the sweet soup in the bowl, and seemed to have realized something, and said hesitantly, "It must be popular!"

Qin Mo nodded, and stopped being a joke, and explained with a smile: "In these delicacies, Baiyue's specialty sucrose is more or less added."

"If it is popular, the supply of sucrose will inevitably exceed the demand, and the price will naturally rise."

"Businessmen are all driven by profit, so there is no need to encourage anything during the introduction, the other generation will flock to Baiyue to sell sugar!"

Snapped--

Fusu slapped his hands hard, and couldn't contain his excitement, he said: "Mr. Qin's method is really fantastic and ingenious!"

Ying Zheng and the courtiers looked at each other in amazement.

Qin Mo probably came up with this new way!
……

Later, after a full meal, Ying Zheng and the courtiers left the cafeteria to select students who were proficient in law and arithmetic.

Zhisu Neishi Mansion and Guanzhong Neishi Mansion are really too busy, students can go to the two mansions to do business in the form of corvee without giving them official titles, and then talk about it after a period of time.

After a month or two, the law of selecting officials and appointing officials will also be implemented, and people with lofty ideals from Kyushu will compete for those official positions together!
After Ying Zheng left, Fu Su also left contentedly.

Because Qin Mo agreed to help, in the restaurants and inns under his family's name, he promoted the delicacies with sucrose and the specific cooking methods.

Of course, the premise is that Fusu provides enough white sucrose, otherwise it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!

"Sister Ah Yan, don't eat it... I heard from Qin Xiang that if you eat too much of these sweets, you will gain weight like crazy."

Yuan Man patted Lu Xiaomei who was still eating the horseshoe cake, and tried to persuade her.

As soon as Lu Xiaomei stopped chewing, her brows furrowed instantly, and she asked doubtfully, "Really?"

Yu Ji took over the conversation from the side, and said seriously: "Eldest sister is right, Junzi once made a drink called milk tea, which added maltose and honey... I drank it for only a few days, and there was meat on my stomach." , It’s easier to get fat than eating fatty meat.”

Lu Xiaomei gritted her teeth, looked at the horseshoe cake on the plate, and said bitterly: "They are really harmful monsters, I will bite them to death, ouch~!"

Concubine Yu: "..."

Yuan Man: "..."

Lu Zhi covered his face in shame.

My sister, dare we not be so funny?

Lu Xiaomei chewed up all the evil monsters and swallowed them into her belly. Then she looked at Yu Ji and asked, "What is milk tea? Is it delicious?"

Concubine Yu: "..."

Yuan Man: "..."

Lu Zhi once again covered his face in shame.

This sister can't have it anymore, sooner or later she will eat into a ball!
……

Qin Mo promised to help Fusu, but in fact it didn't take much trouble, he just wrote out the detailed recipes, asked Yingbu to print thousands of copies, and then sent them to his family's restaurants and inns.

In this way, you can also bring more business to your own restaurants and guest houses!

Fusu also worked very hard to handle the affairs assigned by Yingzheng. Early the next morning, he pulled dozens of carts of white sugar from the treasury and handed them over to Yingbu for disposal.

The Yue people in the land of South Vietnam paid land rent and tax in kind, and there was a lot of sucrose among them. After the county officials made it into brown sugar, they shipped it all to Guanzhong. After the Shaofu purified it into white sucrose, it went into the national treasury. .

Sucrose is now a strategic material, and the imperial court must have it in reserve!

Fusu probably wanted to see how well Qin Mo's method would work. After handing over dozens of carts of white sucrose to Yingbu, he did not return to the palace.

Instead, they brought old Fan Zeng together, and the two followed Yingbu to distribute sugar and recipes to restaurants and restaurants.

After dozens of carts of sugar were distributed, it was already noon!

"Are all the restaurants and restaurants I visited this morning owned by Prime Minister Qin?"

Fusu and old Fan Zeng got off their horses to rest in the last restaurant, and couldn't help asking Yingbo.

Yingbo didn't hide anything, nodded and said, "It's all."

When Fu Su and old Fan Zeng heard the words, they immediately pulled their beards enviously, and said hesitantly: "It's really amazing... I'm afraid they can't stop making money every day!"

Yingbo smiled and stopped talking, just pouring tea for the two of them.

Just kidding, restaurants and restaurants are only the least profitable industries under Qin Mo's name. Others include perfume, glass, porcelain, fried tea...etc.
"Dude, good wine and good food are here."

The three of them were tasting tea by themselves, but a group of guests entered the restaurant.

It was noon at this time, and the people of Qin didn't actually have the habit of eating lunch. Most of the time, they had two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening.

So at this time, this group of guests is not here to have a serious meal, but to discuss business... Talking about business at the wine table has existed since ancient times!

The clerk of the restaurant warmly greeted him, pointed to the brand of the newly made dish and said, "Respected guest, there are new dishes in the shop today, sweet ones, do you want to try them?"

(End of this chapter)