When people were in Qin, they ruled the world

Chapter 60 The Shocked Lu Buwei
How is the goblin made?Regarding this matter, Ying Zheng still needs to study it slowly, but another matter is imminent.

In Yingzheng's memory, there are not many records about Qin Wangzheng's four years, but there is only one thing that left a deep impression on Yingzheng's other memory.

In October of the fourth year of Qin Wangzheng, locusts came from the east, covering the sky, and the world was plagued.

It is now the midsummer of Qin Wangzheng's third year, and the special time node next year is not far away. Yingzheng doesn't know what scale the locust disaster will reach next year, but a "blocking the sky" is enough to be everywhere in it fear.

If this is not the case, there will be no such thing as exchanging a thousand stone grain for a first-level noble. You must know that a noble title is an extremely precious thing in Qin State. Without meritorious service, even the royal family cannot have it. Extremely, there will never be a matter of buying and selling titles.

It's fine if you don't know, but since Ying Zheng has another memory, how could he not do something in advance.

Moreover, although it was a crisis for Qin, it was also an opportunity. The locusts came from the east, and this east undoubtedly pointed to Wei, South Korea, and Chu. Qin was still struggling, not to mention the locust plague. explosively.

The three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Chu will fall into weakness next year. If Qin can seize the opportunity, it will hit Wei hard, seize Wei's vassal Wei, completely separate Wei from Zhao, and even Can easily take South Korea.

However, Qin’s grain is limited after all, and grain cannot be created out of thin air. Therefore, there is only one way to raise grain, which is to buy from other countries, and countries like Wei and Chu would definitely not dare to sell grain to Qin. Yes, only Qi has enough grain, is interested in money enough, and has enough confidence to sell grain to Qin.

King Qi himself is also a businessman, but since Qin State wants to do business with King Qi, the best candidate for Qin State is undoubtedly Lu Buwei, who is the most successful businessman in the world.

Therefore, Lu Buwei appeared in Xianyang Palace.

"Purchasing grain? Your Majesty, is there not enough grain in our country of Qin? Feng Jie, the governor of Su Nei, told the old man before that the harvests in central Shu, Nanjun, and Guanzhong in Qin's kingdom are abundant today, so there is no shortage of food." After Zheng Jiang's original intention to summon him, Lu Buwei said in surprise.

"My state of Qin is naturally not short of food. However, there are too many goods accumulated in the inner mansion. A few months ago, more than two million gold came in. It is a waste to accumulate all of it there. It needs to be used." Ying Zheng said.

"Your Majesty, if you buy a large amount of grain, you can only buy it from other countries. It is impossible for Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu to sell us grain, and Yan is too far away. Only Qi can sell us grain, but this also allows Qi to sit on the ground and raise prices. In addition, the Qi State is thousands of miles away from our Qin State, and the cost will be several times higher than under normal circumstances, this is a completely loss-making business." Lu Buwei persuaded.

In business, no one is more professional than Lu Buwei. It took only a blink of an eye for Yingzheng to speak out, and Lu Buwei had already thought through all the links. It was a loss-making business.

Long-distance transportation is not suitable for bulky materials such as food, and 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.

"The plague of locusts? How did Your Majesty know?" Lu Buwei said in amazement, unable to say any more objections.

"Father Zhong can take a look at this scroll of bamboo slips. This is a compilation of records about locust plagues that I found in the history books written by the Taishi of the Zhou royal family in the past month alone." Yingzheng sorted them out from the book case. He took out a scroll from his letter.

"Yes." Lu Buwei took the bamboo slip and opened it in front of Ying Zheng.

A series of Qin seal characters appeared in Lu Buwei's sight. At first Lu Buwei could browse the words in the bamboo slips with a calm expression, but gradually, his brows knit together, and his right hand subconsciously stroked his beard.

When his eyes fell on the last word, he couldn't hide his shocked expression anymore, and with a little bit of confusion, suddenly, Lu Buwei cast his eyes on the first row of Qin seal characters here.

"Could it be?" After a long time, Lu Buwei looked away from the bamboo slips and looked at Ying Zhengdao in a daze.

He seemed to see something, but he wasn't sure.

"Did Father Zhong see it?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The year before every locust plague, there was a severe drought." Lu Buwei said uncertainly.

"Exactly, since King Ping of Zhou moved eastward to Luoyi, there have been a total of [-] large-scale locust plagues in the past five hundred years. Severe droughts have occurred in the two Huaihe Rivers of the country, next year, Zhongfu thinks, will there be a plague of locusts that will affect our Qin country?" Ying Zheng said.
Regarding the formation process of the locust plague, in Yingzheng's other memory, it is not a precious knowledge, but in this era, such cognition has not yet been formed.

It's just that if you take those things out directly, Ying Zheng is not sure that he can persuade Lu Buwei, so he has to rely on history books.

The records about the years before and after the locust plague were sorted out from the history books of the Zhou royal family for hundreds of years, and summarized, so that the bamboo slips that Lu Buwei saw at this time came into being.

"If this is the case, then I, Qin State, must buy grain from Qi State at any cost." Lu Buwei suppressed the shock in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

"Leave this matter to Father Zhong. You can take all the money you need. If you don't have enough money, you can raise it from the palace and the Shaofu." Ying Zheng said.

"My lord, this matter is of great importance, is it really credible?" Lu Buwei hesitated.

The amount of money involved in this matter is astronomical. Lu Buwei cannot be careless for such a large business. Not an iota of waste.

"Those bamboo slips are the records of the Zhou royal family about the locust plague. If Father Zhong doesn't believe it, you can take them back and check them yourself." Ying Zheng pointed to the pile of bamboo slips piled under a court pillar.

"It's not that I don't believe in the king, it's just that the amount of money involved in this matter is astronomical, and I can't tolerate the slightest negligence." Lu Buwei said and looked at the pile of bamboo slips that Ying Zheng was referring to.

Many, this is Lu Buwei's first feeling. According to his estimation, the pile of bamboo slips is no less than a thousand volumes, and this is only sorted out by Ying Zheng, there will only be more original bamboo slips.

Could it be that you spent your days in Xianyang Palace using these bamboo slips?Looking at the mountain of bamboo slips, Lu Buwei thought of Ying Zheng.

He found that he still underestimated the young man Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng's patience is simply terrifying, and he is only a teenager.

This made some of Lu Buwei's thoughts shaken for a while.

(End of this chapter)