I rely on Qin Shihuang to enshrine the gods

Chapter 106 Ba Qing becomes a shareholder
The snow never stopped.

As far as the eye can see, the snow is flying and white, and there is chaos everywhere.

After being bored for several days, Baitao chose today to leave the palace and was now sitting in a luxurious carriage.

There were two enchanting pearls on her ears, and she wore a snow-white plum-blossom mink fur. Her pink-cheeked little face couldn't help shrinking from the cold, and the air-conditioning that rushed in after opening the silk curtain was quite chilling.

She breathed out white mist: "It's really cold this year."

The shouts on the streets of Xianyang Qianmo also came in with the cold wind.

"Qin Jiulie, the best Qin Jiulie, after eating the warm Kang, he will be strong enough to fight in the army." "Guokui, Guokui, the new Guokui, the Guokui from our Li family shop is real, one piece, just like Half of it! Stuff it into your throat! Push it out of your butt hole!"

"Everyone, come quickly. We are going to pray for water outside the city."

"Ouch, oh, hurry up then."

"Tiehu's second wife, Zhang Guaizi, goes to worship the water and the queen to bless us with a good harvest next year."

"Ouch? You still want to worship the queen?"

"When worshiping water, you must pay homage to Queen Qin. Let's pray to her. We have had a drought for so long. As soon as she became our queen, the weather was smooth. However, after more than a month, there are so many white particles. She is a goddess. Please pay homage to her. , I guarantee a good harvest next year, so that we old Qin people will not have to worry about food and clothing."

"Yes, yes, Queen Qin, please protect me."

"God bless, bless our family, my father, my mother, and my little girl."

The scene outside the car was boiling, and there were crowds of people. Qin people have always valued water, and they have a custom of worshiping water.

Baitao's hand holding up the car curtain froze, but she didn't expect that they were also worshiping her.

There are countless beliefs around him that are turned into threads and embedded in his blood.

She also solved the mystery of her three tails.

She put down the silk curtain and whispered: "I would like to pray for a good harvest with the intention of snow, and quietly watch the coming of spring, when all things will be new."

"Queen, what are you talking about?"

Rui'er next to her heard her whispering and asked curiously.

"It's nothing."

The white peach fox eyes narrowed slightly, "I was praying just now."

"Pray?"

"Just like mortals, we pray for good weather and good harvests."

Rui'er smiled and said: "Actually, I have been blessing you. Ever since you and your Majesty got married, there has been heavy rain in the Qin State. That day the thunder rolled and it kept rolling for three days. The Wei River rose like crazy. It's really a disaster." It’s a very good omen. No, after the heavy rain, there is such heavy snow. It doesn’t mean that even God is wishing you and your Majesty a long life together, and that the Qin Dynasty will be immortal for thousands of years!”

Baitao twitched the claws hidden in her sleeves guiltily.

Ignore for the moment that the tablet of the soul of the ancestor in the ancestral hall of Qin State was broken that day.

She smiled with foxy eyes and said, "Well, I think what Rui'er said is extremely good, so it must be the case."

"Uh-huh!"

Rui'er added, "But why are you here on this bustling street, queen?"

Baitao glanced sideways at the inn plaque that was revealed when the silk curtain was blown up by the wind.

"Me, for an old friend."

"Old man?"

Apart from Zheng Guo, Rui'er had never heard of anyone she was friendly with.But now that Zheng Guo was still imprisoned, she asked curiously, "Queen, what kind of old friend are you looking for?"

"I'm not looking for her, it's her who's looking for me. She's been looking for me for many years, and now she's finally found her."

*
There is a long nanmu table with gold thread inscriptions, and a thick and knotted plum blossom is placed on the table. In the warm spring-like room with abundant silver charcoal, the frost on the plum blossom is melting and flowing down.

"Tick."

The white peach-like jade fingertips caught it.

The plump water droplets condensed but never dispersed, as if one could glimpse the universe through them.

The girl squinted her eyes and said to the woman kneeling next to her: "Good sister, look at the water droplets on it, which are as cool as jade to the touch. It is obvious that the ice and snow have just condensed and fallen away. It was prepared in advance. How did you know that I like plum blossoms?"

The woman was still kneeling on the ground: "Queen, please forgive me."

"Well, you seem to be looking forward to my coming. Why do you forgive me as soon as I come, and make you so frightened? Alas, it seems that it is better for me not to come."

Although she was sighing, Bai Tao was still smiling. She was so beautiful when she was suffocated by the heating in the room.

Ba Qing was wearing dark blue clothes, looking half bright and half dark.

She even cleared away her headdress, earrings and jewelry, leaving only strands of white hair on her temples. She said respectfully, "The old woman didn't mean to pry."

"Get up."

Baitao held a cup of tea to warm her hands and said, "What are you doing kneeling down? What crime can you have? Your Ba family has contributed most of Xianyang City's business tax alone. Once your Ba family's industry entered the Qin Dynasty, you could support more than a thousand soldiers." Ten thousand plans.”

