Although it would cost a lot of money to do so, Ying Zheng thought about it.
If the people were really incited by the remnants of the Six Nations and rebelled, the price of quelling the rebellion would probably be far less than this.
Moreover, if the rebellion was any bigger, the world that was finally unified would face the risk of war again.
Ying Zheng did not want to see this scene.
Although he believed that such a thing would not happen, he had to guard against it!
With high-yield crops like sweet potatoes, after spreading them to the world, Great Qin's treasury would be filled in a year or two.
Money and food were naturally not a problem.
Of course, that was if Meng Fan was telling the truth.
Was there really such a high yield of sweet potatoes?
Ying Zheng, who felt that this seemed feasible, spoke again,""Digging the spiritual canal requires a lot of labor. If labor is abolished and wages are distributed to the people, the number of people needed will be quite large. Hundreds of thousands of people need to be responsible for it.”
If it was normal labor, sending an army to watch over them to prevent them from escaping would be enough.
But according to Meng Fan's method, the civilians were no longer slaves. As their treatment increased, they naturally couldn't be supervised by the military.
In the past, civil engineering was managed by local officials in cooperation with the army.
If they were to establish employment relationships with the people, the local officials would not be enough.
Just as Ying Zheng had said, Great Qin could not afford to send out so many lower-level managers.
Meng Fan chuckled." What's so difficult about that?"”
"If you find it troublesome and do not have enough manpower to manage it, you can contract the spiritual canal project to the wealthy merchants in Xianyang City.”Meng Fan chuckled." The court only needs to interact with the merchants and let them recruit, manage, and even pay the people. The court only needs to send a special supervisor to supervise them. Wouldn't the problem be solved?"”
"Give the project to the merchant?" Ying Zheng's face was filled with disbelief. He had never heard of Meng Fan's operation before.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen and merchants are the last.
Since ancient times, the status of merchants had always been the lowest.
This was because the ancients thought that merchants were all speculators.
Even Ying Zheng was no exception. If he didn't have a suitable identity, he wouldn't have joined Wang Jian and pretended to be a wealthy businessman in front of Meng Fan.
It had never happened since ancient times that a national project was handed over to merchants.
Meng Fan nodded." Actually, the status of a businessman isn't that low. Old Zhao, you're a businessman too. You should know the importance of being a businessman."”
Ying Zheng nodded slowly. Indeed, as Meng Fan had said, merchants were very important to the country.
Otherwise, he would not have moved the 120,000 wealthy families to Xianyang.
A large portion of these 120,000 households were merchants.
Money was still very fragrant…
" This will also increase the merchants 'impression of the court," Meng Fan continued." It will make the merchants feel that Great Qin values them very much. They can even hand over the country's projects to them and even make a profit from it."”
"Old Zhao, think about it again. If the remnants of the Six Nations want to rebel, can they do it without money? " If they want to expand, they'll definitely find rich people to invest." Meng Fan analyzed again." If the court can cooperate with merchants, then the rich people in the world will know that their money can still be invested in the country. On the one hand, they'll lose their heads if they don't pay attention, and it's a high-cost and high-risk business. On the other hand, it's a stable and profitable business. If there are more rebels coming to their door, what will they choose?"”
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up. What Meng Fan said made sense.
Wasn't his father, Qin Yiren, a rare commodity that the wealthy businessman Lu Buwei could hoard back then?
If Meng Fan did this, Great Qin would be able to tie the merchants to their boat.
If there were people who wanted to rebel, the chances of them investing were slim.
If he could earn money by cooperating with the country, why would he risk going against the country?
It was good for businessmen to pursue profits, but when faced with life-threatening profits, they still knew how to weigh them.
"Little friend, this is a wonderful move!" Having thought it through, Ying Zheng could not help but praise.
This way, he could win the hearts of the people at the bottom and the hearts of the rich people in the middle. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
It would directly cut off the development path of the Six Nations.
They had no people and no money, so why would they rebel?
Dun Ruo, who was eavesdropping, was surprised. He never expected Meng Fan to be able to get along this way.
As expected, a person who could be favored by His Majesty was definitely not an ordinary person!
Wang Jian forced a smile and scolded jokingly,""Kid, what's wrong with your head? Why did he always come up with these ideas? Why didn't I think of it?"
To Meng Fan, it was common for the government to contract projects to merchants. This was how it was done in the future.
It was just that the ancients underestimated merchants too much and ranked their status at the bottom, ignoring their power.
"Hey, can my brain compare to yours, Old Wang?”Meng Fan looked at him disdainfully.
Wang Jian, who was looked down upon by him every day, was not angry.
"I will write a letter of divorce and pass on my young friend's idea to him.”After agreeing with Meng Fan's idea, Ying Zheng was ready to pass on the idea to Li Si and let him start making arrangements.
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