Daqin: Playing Martial Saint at the beginning

Chapter 0084 – Boiling Salt, Emergencies in Korea!!!

Guan Yu is just a young general, but now he wants to marry a princess of a country! In normal times, Lees would not believe it.

But these words came from Lu Buwei’s mouth, so there was no need to consider the truth of this news at all.

Dignified Qin Xiangbang, what is the need to lie.

For a long time, Li Si’s own fellow Han Fei has been this kind of envy and jealousy.

So much so that since Xun Zina left until now, Li Si has not taken the initiative to contact Han Fei once.

Even if occasionally Han Fei would bring news, Li Si only responded perfunctorily.

As a Confucian student, he did not learn as much as Han Fei, his family lineage was not as good as Han Fei, and even the world’s evaluation of him was inferior to Han Fei.

Therefore, Li Si was worried that Han Fei, like Changping Jun, was originally a royal family, but he came to the Qin State to serve as a servant, and his career was smooth.

His careful thinking can’t hide Lu Buwei at all, why shouldn’t Lu Buwei worry, Han Fei is loyal to Ying Zheng?

It’s just that according to the previous situation, the possibility of Han Fei coming to the Qin Kingdom is almost zero.

But as soon as Princess Fire Lotus came, it might be impossible.

South Korea borders Daqin, and it is the only place where Daqin East passes through the Hangu Pass

As a land of four wars, Korea has hardly been able to be peaceful, and the land it has gained has been encroached upon one after another.

The biggest victim of the rise of the State of Qin is Korea, although the State of Yan is weak, it still has a Le Yi, almost destroying the State of Qi and making a great name.

The Korean ancestors divided Jin into three, hoping that their descendants could claim hegemony and even gain the world to replace Zhou Tianzi.

But now, every time South Korea acts, it almost has to pull the other two of the three Jins, so that it dares to make a move.

It was precisely because he was so weak that after his fifteen-year-old brother Cheng Yu went to Korea, Korea immediately ceded a hundred miles of land, and Cheng Yu was also named Chang’an Jun.

Now, it was just a will of the emperor, and King Han panicked to offer his palm pearl.

If King Han changed his national policy and decided to unite with Qin, Han Fei might really be able to directly serve Korea as an envoy.

Just as the Wei Kingdom was to the Wei Kingdom, the connection between the two sides was already inseparable.

Guan Yu is a martial artist, and Han Fei is a literary talent.

Perhaps at the beginning, Ying Zheng didn’t think so much, but his approach inadvertently promoted the changes in the pattern of Han and Qin.

If Han Fei could really come, he would benefit from the government and the great Qin, only Lu Buwei and the other disciples would break their teeth and swallow into their stomachs.

Just thinking about it, Lees snorted.

“Xiangbang, I’ll go and send a letter to my junior brother!”

“So impatient and full of holes, he will definitely be calculated by others one day, and even bitten back.”

The more he thought about it, the more nervous Li Si became, and in the end, he couldn’t wait to ask Lu Buwei to resign.

Lu Buwei glanced up when Li Si’s back was about to disappear, and then quickly withdrew his gaze.

Lees was an ambitious man, and from the moment he first saw Lees, he understood.

Otherwise, as Xiangbang, how could he snub this disciple of Confucian master Xunzi for a long time.

and did not treat each other with courtesy, until Li Si couldn’t bear it and took the initiative to show his sincerity, so he used the other party.

What is not to do is to polish Lees so that the young man can play for him 667 well.

If Li Si is not honest, he does not mind using a little means to support another person with the same ambition.

Daqin, salt pan outside Xianyang City.

As the new capital of Daqin, the daily salt consumption is an extremely terrible number.

And because salt is expensive, even the royal family is heartbroken to buy it, so he specially ordered that Jiri Neishi set up a salt farm.

On weekdays, this place is also managed by Taicang Ling, under the command of Zhisu Neishi, and there are no special officials.

Today, King Qin was quite interested, and led hundreds of officials to come to the salt field and personally presided over the collection of salt as an official camp.

“Your Majesty, in the future, all the coarse salt in Daqin will be sent here, processed into fine salt, and then distributed everywhere.”

“This is very good, in the future, my Daqin grain, for each population of grain, an additional one or two refined salts will be distributed in January.”

