Chapter 99: Opening the sea first, banning the sea, and the First Emperor’s praise!

Author: March

Chapter 99: Opening the sea first, banning the sea, and the praise of the First Emperor!

It is true that arresting people and building the Great Wall. The First Emperor thought about it and it was really a big deal. At present, the human resources of the Qin Dynasty are in short supply, and there are large projects everywhere.

"What is the population in the Fusang area? What is the military preparation?" Emperor Shi asked again.

"The military preparation is equivalent to no..." Zhao Si shook his head. The archipelago is still playing tribal battles. A metal weapon is a magic weapon. Xu Fu is stranded in Fusang, and he has only tens of thousands of people. There are also big people.

Thousands of boys, but for the local natives, it is also a dimensionality reduction blow.

"Most of the places are tribal, and there is not even a decent city, but the population is not large... I guess the islands near the sea are quite difficult to add up to one million people..." Zhao Si sighed.

Otherwise, the sailing was not fun in ancient times, and the indigenous peoples in Fusang and even the Korean Peninsula were not much. The scattered ones would definitely exceed one million, but no matter how much they were, they would not be much.

The good news is that the Qin Dynasty can reduce the dimensionality and the bad news is that it is not easy to repair the Great Wall by arresting people and building them.

"Well..." Emperor First frowned.

There are too few people... but it is a surprise. Since there are abundant minerals near Fusang Island, Daqin will have to carry out gold and silver mining there in the future. Local natives will come in handy. Take it to mine, and by the way

Expand the fields, grow grain, reduce logistical pressure, and the excess and wealthy population can also be transported to the Central Plains to build the Great Wall.

It's a good thing, but because the population is too small, Daqin will definitely not be able to search mountains and seas to treat arresting people as its main business, that is, there is a mine in some places, and to catch some people while mining.

The First Emperor probably had a basic route in his mind.

While taking into account the mining of offshore fishing, hunting and mineral deposits, we will explore the far-sea seas. There is no need for the Qin Dynasty to mobilize troops to expand overseas wars, but offshore areas can be initially developed.

Not to mention anything else, the mines are occupied first, and it is also necessary to reclaim a certain amount of land and residence around the mines.

The fruit food produced in the end flowed into the Central Plains and fed back to the country. This is a virtuous cycle and indirectly. Although Fusang and even all regions suffered the dimensional reduction attack from the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty helped them complete the transition of civilization in advance, right?

Where even the land is not understood, it is not necessarily lower to be a slave than to rely on primitive fishing, hunting and farming.

"Prepare a memorial." The First Emperor signaled Zhao Si to take action and asked Zhao Si to write down everything he could think of.

At present, the biggest voice in overseas discourse is undoubtedly Zhao Si. Anyone who talks about maritime affairs will definitely not be able to avoid Zhao Si.

Zhao Si nodded when he heard the sound, took the blank bamboo slips handed over by the First Emperor, and then began to write and ponder.

Fishing and hunting, offshore development, far-sea exploration!

Zhao Si made a three-step strategic proposal.

The importance of offshore development and ocean exploration is beyond doubt. What offshore development brings back is real money. Ocean exploration can supplement the ecological environment of Daqin. Correspondingly, with Daqin's emphasis on maritime affairs, Daqin's maritime industry will also usher in a blowout development.

, shipbuilding technology and navigation experience will also be greatly improved. The upper level drives the lower level, and coastal residents can also make profits accordingly. Benefiting from the technological improvement and gradual increase in experience, the offshore fishing industry will also usher in a blowout development.

The Linhai port of Daqin will definitely continue to increase over time.

With the increase of ports, transportation in various places will not have to be obsessed with land transportation and inland river transportation. You can sail near the coast and the sea, and the transportation efficiency between ports will be greatly improved.

Zhao Si thought while writing.

As the first place to go abroad, Langya is definitely the top priority, but in fact, it is better to go to Guangzhou and Fujian in offshore development ports.

Ports in coastal cities can connect with each other and form a brand new transportation network. So should we add a navy? It is natural that we can transport goods and people.

"Within ten to twenty years, gradually relax port restrictions and encourage private trade and going to sea." Zhao Si said it on the bamboo slip after pondering.

Opening the sea, does not mean that after rashly building the port, you will quickly encourage the public to open the sea on a large scale. Just kidding, the official of Daqin must not occupy the overseas rich mines first?

After the occupation, no cities or ports shall be built? Daqin must first operate the basic market overseas and ensure its dominance before it can relax maritime control.

Otherwise, once you let go rashly, it will be like the sky that will allow birds to fly wide and the sea to leaps with the fish.

The nobles are not fools. The Qin Dynasty obtained a large amount of gold and silver from overseas. The great nobles in coastal areas, such as Qidi and other areas, will definitely be moved by it. They have the ability to build ships and go to sea.

Listen to you on land, but not necessarily to you when you go to sea.

There is only one way to avoid this situation, ban the sea! Yes, the prerequisite for opening the sea is to ban the sea.

While allowing nobles from all over the country to passively accept the gold and silver exports of the Qin Dynasty, it is strictly prohibited from going to sea, and at the same time actively build a basic offshore platform.

Ensure control of ecological control of offshore basic routes and ports within ten to twenty years, establish the advantages of overseas strikes, and cultivate sufficiently excellent navy.

