Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

A few days later, in Xianyang City, above the court hall

"Your Majesty, in the past three days alone, according to statistics from various counties and counties, the number of people willing to go to Liaodong to participate in the large-scale development has exceeded 50,000. After the spring of next year, the number can be increased to at least 200,000!"

"Businessmen are also very active in building workshops in Liaodong County. Merchants in Xianyang City alone have proposed to set up three coal workshops and five brewing workshops in Liaodong County."

"The imperial court plans to build steel and cotton spinning workshops in Liaodong County and surrounding areas, and has already raised 20 million yuan in funds!"

Nei Shiteng reported with a beaming face:"If His Royal Highness is willing to open up more shares and technology, it will not be a problem at all to obtain 10 million yuan in funds within a month."

"The steel industry involves the national economy and people's livelihood, and must be firmly controlled by the court. Even businessmen who invest in shares must be strictly reviewed and leaks must never be allowed to happen."

"As for the cotton spinning and wool industries, they are people's livelihood light industries. If the businessmen are willing to sign a confidentiality agreement and accept the supervision of Heibingtai, they can consider opening up more shares so that the businessmen can get the majority of the profits. The court only needs to prevent the leakage of technology. Fusu thought for a while and said

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Nei Shiteng was overjoyed.

He knew how envious the businessmen of Daqin were for the workshops and technologies under Fusu's command. Once cooperation was opened, funds would definitely come pouring in to build Liaodong County's industry. Down

"So good!"

Ying Zheng also nodded with satisfaction and said

"Your Highness, the Roman envoy has been particularly anxious recently. He has to come to the guest office for a long time every day and wants to see His Highness. Would you like to see him?"

Dian Keqing said with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"Don't worry, wait until after the naval parade."

Fusu smiled and waved his hand.

"So, Fusu, is the sea giant you mentioned last time finally going to the water?"

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

The previous military parade in Xianyang City left a very deep impression on him, and he still thinks about it often.

Moreover, the boost to the people's morale in Da Qin was also very obvious, and even the economic benefits It's all positive.

It's just that this is the first time for the shipyard to build such a super giant, so it encountered many problems during the whole process, and the naval parade has been delayed until now.

After all, the super treasure ship has absolute power for the Qin Navy. sexual meaning.

Tonnage means strength at sea.

"The basic construction has been completed, and some modifications are currently being carried out based on the conditions in the sea areas of Daqin, such as adding living facilities for the hot areas of Persia County and Tianzhu County."

Fusu said with a slight smile.

The Ming treasure ship is the core of the Qin Navy's implementation of the blue water strategy, and it is also the main force of the Qin Navy that can truly carry out long-term operations at sea.

But the territory of the Qin Dynasty, especially the sea area, is really too big.

From the surrounding areas of the mainland From Fusang County, to Tianzhu, and to Persia, the sea route is tens of thousands of miles long. It has to experience various climates such as tropical, subtropical, temperate, and subarctic zones. If some corresponding living facilities are not added, it is easy to become acclimatized.

For the Qin army, it was even more terrifying than its opponents.

The cavalry in Persia County and Tianzhu County suffered a lot of non-combat attrition. Fusu had to mobilize a group of doctors and a large number of doctors from the mainland. Herbal medicine was used to control the situation in time.

This also reminded Fusu that in naval operations, special attention must be paid to living conditions, otherwise the disease will be more likely to spread on a sealed ship than on land. Even if it is because of this It is also worth delaying the launch of the Ming Dynasty treasure ship.

"The reason why they were not in a hurry to see the Roman envoys was not only because of the treasure ship and naval parade, but more importantly, it was to let the Romans and Carthaginians spend more time.

Fusu walked to the world map hanging on the wall of the court and said:"According to the news from the front, because Rome made a mistake in dispatching its main force last time and was destroyed by our Qin army, it originally had a certain initiative.

" The Carthaginians have launched a counterattack and have made good progress"

"The Romans are eager to see me, Da Qin, but the Roman Senate has been exerting pressure!"

"Therefore, if Da Qin waits a little longer and lets the Carthaginians play more, they will get more benefits from the Romans!"

Fusu analyzed in detail

"Indeed, the harder the Carthaginians fought, the greater the pressure the Romans faced, and the more they gave in to our great Qin!"

Wang Ben nodded and said:"Although our Daqin currently has no chance to cross the sea to attack Rome, the Romans do not dare to gamble. After all, there is only a road between their capital city of Rome and our Daqin Persian County. Hundreds of miles of strait!"

"Fusu, what do you mean, you don’t think highly of the Carthaginians?"

Ying Zheng heard the implication of Fusu's words.

"Since Carthage's fleet was completely destroyed by the Romans decades ago, Carthage has been severely weakened. It has lost a large number of overseas colonies, and more importantly, it has lost its maritime trade rights in the Mediterranean!"

"Although relying on hundreds of years of accumulation, they barely managed to survive until the emergence of Hannibal, drove the Romans out of Carthage again, and gradually launched a counterattack, but they could not obtain maritime trade rights for a day, and the national power gap with Rome was the real It really exists, and it’s only getting bigger! Fusu said in a deep voice.

Ying Zheng and all the officials nodded.

As the largest maritime trade country in the world, the monarchs and ministers of Great Qin at this moment have fully realized the ultra-high profits and importance of maritime trade.

For two people with similar strength , For a country, whether it has the initiative in maritime trade will definitely make a huge difference in terms of treasury revenue.

What's more, Rome was originally stronger than Carthage today.

"Moreover, Hannibal, the Carthaginians’ biggest supporter, had been having a very unhappy time with the Carthaginian Senate recently."

"The Carthaginians are not as tolerant as their father, and they want to kill the donkey before they even start to unload it."

"There have been too many lessons in history about the discord between the commander-in-chief at the front and the rear. My father and everyone must be very aware of this."

"Moreover, the Carthaginians also ignored an important factor"

"Although the Romans suffered a disastrous defeat in Persia, and Macedonia and Ptolemaic Egypt were forced to switch from offense to defense under pressure from the Qin Dynasty, this allowed the Romans to eliminate the disadvantage of fighting on multiple fronts and be able to concentrate all their efforts on dealing with the Carthaginians!"

"Although Carthage is now winning consecutive battles, as long as the Romans are allowed to survive and reinforcements from all over the country arrive, the pressure the Carthage will face will increase several times!"

Fusu said with a smile.

"Then should our Great Qin consider supporting the Carthaginians? Otherwise, if the Romans capture the Carthaginians, wouldn't it become a huge threat to our Great Qin's unification of the Mediterranean?"

Wang Ben hesitated and said.

Meng Yi and others also nodded, and even Ying Zheng was a little moved.

After all, before the Great Qin opened the Suez Canal, it did not have the full strength to cross the natural dangers of the Mediterranean. However

, , the next moment, Fusu gave an answer that no one expected.