“This… I am afraid that it is easy to breed chaos in salt trafficking, which is not conducive to the salt harvesting industry as an official policy. ”

“One or two refined salts, is the generosity of His Majesty, but also the trust of the soldiers, if the adult still has more worries, there is another wise man on the last general’s side, who can assist the adult one.”

“General Guan, where did this talent come from?”

After listening to Zhisu Neishi’s words, Yingzheng was overwhelmed, and he directly sought welfare for the soldiers of Daqin with a wave of his hand.

When Zhi Su Neishi heard this, he felt a pain in his flesh, and hurriedly used an extremely tactful way to advise the government.

Guan Yu seized this great opportunity and pushed the Jing Ke he brought over forward, so that it appeared in everyone’s sight.

For a while, Jing Ke was extremely embarrassed.

But Yingzheng is particularly interested in the people elected by his righteous brother.

“This person’s name is Jing Ke, he is a Weiren, and he later entered the Mo family, and learned the Mo family healing technique, and I think he will definitely be able to contribute to Daqin.”

“Can Jing Ke’s strong man know the method of making salt?”

“He doesn’t understand, but he knows how to sell salt better.”

Guan Yu briefly introduced, and his intention was also very obvious, so he wanted to get a salt official for Jing Ke.

When he was in his mansion yesterday, Jing Ke talked eloquently, pointing out the future of the Seven Kingdoms.

Since Jing Ke believed that the Seven Kingdoms could cooperate with profit, it was just a good time for Daqin to collect salt as an official camp, and the position of salt official was indispensable.

Salt is divided into sea salt, lake salt, well salt and mineral salt.

Among them, lake salt is the most common and easily obtained, appearing as large crystals.

Then there is sea salt, sea salt requires manpower to absorb the tide, brine production, crystallization, salt collection pile, a total of four steps, quite complicated.

As for well salt, it is necessary to dig a mine and then go down the shaft to extract the salt mine, and the salt usually obtained is black and coarse salt residue, which is of the worst quality.

The last mineral salt, because the salt mine is buried hundreds of kilometers deep, is less polluted, delicate in texture, and rich in minerals, is the finest salt.

Civilians can have coarse salt to enjoy, it is already very good, although the taste is very poor, you can also eat sand and gravel or other things that affect the taste, but it is cheap.

Guanjia Village is located in a remote area, and there is no way to buy refined salt.

However, on weekdays, when Guan Yu hunts and fishes, he will bring a little lake salt or concentrate back with him, and Mengyao has never eaten coarse salt.

Other villagers can occasionally even a little.

However, including Guan Yu himself, what he ate was only relatively fine table salt, which was completely incomparable to the pure white refined salt used by the princes and nobles that melted in water.

In this day and age, one or two refined salts can no longer be compared with gold of the same weight, but it is also extremely expensive.

Winning Zheng was just the first day of visiting, so he waved his sleeves and gave each of the millions of soldiers in Daqin an extra one or two refined salts per month.

Zhisu Neishi has already thought that he will be more in charge of taxes and finances at that time, and the young mansion will ask for money around his neck.

At his age, he can’t afford to toss so much, but this is another order under the winning government, this king of Qin, who has not yet taken power, is obviously not a family that does not know that wood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

On such an occasion, Zhisu Neishi did not want to directly refute the winning government, so as not to affect the majesty of the winning government, but he did not expect that this side had not been handled well, and Guan Yu stood up again.

“The talent recommended by General Guan, I think it must not be bad, cure Su Neishi, do you have an official position to arrange for this strong man?”

“Since you are good at selling salt, it is better to set up a salt transportation officer, responsible for collecting salt mines and transporting salt to the localities.”

“The last general seconded the proposal, salt is no better than grain, it cannot meet water, if the mountain road is muddy, and there is no time to avoid the rain, it will definitely wet the salt and cause waste. Now there are 80,000 pawns in Daqin, and 10,000 pawns can be recruited to build salt roads, and these pawns can be given the privilege of buying salt at half price in order to motivate them. ”

“Good, great good!”

The position of salt transport officer, big is not big, small is not small, and it is not indispensable.

Even if Jing Ke’s ability is not good, it will not affect the overall situation, and this can be regarded as the best compromise method that the old fritters can come up with in a short period of time.

He was afraid that the two laymen of Yingzheng and Guan Yu would mess up the matter of the salt harvesting industry as an official camp.

You know, such lucrative industries can quickly accumulate money, and in order to protect their own interests, those salt merchants will arm their money.