She didn't move, pressed her hands on her belly, and straightened her back, "I guess the queen also knows about the old woman."

"Ok?"

"The old woman was married to the young master of the Ba family, a wealthy family that had been engaged in cinnabar for several generations. However, the young master of the Ba family was short-lived and could not restrain the old woman's destiny. He died suddenly without even drinking any wine. Nuo Da's family fortune thus fell on the old woman's shoulders, and the sidelines were watching eagerly. If she made the slightest mistake, it would fall apart. The old woman never remarried since then, and only focused on supporting the Ba family's property."

"The land of Shu is rich in cinnabar. The old woman originally made her fortune by selling cinnabar in the land of Shu. Her family has a small business, and she didn't want to get involved in the green trade. However, there are many trivial matters, and the old woman has to gamble on it."

Baitao drank tea and moistened her throat.

"When the old woman was young, she also traveled and did business with the elders of the family. As a result, the old woman was in trouble for many years, shaken by wind and rain, and it was difficult for the old woman to save the family, save the family business, spread the wealth, and expand the family property."

She raised her eyes and looked at Baitao, "But the old woman also knows very well that when you climb high, you will fall heavily. The tall trees are saddened by the wind, and the sea is full of waves. The old woman is just a businessman. For a businessman, being the lowest is also low. Even if the gold is There are countless silver treasures, but when the power is suppressed casually, people are instantly admired. Fortunately, the former prime minister appreciated it, allowing the Ba family to enter the Qin land, thus avoiding encroachment. The Ba family only obeyed the law and took root in Qin for ten years. , allowing other merchants to covet it, but no one dared to touch it. However, the change of power in the Qin State was turbulent, the high platform collapsed, and the flagpole was broken. The old woman is afraid that the Ba family will no longer have support."

"So you found me?"

Bai Tao's white fingertips pointed at herself.

"The old woman didn't expect that the queen would become the mother of Great Qin in the future."

Ba Qing said: "Even the old woman did not expect that the Lu family would fall so quickly, but the ordinary man knew the crime of harboring the jade without any guilt. The Ba family was rich, ostentatious, and owned the secret of cinnabar refining. The six countries' trading houses were eager to do so. She swallowed it and saw the end of the road. The old woman knew very well that clinging to grass would not protect her from the harsh sun. Only big trees could take advantage of the shade."

"It's nice to enjoy the shade under the big tree."

Baitao frowned and relaxed, and sighed, "Although this old saying is cliché, it is correct no matter what. But why did you find me to introduce you to the harem woman instead of the King of Qin? What if my love is no longer there and falls from the high platform? , what should you do if you are playing capsize in the gutter and doing a loss-making business?"

"Wealth can be gained through danger, and business cannot be achieved without gambling. I will risk my entire Ba family to gamble with the queen."

Ba Qing's eyes were unmoved, and his expression was as calm as if there was no spring, summer, autumn and winter: "The old woman took the Ba family's recent deposits of grain and wealth in the Qin State and presented it with both hands. The millet and money provided can feed the millions of people of the Qin State and the warriors who opened the ditches." For more than half a year, please ask the queen to protect the Ba family!"

"Long live the Qin Dynasty, long live the king, long live the queen!"

She knocked her head on the ground, her voice hoarse. *
That night.

Baitao returned to Changle Palace, and the maids took hot water bottles to iron the couch, and as soon as she lay down on it, all the pores on her body were ironed to a smooth fit.

The light of the pearl enveloped it.

She was leaning on the pillow and looking at the bamboo slips, her long eyelashes drooping like a butterfly's wings: "Salt and iron are abundant, and rainfall is abundant. Shu is the first-class granary in the world today."

She has known for a long time that Shu is the breadbasket of the world.

Nowadays, building canals consumes countless manpower, material and financial resources. In addition, there is severe drought and locusts, which confuse Shou Xin.

Qin State experienced two years of suffering, food was running out, and the national treasury could not support it.

She also knew it.

Therefore, even if Ba Qing doesn't look for her, she will find Ba Qing. Now Ba Qing's wife takes the initiative to give up the granaries that the Ba family has accumulated for decades, just for the Ba family's trade routes.

Talking about being forced to a dead end, Baitao just listened to it and never took it to heart.

Ba Qing is extremely smart, and being able to get up with Lu Buwei shows that she is not without foundation in Qin's officialdom. But now that she is begging her with her family wealth, not only is Qin's law always suppressing business, but she also has the power in her hands. A skill that is coveted by wealthy gentry and can put the entire family on the brink.

That is--

Mining and refining cinnabar.

Purified mercury has many uses. "Three drops of mercury equals one tael of gold" is never just a saying.

But the Ba family is not the only one who manages the "Alchemy Point Industry". If you want to master such a secret and remain standing, what better way to be more stable than with a powerful kingdom at your back.

The couch next to him sank, and Baitao noticed the person coming.

She put down the bamboo slips and turned over.

Ying Zheng, who had just laid down beside him, was very tired, and there was still a faint greenish tint on his eyelids. It seemed that he was extremely tired from the trivial affairs of state. When he saw her leaning over, he just raised his hand and patted her back.

