Great Qin Empress's Infrastructure Handbook

Chapter 271 The Decree
"As for the rewards for doing well, brother, please come up with a list." Zhao Qingrui looked at Fusu.

"No problem." Fusu did not refuse.

After seeing off Fusu, Zhao Qingrui leaned on the seat, ate some snacks, and continued to flip through the book.

Counting the time, Zhang Liang and the others will come back too.

"Your Highness, this is from Mr. Xie." Wang Xian walked over and presented a thick booklet respectfully.

"Xie Peiyun, take it here and have a look. Before you know it, it's the end of the year. Time flies." Seeing this brochure, she knew that it belonged to her own property, and it was from the Jingshui Pavilion. Things to report.

A lot of people have been spread out before. Although they are not spread throughout Daqin, there are her people everywhere in Daqin's fortresses.

Now she doesn't need to rebel anymore, she let those people develop in various places, and they can also come to Xianyang to participate in the assessment and embark on official careers.

However, not many came back, they were still doing what they had done before, and brought Zhao Qingrui a lot of news from various places.

Looking at the account books and reports from various places, Zhao Qingrui became serious soon after being casual from the beginning.

Looking at her gains in the past year on the account book, Zhao Qingrui felt that the long series of numbers almost blinded her.

When she came to Xianyang before, her father gave her a few Zhuangzi, plus the things that her father gave her one after another over the years, most of the things harvested from the Zhuangzi were exchanged for money.

Now that the stalls are in the mu, although those big Zhuangzi are also in the process of settlement, the officials tacitly reserved those Zhuangzi, and did not allocate the fields inside.

Zhao Qingrui wanted to keep using it, so she paid for it directly, since she was not short of money anyway.

In addition to Zhuangzi, there are also those shops in the capital. These are the big income. The rich people in Xianyang are beyond her expectation.

"With so much money, I don't have anything to spend it on." Zhao Qingrui said in a daze.

"This is a good thing, who would think too much money." Wang Xian said with a smile.

"Yeah, so much money, how do you think I should spend it?" Zhao Qingrui recovered and looked at Wang Xian.

"I don't have any good ideas, and I'm not good at managing money." Wang Xian smiled wryly.

"That's right, let someone put the money back, and then ask Lu Zhi to check it." Zhao Qingrui put down the account book.

"promise."

Wang Xian also left, and Zhao Qingrui's mind was full of money, she only knew that she had made a lot of money, and she almost lost the mind to review the memorials.

After quickly finishing these chores, Zhao Qingrui began to figure out how to spend the money.

Although this amount of money is not as good as what is in the national treasury, if he is not a prince, the money is enough to squander for many years.

Moreover, his shop is still making money continuously, so he will have no worries for the rest of his life.

But now, with so much money, she wants to do something.

What about basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation? Thinking about the travel of future generations, although Daqin has Qin Chidao and Qin Zhidao, the speed is still too slow and the efficiency is low.

The distance from Xianyang to Shangjun is not short, and my father will go out to fight the world in the future. The world is getting bigger and bigger, and it is naturally more difficult to manage it.

Communication and traffic are huge challenges to face, just like King Shang Zhou, who conquered such a large world, but ran too far and couldn't control the princes, which led to the rise of the Zhou Dynasty.

She doesn't need to worry about this question for the time being, the communication can be started, but she has no idea.

Compared with communication, the problem of traffic is better solved.

She found that Su Ling was extremely talented in mechanical manufacturing. With the textbooks she took out, Su Ling had almost learned by himself. It would be no problem to make a steam engine and an internal combustion engine in the future.

After the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum and Afang Palace are completed, Xianyang will be re-planned, and a large number of roads will be built in various places.

There are tens of 10 people in Lishan and the prisoners of Afang Palace. With so many people building Xianyang, the speed must be very fast.

As for the means of travel, with Daqin's current conditions, it may be difficult to get a bicycle.

The technology of ironmaking is considered up to standard, and there are many things involved in the bicycle, especially the materials used in the wheels.

Zhao Qingrui took out the map placed in Zhangtai Palace, and his eyes fell on Lingnan, where there should be rubber trees.

Now that she has money, she is not afraid of trouble.

Thinking this way, Zhao Qingrui went to Ying Zheng to discuss it the next day.

"Rubber? What is that?" Ying Zheng asked puzzled.

"Rubber has many uses. It can be used to make rubber shoes, to make rubber boats, and to..." Zhao Qingrui explained in detail what she knew.

"How is it? Father, do you think this rubber is very important?" Zhao Qingrui looked at Ying Zheng expectantly.

