Chapter 1270: Fighting Rabbits
In the original historical timeline, after the White Emperor Tuogu, the Han prime minister took over a country that was riddled with holes and was financially bankrupt.
In order to solve the financial problem, the Han Dynasty Prime Minister carried out creative reforms on the ancient state foundation—farming and weaving.
Not only did he create the Dujiangyan weir guarding officer, but he also established a brocade officer to manage the production of Shu Brocade.
It can be said that "a hundred rooms are separated from each other, and the machines are in harmony with each other."
As for the intrusion of a certain country rogue, although Ji Han no longer had so much financial pressure, the development of Shu Brocade has been greatly accelerated.
The first reason is the rapid development of the textile industry.
The textile workshop craze started by Feng Tubie himself naturally greatly promoted the development of silk.
Secondly, it is naturally because of the multi-season sericulture technology developed by Feng Da Sima in order to develop the Sunshui River Valley in Yuexi (later the Anning Valley Plain, the second largest plain in Sichuan).
That's why when Feng Da Sima lamented that Shu Brocade was once again in great glory, Qin Bo had to control himself forcefully, so he rolled his eyes without being rude.
Just according to the current situation, even if Da Sima said that **** smells good, Qin Bo would have to agree with him.
To prove this point, you have to taste it yourself.
Feng Dasima, who holds the key to the school affairs office, has such a strong deterrent effect on the school affairs office.
It can be said that the school government, which was almost at the end of its rope, finally got rich rewards at this time.
Unless Lu Yi, Qin Bo and others are really loyal ministers of the great Wu who are profoundly aware of righteousness and are brave and loyal, and they are the kind who would rather be broken into pieces than destroyed.
Will they be such loyal people?
If they were, why did Feng Da Sima want to help them in the first place?
Besides, Feng Da Sima only asked them to deal with the political opponents they had wanted to deal with for a long time but could not get rid of. He did not ask them to betray Sun Quan. They should be happy, right?
Feng Da Sima has always liked to deal with villains, and it is not without reason.
Because they know the current affairs.
For example, the Qin Bo in front of me is very aware of current affairs.
Hearing Feng Da Sima comment on Lu Boyan, his eyes lit up and a flattering smile appeared on his face:
"Yes, yes, what Da Sima said is true. He is ignorant and has shallow knowledge. Fortunately, Da Sima pointed out that he is wrong, he is wrong!"
It is naturally impossible for Feng Da Sima to take Qin Bo's compliment seriously.
Even if it is found out in the future that he was the mastermind behind this matter, so what?
I, Feng Mingwen, and Lu Boyan are at odds with each other!
Breach of alliance?
What betrayal of alliance?
That was not what Lu Boyan said when he decided to attack Jingzhou secretly and wrote a letter to paralyze his uncle.
More recently, in the battle last year, Lu Xun and Sima Yi cooperated seamlessly. Feng Da Sima did not believe that it was a coincidence.
Seeing Qin Bo's appearance, Feng Da Sima's eyes flashed and he asked calmly:
“So, do you agree?”
"After Bo returns, he must clearly explain the interests and risks of this matter to His Majesty and Principal Lu."
“Then I’ll take it as your consent.”
Feng Da Sima then smiled:
“If this can be done, converting rice into mulberry and purchasing silk, even if Lord Wu doesn’t agree—”
Fengda Sima protracted his voice. Seeing Qin Bo listening attentively, he continued, "I can also let Xinghanhui make this deal with your school affairs office in private."
Fengda Sima nodded at Qin Bo, "We can even notify the school office and appoint you to preside over this transaction."
“If the official doesn’t allow it, it’s okay for us to buy and sell some silk privately, right?”
When Qin Bo heard this, his eyes widened suddenly.
Seeing his expression, Feng Da Sima's smile widened and he slowed down his tone again:
“Chief Qin, please don’t tell me that your school office is in Jingzhou and you can’t even collect a single piece of silk?”
“Okay, okay! No problem at all!”
Qin Bo seemed to be afraid that Feng Da Sima would regret it, so he answered quickly.
I don’t know if this is possible, whether silk can be bought and sold privately, or silk can be harvested, or both.
Approximately after receiving this good news, Qin Bo stood up again, rubbed his hands, his face glowed with excitement, and asked a little embarrassedly:
“Da Sima, this silk, uh, what the villain wants to ask is, uh, if your majesty really doesn’t agree to this matter, how much silk will Xinghan take?”
“The more, the better,” Feng Dasima picked up the teacup, blew on it, took another sip, and said casually, “We will charge you as much as you can sell.”
When Qin Bo heard this, he immediately blurted out: "Seriously?!"
Feng Dashima raised his eyelids and glanced at the other party.
"Ah! I made a mistake, I made a mistake, I deserve a slap!" Qin Bo raised his hand and slapped himself, "You are so confused."
