"Mr. Marquis, what do you want to say? I will follow the orders of the Marquis!" Jiang Hu almost understood what Chen Xu meant at this time. He probably had other arrangements to advise the emperor to guide the Western Regions.

"It's not that I follow my arrangements, but this matter is crucial to the future development of the Qin Dynasty. This Hetao area is a prosperous place in the Great River Basin. In fact, crossing the Great River from the northwest corner of Hetao, there is a more abundant and rich place with abundant water and grass, and there is also a big lake. If you occupy this area, you can reclaim a large number of grain fields to plant millet and rice, and you will inevitably obtain a huge granary in the northwest land. Build cities here to immigrate and monitor the movements of the Huhu in the northwest. You can also use this as a stronghold to penetrate and develop westward and develop in the northward two directions, and block the exit from Yinshan to the Western Regions, completely cut off the connection between the Huns and the countries in the Western Regions!"

"We know that place, and we heard that the water and grass are indeed abundant. It is said that some Xiongnu nobles settled here, gathering 70,000 or 80,000 Xiongnu tribes. They are not inferior to the Xiongnu royal court, and they have never been under the jurisdiction of the Xiongnu royal court. Last time we planned to raid this place, but later we felt that the Henan War might cause the Xiongnu here to be prepared for the battle, so we gave up this plan and crossed Yinshan to raid the Xiongnu royal court north!" Jiang Hu nodded and said.

"Does the Marquis hope we can capture this place this time?" Jiang Bu almost understood Chen Xu's thoughts at this time.

"Yes, occupying this place is particularly important for stabilizing the northwest of our Great Qin. It is like a wedge firmly nailing the power to Hebei. At the same time, it can penetrate west along the river and continuously penetrate into the countries of the Western Regions. Over the years, it will inevitably obtain a large amount of Western Regions specialties and materials, and at the same time, it can also slowly find out the news of the Mauryan Dynasty."

"Mr. Marquis, you haven't said that there are any good things in the Western Regions where there is a bitter and cold place where the grasslands are separated from yellow sand?" Jiang Hu couldn't help but remind him.

"There are many good things in the Western Regions, and it is rich in various nutritious fruits and spices. They are all excellent varieties that are not available in the Central Plains, such as watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, flax, pomegranate, walnuts, garlic, carrots, pepper and cumin. Many agricultural products in the Western Regions are mostly from the West, such as eggplant and cucumber, which are also very good vegetables, and have high yields and good taste..."

Jiang Bu and Jiang Hu looked at each other.

"Mr. Marquis, what else is there in the Western Regions besides these fruits, vegetables and vegetables that I ate?" Jiang Hu opened his mouth a few times and felt a little bitter. It was true that the Marquis liked delicious food. The purpose of arranging the Western Regions was the most wanted to make these foods.

"Eat? Oh yes, these are all eaten. Food is the most important thing for people. Introduce these fruits, vegetables and vegetables to the Central Plains. The people of Daqin can eat many delicious foods. What's wrong?" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and asked curiously.

Jiang Hu nodded with a wry smile and said, "Marty, there is nothing wrong with eating, but if you have to lead a large army to conquer the Western Regions just because of these strange foods, I'm afraid Your Majesty will really not agree!"

"I haven't finished saying what are you anxious about. There is a crop called cotton in the Western Regions, which is the most important thing. Cotton is a small tree. In fact, it is like a peach. After it matures, it has snow-white velvet inside. Textile and clothing is gentle and considerate. If cotton velvet is filled in a jacket, it will be a hundred times warmer than filling in reeds and silk threads in the cold winter. Moreover, cotton is born with velvet for spinning and weaving, which is light and breathable, and is easy to print and dye. The clothes made are more intimate and beautiful, and are countless times more comfortable than hemp clothes!"

Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu looked at each other and nodded together: "This cotton seems to be a good thing. Wait until the opportunity to help the Marquis snatch it!"

Chen Xu was full of black thread, why did he just help me snatch it? It seemed like you didn’t wear clothes.