Competing with the people for profit is not an easy task, especially against such a powerful local force as the salt merchant.

Zhili Neishi can only take one step at a time, but he dare not let others interfere, and a little fault is considered his problem.

But the more worried about something, the more it comes, the critical moment.

Guan Yu proposed again, further increasing Jing Ke’s power!

Transporting salt is no way to compare with transporting grain, but if you add a troop, it will be completely different.

Wherever you go, where the road is repaired, if you encounter disobedient, you will be killed by the way, and if the salt road is built in the future, it can be turned into a straight road at any time and used to transfer troops

In the past, Wu Anjun relied on his strong mobilization ability and mobility.

Qin Chi Road, which can allow a carriage to pass smoothly, is where to go and where to repair, up to nearly a hundred miles.

Whether it was transporting grain or sending cavalry, it was extremely fast.

If it weren’t for being in a state of armament all year round, this Qin Chi Dao could also become a trade road, attracting merchants from the six countries to come and increase taxes for Daqin.

It is precisely because of the precedent that Yingzheng understood Guan Yu’s meaning at once, and immediately gladly agreed!

Today’s Daqin, lack of people, there are great Wei pawns, lack of money, there is salt collection for the official camp, the two complement each other, compared to Zheng Guoqu and other century-old plans, although the salt road is laborious, the effect comes faster!

As soon as Guan Yu’s words came out, even Zhi Su Neishi’s eyes lit up and muttered secretly.

“I couldn’t have imagined that if so, the problem of salt transportation would be completely solved. Once this salt starts to make a profit, perhaps, when the time comes, it will be the young house begging me! ”

“It’s easy to get a pawn, and the widow sees that Zhang Wei had a house last time he ruled the army, so I am afraid that he will supervise the construction of the salt road, and Guan Ying will serve as a deputy general, and the two will cooperate with Jing Ke!”

“No! ×2。 ”

Originally it was the office of the pro-inspector courtiers, and this time the winning government also brought a lot of people over, such as veterans such as Meng Xiao and Wang Yi, naturally they would not follow.

The young mansion, the dignitary, and Fengchang, and a few of the Nine Qings had no reason to come

For example, the captain of the guard and the order of the CRRC Mansion, who are responsible for the security of the winning government, can always be

They all follow Yingzheng.

In addition, he is the courtier of the favored letter of winning the government.

For example, several newly recruited young generals must follow, and Meng Tian and several other subordinates of Guan Yu also followed Guan Yu closely, so naturally they followed.

In particular, Meng Tian, although he was dismissed from his military position, will be able to be reused sooner or later, and he is now also responsible for secretly guarding the security of the winning government.

As for the size of the black ice platform

Qin Yingshi, not only can he not believe it, but he can’t believe it himself.

Who knows, how much of it is Lu Buwei’s eyeliner.

The king inspected, but it was a great thing, maybe suddenly there was a vacancy, and then it was appointed by the king and arranged.

Such a great opportunity, usually the king will only bring his own cronies, Guan Yu needless to say, but except for Meng Tian, everyone else can be regarded as Guan Yu’s light.

“Before, I just heard that General Guan was thoughtful, but now I look at it myself, and I am extremely shallow and ashamed.”

“There is no need for this, do your job well, take this as an opportunity to let Guan take a good look at your skills.”

“We will definitely live up to General Guan’s high expectations!”

After everything was finalized, Jing Ke thanked Guan Yu.

Although he joined Qin Mo, the feeling of being able to be appointed and shoulder the burden still made Jing Ke a little dizzy, feeling that everything was so unreal!

Whether it is for ordinary people, or princes and nobles, Jing Ke’s current position is somewhat attractive!

Transporting salt itself is a fat gap, even if it does not fill your own pockets, as long as you occasionally ‘tolerate’ a little, you can make a lot of money.

Not to mention, Jing Ke, who also has such an important task as building roads, can get more benefits.

Thinking about it, even if Ying Zheng made arrangements now, many people from the Win Clan would jump out to express their opposition.

If such a beauty difference is not handed over to the clan, wouldn’t it be cheaper for outsiders?

For this situation, Guan Yu thought of it, but did not intend to do anything.

These are all things his righteous brother has to deal with, and he can’t help much.

After Guan Zhong implemented the salt monopoly, various princely states followed suit, but at most they only dared to send officials to supervise and collect taxes.

