The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

When Lu An hurriedly left the palace and returned to the main army, the team from Shu County was still queuing up. Considering Qin's high efficiency, this speed can already be called very slow.

But none of the people in Shu County complained, because they were the cause of the long queue.

After hearing that their county magistrate was going to Beijing to report on his duties, several big businessmen from Shu County gathered for a small meeting.From their point of view, they couldn't be more satisfied with the two leaders of Shu County, especially compared to Prince Qin who started the war in Shu County before, these two are obviously much more reliable.

Merchants travel all over the world, looking for business opportunities. Their observation skills are extremely high, so they are the first people to experience the changes in Shu County. They are more aware of the changes in Shu County than ordinary people.

Li Bing controlled the water, benefited the Western Sichuan Plain, and Lu An ran a school, which cleansed people's hearts.The two have different priorities, but they complement each other, and they also attach importance to road construction, public security and people's livelihood. In the past few years, the relationship between Qin and Shu has become a hundred times closer than before.

Now looking back at their days a few years ago, they can't believe how they lived such a life.Therefore, they had mixed feelings about Lu An's return to Beijing to report on his work. They were worried that his score would be raised and be transferred from Shu County, and they were also worried that his score would be criticized for being too low.

Tangled and tangled, the businessmen decided to come to Xianyang to see the situation by themselves.

If the King of Qin really wants to transfer Lu Juncheng and Li Taishou away from Shu County, they will go to see the King of Qin together.

Lu An didn't know that the people who came to Beijing with him had this idea in their hearts. To him, this was just a normal visit to Beijing by local officials to report on their duties. He only thought that these merchants came to ride the wind.

Although Lu An was taken aback when he saw the amount of things these merchants brought into Beijing, he didn't think too much about it. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity and discussed with these merchants to set up a Shu County scenery exhibition in a rented place in Xianyang.

There are so many specialties and delicacies in Shu County, one or two of them are not eye-catching on weekdays, but if they gather together for an event, the guests will feel that they will not suffer a loss when they come to buy it once. This is the aggregation effect.And if you design a time limit for such an activity, you can get the highest traffic effect while reducing your own costs.

Of course, all of this has to be based on the quality of the goods themselves. Lu An is very confident in the quality of the goods in Shu County.

The guards at the gate had never seen a merchant carrying so much goods, and the entry fee alone was already a figure that made them feel distressed, not to mention the commercial tax that had to be paid after the goods entered Chang'an City.

What happened to these people from Shu County?Why did they get together? !

The clerk was sweating profusely and waved a truck past, pointing at people to let him notice that the horse was excreting after entering the city, and at the same time took a guide, the first feeling was——so thin!

He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and turned over the wooden tablet to have a look, good guy, Lu An, Prime Minister of Shu County!

No wonder!He consciously found a reason.

The journey from Shu County to Xianyang is long, and it is dangerous to go through mountains and forests along the way. It is said that there are many bandits along the way.And when officials enter Beijing, they will be protected by soldiers, so these merchants will follow the governor in groups.

After checking the seal of Lu An Juncheng in the special book, the little official took a step back to signal to go with him, and then he stared blankly at a series of carts entering the city gate.

Lu An is not a merchant, and the things he brought into Xianyang do not need to be pre-registered, but this amount is a bit too exaggerated, right?How do you feel that it is not much less than what those merchants brought in before?

Lu Juncheng is really a ruthless person.

The duty report of the ruthless Lu Xiaoan was placed on the day of the Great Court Meeting, which is very rare in Qin State.

Generally speaking, even the debriefing of the top leaders in the region is just submitting performance reports most of the time.After all, they are all palm prints of one place, and it would be inconvenient for the local area to leave.If Lu An was asked to go to Xianyang to report on his duties before because King Qin was concerned about the situation in Shu County, his ability to step into the palace of Xianyang Palace now undoubtedly proves that King Qin attaches great importance to this young official.

All the courtiers looked at this young man who could stand in the middle of Xianyang Palace to play at such a young age, and their eyes drifted to Lu Buwei who was sitting in the first row under King Qin.

Lu Buwei didn't have any inappropriate expressions on his face, but the courtiers inevitably felt a little sour in their hearts.

Pretending, this old man is definitely pretending!

Ya's heart is definitely full of pride!Having said that, who is not happy to meet?

