Chapter 163: Does our country, Great Qin, have to be blessed with a unique place?
Before they could figure it out, Li Nian immediately told them what was wrong, suppressing the enthusiasm that had just arisen in the hearts of the ministers.
He said: "Your Majesty and everyone, although there is a lot of silver, it cannot be used as food or clothing. Even if so much silver is brought back, it will not make Da Qin rich and powerful immediately, so that everyone in Da Qin can Eat and put on some clothes.”
The enthusiasm of the ministers immediately subsided. They were all smart people, and they immediately understood that if the world does not make enough clothes and does not grow enough food, there is nothing you can do if you have money in your hands. You cannot eat money when you are hungry. , Wear silver when it’s cold.
But hearing about such a huge amount of money is really exciting. This kind of craze among people has also happened in a certain Western country.
This country once plundered a large amount of silver, thinking that the silver would make the country rich and powerful and the people prosperous, but it backfired and eventually declined.
Because this country has not woken up from the sudden enthusiasm for mining. It thinks that if it has money in its hands, it does not need to produce it itself. It only needs to buy various things from other countries. Anyway, men have money, that is Bold and arrogant.
The huge amount of money indeed made that country prosperous for a while, but the country did not have its own industry, and no one was engaged in production. It looked strong and wealthy, but in fact it was just false prosperity, and falsehoods would eventually come to pass one day. The truth was revealed.
It is not as clear-minded as the ancient Chinese thought, "If you have food in your hands, you will not panic in your heart", rather than "If you have money in your hands, you will not panic in your heart", unless the money can be directly used for food and clothing.
“Besides, even if you want to get the silver back from here, you have to rely on the navy.”
Only then did everyone notice that the place Li Nian was pointing to was on the lower right side of the map, which was far away from the Qin Dynasty and spanned many, many sea areas of the Qin Dynasty.
Can’t we go by land?
With this idea in mind, everyone took a closer look at the map. If they wanted to go by land, the detour would be further than by sea. Moreover, the land route did not seem to be completely connected. Between Shenzhou and There is a gap between the Xuanzhous.
On this map, it looks like just a small gap, but in reality, it is probably a very wide strait, and there are mountains, rivers, swamps, dense forests, etc. on the land. If we really want to start from Going overland, the actual distance to travel is much further than what you see on the map.
If you really want to get the billions of pounds of silver from that place, you have to either fly there or go by sea. What Li Nian said is true.
The ministers began to seriously consider Li Nian's proposal to establish an independent navy and build a naval school. If other parts of the world had such high-quality resources, and these places were better accessible from the sea, a powerful navy would really have to be established.
The ministers of Great Qin understand one thing very well. If they do not take the high-quality resources in these places, they will be taken away by other countries. If they are allowed to be taken away by others, they will probably be used to harm themselves in the future. , of course it is better to keep it in your own hands.
‘Li Nian said that many interests in the next hundred years or even a hundred years later will require the navy. This is not an empty lie, but the truth. It is said that sages in ancient times can predict events of hundreds of years, but I think it is an exaggeration. This Li Nian may be the sage in legend! ’ Many ministers secretly thought in their hearts.
Li Nian tapped Yingzhou in the lower right corner with a wooden stick and said: "This iron ore is also very rich. There are several of the largest iron ore deposits in the world here, among which the reserves are the third. The largest iron ore mine is also here, and the iron ore reserves are The amount is hundreds of billions of kilograms."
The ministers heard their breathing quicken. This number was much larger than silver. At the same time, they also had a thought in their hearts: Is it true that our country, Da Qin, is not a kingdom in heaven? , uniquely blessed? Why does it sound like this place called "Yingzhou" is so unique!
Li Nian didn't know what they were thinking, so he circled Xuanzhou and Yingzhou with wooden sticks: "Not only silver mines, but also many other resources, such as crops that our Daqin does not have: potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, corn, cassava, Cinchona trees, rubber trees..."
When it came to potatoes, Li Nian thought of the potatoes he brought from modern times. After consulting many experienced local farmers in Xianyang some time ago, Li Nian decided Wait until next spring to plant again. Li Nian mentioned several crops that the ministers had never heard of before. The ministers guessed in their hearts: potatoes should be a kind of bean sprouts, corn should be a jade-like rice, rubber trees, sweet potatoes, cassava, and tomatoes could not be guessed. What does it come from? Cinchona tree, what a weird name.
Li Niandao: "Potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and cassava are all crops and can be used as staple food. Their yields are good and their requirements for planting conditions are not high, such as drought, cold and water shortage. "
Based on Li Nian's understanding of Daqin's current climate and environment, potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and cassava can definitely be grown in Daqin. He did not mention the specific yield, but only said, " The output is good."
The reason why these high-yielding crops of later generations have high yields is due to generations of selection and the use of chemical fertilizers. If they really went to America, they would bring back ancient varieties, and the yields would not be as high as those of later generations.
“Tomato is a vegetable and can also be eaten as a fruit. The bark of the cinchona tree is a medicine and has special effects on malaria.”
Hearing this, many people The ministers' eyes became serious. Malaria is a notoriously difficult disease to treat, and many people die from it every year. There has never been a particularly effective drug.
But today this person said that the bark of the cinchona tree can cure malaria. If this is true, how many lives can be saved?
Not only that, the miasma in the south often causes malaria, which means that if you get this thing, you will no longer be afraid of the miasma and can vigorously cultivate the land in the south.
Some people have long wanted to develop the rich and fertile land in the south. However, there are many miasma in the south, which will make people sick and difficult to cure, so they have been left there.
But if the poison of the miasma can be solved, the south can be reclaimed on a large scale. With the richness of the water and soil in the south, it will definitely become a land of fish and rice in the Qin Dynasty.
Noting the change in the eyes of the ministers, Li Nian added a special sentence, saying: "Not only the bark of the cinchona tree is effective in treating malaria, but grassroots can also treat malaria, and the effect is no better than that of the cinchona tree. The bark is poor.”
We need to teach the doctors of this era some medical knowledge that can be used in this era as soon as possible. I wonder when those doctors will arrive in Xianyang?
Ying Zheng has ordered to summon doctors to Xianyang, but this matter is not so easy to do: not only because there are few doctors at that time, but also considering that calling so many doctors to Xianyang, various places will inevitably There is a shortage of doctors for a period of time, but someone may get sick again at any time. You cannot ignore the life and death of patients everywhere just to recruit doctors.
Therefore, according to Li Nian's proposal, he first inspected and understood the medical conditions in various places, and selected a group of doctors who were sure to have medical skills to go to Xianyang.
Hearing Li Nian's words, Chunyu Yue smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If they are all effective, then just take them all back!"
Other ministers also nodded, only children do this For multiple-choice questions, of course for adults, both cinchona and wormwood are needed. If one doesn't work, you can use the other, which is safe!
Li Nian continued: "The rubber tree is something that we will use in the future development of Great Qin. This thing is quite important!"
Unless the development of Great Qin takes a different civilization route , otherwise it would be impossible to avoid oil, rubber and other substances, but with him here, it is estimated that the Great Qin of this world will not be able to take another route, and will follow the same technological route as the later generations from which he came.
(End of this chapter)