Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 378: Fusu tries to commit suicide again.

Therefore, faced with Zhao Si's invitation, Liu Pi decisively chose to agree.

"Of course this is good, but I, Tian, ​​will serve as the Young Master Zuo Zhonghou. If I am transferred..."

Of course Liu Pi is willing to leave. Yuan Gong is not moral. After climbing to the position of Youcheng, he began to marginalize himself. There is no right at all. He has no rights at all. He should run away as soon as possible. At least he won't have to use it. Be a bit jealous.

"It doesn't matter, the craftsmanship bureau has not been established yet. I will inform your majesty to transfer you from the general's office. When the craftsmanship bureau is newly established, you will have to rely on your husband to maintain it in the future."

Listen!If I say I'll transfer you, I'll transfer you!
What do you mean by the emperor’s confidant?
When others said this, Liu Pi might still have doubts in his heart, but for Zhao Si, it was probably okay.

After confirming that Liu Pi and even the Mohist disciple who was a senior intellectual but could only do handicraft work had the ambition to make progress, Zhao Si came to serve as the Shaofu and his mission was successfully completed.

The intention of the lower-level officials has been confirmed, and they have won the full support of Qin Mo to open a new game. The next step is to find the First Emperor to blow his head off.

The Mo family should be saved if it needs to be saved.

Although he was not interested in Mohist political thought, he was very interested in Mohist's research spirit, ready-made technical theories and senior talent Zhao Sike.

Theoretically speaking, after the demise of the Mohist family, only craftsmen will be left in the world, and there will no longer be a systematic scientific research organization. Zhao Si must keep the Mohist family.

In order to promote scientific and technological progress, such a well-formed academic organization is necessary.

After leaving the young master general, Zhao Si rushed to the palace without stopping.

In a short while, the palace has arrived.

"Your Majesty is meeting with the eldest son, please come with me!"

The palace attendants led Zhao Si straight to the palace, where the First Emperor was meeting with Fusu. However, the First Emperor never ignored Zhao Si and did not let Zhao Si wait for the end of his conversation with Fusu. He directly asked Zhao Si to meet him.

When Zhao Si came, he saw the First Emperor and Fusu and his son staring at each other.

Obviously, the ice between father and son will not melt away anytime soon.

In modern terms, these two people were very naughty and stubborn. Due to various factors, it was difficult for the father and son to have an intimate conversation.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, and the eldest son, Zhao Si!" Zhao Si saluted honestly.

"Get up..." The First Emperor waved his hand.

"Zhao Qing!" Fusu returned the greeting with a smile.

Zhao Si got up when he heard the sound, found an empty seat and sat down on his own.

Fusu raised his eyebrows, showing a bit of surprise. He really didn't expect Zhao Si to be so invisible in front of his father. When he was asked to get up, he would just go down the slope and sit down.

In fact, Zhao Si is already used to it.

Isn’t it true that someone who enters the palace to meet the Holy Spirit has to stand and talk?
The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si and said nothing, and asked softly: "I heard that the envoy from Ye Tiaoguo has arrived in Xianyang. Now, the Air and Trade Military Office is responsible for contacting overseas envoys. What do you plan to do? When will Ye Tiaoguo's envoy come to the court to see you?"

"Shu Suntong is now in charge of the contact, and the specific details are being communicated. Once everything is roughly finalized, His Majesty will visit again and make the final decision."

"How does Ye Tiaoguo plan to arrange it?" The First Emperor nodded and asked.

"Let's be polite first and then fight. In the early stage, we plan to rent a few ports to build some fixed bases of Great Qin, and then establish communication, trade and cooperation. In the early stage, the minister planned to use four things to open up trade with Ye Tiaoguo, silk, porcelain, tea, and lacquer. We mainly purchase food and slaves from Ye Tiaoguo." Zhao Si said.

"I know silk and lacquerware, and I have seen porcelain, but porcelain is extremely difficult to make. How can it meet the needs of trade? And what is the tea you are talking about?" the First Emperor continued to ask.

Before the Tang Dynasty, foreign trade was mainly silk, and after the Tang Dynasty, foreign trade was mainly porcelain.

But the history of porcelain is very early. It can be traced back to more than 4000 years ago and was called celadon. The Qin Dynasty was a transitional stage from pottery to porcelain.

To put it bluntly, the craftsmanship has not yet been understood, there are not many patterns, and the styles are not beautiful enough to become a hard currency in world trade.

But, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist in this era.

Many things existed at the same time, and then each had its glorious moments in the world, rather than something suddenly popping out of a certain period of time and becoming brilliant without any precipitation.

