"Iwami Yinshan and Zuodu Jindao have been found!"
The First Emperor was the first one to get the news, and the second one was Zhao Si, because Zhao Si was sitting next to the First Emperor at this time.
With Jing's help, Lin Baiyu found Shijian Yinshan and Zuodu Treasure Island, and carried out emergency mining.
"Silver rolls against the stone wall, and gold grows everywhere..."
In the report sent by Lin Baiyu, even the river flowing nearby was glowing with golden light, and the golden sand was shining in it.
These two rich mines have not yet been systematically explored. How rich are they?
Lin Baiyu only spent more than a month on mining and transported back seven full ships of gold, silver and copper ore!
Seven ships!
Seven whole ships!
Now that Fuso has not had time to build a large-scale deep smelting site and mining furnace, Lin Baiyu has no choice but to simply purify the rich ore he found and then transport it back directly.
What is the concept of seven ships? When Langya handed over and unloaded the goods, the local county magistrates were dumbfounded. They urgently reported to the county governor and organized county soldiers to guard the port to count the ore for transportation. They wrote an urgent memo on the spot and sent it to the First Emperor.
The last gold and silver shipped back was Xu Fu's ten years of accumulation. Although it was exciting, it was a bit like an unexpected fortune and was unsustainable.
Therefore, even if the civil and military officials made a fuss, there would be no follow-up.
This time it was different. Two rich ores were discovered directly, and they were transported back seven ships after a little mining.
Conservative estimates put the value of these seven shipments of ore at tens of millions of dollars.
The most important thing is that this is a rich ore that can be mined sustainably, rather than a windfall like the last time Xu Fu was suppressed.
To put it bluntly, once the mining chain is successfully implemented, Daqin's annual fiscal revenue can be increased by half or more with the help of Fuso's gold and silver mines alone.
Nowadays, Da Qin's total fiscal revenue is only about 2 billion yuan a year.
Among them, high taxes and salt and gold minerals accounted for the majority.
Just, sending so many people out can directly increase the annual income by half?
Are you saying that there is not gold everywhere overseas? After reading this, the Langya County Sheriff wished he could carry a hoe to Fusang to mine. As expected, at the end of the memorial, he bluntly stated that he could recruit corvees and go overseas.
"What do you think?" The First Emperor threw the bamboo slips to Zhao Si.
Because paper was given priority to the Xianyang government and the First Emperor's imperial edicts and to print Qin laws, relatively remote local governments like Langya still used traditional bamboo slips for office work.
At present, the memorials received by the First Emperor are either made of paper or bamboo slips.
Some of those who use bamboo slips have no paper available, and some are temporarily unavailable. However, it is foreseeable that with the gradual expansion of paper production capacity, bamboo slips have begun to be slowly and spontaneously eliminated by society.
"Sit and watch..." Zhao Si spread his hands.
"The officials will definitely be able to write a letter to open the sea..." Zhao Si sighed.
With so much financial revenue coming from such a small place, if the civil and military officials of Great Qin can still sit still, then they have done a good job in cultivating their Qi.
Regardless of whether they are civil servants or military attachés, who doesn’t want more fiscal revenue, and who doesn’t want the boss to allocate more money to departments?
Either it is to suppress the brother departments, and the brother departments will allocate less money, and their own departments will allocate more money, or it will increase the company's profits. The more profits, the more money can be allocated.
No matter whether they are practical officials or corrupt officials, no one can live without money. Everyone wants to have as much financial budget as possible for themselves.
The only difference is that corrupt officials believe that if more funds are allocated, they can commit more corruption, while capable ministers and officials hope to use more money to do more practical things.
"Don't talk about hundreds of officials... I even want to do corvee work and explore overseas." The First Emperor waved his hand, feeling a little uneasy.
With so much money sitting here, it's impossible to have any other ideas.
Fuso is extremely blessed with mineral resources. Japan is located at the junction of the Eurasian and Pacific plates, creating the illusion that Japan has a wide variety of mineral resources.
In fact...it's not that rich minerals are gathered overseas, but rich ores are gathered in Fuso. In this era, even if the New World is discovered, there are very few things that can be done.
"But with these seven ships of gold, silver and copper mines, there will no longer be any constraints on opening up the sea in the future." Zhao Si smiled.
Da Qin's sea-opening plan is currently fully represented by Zou Feng. It has a simple partial prototype, but it is not independent.
There is so much resistance to setting up a separate department?
You have invested so much without even seeing a single leaf on the sea, and you still want power?
Now, the rewards are coming, and so are the benefits.
It seems logical to establish a department involving maritime affairs. Next, according to the character of the First Emperor, this money bag must be independent of the three gongs and nine ministers. If nothing unexpected happens, there will soon be another one similar to the Black Ice Platform in Daqin. A department directly under the imperial power.
There must be resistance, but the resistance becomes particularly ridiculous under the offensive of gold and silver.
This is the God of Wealth!
Overseas, there are two rich mines in Iwami Yinshan and Zuodu Jindao, which are really making people anxious. What should I do if the financial allocation cannot be allocated?
“When it comes to maritime agencies, it’s really time to become independent.”
Now everyone can see that overseas is a large independent project. It can no longer be like in the past where one person was borrowed from the east and another soldier was transferred from the west. It must be independent.
