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

Chapter 84: Colonizing Japan, Cui Yuan’s colonization plan!

"How to deal with it?"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng fell into deep thought.

To be honest, according to his idea, he must kill all these people.

After all, although the mastermind is Xu Fu, some of his disciples must know the truth.

Knowing that the master intended to murder the emperor and not reporting it was definitely a death penalty.

However, according to Cui Yuan, he seems to have a better way to deal with it.

"Cui Yuan, in your opinion, how will you deal with them?"

Ying Zheng asked back, Cui Yuan first smiled mysteriously, then dipped his hand in tea, drew a big circle on the table, and then circled seven smaller circles inside it.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember what I told the headmaster of the Yin Yang Family when we were in Kuaiji County?"

"Remember." Ying Zheng nodded: "At that time, you said that the earth was round and the sky was endless."

"Although Zou Zi's conjecture about the Great Nine Continents is wrong, there are indeed seven continents and four oceans in the world."

Wang Li nodded beside him.

Thinking of the original scene, Ying Zheng couldn't help but marvel.

It was also there that he saw for the first time how terrifying the power the people had when they gathered together.

The original Kuaiji County was a rebellious place where rebels were everywhere and the people were disheartened.

But now, after his own purges, the reform of officialdom with Cui Yuan, and the battle with hundreds of schools of thought, it has become the strongest fortress of Qin in the east!
Especially when he and Cui Yuan were about to leave and the motorcade drove out of Kuaiji Palace, almost all the people in the city came out and cried to say goodbye.

After so many years as emperor, this was the first time Ying Zheng saw such a scene outside Hangu Pass!

And these changes all happened within a month!
If you don't see it with your own eyes, who can believe it?
If he hadn't been busy dealing with spies in the imperial court recently, Ying Zheng might have been thinking about how to reward Cui Yuan.

"Could it be..."

After coming back from his memories, Ying Zheng suddenly realized something and said solemnly: "Do you want Xu Fu's disciples to continue to lead the fleet to sea and explore the other six continents?"

"That's right!" Cui Yuan nodded.

Brother Zheng is indeed Brother Zheng. He only mentioned a few words and he could guess what was going on.

"But didn't you say that the other six continents are all extremely far away from us?"

Ying Zheng frowned, and the doubts in his heart did not disappear with Cui Yuan's admission, but became even stronger.

"Just marching there would take decades, and the logistics simply couldn't keep up."

"Why explore when you know there is no way to conquer it?"

In his opinion, this was completely useless.

"Your Majesty, you think this question is too superficial."

Cui Yuandao: "Indeed, the current Great Qin is far from having the ability to conquer the other six continents."

"However, the purpose of exploration is not only to conquer, but also to colonize!"

When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes became sharp, and he suddenly found that he was looking at the sky from a well.

Although he didn't quite understand what this so-called colonization was, he could instinctively feel the blood in the young man's tone!
The meaning behind these two words is definitely not simple!
"The so-called colonization is to send a small number of representatives to enslave the local indigenous people on the basis of establishing unprecedented maritime hegemony."

"Then let them exploit the resources on their own land for generations and transport them all to our Daqin in exchange for our cheap goods."

"This is a process in which powerful countries oppress, rule, enslave and even exploit small and weak countries or regions. The main manifestations are the overseas immigration, piracy-style robbery, capital export, commodity dumping and raw material plundering that I just mentioned!"

Cui Yuan said, although his words were full of blood, there was no psychological burden in his heart.

He is not the kind of merciful and pitiful Madonna of Death, and besides, if people don’t care for themselves, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth!

Instead of waiting thousands of years later, those small European countries used colonialism to develop into the second and third empires on which the sun never sets.

It is better to let Qin wipe out the dividends of colonialism now, prolong the country, and completely put an end to the evil thoughts of those Angsa people!
Completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country?

Ha ha!

It can't happen now!

"With colonialism, not only can Great Qin's national power be raised to a higher level."

"It can also completely break the isolation of each continent, create a large amount of commercial trade, and allow the rare objects and rare beasts in these places to be continuously sent to Da Qin!"

"The most obvious example is the sweet potato I took out earlier."

