The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

The emergence of the steam engine, a groundbreaking masterpiece, completely ushered mankind into a new civilization...

The civilization of boiling water!

From then on, Qingzhou was no longer an industrial center, but became the north.

because……

There is coal in the north!

Especially the barbarians' frontier areas are a good place to produce coal, which made the barbarians dumbfounded.

Not only did the Qi emperor announce his return to the capital, but he also relocated the political center of Great Qi to the capital. Secondly, Li Jize also directly announced that he would build a factory outside the Great Wall.

Ah this...

The barbarians were all stunned. They really didn't expect that the Qin army would be so shameless! After they had surrendered, they actually wanted to build a city outside their own border.

Of course, for agricultural civilizations, when they are strong, building cities is understandable in order to control the surrounding nomadic peoples.

But the final facts proved that everything was in vain!

Because when you were strong, you could certainly transport supplies here, so that the troops guarding here would have no worries. That's because the country's strength during its heyday could withstand the losses of such long-distance transportation.

However, once a dynasty enters its decline, all those in power will discover something very foolish...

Building a city in a desolate place and stationing troops there for a long time, spending huge financial and material resources every year to maintain the city, is a very stupid behavior.

In the end, they would choose to cut off supplies and relocate the soldiers stationed there. Then the nomadic people would come back happily and enter the pass again to plunder.

Even though the barbarians surrendered, they surrendered under the coercion of force. If they had not surrendered, would they have been waiting to be exterminated by the Qi people?

But now, seeing Li Jize acting foolishly again, they were secretly happy. Perhaps this generation would be humiliated, but in the next generation, and the next generation after that, their descendants would rise up and avenge them.

Even in the country of Da Qi, Ruan Daying and his gang were frantically writing letters to the King of Qin, saying that what he did was wrong! It couldn't be done!

If he wanted to control the areas beyond the Great Wall, he should have completely integrated the barbarians into their culture.

How to integrate?

Force the barbarians to leave the desolate land beyond the Great Wall and come to the interior, where they can intermarry with the Qi people. After a generation or two, the barbarians will no longer exist as a people, and they will no longer have to worry about the bitter cold land beyond the Great Wall.

pity……

Li Jize just won't listen to you, I'm going to do it this way, you guys don't know shit!

When Ruan Daying was so angry that he waited for Li Jize's plan to fail...

Then he waited in vain!

The Da Qi Newspaper reported that a huge coal mine was discovered outside the Great Wall.

Then, my country's first steam locomotive was completed!

Then, the first railway in Da Qi was completed!

then……

Accompanied by the sound of "wooooo", a railway running through the royal capital to the outside of the Great Wall, a huge iron dragon emitting billowing black smoke, shuttled back and forth day and night.

Watching the truckloads of coal being shipped in and the various industrial products coming out, it was all over! The barbarians understood that once the Qi people occupied their frontier, they would probably never leave.

And they will never be able to take this land back. Now there are only two choices before them: either integrate into Da Qi or wait to be wiped out.

Look! The barbarians immediately became hospitable and welcomed our friends from Qi, who were from afar, to come to the frontier and try our various local products and dairy products.

Now we have factories, steam engines, and then steamships. With these things, it means that the weapons created by humans to slaughter their own kind can be upgraded.

The emergence of these things is what truly maximizes the capabilities of Li Jize, the weapons production doctor.

A new and novel bullet...

Finally it came out three years later!

If the advent of the steam engine ushered in a revolution in the times, then the advent of copper bullets, which combined projectiles and gunpowder...

It is a revolution in the military!

It means that weapons can be "post-positioned", making them more powerful and lethal.

The emergence of the rear-mounted gun means that the gun has really appeared! It is no longer just a firearm.

Li Jize immediately unleashed his ultimate move once again, a move that would allow the capitalist class to sprout, and that was...

Develop a military-first economy!

Ah this?

People of this era are all confused. Who the hell can understand this term?

They don’t even know what economics is!

Fortunately, there is the Da Qi Newspaper, which explains it to everyone. In a nutshell, it is to strengthen the military first and then make the people rich.

No matter what, when they heard that it would make the people of Da Qi rich, they were all very happy.

How to be rich specifically?

Send the young men to the barracks and the women to the factories.

You see, in a family, the women go to the factory to make weapons and earn a very good income, while the men go to the military camp to serve as soldiers and get food, getting a salary and having one less person to feed.

Wouldn’t the people become richer?

But the key point is, don’t think that the ancients didn’t understand, they were just fools!

Some people have already keenly realized how crazy Li Jize's military-first economy is and how big its drawbacks are.

Because whether you're serving in the military or forging weapons, the money comes from the government. If the people create things like food and clothes, it's a product! It's a necessity!

The state puts it into circulation, and after selling it, it can make a profit. You built guns, warships, and expanded the army, so how is the court going to recoup its investment?

Loyal ministers such as Ruan Daying and Li Jin began to write letters to the emperor again, saying that Li Jize's actions would empty the entire imperial treasury and cause the finances of the Great Qi to collapse.

Why would the empress care about them?

Even if she had some ideas, she can't do it now. Wasn't it you who advised me to delegate power in the first place?

If you have any questions, go to the cabinet!

This made Ruan Daying and the others almost cry. After they threatened to resign, the cabinet was full of Li Jize's people. How could they possibly disobey the King of Qin's orders?

Just wait! If Li Jize continues to do this, within a year, the finances of Da Qi will be ruined.

the fact is……

A year later, Li Jize announced the issuance of government bonds!

The people already have silver, and you are just holding it in your hands. Why not use the court's name as a guarantee and use the silver to buy court bonds?

At that time, we will not only give you money, but also give you a certain amount of interest.

In ancient times, people put their money in money shops, and they had to pay the money shops for safekeeping. But now, when I buy government bonds, the court actually gives me money?

For a while, these people went crazy and used the money to buy government bonds, and then the silver returned to the hands of the country.

I have to say, Li Jize played this move really well!