My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 998: I am not interested in money! You see clearly that I am the leader of the benevolent government faction of the Qin Dynasty!

Lü Buwei smiled and shook his head: "Lord Chang'an, you are just kidding!"

To others, Ying Chengjiao's words sounded like a joke.

Pigs can be killed for meat and sold for money.

Not to mention that Ying Chengjiao had just returned from conquering the extremely wealthy State of Qi and obtained spoils that would make even Lu Buwei jealous.

Just with the more than 200,000 pigs in the pig-raising yard, Ying Chengjiao only needs to take out half of them and sell them at the market to earn a fortune that would make Prince Jia of Dai and Prince Xi of Yan's eyes red.

How can you say that you can’t afford it?

Ying Chengjiao shook his head and said, "I am not joking."

"I really can't afford to support you anymore."

"Did Your Majesty pay attention to both sides of the road on the way here?"

Ying Zheng recalled the scenery he had seen along the way and said thoughtfully, "After entering Chang'an Township, the grass and trees on both sides of the road became a little sparse. After entering Du County, the two sides of the road were even more desolate, with no signs of early spring."

"Could it be because of the pig farm?"

Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "That's it."

"All the grass available for pig feeding in Du County has already been cut!"

"At the beginning of this year, Chang'an Township, Lantian County, and Chendao County began to harvest fodder and transport it to Du County, which was just enough to meet the needs of the pig farm."

"However, the pigs in the pig farm are getting fatter and fatter, and the amount of fodder they need is also increasing."

"These three counties and one township can only support the needs for one month at most! After one month, I will have to petition the court to order the people of Feng County and Zhiyang County to harvest fodder for the pig farm."

"But when the pigs in the pig farm give birth this year, the number of pigs in the farm will increase several times again, easily reaching a million."

"At that time, the fodder in these five counties and one township was simply not enough to support the pig farm's needs. Fodder from farther away not only required a lot of manpower to transport, but also became stale due to the long journey, making it difficult to help the pigs gain weight."

This is just the most basic fodder issue.

As the number of pigs increased dramatically, the pig farm had to dispatch several times more servants to take care of the pigs.

When nearly ten thousand people and a million pigs live together in one place, the problem of germs and diseases will become more and more serious. Not only will the pig farm be more prone to plague outbreaks, but once a plague breaks out it will be out of control, causing Ying Chengjiao's years of hard work to go to waste!
Ying Chengjiao said helplessly: "So, even though I am still quite dissatisfied with the current income, I have to implement the promotion immediately!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent.

Ying Chengjiao's words were beyond the understanding of all the court officials.

The endless grass all over the mountains and plains has always been the enemy of land reclamation. How could it be eaten up by pigs?
The big joke of slipping the world!

But when I think about the scenery I saw along the way and the pig farm that covers an area larger than an ordinary county town, these incredible words begin to ring true.

After all, that’s more than 200,000 pigs!
Ying Zheng understood and said, "No wonder my brother did not continue to study this pig even though he was still dissatisfied with it, but instead called me here in a hurry."

"How do you plan to deal with the pigs in the pig-cultivation yard?"

Ying Chengjiao immediately said, "I want to present the pig farm in Du County to the Qin State!"

"I advise the Qin Dynasty to set up the Du County Pig Management Institute as the Qin Dynasty Pig Management Institute, retaining 2,000 boars, 10,000 pigs, and 30,000 pigs, gathering the best pigs in the world to continue breeding and research."

"Then set up pig-cultivation branches in all counties of Daqin, transport all the remaining boars and pigs in Du County to the pig-cultivation branches, and breed them with the good pigs selected locally, so as to breed pigs that are more suitable for the local environment."

"The remaining 110,000 pigs were distributed among the people of Guanzhong and raised by the common people."

"When the pigs grow up, we send officials from the pig farm to select them from the people. The pigs with average qualities will be slaughtered on the spot, and the excellent ones will be brought back to the pig farm to be used as new breeding pigs."

In Ying Chengjiao's opinion, there must be talented people among the people, and maybe they can come up with some strange but practical ways to control the pigs.

The complex and changeable natural environment, the unique local pig grass, and the local pigs grown in various places may bring unexpected surprises to the pig treatment hospital.

More importantly, they should thank us for helping us raise pigs!

Han Cang's heart was filled with heat, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Does Lord Chang'an really want to donate the pig farm to Daqin, and even allow the common people to kill the pigs and eat their meat after they have been raised?!"

"This is great wealth! This is great money!"

As an official in charge of grain, Han Cang knew very well what kind of wealth these 200,000 pigs represented and what kind of vitality they could inject into the Qin Dynasty. Han Cang was almost going crazy with joy!

But as an official under the Chang'an Jun Mansion, Han Cang really felt the pain!

Others feel no pain when their father's land is sold by his son, but how can you, Lord Chang'an, be so casual in selling the treasures you have earned yourself?
Ying Chengjiao smiled and said, "Chang'an paper, Chang'an plow, the art of treating manure with gold juice, blast furnaces, which of these things is not great wealth? Which of these is not great fortune?"

"It's just that the wealth of Zhizhuyuan has been converted into cash, while the Chang'an paper and Chang'an plow were not converted into cash when I presented them to the Qin Dynasty."

"I have generously donated so many treasures to the imperial court, so why would I be stingy with a mere pig-raising house?" "In my opinion, this arrangement is not only for the benefit of the people of the Qin Empire, but also to relieve the pressure of the pig-raising house. It is also to gather the strength of all the people of the Qin Empire to jointly study the strategy of pig-raising."

