Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: The Way to Manage Hexi

Fusu knew that turning the Hexi area into an important commercial port of the Great Qin was not as simple as building a huge city, but also had to fully consider how to attract merchants from the Western Regions to Ganzhou City, not only to attract them, but also to keep them.

The most important thing is to ensure the safety of these people on the way to Hexi. Natural disasters are unpredictable, but if man-made disasters can help avoid it, we still need to help.

Fusu thought of the Silk Road, so Fusu secretly decided to bring the Silk Road to the stage of history in advance.

During the court meeting the next day, all officials gathered in a large tent in Ganzhou City, where Shusun Tong's temporary office was located. Since the Duhu Mansion was still under construction, the tent became the best choice for temporary coping.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the court meeting, Fusu put forward all the strategies he came up with to manage the land of Hexi after digging his brain last night:

The first is to set up the Governor’s Mansion for Administering Business in the city of Ganzhou to specifically manage foreign merchants doing business in Hexi. All foreign merchants doing business in Hexi need to register and file in the Admiral’s Mansion for Administering Business. As long as they are registered merchants , all the treatment is the same as that of the people of Daqin. What is commendable is that these foreign merchants no longer need to do any registration as long as they register in the captain's mansion for governing business. The business license of later generations, but more like a combination of business license and ID card), can pass unimpeded in Hexi.

Secondly, in the city of Ganzhou and the other three counties where the government offices are located, the various counties will build post stores, warehouses and shops, and rent these shops and buildings to commercial caravans at low rents, regardless of foreign merchants. Businessmen from the mainland of the Great Qin Dynasty are treated equally, and the rent and interest are the same.

The third is to form the Daqin Guarding Merchant Army, selecting 5 soldiers from the Daqin soldiers to form an army specially used to protect the commercial routes, and divide them into several groups to patrol along the commercial roads from the Daqin to the countries in the Western Regions, and guard the merchants from various countries going to the Daqin to do business.

In the end, [-] Great Qin missions were dispatched from elite soldiers and generals to go to Yanqi, Qiuci, Wusun, Shule, Loulan and other countries in the Western Regions, as well as many cities of the Maurya Dynasty, to discuss the opening of ports and trade with these countries.

Among the thirty missions, fifteen were prepared by Fusu for the countries in the Western Regions, and the other fifteen were arranged by Fusu to go to the Maurya Dynasty. Fusu also planned to add ten people who were good at surveying and mapping to each mission. Soldiers, let them secretly survey and map the approximate geographical information of the countries in the Western Regions and the Maurya Dynasty for future conquests.

After hearing Fusu's strategy for managing the land in the west of the river, the officials didn't know what to say. They felt that it was a bit of a waste of money, but they had nothing to say, because they had never heard of the arrangements made by Fusu. Yes, no matter whether it is the Great Qin State who builds a commercial post, or sends [-] missions to the Western Regions, they have never thought about it. As for the Maurya Dynasty mentioned by Fusu, they have never heard of it.

"Young master, my Great Qin is the ruler of this world, and all the countries in the Western Regions are barbarians. Why do you waste your time and money to deal with these barbarians? Isn't it too childish?" An old official objected after hearing Fusu's plan .

"That's right, son, my Great Qin occupies [-]% to [-]% of the world, is it worth sending thirty missions to the remaining [-]%?" Another minister echoed.

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Restricted by the lack of geographical knowledge during the Great Qin period, these courtiers did not know how big the world they lived in, so they naturally thought that the Great Qin accounted for most of the world. After all, the Great Qin was established after the destruction of the six kingdoms. Come to think of it, in their cognition, apart from Daqin, there is no other country that can be as big as the Seven Kingdoms, so in Fusu's view, they have the arrogance of sitting in the sky, but this cannot be blamed on them, after all, "Fusu"'s geographical cognition Not what they can compare.

After hearing the objections from the ministers, Fusu did not refute or explain anything, but told the ministers that he had made a decision on this matter. After all, these ministers were completely unaware of the vastness of the Western Regions and the prosperity of the Maurya Dynasty. They will understand a little more when the missions come back. At this time, it is futile for Fusu to explain, because these ministers know little about the countries of the Western Regions and the Maurya Dynasty, and the explanation is also futile.

Seeing that Fusu was determined to do these things, the ministers did not object again.

Seeing that the officials were not very happy, and obviously had some opinions on the resolution he had just made, Fusu glanced at these people and then looked at Shu Suntong and spoke.

"General Protector, I don't know where is the fertile land that I rewarded these ministers before? Is it properly arranged?"

Hearing Fusu's words, Uncle Suntong immediately understood Fusu's intentions. Just now he decided on the Hexi strategy in spite of the objections of these ministers, which made these ministers dissatisfied. Fusu immediately threw out "candied dates" ".

Hearing that Fusu mentioned the land rewarded to them, these ministers looked at Shusuntong with piercing eyes, and their dissatisfaction was immediately swept away. They were eager to know how their field affairs were arranged.

"My lord, the fields of your lords are just outside the city of Ganzhou. I have arranged for soldiers to cultivate them. If your lords are willing, I will immediately send someone to take you to have a look."

All the ministers nodded and urged Shu Suntong to take them to watch their fields.

It stands to reason that Fusu's current prestige does not need to take into account the objections of these ministers. The reason why Fusu did this is not to dampen the enthusiasm of these ministers. Once he is too powerful in the future, the enthusiasm of these ministers' advice will be dampened , then no courtiers would be willing to tell the truth, and it would be too dangerous for Daqin, because an emperor who no courtiers dared to refute would easily bring the country into a militaristic situation.

In fact, Fusu had secretly ordered Shusun Tong to arrange soldiers to cultivate the fields he had rewarded to the ministers. After all, he still owed the ministers a lot of money to issue the bonds of the Great Qin State. It's a bit unreasonable.

Three days later, Fusu led his people to leave the land of Hexi, and embarked on the return journey to Xianyang, because all the ministers had seen the effectiveness of Shusuntong's governance in Hexi, and helped him take care of Fusu. Su rewarded him with the land, so he praised Shusun Tong's ability to govern the border.

(End of this chapter)