How are fairies made? Regarding this matter, Ying Zheng still needs to study it slowly, but another matter is imminent.
In Ying Zheng's memory, there are not many records about Qin Wangzheng's four years, but there is only one thing that left a deep impression in another memory of Ying Zheng.
In the tenth month of the fourth year of the Qin Dynasty, locusts came from the east and covered the sky. The whole world was plagued by an epidemic. The people gathered thousands of stones and worshiped one rank.
It is already the midsummer of Qin Wangzheng's third year, and the special time point next year is not far away. Ying Zheng doesn't know what scale the locust disaster next year will reach, but a 'covering the sky' is enough to cover the whole place.
fear.
If not, there would not have been the exchange of thousands of stones of grain for a first-level title. You must know that a title is an extremely precious thing in the Qin State. Without merit, even the royal family cannot have it. If the Qin State was in a lot of embarrassment at that time,
In the extreme, there will never be any buying or selling of titles.
It would be fine if he didn't know, but since Ying Zheng had another memory, how could he not do something in advance.
Moreover, although it was a crisis for the Qin State, it was also an opportunity. The locusts came from the east. This east undoubtedly pointed to the Wei State, South Korea and the Chu State. The Qin State was still struggling, let alone the locust plague.
explosively.
Next year, the three countries of Wei, Han, and Chu will definitely fall into weakness. If Qin can seize the opportunity, it will severely damage Wei, seize Wei's vassal Wei, completely separate Wei from Zhao, and even
Can easily take over South Korea.
But Qin's food is limited after all, and it cannot be transformed out of thin air. Therefore, there is only one way to raise food, and that is to buy it from other countries. Countries like Wei and Chu would definitely not dare to sell food to Qin.
Yes, only Qi has enough grain, is interested enough in money, and has enough confidence to sell grain to Qin.
The King of Qi himself is also a businessman, but since the State of Qin wants to do business with the King of Qi, the best candidate for the State of Qin is undoubtedly Lu Buwei, who is the most successful businessman in the world.
Therefore, Lu Buwei appeared in Xianyang Palace.
"Buying food? Your Majesty, is the food in our country of Qin not enough? Feng Jie, the governor of Su Nei, told me before that today our Qin country's Shuzhong, Nanjun, Guanzhong have a good harvest, and there will be no shortage of food." Knowing Ying.
After realizing the general's intention to summon him, Lu Buwei said in surprise.
"Our Qin State is naturally not short of food, but now there are too many treasures accumulated in the inner palace. A few months ago, more than two million gold came in, and it was all piled up there. It is also a waste. Naturally
You have to use it," Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, if you want to buy large quantities of grain, you can only buy it from other countries. It is impossible for the four countries of Zhao, Wei, Han and Chu to sell us grain. Yan State is too far away. Only Qi State can sell us grain. But this also gives Qi State the opportunity to raise prices.
The opportunity, coupled with the fact that Qi State is thousands of miles away from our Qin State, the cost is several times more than normal, this is completely a loss-making business." Lu Buwei advised.
When it comes to doing business, no one is more professional than Lu Buwei. When Ying Zheng said the words, in just a blink of an eye, Lu Buwei had already thought through all the links. It was a completely loss-making business.
Long-distance transportation is not suitable for bulky materials like food. The freight is too expensive.
"What if Gu tells Father Zhong that there will be a large-scale locust plague next year?" Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.
"Locust plague? How did the king know about it?" Lu Buwei said in astonishment, but could not say any more objections.
"Father Zhong, please take a look at this bamboo slip. This is a compilation of the records about the locust plague that I found in the history books written by the Taishi of the Zhou royal family in the past month." Ying Zheng compiled it from the writing desk.
A volume was extracted from the slips.
"Yes." Lu Buwei heard this and took the bamboo slips and opened them in front of Ying Zheng.
Rows of Qin seal characters appeared in Lu Buwei's sight. At first, Lu Buwei could still browse the words in the bamboo slips calmly, but gradually, his brows knit together and his right hand subconsciously stroked his beard.
When his eyes fell on the last word, he could no longer hide his shock and confusion. Suddenly, Lu Buwei cast his eyes on the first row of Qin seals.
"Could it be?" After a long time, Lu Buwei looked away from the bamboo slips and looked at Ying Zhengdao.
He seemed to see something, but he wasn't sure.
"Does Father Zhong see it?" Ying Zheng asked.
"The year before every locust plague, there is a severe drought." Lu Buwei said uncertainly.
"Exactly, in the nearly five hundred years since King Ping of Zhou moved eastward to Luoyi, large-scale locust plagues have occurred thirty-two times. The year before each time was a year of severe drought. And just this year, Wei Dong and
Severe droughts have occurred in Chu and Huaihe areas. Next year, Father Zhong thinks, will there be a locust plague that can affect Qin?" Ying Zheng said.
Regarding the formation process of the locust plague, in Ying Zheng's other memory, it is not considered to be precious knowledge, but in this era, such knowledge has not yet been formed.
However, if he took out those things directly, Ying Zheng was not sure that he could convince Lu Buwei, so he had to resort to history books.
The records about the years before and after the locust plague were sorted out from hundreds of years of history books of the Zhou royal family, and summarized, so that the bamboo slips Lu Buwei saw at this time were produced.
"If this is really the case, then we, the Qin State, must purchase grain from the Qi State at all costs." Lu Buwei suppressed the shock in his heart and said in a deep voice.
"This matter will be left to Father Zhong. You can withdraw all the money you need. If it is not enough, you can raise it from the palace's treasures and the young manor." Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Is it really credible?" Lu Buwei said hesitantly.
The amount of money involved in this matter is an astronomical figure. Such a large business cannot allow Lu Buwei to be careless. Although the Qin State has money, it was all made with blood and sweat by countless Qin soldiers. There is no room for it.
Every bit of waste.
"Those bamboo slips are the Zhou royal family's records about the locust plague. If Father Zhong doesn't believe it, you can take it back and check it yourself." Ying Zheng pointed to the pile of bamboo slips piled under a pillar.
"It's not that I don't believe your Majesty, it's just that the money involved in this matter is an astronomical figure, and I can't tolerate the slightest negligence." Lu Buwei said and looked at the pile of bamboo slips pointed by Ying Zheng.
This was Lu Buwei's first feeling. According to his estimation, the pile of bamboo slips was no less than a thousand scrolls, and these were only compiled by Ying Zheng. The original bamboo slips would only be more.
Do you stay in Xianyang Palace all day and live on these bamboo slips? Lu Buwei looked at the mountains of bamboo slips and thought of Ying Zheng.
He realized that he still underestimated the young man Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng's patience is simply terrifying, and he is still just a teenager.