Great Qin Shi Empress

Today's Siberia is just a wilderness. There is no country on it at all. There are only some aborigines living on it and some nomads who wandered in the past. It can almost be regarded as a land of no man. Not too difficult.

However, the ministers of the state of Qin have completely opposite attitudes towards whether to occupy this land——

Most of the generals, like Ying Zheng, wanted to occupy this land to expand the area of ​​Qin.The so-called Wenzhiwugong, the military generals in the court naturally want to win more land, so that their achievements in the history books will be more prominent.

Wen Chen objected to this.

The reason is also simple, because the further north you go, the lower the local winter temperature and the worse the climate. According to the Dingling and other herdsmen who have been to the northernmost point, the northernmost part is even frozen all year round, even in summer. It's not that high.

The most important thing is that a lot of land over there can't be farmed at all.

What to do with the land that cannot be cultivated?There is not even a lot of population there, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is not much material. It can only be left behind after it is destroyed. If you want to develop it, you don't know how much manpower and material resources will be invested. It is completely unnecessary.

The two parties argued about this, and not only blushed in the face of Ying Zheng, but were even on the verge of fighting.

But all the disputes disappeared after Lin Qian said: "Although Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, it is very rich in minerals and energy. If it can be taken down, the future development of the Great Qin There will be no shortage of energy.”

Nowadays, the changes in Qin State can be said to be changing with each passing day, but the demand for energy and various minerals is also changing with each passing day. If the Mohist workshop did not forget to upgrade the various mining equipment when doing research, the speed of mining various minerals is really fast now. It must be able to keep up with the needs of Qin from top to bottom.

But the problem is that such demand is still brought about by the infrastructure and urban construction in various places.

Because many devices need to use metals such as steel, many new inventions have not been widely popularized among the people. Many things will not only limit the number of purchases, but also the identity of the purchaser. Not everyone can buy them if they want to buy them. .

But even so, Qin's demand for resources is also increasing year by year.

Now the Western Qiang tribes and the city construction in the Western Regions are consuming a lot of resources. Many people are really worried that Qin's domestic resource reserves will not be enough.

If Siberia really has so many resource reserves, even if the land is vast and sparsely populated and the products are not abundant, Qin will only give full support to occupy it, and then build a city on it, let the people move there, and truly transform it. Occupy down.

And it's not just Siberia.

Lin Qian said with a smile: "If Siberia is only rich in mineral resources, another continent only tens of kilometers away from Siberia has not only rich mineral resources, but also large fertile plains and forests. It's not particularly rare, but just like Siberia, there is no country established."

The distance between Siberia and the Americas has never been far away. Even in modern times, the Bering Strait is only 80 kilometers wide. More than 2000 years ago, it will only be closer than it is now.

Not to mention that Mo Shu is about to build a ship, even if it is not built, an ordinary ship is enough to carry people from the Eurasian continent to the American continent.

The American continent, that is the real good place!

But it's too early to talk about the American continent—

Siberia has not been taken yet. Although you can go directly to America by way, these two places are now unclaimed lands. There is really no need to rush to America first. If the news is leaked and someone finds out, that would be good Unwillingly, they directly occupied Siberia, and then did not allow Qin soldiers to enter the streets. No matter how busy they were before, it would be a waste of effort;

The second is that the Qin State will only have a population of more than 5000 million now, and a considerable part of them are the Xiqiang people and Western Regions who have just been included in the Qin State, as well as the nomads who have not been included in the Qin State for a long time.

With a population of 5000 million, even occupying the vast land of Qin State is too small. If you want to really bring it into the scope of management, you need to improve transportation and infrastructure construction, let alone occupy another continent?

But after Lin Qian said so many things, Li Si and the others only heard one word——

The land is fertile!

The land is fertile. This kind of land can not only be used to grow food vegetables, but also can make food vegetables grow exceptionally well. A bumper crop harvest is not a dream at all.

Almost instantly, Li Si and the others were filled with enthusiasm and ambition for Siberia, which was only considered a "barren land" before.

Even though Lin Qian reminded him later that even though America is a good place, Qin cannot send troops to occupy it now, because it won’t spare too many manpower to cultivate the land, but Li Si and other ministers are still full of reverie about that land , and made up his mind to take Siberia as soon as possible, and then go to America to see for himself whether it is as good as Lin Qian said.

Lin Qian watched helplessly as he was discussing with great interest how to manage the American continent after he really captured it, what to plant among the crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and rice, and so on.

Ying Zheng had seen a map of the world's mineral distribution with his own eyes, so he naturally knew the existence of America.

Seeing Li Si and others discussing this in full swing, a smile appeared on his face.

Fortunately, Li Si and the others were not unaware of Qin's current situation, so after thinking about it, they quickly set their sights on the land of Siberia.

Of course, they don't like the strange name of Siberia.

So after some discussions, the court and the central government unanimously decided to designate this place as the Great Northern Wilderness.

