my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 307 Da Qin’s first agent

Of course, it was probably because of this that the young master of the Zhuo family took the trouble to come to the door and ask to see him.

Zhao Ying looked at the fat man in front of him and suddenly smiled.

This is a truly smart guy.

Not only did he see the huge benefits behind anthracite steelmaking, but he also courageously took out [-]% of the Zhuo family's industry in one fell swoop as a bargaining chip in exchange.

After Zhuo Pei finished stating his conditions, he said no more, but respectfully waited for Zhao Ying's decision.

The First Emperor, Wang Jian and others couldn't help but look at Zhao Ying, wondering what Zhao Ying would choose.After all, the Zhuo family started their business by smelting iron and became the richest people in the world. They are the most famous wealthy businessmen in Zhao.

The last time the world's wealthy merchants migrated, this Zhuo family was originally among those migrating.

It was only because of his merit in forging weapons for the emperor's eldest grandson that he was able to settle in Hedong, mining and smelting iron.In just six months, the situation has opened up and is better than before. The [-]% of the industry is really a huge sum of money.

millions of!
Not even the First Emperor dared to take it seriously.

After all, the Qin court may not have millions of dollars in fiscal revenue in a year.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Zhao Ying shook his head gently, and then stretched out a finger.

"[-]%, I can reserve [-]% of the Zhuo family's property for you..."

Not to mention the steward of the Zhuo family who was already frightened to the point of weakness, even Zhuo Pei, who had had a steady gaze until just now, couldn't help but change his face. The First Emperor and Wang Jian couldn't help but be dumbfounded and looked at Zhao Ying in disbelief.

Although no one took the Zhuo family seriously, Zhao Ying's chop was really harsh.

Just open your mouth and you'll take [-]% of someone's property!

If the fat man dares to agree, his family will beat him to death later.

Even though it was already September, Zhuo Pei still couldn't help but sweat on his back. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked into Zhao Ying's eyes for a moment.

After a long time, he asked tentatively.

"Does His Highness want to accept me, Mr. Zhuo, as his lackey?"

This time, Zhao Ying was really surprised. He looked up and down at the fat man in front of him who was obviously very nervous, but could still maintain enough composure and calmness, and couldn't help laughing.

"Zhuo Pei, right? You really surprised me. I was still hesitant at first, but after seeing your performance today, I am finally relieved!"

Having said this, Zhao Ying put away the smile on his face, stood up, and looked at the fat man in front of him with a very oppressive gaze.

"Of course, I will not take your property in vain. If your Zhuo family agrees, the Zhuo family will not only obtain the right to use anthracite coal, but also the right to mine, smelt, and operate all the iron ore in Daqin..."

No matter how advanced Da Qin's bronze technology is, it will inevitably be replaced by steel.

This is the trend.

Whether in terms of mineral reserves or cost performance, steel has undoubted advantages.

Therefore, Zhao Ying has long had plans to develop Daxing Iron and Steel.

However, even if he has a lot of iron smelting skills, he still needs a team that can barely keep up with his ideas and implement his plans. In this era, the Zhuo family, whose business is iron smelting, is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.

With ready-made technology, ready-made equipment, and ready-made management and production experience, we can directly skip the process of training ourselves from scratch and jump directly into the production stage.

There are many benefits to rapidly promoting the development of Daqin's steelmaking industry.

Moreover, with Zhuo's shell, the technology he transferred from later generations has an excuse that seems to be barely passable.Whenever you try to improve based on what you already have, it becomes more reasonable and less evil out of thin air.

The First Emperor understood Zhao Ying's thoughts instantly.

Rather than using the power of the imperial court, starting from scratch and taking advantage of the Zhuo family's technical and management advantages is indeed a clever move.

Therefore, he didn't say anything, just leaned back on his chair and watched the show calmly.

My eldest grandson is becoming more and more able to control the situation!
When Zhuo Pei heard this, he couldn't help but feel furious.

He quickly calculated the pros and cons of this in his mind. It seemed that the emperor's eldest grandson had cut off [-]% of his family property with a single blow. But in the long run, this transaction would not be a loss at all, but would make a lot of money!

Not only did the Zhuo family have the right to mine and smelt iron ore from all over the world, but they were also bound to His Highness the Emperor Changsun, or the imperial court, and became the royal merchants of the Qin Dynasty in one fell swoop.