I am capable, invested in a prince to become the king of Qin, and my son is not bad, but I have to use it and have a harmonious relationship with the prince. Seeing that the family can take root in Qin, a whole set of roots can be found, and then I can find a noble Qin to marry an in-law, and then it will sprout Blossom set.As long as you don't lose your mind, you will be heading for the title of the most successful guest minister in history.

In the hall, whether it was the guest lords or the courtiers of Qin's own country, the sour water in their hearts was about to drown themselves.

But there are also some people who feel cold in their hearts, and feel that the current situation of the Lu family seems to be full of flowers, but it is actually a raging fire.

King Qin couldn't tolerate a family being dominant, even if the dominant family was his benefactor's family.If he really wanted to support the Lu family, King Qin would not have put Lu An in a high position when he was so young, otherwise his son would enter Xianyang Palace in his prime, and his father would retire before he was old enough to be an official. What kind of scene is it?

Whether it is the wonderful thing of father and son working together to support the emperor, or the scandal of father and son's political disagreement and fighting with each other, it is not in Qin Wang's mind.Qin State seems to have no taboos, but in fact it attaches great importance to filial piety. Regardless of the former, if the latter is implemented, then Lu An's official career will come to an end.

Not only in the state of Qin, but also in other countries, no one would appoint such a minister who competes with his father.

In the Warring States Period, rituals and music collapsed, and the most important thing to maintain universal values ​​is filial piety.The reason is very simple, you don't even love and respect the parents who gave birth to you and raised you, who would dare to believe that you will be loyal to a king who has no blood relationship?Who dares to believe that you will be kind and generous to the people under your rule?

In this day and age, nothing is more important than life, and nothing is more difficult to obtain than food.As mothers who give life and fathers who give food, they are born with a kindness to their children.

And another universal value in the Warring States Period is "The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring."

Although it may not be fair to use filial piety to judge whether a person has talent or not, it is indeed the lowest-cost way of selecting talents and restricting them in the age of information illiquidity.

Let's not talk about the future, just looking at the present, Lu Buwei has indeed gained a lot of face.The young man has a long life, with delicate and clean eyebrows, especially a pair of apricot eyes that are round and full of energy, the light is agile, and his mind is flexible when he looks at it.However, when he looks at you, you can see the tranquil lake below like a deep pool from under the Ling Lingbo light.

The few elders of the clan who had drooping eyelids twitched the corners of their mouths as soon as they closed their eyes, and then they couldn't help being dumbfounded in their hearts.They have been in high positions for many years, so they naturally know how to know people by face, and the most important thing to know people is to see people through their eyes.

No matter how good a person is at disguising, he can't put it in his eyes. If his heart is upright, his eyes will be clear, but if his heart is not upright, his eyes will be cloudy.The eyes are firm in the heart, and the eyes shift when there are distracting thoughts in the heart, and this kid Lu An...

He seems to think a lot, but in fact he has a firm and stubborn temperament, no wonder the stranger wants to use this kid.

They looked at Lu Buwei again... um... small eyes.

Tsk, this son must be like a mother.

Lu An stood alone in the center of the lobby, and he could feel the eyes of almost everyone around him sweeping over him, including the strange man of King Qin on the high platform.

The current Yiren is not the Yiren uncle he is familiar with, nor is he the gentle elder in private, but the King of Qin through and through.

The way he looked over also carried the coldness and scrutiny unique to a king.

"Lu An, Prime Minister of Shu County." The stranger's voice was deliberately slowed down, and with the blessing of this empty hall, his voice seemed a little cold, "The document you handed in said that the south and southwest of Shu County...are different. country exists."

Yiren's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the eyes that were originally reserved, now all fell on Lu An without any concealment.

In today's Qin people's understanding of the world, the southernmost country is Chu.

The relationship between Qin and Chu is complicated. They are rivals, teammates and old in-laws. Therefore, Qin claims to be the country that understands Chu's strength best among the six countries.The south is the territory of Chu State. If there is a country on the territory of Chu State that has not been annexed by Chu State...

Then Qin State must get in touch with this country.

The reason why Chu State is most difficult to deal with is because it belongs to the extreme south, and the whole south is his territory. If you want to attack it, you can only grind it hard and swallow its territory bit by bit.And because the land occupied by the Chu State is hilly, the terrain is extremely complex compared to the other countries that are mainly plains. It is very easy to get lost if it is not led by the locals. The last time the Qin Army attacked the Chu State, it was because of this. After a little bit of suffering, he finally returned home with his feathers folded.