"With the help of all the people, this strategy will be able to be accomplished quickly!"

Ying Zheng may be short of money and food, but Ying Chengjiao will not be short of money and food.

If Ying Chengjiao was short of some money, he could ask Ying Zheng for help. Ying Zheng would tighten his belt rather than let Ying Chengjiao starve.

If Ying Chengjiao was short of money, he would just wave his hand to the Qin people, and millions of Qin people would surround Ying Chengjiao and lead them to destroy the enemy's capital and take all the enemy's money and food.

But if Ying Chengjiao is stingy and acts like a coward, with his warehouse full of money and his granary full of grain, then it will be the turn of Ying Zheng and his soldiers to stretch out their hands or wave their hands to Ying Chengjiao!
Therefore, the profit or loss in money and grain is not important to Ying Chengjiao.

What is more important is whether the money and food can be used effectively and used to achieve Ying Chengjiao's goal!
Looking at Ying Chengjiao's relaxed and casual appearance, all the ministers were speechless.

Looking around the world, perhaps only Ying Chengjiao could treat money like dirt. But after calculating Ying Chengjiao's income in recent years, the officials had to admit that Ying Chengjiao was indeed qualified to treat money like dirt!
Seeing that Ying Chengjiao himself was not distressed, Han Cang also stopped feeling distressed for Ying Chengjiao. Instead, he excitedly exclaimed: "I think that Lord Chang'an's advice is very good!"

"Even if we distribute more than 110,000 boars into Guanzhong, we still can't give every household one, but we can give every village a dozen!"

"I think we can let the village head take charge and have all the villagers work together to feed the pigs they are given."

"When the La Festival comes this year, the pig will have grown into a pig, and all the young and old in the village will slaughter the pig and eat its meat together!"

"If this is the case, all people will be happy!"

Tan Tao bowed without hesitation and said, "I report to the government office. I am willing to take this responsibility!"

Since Ying Chengjiao is ready to donate the Pig Farm to the imperial court, Tan Tao will not be polite!

As someone who had done voluntary labor in the Pig Management House for four years, no one in the court knew pigs better than Tan Tao!
Ying Fusu looked at Ying Chengjiao with increasingly bright eyes, and said excitedly: "If so, the people of Guanzhong in my Great Qin can at least eat a pound of meat this year!"

"I believe that the people of Guanzhong will definitely be loyal to us! All the people will be loyal to the Great Qin!"

Sima Chang and many other ministers of old Qin descent began to breathe rapidly.

The common people of our Great Qin can now afford to eat meat!
Only Lu Buwei was both happy and sad. He stretched out a hand to Ying Chengjiao as if asking for help, and said in a hoarse voice: "I think this pig is very good!"

"But there is no need to spread it among the people so hastily!"

"If the common people can really eat one pound of meat every year, then the people of our Great Qin will probably indulge in raising pigs and will not care about killing the enemy."

"My Great Qin is not yet ready to deal with such a big change!"

Raising pigs is different from farming. There is no such thing as slack season in farming. This will directly disrupt the Qin Dynasty's corvée system and conscription system.

And the fact that they could live an increasingly affluent life even without joining the army to fight would most likely corrode the Qin people's fighting spirit, making them addicted to farming and raising pigs and unwilling to risk their lives to fight for the title.

The Qin Empire has not yet unified! The Qin Empire has not yet revised its national policy to suit this economic situation! The Qin Empire cannot withstand such a crazy development!
Han Cang immediately became anxious: "It was the prime minister who persuaded Chang'an Jun to study pig farming in the past."

"The one who said this pig was very good was the Prime Minister."

"Now the one who said that the pigs should not be released among the people is the Prime Minister again!"

"Maybe the Prime Minister thinks that Lord Chang'an has a lot of free time!"

Tan Tao ignored the huge difference in status between himself and Lu Buwei and said with his neck stiff: "How can a method of enriching the people and strengthening the country harm the country?!"

"Since the Prime Minister had long ago advised Chang'an Jun to study the strategy of curing pigs, the Prime Minister should have anticipated this matter. In this case, the Prime Minister should know how to solve the Prime Minister's difficulties, and the Prime Minister's difficulties should also be solved by the Prime Minister."

"I don't understand much, I just want the people to eat meat!"

Even Han Fei stammered: "When the people are at peace, the lower classes will not have great power; when the lower classes have no great power, power will be destroyed; when power is destroyed, virtue will prevail."

"How can a prime minister prevent the people from becoming rich?!"

Faced with the angry glares from the emperor and his ministers in the court, Lu Buwei was going crazy!
Open your eyes and take a good look!
The real face! That is! Daqin! The initiator of a number of ideas such as lenient policies and suspended sentences, enriching the people and strengthening the country, treating the people well and loving them, and practicing virtue and loving others!
The real face! Is! The leader of the benevolent government faction! The people-loving faction! The radical faction! of Daqin!
You are a bunch of ruthless Qin people, cruel criminals, but you accuse the truth of being too cruel? !
What the hell is this world!

Lü Buwei said firmly: "Enriching the people can certainly calm their hearts, but virtue is the most important thing."

"However, enriching the people is not about enriching them casually, but about enriching them in a way that pays attention to methods and means."

"Otherwise, the wealth of the people can also be harmful to the country!"

As expected, all the officials in the court glared at Lu Buwei again.

Unexpectedly, Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "I think what the Prime Minister said makes sense."

"Although I intend to distribute all the more than 100,000 pigs to the people in Guanzhong, I absolutely do not intend to distribute them equally among every village!"

(End of this chapter)