Chapter 172 Marrying Shuangjiao

Merchants seek profit, and always put profit first when they think about things. It is precisely because this seemingly selfish but implicit truth that merchants rank to the end among the hundreds of schools of thought. Due to the long-standing concept of contempt, Fu Ge's re-use of the Wu family was not without opposition within the court.

Moreover, since Shang Yang's reform, Qin State has implemented a policy of focusing on agriculture and neglecting commerce. Over the past three hundred years, it was because of the support of the two large granaries in Guanzhong and Bashu that Qin State has established a huge army of millions. With the experience of success, latecomers are often accustomed to copying and copying without thinking about another new path.

However, these noises of opposition did not shake Fu Ge, the ruler of Qin who had repeatedly admired each other. Fu Ge, who saw the true nature of a lunatic merchant in the Wu family, boldly handed over the financial power of Qin to the newly appointed Neishishishi. Power and obligations complement each other. For Wu family, if the country's money bag could not be bulged up, then Fu Ge immediately used his private pocket to take action. In order to avoid this huge risk, he had to use all his solutions.

In addition to the Wu family, Xiangbang Sima Chang also gave a satisfactory answer in military construction. After being appointed as the chief engineer of military construction, Shentu's brothers, who were enthusiastic, focused on the training of iron tools. At the same time, their efforts in the mining of iron and stone have been enhanced unprecedentedly.

In fact, such progress is understandable. The number of craftsmen built by the Central Military Army of the Qin Dynasty reached 50,000. Once most of these craftsmen transformed to study iron training technology, a leap in craftsmanship was necessary.

The first iron sword made by Shen Tu Er himself and made of mined iron stone has been placed on Fu Ge's desk. In the experiment just now, the mutual collision between the iron sword and the bronze sword was one-sided. Five Qin bronze swords, which are famous for their tenacity, were touched through the impact of this iron sword.

The straight and straight sword body is simple and unpretentious, just like Shen Tu Er's personality. Before showing his sharpness, he is an extremely inconspicuous blind old man with one-armed eyes. Once he has the opportunity to show his talent, he will immediately emit a striking light.

"Kill one person in ten steps, and do not keep a thousand miles away; if you leave after the matter, you will hide your body and reputation." What is the evaluation of Haojian? This poem by Li Taibai.

When the sword is not unsheathed, it is not a weapon to kill people. It is also very inconspicuous and can even hide deeply. However, once the sword is unsheathed, the murderous aura will surge, and kill one person in ten steps is not vague at all.

"Sima Xiangbang, Shentu Worker, thank you for your hard work. I wonder what problems there are in building the scale of this iron sword. If so, just raise it?" Fu Ge was in a good mood when he saw that the hard work was finally rewarded. However, he soon discovered the problem in the solemn expressions of Sima Chang and Shentu Er.

"Fu Xiang, there is no major problem in the training process of this iron sword. However, due to the scarcity of high-quality iron ore in Guanzhong, it is very difficult to expand the scale of the wrought iron technology. At present, although the craftsmen have carefully observed and discovered several mines, the iron and stone produced in these mines are also very mixed. Therefore, Shu Lao Yi dared to say that it is not difficult to train such a good sword, but if you want to forge the same iron sword equipment army in batches, you need to have more colored iron ore."

Shen Tu said with difficulty word by word, and his expression was also extremely painful. As a craftsman who regarded iron tools technology as life, he knew what this sentence meant, which meant that Qin could not have the ability to make iron weapons on a large scale, which meant that his dream that had worked hard to pursue most of his life would be lost again.

Guanzhong lacks iron——Fu Ge finally understood why the Qin people insisted on using bronze swords as weapons.

"In addition to Guandong, where else is there a place that produces high-quality iron and stone?" After working hard, it still did not get any reward. Fu Ge angrily cut a few corners of the case with a sword and asked unwillingly. In the Han and Zhao old places in Kanto, there are high-quality iron ore resources to be used, but Guanzhong where Qin is located does not. If such a congenital gap lasts for a long time, it will inevitably trigger a series of adverse reactions, and the consequences may be disastrous.

"Apart from Guandong, only the ones that have been discovered have excellent iron and stone minerals in Linqiong, Shu County. Unfortunately, the road to Bashu is now blocked by the rebels, otherwise—!" Sima Chang said sadly.

Without advanced iron equipment, the Qin army would not be able to form an advantage over the Kanto princes in technology, which was quite unfavorable for the Qin State.