What's more, once cotton is planted on a large scale, cotton clothing will inevitably replace linen clothing. This is inevitable. It is light and breathable, and it is close to the body. It is not as uncomfortable as twine clothes when worn. If it is not covered with a layer of silk, the whole person will feel as if wearing thick wool clothes. The newer the clothes, the more they are, the more they are. Therefore, Chen Xu especially hates wearing new clothes. Even if it is fine linen, it will feel numb and numb when worn. It is difficult to think that the soul will leave its body, so he has to scratch it everywhere.

"In addition to cotton, there is actually a very important material in the Western Regions. Every household needs to use it every day, which is indispensable every day. The national consumption is huge. Once it is found, it is transported back by a caravan, and you will definitely earn a mountain of gold!"

"Haven and Master, tell me what it is?" Jiang Hu asked excitedly.

"Salt!"

"Salt?" Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu exclaimed at the same time.

"Yes, when our Daqin and Chu were fighting for a hundred years, they were the salt of Ba. Later, they had a feud with Qi. It was because Qi cut off the salt road of our Daqin and did not allow salt merchants to sell salt to our Daqin. Although my Daqin now unified the six countries and all the Chu salt salts were obtained, the salt output was still insufficient and was extremely scarce. People in many places did not eat salt. If they did not eat salt, they would be weak and would get sick. Although Ba salt was good, the output was scarce, which could only satisfy the rich and nobles. Although sea salt was bitter and inferior, it was still in short supply. Ten coins per dou of the Central Plains, ordinary people still had ten coins per dou.

I can't afford it. Although I am very short of salt in the Central Plains, there are several huge salt lakes within the range of the Huhu in the Western Regions. The snow salt in the lake is like mud and sand, and it is inexhaustible. It is not only delicate but also mellow. It has no bitterness of sea salt. Once it is found, it is difficult for the two generals to not get rich. After His Majesty wipes out the Northern Huhu in South Vietnam, the people in the Central Plains will live a stable life and their population will inevitably continue to grow. The demand for salt is getting stronger and stronger day by day. This salt must be a shortcut to make a fortune. You can sell as much as you transport it back. Ten coins per bull. If you can transport it back a million bulls a year..."

"Gudong~"

Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu swallowed a saliva at the same time, and saw the location on the map drawn by Chen Xu, with a light like a wild wolf prey in his eyes.

Chen Xu reminds you that the importance of salt is clearly reflected in the military camp. Salt is the most important strategic resource besides grain. Ordinary soldiers have half a dou every year, one or two dou for the lower rank, and more than two to ten dou for the upper rank, and one dou for the upper rank, and only two to ten dou for the upper rank, and one dou for the first rank is only 2.5 kilograms. Moreover, it is coarse salt, bitter and astringent, and it is often not available. It is even more conceivable for ordinary people. First, they have no money, and second, they may not be able to buy it if they have money. Except for the wealthy areas of the Central Plains and salt-producing areas, many border areas lack salt so much that they eat soil, and can only refine nitro earth to supplement salt.

The reason why Chen Xu was able to buy salt in Qinghe Town was that Nanyang County was located in an important grain-producing area, with many merchants and wealthy merchants. There were tens of thousands of copper and iron merchants near Wancheng alone. Because they were not short of money and consumed a lot of salt, naturally a large number of salt merchants sent salt to Wancheng for resale.

Nanyang has convenient transportation, just in the center of the Central Plains, and is a must-pass place for traveling from south to north. Not only does it have sea salt in the east, but also the Ba salt in the southwest, Shu salt in the southwest is easier to transport to Chu along the Yangtze River.

Second, the locals are poor and eat soil. Most of the poor cannot afford salt. They only earn some salt money a year to buy half a dou and keep it at home to eat it tightly for a year. Only when they meet Chen Xu, this 250-year-old, will they use salt to pickle fish and marinate meat. Fortunately, Chen Xu can make money, so there is no problem with eating salt.

Later China had several major salt-producing areas, including sea salt in the northeast, well salt in Zigong, rock salt in Sichuan, and pond salt in Qinghai, which was the most famous. Qinghai salt is the famous green salt, with a delicate texture, white and pure texture, and a pure taste. In fact, it was dug out of the salt lake.