Including the well-known grain seeds, this thing is the same. Without artificial selection, various seeds are produced in the same generation rather than iteratively. The main job of humans is not to cultivate, but to select.

"Study on porcelain slowly, the market space is huge. As for tea, I just happened to bring some. Your Majesty, would you like to taste it?" Zhao Si took out a tea bag from his sleeve.

The First Emperor nodded without doubting his presence, and Zhao Si began his performance.

There are two main ways to drink it, one is boiling and the other is soaking.

In the early days of foreign trade, the market could only be opened with luxury goods. Due to limited navigation technology, it was difficult to dump goods. Therefore, Zhao Sicai settled on four main products: porcelain, silk, tea and lacquerware.

After finalizing the decision, Zhao Si began to send people to find tea.

This thing is not difficult to find. It is worth mentioning that no one drank tea in this era. Many villagers near the origin of tea had the custom of making tea and drinking water.

Obviously, tea did not suddenly become popular all over the world. The indigenous people near the origin of tea have had this custom for a long time, but that place was considered a barbarian land, and exchanges between various places were not frequent during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

After hundreds of years of Qin and Han dynasties, the unification gradually became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, various places were gradually developed, and exchanges became more frequent. Tea left its place of origin and gradually began to spread in the Central Plains.

Later, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, it is understandable that tea became popular all over the world.

After Zhao Si obtained the tea leaves, he began to deal with them in a targeted manner. The tea leaves were all prepared by Zhao Si. One was fried and brewed directly with water, and the other was tea cakes that were boiled and eaten.

Honey milk and various condiments are boiled, and it tastes more like milk tea when you drink it.

Well, it’s actually milk tea.

In later generations, milk tea became a fast food drink, but in fact, before making tea, methods similar to milk tea were the mainstream.

The origin of tea is in the Central Plains. To put it bluntly, all the ways of drinking tea in the modern world can actually find their shadows and prototypes in Chinese history.

In a short while, both kinds of tea were ready.

One is milk tea brewed with honey, milk and flowers and trees, and the other is simple hot water tea.

Zhao Si poured two cups each for the First Emperor and Fusu.

Fusu each tasted it for the first time, and his eyes lit up.

"This is delicious!"

Obviously, Fusu refers to milk tea.

This is normal. Sweetness is the most intuitive way to obtain happiness at any time.

As for making tea with water, the society of Da Qin has not fast forwarded to that time yet, and it will not become popular all over the world.

"But this kind of tea, which is simply brewed with water, has a unique flavor..." Fusu commented seriously.

"It's slightly bitter in the mouth, with a fragrant aftertaste that fills your teeth with fragrance."

Fusu tried his best to understand the difference between the two, and finally thought about it for a long time and gave a pertinent evaluation.

"If it is served with rice, this tea is more fragrant. If it is drunk with water, this tea is better!"

Of course, the food served with rice is milk tea, and the drink served with water is, of course, water tea.

To put it bluntly, for men who have enough to eat every day and have a rich spiritual world, it is easier for them to appreciate water-made tea, which mainly features a refreshing fragrance that is light and not greasy.

For those people whose spiritual world is not very rich, milk tea is more likely to attract people.

To put it bluntly, it just depends on whether you have the free time.

In fact, there is sencha before making tea, but in this ascendant era, there is no need to separate everything so clearly.

Tea is promoted by Zhao Si, but it is not Zhao Si who has the final say on how to drink it?
As for what kind of culture it will develop in the future, it has nothing to do with Zhao Si. All he needs is a high-quality product to open up foreign trade.

After hearing Fusu's comments, the First Emperor also drank.

"The taste is good, but compared to silk... it's just a drink..."

"There are some things in this thing that the body desperately needs. After a long time, it can't stop..." Zhao Si smiled.

Of course, not addiction.

The trace elements in tea are indeed very useful to the human body, especially in certain areas.

If it were just about flavor, tea would not be popular all over the world.

You can have no confidence in silk, but you can never have no confidence in tea.

In fact, in modern times, only tea has spread to all regions of the world in a true sense.

When the First Emperor heard Zhao Si explain the reasons, he didn't doubt him, and he didn't ask any questions when negotiating with foreign countries. Zhao Si went to finalize the details, and in the end he only needed to nod for approval.

The First Emperor absolutely trusted Zhao Si.

The First Emperor picked up the boiled tea and took a sip, then said, "You didn't enter the palace today just to talk about these things, right?"

"Your Majesty is indeed very knowledgeable!" Zhao Si rolled his eyes.

