My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

"But no one in the court is more familiar with the nature of horses and the terrain of Longxi than the Marquis of Longxi. Moreover, Your Majesty and I have witnessed the Marquis of Longxi's style of doing things. The Marquis of Longxi is a man who leads by example and will never easily abandon his comrades on the battlefield."

"The Marquis of Longxi never dared to distort the orders of Your Majesty. He did his best to complete the mission and always wanted to bring back the best results."

"Let the Marquis of Longxi go back to Longxi County to be in charge of horse breeding. I believe that the Marquis of Longxi will definitely satisfy Your Majesty."

"Let Li Xin raise horses?"

The emperor circled around in circles again. Although he felt that something was wrong, he couldn't put his finger on it for the moment.

Seeing Meng Tian was about to speak again, Qin II reluctantly agreed and said, "Since you have recommended me so much, I cannot go against your wishes. Let Li Xin be in charge of raising horses."

When Meng Tian heard the emperor say this, he did not dare to be happy. Instead, he became more respectful and serious, "Let the Marquis of Longxi raise horses. I believe that in five years, the grasslands of my Qin State will be full of fine horses."

"Your Majesty can rest assured."

Meng Tian kept speaking well of Li Xin, but the Second Emperor of Qin frowned and said, "Two hundred thousand war horses, no less."

Meng Tian exclaimed, "Two hundred thousand?"

Qin II looked disapproving and slowly walked to the bronze mirror in front of the screen.

Meng Tian had no choice but to follow suit.

Qin II peeked at himself in the bronze mirror. He had a tall and handsome figure, elegant manners, not to mention a beautiful appearance.

"Look at how beautiful my face is."

Qin II said this in a tone of great regret, and the entire hall fell into silence.

Chen Ping looked up at the sky, remaining speechless.

Every few days, His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly feel sad about the passing of time and sigh about the world.

Actually, he quite liked the emperor's melancholy about the passing of time, because he would always come up with some beautiful words that would soothe people's hearts.

The emperor himself was sad about the passing of time, but he was a person who did not like to write sad articles, so he always maintained the usual tone, mournful but not sorrowful.

Very rare.

But he didn't expect that today, he would watch the emperor easily throw away the last bit of his face after he got the gunpowder.

However, Feng Jing was different. Although he was not used to the emperor's personality, he really liked the emperor's gorgeous and handsome appearance.

There were many times when Feng Jing also wished that he could grow up to be like the emperor.

When Meng Tian heard what the emperor said, he just laughed in his heart.

Everyone looked at Qin II, and he said, "But even if I have such a good appearance, how many years can I keep it?"

Qin II stroked his beard again, looked at himself in the mirror, and felt that there was no one in the world more handsome than himself.

He turned around, and his white robe swirled on the ground.

The emperor said with great confidence, "While I am still young and strong, I will conquer as much territory as I can."

"There is no eternal peace in this world. The so-called temporary peace and short-lived tranquility are all built through long wars, paved with blood and corpses, and fought out with fists."

"If the Qin State occupies one more inch of land and conquers one more country, the people of the Qin State will be less disturbed by other countries and suffer less from wars in the future."

"What do you think?"

Although Chen Ping had always been dissatisfied with the appearance of Qin II, he always admired his eloquence and vision.

"Best regards, Your Majesty."

Others hurriedly followed Chen Ping's lead.

Afterwards, Qin II told Meng Tian a lot about the construction of the Golden Fire Cavalry Corps.

Qin II gave Meng Tian two new pattern books, on which the materials, quantities, and even the sequence were meticulously marked with lead.

After a careful observation, Meng Tian exclaimed, "Your Majesty, what is this?"

Meng Tian had never seen such a detailed pattern before. He had participated in some military engineering construction and had seen many drawings, but none of them were as detailed and professional as the one given to him by Qin II today.

It’s unbelievable that such straight lines were actually drawn by hand.

"This is a stirrup, and this is a saddle. These two are mainly used to equip horses."

"You see, the purpose of forming a cavalry regiment is to enable everyone to ride a horse."

