"Song, the current emperor is Zhao Heng. The ability of this generation of Emperor Song cannot be said to be good or bad, just average. However, he has a large number of good ministers who work together to make plans."
"Wen had Kou Xun, Fan Zhongyan, and Bao Zheng as the leaders, and Wu had Di Qing, Cao Wei, and everyone in Tianbo Mansion. After years of development, the commercial scale of the Song Dynasty is now extremely large. There is an Eagle Street that specializes in selling rare birds and animals, and tea soup. There are alleys, Maxing North Street which specializes in medicine, the 'Ghost Market' which is open all night, etc."
"These are just a few of the commercial modules of the Song Dynasty. One thing that the Song Dynasty was very famous for was the porcelain they fired. Even if they mastered this great weapon, the Song Dynasty, like the Tang Dynasty, also took advantage of its geographical advantages. , the Song Dynasty was close to the sea, so it opened up the road to maritime ceramics."
"After talking about the advantages, there are also disadvantages. Although the Song Dynasty was prosperous in commerce, its national power was at the bottom of the world today. If it hadn't paid a huge price every year to close various alliances with surrounding dynasties to make other dynasties check and balance each other, I'm afraid it would be The country has been destroyed long ago.”
"The last thing I want to talk about is Qingguo. The reason why Qingguo was able to surpass all the major dynasties in the business world was relying on Ye Qingmei back then and the novel objects she tinkered with back then. But Xu was a genius with jealousy. , let Ye Qingmei pass away early."
"Qingguo can still use those things to make profits from the major dynasties at the moment, but if one day in the future, the production technology of these things is figured out by other dynasties, then Qingguo will not be able to do it."
Listening to Ning Yi's analysis, Fusu nodded in approval and said: "Yes, your ability to see through this is enough to prove that you have a vision in business."
Ying Zheng tapped his fingertips lightly on the table and asked: "Then what do you think is the most appropriate first step if the Qin Dynasty no longer emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business and comprehensively improves the status of merchants?"
"Your Majesty, the common people believe that the first step is to lower agricultural taxes and raise commercial taxes, and secondly recruit capable people from all over the world. Just like in the troubled times of the past, those seniors who were forced to switch to other dynasties to show their glory, the three people Food is our top priority, so we can start with food, make some exquisite or special food, start selling it in Daqin, and then become famous and sell it all over the world."
Ying Zheng didn't speak, just stared at Ning Yi quietly.
"Although our Daqin's food reserves are not as insufficient as before, we are not rich either. Making those exquisite snacks consumes a lot of food and is not worth it. This method is not feasible." Fusu sighed.
Ning Yi quickly explained: "Your Highness, please allow me to explain it to you. Your Majesty, the idea of the common people is not to use the food they have grown so hard to make those cakes that look beautiful but are not practical, but to borrow some common We can make some food that people are not familiar with, for example, we can use duck eggs and pickle them into salted duck eggs."
"First boil the water and add salt. After the temperature of the water drops, pour it into a container. Then wash the duck eggs, dry them and put them in salt water. Then seal the mouth of the container and place it in a cool and ventilated place. It takes about 20 to 25 days to rest and is made. It is glutinous in the mouth, tastes very delicious, and has very high nutritional value."
"It can also be made into preserved eggs. It mainly uses quicklime, alkali, plant ash, salt and tea leaves. Brew the tea leaves into strong tea, then filter out the tea leaves. Only take the tea but the tea needs to be cooled. Add the quicklime, alkali , plant ash, and salt are placed together, then add water to make a slurry that is neither thin nor thick. Put the dried duck eggs into the prepared slurry, evenly wrap it in a layer, then put it into the rice husk and wrap it again. One layer, wrap it in the same way and place it in a cool and ventilated place, wait for fourteen days to take it out of the container and let it breathe, and then leave it for another seven days before eating. The preserved eggs can be mixed with rice to make preserved egg porridge, and can be mixed with casings to make preserved egg sausage."
"Although this food may make people feel pungent and unpleasant when they first eat it, it will be difficult to swallow, but after eating it once or twice, it will feel fresh and smooth, with a unique flavor that makes people fall in love with it as soon as they eat it."
Listening to Ning Yi's story, both Ying Zheng and Fu Su were thoughtful, while Ying Zhu on the side nodded slightly towards Ning Yi with full approval.
"The two foods you mentioned have never been heard of before. Did you make them yourself?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Your Majesty, the common people have indeed made some of them themselves. I thought I would help my wife take care of the cloth line in Jiangning and then start large-scale production and trial sales." Ning Yi smiled naively.
"Father, I think this method is feasible. We might as well give it a try. Da Qin has been waiting for many years to take another step forward. We have never found a new method. Now Ning Yi has given us an idea. We can start with a small Once you achieve good results by using it on a large scale, you can do it on a grand scale and make the first profit before other dynasties have recovered."
"Once this method brings widespread benefits to the Qin Dynasty, it will be able to overwhelm the voices of opposition in one fell swoop, thus officially opening the way for business, which will make the Qin Dynasty great!" Ying Zhu knelt in front of Ying Zheng and said with great seriousness and determination.
"Father, what the fourth brother said is what I want to say, but give it a try!" Fusu then knelt down and said.
Ying Zheng stroked his forehead and thought for a long time and said, "Then give it a try!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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After seeing Ning Yi out of the palace, Ying Zhu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Ning Yi, the next step is up to you. If your method can be effective, it will be a great achievement. At that time, I will tell my father I recommend you to be the commander-in-chief of Daqin’s commerce, in charge of all commercial affairs of Daqin.”
"Then I'll thank Your Highness in advance. Don't worry, I will definitely do it!" Ning Yi said with a confident smile.
"Okay, I have temporarily arranged a courtyard for you. You can feel aggrieved first. You can take the other one. This jade pendant is a token that represents me. If you need anything, you can come to the palace to see me at any time with this jade pendant."
Ying Zhu took a jade pendant of fine quality from his waist and handed it to Ning Yi. Ning Yi hurriedly took it with both hands respectfully.
"I still have some things to do, so I'll ask him to take you back." Ying Zhu pointed to the guard beside him.
"Okay, Your Highness, I'll leave first."
Inside the palace.
Ying Zheng and Fu Su were still sitting where they were, saying nothing as if they were waiting for something.
After a while, Zhao Gao hurried in and presented a piece of paper.
Ying Zheng read it carefully and passed it to Fusu. Fusu frowned and said, "Father, this Ning Yi used to be ordinary, but after a chase, he suddenly seemed to be a different person, a little weird. "
"There is indeed something wrong, but it's just the person brought back by the Fourth Brother. He can't be too obvious about it. Fu Su, you go arrange to keep an eye on him secretly. If Ning Yi is really devoted to Da Qin, then wait until he makes some achievements. Then you can reward him, if... Then, kill him!" Ying Zheng said with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"Yes. Father, will the meeting be held tomorrow?"
