Chapter 164: Human Eating Episode
After listening to Li Nian’s words, the ministers’ thoughts that Great Qin was not the most productive place in the world became even more serious.
The place that can produce hundreds of millions of taels of silver is somewhere else, the world's top iron ore is also somewhere else, and so many useful crops are somewhere else.
No wonder Li Nian said that these places are not only not barren, but are even better than Da Qin in some aspects, they are really better.
Li Nian moved the wooden stick to Rongzhou and continued to explain: "There is also the world's top iron ore here, and it is a super large-scale rich iron ore, which is easier to mine and refine."
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Li Niandi is naturally referring to the Hammersley Iron Mine in Australia.
Although the ministers did not know how fragrant this iron ore was, the terms "ranked among the best in the world" and "super large and rich iron ore" have attracted them.
Take it, take it, you must take it. Such good things should be in our hands, Da Qin!
Moreover, some far-sighted ministers have predicted that the age of copper will pass and the age of iron will usher in.
Weapons and armor in the future will all be made of iron. Iron will be an important resource for the entire country. Whoever can master these huge amounts of iron ore now will seize the opportunity in the future.
If they don't take the initiative to master it, are they going to let it fall into the hands of foreign tribes who will use the iron smelted from these iron ores to make weapons to attack them in the future?
Li Nian moved the wooden stick to Hezhou in the lower left corner and said: "There is a huge gold mine here, and the 'gold' in it is real 'gold'. At least one can be mined One hundred million kilograms of gold”
It has been more than 130 years since the Rand Gold Mine in South Africa was discovered, and 35,000 tons of gold have been mined. After conversion, based on the kilograms of Daqin, it is 138 million kilograms. gold.
Another explosive news, even more explosive than the previous silver or iron mines.
This is gold, real gold. More than 100 million kilograms of real gold is obviously more amazing 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 you still have to get there by sea.
Even for so much gold, the navy must be built up and strong.
Actually, the resources in Shenzhou are not bad, but Li Nian deliberately introduced the resources in the world to the ministers in this way.
In this way, they can understand that there is heaven beyond the sky, and there is earth beyond the earth, and they are no longer limited to the thought of "I am the country of heaven, and I disdain the wilderness of the outside world."
So, do you want so much iron, silver, and gold?
If you want, let me forge ahead and develop vigorously. Let your footsteps travel throughout the world and spread China's influence around the world!
Ying Zheng and the ministers of Great Qin were indeed moved, but unlike a certain country, they were not dazzled by the huge amount of gold and still maintained a clear sense of reason.
We can’t just introduce the benefits of distant places, but also let them understand that there are good places nearby.
Li Nian pointed at the area where Shenzhou and Rongzhou meet: "There is also a mine with huge reserves here, which is among the top in the world. It not only contains gold mines, but also copper mines and iron mines."
"And due to factors such as the environment and climate, the area is also very rich in birds, animals, flowers, plants and trees. If rice is planted here, it can be harvested three times a year."
"This area also has unique rice seeds with high yields. , early-maturing, and drought-tolerant. Even if you cultivate it casually and don't pay attention to irrigation and care, you can still harvest a lot if you let the rice grow naturally. "It's another good place. They already knew the good place outside Daqin when they saw the globe and world map. A lot, but I didn’t expect there to be so many.
As Li Nian introduced the situation in various parts of the world one by one, this understanding became more and more serious in the minds of the ministers. They are all good places with many good things. How great would it be if they could be owned by Great Qin?
At this time, even the most stupid people understood what Li Nian meant. The purpose was to arouse their interest in foreign development and agree to establish an independent navy.
But I have to say that Li Nian's plan was successful, and it successfully aroused the interest of the ministers. Beyond the six countries, the world is so big, and there are still such vast lands waiting to be conquered and explored.
But they also had many questions. For example, Wang Jian asked curiously at this time: "There are also countries in these areas?"
When Ying Zheng showed them the earth earlier, He had already told them that there were countries in the outside world that were different from Great Qin, and there were other nations that were different from China, but His Majesty obviously also listened to what this person said, and how could he know as much as this person.
That’s why Wang Jian asked this question, and other ministers also turned their attention to Li Nian, full of curiosity, wanting to know what the countries in the outer regions were like, what kind of people lived in them, and what they looked like. Look, is there a country of gentlemen, a country of small people, and a country of adults mentioned in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?
Where to start?
Li Nian looked at the world map and decided to start with North America and South America, which were called "Xuanzhou" and "Yingzhou" on the map.
“There are also people living in these places, and there are also countries, but they are not the same everywhere. For example, Xuanzhou and Yingzhou, the people living there have slightly yellow or light brown skin and black and smooth hair. , with prominent cheekbones, somewhat similar to the northern Hu people."
"They are also civilized. , but compared to us, Great Qin is still quite backward. Although they can also use bronze tools, they mostly use stone tools, and they don’t know how to smelt iron.”
Hearing this, many ministers nodded slightly. In the future, when Great Qin lands on Xuanzhou and Yingzhou, how can a group of natives who are still using stone tools stop Great Qin's tiger and wolf forces?
At the same time, some ministers also lamented that such good land and such rich resources, these people do not know how to use it.
"These countries did not unify the world like the Great Qin, but regarded their respective city-states as countries, that is, a city is a country and a dynasty. The country is governed by priests and princes and nobles. The king is hereditary, in charge of etiquette, and stipulates the dates for farming. ”
“Civilians are ordinary farmers and craftsmen. In addition to civilians, there are also slaves, generally from prisoners of war captured during wars between city-states, criminals, and people who cannot repay their debts. "
That is not a threat to the Qin Dynasty, and the six countries cannot resist together. Qin, each city-state will have more different thoughts, and it will be more difficult to integrate forces to fight against Qin.
At that time, if Great Qin wants to take control of these two continents, it will just repeat the old story of swallowing up the six kingdoms on these foreign countries.
The foreign countries of Xuanzhou and Yingzhou are not that good either. With so many city-states operating independently, no one has ever thought of unifying them?
No, non-unification is the best, and it is more beneficial to Da Qin!
“In addition to these more civilized people, there are also 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 hair and drink blood.”
There are rumors of cannibals in South America in later generations. In the era of Great Qin, they were probably even more primitive and barbaric.
Li Nian specially added: "They really cannibalize people!"
Although Da Qin originally had a practice of cooking people, this was usually just a way to deal with sinners and would not Cook it and eat it.
Suddenly hearing that there were real tribes of cannibals in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou, many ministers were still a little surprised: Are there really cannibals in these two places?
(End of this chapter)