"Its place of origin is just across the East China Sea, on another continent thousands of miles away from us!"

"And this is only part of it."

"In addition to sweet potatoes, there are many useful things, some of which are even a hundred times more precious than sweet potatoes. They all come from all over the world."

"In later generations, this will also be called the Age of Discovery that connected the world!"

Ying Zheng was completely silent.

After listening to what Cui Yuan said about the Age of Discovery, he suddenly realized that he had done something wrong, and it was very wrong!

Great Qin clearly has the most powerful fleet and the most experienced sailors in the world today.

And he actually wasted more than ten years pursuing the so-called elixir of immortality because he was obsessed with alchemy and immortality.

The other six continents that have not yet been explored have magical crops even more magical than sweet potatoes, and a large number of commercial trade exchanges.

These should obviously belong to Da Qin, but now, none of them have been realized!
"His Majesty!"

Wang Li looked at Ying Zheng's slightly changed expression, his expression changed, and he said bravely: "Please think twice!"

"Although what Cui Neishi said is indeed very good, the current national power of the Qin Dynasty has been depleted by many years of war."

"Besides, there are still Huns who need to be pacified, so how can we still go to war and go to sea thousands of miles away?"

He was really scared.

Although his personality is somewhat stubborn, Wang Li, as the only grandson of the Wang family, still has political thinking.

If His Majesty is really persuaded, then it may indeed be of great benefit to the future Great Qin.

But the question is, can Daqin really support it until the future comes?
"Cui Neishi, please stop being angry."

"Let Da Qin calm down for a while!"

Wang Li stared at Cui Yuan with some resentment, and the latter laughed dumbly.

"General Wang, you are overthinking this."

"Who told them to travel thousands of miles once they set out to sea? Even if Da Qin has enough national power, the ship cannot hold it!"

The current warships of the Qin Dynasty are mainly floor ships inherited from the Wu Kingdom. Their characteristics are that they have a flat bottom, low sides, and a small draft.

Therefore, its adaptability is particularly strong, but its shortcomings are also obvious.

Due to its flat bottom, its sailing speed is relatively slow. In addition, its ability to sail through waves is weak, making it difficult to sail long distances.

This is also the reason why Xu Fu had to carry a large amount of supplies when he went to sea several times, and came back only once every few years.

He simply couldn't go too far, otherwise he and the boat would be completely lost in the sea.

"I was just drawing a blueprint for future colonization. In fact, right now we only need to colonize the Japanese country hundreds of miles away."

"The exchanges only lasted for a year or two. During this period of time, our Great Qin would not be able to send troops to the Xiongnu."

"Wo country?"

Hearing this familiar name again, Ying Zheng frowned: "Is this the country you said that Xu Fu would become the emperor in the future?"

"What's there to colonize there?" He couldn't understand. If there were rich products there, Xu Fu wouldn't have to ask himself to get a lot of plants and boys and girls every time he came back.

"Is it possible that he wants to rob their women?" Wang Li asked.

As Cui Yuan said just now, the only ones who are valuable may be women.

"of course not."

Looking at the two people who were confused, Cui Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Japan is indeed a very poor island country, with a huge lack of all kinds of natural resources."

"However, they have a very precious resource - gold and silver!"

"Especially a silver mine called Iwami. At its peak, the silver production there accounted for one-third of the world's total silver production!"

"so many?"

"One-third of total production!"

Hearing this, both Ying Zheng and Wang Li couldn't help but exclaimed.

The silver mine output of an island country is so high that it can even rival the seven continents!

This is simply no different from a child holding a golden key and swaggering through the city!
If you don’t grab it, you will be sorry for your own conscience!
No wonder Cui Yuan said so much to persuade him to colonize. It turns out that this Japanese country is so rich!

"How's it going? Are you excited?"

Cui Yuan continued to bewitch, his brows kept twitching, and Ying Zheng immediately gave him a roll of his eyes.

"You have already mentioned this, how could I not be moved?"

"That's just free money. As long as a normal person, who can resist the temptation?"

Wang Li also pouted: "Silver! With so much money, Da Qin's treasury will surely be filled up quickly!"