"Brother Zheng, are you worried?"

Baitao lay on top of him, her long hair like a waterfall entangled him, and said softly, "If you are worried, can Taotao come to relieve your worries?"

"I heard the palace maid say that you went out of the palace again today, and you didn't play as hard as you could."

He closed his eyes and squeezed her lower back with his big palm.

Baitao looked at him blankly and said nothing.

Then when he opened his eyes and looked over, the girl's eyes twitched. Under the pearl, there was a charm that penetrated to the bones. She said with the temperament of a little girl: "Huh, what do you mean by playing? I'm really going to solve Brother Zheng's situation." Sad."

He still raised his eyelids to look at her.

"Don't you believe it?"

So Baitao leaned close to his ear and told him what Ba Qingfu said in the day.

Ying Zheng suddenly sat up.

Qin's economy and people's livelihood were plagued by internal and external troubles and severe droughts for years. Although rain fell from the sky to irrigate the fields, they only started sowing in spring. In the intervening months, the warehouses and cauldrons were empty. How could they feed the millions of migrant workers who dug canals.

"Do you really mean what Taotao said?"

Baitao blinked and said: "Seriously, I'm afraid this Ba Qing woman has been planning for a long time. Now she mentions it, just to find a support for the Ba family. The Ba family has been passed down for several generations and monopolized the cinnabar of Shu." Mining has accumulated countless wealth, so we might as well let her work for the Qin Dynasty and join the financial army. Such wealthy businessmen can work for the Qin Dynasty, so as to enhance the prestige of the generous country of the Qin Dynasty."

Ying Zheng was stunned.

The drought has been bothering him for more than two years, but the ministers knew how to let merchants and gentry invest in Qin. However, they were also afraid of Qin's laws and the merchant kings, and also in view of the example of Lu Buwei, the former prime minister.

More importantly, they are afraid of themselves.

No one dared to mention it.

Qin Zhizhao, only Baitao was not afraid of him. He hugged Baitao, the little fox, and said, "A peach alone is better than thousands in the city."

*
A few days later, heavy snow fell like a horse hissing in the wind.

Baitao was surrounded by the palace people, standing under the oil paper umbrella, watching Ba Qing slowly walk into Xianyang Palace with his footsteps.

Ba Qing, who was walking up the white steps, seemed to feel something. The moment he was about to enter the palace, he looked back at the beautiful figure outside the wind and snow. Even though his eyes were blurred by the snow curtain, he could still clearly recognize the beauty of the country in the wind and snow.

After bowing his head gratefully.

Ba Qingfu walked in.

The moment the palace door closed, Baitao said to Rui'er beside him, "This is an old friend of mine, Bashan Widow Qing."

"Bashan Widow Qing!"

Rui'er was surprised, "Is this the widow of the Ba family who has countless wealth and is in charge of the Ba family? The servant heard that she lost her husband just after getting married. Later, she supported the Ba family by herself and guarded her virginity. Decades." He said with compassion, "Decades of loneliness, sleeping alone with cold tea, turned a young woman into an old woman. When she looked in the mirror and felt sorry for herself, did she ever regret it? She is really amazing and it is not easy for her to live in this heartless family business."

"Yes."

The white peach crunched on the snow in front of her, "Brother said, being a mortal is extremely difficult."

The Warring States Period was full of turmoil and many merchants.

As a woman, Ba Qing was able to join the ranks of Fan Li, Zigong, Bai Gui, Yi Dun, Guo Zong, and Wushi Luo, and were equally rich, which shows how difficult her journey was.

She is rich but not arrogant.

Instead, he devoted himself to the State of Qin and contributed countless treasures and granaries in more than ten years, laying the foundation for the great cause of the State of Qin. The King of Qin also invited him into the palace with the etiquette of resisting thousands of times, and gave a large number of women to him. Pure glory.

She was even called a "chaste woman".

At this time, Baitao was admiring the plum blossoms. When he heard the people below mention the word "Zhen", his heart skipped a beat.

Brother Zheng's mother, Aunt Zhao, was entangled with Lu Buwei and Lao Ai.

Coupled with the harm inflicted on him and the humiliation brought to him, he actually hated promiscuous women so much.

The word "Zhen" can also fully reflect this.

This is already a scar that cannot be erased in his heart, and it is also the source of the unkindness and distrust he has accumulated towards his subordinates.

Just ask.

Even your biological mother wants to kill you. Who else in the world can you trust?

With the cold wind whistling in her ears, Baitao stepped onto the stone steps.

However, what governs the country is that the monarch and his ministers are of the same mind, and do not trust those who employ them, and do not use those who doubt them.We must not be like Zheng Guo, who imprisoned people and asked him to make good plans for water conservancy at the same time.

How to untie the knot in Brother Zheng’s heart?
Looking at the invisible wind and snow in front of her, her almond-shaped eyes were hazy and she felt deeply confused.

　Congratulations to Hakimi for capturing the super rich woman +1
　　
　
(End of this chapter)