"The World Trading Company?"
Inside Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
"That's right!"
"Your Majesty, this old minister has been a businessman all my life. The reason why I can become one of the few wealthy merchants in the world is because of a rare commodity!”
"And now, in just a few short months, paper, ink, brush, sugar, new salt production methods, and countless other new things have appeared in my Qin country! Although salt was an important item of the country and could not be sold, paper, ink, brush, inkstone, sugar, candles, and other items could be sold to the six countries in Shandong!”
"As long as we make friends with the important ministers of the six countries outside the Qin Empire and promise them great benefits, we will secretly give them flashy things such as brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. However, these luxurious things that can't increase the strength of the six countries will corrode the aggressiveness of the nobles of the six countries and create the illusion of prosperity for them!”
" Then my Qin State has this strategy of trading the world. In the open, we can collect the wealth of the world for the country's use. In the dark, we can befriend the distant and attack the near, corroding the six countries. When the Qin State's national strength is strong, we can send troops to sweep through the six directions..."
In the court, Lu Buwei replied respectfully.
Hearing this, the look of satisfaction on Ying Zheng's face grew stronger and stronger.
Lu Buwei was able to rise from a businessman to the position of Prime Minister of a country. His talent and ability were indeed impeccable!
"Good!"
"Lu Buwei, from today onwards, I will reinstate you as the Right Prime Minister of the Great Qin Empire. You will be in charge of the people's livelihood, the treasury, and business. You must fully implement the national policy of trading the world!”
In Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng's majestic voice echoed.
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty!"
"I, Lu Buwei, will definitely sacrifice my life for my Qin country…"
……
The use of Lu Buwei caused a huge uproar in the Qin Imperial Court.
However, all the government affairs were under Ying Zheng's control, and Lu Buwei's return would not cause any trouble. Moreover, things were different now, and the once arrogant Lu Buwei was now working diligently for Ying Zheng!
Soon, Lu Buwei took control of a portion of the power and began to lead the national policy of the World Trading Company!
In just a few days, Lu Buwei used the power of the State of Qin to rebuild the Lu Chamber of Commerce!
After that, the goods of the Qin country began to be dumped into the six Shandong countries at the fastest speed!
Paper, ink, brush, inkstone, frost sugar, porcelain, candles, and other goods were brought to the six countries in Shandong by the caravan.
When they first arrived at the Six Nations in Shandong, Lu Buwei did not ask people to sell them directly. Instead, he used the name of a caravan to send gifts such as ink, paper, inkstones, and porcelain to the powerful officials and nobles of the Six Nations!、
The exquisiteness of the porcelain could be said to be an item from the immortal world!
Brush, ink, paper, and inkstone could make it countless times more convenient to record written information. There were also sweets and candles. After these epoch-making inventions appeared in the Six Nations, they immediately attracted the pursuit of countless nobles!
However, the gifts that the Lu Chamber of Commerce offered were only a small number. They were meant to befriend the nobles of the six states!
After that, the Lu Chamber of Commerce set up an auction in the capital cities of the six states. They regularly auctioned exquisite porcelain every month, and limited quantities of items such as ink, paper, inkstone, frost sugar, and candles were sold. They deliberately used hunger marketing to create a scene of paper being expensive in Luoyang!
A piece of porcelain that cost no more than a hundred gold coins could attract the attention of the nobles of the six dynasties in the capital city. It was worth hundreds of gold coins!
The Qin Country's paper workshop produced 3,000 cubes of paper every day, and each cube had 100 pages! The cost was no more than ten Gold Coins!
After the Xuan paper was circulated to the six countries, each page was worth one gold!
Before the nobles of the six states could react, the Lu Chamber of Commerce was like an invisible beast that was devouring gold, crazily devouring the wealth of the six states…
And just as the national policy of the Qin State was being carried out smoothly, Ying Zheng and all the officials gathered in the training ground of the Yulin Royal Guards in Xianyang City.
"King, the gunpowder is ready!”
"Your Majesty, please light the fire…"
An old craftsman from the Heavenly Craftsmen Department came forward and respectfully handed over a lighter.
The reason why Ying Zheng had summoned all the officials to the military camp today was to observe the ceremony. This was the most crucial material recorded in the book of Heavenly Craftsmanship, which was the key to starting the era of firearms, and it had already been produced by the Qin State!
Ying Zheng took the lighter and immediately waved his hand. The lighter in his hand fell on the fuse of the explosive pack dozens of meters away!
Hiss!
In an instant, the fuse left outside ignited upon contact with the fire!
When the ministers saw this, they couldn't help but raise their heads.
After a short while, the fuse burned out…
Boom!
Boom...
……
Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the Drill Ground!
Dirt flew everywhere…
"Not good! Protect the king!"
"Hurry up! Protect the king…"
The ministers were panic-stricken, and countless people were panicking. Zhao Yun and Ge Nia flashed to Ying Zheng's side, the swords in their hands glinting with a cold light as they looked around vigilantly.
"I'm fine!"
"Stop, don't panic…"
Ying Zheng's face was calm as he comforted the ministers.
Only then did the ministers feel a little more at ease. After a while, the dust in the sky cleared. When everyone looked at the place where the gunpowder was placed, they found that the gunpowder had disappeared, leaving only a big pit on the ground...
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