From now on, the Zhuo family will realize a leap in status, and will no longer be a weakling with no foundation and at the mercy of others.

Significance.

When Zhuo Pei thought of this, Zhuo Pei fell to his knees with a thud.

He was probably really ready to kowtow a few times, but his strength didn't allow it. Halfway through the kowtow, his huge belly pressed against the ground and he couldn't kowtow anymore.

Tried several times but failed.

Then he raised his head calmly.

"Mrs. Zhuo, I am willing to work as a lackey in front of His Highness's door..."

Zhao Ying couldn't help laughing.

"good!"

Zhao Ying said, stepped forward and gently pulled the guy's arm, and the guy felt a lightness on his body. When he reacted, he had been pulled up by His Highness the Emperor Changsun.

"You are smart and you will definitely feel lucky for your choice today!"

I picked up a spokesperson for nothing.

Zhao Ying was in a good mood, smiled and waved his hand.

"It's a good chance that you're here. Let's sit down and have something to eat together..."

His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson left the meal in person, and Zhuo Pei naturally burst into tears of gratitude.Although he comes from a wealthy family, His Highness the Emperor's Grandson is still unattainable to him.

"Thank you Your Highness—"

Although I am not used to this way of eating where everyone is crowded at the same table, especially with the elderly, this is the honor given by His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun, and I have to take it.

In order to show respect, this guy probably wanted to sit down with his body bent, but the seat was full when he half-stretched his buttocks. However, this guy was optimistic and soon he was relieved.

Since the emperor's eldest grandson is willing to accept him, he probably won't care about this false courtesy.

Zhao Ying had no intention of introducing the First Emperor, Wang Jian and others to him, and he didn't dare to ask. But when he saw that the First Emperor and Wang Jian could sit calmly in front of the emperor's eldest grandson, talking and laughing calmly, he knew that this person had an extraordinary status.

Therefore, even though I was sitting, I was still very energetic and respectful, not daring to be disrespectful in the slightest.

Until Zhao Ying asked someone to bring out a few more steamed bowls...

I got a little carried away while eating.

"If you don't enter Xianyang, you don't know how big the world is. If you don't sit at His Highness's table, you don't know that there are such delicacies in the world..."

Zhuo Pei is fat and has a large appetite. He is greedy for food. Today, when he encountered such delicacies, he couldn't bear to hear it. He almost burst into tears after eating.I just feel that my life in the past ten years has really been in vain.

Compared with the delicacies we ate today, can the food we ate before be called rice?

He is a good eater, but when he met Zhao Ying... he seemed to be neither in a hurry nor in a hurry, but he ate faster than him. Before he felt anything, the plate was gone.

And plate after plate, bowl after bowl.

He was stunned. This was the first time he saw someone who could eat better than him!
The key is, I still don’t get fat after eating it——

In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, put down his chopsticks, and asked tentatively.

"How does His Highness maintain such a figure with such an appetite..."

Zhao Ying looked at this guy's fat figure and said with a half-smile.

"How about it, do you want to become a figure like mine..."

Looking at the smiling expression of His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun, Zhuo Pei felt a chill down his spine for some unknown reason, and quickly shook his head desperately.

"No, I don't want to!"

Seeing this guy shaking his head so simply, Zhao Ying couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

I originally wanted to promote my secret to maintaining a good figure, but it turns out that this bitch has no eyes for gold and jade, and doesn't know how to seize this great opportunity.

Forget it.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson no longer insisted on teaching him to lose weight, Zhuo Pei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he no longer dared to talk to the eldest emperor's grandson about eating.On the contrary, when the First Emperor saw that this guy had finally given up his job, he smiled and asked him a few questions about Zhuo's iron smelting.

At first, this guy patiently explained a few words, but then he realized that the old guy in front of him was asking more and more excessive questions, and even tried to find out the internal secrets of the Zhuo family, so he was not happy to answer them.

However, there was still a smile on his face, a harmless smile, like a Maitreya Buddha.

"Old man, this is a bit complicated, and you won't understand it even if I tell you. Why don't I tell you about the scenery of Handan..."

First Emperor:……

When Zhao Ying saw this, he couldn't help but feel happy. He didn't reveal the identity of the First Emperor, and just watched this fat man talking nonsense with the First Emperor.At the end of the day, when I saw this guy, he started chatting with the First Emperor about the beauties in Zhao. He even patted his chest and threatened to pick a few for the First Emperor to send over when he went back. Then he coughed lightly and interrupted this guy's conversation. .

