Da Qin: Self-destruction and time travel, I will extend my life for Qin for a thousand years

Chapter 176: War without food? Can't we borrow some from other dynasties?

The liquidation process of the Zhengnan Army went very smoothly without any obstruction or resistance.

After the soldiers at the bottom learned that Zhao Tuo, Ren Xiao, and the seven commanders had been arrested, except for a little panic at first, everything went smoothly and their emotions were stable.

Because Ying Zheng was very tolerant, he did not involve more people in this matter.

Except for the punishment of the culprits, the other soldiers were not punished as they should be, even the soldiers who transported the locusts to Handan were no exception.

The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty have always been famous among the six countries for their orders and prohibitions. It is impossible for the commander's fault to affect the soldiers, otherwise the army will easily mutiny.

Ying Zheng understood this truth very well, so he did not expand his crimes. Instead, after appointing a new commander-in-chief, he kept everything as it was.

And compared with these, after calming down, he is now more concerned about - where do those so-called envoys from great powers come from?

He dared to bribe the generals of Qin Dynasty to help secretly transport locust eggs to Handan County.

If he didn't figure this out, he would really have trouble sleeping and eating!

It's like there is a beast hiding next to where you sleep, staring at you, but you are unaware of it!

For Ying Zheng, this is absolutely intolerable!

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?

Therefore, after handling the matter of conquering the Southern Army.

Ying Zheng immediately ordered to expand the scope of the search, and recalled Dun Rui to join him, vowing to find out all those mysterious foreign envoys and punish them!

Even the so-called big country behind them wants to taste the power of the Qin army!

Let them see the consequences of offending Da Qin!

However, the effect of all this is not to say that it has little effect, at least it is nothing.

Those messengers seemed to disappear out of thin air, leaving no clues behind. No matter how hard the people from Blackwater Tower searched, they still couldn't find them!

Although Ying Zheng did not express any dissatisfaction on the surface, his heart was full of accumulated anger!

Can't find it!

Nothing was found! ! !

He was very angry, but there was nothing he could do!

"Your Majesty, I think this matter can be put aside for now."

At the critical moment, Cui Yuan came to visit and calmly persuaded Ying Zheng to put down the matter for the time being.

"why?"

Ying Zheng frowned, unable to understand what Cui Yuan said.

Da Qin is being bullied to the point of being bullied, so why is there any reason to sit back and do nothing?

If that's all it is, wouldn't it mean that the so-called big country would see its own joke?

"His Majesty."

"I would like to ask, if you really know where these envoys come from, how do you plan to deal with them?"

"Naturally, it sends an army to attack and directly destroy its country!"

Ying Zheng said coldly.

Since becoming the emperor, no country has ever dared to harm the Qin Dynasty like this. Even the Huns only harassed the border!

Such a great hatred can only be washed away with blood!

"Your Majesty is right, but if the distance is relatively close, there is no problem in sending troops to attack."

As Cui Yuan spoke, he picked up the brush on the table with one hand and began to draw square boxes on the Hsinchu paper. He picked up the Liubo chess pieces on the side and slowly placed them on them one by one.

Place one on the first grid, two on the second grid, four on the third grid...and so on.

"But what if this so-called great country is very far away from Great Qin?"

"It's so far away that the food consumed just to go there will be superimposed on the chess pieces in these grids. So what will happen?"

"Faced with such a situation, what can your Majesty do?"

Ying Zheng immediately froze, looking at the increasingly dense grid in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

"I think your Majesty should understand what I mean, so I think the best way to deal with this matter is to put it down temporarily."

Cui Yuan didn't say much, but calmly persuaded Ying Zheng.

Some words can be said half way.

"Put it down for now?"

Ying Zheng was still a little unwilling.

However, after thinking for a moment, he nodded in approval of Cui Yuan's words.

For the people of Great Qin now, it is indeed not suitable for long-distance expeditions, and recuperation is the right way.

In particular, Da Qin had just experienced a locust disaster not long ago, and most of the food was sent to Handan County for disaster relief.

Although that country is far away from Da Qin is just a guess, it is very possible.

The countries around Da Qin were either reduced to colonies or had long been defeated.