Not only did they finalize the place, they also made a charter for taking this land——

Because there is no country and there are very few local aborigines, the Qin State almost only needs to go directly to this area to delineate counties and counties, and then build roads and cities. In name and in reality, it occupies this vast land.

It's just that this place is really sparsely populated, so when planning counties, the scope of a county is extremely large. Even a county in the Great Northern Wilderness is larger than a county in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

However, with the backing of the country, building a city in this place will not be particularly difficult.

Moreover, the larger the place, the fewer cities to build.

In just one or two years, the Great Northern Wilderness was built almost simultaneously with the city on the Xiqiang side, and potatoes and other food were grown there, truly taking over this piece of land.

But before Qin had time to be happy, when Qin State was building the train track from Xianyang to the vicinity of the Bering Strait, a very serious problem appeared——

A considerable part of this road is permafrost, and it is extremely difficult to build a railway on it.

But fortunately, Lin Qian can trade with modern hosts.

After handing over a history book and many ancient crafts to the modern host, Lin Qian successfully switched from modern times to the technology of building railways in permafrost. Then he thoroughly understood and applied this technology to reality.

In just two or three years, the railway to the Bering Strait was completed.

As the first passengers on this train, Ying Zheng and Lin Qian saw the scenery of the Bering Strait with their own eyes after almost half a month.

This was the first time Ying Zheng saw the Bering Strait, and it was also the first time Lin Qian saw it.

The two were on this side of the strait, looking at the other side, their eyes were extremely amazed.

Especially Lin Qian, knowing what kind of giant monster will occupy the land on the other side of the strait more than 1000 years later, his mood is even more exciting.

She couldn't help but look back at Ying Zheng: "The land on the opposite side is almost in Qin's pocket. I don't know how His Majesty decides to use it?"

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian and smiled, "First, change the name of that continent."

Lin Qian paused, then laughed: "Then, what kind of name does Your Majesty want to give to that piece of land?"

Ying Zheng really lowered his head to think, and said after a while, "Then it's called Longyuanzhou."

Lin Qian was stunned: "It's not bad..."

This name sounds like Huaxia's.

Although the mainland on the other side has not yet been captured, as far as the current state of Qin is concerned, as long as it occupies the Bailing Strait, it will only be a matter of time.

After all, the navigation technology of other countries can't support them in today's long voyages.

After confirming that the northernmost part of Qin State's territory could no longer be extended, everyone turned their attention to the south——

The one that bears the brunt is the Ailao Kingdom that is adjacent to Yelang and Dian Kingdoms, but escaped the catastrophe when Li Xin sent troops to attack these two countries last time.

This country is about the same size as Yelang and Dian. It is just a matter of hands for Qin to take it down. veteran.

Therefore, Ying Zheng directly ordered Han Xin to lead his troops there.

Han Xin did not disappoint Ying Zheng's trust, but with [-] soldiers and horses, he beat the Ailao Kingdom to the ground and fled. In less than two months, he directly sent envoys to find Han Xin to surrender.

After Ailao Kingdom was captured, Yingzheng turned his attention to the places occupied by the Pyu and Meng people.

But there are mountains and forests blocking this side, and it is not an easy task to take it down.

Ying Zheng is thinking about whether to recruit a large number of former Baiyue people. These people used to live in the mountains and forests. If they want to take these places, it would be more appropriate to let the Baiyue people lead the way and guide them.

But at this moment, good news came from the Mo family——

One is that Mo Shu finally developed the first electrical appliance, the electric light, and successfully made the Mohist workshop bright all night; With dozens of people set off from Xianyang to the next county.

Needless to say the shock brought by the former.

Human beings can only work from sunrise to sunset, and live according to all the laws of nature because of the darkness. But after the electric light is invented, people will no longer be afraid of the night, and the night will no longer be limit human life.

The materials used in electric lamps are not bad, and they are not scarce. They may not be able to enter everyone's home for the time being, but they are not so far away.

What really limits the popularity of electric lights is the generators and storage equipment, as well as the large amount of metal copper wire and rubber required for wires.

Qin Banliang is made of copper.

It is entirely conceivable that once the wires are made of copper wire and rubber, some people will inevitably steal the wires.

Because that's almost equivalent to money.

Therefore, before finding a solution to this problem, the imperial court did not dare to popularize electric lights nationwide.

Of course, this is not without a solution. If nothing else, just refer to modern times.

However, because there are not many people who can afford electric lights, there is no need for Qin to reform for this.

This is the case with the electric light, and another with the steamship.

Although the Mohist Juzi had already obtained the opportunity to operate a ship on the moat after receiving the permission of Yingzheng, the cautious Mohist did not drive the ship that the Mohist was studying on the moat until he was sure.

He and his Mohist disciples devoted themselves to research, but it was only in the first half of this year that they sent the ship into the moat for the first time.

After the first time, there was a second time, a third time and even countless times after that.

