Chapter 187 Conquest is not limited to war
After the morning dynasty, in the imperial study, the chief assistant Li Si, Meng Yi of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Ben, the Minister of Wucheng, and Wang Guan of the Ministry of Revenue gathered together. These individuals were all loyal dogs of the First Emperor, and the leader of the First Emperor's horse was followed.
"My dear, tell me your plan." The Emperor asked anxiously. The alien race on the grassland is definitely the biggest concern of the Qin Dynasty. The grassland nation is different from Baiyue. Baiyue is just a group of established savages, while the grassland nation is a group of aggressive savages. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the alien race on the grassland has plagued the bordering Qin Dynasty every winter. In recent years, with the construction of the Great Wall, the alien race on the grassland can no longer shed the Ma Nanshan as unscrupulous as before, but attacking the caravans still happens from time to time.
"Wucheng Hou has been dealing with foreign races on the grassland all year round. Let me ask Wucheng Hou what is the difference between the foreign races on the grassland and the people of our Qin." Li Chen looked at Wang Ben and asked. Although Wang Ben was not like Meng Yi stationed in Hetao and fought with the grassland people all day long, the Great Wall defense line he stationed in the Great Wall also encountered scattered grassland people from time to time.
Although Wang Ben didn't know why Li Chen asked, he said slowly: "Compared with the Qin people, the alien race on the grassland is stronger and stronger. Moreover, almost everyone on the grassland is full of soldiers, and even a teenage child may ride a horse and shoot arrows."
"Mr. Wucheng said it well. Do you know why the alien races on the grassland are stronger than us?" Li Chen asked.
"Say, I said, I didn't want to keep it in a silence." Li Chen looked at his father-in-law who was about to draw his sword and quickly spoke.
"Who is the irritable old man."
"It's genes. They eat meat, their father eat meat, and their grandfather still eat meat. Over the generations, meat has changed their genes. So they are born stronger and taller than us." Li Chen said.
The Huns, who were not very old, had much more strength than the Qin people, which is why the wealthy families in the Qin people liked to use the Huns as slaves. They were strong and would not be fooled. Of course, using the Huns as their efforts, they had to be optimistic about their concubines. After all, the Huns were also very powerful. After all, it was understandable that the grassland people liked to plant grass for their masters.
"Continue?" The First Emperor glared at Li Chen and said.
"So, when we sell food to the Huns, we are changing their genes. Letting them transition from meat to vegetarian food, assimilation of dietary habits is just the first step."
"First of all, we need to establish a market in Yuecheng, allowing all merchants from Daqin to trade with the grassland. Of course, the content of the transaction is limited to daily necessities, and the transaction is 30% commercial tax. For the caravans heading to Yuecheng for transactions, Daqin is responsible for protecting the safety of the trade routes." Li Chen said.
Today, Daqin does not allow trade volume on the grassland. Although trade with the grassland is not allowed, it is possible to trade with the Qin people in Hetao area and Yuecheng. Therefore, many caravans trade with the Qin people on the surface, but are actually smuggling materials on the grassland. This trading method is very risky for merchants. On the one hand, they are afraid of being discovered by the Qin army, and on the other hand, they are afraid of being eaten by the grassland people. Therefore, even if 30% of the commercial tax is used to ensure the safe progress of the transaction, these merchants are willing. After all, the wool comes from the sheep, and the aliens on the grassland are the fat sheep of these merchants.
"Continue?" the First Emperor continued to ask.
Whether to trade with the grassland ethnic group is no longer a matter of debate in the Qin Dynasty. Some people believe that trading with the grassland ethnic group is to seek skin with the tiger and raise the tiger. However, war horses and cattle and sheep on the grassland are very important materials for the Qin Dynasty. In particular, cattle, in the grassland ethnic group, this is just food, but it is an important labor force for the Qin people.
"Everyone knows that goats are different from sheep. Sheep are very gentle and eat grass. But goats are different. Goats are very reckless and eat grass. Goats have strange teeth and tongues. When goats eat grass, their tongue will roll up the grass roots and eat them together. In other words, the more goats there are on the grassland, the greater the damage to the grassland."
"The establishment of a market is just for the sake of subsequent plans. We will first use merchants to raise the price of goats and degrade the price of sheep. In this way, in order to gain greater benefits, the aliens in the grassland will inevitably breed goats in large quantities."
"Not only does this goat eat a lot, and the pastures that the goats have eaten cannot grow enough grass again in less than two or three years. However, the pastures on the grassland are almost fixed now. In order to make their tribesmen live a better life, these aliens can only breed more goats, and in order to occupy more grasslands, they can only snatch them from other tribes."
"In order to trade with our Daqin, the grasslands of Daqin are naturally safe. Then the grasslands will be the Xiongnu fight against the Donghu people and the Donghu people fight against the Dayue people. Our Daqin needs to make a fortune in war. As the saying goes, those who watch the fun do not bother with the big deal. The weapons we eliminated can still be sold to the grassland people at a high price."
"What I want is to let them create real fire. Whoever is weak will sell things secretly to whom. Cattle, sheep, horses, even women, slaves, and everything can be exchanged for material things with us. It only takes three years, and goats to destroy the grassland, and they cannot raise strong horses on the grassland. Once war breaks out on the grassland in the past three years, there will be countless deaths and injuries. At that time, the horses of the foreign race of the grassland will not be strong, and a group of elderly, weak women and children riding thin horses can only be slaughtered by our Great Qin." Li Chen said slowly.
"This plan... is so second." After a while, Li Si squeezed out these four words from his teeth. However, his body subconsciously took two steps back and stayed away from Li Chen, the boy. Among these people, he had a bad relationship with him. This boy seemed to be poisonous, and he might be at a time to imply his own tricks.
"There should be no problem when implementing this plan. The grassland peoples are all gathering and their connections are not deep. I am afraid that when they react, everything will be too late. But now the price of goat meat in Daqin is twice as high as that of sheep. How can merchants spontaneously raise prices?" said Wang Guan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Wang Guan, is aware of the market economy of Daqin. Now the price of sheep is high and the price of goats is low. It is impossible for merchants to know the plan, so it is even more difficult to let them spontaneously raise prices.
"This matter is easy to deal with, only a rumor is needed. From tomorrow, I asked the Tianting to spread the news, and said that this goat meat has such inexplicable benefits for men. But you still need to cooperate. At that time, we can only take the lead in buying it. Within three days, the price of this goat will be guaranteed to rise several times." Li Chen said with a wicked smile.
What this man values most is his ability. Not to mention goat meat, even some experts say that eating shit can enhance his ability. I am afraid that some people can also eat several lumps at a time.
The next day, the entire Xianyang City was circulating.
The concubine of the chief assistant Li Si family screamed all night last night. It is said that Li Si has liked to eat goat meat in recent days.
The Wucheng Hou Wang Ben family has a bed. It is said that he has already had three beds this week. I heard that the Wucheng Hou also likes to eat goat meat.
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In just a few days, the meat in Xianyang became expensive. First, it was a minister of the court and later a wealthy businessman. Anyone with good reputation began to buy goat meat.
It is said that this goat meat is really effective. If you see that thing crying in your daily life, you can rub it now. If you can rub it on weekdays, you can work hard on cup of tea now. If you can work hard on cup of tea, you are even more powerful now, you can work hard on incense.
"Liuzi, I'll tell you that your medicine is too strong. You can't do this. Don't kill someone too hard." Li Chen was teaching Liuzi a lesson...
Yes, the goat meat has been effective recently, because the goat meat on the market has been processed in advance by Li Chen, a smokeless person.
Chapter completed!