If someone dares to sneak in and cause trouble at this time, it must be a powerful country further away.

It's even possible that it comes from other continents!

Never act rashly!

Ying Zheng picked up the cup and took a heavy sip of wine before reluctantly suppressing the matter.

Seeing this, Cui Yuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The reason why he never said that the country behind the scenes was the Mauryan Dynasty was because he was worried that after Ying Zheng found out, he would be unable to help but send troops to take revenge immediately.

Although there is no evidence, his words are probably certain in Ying Zheng.

Without exposing the truth, saying that Ying Zheng is safe is definitely the best outcome.

"But this won't last long!"

Ying Zheng clenched his fists: "When we come back from the Ming Dynasty, we will have enough food and grass to send troops. I must give these guys a good look!"

This time it was Cui Yuan's turn to be confused. What is the relationship between the two?

To be honest, in Cui Yuan's view, the biggest significance of going to Ming Dynasty is to get the production methods of cannons and muskets.

In addition, they just copied some agricultural works and brought them back to Daqin to develop production.

Could these be related to obtaining food?

Seeing Ying Zheng's meaningful eyes, Cui Yuan was stunned for a long time before finally understanding what he meant!

"Is it...is it possible, Your Majesty, that you want to go to the Ming Dynasty to do business so as to obtain food, grass and resources???"

When these words were spoken, Cui Yuan himself was shocked!

This method is not impossible, on the contrary, it has a very high possibility!

However, the question is, is this a bit too dogmatic?

I don’t have food and grass here, so I’ll go to your place to earn some?

Is this really not going to get beaten?

"Your Majesty, isn't this not good?"

"What's wrong?"

Ying Zheng was a little dissatisfied and said angrily: "I want to do business with Daming on an equal footing and with mutual benefits. What's wrong with this?"

Your Majesty, do you believe this?

Cui Yuan was already a little unable to complain.

"Cui Yuan, you usually have so many clever ideas, why are you so hesitant about this kind of thing?"

Ying Zheng smiled brightly, but Cui Yuan always felt that he had evil intentions.

Cui Yuan thought for a while, but still puzzled: "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm hesitant, but your Majesty, what business do you want to do with Daming?"

"Is it possible to sell anthracite coal to the Ming Dynasty?"

Memorials from these days show that Li Shimin has already detected anthracite in Handan, and it only takes time to mine it.

"That won't work."

Ying Zheng refused without even thinking about it: "This is a good thing that can save countless people. We in Great Qin don't have enough for ourselves, how can we sell it?" He had long known about the anthracite coal through Cui Yuan.

Although he had never seen the real thing, it must be extremely useful to be praised by Cui Yuan so much that he was reluctant to sell it to the Ming Dynasty.

"If anthracite doesn't work, how about purified salt?"

When I first came back from the Tang Dynasty, the production of refined salt had already been promoted throughout the Qin Dynasty in the form of government operations. "

“And the price is extremely low, almost everyone can afford it.

When news came, this move suppressed the nobles of the six countries in Qi who had been selling salt for a living, and instantly made the whole territory of Daqin feel a lot more stable!

"No way! There are still many people in Da Qin who don't eat refined salt. How can they be sold to Da Ming?"

Ying Zheng still refused. Refined salt is related to the foundation of the people of Qin. This must not be compromised!

"Then sweet potatoes are okay!"

This super crop, no matter in any era, is very precious, enough to sell for a sky-high price!

"It doesn't work either! Although that thing is powerful and as precious as ten thousand gold, only the first one is the most valuable!"

"After Daming has the seeds, he will definitely try to plant them himself. The sweet potatoes will not be sold for much at all, and he will even receive a subsidy for questions!"

"And the sweet potatoes themselves can be used as military rations! It's better to keep them."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, Your Majesty, what do you want to sell?"

Cui Yuan scratched his head and was completely speechless!

He really couldn't think of anything else in Da Qin that could be sold in large quantities to the Ming Dynasty and still make a steady profit.

"This is up to you." Ying Zheng looked at him with a smile.

"Look at me?"

"That's right, Cui Yuan!"

Ying Zheng continued: "Remember carefully, is there any rare thing that is extremely easy to produce and has a very low cost, but can be sold at a high price?"

