My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

A smile appeared at the corner of Ying Chengxuan's mouth: "If the best salt is no longer unique to Qi, will Qi still be able to make huge profits from salt?"

Han An's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked repeatedly: "The salt from Quzhan and the salt from Beihai are both world-famous for their top quality."

"Chu, Yue, Wu, Yan and many other countries all wanted to follow suit, but few succeeded!"

"For some reason, Qidi is indeed a place blessed by heaven. It has unique advantages. Only the tidal flats in Quzhan and other places can produce such high-quality salt."

"Chang'an Jun, can you find a tidal flat anywhere else that is comparable to Quzhan and other places?"

Dig a pit in a flat and open place on the seaside, fill it with seawater, expose it to the scorching sun, and then boil the water to get salt.

This is well-known knowledge in later generations, and it is also the main way to obtain sea salt in this era.

But why is it that China has mastered the method of boiling the sea to obtain salt thousands of years ago, and has a long coastline and seawater resources, but it is still extremely short of salt today?

One of the important reasons is that although the simple boiling method can produce sea salt, it will also retain toxic and harmful substances.

The toxic and harmful substances in the tidal flats and seawater in most coastal areas far exceed the limit that the human body can bear. Although the seawater here can also be boiled to produce sea salt, and there are indeed private salt dealers making sea salt here, but from here The salt produced in general areas may cause toxins and heavy metals to accumulate in the human body, or may cause poisoning and death on the spot!

Only coastal areas such as Quzhan and other tidal flats with less toxic and harmful substances can produce edible salt using a simple boiling method. This is the fundamental reason why Guqi enjoys the benefits of sea salt.

Now that Ying Chengyu said that the benefits of sea salt in Qi would be greatly weakened, Han An's first reaction was that Ying Chengyu had found a treasure land like Quzhan that was suitable for producing sea salt!

Ying Chengyu shook his head: "I have not found a place as unique as Qu Zhan."

Han An was slightly startled and asked in confusion: "In that case, why did Lord Chang'an say this?"

Ying Chengyu said in a calm voice: "Sea salt can be made from all sea water, not just sea water from all over the land. It's just that the salt boiled on many coastal beaches contains poison and cannot be eaten by humans."

"If the poison of this salt can be eliminated, the salt cooked in many coastal areas can be eaten, so what is the benefit of Qi Land?"

As soon as these words came out, Han Cang's breathing became rapid. Wei Zhuang, Li Si and other court officials all sat upright. Even Lu Buwei could no longer bear it and said with regret, "If there is such a way, , then the truth is simply unimaginable how much benefit it will bring to our Daqin!"

"This strategy alone can help make Great Qin the richest country and make all the people happy."

"It's a pity that the poison of salt is so strong that no ordinary person can break it!"

"What a pity! What a pity!"

Lu Buwei had long guessed that Ying Chengyu definitely still had many tricks in mind to benefit the country and the people, but he had never revealed them to the outside world.

If Lu Buwei and Ying Zheng hadn't laid the hook with their words and brought out Ying Chengyu's bold ambitions, how could there be such a raging Zhiyuan?

Now Lu Buwei planted the hook again, but Ying Chengyu didn't even look at it, and just rammed into the fish basket!

Ying Chengxiao whispered seductively like a devil: "The poison of salt is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people, but who of the kings and ministers of our Great Qin Dynasty are ordinary people?"

"I have some ideas about how to boil the sea to make salt and remove salt poison. However, because there was little coastal land in our country in the Qin Dynasty in the past, I have not tested it yet."

"It wasn't until I, the Qin Dynasty, destroyed Chu and conquered Qi, and gained many coastal lands, that I had the possibility to verify this conjecture."

"When I join Qi, I will begin to verify my conjecture and study the art of removing salt poison."

"If I gain something, even though I can still have salt and profit in Qi, it will definitely be far worse than it is today!"

Lu Buwei was shocked.

Is Chang'an Jun so happy this time?

Not only did he say it frankly, he even took the responsibility of producing sea salt on his shoulders!

Is this still the lazy Mr. Chang'an?

Han Cang didn't think much about it. He slapped his thigh and looked at Ying Chengyu with gleaming eyes: "Chang'an Lord actually has an idea for making sea salt?!"

"Salt is also beneficial to Italy!"

"In the past, our country, the Qin Dynasty, had been suffering from bitter salt for a long time. It was not until we got the land of Bashu that we had some relief, but it was still insufficient. We had to spend a lot of money to buy it from other countries every year."

"Now that Lord Chang'an is focusing on salt, I think it won't be long before our country Qin will no longer be trapped by salt, and we can even use salt to make great profits!"

Wei Liao murmured with lightning eyes: "Actually, our Great Qin does not insist on taking advantage of the severe drought in Dai to dominate the world."

"There is nothing wrong with attacking Yan and taking Zhao first before attacking Dai."

"The coastline of the land of Yanzhao is quite long, but in the past, salt could not be boiled so it was of little use."

"But if Lord Chang'an can find a way to eliminate salt poison, then the long coastline should belong to me, Great Qin!"

A small handful of salt can not only replenish the strength of soldiers, workers and peasants, but also contain huge benefits.

So is the art of making salt simply the art of making salt?

No!

That is still the art of strengthening the country! The art of enriching the country! Peace of mind! Money printing!

From kings to slaves, who doesn’t know how important salt is? !

As a result, many heroes in the world and many countries have spent a lot of money and energy to study the method of making salt, but it is difficult to achieve anything. If others say that they have some ideas about making sea salt and detoxifying salt, the ministers will just say calmly or laugh it off. So many outstanding people and countries have been working on something for decades and hundreds of years to no avail. How can you do it? Why do you think you have a solution?

