Chapter 98 Zhao Si’s future plan for the Daqin maritime affairs!

Author: March

Chapter 98 Zhao Si’s future plan for the Daqin maritime affairs!

There is still a lot of room for long-distance small-scale exploration overseas. First, we can harvest world information, and second, Zhao Si travels around the world during this trip, and there are still many key crops that have not been brought back.

For example, rubber seeds, cinchona trees, cotton seeds... etc., after Zhao Si was traveling around the world and hurriedly found sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn seeds, his first task was to lead the crew back, rather than to be determined overseas.

As for these, Daqin can continue to bring back overseas seeds and crops through small-scale overseas exploration and continue to enrich Daqin's ecological structure. Of course, the biological aspects can also be introduced appropriately, but caution must be taken as a result, which may cause biological invasion. There is no unnecessary way to deal with it at this stage.

"The real entry into the distant seas is not a matter of ten or twenty years, but a century of career!" Zhao Si gave his own conclusion.

From a historical perspective, the sea was the top priority at the end of the feudal era and even modern times, but it was too early for the Qin Dynasty.

Daqin's internal land has not been developed yet, the handicraft industry is not developed enough, the goods are insufficient, and the population is not large, so how can we talk about the sea far away?

Zhao Si's trip could only be considered a bend at most. The Qin Dynasty continued to explore on a small scale, and there were many surprises outside the far sea.

"A hundred years!" Emperor First Emperor frowned slightly.

A hundred years...how long has it been?

The First Emperor was already forty-eight years old and would be forty-nine next year. In ancient times, this age was definitely not considered young.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the First Emperor will definitely not be able to see the day he will enter the distant sea, and the world map can only be hung on the wall after all.

"Start with a hundred years..." Zhao Si nodded heavily.

He knew the general direction, and a hundred years was only the lowest. In fact, given the current situation of the Qin Dynasty, a hundred years was a matter of less.

No matter how many inventions Zhao Si can make, industrial development will take time.

"However... Daqin cannot enter the distant seas in a short period of time, so it is not impossible to stay in the near seas." Zhao Si smiled.

It is necessary to distinguish between far-sea and near-sea sailing. The current Daqin cannot meet large-scale long-sea sailing, but near-sea can be barely played around.

At least the pressure on the surrounding islands near the sea is not too great.

Moreover, there are indeed profitable benefits.

"There is a gold, silver and copper mine where Xu Fu stays!" Fusang is a good place!

Crossing the Golden Island at the left, Ishikanji Mountain.

"Hmm?" Emperor First Emperor brows slightly moved.

"A lot?" Looking at Zhao Si's energetic expression, the First Emperor asked.

"Many! Many!"

At its peak, Ishimi Yinshan produced one-third of the world's silver production at that time, and at its peak, Zuodu Golden Island ranked first in the world in gold and silver production.

Not to mention that in addition to these two famous places, Fusang also has a large number of gold, silver and copper mines... This broken place has always occupied the first place in gold and silver production during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In fact, objectively speaking, the mineral deposits in Fusang are not rich, but they are just easier to mine. As for the land of China, although the mineral deposits are rich, until modern times, some places still have no means of making enough money to mine, and they even have no way to mine them.

To put it bluntly, Fusang's rich mineral deposits are superficial, mainly because of its special geographical location, it is located in the cross-section of the plates, and its landform activity is relatively severe. Therefore, most mineral deposits are rich ores, that is, gold, silver, copper and iron ore that are easy to mine.

Therefore, in ancient times when metal demand was relatively small, Fusang was indeed a lucky place, with gold, silver and copper and iron everywhere. However, in modern times with developed industries, the demand increased sharply, and Fusang's natural resources were not enough.

In the feudal era, the gold, silver, copper and iron ore in Fusang can be said to be no different from a money bag.

There are many mineral deposits in Daqin, and most of them cannot be mined, and they cannot be used even if they cannot achieve mining technology. Compared with the feudal era when mining technology is relatively poor, the gold and silver deposits in Fusang can definitely be called many.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si's extremely serious expression and knocked his fingers slightly on the desk.

