"I have already explained clearly the matter of Liuhe Residence. I wonder what the reason for the young master's visit today is?"
Today, Mr. Ba Qing was wearing a white dress, kneeling behind the desk, making tea with ease. The woman named Ba Mi stood quietly behind him without saying a word.
Zhao Hao said nothing, looked around for a while, and then smiled dryly at Ba Qing.
"It turns out that I thought the young master was talking big words. I didn't expect that just a few days later, the business of Liuheju would be so prosperous. I have to say that the young master is really a great talent!"
Mr. Ba Qing picked up the teapot, got a cup of tea, blew it gently, then took a sip, and then said with a faint smile, "Don't worry, I will never break my promise to the young master!"
"Aunt Qing misunderstood. I came to see Aunt Qing not about Liuheju, but about something else!"
Zhao Hao said with a smile.
Ba Mi, who was behind Ba Qing, was slightly startled: "Why did you call me Amu?"
"Aunt Qing?"
Zhao Hao blinked his eyes with a cute expression.
"this"
Ba Mi opened and closed his lips, but stopped talking.
Ba Qing smiled, neither admitting nor denying, but changed the subject and said, "Young master, if you have anything to do, you might as well just tell me!"
"What do Aunt Qing think of Hao's clothes?"
Zhao Hao stood up with a smile and turned around.
"Beautiful is beautiful."
Ba Qing looked at Zhao Hao for a while, and then said with a smile: "But a good horse goes with a good general. Your clothes are not bad, but they lack some nobility and do not match your status."
unacceptable!
Can you speak?
Isn't this calling someone a idiot?
Zhao Hao's face fell, and he looked a little unhappy. He felt that he needed to have a big fight with the woman in front of him for the sake of a man's dignity, complaining that she didn't understand appreciation and art.
Just like the "narrow-eyed" designer from a certain Chinese art college, he looks down on others.
"Forget it, stop teasing me."
Ba Qing shook his head in a funny way, and then said seriously: "When I came here, I saw that you were wearing something different. I was afraid of losing etiquette, so I didn't have the nerve to ask you. Now that I look carefully, you have a different style."
These words made Zhao Hao very satisfied. Considering that the other party might be his 'stepmother', he would not fight again after this fight.
"However, clothes are secondary. It's just this fabric. Aunt Qing doesn't see the difference?"
"It's a bit far away, but I didn't see it clearly. How about you come closer?"
"good!"
Zhao Hao responded and decisively walked to Ba Qing.
At this time, the woman in green robe named Ba Mi also came over.
Zhao Hao took this opportunity to secretly look at the two of them and found that they had nothing in common.
Not only do the faces look different, but the facial features also don’t look alike. They don’t look like her biological parents, but the possibility that the girl’s father looks like her cannot be ruled out.
However, the First Emperor's skin became darkened after taking medicine, and his facial features were out of shape. He is still undergoing treatment, and it is still unclear whether he resembles this woman.
"How is this fabric made? Why is it so delicate?"
Just when Zhao Hao was thinking secretly, Ba Qing suddenly spoke to him.
Zhao Hao was stunned and replied, "I made this with a loom!"
"textile machine?"
Ba Qing was also stunned, and then asked: "But it was made by the Mo family?"
"No, I made it myself!"
"you?"
Ba Qing looked at Zhao Hao in surprise: "Can you make a textile machine?"
"sure!"
Zhao Hao said confidently: "The looms I make are better than those of the Mo family!"
"This, how is this possible?"
Ba Qing said with eyes full of disbelief.
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "Aunt Qing underestimated Hao. If the looms made by Hao were not better than those made by the Mo family, how could this fabric be so fine?"
Hearing this, Ba Qing quickly came back to his senses and looked at Zhao Hao with a complicated expression: "Young Master is here this time, could it be that he wants to cooperate with the woman in the textile machine business?"
"So be it."
Zhao Hao answered vaguely, then returned to his seat and said quietly, "I heard from Zhang Shaofu that Bashu is not peaceful recently?"
"Young Master is well-informed."
Ba Qing smiled: "What do you think, Master?"
Zhao Hao was startled.
But soon he realized that Ba Qing was asking whether he wanted to interfere in the affairs of Bashu.
"Isn't your Ba Qing family the strongest family in Bashu?"
"Not the strongest."
Ba Qing poured a cup of hot tea and asked Ba Mi to deliver it to Zhao Hao, and then said calmly: "Some people have been secretly preparing for the matter in Bashu, and many parties are involved. Your Majesty is also waiting to see what happens!"
"So, you are also a participant?"
"hehe."
Ba Qing smiled noncommittally and said: "If the young master plans to interfere in the affairs of Bashu, we will discuss it another day. I can bring the young master to participate!"
"No."
Zhao Hao decisively refused: "I'm just asking out of curiosity, don't take me seriously!"
"oh?"
Ba Qing raised his head and glanced at Zhao Hao, then asked with a smile: "Then the young master secretly sent people to the land of Bashu. What do you mean?"
"You also know that I am building Zhaoyang Palace. It is said that there is a lot of good wood in Bashu. I will send someone to investigate!"
"Yeah?"
"Definitely!"
Zhao Hao said with determination.
Ba Qing smiled and shook his head, then picked up the tea cup again, took a sip of tea, and then continued: "Although I can't understand the master's layout, I can still get a general idea. It's just businessmen pursuing profits, without national approval. , after all, it won’t be on the stage, and it will be difficult to achieve great things.”
