"Zheng, come and help me.”
"Alright."
No one knew.
In a small farm outside Xianyang City.
Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, was actually busy with the New Year's Eve dinner like an ordinary person.
In the courtyard of the farm.
Everyone sat together.
In the middle was a huge round table.
All kinds of delicacies were placed on the round table.
Qi Yuan took the lead and picked up his chopsticks. Then, he gestured to everyone,"
"Eat quickly, eat quickly. Eat it while it's hot. It won't taste good if it gets cold later.”
Suddenly.
A raindrop fell on the round table.
"It's raining."
"Why is it raining right after New Year's Eve dinner?”
"Grandmaster, why don't we bring it to the room to eat?”
Qi Yuan smiled."
"There's no need to leave. This rain won't fall.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
The dark clouds in the sky instantly scattered into small clouds.
The sky was clear.
Ying Zheng looked at Qi Yuan in shock and asked slowly,"
"Master, is this the law?"
Qi Yuan nodded and said nonchalantly,"
"A mere word is not worth mentioning.”
Of course, the surrounding princes did not really think that the law was not worth mentioning.
They would always subconsciously glance at Qi Yuan when they were eating, afraid that they had done something wrong.
There was no rain.
The New Year's Eve dinner went smoothly.
After eating, most of the princes ran around the farm to play.
These princes were still very young.
After all, the eldest young master, Fu Su, was only in his early twenties.
One could imagine how young the other princes were.
Therefore…
They were at the age where they loved to play the most.
Ying Zheng, on the other hand, carefully moved to Qi Yuan's side.
"Master, I have some questions to ask you.”
Qi Yuan held an apple in his hand and slowly took a bite."
"Tell me."
Ying Zheng sat on the ground, not caring about his image at all."
"Master, I used to think that conquering the world was very difficult, but I didn't expect that guarding the world would be even more difficult.”
"Great Qin's treasury is out of money again."
Qi Yuan said leisurely,"
"Isn't there a lot of money-making techniques in the Encyclopedia? Smelting iron? Making salt? Have you done it?"
Ying Zheng nodded,"
"I did, but I still couldn't make ends meet. The main reason is that I wanted to use Xianyang as the center to build a road connecting the world.”
"Although cement is cheap to manufacture, there are too many roads that need to be built.”
"In the past two months, we have earned tens of millions from selling refined salt, but it is still a drop in the bucket for the construction of the road.”
"The manpower is still the corvee that I levy. I only need a little food every day. Otherwise, I really can't support it.”
Qi Yuan sighed, took out his ferule and hit Ying Zheng's head,"
"Why can't you think straight? Why did he have to build his own path?”
Ying Zheng rubbed his head, his face confused."
"Master, what do you mean? If he didn't cultivate the galloping path himself, would he let others cultivate it?”
"Disciple, you have to learn to gain something without doing anything.”
"I'm willing to hear the details."
Qi Yuan said slowly,"
"Even though Great Qin's treasury is out of money, the nobles and families in the world still have money.”
"You can totally sub-contract the construction of the road to these nobles and aristocratic families.”
At this moment, Ying Zheng was even more confused.
"Why did they help me build the road? However, it seems possible. I can order these nobles and aristocratic families to forcefully help me build a road.”
Qi Yuan shook his head."
"You are really the silly son of a landlord. If you force them to help you build the road, it might not matter if you do it once or twice.”
"But in the long run, it's easy to put these aristocratic families on the opposite side of you.”
Ying Zheng's eyes turned sharp, and his entire body emitted a majestic aura."
"They wouldn't dare."
Qi Yuan chuckled."
"Yes, they don't dare to do so on the surface, but it's not certain if they will secretly obey you.”
"Zheng, you have to learn to be flexible."
"Although you don't have money, you can use your identity to make these people happy.”
"The cost of building a road with cement is indeed very high, but you can completely sub-contract the road to the aristocratic families to build it.”
"As for you, you only need to inspect the quality of the road after they finish building it.”
"Let me ask you, if there are two roads, one is a muddy mountain road, and the other is an open and flat road, do you think the merchant is willing to take the mountain road or the road?”
Ying Zheng blurted out without thinking,"
"Of course it's the road. Who likes to walk on muddy paths?”
Qi Yuan nodded.
"That's right. Let me ask you again. If you set up toll stations on the roads, but the fees are not too high, will the merchants and the people of the world still be willing to take the roads?”
Ying Zheng pondered for a moment.
After a moment, he slowly said,"
"If the fee is not high, they will definitely be willing to go. After all, taking the road is both energy-saving and time-saving.”
Qi Yuan laughed heartily.
"If you tell those aristocratic families that you will split the money received by the toll station with them, then you will be able to get the money.”
"Do you think that these nobles and aristocratic families are willing to help you build a road?”
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up immediately,"
"Of course I'm willing. After all, this is a long-term sum of money.”
Qi Yuan smiled."
"Yes, and you, other than setting up a toll station on the road, you don't have to do anything else.”
"Moreover, if you do this, the nobles and aristocratic families will be grateful to you after they help you build the road.”
"The most important thing is that you can use half of the money that you get from the toll to invest in other areas of Great Qin.”
"Isn't this killing many birds with one stone?"
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