"Many? There are many!"

Xu Fu's strand in Fusang has not been resolved yet. The current Daqin has only twenty sea ships, but they cannot bring too many people. If the mines in Xu Fu's stranded place are too large to a certain extent, then they may have to reconsider it.

"Just talking about gold and silver, there are more than the current Qin Dynasty!" Zhao Si replied after pondering.

"A corner of the land?" Emperor Shixian looked at Zhao Si in a little surprised. Is there really so much gold and silver in a corner of the land and in a remote place?

"yes!"

"Within a hundred years of the Great Qin Dynasty, you can collect mineral resources and mine them in offshore islands! Although gold and silver cannot smelve weapons and armor and tools, you can buy them!" Zhao Si grinned.

Theoretically speaking, if gold and silver are regarded as currency, the current total amount of Daqin commodities is limited, and no matter how much gold and silver currency is, it is useless.

But this cannot be calculated because the Qin government and the nobles from all over the country should be viewed separately.

These two forces are not used together.

"The enough gold and silver mined can be used to purchase goods produced by nobles from all over the country, including grain, cloth, goldware... and even to replace copper coins." Zhao Si issued a statement of heart-breaking.

There is no reason for the real money and silver to be sold. After all, gold and silver can be used for burial? After death, I have a lot of gold and silver to be buried with you.

Zhao Si suddenly discovered a beautiful spot. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and even during the Qin and Han Dynasties, a large number of nobles liked to be buried with gold and silver instruments. This directly led to the serious scarcity of gold and silver for hundreds of years.

It even indirectly affected the prosperity and flow of goods, otherwise Cao Cao would not have been involved in digging graves. This thing is really delicious. When a small grave is dug, the economy is free. Objectively speaking, tomb robbing has made a lot of money for Cao Cao.

Now when I saw it, Zhao Si was surprised to find that this tradition of burying with gold and silverware is an absolute good tradition.

A large amount of gold and silver flows into the market, and the nobles may not be able to react in the early stages. It will definitely lead to the depreciation of gold and silver in the middle and late stages and the purchasing power will decline. At the same time, as the gold and silver flowing into the market continue to increase, the purchasing power of gold and silver will continue to decline.

After all, theoretically, gold and silver will not decrease when it is mined into money and gold and silver. This thing is not a consumable, but in theory it is continuous circulation, and the base will only increase and not decrease.

The larger the quantity, the lower the corresponding value, and the rarer things are.

However, the nobles would use a large amount of gold and silver to bury them with them!

The buried underground actually disappeared from the market. Who would have nothing to do to dig out the graves of our ancestors? Tomb robbers are in this era that can be punished by heaven and earth and law.

At this stage, the value and purchasing power of gold and silver are actually rising, because a large number of gold and silverware are buried with each other, and the mining technology of minerals is not developed, and the output cannot keep up with consumption.

Theoretically, Daqin obtained a large amount of gold and silver from Fusang, and flowed into the market, and eventually fell into the hands of nobles from all over the country. Then, after the nobles died, they were brought to the ground to be buried. Well... instead, it relatively offsets the phenomenon of the depreciation of gold and silver prices caused by the flow of gold and silver into the market.

Logic formed a perfect closed loop. Daqin used a large amount of gold and silver to buy a large number of products, and the nobles obtained a large number of burial objects, which could be buried in a glorious manner.

The current production model is divided into two and a half.

One is the official production of Qin, which basically accounts for about 50% of the production quota.

One is the production park of the nobles, which is a slave society. The production park of the nobles is the largest productivity in the local area, accounting for about 40% of the national production quota.

The other half is private production, which accounts for ten percent at best.

The Lishu had no production technology, no production tools, no markets, no rights. Basically, the production in all parts of the world was formed by the nobles. In addition to grain, the Lishu had an extremely poor handicraft production.