"But if you really want to prosper business, and business is so important to national development, it's not a bad idea to use some means."
Zhao Hao nodded in agreement, and when he looked at Ba Qing again, he couldn't help but admire him.
Sure enough, she was worthy of being the only female entrepreneur in "Historical Records" and the only woman who was praised generously by the First Emperor in his life.
Throughout history, there has never been another ordinary woman who has received such an honor as Ba Qing.
Why did the First Emperor give such high honor to a widow?
"Historical Records" says, "The Emperor of Qin considered a chaste woman as a guest and built a platform to conceive her." It was Ba Qing's "chastity" that was commended.
However, at the end of the Warring States Period, people's requirements for women to maintain chastity were not as stringent as they were after the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the word "chastity" cannot explain the motives of the First Emperor.
So, why did the First Emperor treat Ba Qing as a distinguished guest and build her a Nuhuaiqing platform?
Zhao Hao thought, there should be three points.
The first point is the armed forces of the Baqing family.
According to historical records, the Baqing family had thousands of child servants, employed tens of thousands of employees, and had thousands of armed forces.
Zhi County, where his family is located, has a total population of only 50,000 people. In other words, most of the strong labor force in Zhi County serves the Ba Qing family.
A family business has such a huge influence that even Sima Qian said, "No one dares to commit a crime."
The second point is economic purpose.
Ba Qing, who killed the world's richest man in an instant, brought two kinds of material help to the First Emperor: first, the supply of cinnabar and mercury, and second, financial assistance.
Cinnabar is also called cinnabar. It is not only an important medicinal material, but also the main material for refining mercury. It is also an ancient dye. Painting and ink are inseparable from cinnabar.
In order to pursue immortality, the First Emperor hired a large number of alchemists to make elixirs for him, which required a large amount of cinnabar.
100 tons of mercury were injected into the Qin Emperor's mausoleum to form an underground river, which not only prevents theft but also can be used as a body embalming material.
Baqing's cinnabar kingdom likely served as the main supplier to the First Emperor.
in addition.
The Qin State launched a large-scale war, and after annexing the six countries, it carried out large-scale construction projects. It needed a strong economic foundation to guarantee it. Ba Qing was one of the important sponsors behind the Qin State.
The third point is to stabilize the rear.
Since the pacification of Shu during the reign of King Zhaoxiang, Shu has become the most important economic engine of the Qin State. The prosperous commerce there, together with the agricultural civilization irrigated by Dujiangyan, created a prosperous land of abundance.
However, during the period of King Zhaoxiang, there were many rebellions in Shu. Although they were suppressed in time, they also attracted the attention of Qin.
Shu is relatively remote, so in order to make up for the lack of armed forces, supplementing it with the power of local wealthy families is probably a last resort.
Historical data shows that in the late Warring States period, hundreds of thousands of family armed forces were born in Shu, and the Baqing family armed forces were the most powerful.
When the First Emperor concentrated his forces and annexed the six kingdoms, his intention to rely on the armed forces of these families to stabilize one side was obvious.
Therefore, Ba Qing's extraordinary respect is not only something that can be explained by the word "Zhen", it also covers the two major economic and political purposes of the First Emperor.
"Now that Aunt Qing has seen the general outline, Hao has made it clear that Hao really wants to cooperate with Aunt Qing, not only on textile machines and Liuheju, but also in all aspects in the future!"
"Oh? What are the various aspects that Young Master is referring to?"
"Aunt Qing may have some understanding of Hao's abilities, but probably not much."
With that said, Zhao Hao took out a box from his arms, stood up and put it on Ba Qing's desk, and continued:
"Hao is not bragging. The craftsmen in the entire Da Qin, including the Mo family and Gongshu family, don't have as many skills as Hao alone!"
Ba Qingshi opened the box and looked at the glass mirror. He was surprised, but soon showed a charming smile.
"You're looking down on the young master."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a bell ringing. He turned to Ba Mi and said, "Someone is coming. Go and receive him."
"yes."
Ba Mi responded, turned around and left without saying a word.
Zhao Hao looked at her back, blinked and said, "Is she really your daughter?"
"The young man is joking, but the woman has no children under her knees."
"Then why did she call you Amu?"
"Mi is an orphan. He has grown up with his wife. It is not surprising that he regards her as his mother."
"I see."
Zhao Hao suddenly nodded, thinking that I was shocked.
At this time, Ba Qing raised his hand again and signaled: "Master, please continue."
"okay."
Zhao Hao reacted for a moment, and then said seriously: "Aunt Qing should understand that skills, for example, don't show much at the beginning. Once they develop to a certain level, they will have huge effects, and this effect, It can even change the entire country!”
"but."
As he spoke, Zhao Hao changed the topic and continued: "Hao wants to implement these skills, and my father may not pay much attention to it. Looking at the entire Great Qin, only Aunt Qing has this strength."
Hearing this, Ba Qing raised his head and faced Zhao Hao directly. He raised his black hair on his temples with his hands and said with a smile but not a smile: "So, the master's plan is not small!"
Zhao Hao picked up the tea, blew it, and said with a calm expression: "People of the Ming Dynasty don't speak secret words. Hao just wants to be able to protect himself one day when danger comes."
"Heh, you and your father looked very similar when they were young."
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