The people in Xianyang City and the nearby people were shocked when they saw the ship at first, but they gradually got used to it, and soon regarded it as a ship that was not much different from ordinary ships. Will pay more attention.

It was not until half a year later that the ship finally ran successfully and carried people to the second county in a short period of time.

When the report of the ship's arrival in the second county appeared in the newspapers, everyone was shocked.

Ying Zheng, who had seen the world map, saw other opportunities.

So it didn't take long for the second ship to be built.

Then the third ship, the fourth ship, the fifth ship...

The soldiers of Qin State also arrived at the place where the Pyu people were with these ships, and successfully took them down after disembarking for a period of time to recuperate.

The officials in charge of building the city and roads of the Qin State followed closely behind with various resources, and soon settled down there, and built various infrastructures and expanded the city on the basis of the original city. After some surveys, a suitable place was successfully found, and the train was directly repaired back to Qin.

After confirming that all accessible land from north to south has been captured, Yingzheng actually wants to stop and recuperate, develop the domestic economy well, and let the people have more time to reproduce.

After the Qin State promulgated various provisions to guarantee female fertility, the fertility rate of the Qin State has increased. Now, in the past few years, the population of the Qin State has increased from more than 5000 million to nearly 7000 million (partly from Ailao and other countries. population).

Although the population has increased, the land area of ​​Qin State has also increased. If you don't stop to cultivate, there may be many problems in Qin State.

But the problem is that Qin Guo wants to recuperate, but others don't know.

When Meng Tian sent troops to attack the Xiongnu and the nomadic peoples of the grassland, when he was heading east, he accidentally arrived at a country called North Korea.

The country is adjacent to the grasslands and is often bullied by the nearby nomads.

It stands to reason that if Meng Tian wanted to take it down at that time, it was still very easy.

But one thing that Yingzheng ordered at the time was to take down the grassland and the major nomadic peoples on the grassland, without mentioning this small country; They were behind the scenes, and other tribes in the grassland wanted to surrender to Qin, but this country seemed to want to resist. Seeing that the place was not big, Meng Tian didn't want to waste time and led his troops away.

However, after the Qin State took over large tracts of land one after another, this country didn't know what to think, and even led troops to the city where Sushen was located to plunder.

Meng Tian was a little dazed when he heard it, and could hardly believe what he heard.

But the fact is that that small country really sent troops to attack the city of Qin.

Ok……

Although Meng Tian didn't understand, he still took the soldiers to the city.

but……

When Meng Tian arrived, the soldiers sent by that country had already been defeated by the brave and skilled Sushen people and imprisoned.

All became captives.

I heard that those Sushen people originally wanted to wait for Meng Tian to bring troops over, and he didn't plan to go to battle himself, but they couldn't stand the anger of these people, and even yelled and cursed directly under the city wall, saying that after they joined Qin, they would become soldiers. A tiger that has its teeth pulled out has no ability at all.

Sushen people and North Koreans are neighbors, and there is bound to be a lot of friction between them.

After hearing this, how can they sit still?

Originally, they wanted to wait for Meng Tian to bring troops over, but now they couldn't wait any longer. They immediately took up their weapons and rode on horses, and taught those North Koreans not to care about them.

Meng Tian: "..." So, why bother?

Although this attack has been completely resolved, Meng Tian is not someone who is willing to make a trip in vain.

Not to mention anything else, the consumption of resources they traveled by car and the consumption of food and grass on the road, etc., are not a small amount.

Therefore, Meng Tian, ​​who didn't pay much attention to this small place, directly led his troops to attack North Korea, and took it directly in less than a month. country.

Although Chen State did not invade Qin State, who made it a good neighbor?

So far, the Korean Peninsula of later generations has also been included in the territory of Qin State.

Ying Zheng soon heard about it.

He didn't have a big reaction to this, but just asked: "Is there a Fusang under the Korean Peninsula? I remember that in the history mentioned by my wife, Xu Fu took three thousand virgins with him after he deceived Qin Shihuang. Sailing on a ship with Qian Cai, and finally arrived at Fusang Country?"

Lin Qian hadn't recovered from the astonishment that the Korean peninsula was also taken down, and when Ying Zheng asked about Fusang, his expression was simply...

but……

Now almost all of Asia is the territory of Qin State, and it seems that there are only a few islands left that have not been captured.

Isn't this Fusang just a bigger island?

Regardless of whether there is a country on it now, with Yingzheng's love for territorial expansion, it will only be a matter of time before it is taken down, and it doesn't seem to affect anything whether you say it or not?

So Lin Qian said directly: "There is indeed a Fusang Island, and there is a legend on it that there is a country, but I don't know what's going on."

Yingzheng didn't care whether there was a country on it: "I heard that there is a sea area between Fusang and Qin with complicated ocean currents? It's just a good time to test the quality of the ships built by the Mohists."

Lin Qian: "..."