The Qin Dynasty could completely exchange a large amount of gold and silver for the rich productivity of the nobles. The nobles of this era were like that. They just stored grain, goods and money. They couldn't use it all, but they wouldn't sell it at a low price.

It is never new to deal with a large amount of cloth and grain in the warehouse at the end and then deal with it at a low price. Even in the barren ancient times, there was a lot of wasted productivity.

I don’t want to sell it at a low price, and no one buys it at a high price. Now someone buys it, and the Daqin government directly uses top currencies such as gold and silver to buy it. How can it not be bought?

Objectively speaking, Daqin used a large amount of gold and silver to leverage the productivity completely wasted. He could buy anything, or even exchange gold and silver for copper coins directly. He had to be copper first!

What is the use of keeping gold and silver in your hands? Money must be considered money only if it is spent.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si who was talking and nodded slightly. What Zhao Si said made a lot of sense. The First Emperor could understand this relatively novel view.

"Money must be spent to be considered money!" The First Emperor repeated silently before looking at Zhao Si.

"So, I have to solve Xu Fu first. What suggestions do you have?" Emperor Shi spoke in a deep voice.

Since Zhao Si said that Fusang has it, it means that there is it. Zhao Si has no reason and no motivation to lie. How to solve Xu Fu, who has been separated from the control of the Qin government, has become a problem now.

No matter how bad Xu Fu is, he is still a king of grass. Daqin can only take out twenty sea ships. Although there are many troops, it is a problem that cannot be sent out.

Zhao Si took the boat from Fusang and knew better about the situation there. The First Emperor wanted to hear Zhao Si's advice.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to go through a lot of trouble! You only need one edict, one royal banner, and a number of letters from home." Zhao Si raised his head confidently.

"Xu Fu led the crew to stay in Fusang, not because the crew was not homesick and was not loyal to the emperor. It was actually Xu Fu's bewitching. There were many casualties and injuries on the sea. The elixir was sought after by the immortal medicine. Xu Fu took the opportunity to bewitch the crew. If Qin said that it would die, it would also implicate the family and family members. People had the intention of survival, which gave Xu Fu an opportunity to take advantage of it. Your Majesty only needed to send a ship, envoy, and edicts, and then search for some family letters of the crew members to go out to sea. Xu Fu's momentum collapsed, and the Qin Dynasty did not even need a soldier, and Xu Fu would surrender." Zhao Si explained to the First Emperor seriously.

The basis for Xu Fu's self-establishment as king is deception.

No one in history exposed his lies. After Qin Shihuang's death, the world was in chaos, and Xu Fu really took root in Fusang.

In fact, it was not that easy at the beginning. Who doesn’t miss home or home? The local complexes in summer have always been the most important. Who doesn’t want to fall leaves to return to their roots, and who wants to be far away from home?

Xu Fu's rule was not so easy at the beginning, and even more than once had resistance in the early stages.

Zhao Si's escape from the ship was a phased event and the most impactful thing, because there were too many people leaving!

If Zhao Si and his group returned to Fusang alive, Xu Fu's lies would be self-defeating.

There were also the king's ministers and king's flags and edicts, and I spent some time to find the relatives of the crew stranded in Fusang to write a biography of the monks, and Xu Fu's rule was self-defeating.

The First Emperor only needs to do one thing, which is to explain in the edict that he will only punish the evildoers, give the crew a chance to make meritorious contributions, and give them a chance to return to their hometown.

At that time, people's hearts will be separated, and Xu Fu can only rely on the local conquered natives...

"Not bad!" Emperor First Emperor nodded slightly.

"But just killing the evil ones is not enough!" The First Emperor smiled.

Zhao Si was surprised when he heard this. The crew members were also deceived by Xu Fu... Just as he was about to ask, the First Emperor knocked on the case.

"Think about it carefully!"

The First Emperor spoke meaningfully, and then looked at Zhao Si and continued to ask: "In addition to islands like Fusang, what other maritime affairs can Qin State be involved in?"
To be continued...