The heat lasted for a very short time, and then the merchants shook their regrets.

"Are you thinking that these four straight road projects are huge and you can't afford it, right?" Qin Yiren saw their regret and smiled.

Qin Yiren was right, and they were just sorry for this. These four straight roads are thousands of miles long, and the vastness of their projects can be imagined. Even the five major merchants in the world, such as the Qing Madam, the Yidun, the Bai Family, the Zhuo Family and the Tian Family, felt it was very difficult.

Even though you have the opportunity to make a lot of money, but because you are not strong enough, you cannot make money. Who can't regret it?

"I give you a suggestion. One family can't afford it. You can join forces with several, even dozens, dozens, and hundreds of years to make a fortune together." Qin Yiren had already thought about this and came up with a good idea for them.

"United?" A scream of exclamation sounded, and the regret on the faces of these merchants disappeared, and what was replaced by an excitement.

If they really want to take these four straight paths, they will make a fortune and make a fortune. Who can’t be happy? Even if they get a piece of the pie, they will make a lot of money.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The merchants thanked each other in unison.

Qin Yiren’s proposal is a good way to solve their immediate difficulties, and everyone has to convince him.

"Your Majesty, if you hand over these four straight roads to me for repair, then what will the Qin Dynasty do?" Qi Di Tian clan came up with a talent like Tian Dan, who had extraordinary vision and immediately asked a very important question.

The merchants stared at Qin Yiren with their eyes raised, fearing that they would miss a detail.

"You asked a very good question, which is also the most worrying question, right? You are worried that Daqin will use you and even use a tough trick to seize your wealth." Qin Yiren waved his right hand and said proudly: "You can rest assured that Daqin will never do such things. Daqin handed over these huge projects to you to repair. Daqin only needs to do three things: make requirements, supervise, and accept."

To make requirements, in modern terms, is to put forward standards. These merchants must repair them according to official requirements, which is a must.

Not to mention supervision, if there is no supervision, these profit-oriented merchants will not use inferior products as good ones? They will not cut corners? If this is the case, then the straightforward will be of poor quality.

Acceptance is also an inevitable move. The quality of the straight roads these merchants have to be discussed by acceptance.

"Good!" These three points mentioned by Qin Yiren are natural and are not excessive at all. Merchants can accept them and all praise them for being good.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, we are willing to practice straight roads." The merchants were very excited and shouted in unison, like thunder.

"Very good! Very good!" Qin Yiren nodded slightly, and this is what he wanted.

If the corvee service law is not changed, the people of the country will suffer a lot and even force people to rebel. The corvee service law has to be changed. However, after the corvee service law is amended, the Qin Dynasty lost many civilians. Those projects that must be repaired are difficult to repair, which is very difficult.

Qin Yiren thought about it and then realized that merchants could cooperate with them.

Merchants are profit-oriented and full of money, but they are not useless. If used well, they can play unexpected roles, as Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, said, is dominated by an "invisible hand".

In modern society, businessmen can participate in national defense advice, and there is no problem. Just supervision is required.

Cooperating with merchants can not only cultivate the straight path but also not disturb the people. This is the way of both worlds.

At the same time, business can also be developed.

In the Warring States period, Qin State suppressed business, which was nothing wrong, because the liquidity of merchants was too high, and it was not easy to lose "patriotic enthusiasm". Suppressing business and rewarding farming were inevitable measures.

Now that the world has returned to unity, merchants are no longer mobile, they are still moving within the territory of the Qin Dynasty. There is no need to worry about not being able to compensate for their "patriotic enthusiasm" because he is a Chinese, and loving China is an inevitable ending.

Therefore, the development of business has become inevitable. Only in this way can we move around goods and exchanges, sell goods without markets, promote economic development, and allow the people of the country to have richer material resources and live a better life.

It can be said that Qin Yiren's move was a win-win situation.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, I wonder what the Qin Dynasty has to ask?" Yidun asked.

This question is unclear. It is difficult to determine whether the next straight path is followed. The merchants all stretched their necks.

Qin Yiren did not speak, but nodded at Cai Ze. Cai Ze immediately ordered some officials to bring some parchment paper with Qin's request written on it, one by one, and let them pass it on.

These requirements are clearly written. Although they are very high and almost harsh, they are not impossible to achieve and can still be accepted. The merchants are even more happy.

"Can you achieve these requirements?" Qin Yiren glanced at the merchants and asked.

"Yes!" The merchants were full of confidence.

"How do you do it? The Qin Dynasty does not interfere. If you have good skills, you might as well use it. As long as you meet the requirements of the Qin Dynasty." Qin Yiren knew that the wisdom of the people was infinite. As long as they were given opportunities, they could promote the development of technology, and of course they would not be very strict.

"That's great." This gave merchants freedom, as long as they meet the requirements, the Qin Dynasty would not interfere with what technology they used, and they could play their own freedom.

The next thing is that these merchants are looking for someone to cooperate, which takes a certain amount of time. In just three days, these merchants will unite! Quoting the official price and proposing a plan.!

