The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"Yu'er!" King Qin looked at Ying Yu.Then he turned his head and spoke to Shang Wen.Ying Yu stuck out her tongue at Shang Wen.

"Sir, what's the smell? It smells like oranges. It smells weird." King Qin noticed something strange.

"Oh, Your Majesty, this is the soap made by my minister. It is used for washing hands and bathing." Shang Wen explained.

"Oh. Let's take a look." As he said that, he asked Shangwen to show it.have no choice.Ying Yu could only open her purse and take out the soap.

"En. It's really fragrant. No wonder it's called soap. I'll give it a try. Are you willing, sir?" Qin Wang asked.

"This is naturally willing." Shang Wen said.Shangwen's stomach was very uncomfortable, and the taste of swallowing the soapy water was really uncomfortable.

"Father, you can't eat this thing." Ying Yu interrupted quickly.

King Qin was silent and shook his head. Obviously, King Qin could already smell the soap in Yingyu's mouth.It seems that Yu'er has tried it.

"By the way, Mr. Qin. I want to see it. The machine that keeps the voice mentioned in the newspaper. Can you show it." King Qin asked.

"This is natural. This is natural." As Shangwen said, he went to bring the phonograph.

"Your Majesty, this thing is called a phonograph. Your words, your Majesty, will be sensed and recorded on this tinfoil tube through this vibration. He will be able to record your voice, Your Majesty."

"I will demonstrate it to the king," Shang Wen said.

Saying that, Naofumi started to operate the machine.

"Okay. Majesty, you can say a few words." Shang Wen said.

"That's right. Father, tell me quickly," Ying Yu urged.King Qin turned his head and glared at Ying Yu.Ying Yu lowered her head.

"What did you say?" King Qin asked.At this time, the sound has already been recorded.Zhao Gao watched from behind King Qin.

"Father, the recording has already started. Tell me quickly." Ying Yu said anxiously.

"Okay, I want to have a look at this gramophone." Just as King Qin finished speaking, the drum stopped spinning.

"Your Majesty, the recording has been finished." Shang Wen said.

"What, the recording is over. The widow hasn't said anything yet. Why is it over?" King Qin asked.

"Let the king listen to it." Shang Wen said and played the voice just recorded.

"What did the widow say?"

"Father, the recording has already started. Tell me quickly."

······· Qin Wang watched in surprise as the machine spoke his own voice.

"Your Majesty, it's His Majesty's voice." Zhao Gao shouted in surprise.

"Yes, it's the voice of the widow. This, this" Qin Wang pointed at the machine and said in surprise.

"It's amazing, it's amazing. This thing is really a divine thing!" King Qin said happily.

As he spoke, King Qin turned to the phonograph.By the way, I touched it.Then, under Shangwen's operation, I played it again.Then another sound was recorded.Then play it over and over again.It's not enough to play it by myself, so I even called Zhao Gao.The two fiddled with the phonograph like children.Ying Yu, on the other hand, watched with a suppressed smile as the two fiddled with the phonograph.

"Mr. is really the number one god-man of my Great Qin. After Mr. came to my Great Qin, my Great Qin can fly in the sky. There are also iron horses pulling more than 100 people on the land. Now, this voice can be retained by Mr. Zhen Nai I am also the number one god-man in Great Qin." Qin Wang looked at it and praised Shang Wen greatly.

"Stay, my father praised you for that. I still don't thank you." Ying Yu was like guiding her husband and son-in-law to her father-in-law.

"Hey, Hugh is so rude. If I want to thank you, I should thank you." King Qin said hastily.

"The king of Qin has won the prize." Shang Wen said, cupping his hands.Yingyu feels that Shangwen's performance is quite satisfactory.

"Actually, this phonograph still has shortcomings. For example, the tinfoil tube can only retain a short sound. Moreover, after repeated playback, it will start to disappear as the metal expands. This is the biggest shortcoming of the phonograph at present." As he spoke, Zhao Gao suddenly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Gao deserves death for all his crimes. My Majesty, my Majesty's voice, start, start..." Zhao Gao begged for mercy in horror.

