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

"It does cost money to build the Afang Palace."

Lin Anlan nodded and said, "But we can use bidding to hand over these projects to merchants. They spend money to buy materials and hire workers, and then the money flows into the market. As for bidding, it is an auction. For example, if Zhang San and Li Si are willing to build an asphalt road, then let them bid. Whoever wants less money will get the project."

"For example, we can also bid for those shops to merchants, let them pay for their own construction, and then use them and collect rent every year. We can even build pyramids, and also bid for merchants to hire people to build them."

"This way, the treasury makes money, merchants make money, and the people can also make money. It's a three-pronged approach!"

After Lin Anlan finished speaking, Ying Zheng was completely stunned and looked at her with shock.

He had never thought that there was such a way to make money in the world! This method was really too novel!

"However, all the land of Daqin must be taken back." Lin Anlan added, "Only when the land is taken back, the people will have no land to farm and will come out to work. Otherwise, they will all be landlords, so who will work for you?"

"Moreover, with these projects, the people of Daqin will never have to worry about having no work to do. As long as they are willing to work hard, they can make money, and Daqin will be able to develop rapidly."

"Good! Good! Good!" Ying Zheng was so excited that he said three good words in a row, and slammed the table, "I will immediately order that all land in the country will be nationalized, and all merchants are not allowed to buy land privately!"

"Your Majesty." Just then, Meng Yi and Zhang Han walked in.

"What's the situation?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Your Majesty, more than a thousand merchants have signed up," Meng Yi replied, "As long as there are large ships, they can go out to sea at any time."

"Oh?" Ying Zheng asked in surprise, "Are they so enthusiastic?"

"Yes, at first we planned to set the deposit for the nautical chart at 10,000 strings of cash, but later we considered that these merchants might not be able to come up with that much money, so we lowered it to 1,000 strings of cash."

"One thousand strings of cash..." Ying Zheng nodded slightly, "It's within their acceptable range."

"There are too many people who signed up this time, so we selected some relatively wealthy merchants." Meng Yi continued to report, "We calculated it based on 1,000 guan per person, but according to the sea chart, the total registration fee this time could be 10 million guan."

"Good!" Ying Zheng slammed the table, overjoyed.

"I didn't expect these merchants to be so crazy." Meng Yi sighed, "In order to go to sea, they are willing to sell all their property, and some even lose everything."

"That's fine." Ying Zheng waved his hand. "The more they earn at sea, the more Daqin will earn in the future."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Meng Yi and Zhang Han said in unison.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period." Ying Zheng looked at Lin Anlan, Meng Yi, and Zhang Han, "We will return to the Central Plains tomorrow and have a good rest for a while."

"promise!"

Three days later, Ying Zheng, Lin Anlan, Meng Yi, Zhang Han and others drove into Xianyang City with dozens of carriages full of gold, silver and jewelry. For them, the experience of going to sea during this period was also a kind of experience, which made them more determined to become stronger.

Next, it is the project bidding plan!

At night, Ying Zheng, Lin Anlan, Meng Yi and Zhang Han left with a hundred soldiers, followed by a hundred horse-drawn carriages, each filled with boxes of various sizes.

In the carriage, Ying Zheng, Lin Anlan, Meng Yi and Zhang Han were sitting, and in the middle of them was an ice jar.

Bingjian is a kind of refrigerator from the pre-Qin period. It has layers of drawers inside. In the summer, you can put a piece of ice inside to keep the food fresh.

Although it is already autumn, the weather is still hot and the fruits in the ice jar have long been consumed.

"Why are there no chilled watermelons and chilled lychees?" Meng Yi and Zhang Han said with regret.

"We're out of watermelon and lychee." Lin Anlan shook his head and opened a drawer under the ice jar. "But there are some seafood here. You can try some."

As soon as the drawer was opened, a chill hit me in the face. There were several plates inside, filled with crabs, prawns, octopus and other seafood.

"This... this is..." Meng Yi and Zhang Han widened their eyes in shock.

"I left these seafoods specially and kept them fresh using ice made from saltpeter. They can stay fresh for about ten days." Lin Anlan explained.

"Ten days..." Meng Yi and Zhang Han looked at each other, shocked.

Seafood is more difficult to keep fresh than fruit, but Lin Anlan actually said it can be kept fresh for ten days! How is that possible?

"These seafood cannot be kept for long, let's eat them today." Ying Zheng suggested, "We can have hot pot tonight."

"Good idea." Lin Anlan nodded, and then ordered the soldiers outside to prepare stoves, cattle, sheep and other food ingredients.

Soon after, on a carriage, the soup in the hot pot began to boil, and everyone started to eat the meat.

"Let's have hotpot, and let Meng Yi, Zhang Han and the others go hunt some prey, and let them take a break." Ying Zheng suddenly said.

"Your Majesty is absolutely right." Lin Anlan nodded with a smile.

Next to another carriage, Meng Yi and Zhang Han burst into tears when they heard this. They had been following Ying Zheng and Lin Anlan for a while, eating all kinds of delicacies every day, and they didn't want to eat meat anymore.

"Everyone has worked hard today, let's go to bed early." Ying Zheng said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"You've worked so hard during this period." Ying Zheng patted Lin Anlan's shoulder gently and said seriously, "You've paid too much for Daqin."

"For Daqin and for His Majesty, everything is worth it." Lin Anlan shook his head. "I'm just worried about your health. You work so hard every day and have no time to rest. After all, you haven't fully recovered yet."

"It's ridiculous that everyone calls Your Majesty a tyrant." Lin Anlan sighed.

"Tyrant..." Ying Zheng looked deep in his eyes and said slowly, "I also want the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment, and have no worries about food and clothing. But now the Great Qin is weak. If we don't change, we will be enslaved by foreign races and become slaves sooner or later! I don't want to be the king of a fallen country, so I must reform and strengthen it!"

"Your Majesty..." Lin Anlan looked at Ying Zheng, a hint of complexity flashing in her beautiful eyes.

How much burden does this man carry on his shoulders?

"By the way, how is the preparation for the reform going?" Lin Anlan suddenly asked.

"Feng Jie has established the imperial examination system in the Ministry of Personnel," Ying Zheng replied. "Schools have been established in various parts of the Qin Empire, and they will be open for enrollment next spring. Iron smelting technology has become more and more sophisticated, and it should be popularized throughout the country in a while. Our army has already begun to equip itself with iron tools."

"Good!" Lin Anlan clenched his fist. "Equipping the army with iron weapons will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of our Qin army!"

"Also..." She suddenly thought of something, "We found some poisonous insects on the roadside, and I made some medicinal food. You can try it later."

"Okay." Ying Zheng nodded.