Ying Zheng nodded slightly after listening to Chen Ke's words. He felt that what Chen Ke said made sense.
If you can make money and fill your own treasury, why not do it?
In this world, are there really people who have conflicts with money?
Probably not.
Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke and said, "What you said makes sense."
"It's just that, does anyone else know about this matter of melting stone and making ice?"
Chen Ke shook his head: "I also saw it in a book. Which book was accidentally burned to ashes."
"Other than Chen Chen, no one else should know about this matter."
Ying Zheng nodded: "Then according to your intention, the business of melting stone and making ice will also be handed over to merchants in Xianyang City?"
Chen Ke hesitated.
"Your Majesty, to be honest, I feel that this matter should be left to the merchants."
"This matter is different from previous books, paper making, printing and other matters."
"While papermaking and printing are left to merchants, we need to vigorously restrict their behavior."
"Lest they forget what they should do in the first place because of money."
"This is for people's livelihood."
"But saltpeter ice is different."
Chen Ke had a slightly mocking smile on his lips, not sure if he was mocking himself or the world.
"To put it bluntly, no matter how low the cost of making ice from saltpeter is, it won't be that low."
“Where can poor people go to buy ice?”
"For those poor people in summer, the best thing is just a scoop of cold water from the well."
“The only people who buy ice are wealthy people.”
"And if they don't make their money, they won't make it in vain."
Ying Zheng also smiled and looked at Chen Ke in front of him: "What you said makes sense. Those people's money was originally collected from the people."
"Now I have plundered the treasury again. When will I find an opportunity to use it on the people?"
"This is a good thing."
Chen Ke didn't think too much about it. He just felt that those people's money would not be in vain if they didn't make it.
Anyway, even if saltpeter ice is expensive, it’s not too expensive for you, right?
Not to mention that the emperor would reward him, but the method of making ice with saltpeter was in the Manufacturing Department. When the Manufacturing Department made ice, would it leave some for him as a young man?
What a joke.
Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke and said, "What about the second thing?"
He was a little curious about what could happen that allowed Chen Ke to take the initiative to come to him and take the initiative as "working overtime".
Speaking of this second thing, Chen Ke's face turned serious.
He wants to say something that is good for the people, the people's livelihood, the emperor, and himself.
It is too difficult to find cotton now, but there is something that can make the winter in Daqin a little easier.
For those poor families, it will also make them feel better.
Every winter, people freeze to death on the streets.
And this method can at least allow Da Qin's population to retain a little more.
"Your Majesty, what I want to say is about this winter."
Chen Ke only realized how cold the winter in Daqin was after last year.
He looked at Ying Zheng and took out the drawing he had already drawn from his sleeve. What was drawn on the drawing was "Kang".
Or they are called "fired ondol" and low-end "heaters" that are similar to heated ondol but are not heated ondol.
Chen Ke has been planning this since last winter.
By this winter, he finally completed his drawings, combining the fire pit and heating in his mind with everything about Da Qin, and reshaped it into something suitable for Da Qin.
He called it "Qin Kang".
"Your Majesty, this is something I thought of, which can make this winter better than previous winters."
"Not to mention making winter the same as summer, at least it can make winter passable without freezing to death at home or on the streets."
When Chen Ke said this, his hands were shaking slightly.
Because when he was drawing this blueprint, he had read through some documents from Da Qin last year.
These documents were just sitting there, and no one seemed to think it was a big deal, just like a disaster.
When disasters occur frequently, they become the norm.
But in Chen Ke's eyes, he never imagined that nearly 10,000 people could freeze to death at home in one winter due to the cold...
"First Evolution"
These are all the people of Great Qin!
Freezing to death at home...
It was indeed a humiliation to Da Qin and a humiliation to all officials of Da Qin.
So, after reading the information, Chen Ke quickly drove out the thing.
Ying Zheng took the drawing and looked at it carefully, but he looked up and down, left and right, but he couldn't find what was drawn on the drawing and what its function was.
But the good thing about Ying Zheng is that he believes in Chen Ke.
I also know that Chen Ke would never exaggerate a thing, except when flattering him.
With this in mind, Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke and said, "Okay."
"You can discuss the drawings with Li Si yourself."
He said simply and neatly: "When you come up with a result, you will report it to me."
"If you want to promote this thing, one is a matter for the Prime Minister's Office, and the other is a matter for your young master."
As Ying Zheng was talking, he discovered a problem.
There is no need to discuss this matter with myself. After the two of them discuss the result, don't they just give it to themselves?
Why bother looking for yourself...
Chen Ke didn't seem to sense Ying Zheng's doubts and just sat there.
Ying Zheng curled his lips, feeling that Chen Ke was still too careful.
He looked at Chen Ke and said again: "Chen Ke, are you afraid that you will become Gongsun Yang?"
Chen Ke lowered his head: "Your Majesty, I am willing to die for the Qin Dynasty."
Ying Zheng sneered: "Great Qin needs your death, but I don't need it, and I won't let you die."
"I am different from others. As long as you do something, you will be rewarded."
"I will definitely punish you for the mistakes you make."
“Rewarding and punishing merits and demerits will never be done just because of the so-called ‘situation’. "
"You can be assured."
Chen Ke just smiled and said: "Your Majesty, a wise king, will naturally not do such a thing."
"I'm just used to being cautious."
"It's just that it can't be changed for a while."
Ying Zheng saw that Chen Ke didn't mean what he said, so he shook his head and said nothing.
.........
At this time, the village in the mountains.
Xiang Ji clenched his fists and stood in the room, looking at Xiang Liang in front of him with anger on his face.
His face turned red with anger.
"uncle."
"Guhan's people have already taken action and even assassinated the governor of Sanchuan County on the street!"
"Now, the governor of Sanchuan County is critically ill. The tyrant was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the people related to our six kingdoms."
"Anyone who reports will be awarded a knighthood."
“We still have to endure it???”
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