"Your Majesty, this is the current shortcoming of the gramophone. After repeated playback, the memory of the tin foil tube will disappear. Therefore, a new material is needed to replace it." Shangwen explained.

"Get up. I don't blame you. Didn't you hear what Mr. said? What kind of material is this?" King Qin said.

"Thank you sir, thank you Lord Qin." Zhao Gao saluted.

"Your Majesty, to solve this problem, resin materials must be used. Only this material, made into a disc shape, can preserve the sound permanently." Shang Wen said.

"Oh." King Qin nodded.

"Zhao Gao, I remember that Father Zhong once gave me an eagle. It seems to be made of the resin that Mr. Qin said?" King Qin asked.

'Yep.Your Majesty remembers correctly.It's an eagle.This object was discovered in Qi State.Lu Xiangguo made it with this thing. "Zhao Gao replied carefully. Because this topic is a sensitive topic. King Qin suddenly brought it up. Zhao Gao could only answer carefully.

"Oh. The minister will send someone to look for it tomorrow." Shang Wen said with his hands clasped.

"No need. The widow found some resin and gave it to Mr. Qin. It is far better to keep this thing with the widow than to give it to Mr. Qin." King Qin said.

"I thank you, Your Majesty." As he spoke, he thanked him with respect and courtesy.With resin, you can do a lot of things.For example, power generation.Resin is an excellent insulating material.The reason why electricity has not appeared for a long time is the material problem.Shangwen could not find a suitable material to make the insulator.Now with resin, you can generate electricity.There is electricity.Will greatly increase the level of progress.Thinking of this, Shang Wen was happier than anyone else.He knew very well what electricity does.

"Sir, please get up quickly." Qin Wang personally helped Shang Wen up.

Later, King Qin visited Shangwen's residence, the furniture was too simple.And the space is a bit cramped.This surprised King Qin very much. How could a prime minister of Great Qin handle state affairs here.This is really condescending.

On the contrary, Shangwen believes that this can greatly unite the hearts of the people.Moreover, after the development of the new area, it will not be too late to build it separately.This is just a temporary office location.After hearing this, King Qin was very moved.With such a prime minister, how can Da Qin not be strong.

King Qin is willing to allocate funds to Shangwen to build an office.But Shang Wen politely declined.This money comes from government expenditures.Shangwen declined again.King Qin was helpless.I can only give up.But he got to know Shang Wen again.This is not affectation, nor is it ambition.

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The King of Qin thought that Shang Wen was not the kind of person who was greedy for power. The King of Qin came to a conclusion when Shang Wen told the story of "Rain Man".Shangwen has a pursuit, which is rather illusory.But people who stick to themselves for this kind of pursuit are very rare.

In Shangwen's view, it costs a political expenditure to build an office.This is very undesirable.Because, Zheng Fu's expenditure is extremely tight now.Nervous as hell.Shang Wen believes that such tight expenses are very worthwhile.Because low taxation will bring great prosperity to one's own country, the mercantilism of the year realized the development of commerce under the condition of low taxation.And this will lay a more solid foundation for Qin's capitalism.Sacrifice for such a solid foundation.Shangwen thinks it is worth it.Even very cheap ones.Because political expenditures do not need to be so large.As long as the people are given enough freedom, their road to development will be smooth.

King Qin didn't say anything after his visit.And Ying Yu also left with King Qin.But when he left, he searched for all the good things Shangwen had here.Even the phonograph was confiscated by Ying Yu.It doesn't matter to Shang Wen, the phonograph is originally something in the museum.Shangwen doesn't care, there are better things.

Naofumi's leisure day ended like this.The next thing will be very busy.

And in the distant Mengzhou, the first state of the Qin State, people are nervously borrowing money to buy land.With the establishment of the first state government, the people strongly demand that the government recognize the land in their hands, or the land they are about to buy.Because the land was laid down by Daqin, the ownership belongs to Daqin.Daqin will sell the land to those who need it at a very low price. The land is very large.The smallest ones are all in one hundred acres.And there is only one family farming.This is very powerful.

