Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 238 The First Emperor Agreed
"Capture sixteen riders and go straight to Zheng's house?" Shi Huang put down the bamboo slips, with a smile on his face.

"Where's Zhao Si?"

"Shi Lang Zhao is on his way back." Dun Ruo said with a bow.

"It's rare for this kid to get angry." Shi Huang said with great interest.

"By the way, Zhao Shilang also said that if you want to shake Zheng's eggs until they turn yellow, the earthworms will have to be split in half vertically." He smiled weakly.

The first emperor couldn't help laughing because of this.

It could be seen that Zhao Si was really angry, but this kid also had a comedic effect.

"Send the black ice platform to guard the main roads in Shanyang, don't let anyone leave." The smile on Shihuang's face was restrained, and there was a trace of concentration between his eyebrows and eyes.

This is the old land of Zhao State...

A glimpse of the leopard in the tube, a glimpse.

Qin's grassroots execution is really poor, so bad that some people dare to collect taxes privately, and the most important thing is that this bad reputation has been recited by the first emperor.

The Zheng family's eating habits are too ugly, at best they are just a low-level local power, and the real danger is those big nobles who not only have a lot of wealth, but also have a lot of power and a good reputation.

Dun weakly bowed and obeyed.

Only then did Emperor Shi Huang pick up the bamboo slips in his spare time.

For Shi Huang, this situation did not exceed his expectations.

It's just a Zheng family. Compared with the matter of destroying a Zheng family, it's not even as interesting as Zhao Si's rare anger.

It didn't take long to look at the bamboo slips, Zhao Si had already patted his horse and rushed back, and came to the first emperor's driving in a short time.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Zhao Si said seriously.

If it involves clan punishment, it must be reported to Emperor Shihuang.

"There is no need to report, I already know that the Zheng family collects taxes privately, and the family will be punished." Shi Huang waved his hand.

"I still have something to report!" Zhao Si was stunned for a moment, then continued.

Only then did Shi Huang put down the bamboo slips and looked at Zhao Si who was kneeling in front of him.

"Say it."

"The cold disaster came suddenly, and His Majesty stopped in Shanyang. The heavy snow came early, and the people of Shanyang didn't have time to collect more firewood. Now they have to supply the needs of the driver. Now the people have no firewood to rely on. During the winter, I came to Shanyang and saw that there were old people in ragged clothes, children with sore hands and feet, and those who froze to death didn't know how many people died, and there was no firewood for cooking in the severe winter..." Zhao Si sighed.

The first emperor agreed to kill the Zheng family because the Zheng family violated the Qin law and collected taxes privately instead of the central government.

And Zhao Si wanted to kill the Zheng family only because of the empathy between him and Qianshou, and had nothing to do with the law. Even if the Qin law stipulated that what the Zheng family did was right, Zhao Si would kill him if he saw it.

The results are the same, but the causes are different.

The first emperor pondered for a long time after hearing the words.

Heavy snow blocking the road, this is a natural disaster, there is no way.

"Then cut off half of the firewood supply..." Shi Huang finally said.

"Your Majesty, the minister's intention is not like this!" Zhao Si knew that Emperor Shihuang would be wrong after hearing the words, and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain.

"It's like this. When I was in Shanyang, I found that the people had no firewood to burn, so they went to the mountains to get stones to keep warm. The Zheng family took this opportunity to privately stop the people from entering the mountains and collect flint taxes. This is also the reason why the ministers went to war." Zhao Si explained.

"Shi Nie?"

"It's a kind of black stone that can burn. It is recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas that it burns instantly. The smell is a bit pungent and the smoke is relatively large, but it is enough to keep warm in winter." Zhao Si said.

"That's a good thing too." Emperor Shihuang nodded.

"Yes, but it is rumored among the people that there is fire poison in stone nirvana, and using stone nirvana to keep warm is like drinking poison to quench thirst. People often have no firewood to burn, and they die of fire poisoning with stone nirvana for warmth. Therefore, although there are many stone nirvana, the common people It will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary." Zhao Si said.

The First Emperor didn't quite understand what Zhao Si was going to say, so he didn't make a statement, and motioned Zhao Si to continue.

"After observation, I found that Shi Nie's death was indeed due to poisoning, but this situation can be avoided. You only need to open the windows to ventilate and keep the space flowing, so you can avoid death from fire and poison." Zhao Si said. .

"In fact, not only stone nirvana has fire poison, charcoal burning also has fire poison, firewood burning also has fire poison, but compared to charcoal and firewood, it is more intense, but these fire poisons can be avoided as long as you pay attention to ventilation. " Zhao Si said.

"Like South Vietnam, there are many miasmas, but in fact, most of them are because of the breeding of mosquitoes and viruses in that place, and the water source is not clean enough. As long as you boil the water and drink it thoroughly, you can avoid many troubles of miasmas entering the body." Zhao Si said. Said.

It’s not that the ancients didn’t know the importance of drinking cooked water. In fact, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, some people had already proposed a way to prevent miasma from entering the body by drinking boiled water. The Song Dynasty even issued laws and regulations to enforce it, but because of insufficient execution Once it’s in place, it’s over.

In ancient times, just drinking boiled water could reduce the risk of survival in ancient times.

