Diqin Designer

Chapter 163 Cannibal
After listening to Li Nian's words, the ministers' idea that Daqin was not the most resource-rich place in the world became even stronger.

The place that can produce 100 million taels of silver is somewhere else, the world's top iron mines are also somewhere else, and so many useful crops are also somewhere else.

No wonder Li Nian said that these places are not only not barren, but are even better than Daqin in some aspects. They are really better.

Li Nian moved the stick to Rongzhou and continued to explain: "Here is also the world's top iron ore, and it is a super large iron-rich ore, which is easier to mine and refine."

Li Nianti’s reference is naturally the Hamersley Iron Mine in Australia.

Although the ministers did not know how delicious this iron ore was, the two terms "top in the world" and "super large iron-rich mine" had already attracted them.

Take it, take it, we must take it. Such a good thing must be in the hands of our Great Qin!
Moreover, some far-sighted ministers had already predicted that the era of copper would pass and the era of iron would come.

In the future, all weapons and armor will be made of iron, and iron will be an important resource for the entire country. Whoever can control these huge amounts of iron ore now will seize the initiative in the future.

If they don't take the initiative to master it, will they let it fall into the hands of foreign tribes, and let those foreign tribes use the iron refined from these iron ore to make weapons to attack them in the future?

Li Nian moved the stick to Hezhou in the lower left corner and said, "There is a huge gold mine here. The 'gold' here is real 'gold'. At least 100 million kilograms of gold can be mined from it."

The Rand gold mine in South Africa was discovered in 1866, more than 130 years ago, and 3.5 tons of gold have been mined. After conversion, in terms of Daqin's kilograms, it is as much as 1.38 million kilograms of gold.

This is another explosive news, even more explosive than the previous silver mine and iron mine.

This is gold, real gold. More than 100 million kilograms of real gold is obviously more astonishing than 100 million kilograms of silver.

But why is it not in Daqin, but somewhere else?

Looking at the location, it is difficult to get there by land, so we have to go there by sea.

Even for so much gold, we have to build a navy and make it a strong one.

In fact, Shenzhou’s resources are not bad, but Li Nian deliberately introduced the world’s resources to his ministers in this way.

Only in this way can they understand that there is always someone better than you, and no longer be limited to the idea of ​​"We are the Celestial Empire, and we don't care about the wild outside world."

How about this? Do you want so much iron, silver and gold?
If you want, then go ahead and forge ahead. Develop it vigorously. Let your footsteps travel all over the world and spread China's influence around the globe!
Ying Zheng and his ministers were indeed tempted, but unlike a certain country, they were not dazzled by the huge amount of gold and remained sober.

We can't just introduce the advantages of distant places, but also let them know that there are good places nearby.

Li Nian pointed at the area where Shenzhou and Rongzhou met: "There is also a mine here with huge reserves, which is also among the best in the world. It not only has gold mines, but also copper mines and iron mines."

"Because of the climate and other factors, this place is also very rich in birds, animals, flowers, plants and trees. If you grow rice here, you can harvest it three times a year."

"This area also has a unique variety of rice that is high-yielding, early-maturing, and drought-resistant. Even if it is cultivated casually without careful irrigation and care, and the rice is allowed to grow naturally, a lot of harvest can be obtained." It's another good place. When they saw the globe and the world map, they already knew that there were many good places outside Daqin, but they didn't expect there would be so many.

As Li Nian introduced the situations in various parts of the world one by one, this understanding became stronger in the minds of the ministers. They were all good places with many good things. How great it would be if they could belong to the Qin Dynasty?
At this point, even the dumbest people understood what Li Nian meant. His purpose was to arouse their interest in external development and agree to set up an independent navy.

But it must be said that Li Nian's plan was successful and successfully aroused the interest of all the ministers. Apart from the six kingdoms, the world is so big and there are still vast lands waiting to be conquered and explored.

But they also had many questions. For example, Wang Jian asked curiously, "Are there any states in these areas?"

When Ying Zheng took out the globe to show them, he had already told them that there were countries outside that were different from the Qin Dynasty, and other ethnic groups that were different from China. But His Majesty obviously just listened to what this person said, and he didn't know as much as this person.

Therefore, Wang Jian asked this question, and other ministers also turned their eyes to Li Nian, all of them were full of curiosity, wanting to know what those foreign countries were like, what kind of people lived in them, what they looked like, and whether there were the gentleman countries, villain countries, and giant countries mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"?

Where should I start?

Li Nian glanced at the world map and decided to start with North America and South America, which were called "Xuanzhou" and "Yingzhou" on the map.

"These places are also inhabited by people and have states, but they are not the same in each place. For example, the people living in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou have slightly yellow or light brown skin, black and smooth hair, and prominent cheekbones, which are somewhat similar to the northern Hu people."

"They also have civilization, but compared to our Great Qin, they are still quite backward. Although they can use bronze tools, they mostly use stone tools, and they don't know how to smelt iron."

Hearing this, many ministers nodded slightly. If the Qin Dynasty landed in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou in the future, how could a group of natives who still used stone tools stop the Qin Dynasty's fierce army?

At the same time, some ministers were also lamenting that these people did not know how to make use of such good land and such abundant resources. They had a treasure mountain but did not know how to use it.

"They did not unify the world like the Qin Dynasty, but each city-state was a kingdom. Each city was a kingdom, a dynasty. The kingdom was governed by priests and nobles. The king was hereditary, in charge of rituals and set the dates for farming."

"The common people were ordinary farmers and craftsmen. In addition to the common people, there were also slaves, who were generally prisoners of war captured during wars between city-states, criminals, and people who could not repay their debts."

That would not pose a threat to the Qin Dynasty. The six countries could not unite to resist the Qin Dynasty. The minds of each city-state would be even more different, and it would be even more difficult to integrate forces to fight against the Qin Dynasty.

By then, if the Qin Dynasty wants to rule these two continents, it will only be a repetition of the past experience of swallowing up the six kingdoms on these foreign countries, making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones, dividing and conquering them.

The foreign countries in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou are not that great either. With so many city-states governing themselves independently, has no one ever thought of unifying them all?
No, it is best not to unify, which is more beneficial to the Qin Dynasty!
"In addition to these more civilized people, there are still some primitive tribes in these two continents. These tribes are not civilized enough, and their customs are quite primitive and barbaric. It is not an exaggeration to say that they eat raw meat and drink blood."

There are rumors of cannibals in South America in later generations. In the Qin era, they were probably even more primitive and barbaric.

Li Nian specially added: "They really eat people!"

Although the Qin Dynasty also had the law of cooking people, it was usually just a way to deal with criminals, and they would not be cooked and actually eaten.

Many ministers were surprised to hear that there were cannibalistic tribes in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou: Are there really cannibals in these two places?
(End of this chapter)