Qin Yiren ordered people to screen and choose the merchant with the best plan and the most suitable price.

This is equivalent to modern "tender", but it's just not explicitly stated.

After fierce competition, Mrs. Qing got the straight road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan, Yidun got the straight road from Jiuyuan to Changsha, Tian got the straight road from Linzi to Jiuyuan, Bai and Zhuo got the straight road from Xianyang to Linzi. Of course, it was difficult to be competent with their financial resources, and they all joined forces with many merchants. As for how to divide the money, it was their own business, and Qin Yiren didn't care.

The merchants who failed to participate in the four straight roads were greatly lost. The opportunity to make a lot of money was lost. Who can not be lost? Qin Yiren told them again that they did not have to be lost, because the Qin Dynasty also had to build water conservancy projects, and there were many water conservancy projects, so they could also participate. So these merchants were very happy.

It can be said that everyone is happy about this matter.

After the merchants signed an agreement with the government, they rushed back happily and prepared to repair the straight road.

XXOX

As officials from all over the country rushed back from Xianyang, a vigorous campaign to eliminate accumulated ills began.

In Shangcai, Chu State, a remote village was crowded with people, including villagers from this village, ordinary people from other villages, and officials from the county government.

The reason they gather here is because they are going to do something very meaningful today and destroy the pass of this village.

The passes in this village are impressive because there are only 200 villages with a population of five passes.

This village is owned by five retainers from a family in Chu State. Each of them has a certain fiefdom and a certain number of people. It was originally a village, and even if they were granted to five retainers, there was no need to build a pass, right?

The problem is that these five retainers fought openly and secretly, and in order to seek credit in front of their master, they fought to the death and did not allow anyone to let anyone go. In the end, they simply built a pass and divided the village into five parts. The connection between them was very inconvenient.

This is quite similar to what I advocated by Lao Tzu's advocacy of "the sound of chickens and dogs is heard, and I will never interact with each other when I die." However, it is not as harmonious as Lao Tzu advocates, but it has a lot of bitterness and blood and tears.

The villagers in this village actually belong to different retainers. The husband is owned by one retainer and the wife is owned by another retainer. Which retainer should their children belong to?

One more person will earn more money. No one will let anyone else fight. In this fight, the unlucky one is the innocent villagers. Today, this retainer will collect taxes, tomorrow that retainer will collect again. The day after tomorrow, the two of them will come to come together. If he collects too much, I will collect less. You have to make up for the less.

Just tossing and making trouble, the villagers in this village suffer so much that they live in dire straits. Some villagers can't bear the suffering and endure themselves.

"According to Qin's laws, abolish the pass!" the county official raised his throat and shouted.

"Abandon the pass!" The villagers burst into cheers, and everyone waved their tools to move forward, and mission to destroy these passes.

Over the years, they have suffered a lot from these barriers, all of which have used their strength to do it. In less than a few hours, these barriers were pushed down.

"Long live the Qin Dynasty!" The villagers waved their arms, shook their fists, shouted loudly, venting their excitement.

"Wuwu!" Some villagers even cried with excitement.

XXOX

In the Jiangdong area, the Xiang family members were all dejected. Under the escort of Qin army soldiers, they left their hometown and rushed to Guanzhong.

Qin Yiren decided to eradicate the old nobles of the six countries and move these people to Guanzhong to take care of them. Xiang, a major family in Chu, is of course no exception, and he must go to Guanzhong.

As a great family of Chu, the Xiang family was deeply rooted in Jiangdong and was used to being arrogant and prosperous. It was like today, like a defeated rooster, and it was the first time that it attracted the surprise of the people and common people in Jiangdong.

"Look, look, Xiang's family has today too!"

"Xiang is a domineering Jiangdong. They acted as a mighty man, plundered people's land, and seized their wives and daughters. They didn't know how many families were destroyed because of them. They should have eliminated them long ago. The poor King of Chu was incompetent. Not only could he not eliminate them, but he had to appease them, as if they had not done enough evil."

"It's still great in the Qin Dynasty. When the Qin soldiers arrived, the Xiang family still bowed their heads down? The Qin Dynasty asked them to go east, but they dared not go west!"

"You untouchables don't know the kindness of General. General fought to the death of Qin State for the sake of the Great Chu and died on the battlefield. You should be grateful." A Xiang family member could not bear to listen and shouted at the onlookers and commoners.

"Bah!"

"You have the nerve to say this. The General is a character, but is he really dedicated to the great Chu? He wants to be promoted and make money, want the Xiang family to have more land, cities, and want your Xiang family to exploit it even more ruthlessly.

He died well!"

However, a contradictory word caused a lot of shouting.

"Beat him to death! Beat him to death!" The more excited Chinese people picked up the stones on the ground and smashed them to the head.

Xiang Yan is a character, but if he succeeds, the Xiang family will have greater power, the Xiang family will become more powerful and the Xiang family will become more powerful, and the life of slaves of the people in the country will be even more sad.
Chapter completed!