Then he carefully explained, "The villain is just worried that if too much silk is collected at once, will it cause a backlog?"
“That’s not what you have to worry about, just accept it.”
Feng Da Sima waved his hand, "I'm afraid you won't be able to take it back."
After saying this, he seemed to have remembered something, and it was much harder to explain:
“Not to mention the south of Nanjun, even the entire Jingzhou, and even Jiangdong, I can eat it.”
When Qin Bo heard this, he was secretly dumbfounded. In his heart, the ability of Da Sima was raised to another level. He felt that it was really unfathomable.
Feng Da Sima glanced at Qin Bo thoughtfully.
Even Qin Bo, who often dealt with the Han Dynasty, now seems to lack considerable imagination about the textile industry of the Han Dynasty.
As for the Jiangdong side, I probably can’t imagine it.
As for Xuchang, I’m afraid it’s even more unimaginable.
If not, a dignified Prime Minister Chang Shi would not have defected to the past. Apart from being used for publicity at the beginning, there was not much news later.
General Cao is just as he was in history, monopolizing power, acting arrogant and extravagant, being disloyal to the royal family, and being dishonest to humanity. There is no change at all.
It may be this way, but the more it is like this, the less they can imagine what kind of huge monster they will face in the future.
There are three main horse-producing places in the world: Liang, Bing and You.
And after acquiring Liangzhou, why was the Han able to form a more powerful cavalry army than that of Wei?
That was all made with massive resources.
Where do these resources come from?
While vigorously developing productivity, they also targeted aristocratic families and used all means to crazily siphon resources from all parties.
These parties are not just Wei and Wu.
There are also extraterritorial areas.
For example, Hua Xiaowu's cavalry went all the way south over Ailao Mountain to obtain jade for polishing telescopes and Linyi rice seeds.
Not to mention the north.
Horse thieves on the grasslands now rob wool first and then other things - wool is more valuable than cattle and sheep, and it is easier to escape.
The most important thing is not to harm the sheep, and it is a sustainable business without capital.
As for the west, after the Zhang family re-opened the Western Regions, there was a steady flow of caravans along the Silk Road, which became famous throughout the world.
A brick of brown sugar can be exchanged for half a block of gold of the same volume in the Western Regions.
If it is sold together with honey and tea bricks, it will be doubled.
Although the Feng family’s concubine’s brother-in-law (Li Tong) innovated beekeeping technology based on summarizing previous experience.
But the output is still far from enough after all. It is considered a great thing to be able to meet the daily needs of the top dignitaries in the capital of Han Dynasty.
So the honey from the Han Dynasty was transported to the Western Regions, and was sealed with fine celadon by some unscrupulous caravans, and then the celadon was wrapped in beautiful silk.
Then, in conjunction with the dominant culture that the Qiang Han had cultivated in the Western Regions for hundreds of years, they vigorously promoted and sold honey, euphemistically calling it Fairy Dew.
The heads and chiefs of the countries in the Western Regions flocked to it, and sometimes it was even more popular than silk.
As for brown sugar, even though Jingzhou delivers a large amount of jaggery to the Han Dynasty every year, brown sugar, a strategic material, is far from enough no matter how it is produced.
It is not enough for military use, let alone civilian use.
The most popular items on the grassland are tea and spirits.
For a few bricks of tea and a jar of strong liquor, some horse-roping men on the grasslands would even pack up and sell their wives and daughters together.
Hence, the flow of tea into the Western Regions is also rare.
Looking at it this way, the largest supply of commodities transported by the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions was silk.
It's just something like silk brocade. Not only the Western Regions want it, but also the Wei and Wu countries in the east. The chiefs of the southern tribes and the chiefs and commanders of the northern grasslands. Who in the world is not rushing to get it?
Not to mention that the Han Dynasty himself consumes a large amount of silk every year.
Although Feng Dasima started to engage in two-season silkworm production more than ten years ago, after so many years of development, three-season and even four-season silkworms have appeared.
But silk is still in extremely short supply.
To be precise, the textile industry of Han Dynasty has always been in a state of shortage of raw materials - whether it is silk or wool.
So most of the outstanding foreign horse breeds in Liangzhou Horse Farm were brought back from the Western Regions in exchange for these in-demand items.
In Feng Da Sima’s view, unless there is an industrial revolution, the productivity of the Han Dynasty will make a qualitative leap.
Otherwise, I may never see these things become unsalable in this life.
However, the upstart forces represented by the Xinghan Society have vaguely resembled certain classes after the Industrial Revolution.
For example, we began to consciously seek cheaper sources of raw materials.
Feng, as the great Sima of the Han Dynasty, planned Jingzhou for the sake of the country's public affairs.
As the leader of Xinghanhui, isn't it normal to find ways to turn Jingzhou in other countries into a raw material production base, and do it conveniently, which is a matter of public and private convenience?