"As long as we have this kind of product, doesn't the Ming Dynasty's money and food belong to us?"

"How can this be..."

The corner of Cui Yuan's mouth twitched. He was about to say that this was impossible. Your Majesty, please don't think it's too beautiful!

But when the words came to his lips, he was stunned.

At the same time, there seemed to be thunder and lightning flashing through my mind, illuminating a large area of ​​thinking!

The young man opened his mouth wide, as if he had fallen into some kind of epiphany!

It seems...there really is such a thing!

"Really!"

Ying Zheng's reaction was even more exaggerated than Cui Yuan's!

As soon as he saw Cui Yuan's expression, he knew that this was a sure thing!

Without absolute certainty, it would be impossible for Cui Yuan to show such an expression!

Cui Yuan: "..."

"Co-author, Your Majesty, your confidence just now was all just an act!"

I originally thought that I had evolved a lot and could be considered a veteran, but I didn't expect that I would be tricked in the end.

"Don't pay attention to these details!"

Ying Zheng looked at it expectantly and said with a smile: "Tell me quickly, what is this!"

“It’s actually possible to achieve low cost, high value, and sell at a high price!”

To be honest, Ying Zheng really couldn't figure out what this kind of treasure looked like.

Low-cost products generally sell at very low prices, such as coarse linen clothes, sweet potatoes, and wool.

They can be produced in large quantities in a short period of time. If the price is high, others will buy them from stores selling at a low price.

It can be said that their prices are simply unaffordable and there are too many substitutes.

If you want the price to be high, then the product must be rare enough and precious enough that nothing can replace it, so that you can raise the price.

"According to common sense, it is indeed impossible for these characteristics to exist at the same time."

"However, there are no absolutes."

Cui Yuan also poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip of food and said slowly: "Especially now that information transmission is not developed enough, many products can take advantage of this information gap to sell for astonishingly high prices."

"For example, Lingnan under our feet has now formed a super maritime Silk Road. Through it, countless people in Lingnan sell low-priced ceramics in Daqin to other countries and earn huge profits."

Ying Zheng nodded, he also knew this.

This navigation route is actually a smuggling route in Daqin. It does not have an official name, but it does exist.

His starting point was mainly Panyu and Xuwen.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, the Yue people in the Lingnan region began to open up a trading circle with ceramics as a link in many countries and islands around the South China Sea.

Not only Lingnan, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qi State in Kanto also opened up a similar "coastal water travel" on the Jiaodong Peninsula, leading directly to the Liaodong Peninsula, the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese Islands, and even the golden passage to Southeast Asia.

It's also a big joke.

Obviously, the people along the coast of Qi State know what the Japanese Islands are, and they are full of uncivilized savages.

But Xu Fu and his like still claimed that there were immortals above them, and kept deceiving the First Emperor into giving them money and food so that they could set off on a long voyage.

Even if Cui Yuan hadn't appeared, Ying Zheng would have never forgotten this matter until his death.

Talking back to Lingnan, after the Qin Dynasty unified China, the development of the Lingnan area became very fast, especially after Zhao Tuo introduced various cultures and technologies from the Central Plains.

Nowadays, although most of Lingnan is still primitive jungle, Panyu County already has a shipbuilding industry of considerable scale and high technical level. It can manufacture wooden ships weighing [-] to [-] kilograms and has considerable exchanges with overseas countries. Various lacquerware, silk fabrics, pottery and bronzeware are on sale.

In view of this situation, Cui Yuan just gave a rough idea, and Ying Zheng could understand the meaning.

Cui Yuan wants to recreate a similar situation!

"But Lingnan can sell lacquerware, silk fabrics, pottery and bronze ware through the sea. That's because these countries do not have the technology and ability to manufacture them."

"And the Ming Dynasty is also a dynasty of China. It knows all these crafts and technologies. There is no use in selling them!"

Ying Zheng was still a little confused.

Cui Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Your Majesty is right, this is indeed useless."

"The Ming Dynasty also had the technology of using clay to make ceramics. There is no point in selling these ceramics to them."

"However, they don't have the technology to use sand to make colored glaze!"

"Liu Li???"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng was stunned.

(End of this chapter)