If there are other countries further south of Chu State, then Qin State's strategic composition can be more flexible, and if we can unite with each other...

"Impossible." The officials of the Chu family in the DPRK refuted it one after another. They all stood up and said that they didn't know that there were other countries to the south of Chu.Even if there were, most of the Tu tribes in a small area usurped and became kings.How can such a small tribe be called a country?

The stranger looked at Lu An, "Lu Qing?"

Lu An didn't rush, he asked the waiter to unfold the box he brought, and then took out the clothes inside.The robes displayed in front of everyone are decorated with gold ornaments and precious stones, and the colors are also extremely beautiful and bold. The style is completely different from the Central Plains culture, and it is extremely extravagant.

All the ministers of the Qin Kingdom couldn't help squinting their eyes, feeling that this aesthetic is really hot enough, not reserved at all.And what's going on with the shoulders of the robe?Why is it still hollow?

More importantly, it was decorated with patterns that they had never seen before.Although it is not sure whether it is a deformation of some kind of flower or animal, it is indeed unprecedented in terms of style.

Lu An explained to everyone: "The bird on this dress is called a peacock. It is the mascot of the kingdom beyond the mountain. It is rumored that it is a bird with very beautiful tail feathers."

The ancestors of Shu County had traded with this kingdom decades ago.They also tried to bring back live peacocks, but due to improper breeding, some of these birds could not adapt to the climate of Shu County, and some of them died. For the Chinese meal, only the exquisite feathers were left for the collection of the local Tu leaders.

He took out some peacock tail feathers and showed them to everyone.This tail feather was passed down in the hands of the courtiers, and it aroused admiration for its magnificent color and pattern resembling human eyes.

But that's not what Lu An wanted to say.

"The people of Shu told me that the kingdom is very far away from Shu County, and the roads are full of mountain roads and trails, making it difficult to walk. War broke out in that country for more than ten years, so the business roads were blocked. But when they had trade exchanges before, they had They are eager for the cloth produced in Shu County, and the people of Shu County exchange gold ornaments and grain seeds with them."

The key word "grain seed" immediately caught the attention of the courtiers, and they all looked at him as if anticipating what Lu An would say next.In the eyes of everyone, the young official straightened his back and looked at King Qin firmly: "Part of the rice planted in Shu County is the descendant of these seeds, and its yield is [-]% to [-]% higher than that of ordinary rice, and it is fuller. "

"So you want to do business with that Peacock Kingdom to buy grain?" The other person lowered his eyes, unable to see his emotions.

Lu An replied: "My Majesty, not only grain, but also gold, coal and iron."

"Lu An, tell me what you think." Yiren raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Give me a reason to convince me to establish diplomatic relations with a small foreign country, or a small country that may be at war."

Lu An was silent for a while, raised his face, his eyes were burning, and his voice was loud and loud: "King Huiwen wanted Shu to become Qin's reliable and reliable rear, but Shu was not able to, but I think that the current Shu County, It can already become the reliance of Qin to conquer the world."

"Do you have proof?"

"Yes." Lu An's eyes flashed with pride, and he raised his head and said, "Shu County is rich in fields and the climate is suitable. Rice can be harvested twice a year. If wheat is interplanted, it can be harvested three times a year."

"Fengtie in Shu County, Shu people are good at crafting and extremely hardworking. The weapons they make are of high quality. This time, I have brought a batch of weapons made by Shu people."

"In addition, the climate in Shu County is very suitable for raising animals in captivity. I have experimented with raising pigs in many places in Bashu. After castration, they are fed with grass, and they grow very well." He slightly raised his voice and suppressed those who wanted to refute. "The most important thing is that Shu County produces salt. Although live pigs cannot be transported to Xianyang, their meat can be salted and shipped."

Lu An bowed his hands to the stranger, "This time, I also brought the dried meat made in Shu County. In addition to being convenient for preservation, it also tastes very good. There are various cooking methods suitable for marching food. Please also show your character. Learn."

The author has something to say:

Xia Miao: I raise pigs not to feed tigers, I raise pigs.Raising pigs is useful! !

The Maurya Dynasty in India has been destroyed at this time, ahem, but it is better to do it in times of war.

Bashu had trade with South Asia before the Qin and Han Dynasties, earlier than the ancient tea-horse road, so the trade route to the south was earlier than the Silk Road, but it was not an official act at that time, and there were no traces left. Judging by archaeological discoveries, it is said that fragments of silk were found on mummies thousands of years ago in Egypt.