Time Travel: The First Female Imperial Teacher of the Qin Dynasty

In the following time, Lin Anlan spent her time training soldiers every day and writing and drawing in the cabin. Her plan was so huge that she felt she could not finish it even if she only wrote a little bit every day.

"We're here." At this moment, the soldier on the deck shouted.

Lin Anlan put away his pen and paper and went to the deck, where he saw Minzhong County not far ahead.

A lot of people have gathered on the shore, and from a distance, it looks like a dark mass.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

Before they even got ashore, everyone was bowing down. Lin Anlan took a quick look and found that in addition to the county magistrate, the county magistrate and others, there were also a lot of merchants.

Lin Anlan had asked Minzhong County to spread the news before, so these people must be the merchants who came from the ten counties.

"Stand up." Ying Zheng said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone stood up.

"Your Majesty has returned triumphantly. We have prepared a banquet..." Before the county governor could finish his words, he saw countless soldiers carrying large boxes down.

The merchants' eyes sparkled when they looked at the boxes.

"What's going on with these merchants?" Ying Zheng frowned.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that these people originally came here to seek gold overseas." The county governor sighed, "I originally disdained this matter, but they insisted on coming, and I had no choice."

Ying Zheng heard this and nodded: "Then this gold..."

"I guess they thought we found a gold mine overseas." Lin Anlan smiled, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers to open the box.

"Gold!"

"It's all gold!"

"Oh my god, how can there be so much gold!"

The merchants went crazy when they saw the piles of gold glittering in the sunlight. The shore gradually became noisy, and countless merchants gathered together, staring blankly at the approaching ship.

"I am not wrong, right?"

"How much gold is this?"

"How many years do we have to earn to have so much gold?"

"Is this real? Is this an illusion?"

"Did His Majesty the First Emperor really go out to sea to fish for gold for a month?"

"It must be a lie to us, it must be!"

Everyone was talking about it, and for a moment everyone thought there was something wrong with their eyes.

"Everyone calm down." At this moment, a merchant shouted, "Wait for the people on the boat to get off, and then we will ask them clearly!"

"Yes, this is the First Emperor. Who dares to make fun of the First Emperor?"

Only then did everyone calm down, their eyes fixed on Meng Yi, Zhang Han and others who walked down from the boat.

"General Meng, Lord Zhang," a merchant asked impatiently, "Did you really get this gold after a month at sea?"

"That's right." Meng Yi glanced at the mountain of gold and nodded.

"This, how is this possible?" The merchants were shocked.

"There are pirates in the sea." Meng Yi said in a deep voice, "If you want to go out to sea, remember to buy a nautical chart from the court. You can also hire the Qin Navy to escort you safely."

"The imperial navy?" The merchants were slightly stunned.

"They are the private soldiers under Prince Hu Hai," Meng Yi explained. "Now they have joined the navy to escort the Qin army when it goes out to sea."

"So that's it." The merchants suddenly realized.

Meng Yi continued, "In addition, the Shaofu will build a batch of seagoing ships recently. If you want to go to sea, you can go to the Shaofu to buy them. If you have the materials, you can also build your own ships."

As soon as these words came out, the scene exploded.

"That means we can also go out to sea to pan for gold?"

"So what are you waiting for? I want to go now!"

"Me too, me too!"

The merchants at the scene suddenly became excited and rushed to the scene, fearing that they would miss the great opportunity to go out to sea.

With the First Emperor and the two generals Meng Yi and Zhang Han as guarantors, they had no worries about the safety of the gold.

"If you go out to sea, you need to pay certain fees." Zhang Han added, "First, you need to buy the court's nautical charts to obtain route information. Secondly, the ship's usage fees, food, etc. are also expenses. The price of the nautical chart is one thousand strings of coins, and the ship's usage fee is calculated based on the distance and the number of people. In addition, you also need to pay a pirate fee of one thousand strings of coins per trip to pay the navy to protect your safety."

After Zhang Han finished speaking, the scene suddenly became quiet.

"So expensive? Then how can we make money?"

"Yes, the cost alone would probably cost several thousand guan."

"Then what sea can we go to?"

The merchants suddenly hesitated.

"Of course, if you are willing to take the risk, you can take your own people out to sea." Meng Yi said, "But the sea is vast. Can you guarantee that you can find a place overseas? Moreover, the risk of going out to sea is extremely high. If you encounter a storm, can your boat survive?"

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became quiet.

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

What Meng Yi said made sense. The ocean was vast, and without a nautical chart, they had no idea where to go. Moreover, the small boat was not safe either. Once they encountered strong winds and waves, they would be completely finished.

"As a man of the Great Qin, how could I be afraid of such a small risk?" Meng Yi shouted, "Those who are willing to go to sea, come and sign up!"

"I go!"

"I am coming too!"

"Don't push, don't push, I'm the first one to sign up!"

Countless merchants rushed up.

In the cabin.

"It seems that these merchants are very enthusiastic." Ying Zheng held the wine glass, took a sip, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"Of course." Lin Anlan smiled: "After all, who would have trouble with money?"

"But this time we went to sea, we gained a lot." Ying Zheng had a gratified smile on his face, "With this money, the development of Daqin will be faster."

"Yeah." Lin Anlan nodded, and suddenly said something out of the blue, "In fact, building the Afang Palace is also a way to make money."

"Why do you say that? Building the Afang Palace is also a way to make money?" Ying Zheng was slightly stunned and looked at Lin Anlan with a puzzled face, not quite understanding what she meant.

Lin Anlan explained: "To build the Afang Palace, we need to hire a large number of people and buy various tools and food. These expenses will flow into the market, increase the circulation of money in the market, and eventually enter the national treasury."

"Just think about it. The people use their money to buy tools and food. The merchants who sell tools and food use the money to buy raw materials and pay the workers. The workers use the money to buy things... and so on. Money keeps flowing in the market. The money earned by the merchants has to be paid as taxes and flows into the national treasury. Most importantly, because of the huge consumption of the Afang Palace, a large amount of manpower and material resources are inevitably needed. This solves the employment problem. The people have money to earn, so they will not go hungry, and the country can develop stably."

"So that's how it is." Ying Zheng suddenly realized something, then frowned and said, "But to build the Afang Palace, we have to spend money to hire workers and buy materials. Once we spend this money, won't it just flow out of the market?"