"The chariots that once raced at lightning speed on the battlefield must of course be modified. I will install iron sheets on the chariots. The chariots will become stronger and stronger, almost indestructible, and without good horses, such chariots cannot be driven."

"This corps is bound to become the best in the world. It is better to prepare early than late."

"Since there are only 20,000 war horses, let's make 20,000 pairs of saddles and stirrups first. Let the soldiers practice first."

"If anyone is restless around the Great Qin, I will use these iron hooves to crush his mansion to the ground."

Meng Tian received it.

After he returned home, he began to prepare saddles and stirrups in full swing.

As long as the empire has production tasks, the soldiers who retire from the battlefield will have jobs and food to eat.

This is probably a good thing.

Meng Tian handed the matter over to Zhao Tuo.

Are these people who are nostalgic for their hometown really reliable?

Whether it was Li Xin or Zhao Tuo, no matter how far they went, their hearts always remained in Xianyang and Guanzhong.

Meng Tian always felt at ease when working with these people.

After all, how bad can a person be who misses his hometown all the time?

After Zhao Tuo took over the stirrup and saddle production, he naturally became the person in charge of the production workshop.

At this time, he already had a lot of experience to refer to.

Since the empire began to develop industry, all kinds of outstanding people have emerged, and elites from all walks of life have participated in the construction while there are huge economic profits to be made.

The vast majority of businessmen prefer a peaceful environment so that they can do business well.

However, the Qin State had a large group of people who were businessmen engaged in the industries of military weapons assembly and even war services.

Because the goods these merchants were responsible for were of a special nature, not only could they not make any mistakes, they also had to be people trusted by the emperor himself. All these factors led to the fact that these business tycoons in charge of arms were actually royal relatives.

These people, who are both attached to power and in control of wealth, are naturally the most powerful group of people behind the scenes of the empire.

This kind of noble family is usually so low-key that they never even leave the house and their names are unknown to outsiders.

They are the minions of imperial power, but also the biggest threat to the emperor himself.

Because it was they who had conflicts of interest with the emperor from time to time.

As soon as they heard about making saddles and stirrups, the first things that were offended were the interests of the old nobles.

They can produce the most expensive products at the lowest cost, and then use the emperor's name to make people all over the world pay the price to buy these products. Then they can let the emperor take the blame and buy these products, and then distribute them to the army.

This has been the case for many years.

A huge war-torn country that has experienced more than a hundred years of ups and downs, the forces behind it have long been intertwined and the network of relationships is intricate.

And this force is bound to rely on war.

When war breaks out, they are the biggest beneficiaries.

Once the war is over, their interests will be impacted.

The people whom Qin II offended were mainly these arms dealers. All industries and trades developed around war were impacted.

The empire is in desperate need of alternative industries.

However - the emperor gave an alternative plan, but unfortunately, the emperor planned to use the new industry to support the common people instead of the nobles.

He entrusted this important task to a man named Zhao Tuo.

Another imperial general who rose on the battlefield in South Vietnam.

The reform of the empire mainly came from the deployment of people.

Qin II pressed forward step by step, using both kindness and force, and finally kicked a group of old dignitaries, high-ranking officials, and meritorious officials out of the original imperial interest network.

To be honest, the old heroes are not that bad, because the new heroes will still do the same things that the old heroes did in the past.

The new heroes are not that kind. They were born in the lower classes, and once hated those who stood in high positions but did not do well. Now they are striving to stand in this position, and they are looking forward to making a new career and becoming famous for generations.

But in fact, in the past, their predecessors also united with the same wish and defeated the previous wave of predecessors.

The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and the front wave dies on the beach.

The back wave will never stop, but unfortunately the back wave eventually becomes the front wave.

This was an age of empire building, but it was also the best of times.

Everything has just begun...

Everything seems bad, but people always have some hope in their hearts. Everyone is eager to find a way to make everyone happy, peaceful and cheerful.

Everyone is on the road of hard work.

Everyone believes that world peace is just around the corner.

Universal love and non-aggression are the future.

