The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1165 An ominous premonition [Subscribe*Monthly ticket requested]

"Don't worry about this. You just need to know that the Bingzhou Imperial Merchants, the imperial court, and the Mohist School are willing to pay for this. We don't even need the Qin State to pay or send people. Bingzhou and the Mohist School are willing to bear all the costs of city and water conservancy construction!"

Yan Yan said with a smile.

"Would Bingzhou be so kind?" Li Yao still felt it was unreal.

Not only did Bingzhou agree to the outflow of Mohist talent and funds, but Bingzhou itself was also willing to donate money to Qin for construction.

So what exactly does Bingzhou want?

If Bingzhou and Yan Yan were to do charity out of kindness, Li Yao would never believe it even if she was beaten to death.

The Mohist School is not a charity, and Bingzhou is even less likely to be one.

What the Mohists killed were only some outlaw gangs, but what were killed by Bingzhou were entire regimes and countries. The Xiongnu, Dayuezhi, and Donghu all died at the hands of Bingzhou.

"The Qin State only needs to agree to hand over the city construction and land use rights to the urban investment and trading company formed by the four parties." Yan Yan continued.

"Bingzhou is going to spend money to buy Qin's land?" Li Yao finally reacted.

This cannot be signed.

Once the land is handed over to Bingzhou, even if Bingzhou stations troops there, the Qin court will have no right to intervene.

"No, it's useless for Bingzhou to ask for Qin's enclave. In the end, the land will still belong to Qin and the Qin people!" Yan Yan promised, "If Special Envoy Li Yao doesn't believe it, you can also write this into the letter of credence!"

Li Yao became even more confused and read the alliance letter carefully several times again. Almost all of it was drafted and written by him personally. Bingzhou didn't even make any extra changes. There was only one thing that Bingzhou needed the land development rights of Qin.

"How much money can Bingzhou come up with?" Li Yao asked tentatively after finally finding no loopholes.

"For the initial project, the Bingzhou Imperial Merchants and the National Treasury have promised to invest no less than 30 million yuan!" Yan Yan said, "As for the Mohist School, it's up to you to decide!"

"Thirty million!" Li Yao was shocked. This was almost Bingzhou's annual tax revenue, and it was only a preliminary project, with more to come later.

Is Bingzhou so rich?
Where has Bingzhou, the barefoot man who is not afraid of wearing shoes, gone?
"The Mohist School can also invest 10 million initially, in addition to 30 master craftsmen, no less than 300 mid-level craftsmen, and no less than 5,000 other scholars!" Jing Ke also spoke.

"..." Li Yao was really numb.

Before coming here, he specifically looked up the Mohist school and knew that the Mohist school had really gotten better over the years.

But he took out 10 million without blinking an eye, plus no less than 5,000 talents.

You have to know that among all the scholars of the Hundred Schools of Thought, there are only two or three hundred middle-level disciples, and these can be called masters. The Mohist School can come up with so many disciples at once.

"What we can do is not have much of anything. The Mohist School has nothing much but a lot of people!" Jing Ke sighed.

Having too many people also brings about too many troubles.

The Mohist school was the first of the Hundred Schools of Thought to come to Bingzhou. The development of Bingzhou could not have been separated from the support of the Mohist school. Almost all the construction of cities and counties was supervised by the disciples of the Mohist school. As practice makes perfect, they naturally produced so many civil engineering talents who were good at supervising construction.

Even the Mohists were self-deprecating, saying that they could form a large civil engineering army at any time.

Looking at the document stamped with the Bingzhou national seal, the Bingzhou imperial merchant's private seal, the Mohist seal and the signatures of four parties, Li Yao felt a little lost.

Although he got all the conditions and requirements that Qin wanted, and even achieved results that far exceeded expectations, it just went too smoothly, which made him feel a little unreal. He always felt that there was a big pit waiting for him to jump into.

In addition to the members of the diplomatic mission that brought Li Yao back to Qin, there were also the talents promised by the Mohist School. Although they did not set out from Beiye Royal City at the same time, there were no less than hundreds of people following them.

In addition, there were cartloads of coins promised by Bingzhou and Mohism.

"Qin Guo and Li Yao probably still don't know what's waiting for them!" Chen Jian looked at Li Yao's convoy leaving and shook his head. This is the God of Wealth who came to his door.

So his words "God of Wealth" at the beginning were not really a mockery of Li Yao, but came from the heart.

"I'm not interested in money!" Yan Yan shook his head and looked at the receding convoy, with the mountains of coins appearing in his eyes.

Lishi Fortress received prior notice and dispatched a large army for protection. Not only were the Mohist scholars who returned with the fortress talented enough to need protection, but there were also cartloads of copper coins.

The number is too huge. If someone really takes the risk to rob, it will be a serious problem.

So they cannot afford to be careless.

Outside the city of Xianyang, Ying Zheng and his civil and military officials were also waiting eagerly on Ba Bridge.

The emptiness of the treasury made them feel uneasy.

No one expected that the Qin Dynasty's ability to spend money was so terrible that it actually drained the national treasury that had been filled with great difficulty.

This money from Bingzhou and Mohism is like a life-saving medicine for Daqin.

So when they saw the army appear, escorting a convoy of boxes filled with coins, everyone was excited.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!" Li Yao returned the sword.

"Thank you for your hard work, my dear!" Ying Zheng excitedly held Li Yao's hand.

"Tell me how you did it!" Ying Zheng watched the convoy driving towards the treasury and asked seriously about what happened.

The intelligence only briefly described the completion of the mission, but did not explain the specific process.

Li Yao frowned and shook his head, not knowing where to start. There was no movement at all. Even Bingzhou and Mohism were like running a charity, with no rebuttal or argument at all. As long as Qin proposed something, they agreed unconditionally and cooperated extremely well.

However, Li Yao still explained it in detail and asked Ying Zheng to help him figure out the purpose of Bingzhou and Mohism's actions.

"My dear, what you mean is that Bingzhou and Mohism have never had any objections. They just asked for the right to build and the right to develop and use the land, and promised that the ownership of the land will still belong to Qin?" Ying Zheng could not understand the actions and intentions of Bingzhou and Mohism.

"The problem must be with the construction rights and development and use rights. As for the construction rights, I feel that the other party doesn't care that much, so more problems lie with the development and use rights!" Li Yao said with a frown.

This is what he cannot understand the most.

The Qin State did make plans for land planning and use. It was not the case that Bingzhou and the Mohists could use the land for whatever they wanted.

However, Bingzhou and Mohism still had no objections and expressed their absolute respect for the suggestions and regulations of the Qin government.

"Sell the house?" Ying Zheng suddenly reacted.

It just doesn’t feel real.

Are houses so easy to sell?

Although land is very expensive in Xianyang, not many people can afford to buy a house there.

Moreover, the people themselves are not incapable of building houses, so even if Bingzhou and Mohism built properties in the areas planned for development by Qin, the people still have to have the money to pay for them.

If the price is too high, people won’t pay for it.

(End of this chapter)