Only then can the ban on the sea can be gradually relaxed, and at this time it is time to mobilize excess civilian forces to carry out large-scale overseas development.

At this time, Daqin had already gained enough benefits, and what was left was some relatively small gold and silver mines. The routes and ports in various places were controlled by Daqin and restrictions were lifted. The nobles could not affect the offshore rule of Daqin. On the contrary, some Daqin could not do it.

They can do things instead.

For example, if the small population spreads offshore islands, the Qin Dynasty will definitely not go a long way. This group of nobles may not be able to go back to China after being arrested...

Some small gold and silver deposits...some small islands and residences suitable for development... These places that the Qin government cannot involve and do not affect the overseas dominance of the Qin Dynasty are the places that the nobles can be involved in.

Of course, if the nobles from all over the country are more courageous and can run out of the offshore ruling circle of Daqin, they can really go to Africa to catch agricultural tools.

"After the sea ban is opened, maritime tax departments must be established in various ports." Maritime tax is also the top priority. This cannot be ignored. Overseas profits are huge. How can we not cut off these nobles after the sea is opened?

"In short, what is probably formed is that the offshore landing port will be established based on mineral deposits in various places... Relying on the offshore landing and first-mover advantage, the offshore rule of the Daqin can basically be maintained within a hundred years."

As for land development in offshore areas, this kind of thing is really not something that the Qin government can do, and it is beyond the reach. Moreover, there is a lot of land that the Qin itself wants to develop, so this kind of thing has to be handed over to the aristocrats, but it doesn't matter. The Qin only needs to control the port and

Military advantages, within a hundred years, the fruits of the nobles' sea-opening labor would eventually flow to the Qin Dynasty.

Zhao Si thought it carefully, then checked it over and over again, and occasionally continued to add something when he thought of something.

The offshore area has also been considered a basic development strategy. Mining is started, and the sea is opened to build the basic offshore base of Daqin.

The Qin Dynasty used ten or even twenty years of maritime ban in exchange for crushing offshore combat advantages and control of routes for ports in various places.

The distant sea is the introduction of animals and plants and world investigations.

He kept deleting and modifying it. After Zhao Si finished writing it, many pieces of bamboo slips had been wasted. Looking at the messy content on the bamboo slips, Zhao Si had to use the blank bamboo slips to sort them out carefully to ensure that they were concise and straightforward.

The final writing was nearly 2,000 words, and the words were simple and orderly. Zhao Si felt that he had reached his peak level, which was extraordinary. The only drawback was that Zhao Si's handwriting was really incomprehensible and erratic.

, has its own unique style.

There is no way, Zhao Si has been practicing hard, but it is not that simple to practice brush calligraphy. Moreover, writing on bamboo slips is even more challenging. In just a few months, I can use such a small bamboo slip.

It is already Zhao Si’s ability to write a small seal script with such complex strokes.

"Your Majesty, please take a look!" After Zhao Si finished sorting, he looked up and saw that the sky was already dark.

When I was writing, I didn’t realize that this plan to open the sea took more than half a day, and with the half-day conversation with the First Emperor, one day was about to pass.

Emperor Shiniu took the bamboo slips and saw Zhao Si's calligraphy that was beyond his reach.

After resisting the discomfort, Emperor Qin Shi was surprised to find that Zhao Si's maritime planning was actually done in a reasonable and orderly manner, clear and straightforward manner.

Of course, from the perspective of Emperor Qin Shi, there are certainly shortcomings, but thinking about Zhao Si couldn't even grasp the focus of the conversation, now that he can do this in just three months, it shows that he has indeed made great efforts.

"The sea ban is first?"

Emperor First Emperor looked at Zhao Si's planning and direction for maritime affairs one by one. This was the first time Zhao Si wrote an independent plan.

From the perspective of Emperor Shi, in addition to the details that need to be added, it is actually unexpected. Is it feasible?

For example, the sea ban... If Zhao Si had not deliberately proposed it, the First Emperor himself might have ignored it, and the sea tax after opening the sea is basically concerned about everything he should have.

What is even more commendable is that Zhao Si was able to propose a comprehensive and complete plan for military, political, tax and civilians based on maritime affairs, and at the same time, he did not act too rush. The First Emperor did not know that Zhao Si wrote this plan under the conditions of knowing the development process of history, and only

Zhao Si has made great progress and is talented and intelligent.

"What I said is right. It is indeed a matter of three days of separation from the scholar. We should treat each other with admiration." The First Emperor smiled and put away the bamboo slips.

Zhao Si's plan only needs to be supplemented for a certain amount of time before it can be put into use directly, which is indeed worthy of praise.

"However, I don't know how many days will it take for me to look at you?" The First Emperor was very satisfied with Zhao Si's performance.

It is not only because Zhao Si provides an executable maritime planning, but also the progress that Zhao Si can see with the naked eye.

Zhao Si could only laugh at him...

"The calligraphy skills are not a day's work, and I think it will take some time..."

"Get back..." Emperor First Emperor put away the bamboo slips and waved to see him off. Zhao Si said he was leaving.

Until Zhao Si's figure disappeared, the First Emperor looked out the door with a faint look.

Ten years...twenty years...even hundred years?

But how many years are there for me?
Chapter completed!