It seems that what the First Emperor was more able to get was the original flavor of the tea itself.

"Say it!" The First Emperor waved his hand and ignored Zhao Si's careless flattery.

"It's like this. I plan to set up a craftsmanship bureau to specialize in technical research, organize the existing knowledge of objects into a book, and introduce new ones to advance the current technology of Da Qin." Zhao Si said.

"Set another one?" The First Emperor frowned.

Zhao Si has mentioned this matter before and has also done it. It is just a small matter. It is affiliated to Lang Zhongling. There is no department or organization to speak of. It is mainly responsible for studying according to Zhao Si's meaning. The importance of scientific research Zhao Si had mentioned it a few times before, but the First Emperor didn't pay much attention to it. Compared to scientific research, there were more things at the moment.

But Zhao Si obviously wanted to do something this time and planned to rebuild a new department in the court. The meaning was completely different.

To put it simply, this special case will be fixed from now on.

I was a temporary worker in the past, but now I have a permanent job.

"The Beast Garden is built on the grounds of building a palace. Needless to say, the Grain Garden. The Shipping and Trade Army Mansion is supported by Fusang gold and silver. The Yin Yang Family vigorously promotes it. What does the Craftsman Bureau rely on to convince the officials?" The First Emperor smiled and said.

"The Mo family..." Zhao Si grinned.

"Not enough!" The First Emperor shook his head.

The Mohist family indeed made an indelible contribution to Qin's unification of the world, but at this time, if we want to create an iron rice bowl and public service suitable for the Mohist family, the Mohist family is not that big-hearted.

Again, when it comes to public office and iron rice bowls, there is no small matter.

Temporary workers and establishment are a world between heaven and earth.

Intellectual revolutions in the past dynasties have always been contradictory. The mediocre and incompetent people occupy the manhole and do nothing, while the truly talented people cannot have a good organization to display their talents as they wish.

Especially the Qin Dynasty!
Legalism was so powerful that people all over the world regarded officials as their teachers.

So many intellectuals from other schools of thought can only eat what is left by Legalism. How much can be left by Legalism?
The staff is small and the intellectuals are many.

Intellectuals who were unable to obtain official positions became loafers and opposition elements.

Confucianism can provide gifts, and the Yin and Yang family can control stars. Now that there is a shipping and trade military palace, the influence of the Yin and Yang family has been greatly increased. Farmers have settled in the Grain Garden, and their lives have become much easier.

But the situation of Wuguyuan is special, and it is all supported by Zhao Si's golden fingers.

Technological invention Zhao Si's golden fingers are of little use.

"In order to plan for the Qin Dynasty to last for centuries, we must set up a strategy for craftsmen, and we must distinguish craftsmen from true scientific workers." Zhao Si said seriously.

The First Emperor pondered for a moment, looked at Zhao Si and asked, "Do you want money?"

Zhao Si nodded.

"Let's hang it under the Hangmao Military Mansion first." The First Emperor was silent for a moment and said.

"If you need money, you don't need to draw it from the Aviation and Trade Military Government. I'll allocate it from the national treasury. I'll be independent after you see some results in the future."

Zhao Si looked happy.

It's good to hang out with the First Emperor. If nothing else, the First Emperor can listen to what he says and understand it. The most important thing is that he doesn't trust the people he employs!
As for hanging up first and then going to the Air Trade Military Government, there is nothing to say.

Again, as the conqueror who unified the world, the First Emperor could certainly make rules as he pleased, but if he wanted the rules to be recognized by the world and act under these rules, the First Emperor had to follow some rules accordingly.

As long as the First Emperor is willing to invest money and provide policy support, there is nothing to say.

Even the First Emperor did not ask for any time when the results would be seen.

"In this way, I have achieved all my goals today!" Zhao Si nodded and showed a smile.

The First Emperor nodded, took a sip of tea, looked at Fusu and said, "Please tell me what you have to do when you enter the palace today."

Zhao Si was stunned. It was Fusu who took the initiative to ask for a meeting.

Judging from the look on the Emperor's face, I'm afraid you've already guessed what it was for, right?
Zhao Si has been making melons all year round and immediately smelled the smell of melons.

Fusu nodded and spoke.

"My son would like to ask my father to recall my eighteenth brother..."

Zhao Si was stunned when he heard the sound and opened his mouth.

Hu Hai was exiled and reduced to a commoner by the First Emperor because of the previous incident at Sand Dune.

Fusu is Hu Hai's big brother.

No, Zhao Si still doesn't understand. Can Fusu really talk about this?
(End of this chapter)