"Well, it's really important, what do you mean?" Ying Zheng nodded seriously, not doubting what the girl said, according to what the girl said, this rubber tree is indeed a treasure.

"There should be one in Lingnan. Rubber has so many uses. I can't finish this business by myself. The market for rubber is huge. If it is nationalized, it will definitely increase a lot of income for the treasury. .” Zhao Qingrui said immediately.

When it comes to increasing revenue for the treasury, Ying Zheng immediately became interested.

Zhao Qingrui looked at her father's excited look, and the corners of her mouth twitched. Is my father afraid of poverty?
"Since that's the case, what do you want to do? I'll listen to you." Ying Zheng was eager to try. With these, Daqin should become better and better.

"Ahem, first of all, we need to find the rubber tree. Now that Zhang Han is staying in Lingnan, how about letting him find it first?" Zhao Qingrui said seriously.

"If you find it, dig it back and plant it on the Zhuangzi?" Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Qingrui.

Zhao Qingrui shook her head, "No way, the climate in Xianyang is not suitable for the growth of rubber trees, and Lingnan is more suitable."

"That's it. I remember that when the land was divided into acres, there were few people in Lingnan, and there was still a lot of land that hadn't been allocated yet." Ying Zheng felt a little regretful.

"I don't need fields to plant rubber trees. There should be a lot of mountains over there. I'll plant them on the mountains at that time. When I find out the detailed planting method and the rubber tapping method." Zhao Qingrui said seriously .

Lingnan is too big, and there is not even half of the land allocated. Except for the rented out fields, the rest of the land has been planted a lot of things under the order of the court, and some of these are reserved for Lingnan. For military rations, everything else is being transported towards Xianyang.

"However, Zhang Han, you said he is a general, but I want to transfer him to Shangjun and let him participate in the attack on the Xiongnu." Ying Zheng rubbed his chin, and he was also more serious about military generals. Also more eager.

"Father, you are enough. Look at how many generals you have transferred to Shangjun, Meng Tian, ​​Wang Li, Li Xin, Li You, this lineup is so luxurious, if you send two of them casually, they can crush the Xiongnu .” Zhao Qingrui said speechlessly.

After being told by my daughter, Ying Zheng was a little embarrassed, "Ahem, Daqin hasn't fought a war for many years, and these generals have won a lot of prizes, and they all want to go, and, this is me. The first step for Daqin to dominate the world is to win."

"Well, it's really important to get off to a good start, otherwise it would be impossible for you to make such a fuss." Zhao Qingrui laughed.

As the new year was approaching, more and more grain was being sent back to Xianyang, and the imperial court had expanded several granaries, which were not enough.

Su Ling came to ask for the expansion of the granary again, and Zhao Qingrui was shocked, it must be too much.

In order to improve the situation of the state treasury, Zhao Qingrui gave Wang Xian a book on how to produce by-products of various grains, and asked her to build factories. These grains would definitely not be sold directly, and the price of grains dropped a lot.

Although the imperial court has been suppressing the reduction of food prices, the price of food is still falling and has not yet reached the lowest level.

Jiang Lu also came with him, and talked about it with Zhao Qingrui.

"Brother Jianglu, you should cooperate with Wang Xian during this time, Wang Xian, print some of the booklet and put it in the bookstore, so that more people can know about it." Zhao Qingrui said seriously after thinking for a while.

By doing this, she just wanted to enrich the food on the dining table of Daqin Qianshou.

"Don't worry, Your Highness." Wang Xian nodded seriously.

After sending Wang Xian and the others away, Zhao Qingrui received General Zuo Shaofu again.

Her East Palace is also coming to an end, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to finally build the East Palace.

Zhao Qingrui was overjoyed, and directly took General Zuo Shaofu over to check.

Zhao Qingrui hasn't paid attention to the construction of the East Palace for some days, and as the end of the year approaches, there are more busy things.

They walked in slowly with people, and the solemn palace stood not far from Xianyang Palace. According to Zhao Qingrui's preference, a very high attic was built. When you go to the attic, you can overlook Xianyang.

Although the East Palace is only lived by herself, it was built very spaciously. Although she already knew that she was the daughter of the First Emperor, or the heir apparent, and that she should have these things, but when she saw such a huge palace, she still felt a little nervous. Not used to it.

The palace is thick and solemn, with Qin bricks laid layer by layer, cloud-top sandalwood as beams in the sleeping hall, crystal jade as lamps, pearls as curtains, and Fan Jin as pillar foundations.