People rolled up their sleeves and worked hard. They followed Qin II's footsteps closely, believing that Qin II could give them what they wanted.

Everyone at that time had sharp eyes and understood clearly that even the poorest people dared to speak loudly and fight for justice for themselves.

This was the era of Qin II.

An era in history that is destined to be missed by everyone.

In the early days of the Empire's technological explosion, a large number of people had already understood the true meaning of the times and devoted themselves to the craftsman industry.

They are not passionate about loving all and not attacking others. They just want a good job in a very mundane way, to avoid being bullied and to be decent people.

But a very realistic problem also arises.

Not many people can catch the trend, and there are only a few mouthfuls of good soup and meat, so there are not enough delicious food left for those who come later.

Just wait and see. Once the scale of the many state-owned factories, companies, and enterprises is officially determined, the people inside will take the initiative to exclude outsiders.

The door will inevitably close.

It has only been a short time and this trend has already emerged.

In the beginning, workers were very popular and their status was naturally high.

Scarcity makes things valuable; this is an eternal truth.

There's nothing you can do about it, human nature is selfish.

Once a family member has the opportunity to succeed, the first thing he will do is to promote his own family members. Those relatives who have nothing to do with him have nothing to do with them.

In the autumn of that year, Qin had another bumper harvest of grain.

The ministers congratulated the emperor, saying that since he ascended the throne, natural disasters have become less and less frequent, and famine and famine have disappeared everywhere.

No one can’t afford to eat now.

Because everyone had enough food to eat, the people of the six countries began to accept the influence of the law.

But people’s demands are endless. After having enough food, they want to compete for social status.

These are all trends, and the ministers of Qin had already expected them.

Those who can stand in the court are those who have crawled out of dark experiences. They know better than anyone that there are actually no good people in this world, and everyone is the same.

The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive.

Civilization and law are always the outer covering of these things.

It is precisely because of these outer coats that there are always some fish that slip through the net and think that the world is beautiful and live in a cage built by someone.

The ministers were talking about this, and naturally they wanted to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

In the past, everyone was hungry and resentful of each other, and all their energy was focused on the people around them, so naturally they had no time to think about trivial things.

But now, Qin II has ensured that everyone has enough food to eat, and the brothers are thinking differently.

Once you are well fed and well clothed, evil desires will arise and degeneration is inevitable.

The ministers were worried that history would repeat itself and urged the emperor to open up the country to business.

If there is no war, the people will definitely go into business.

There is no way, there are four major categories: scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.

Although business is deceptive, it is in line with people's selfish desires and is most popular among the lower classes. Selling something for three cents for four cents and making a profit is an easy thing, and everyone loves to do it.

But they could not climb up to the position of scholars because it was too hard and tiring. They were unwilling to endure this suffering. If they were willing to endure this suffering, they would not choose to engage in business.

Industry and agriculture are physically demanding jobs, which not only make people feel very tired, but also make it easy to get dirty. These are the jobs that make people feel most inferior.

Ugh……

Even if the ministers did not mention it, the people would have burst out with such demands.

Even though the emperor did not allow business, commercial activities were spreading everywhere.

Because everyone has to live.

"Your Majesty, these products must be exported. Even if it means trading with the vassal states..."

"We should not only trade with the princes, but also South Vietnam is a country worth trading with. We give them farming tools, seeds, and teach them how to grow crops."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The old ministers gathered together and chattered, saying some irrelevant nonsense, trying to test the bottom line of Qin II.

Wang Wan was sitting in the front and yawned inadvertently.

Qin II sat in the seat of honor, watching all the people talking and thinking that if he was nicer to the people, the empire would be destroyed tomorrow.

Qin II frowned and secretly memorized the names of these old men in his heart.

At this time, Meng Yi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think that since the empire is building model cities, why not build a few economic cities?"

"I have an idea. Luoyang, Handan, Linzi, Chengdu and Wan have had a developed economy and profound cultural heritage since ancient times."

"Since so many people want to do business, it shows that everyone needs it. Why not go with the flow and establish these five cities to allow them to do business." (End of this chapter)