The kings of Wei and Han were very concerned about this silver mountain, and they were waiting for Bai Hui's answer.
"Not good" Bai Hui won't talk nonsense at this time.
After all, Han and Wei have attached themselves to Qin, so Bai Hui can't lie to them and can only tell the truth.
Hearing the word "bad", the hands of King Wei and King Han who were playing cards trembled involuntarily.
Bai Hui was not nervous at all.
He stacked the cards slowly and said at the same time: "It's not good, but it's also not good for me.
Just like the three kings who are used to rich clothes and fine food, after seeing a piece of fat meat, they thought that there are still more at home.
Venison is in the pot, so is this piece of fat good or bad?”
This statement is to regard the kings of Wei and Han as farmers.
If someone else had said this, the King of Wei and the King of Han would have turned against each other on the spot, but Bai Hui said that they really had no temper, who made Bai Hui richer than them.
King Han asked: "So, this is not good, what should I say specifically?"
"kindness" Bai Hui thought for a moment and said: "First of all, it is a bit far from the Central Plains, and secondly, if it is dug out as ore, it is not cost-effective to transport it by ship.
I don't know if there is coal there, but I think there should be.
Then the only way is to refine it there first.
It would be better to turn it into rough ingots and transport it back.”
King Han and King Wei nodded at the same time.
This was indeed difficult.
Bai Hui added: "Besides, there is a mountainous area.
It is not easy to farm this kind of land, so what should we do with the grain?
If we want to occupy it, we must first find a place with convenient waterways.
There can be a grain field no more than five hundred miles away." ” "It makes sense, it makes sense."
The two kings nodded again.
"Also, if you want to dig out the mine, the preliminary preparations will take at least two years.
I don't have the time to wait for these two years.
And how much can I dig out in one year?
For me, a little more wealth is not too much.
It doesn’t matter.”
King Wei asked: "How much do you think the initial income will be?"
"Both of you, I have an agreement with King Zhao and promise to give slaves to the Zhao Kingdom, so in the early stage we are doing slave business.
This profit is huge, and then we open the mining area, which not only contains ore, but also fishery income, forests, etc.
Wait, it’s worth thousands of gold anyway.”
One pound of gold, according to Qin's current market price, is one hundred thousand Qin coins.
One thousand catties of gold is one hundred million yuan.
This business may not be much to Qin, but it is a huge income to Wei and Han.
The two kings' eyes immediately lit up.
"Sure enough, the meat you despise is venison in my eyes."
King Han smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.
Bai Hui smiled and nodded.
King Qin said at this time: "There are some places that no one wanted to occupy before because the transportation was inconvenient and the income was too low.
But if an ordinary farmer who can earn 10,000 yuan a year can earn 100,000 yuan, I believe he can go there."
There are still a lot of people.
In Minyue on the southeast coast, the Chu State has not wanted to fight for so many years because it feels like it would be a waste of people and money. " "Yes, yes."
King Han immediately agreed: "Now that they have seen the advantage, there are many people who want to attack Fujian and Yue on the southeast coast.
The nobles of Chu State are already urging Xiang Shan to quickly return Pengcheng's troops and horses, and immediately Go attack the southeast."
"That's it."
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King Qin knew very well that profit-driven motives were more effective than mission orders.
Bai Hui said at this time: "Why do I want Yanyi?
What I want is the Ship Palace.
After the real ocean-going ships are built, there will be mountains of gold and mountains of silver, and there will also be a good place to harvest grain throughout the year. , there are countless spices, countless medicinal materials, countless dyes, and countless precious woods.
A little further away, there are countless slaves."
"Countless slaves" King Qin became interested.
"Of course, there have been a lot of wars in recent years, but the entire Zhuxia still has a population of about 25 million.
That place has a population of 30 million, which can give us at least 10 million more young slaves.
I don't know.
Is there any temptation?"
"Of course" King Wei's eyes narrowed as he smiled.
At this time, King Qin gave King Wei a basin of cold water: "I say Wei Jun, your Wei State has really become weak.
Even if all Wei soldiers are wiped out, you have not really trained any more elite soldiers."
The king of Wei immediately withered.
King Qin said again: "Do you know how many children were born in Qin last year?"
Hearing this, King Han and King Wei both stared at King Qin.
The birth rate is an important index of a strong country.
King Qin stretched out a finger: "One million" One million, this figure frightened the two kings of Korea and Wei.
You must know that the number of children in both Korea and Wei who passed the 100th anniversary last year was less than 100,000.
The King of Qin did not intend to let these two go, and hit them hard again: "The expected number of births this year will exceed 1.2 million.
Bai Hui's contribution is among them, and Chennu alone can contribute no less than Population growth of one hundred thousand.”
The two kings of Wei and Han were really frightened.
Is this data real?
Bai Hui knew very well that this data was too false.
First, the King of Qin added all the children born more than 100 days ago in Linhu, Wushi, Jiupu, and Yiqu to the data, and then also added the births of children who had newly joined Qidi immigrants and refugees who fled the war.
Of course, the King of Qin was not wrong, these are the people of Qin.
But based on this calculation, the actual number did not reach one million, but just over 700,000.
This figure can be called one million.
With a population base of 4.5 million and a birth rate of 700,000 people, Qin State was also struggling.
This year’s figure of 1.2 million is even more false.
The King of Qin locked up all the children in Chen State who were less than three years old.
These children were taught to be conscious of being Qin people from an early age, which allowed the King of Qin to increase the population.
King Qin's goal was achieved, and the two kings of Han and Wei looked decadent.
King Han sighed heavily: "The land in my country, Korea, is barren and there is not enough food to feed so many people.
Moreover, there is no divine code like the Fertility Chapter in the Secret Art of the Qin Palace."
The Qin State is almost running out of food.
An extra mouth means an extra food expenditure.
What's more, there are tax reduction policies to stimulate the population, as well as subsidy policies for many single mothers, etc.
Qin's food has reached the warning level.
This was another reason why King Qin supported Bai Hui to go to sea.
Go and rob, and come back with more wealth, so that you can feed such a large population.
King Han suddenly put up his cards and asked King Qin very seriously: "Ying Ji, what do you think King Han will do next?"
King Qin did not answer, but pointed at Bai Hui.
Bai Hui said: "It's very simple.
I have arranged for the officials to plan and build the road for you.
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This road must be built.
The ground is dug with three pieces of soil and then paved with gravel.
This is the most suitable road for carriages.
In some very special situations I will arrange for the construction of cement bridges and connect several rivers for water conservancy and transportation. " King Han asked: "The investment is huge, can this be sustained?"