The land is very wide, and it is all good land in plains and valleys.Those plateau hillside deserts are not within this range.Among the bills that became the land in the hands of the people, they drafted it themselves.They think it should be divided according to one country road.In this way, the fortifications are very complete and the road traffic is very smooth.Therefore, one piece of land is divided between country roads one by one.

They are divided from one hundred mu to ten thousand mu.Every household has its own field.The larger ones also have their own pastures, not only farming, but also raising horses, and grazing cattle and sheep on a small scale.People's lives are improving.And all this is thanks to bank loans.The state government welcomes the entry of banks.Moreover, the state government also borrowed a large amount of money from the bank, 20 gold.At the same time, Zheng Fu will mortgage a large amount of land to the bank as collateral.Land is really cheap.The land plan gave half of the state to the bank.Zheng Fu's income comes from land procedures and sales.For this part, the state government will pay [-]% through the bank, and the rest will be used for government expenses.The state government will use this money to organize militias, build roads, and set up schools.All of their practices come from Shangwen's exemplary role.They imitate bit by bit through newspapers to explore by themselves.Moreover, anything, especially when a sum of money is allocated, must be approved by the parliament.Thus.Spending is very public.

&nb, in order to increase fiscal revenue, they will have to adopt an attitude of encouragement and support to attract a large number of civilians into the state, because the state has the power to levy taxes.This was specially delegated by Shangwen.Originally, this power belonged to Zhong Yang.But in order to control the newly occupied land, this power was temporarily granted to the local government.The local government understands what this power means.They canceled all customs duties in this state.This is to welcome more civilians to enter. As long as civilians pay certain taxes, they can become civilians of the state.To enjoy all the rights enjoyed by the common people of the state, in order to encourage the development of commerce.They built small towns at the intersections of roads. On the main roads, especially the roads leading to the Western Regions, the small towns developed very fast and gradually expanded in size to the size of a small city.And the city, like the new urban area of ​​Daqin, does not have any fortifications.The cancellation of fortifications is not only a matter of government expenditures, but also that the people are gradually bringing the importance of commercial activities to the center.It is full of people who go to the West for treasure hunting.Expeditions, immigrants from six countries, the army, security companies and more.A large number of businesses began to settle in.Make it easy for these people.This is why the small town quickly developed into a city.

Regarding the defense and protection of the state, the state government has temporarily handed over these matters to the security company, and they think this is a very cost-effective thing. Zheng Fu only needs to invest [-] gold.Many security companies will be involved.They trained militias in the rear, and continued to search and drive out ethnic minorities in the front.Moreover, the privatization of booty allowed a large number of cattle, sheep, and prisoners of war to enter the state.And the farmers in this state also began to get two slaves for only one and a half taels like the land lords in Xianyang.Because there are so many slaves here, and then spend a little money to ask a security company to guard them and let them enter the land to work.Wheat is grown on a large scale.The peasants, on the other hand, rode horses and carried guns, patrolling back and forth.

The people of Qin and the Six Kingdoms didn't care about these slaves at all, and even the people of the Six Kingdoms were more ruthless than the people of Qin. Since these people were nomads, they didn't know how to farm at all, and beatings became commonplace.In the eyes of the people of the Six Nations.They are dumber than pigs.As long as there is something wrong, the whip and stick will greet you.Sometimes they were hanged up and beaten to death if they didn't feel relieved.Atrocities happen every day.The nomads rose up to resist, and the suppression happened every day. If it didn't happen once, the ethnic minorities would die for a year.But soon new prisoners of war entered.Gradually, this pressure became less and less.The reason is that security company personnel have begun to enter the Qilian Mountains and even today’s Qinghai to capture prisoners of war. Yuezhi, Qiang, Huns, Wusun, and even some unknown tribes, due to cultural and language differences, lead to The struggle was fierce.They fight each other, which provides an opportunity for the repression to be reduced by more than half.Because the newly established states absorbed most of the slaves from the west.The price of slaves in Xianyang has increased.Farmers in Xianyang set their sights on the north.

401 North has no time to catch slaves