If you let this bitch continue to develop, if you don't do well, you will have a few more uncles, aunts and other elders above you.

Although the food at the emperor's grandson's house was good, Zhuo Pei didn't dare to eat it all. He just deliberately dragged the First Emperor there to talk nonsense. First, he wanted to take the opportunity to win the old man's favor and become familiar with him. On the one hand, he also I would like to take the opportunity to do it more often.

However, seeing that the First Emperor and others no longer used their chopsticks, and even His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson, who had an astonishing appetite for food, put down his chopsticks, he could only put them down with great reluctance, and stood up to leave very wisely.

Zhao Ying didn't send him off either.

He just glanced at him and ordered calmly.

"I don't want any unnecessary trouble or obstruction in the matter of smelting iron and steel. As the young master, your words don't have enough weight after all - after you go back, you can be the head of the family..."

When Zhuo Pei heard this, the movements of his hands stagnated slightly, then he lowered his head and bowed deeply, saying respectfully.

"promise!"

Although who should be the head of the family within the Zhuo family is originally the Zhuo family's own problem, but who dares to violate the will of the emperor's eldest grandson?

For Zhuo Pei and even the Zhuo family, this matter may be very important, related to the life and death of the family, but for Zhao Ying, this is just a trivial matter.

His purpose is simple, that is, he hopes that Zhuo Pei can control the family's voice as soon as possible, instead of restricting him at every turn.

After Zhuo Pei left with his people, the First Emperor smiled.

"This boy from the Zhuo family is actually a useful talent, but he is a bit obese..."

Zhao Ying laughed.

"It's indeed good. He has brains, vision, and courage. He is from the Zhuo family and is familiar with all the problems of mining and smelting iron. With his help, Daqin's iron and steel smelting will be done with half the effort."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shi Huang nodded.

But immediately he said a little worriedly.

"That anthracite, used to smelt iron, can it really be used to produce weapons and equipment comparable to bronze?"

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"Moreover, these days, I have discussed this issue with Tian Jing and the craftsmen in Shaofu. They said that the most important problem restricting the level of iron smelting today may be related to the temperature of the iron smelting furnace. The temperature inside the furnace The higher the temperature, the higher the quality of the smelted pig iron, the more times it is forged, and the more sophisticated the forged weapons are - this anthracite can greatly increase the temperature of the iron smelting furnace..."

Being accustomed to taking naps, the First Emperor got up and returned to the palace to take another nap shortly after lunch.

The two old generals Wang Jian and Meng Wu did not stay long. After seeing off the First Emperor, they took the opportunity to say goodbye and go home.

Zhao Ying returned to his house and hid in his study.

I've been really busy these days. I haven't finished drawing the structural diagram of the loom promised to Concubine Zheng. I just took advantage of this time to completely draw the structural diagram.

It would be outrageous to delay it any longer.

Although the loom didn't look complicated, it had a lot of scattered small parts. In addition, in his previous life, he had only seen the actual loom and was not that familiar with the structure of the loom itself. I can only infer while drawing.

For those who couldn't deduce the size and proportions, he would simply draw a rough figure. Anyway, there were craftsmen and let them add it themselves.

After being busy until the second half of the afternoon, Zhao Ying was basically finished and handed it over to the craftsmen in the house to try to do it.

And he finally got a rare free time.

Not long though.

I happened to go to the martial arts field to stretch my muscles. Who knew that before I even started, I saw Zhang Liang walking over briskly.

"Your Highness, that happy student has been making a lot of noise today and is about to die. Would you like to take some time to see him?"

Zhao Ying: ...

Only then did he remember that there was someone locked up in his little dark room.

How long has this been going on?
You won't lock people up crazy...

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Let's go and see..."

……

The eldest son's mansion.

Across the courtyard, in a quiet room.

Xiaoyaosheng's hair is disheveled, his face is covered with dirt, and even his hair is about to turn black. How can he still see the childish face with white hair and the spirit of immortality at this time?
That pitiful little appearance is no different from a beggar on the roadside.

Of course, it is hard to see beggars in Xianyang today.

Under the operation of Ying Xi and Zhou Yin, the Great Qin Royal Charity Hall is running well, and many extremely poor people have received precise assistance. Of course, those who are lazy by nature and want to live and die will be directly arranged to work in the government .

(End of this chapter)