Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

"In fact, the role of wool and cotton is not only to keep out the cold and boost the economy, but also to be a weapon for my Da Qin to launch economic war against foreign countries. Fusu said with a slight smile.

"Economic war?"

Ying Zheng suddenly became interested.

He already has enough experience. Every time Fu Su mentions a new term, he can gain something new.

"Father, does he know why the former Donghu herdsmen on the prairie today don't care about Tuoba Su's death and strongly support the Donghu cavalry being reorganized into the First Cavalry Regiment affiliated with Great Qin?"

Fusu did not answer directly, but asked with a smile.

"Since being defeated by Fusu, Tuobasu's prestige among Donghu has been severely damaged. Coupled with his greed and cruelty, he is already unpopular.

The Donghu cavalry followed our Great Qin in many battles and won many battles. Although the spoils they obtained were only 10%, they were quite a lot. Naturally, they were willing to follow our Great Qin."

"What's more, if you don't follow our Great Qin, you will be our Great Qin's enemy, and the Xiongnu and the Great Yueshi will be their fate."

Ying Zheng said with a look of solemnity on his face.

"This is indeed the case for the Donghu cavalry who follow me in Great Qin.

But while Dong Hu is here, there are other herdsmen who have not been drafted, and they are now very supportive of me, Da Qin. Why do you think this is, father and everyone? Fusu asked with a smile.

"This should be due to the fact that Tuan's life has improved day by day since he merged with our Daqin, right?"

"As far as I know, in addition to Donghu, many generals in the Western Regions also want to annex Great Qin and become a part of Great Qin."

Meng Yi pondered for a moment and said

"What about the more specific reason?"

Fusu continued to ask

"His Highness just mentioned the wool trade war. If I guessed correctly, it should be related to this wool, right?"

Feng Jie looked around, his eyes lit up and he said

"Yes, it’s because of this wool!"

"Don’t underestimate this wool. Although its value is very low, it can be seen everywhere on the prairie. When the quantity increases, herdsmen can earn a lot of income just by selling wool."

"Nowadays, these grassland herders prefer to raise sheep, especially sheep that produce more wool, than raising horses and cattle. Fusu said with a slight smile.

"Does Your Highness mean that these grassland herdsmen have changed their living habits and become tame due to the wool economy?"

Wang Ben exclaimed with a look of amazement:"If this is the case, it won't take several generations for these original grassland herdsmen to be completely assimilated by our Great Qin and become herdsmen of our Great Qin!"

"exactly. Fusu said with a smile:"This little piece of wool, you must have some understanding of the effect of economic warfare!""

The officials looked at each other, all slowly shocked.

Isn't the effect of this economic war launched through wool too incredible?

The originally unruly prairie barbarians were tamed by the inconspicuous wool?

But... The officials soon understood that he was on the grassland side.

Compared with being homeless and having no guarantee, and having to risk his life from time to time to go out and plunder, raising sheep and selling wool for Da Qin, there was a long-term and stable income guarantee.

In addition , Having been completely defeated by the Great Qin, they did not dare to go against the Great Qin, so shepherding sheep for the Great Qin became the best choice.

If this continues, it will not take several generations for the grassland people's source of income to completely depend on the Great Qin, and they will be completely submissive to the Great Qin. Great Qin, and by then Great Qin's immigration to the prairie had already been completed, and the grassland was completely controlled by Great Qin. The prairie, which had threatened the Central Plains for thousands of years, became the best horse ranch and cavalry training base in Great Qin.

Officials I have to admire Fusu's far-sightedness.

Even Ying Zheng was impressed by it.

"It is unheard of to subdue the grassland herdsmen in this way. My father doesn’t even know how you came up with it, Fusu."

"The cotton economic war is actually the same as wool, that is, by signing a long-term cotton purchase and sales contract, the area will become popular with cotton planting and become an economic vassal of our country, Daqin."

"Once the region is disrespectful to our Great Qin, there is no need to send troops and the cotton purchase will be suspended directly.

Without cotton spinning technology, they will have to face a pile of useless cotton.

It is difficult to avoid chaos!

Fusu said with a smile:"And the land in each country is extremely limited.

Once cotton is planted on a large scale, there will not be so much land to grow food.

And how to control a country through food, I believe everyone is very familiar with it.

" Bar!

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Ying Zheng and all the officials took a deep breath.

Isn't this strategy too cruel?

Directly through the economic benefits of cotton, a country fell into the control of Da Qin, without any power to counterattack.

Economic income relies on Da Qin, Even food has to be exported by Da Qin, which has no resistance to Da Qin.

What's even more frightening is that this is an obvious conspiracy.

Even after it is implemented, if someone sees the stakes, there is no way to stop it..

Unless you can come up with crops that are more profitable than cotton, or surpass Great Qin in cotton spinning technology, the people who have planted cotton and the entire production chain will gather together to besiege those who stop it.

Great Qin will fan the flames a little more, Even if Da Qin doesn't need to send troops, the whole country will be in civil strife or even civil war.

This is completely using Da Qin's advanced technology to colonize and control the economy of other countries.

"this!"

Even Ying Zheng sighed for a long time, feeling that he could no longer keep up.

"Now, my father and the courtiers should understand what Fusu said before about advanced technology being the primary productive force and the crucial truth!"

Fusu said in a deep voice.

Previously, Fusu vigorously promoted science and engineering and established the Daqin Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering. To this end, he did not hesitate to confront the conservative die-hards and used the storm of officialdom to eliminate many opponents. Both the government and the opposition, although in action, Expressed support, but not everyone complained privately that Fusu had gone too far.

Now, Fusu has used facts to prove the importance of science and technology, directly letting these courtiers see the consequences of falling behind in science and technology.

I believe that through today At this moment, the important ministers of Great Qin will have a deeper understanding of the importance of science and technology.

And the great tide of technological development in Great Qin will be better implemented as the courtiers are truly convinced.

And science and technology has always been far ahead. , It is the foundation that Qin can always maintain in the world after it establishes an empire on which the sun never sets.