I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 188 Sucrose
Ying Changsheng's words finally moved Ying Zheng.

I saw Yingzheng saying with emotion.

"Your boy is right, if a thousand-mile road is repaired, it will be repaired, not to mention that there are so many good things to help. Back then, roads could be built all over the country without these things. Now that there are so many things to help, if even a mere If you can't build a road for a thousand miles, then don't be the Great Qin Emperor!"

Ying Zheng's voice fell.

A smile appeared on the corner of Ying Changsheng's mouth.

He murmured in his heart.

This time.

The Great Qin Empire.

There should never be another Nanyue King again, right?

The next day in the hall.

When Yingzheng announced that he would build such a road.

The ministers were a little stunned.

Many ministers are ready to stand up and oppose, because in their view, the land of Baiyue is extremely barren and there are no people.

There is no arable land either.

There is no developed handicraft industry.

The place is simply wild, only a group of savages.

If the imperial court sent a large army to capture this place, that would be nothing.

After all, the desire to win the government and expand the territory is quite strong.

And the ministers.

They also hope that the territory of the Great Qin Empire will be wider.

But when Yingzheng planned to build a thousand-mile long road here.

The ministers couldn't help but object again.

the reason is simple.

The real core reason for their opposition is that.

build such a road.

The problem is not big.

But the problem is.

Building such a road requires a lot of money, manpower and material resources.

This is something that the ministers cannot accept.

After all, such a road was built just to occupy Baiyue, a place where birds don't shit.

It's not worth it, is it?

Just when the ministers were talking about it.

Ying Changsheng stood up.

He was brought above the early court by Ying Zheng today.

I saw Ying Changsheng standing in front of the officials.

Then he opened his mouth to question the ministers.

"Just now, what you said here to conquer Baiyue is purely a waste of money and food. The same is true for building this road. Who said it? Stand up?"

"Young Master Nineteen, this is what the ministers said!"

For a time, dozens of ministers stood up in the hall.

Even Wang Jian said with a frown.

"Young Master Nineteen, I agree with the conquest of Baiyue, but I really don't agree with the construction of such a road. After all, in the land of Baiyue, building such a road is useless except for transporting troops..."

"Anyway, the land of Baiyue can't collect taxes, and the imperial court can't use the local, anything. Why build such a road?"

Ying Zheng frowned at the opposition of the ministers.

At this point, he really regretted bringing up this suggestion.

After all, the ministers already understood what they said.

No benefit.

After repairing, it is useless except for military use.

Compared with several other roads that can be used to transport commercial traffic, this road is simply for the military, without any economic benefits.

If it's just a short distance, it's not too bad, but a thousand miles is not too short.

In later generations, even a thousand miles on the highway will take several hours by car.

And just when Ying Zheng was a little shaken, the air was in the air.

All I saw was Ying Changsheng, his childish voice resounding among the ministers.

"Conquering Baiyue, how could there be no economic benefits?"

"You don't know what good things there are in the land of Baiyue!"

"Young Master Nineteen, aren't you joking?"

For a while, the officials looked at each other.

Well, everyone doesn't think there is anything good in Baiyue Land, the reason is very simple.

The land of Baiyue at this time is also Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places in later generations.

This place belongs to the economically developed area in the south in later generations.

Simply.

There are several cornucopias.

No one will say that there is no economic benefit here.

But the problem is that the current era is located in the pre-Qin period.

in this era.

There is a piece of wild, undeveloped, only a group of ruthless savages drinking blood.

That is, Baiyue people.

There are no local specialties that Daqin needs.

After hitting it down, it looks much bigger on the map.

In this situation.

No one is willing to conquer, and this place is nothing more than normal.

But under such circumstances, Ying Changsheng said with a sneer.

"The local area produces a kind of treasure, a kind of thing that is enough to make everyone here like it. If there is such a thing, this road must be built!"

"What is there in Nineteenth Prince's place?"

The ministers looked at Ying Changsheng in astonishment.

At this moment, Ying Changsheng cracked his mouth and opened his mouth to explain to the officials.

"Local, sugar can be produced!"

Well, in the current Baiyue land, there is indeed a special product suitable for the local area, and this thing is sugar.

I only heard Ying Changsheng explaining to the ministers.

"Do you know that there is a crop called sugar cane in the land of Baiyue. If the juice of this thing is collected and dried in the sun, it will become sugar!"

"It tastes sweet and has an endless aftertaste, almost like honey!"

"What the nineteenth son said is true?"

For a moment, the eyes of the officials lit up.

Because sweets are everyone's favorite in any age.

Both are expensive things.

Because the current Daqin, although there is already a primitive one, a kind of candy is maltose.

But this kind of candy is too expensive, because it needs to consume food to make.

So when I heard Ying Changsheng say Baiyue, this place that doesn't shit can produce sugar.

The ministers were unavoidably shocked.

While the ministers looked surprised, Ying Zheng also looked confused.

He couldn't help murmuring in his heart.

How come I don't know that Baiyue produces sugar?

Just when Yingzheng was in doubt.

Ying Changsheng said it to the officials.

"If everyone doesn't believe it, turn around and ask the Nanzheng Army to send a few carts of sugar cane to Xianyang, and then I will demonstrate it to everyone, and everyone will know!"

Well, Ying Changsheng really craves candy.

Exchange from the system through the national transport value.

The price is too expensive and not worth it.

It's better to make your own.

Anyway, this thing is not too high technology.

As long as there are materials.

There are raw materials, and I want to extract sucrose.

It couldn't be simpler.

And sugar cane.

Due to its special properties, it is a kind of crop that is more resistant to preservation.

So it was sent from Baiyue to Xianyang.

It won't break either.

It is completely possible to squeeze sugar on the spot, and then in front of the officials.

Demonstrate it.

Give them a taste of cane sugar.

At that time, they will all clamor to attack Baiyue.

"What the nineteenth son said, I think it makes sense!"

At this moment, Wang Jian stood up and said.

"If sugar is really produced in Baiyue, the imperial court can develop Baiyue, and transport sugar from Baiyue to the outside. At that time, this road will have its purpose!"

"So I think His Majesty can ask Baiyue to send over some sugar cane, and then try to see if he can make sugar...

(End of this chapter)