Qin Bo, who had no problem with Jingzhou as a source of raw materials, breathed a sigh of relief:
“With Da Sima’s words, Bo will feel relieved.”
Feng Da Sima put down the teacup, with encouragement in his eyes, and said to Qin Bo:
"You can do whatever you want to do in Qin School, but as long as it is done well, I, Feng, will never treat my own people badly."
“I understand, I understand, no one knows that Da Sima’s kindness towards his own people is rare in the world.”
Qin Bo nodded repeatedly.
“Ha!” Feng Da Sima couldn’t help laughing and pointed at Qin Bo, “Based on your words, I will give you another great achievement.”
As he spoke, Feng Da Sima also looked around to make sure that no one was there. Then he reached under the desk with a hint of mystery and took out a wooden box.
But when I saw the wooden box, there was a dark golden color all over it. As Feng Da Sima's movements changed, the golden color of the wooden box also faintly changed in light and dark.
At first glance, it looks like it is made of extremely high-quality golden nanmu.
“I have heard that during the lifetime of Lou Hou (namely Zhang Zhao), Lord Wu often discussed immortals with him, so I guessed that Lord Wu was probably interested in the affairs of immortals.”
“It’s a coincidence that even my master’s sect is somewhat involved in cultivating immortals.”
As he spoke, Feng Da Sima pushed the wooden box towards Qin Bo, "This box contains the master's secret medicine, with instructions for its use."
“Although this thing cannot help people become immortals, it can also give people a glimpse of the joy of cultivating immortals.”
When Qin Bo heard this, he was first surprised, then happy, and finally hesitant.
He wanted to stretch out his hand, but then subconsciously took it back. Suddenly he felt something was wrong, and looked at Feng Dashima again:
“Da Sima, this…”
His Majesty has been interested in things involving gods and immortals since his early years. This is no secret.
However, in recent years, the school affairs office has been ordered to secretly collect rare medicines from all over the world, but even the important officials in the court do not know about it.
So Qin Bo was surprised to think that Da Sima actually knew this secret order.
But he quickly realized that this should be impossible, so he naturally continued to be happy.
After all, the sect behind Da Sima is mysterious and unpredictable, and most of the things it can bring out are rare and good things in the world.
In this way, wouldn’t it be possible to accomplish one more thing that His Majesty has entrusted to you?
I finally realized that although Wu and Han were allies of each other, what was the importance of His Majesty’s safety? How could we easily trust the medicinal materials presented by important ministers of other countries?
But if you don’t take it, it will refute Da Sima’s face...
Da Sima seemed to see Qin Bo’s dilemma and said with a smile:
“Don’t worry, I will write a letter to Lord Wu. This can be regarded as a small gift from me to Lord Wu to show my goodwill.”
Over the years since the alliance between Han and Wu, it has been common for the monarchs and ministers of the two countries to communicate with each other, send greetings and send gifts.
For example, when the Prime Minister was there, Emperor Sun wrote to the Prime Minister and asked for the best war horses for Zhuge Ke to use as mounts.
As the successor of the Prime Minister and now the most important minister of the Han Dynasty, Feng Dasima wrote a letter to the Lord of Wu to express his goodwill. It is most normal.
"Logically speaking, I should have written this letter a long time ago, but in the past few years, I have been busy with work and have almost no time."
“I also hope that after the school official Qin returns, he will apologize to Lord Wu for me. This can be regarded as my apology to Lord Wu.”
Qin Bo breathed a sigh of relief and took it:
“Bo will definitely convey it to Da Sima.”
After finishing speaking, he carefully put it away.
As long as you don't submit it privately, that's fine.
Since it is regarded as a gift between the monarchs and ministers of the two countries, His Majesty will make his own judgment after getting the secret medicine.
Even though he wanted to think so, Qin Bo felt a little weird in his heart.
Da Sima has always been meticulous and known for his foresight, but this time, he seemed a little too reckless.
How could His Majesty, with his rich body, take drugs of unknown origin?
Even if Da Sima said it was his master's secret medicine, I'm afraid that wouldn't work.
However, he did not dare to voice this question.
After all, this is no longer a question he can ask.
What Qin Bo didn't know was that after he left, Feng Da Sima was sitting in his seat, looking at his back with a cold look in his eyes.
Of course he knew that Sun Quan would not use the so-called secret medicine he sent.
He gave this secret medicine, not because of the medicine, but because of the meaning of the action of giving the medicine.
Feng Da Sima is reminding Sun Quan that I have already guessed that you took away my master’s secret treasure!
What are you going to do?
The prince, Sun Deng, died of illness. Emperor Sun, you are already old. Time is not waiting for me, Emperor Sun!
Don’t you have a sense of urgency?
Feng Da Sima has a huge appetite. Not only does he want to kill the grass like Lu Xun, but he also wants to hug the rabbit like Emperor Sun!
(End of this chapter)