There is a famous tourist attraction near Qinghai Lake called Chaka Salt Lake. Chen Xu visited with his classmates during the summer vacation of college. The lake is surrounded by white salt layers. The local paving roads are made of salt, so you don’t have any money at all. As long as you are not afraid of choking, you can eat all the way to satisfy all the poor’s extremely rich imagination of salt.

Qinghai Lake is already very close to Longxi County, the current Daqin Dynasty, with a straight line distance of less than a thousand miles, which is the distance from Xianyang to Luoyang.

There is also a Chahar Salt Lake in Qinghai, which is the largest salt lake in China. The detection reserves are enough for the whole world to eat for thousands of years. Moreover, there is more than one salt lake in Qinghai. In this era, you can find one of them to eat for tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, as long as you arrive in Qinghai in later generations and ask local indigenous peoples and herdsmen, it will be easy to find the salt lake. The only trouble is to transport it back.

These salt lakes are all on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The terrain on the plateau is complex and rugged. It is almost the division line between the Daqin and the Qiang people at present. If there is no convenient road and powerful guards, it may not be easy to get it back. But no matter what, this is a huge resource treasure house. Once the emperor knows that there is really an inexhaustible high-purity salt in the Western Regions, he will definitely find a way to grab it. It doesn’t matter if it is not transported back. The important thing is that he must be from Daqin.

"By the way, I heard that the Western Regions are still rich in gold!" Chen Xu said at the end.

"Gold?" Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu's eyes lit up almost at the same time, and a golden light reflected.

"Yes, it is said that in some places in the Western Regions, you can pick up a few pounds of dog-headed gold while walking. The people of the Mauryan Dynasty especially like gold and use gold to create various jewelry on their bodies, especially the nobles, to grab someone who is probably rich enough to live a lifetime..."

Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu clenched their fists and began to lick their lips.

All kinds of stimulants have been put out, and seeing that Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu's expressions have begun to change, they are ready to release the tiger and wolf magic to sumo wrestle to the Western Regions countries on the map.

But now is not the time to open up a large-scale copy of the countries in the Western Regions.

Therefore, Chen Xu kneaded the map into a ball and said, "Two generals, outsiders have never heard of what I said today, but this is the opportunity for the two generals to be promoted and made a fortune in the future. Therefore, it needs to be kept strictly confidential for the time being. Otherwise, when a large group of generals and marquis in the court know that you two are fighting in the northwest again, I am afraid that this contribution will not fall on you!"

"The Marquis reminds me that we will never reveal any sentence about the Western affairs of the Western Regions and the Mauryan Dynasty!" Jiang Bu nodded.

"Mr. Marquis, why do you tell us today?" Jiang Hu also found some clues from Chen Xu's words at this time, but he was confused and clueless. He only knew that Chen Xu would not tell them these things that could shock all the people in the Central Plains.

For a long time, the Central Plains knew that there were humans in the west of the extreme Arctic. However, legends were all the descendants of the Quanrong and Shang dynasties who were driven out by the ancestors of China in ancient times, and barbarians formed by various barbarians, such as the Xiongnu Donghu and Qiangrong. Therefore, these places were not seen by the vassal states in the Central Plains. They felt that those bitter and cold lands could not be cultivated and the weather was bad, so they were not worth conquering at all. The Central Plains were so rich that they naturally wanted to fight for the supremacy of the Central Plains.

Some books that are circulated among the people, such as the Shanhai Sutra and the Emperor Mu, which are as unreliable as strange stories, record all kinds of incredible affairs in the southeast, southwest and northwest of the earth, but no one has ever confirmed their authenticity. Therefore, except for some interested Fangdao sorcerers who will study it, most of these contents are circulated as stories and have never taken them seriously.

But today, Qinghe Hou, who is said to be a disciple of the immortal family, actually said that there are countries in the West that are more powerful than the Central Plains, and various products that are not available in the Central Plains, as well as human-shaped nobles covered with gold...
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