Diqin Designer

Chapter 157 Respect for the World (End of Volume )

The meat stewed with thirteen spices also left them with a long aftertaste, but it was a pity that there was only a small piece, which was not enough for them. However, they also knew that if each of them had a big bowl and was full, how much meat would they need to stew with the number of Zhao people in Handan?
But the taste is really good. Even if you don’t eat meat, drinking a bowl of soup is quite satisfying.

When stewing this meat, refined salt and thirteen spices must have been used at the same time. There is no astringency, only pure saltiness and the rich aroma brought by the thirteen spices.

Besides, when the honeycomb coal was burning in the furnace, it gave them a feeling different from the stone coal they had used before. There was actually not much peculiar smell or coal smoke, and the fire was very stable.

If we can use this thing in the winter, how much firewood can be saved?

Group after group of Zhao people came on stage to see the tables, chairs and benches, and tasted salt and tofu, all of which are common items in later generations, but are extremely novel to these Zhao people.

After seeing that hundreds of Zhao people had come up to the stage, the county governor said: "These tables, chairs, benches, tofu, thirteen spices, and honeycomb coal were all made by Li Nian and presented to Your Majesty. Your Majesty is moved by the difficulties of the world and the hardships of the people's lives, so today I give them to all the people for their enjoyment. By Your Majesty's order:"

The county magistrate said solemnly: "Tables, chairs and benches can be made by everyone every day, and everyone can sit on them. The methods of making tofu, thirteen spices, and honeycomb coal will be spread throughout the world, and everyone can use them."

After saying this, the county magistrate said, "This fine salt will also be spread throughout the world. Its price will not be higher than today's salt, and everyone will be able to eat it!"

The county magistrate was speaking completely in accordance with the decree from Xianyang, but he did not quite understand why the decree required him to tell the people that these things were made by Li Nian. Wouldn't it be more popular to say that they were made by Your Majesty?
Maybe Li Nian has a close relationship with His Majesty, and it may not be necessary for him to be a young master...

After hearing the county governor's words, everyone, whether they were sitting or eating on the stage or watching from below, fell silent. Suddenly, several people in the crowd shouted, "Long live His Majesty!"

Led by these people, other Zhao people also began to shout: "Long live His Majesty!"

All the Zhao people began to kneel down and kowtow towards the southwest, in the direction of Xianyang. Even the county governor on the stage and the Qin soldiers guarding around the stage knelt down and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor!"

The Zhao prisoners who had just been pardoned today also shouted along with the crowd.

Although the salt needed to be purchased, the tables, chairs, tofu, thirteen spices, and honeycomb coal were all good things that were beneficial to them, which meant that they had indeed accepted the King of Qin...

No, it’s the grace of the Emperor Qin!
At this moment, shouts were heard from other directions of Handan City. The content of the shouts was the same as theirs. They were all shouting "Long live His Majesty!", shaking the whole city of Handan.

Not far from the group of people led by the county magistrate, the window of a house was opened. An old man stood in front of the window looking over here. After a long sigh, he shook his head.

After today, even if there was a deep hatred between the people of Zhao and Qin, much of it will be eliminated. And will the people of Zhao who no longer hate Qin restore the State of Zhao?
The old man has the answer to this question in his heart.

The King of Qin made a very clever move. He took advantage of the opportunity of proclaiming himself emperor to claim that the whole world would celebrate and show benevolence to the people of the world, but in fact he was trying to buy the hearts of the people.

As for the people, even if there is great hatred, even if some people of Zhao are unwilling to let it go, more people of Zhao will think about living a good life in the future and living well, rather than being immersed in revenge.

This is the case with Handan in Zhao, and I'm afraid it's the same in Chu, Yan, Han, and Wei...

When the people of the six kingdoms let go of their hatred for Qin's conquest of the six kingdoms, then the six kingdoms will be truly destroyed.

Since the people all believed in the King of Qin and became his subjects, who would be willing to restore the old country?
In Qindi, in the county where Ya and Nao lived, they were watching a competition with their families, which was a competition between the new plow and the old plow currently used by the Qin Dynasty.

The venue for this competition is larger than the one in Xianyang Liuying Palace, and there are more oxen and plows involved, so the results can be more intuitive.

When the Qin people saw that the new plow only required one man, one ox, and one plow, and that its plowing efficiency was just as good as the old plow, they cried out in amazement. If you want the people to quickly accept something, you don't have to exaggerate it as something that is rare on earth or in the sky, but you should show it to them directly, compare it with the old one, and let them see the effect directly.

Now they can see that with this new plow, they will be able to plow more land and grow more grain in the future. Your Majesty has also reduced their corvée and taxes, so the grain reserves at home will surely increase. Their lives will get better and better, and there is hope.

After the competition, the county magistrate who presided over the competition said with a smile: "Dear fellow villagers, have you seen the advantages of this new plow? Although this plow was made by Li Nian and presented to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty had not given it to us today, how could we see it? This is Your Majesty's grace!"

As soon as the county magistrate finished speaking, Nao, who knew what the county magistrate meant, was the first to kowtow and shout, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live Your Majesty!"

Other Qin people followed suit and kowtowed, shouting, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live Your Majesty!"

Even the Qin children present followed their elders and shouted in their childish voices.

Unlike the Zhao people in Handan, these Qin people are more sincere. Your Majesty has not only given them honor and made them proud, but also given them substantial benefits. How can you not support such a king?

Similar things happened almost everywhere in the Qin Dynasty. On the first day of December, when Ying Zheng proclaimed himself emperor, his prestige reached a terrifying level throughout the world.

Although some people are unwilling and do not want to see this scene, it is unstoppable under the great trend.

Seeing this scene, some knowledgeable people also felt that the world had really changed. Therefore, Qin had to unify the six kingdoms not only militarily, but also in terms of governance.

Maybe I should really go to Xianyang for a visit.

Look at what the Xianyang Examination set up by the King of Qin is, look at the paper, look at who Li Nian is who made these things, and look at what kind of style the King of Qin who dared to call himself the emperor has.

In Xianyang, at the palace of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng was hosting a banquet for his ministers.

It is not accurate to say a group of ministers, as many of them do not hold official positions. The weather was kind to us today, with a bright sun and a nice temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, just right.

Li Nian was still working as a photographer when he saw Ying Zheng standing up from the dragon throne that had just been made. He raised a jade wine cup and said to everyone present: "If it weren't for the ancestors of the Great Qin, I and the Great Qin would not be here today. This cup is to honor the ancestors!"

Since the emperor had stood up, no one else dared to sit still. They also stood up with their wine cups in hand. When Ying Zheng shouted, "Cheers to the ancestors!", everyone also said solemnly in unison, and poured the wine on the ground together with Ying Zheng.

The first cup of wine was poured, and a eunuch and palace maid immediately stepped forward to fill it for everyone. Ying Zheng said: "This cup is for all the nobles. You have made great contributions. I will also have to thank you for your hard work in the future. I hope you will work with me to create an unprecedented dynasty and an unprecedented world!"

The ministers raised their cups again and said in unison: "We will do our best for Your Majesty and for the Great Qin!"

After finishing this cup of wine, Ying Zheng raised the cup that had been refilled again and said: "This cup is a toast to the world. I hope that the Great Qin will be immortal and that China will never decline!"

"Respect the world?"

Looking at the First Emperor and the other nobles of the Qin Dynasty on the screen of his mobile phone, Li Nian thought to himself: 'Where will this Qin Dynasty go? Where will China in this world go?'

(End of this chapter)