Nanbing Bashu - became increasingly urgent.

However, according to the news that the detective cavalry returned from Hanzhong, in the past six months, in order to prevent the Qin army from going out of the Baoxie Road to threaten Hanzhong, King Liu Bang of Han stationed heavy troops to guard the southern entrance of the Xiegu Valley. It was almost impossible for the Qin army to forcibly pass through the dangerous Baoxie Road? In fact, if Liu Bang had not wanted to occupy Xianyang, he would have burned the plank road with fire.

In the history that Fu Ge is familiar with, Han Xin, the general, confused Zhang Han with the "secret crossing Chen Cang", and eventually led the Han army to take Guanzhong and then seize the world. Now, the situation has changed. If the Qin army wants to attack Hanzhong, can this same plan be successful?

Even though he has considerable confidence in Han Xin, the implementation of the Nanbian strategy this time is really about the overall situation, and Fu Ge cannot be worried and anxious.

Compared with the current military dilemma of defending Guanzhong, the Qin State's economic development has made considerable progress in the past six months. Inspired by a series of powerful measures such as encouraging commerce, trade, and rewarding farming, the Sanfu area near Xianyang, which is relatively densely populated, has recovered its vitality first.

The people have saved money, which drives the activity of transactions and the prosperity of business, and then brings the abundance of the national treasury. When Fu Ge saw that the once exhausted Great Qin treasury finally had a little foundation, he not only felt a strong sense of pride in his heart.

Fu Ge was worried about the future of Qin. The people of the Qin Dynasty and the officials of the court were also struggling with their Prime Minister's marriage. Since Princess Ying Zhen of Anyang came back from Lintao, rumors of the princess's "in health" have been rumored in Princess Anyang's mansion. It is normal for the princess to be frightened and sick all the way, but after some successful "well-informed people" revealed that the princess's illness was not sick, but happy.

The princess was happy, who would she be with? The perverted one immediately caught the suspicion. Could it be that the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun, the princess lost her virginity to the Huns, and wasn’t the one born of ten months pregnant?

At this time, there were speculations in Xianyang City, and there were many smart people who guessed that Fu Ge was the one who sowed the love seed in Ying Zhen's belly.

There was a romantic affair between the prime minister and the princess. This title is nothing, and it is enough to attract the attention of countless gossip men and women, so that they can talk about it. In fact, after all, this matter is blamed for Fu Ge's policy of freedom of speech. If this same thing is in the period of the First Emperor's reign, who dares to say a bad word from the royal family, the lightest one cut off his tongue, and the worst ones directly beheaded and killed. In Feng Zheng's words, how dare those Guizhou leaders be so presumptuous?

It’s too efficient to hit the target with just one shot!

Fu Ge, the culprit, could only smile helplessly when facing Ying Zhen's shy eyes, which seemed anger and joyful. The big child in this world was the biggest, and there was just a movement on Yu Ji, and Ying Zhen was in trouble again. The Prime Minister's Mansion was in full swing in the future.

On January 1st and 2nd of the second year of the Xinyuan period of the Qin Dynasty.

For the people of Xianyang City and even the entire Qin State, they are two happy days.

In the past two days, people have been surging in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is very lively. There is only one reason why these people are crowded here. Fu Ge, the young Prime Minister of Qin, is about to welcome the newlyweds, and, not one, but two.

One is Princess Anyang Ying Zhen, and the other is Yu Ji.

A year and a half ago, the hasty wedding between Fu Ge and Yu Ji in the army was too simple, which made him feel a little guilty. Now, Fu Ge, who is in a high position, hopes to give Yu Ji an explanation with a grand wedding. He married Yu Ji the day before, thought it was big, and married Ying Zhen the next day, thought it was small. Although these superficial articles seem inconspicuous, they must be distinguished in advance, otherwise, there would be a risk of a fire in the backyard.

However, Fu Ge soon discovered that his plans were completely unfair. As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the newlyweds Ying Zhen quietly pulled Yu Ji aside with a big belly. After talking to the women who were whispering, Fu Ge's two beautiful and charming "wifes" went to the room to communicate their parenting experiences with peace of mind.

When a woman has a child, she will change her temperament. Fu Ge has really experienced this change in Ying Zhen. This carefree princess can be said to be a dark person in the matter of parenting. If it weren't for Yu Ji's guidance, this beautiful princess would not even understand the normal phenomenon of vomiting when she was pregnant.
Chapter completed!