"When the time comes, let alone conquering the Huns, I'm afraid we can just defeat Baiyue!"

The more he talked, the more excited he became!
Infinite enthusiasm for war is the blood of every descendant of the Wang family!
In the past, due to the empty treasury of Great Qin, many of his father and grandfather's ambitions could not be realized.

Now is the last chance!

"That's right, and our Great Qin has a unique advantage for colonization, and that's the compass!"

Cui Yuan continued: "This great invention of ours can guide the way in the ocean."

"The Western countries of later generations relied on it to start the Age of Discovery."

“And now it’s up to us to make this fortune!”

"You don't need to say any more!"

Ying Zheng stood up, turned his back to Feng Xue, and said confidently: "I admit that I have been completely convinced by you!"

"I will announce this decision when I go to court early tomorrow morning."

"This money from the Japanese country should belong to me, the Qin Dynasty!"

"That's right!" Wang Li cheered, and Cui Yuan also smiled and nodded.

The three of them drank happily with the wind and snow as the background, and continued to discuss the details of colonizing the Japanese country.

As for Xu Fu.

Except for a fool named Hu who was still waiting in Xianyang City, no one cared about him.

……

Early the next morning, the sun just showed its head and had not yet fully risen.

With the loud shout of the ceremony officer, the morning court officially started.

Civil and military officials, led by Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi, Fu Su and others, entered one after another.

Each of them held thick Hsinchu paper origami in their hands.

Since Hsinchu paper was invented by Cui Yuan, the civil and military officials of the Qin Dynasty abandoned the heavy bamboo slips and replaced them with easy and portable paper origami.

Some great changes happen silently like this.

And because the current Qin Dynasty is far less "rhetoric-prosperous" than the later Ming and Qing dynasties, the content in the excerpt is very concise, and Ying Zheng is very comfortable with it.

If it weren't for the fact that Ying Zheng had been away from Xianyang for too long, and that he had been catching spies recently and had not gone to court properly, there would not have been so many government affairs.

'It's strange that Your Majesty hasn't started going to court yet? '

The allotted time is coming soon, but the First Emperor on the Dragon Throne is still closing his eyes to meditate.

Normally, as long as everyone is present, His Majesty will go to court in advance!
Many people showed doubts, especially those officials who were related to Xu Fu.

Xu Fu stayed away all night last night, and they all wanted to quickly ask His Majesty about the specific situation.

When everyone was still confused, there was a sound of "kick, kick, kick" footsteps in everyone's ears.

who is it?

Everyone looked at it with confusion, and the next moment they were all stunned on the spot!

The young man walked into the palace, with a high crown on his head, a purple gold seal on his waist, and a sword on the ground. He looked very energetic.

From a distance, he doesn't look like a man that can exist in the world at all, but a banished immortal from the world!

"Cui Yuan!"

"How will you be here?"

"You actually went to court!"

Li Si, Feng Quji, Fusu and others were all shocked!

They never expected to see Cui Yuan on the morning sky!

"Why can't I be here?"

Cui Yuan grinned and glanced at everyone: "I am one of the Nine Qin Qings, am I not qualified to go to court?"

"This……"

Hearing this, everyone didn't know how to refute for a moment.

Cui Yuan was right.

As one of the Nine Qin Qings, he is naturally qualified to go to court, and he is standing in the same row as Li Si and Feng Quji, right in front of His Majesty!
Even if you are absent without excuse, you will be severely punished.

However, Cui Yuan is so special!

It has been several months since he served as the governor of Suzhou, but he has not even attended the morning court. His Majesty has no intention of pursuing this matter.

Over time, everyone has almost accepted that Cui Yuan is a special being. He does not need to go to court at all and can directly communicate with His Majesty on everything!
Unexpectedly, he came today.

'Is something big going to happen? '

'Cui Yuan actually showed up in person! '

'The purge some days ago, the changes in Kuaiji and the disappearance of Xu Fu...'

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, especially Li Si and others, who had countless thoughts in an instant.

"Now that everyone is here, let's start going to court."

Ying Zheng opened his eyes and smiled at Cui Yuan.

What they want is this effect!
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report from Cui Yuan!"

(End of this chapter)