The palace is surrounded by pools of water, and the back garden is full of exotic flowers and plants, which are very bright and beautiful.

These are all built according to her own preferences. She has read the account books and knows that the cost of building this East Palace is extremely high. If it is not that the court is not short of money now, she is ready to pay some money to go in.

"Your Highness, is there anything that needs to be revised?" Jiang Zuo Shaofu asked respectfully.

"No need, that's it." Zhao Qingrui shook her head, it was already very good.

After following Young Master Jiang Zuo to understand the situation inside the palace, Zhao Qingrui asked Young Master Jiang Zuo to finish the finishing work here.

"Come to Zhangtai Palace tomorrow afternoon, I have something to discuss with you." There is still something to be busy, Zhao Qingrui in the East Palace is not in a hurry, it is the old man who is in a hurry.

"Promise." Although the young master general had doubts, he still respectfully complied.

Back at Xuanyi Palace, Zhao Qingrui asked Zai Lu Zhi to give her the account book of Xuanyi Palace.

Flipping through the items in the account book, Zhao Qingrui had a good idea.

She is not short of money or food, and will ask Lu Zhi to send some food to the East Palace tomorrow.

Those corvees who work can also be given some money.

"Lu Zhi, tell me, how much reward should be given to those prisoners of war who built it?" Zhao Qingrui looked at Lu Zhi and asked.

Now that Wang Xian is off work, he is busy working on those grain factories, and there is no one who can make an idea for the time being.

Seeing Lu Zhi busying around her, she immediately thought of Lu Zhi, the founding queen of the Western Han Dynasty was a ruthless person, after entering her Xuanyi Palace, her skills were also very good, which she valued very much.

"Those people are lucky to do things for His Highness. If there is a reward, I think it would be enough to give a dozen Qin Banliangs." Lu Zhi said respectfully.

"More than a dozen? It's a little less." Zhao Qingrui thought about it.

"Your Highness, it's quite a lot. If you give too much, it will make it more difficult for the General Zuo Shaofu to manage those people and make them easy to cause trouble." Lu Zhi said seriously.

Although there are many troops stationed in Xianyang City, there are more prisoners of war. If these prisoners of war make trouble, it will definitely be a big problem.

"You're right, it's because I didn't think carefully." Zhao Qingrui paused, thinking that what Lu Zhi said made sense.

On the afternoon of the second day, Jiang Zuo Shaofu came over early.

"I called you here today, just to talk about what happened after these people finished building the East Palace. I sent some food over there. It was all meat, so that they could get a little bit of meat."

"Your Highness is merciful." General Commander Shao Fu said respectfully, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is generous.

"Everyone contributed to the completion of the East Palace so quickly. I have already recorded your contribution in the official inspection book of Yushitai. The others will each be rewarded with fifteen qian." Zhao Qingrui said lightly. Said, didn't care about his flattery.

I listen to too much flattery, and that's it.

"One more thing, the father has already agreed, you go to inform the prisoners under the jurisdiction of Jiangzuo Shaofu that the construction of the imperial mausoleum and Afang Palace will be completed, Xianyang City needs to be rebuilt, and all prisoners of war need to join in the construction of Xianyang City go."

"When the construction of Xianyang City is completed, let them go free and give them the citizenship of Daqin." Zhao Qingrui took out a silk book, which was written by the old man, and it was stamped with a big seal on the release of these prisoners of war.

However, to set these people free, Xianyang City first needs to be built.

After receiving the silk letter presented by the maid, Jiang Zuo Shaofu was shocked, he never expected His Majesty to issue such an order.

"Your Highness, there are 70 prisoners of war who built the Imperial Mausoleum and Efang Palace. The release of so many prisoners of war may cause turmoil in the Great Qin Dynasty." Jiang Zuo Shaofu said in fear.

"This is not something you should worry about." Zhao Qingrui said lightly, there is no need to explain this kind of thing to the General Zuo Shaofu.

"Your Highness taught me that the minister overstepped the limit, and the minister took the decree to thank you." Jiang Zuo's young man said respectfully.

"Well, let's go, pay attention to these prisoners, and inform General Wang Ben, don't let these prisoners cause any turmoil." Zhao Qingrui said lightly.

"promise."

General Zuo Shaofu read out His Majesty's imperial decree, and went to Shanglinyuan and Lishan to read it out, so that everyone could understand His Majesty's meaning.

All the prisoners were shocked. They thought they would be prisoners for the rest of their lives. Unexpectedly, they would return to Guishou one day.

(End of this chapter)