But if this kind of thing is not enforced by the government, it will take too long to form a habit. People are lucky. Not everyone who burns stones is poisoned by fire, and not everyone drinks raw water. All got miasma.

Not to mention, drinking boiled water is costly, and the firewood and carbon used to boil water are real money.

"I would like to ask His Majesty to promulgate a decree. Anyone who uses stone nirvana to make fire must pay attention to ventilation. The decree must be distributed between the villages and villages and handed over to the village elders to implement it. For those who ignore the order, the village elders have the right Come to punish them, wait until the decree is promulgated, if there are people who die from fire poisoning in a place, it must be because the village elders did not supervise and implement it properly, and the government can punish the villagers by holding the elders accountable.

Stone Nirvana is not expensive, and the quantity is relatively large. When using Stone Nirvana for heating, it is beneficial and cost-effective to pay attention to ventilation. Such a decree will not cause too much trouble to the people.

But drinking boiled water requires firewood to boil the water. This may be a burden for the common people. Your Majesty can order the government to promote it instead of enforcing it. There are not too many miasma in the Central Plains. As long as you pay attention to the water source, generally speaking It's not a big problem.

In miasma-ridden places like South Vietnam, it is easy to die if they drink unboiled water, so they need to be enforced through government orders to regulate that they must drink cooked water. This can effectively reduce the casualties of South Vietnam reclamation and speed up the land of South Vietnam development. "Zhao Si gave his proposal.

The First Emperor did not hesitate, and immediately agreed with Zhao Si's opinion.

Anyway, the Qin Law has enough laws and regulations on people's livelihood standards, not missing these two, and if what Zhao Si said is true, these two laws and regulations alone can avoid a lot of losses for Daqin, why not do it?
"In addition, I have another merciless request." Zhao Si said.

"Since you are not affectionate, let's not invite..." Shi Huang waved his hand.

Compared with these trivial things that are beneficial and cost-effective, Emperor Shi Huang cared more about Zhao Si's mentality displayed today.

"Eh..." Zhao Si could only laugh when Emperor Shi Huang choked for nothing.

"Your Majesty, would you like me to invite you first?"

The First Emperor showed a smile on his face, waiting for Zhao Si's next words.

"Stone Nirvana is found in many places, and the output is huge, but the utilization rate is relatively low. Except for rich ore, most of Stone Nirvana are difficult to start a fire. There is too much smoke, the smell is pungent, and there is fire poison. This kind of good and cheap thing turned out to be tasteless, and it was not even good for cooking, so it could only be used together with stone nirvana and firewood.

Chen intends to take advantage of this time to make certain improvements to Shi Nie and spread them throughout the world.

It's winter now, your majesty is driving through all parts of the world, and it is indispensable to make a fire for heating and cooking. If possible, I will do a good job. I would like to ask your majesty to set an example and use Shi Nie to make a fire to heat water and cook food in the caravan, so that the people will be happy. Therefore, the fear of fire and poison will be eliminated, and the minister can also take the opportunity to spread the usage of stone nirvana in all directions when passing through various places.

In this way, common people will be able to use the cheap and easy-to-use stone nirvana, the cost of making fire will be greatly reduced in the future, and life will be slightly easier. "

Advertise, advertise in the name of Emperor Shihuang.

The first emperor has used stone nirvana, and the first emperor is not afraid of fire poison, so what are you afraid of?
Coupled with the Shi Nie use specification promulgated above, Zhao Si will promote the production method of honeycomb briquettes and the simple production of coal stoves when accompanying him, and the lives of the people in Daqin will be much easier because of this.

Among other things, people in areas near coal mines can benefit from it.

If things go on like this, Shi Nirvana will definitely be circulated because of this, and the utilization rate of coal by the people and even the government can be further improved.

Someone might have created a technology tree for coal smelting because of this.

To Zhao Si's surprise...

The First Emperor nodded in agreement almost without any hesitation.

Then he looked at Zhao Si seriously and asked a crucial question: "Do you think Shi Nie is a mineral?"

Daqin implements the strategy of official mountains and seas, that is, all natural minerals belong to the government. For example, this mountain belongs to you, but the salt mine, iron ore and copper mine on it do not belong to you. Private individuals have no authority to mine and smelt. .

The First Emperor was keenly aware that Shi Nie, a product of high quality and low price, would be a consumable item that could be popularized to thousands of households if Zhao Si could really improve it accordingly.

The first emperor naturally had the idea of ​​incorporating it into the system of officials, mountains and seas.

"Forget it! Of course it does!"

Zhao Si answered without any hesitation.

How can coal not be a mineral?Even if he is not a mineral, then the first emperor said that he is him.

The First Emperor nodded, and Zhao Si left in a hurry.

With the approval of the first emperor, the extermination of the Zheng family, and the promulgation of corresponding laws and regulations, the people in Shanyang will be much better off.

No one stopped them from using stone nirvana to keep warm, as long as they pay attention to open the windows to ventilate, they will not die from the fire poison.

Next, Zhao Si only needs to point out the technology tree of honeycomb coal and raw coal rough refining, and Shi Nie can truly fly into thousands of households.

(Three more today.)
(End of this chapter)