"Just pick a name..." First Emperor Mosuo looked at the globe on the table and smiled.
The financial revenue has greatly increased, which is really a happy thing.
Zhao Si was stunned for a moment. Hey, the First Emperor used it smoothly. Fortunately, it was not in vain in his previous life. Zhao Si was not good at naming names, but he could copy them! (Gentlemen, let’s show it off)
Zhao Si carefully recalled what he had seen in his previous life and fell into deep thought.
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On the other side, the civil and military officials who followed the First Emperor on his grand tour of the world also collectively fell into a climax.
"Xu Fu is really good at picking mines. There are gold, silver and copper mines everywhere... It is said that there are so many mines that they can't be counted. There are not enough manpower to mine them." The Confucian scholar next to Shusun Tong sighed with emotion.
"We should advise your majesty when it is time to start corvee work and mine gold and silver..."
"Why are not you talking?"
"I'm already writing a memorial!" Shusun Tong smiled.
There were enough corvees in the Qin Dynasty, and Confucianism has never praised Qin's heavy corvee and heavy servitude, but Shusun Tong knew how to adapt.
There is so much gold and silver in the mining industry that there is not enough manpower for mining, so what are you doing there without initiating corvee labor?
Waiting for gold to give birth to little gold? Why haven't these gold and silver been transported back to Qin quickly?
Shusun Tong even volunteered and recommended himself, wanting to personally organize corvees along the coast and go overseas.
Of course, this is his focus.
Shusun Tong's political sensitivity is very high. He knows that with this gold and silver mines will be transported back to Daqin. There will definitely be a big wave overseas.
Surrounding such huge overseas interests, a brand new political organization will definitely emerge, and Shu Suntong will not hide it. Why is face important at this time?
On the other side, Li Si, Zhang Cang and Chen Ping were sitting around the case.
"Although this boy Zhao Si speaks with great imagination, he never speaks big words. I heard him talk about overseas gold, silver and copper mines. I guessed a lot, but I didn't guess so much..." Li Si shook his head. He looked at Zhang Cang helplessly.
"Your Majesty had no intention of suppressing the news, but now the trouble falls on me." Li Si sighed.
The First Emperor did not intend to suppress the news. To put it bluntly, it was to demonstrate the destiny of Qin.
Luck is sometimes part of destiny.
The recent changes in the Qin Dynasty, coupled with the rich gold and silver mines discovered overseas, combined with all these things, anyone would think that the First Emperor was truly destined.
This has a positive impact on public opinion in Da Qin, so there is no need to suppress it, and it even needs to be widely publicized.
The purpose is to let everyone know how much God cares for the Great Qin. After all, this is the feudal and ignorant ancient times. The addition of so many halo buffs can really increase the stability of the Great Qin's rule.
It’s fairy food, gold and silver mines, and all kinds of high-yielding grains. Who wouldn’t shudder after looking at it?
The people of the world will believe it... the civil and military officials of the Qin State may believe it even more.
I have a god-given destiny, and I have everything overseas, so why not go overseas? Are the barren places of the Xiongnu and South Vietnam worth launching so many corvees?
They even wanted to dismantle the door panel and carry a hoe to dig for themselves.
As for the excitement of the officials, Li Si, the left prime minister, was needed to suppress it.
This kind of emotion is good for now, as it strengthens the centripetality of civil and military officials, but allowing this kind of emotion to continue to develop is not a good thing, and Da Qin cannot be controlled by this kind of emotion.
"Too much is not enough!" Zhang Cang nodded.
"Great Qin is still beyond its reach overseas. In the long run, the only overseas things worthy of Great Qin's launch are slaves and gold and silver mines... There will be a day when people are captured, and there will be a day when gold and silver mines are mined. In the long run, It seems that if the Hetao area and Lingnan are completely included in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, it can be preserved for hundreds of years!" Chen Ping also expressed his own opinion.
Overseas is too far away, even offshore, and cannot afford major turmoil and twists and turns.
However, if counties are established and developed in the Lingnan and Hetao areas for decades or hundreds of years, these lands will become the inherent territory of the Qin Dynasty. They can continue to grow food year after year to feed more people.
And from a governance perspective, it is definitely easier to rule the mainland and the mainland.
Chen Ping's idea coincided with Zhao Si's idea of developing the country and plundering overseas.
"However, it is always a good thing..." Zhang Cang smiled.
"Besides, it's autumn now. It's the time when the Xiongnu cattle and sheep are fat and strong. There may still be disputes in the Shangjun area, so it's not advisable to act rashly." Zhang Cang raised his head and looked at the endless sky.
The crisp autumn air is the time when the nomads raise their troops and head south.
They need to plunder enough resources to survive the cold winter within a limited time.
"Dispute?" Li Si sneered.
"If nothing happens, it won't be long before we receive good news from Shangjun!"
Horse stirrups, saddles and horseshoes. The Xiongnu were waiting for the end of the reproduction of cattle and sheep in the autumn to fatten up their horses. Daqin was also processing the added points of horse stirrups, saddles and horseshoes to create heavy armored cavalry.
This time, the Huns’ bones will be completely broken!
(End of chapter)