But private salt is so profitable, how many salt mines have been opened in the country, who can know?

At the beginning of the territory of Daqin, Shang Martingale made a drastic move and carried out some reforms, one of which was to emulate Guan Zhong, that is, nationalize the mountains and rivers, and set up a small government to manage the taxation and finances of this matter.

The predecessor of this salt mill outside Xianyang City was one of the salt ponds that Shang Martingale took back from the state.

However, only a small part of what was nationalized was still among the people, but the imperial court became a major salt producer.

Rao is so, Shang Martingale is still hated by many princes and nobles, and after the death of Qin Xiaogong, it was immediately liquidated, just because Shang Martingale allowed them to make much less profit.

This is only the power that sneaky salt dealers can use.

In later generations, such as Huang Chao and Zhang Shicheng, they are all salt dealers who stand up, and they are also ruthless characters who dare to directly seize the good rivers and mountains.

Their armed strength is completely worthy of the regular army of the imperial court, which shows how terrifying the interests of salt trafficking are.

After Guan Yu mentioned collecting salt as an official camp this time, the reaction of the ministers of the DPRK and Central Committee can also be seen in many problems.

However, what the winning government has to do this time is much more thorough than that of Shang Martingale.

Guan Zhong only sold salt himself, and Shang Martingale was just taking profits from salt sellers, and Yingzheng directly ordered that anyone who boiled salt privately confiscated the proceeds and imposed a shackle on his left foot so that he could not move around at will.

If it is more serious, he will also be taken into prison.

Jing Ke was the first official appointed by Winzheng this time, but not the last.

Soon, Yingbu and Peng Yue were also responsible for part of the salt industry, which was regarded as a non-wartime experience.

As for Xu Chu, he was transferred to Lang Zhongling’s subordinates, and he was responsible for protecting the security of Yingzheng.

Because of the last trip to the front line and the harvest, Ying Zheng made the next travel plan, at that time, Xu Chu will definitely accompany him, and his official position will also be promoted again.

In addition to them, Guan Yu also served as a salt supervisor, responsible for supervising the quality of salt and adding another hundred stones.

“Tread, tread.”

“Report! The convoy of the Korean Fire Lotus Princess was attacked, and hereby ask His Majesty for help. ”

“What!”

Just as Yingzheng was about to lead the army back to Xianyang Palace, a guard suddenly hurriedly came to report, bringing a news that shocked everyone!

Late yesterday night, Yingzheng received a report from a Korean messenger that Princess Huolian had set out from Korea.

It’s only been less than a day, how could something happen!

“Do you have specific distress information?”

“Back to Your Majesty, Princess Fire Lotus used carrier pigeons to ask for help, and now carrier pigeons are also out of breath, obviously exhausted, the specific situation, I don’t know for the time being.”

“Before arriving in the Qin Kingdom, I encountered danger, and this road was really apprehensive.”

“Your Majesty, Princess Fire Lotus is the pearl in King Han’s palm, if something happens on the way to Daqin, King Han will definitely blame Yu Qin, at that time, my Daqin will not be moral, and will be punished by the world!”

The sudden news made Yingzheng’s mood a little annoyed, especially when the guards could not give any useful information, and he frowned.

On weekdays, he always dislikes his middle father, Mu Wei, and has to intervene in everything, and does not let him arrange it himself.

Now that I encounter this, I have a vague feeling that something has happened, but I can’t get any useful information.

Chang’an Jun’s master, Shangqing Yao Jia immediately realized the problem and hurriedly spoke up.

Now that Qin has defeated the Wei state, the two countries have not yet reached peace talks, and the other five countries are still waiting and seeing.

But this time the Fire Lotus Princess had an accident, even if Han Wang An did not say anything, I am afraid that someone would use this as an excuse to jointly attack Qin.

Great Qin was not afraid of any of the seven countries, but it could not resist the alliance of several countries.

Even if Daqin had already passed four times before, at the important juncture when Daqin was about to rise, this was tantamount to a blow in the head, greatly damaging Daqin’s national strength.

“Your Majesty, Princess Fire Lotus makes Qin, and the last will be General Qin, and I am willing to lead the army to rescue Princess Fire Lotus so that Qin and Korea can be repaired!”

“Okay, General Guan is willing to attack, and the widow will send another five thousand people to help you bring the Fire Lotus Princess to my Daqin!”

At the critical moment, Guan Yu did not hesitate and stood up directly.

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