However, the person who said this was Ying Chengjiao, so the situation was different!

Even though Ying Chengjiao had not officially started his research yet, one by one, the court officials could not help but start their excited fantasies.

A trace of eagerness flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes, but he regained his composure after a few breaths. His calm voice was like a basin of cold water that rushed to the fiery officials: "Is this a strategy that will eliminate all benefits?"

"What is the strategy of the king's brother to relocate people?"

Seeing that Ying Zheng did not even have a little excited expression, Ying Chengjiao tilted his head and glanced at Ying Zheng in confusion, but he could not see the depth, so he continued: "The number of the former Qi Tian clan members is tens of thousands, and may even have reached hundreds of thousands!"

"Every member of the former Qi Tian clan is a descendant of the former Qi King, and it is inevitable that they have the delusion of restoring the country."

"And most of the former Qi Tian clan members are united. Whenever our Great Qin has policies that are not conducive to the former Qi Tian clan, many of the former Qi Tian clan members may gather together and force the rule. The people of the lower class rebel against the Qin."

"Moreover, the control of the Qi Tian family over the Qi land is extremely stubborn, and they also control the vast majority of the land in the Qi land."

"I think that if we cannot kill them all, we should relocate them all."

"Therefore, I advise to relocate all the people of the Qi Tian family and the powerful and wealthy people in the Qi land who are rebellious to Guanzhong, and then give their land in the Qi land to our soldiers who are from the Qi and have titles."

"At the same time, order the children of the Qi Tian family to change their surnames, and from now on they will no longer be called Tian, ​​but the king will give them surnames to break their ethnic group, break their unity, and keep them under close supervision!"

"In this way, the Qi area may truly belong to our Qin."

This strategy is simple and crude, and it even sounds a bit outrageous at first.

How can you force people to change their surnames! How can a single surname affect the friendship between clan members!

However, Liu Bang in the original history adopted this strategy, and violently and forcefully moved the old Qi Tian clan to Guanzhong in batches. The first batch of the old Qi descendants took the first surname, the second batch took the second surname, and the eighth batch took the eighth surname.

Later, Liu Bang gave new surnames to the branches of the eight clans again for the reasons of reward and punishment, and finally disintegrated the old Qi Tian clan descendants to a certain extent!

Wei Zhuang said thoughtfully: "There are many rumors that the more than 70 sons of Tian Chengzi (Tian Chang) are not all his sons, but the sons of Tian Chengzi's guests with strong and intelligent talents and his concubines in the harem, but Tian Chengzi regarded them as his sons."

"To this day, no one knows whether this rumor is true or false, but there are indeed members of the Tian clan who imitated this rumor and had more than a hundred sons."

"This strategy of Chang'an Jun may not be very effective for other clans, but it may have a miraculous effect on the former Qi Tian clan!"

"However, if this strategy is implemented, the former Qi Tian clan will definitely resist fiercely, and even coerce the former Qi Lishu to attack the government. , and stir up unrest. "

"People in the world will think that our Great Qin is tyrannical and cruel, and it may even cause chaos among the people everywhere!"

Ying Chengjiao nodded in agreement and said, "I think that what the left prime minister said is very true!"

"Therefore, only the general can take this responsibility!"

"If the Tian family of the old Qi or the people of the world really rebel because of this, this general can quickly lead the troops to quell it."

"Although this will cause short-term pain, it can kill many disloyal thieves for our Great Qin, making our Great Qin more stable!"

While speaking, Ying Chengjiao kept pointing at himself, as if to choose me, choose me, and choose me quickly!

If going to the old Qi to be a county governor is equivalent to traveling independently, then escorting the children of the Tian family of the old Qi back to Guanzhong is equivalent to traveling with a group.

Although traveling with a group is not as comfortable as traveling independently and has a strict time plan, it is also traveling, and you can see more local customs and eat more delicious food than when you are marching!

Ying Zheng ignored Ying Chengjiao's self-recommendation, but said thoughtfully: "This strategy is quite unrealistic, but it has some merits."

Lü Buwei also nodded in agreement: "Although this strategy is a bit cruel, it is indeed a good strategy to eliminate hidden dangers!"

Take a deep breath, Lü Buwei solemnly bowed and said: "I follow Chang'an Jun's advice on the strategy, and also advise our Great Qin to cut off the benefits of the old Qi and relocate the people of the old Qi."

"I advise again that Chang'an Jun will take responsibility for this matter!"

Lü Buwei compromised.

Although Lü Buwei knew very well that if Ying Chengjiao developed a technology to remove salt poison, the salt production of Great Qin would increase dramatically, and Great Qin would not only get a surge in income, but also a strong impact from the economic foundation.

Although Lü Buwei knew very well that once Ying Chengjiao's technique came out, the salt policy of Great Qin would be changed, and Lü Buwei would have to work hard for it.

Although Lü Buwei was worried that a series of uncontrollable events might occur after Ying Chengjiao left Neishi County

But, there is no way, Ying Chengjiao gave too much!

That is the salt with skyrocketing production! How can Lü Buwei not be greedy!

Wei Liao and Wei Zhuang both showed joy on their faces and bowed their hands together: "I second the motion!"

However, what the ministers never expected was that Ying Zheng actually frowned and refuted: "The advice given by my brother and all the ministers is too radical!"

Ministers: ???

Ah?

Your Majesty, do you think we are radical? !