Chapter 130: World Propaganda
"Hahahaha, when the Union required many counties to open up a flat road near the cement road, all the ministers opposed it. You never thought that steam locomotives would come in handy now!"

At this time, officials such as Li Si, Feng Quji, Wang Wan, and Meng Yi had also arrived. When they saw the speeding steam locomotive, they were all trembling with excitement.

Everyone could naturally foresee the great significance of this steam locomotive to the Qin Dynasty.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Many ministers cheered excitedly.

After everyone stood up, they began to discuss.

"With this divine weapon, the territories west of the Vast Sea and west of Xiangjun have been completely stabilized."

"I heard that they are testing steamships now. By then, the four seas will be at the mercy of the Qin Dynasty, hahahaha."

"According to the news from the west of the vast sea, there is a large territory there. I heard that the people there look very strange, with different hair and skin color than us. If a steam locomotive can be built there, it would be nice to go there and take a look someday."

"Conquer the barbarian lands and expand the territory of Qin."

The voices of many ministers around were constantly heard, one after another.

During this period, as the Central Asian territory was incorporated into the territory and Southeast Asia was developed, the horizons of the Qin Dynasty's top officials were broadened a lot.

In the past, it was limited to the current territory of Daqin, but now it is discovered that there are still some powerful countries outside Daqin, and even some ethnic groups are unique and have different civilizations.

This discovery was even published in the official newspapers published in the past one or two years, opening the eyes of countless people.

Many Qin Dynasty generals were rubbing their hands, their eyes shining, ready for a big fight.

The wars in the Qin Empire had already been quelled, so the promotion speed of the new generation of soldiers and generals had naturally slowed down. Now that there were new territories to conquer, their military merits naturally increased.

Not only them, some officials have now proposed that prisoners from Mount Li and all over the world can be transported out to open up wasteland and develop the land, and anyone who has made meritorious contributions will be exempted from all charges.

Ying Zheng was somewhat tempted by this proposal. There were hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Mount Li alone. Not only criminals, but also remnants of the six kingdoms.

If the original historical process had been followed, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, when there were no soldiers available, Zhang Han organized an army of more than 700,000 prisoners from Mount Li and defeated the surrounding rebel forces.

It almost reversed the fate of the Qin Dynasty.

And this is just the number of prisoners in Mount Li. If all other criminals in the entire Qin Dynasty were added together, the number would be enormous.

In addition to this proposal, there are also proposals from some previous officials that are now gradually emerging.

Shortly after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, a group of ministers including Chunyu Yue hoped that the Qin Dynasty would enfeoff the princes and station them in various parts of the country to protect the Central Plains.

But it was later rejected by Ying Zheng. Instead, the county system was adopted, with all power in the world returned to the central government.

However, now as the Qin Dynasty begins to expand its territory again, whether it is Southeast Asia, Central Asia, or even further away, these places are too far away from the Central Plains.

Being far away from the center of power means that it is difficult to govern and a rebellion is likely to occur. It will take more than half a year for the Central Plains to react.

Therefore, the feudal system has also recently emerged. Faced with this situation, it is obviously best to enfeoff the local areas to the princes for jurisdiction, and then let tens of thousands of Qin troops follow and take charge.

In this way, the local indigenous people can naturally be thoroughly educated.

This is equivalent to the Great Qin being established in the center. Outside of the Great Qin, the various princes set up their own small courts to govern the local areas and support each other, just like the Zhou Dynasty's enfeoffment of various states, except that the areas enfeoffed by the Great Qin were larger and more distant.

In this way, there is no doubt that a larger Kyushu will be opened up, which is really exciting.

However, these matters are still on hold for now on Ying Zheng's side. The emergence of steam locomotives naturally brought a huge development opportunity for Daqin.

Since Ying Zheng had already reserved a road for laying railroad tracks, and the steelmaking industry was booming in various places and there was no shortage of materials for railroad tracks, the first railroad in Sishui County was soon officially opened to traffic.

"Woooooo~"

Amid the mist in the sky and the exclamations of countless Qin people, the steam locomotive blew its whistle and sped away into the distance.

Suddenly, the steam locomotive of Sishui County became one of the wonders of the world, and many people began to try to ride it.

It used to take several days to reach a place by horse, but now it only takes half a day. This speed is amazing.

Moreover, the mileage of railway tracks continued to increase, and Mohist craftsmen were working overtime to produce more steam locomotives.

"Daqin is really developing rapidly now, and even this kind of thing can be produced."

Tian Heng looked at the steam locomotive speeding in the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

"The immortals are all-powerful, otherwise the tyrannical Qin would never have been able to produce these things."

Zhang Liang took a sip of tea, looked at the locomotive in the distance, and exclaimed in amazement.

In fact, these things are no secret. In recent years, various new things have emerged in the Qin Dynasty, all of which came from the guidance of immortals. Even Ying Zheng did not hide the truth about the things, and even wrote about them in great detail.

What does this mean? It means that there really is a god protecting the Qin Dynasty, and Ying Zheng is eager to publicize it to the world.

"I heard that there is Xiangjun in the west of Lingnan, where rice can be harvested twice or even three times a year, and there are cement roads for transporting food back. The price of grain may drop."

Tian Heng was talking about the latest newspaper news again.

In recent years, the government's official newspapers have developed rapidly, and with the help of ships, highways and cement roads, every issue of the newspaper is printed and distributed to major cities and counties across the country, so that all officials and people of Daqin can know the latest policies and news of Daqin.

Although it was only published once every two weeks, it was very popular in the world and was sought after by countless people. The knowledge and information it contained also opened the eyes of countless officials and the public.

"Lingnan and Xiangdu are too far to the west. We can't count on them this year. If the steam locomotive tracks can be laid there next year, perhaps the situation will be very different."

Zhang Liang shook his head. He couldn't catch up this year, but he could foresee that the days of the Qin Dynasty would indeed be much better in the future.

Now all the major counties and prefectures in the Qin Dynasty are busy building railways. I heard that several steam locomotives have been produced, and all the major counties and prefectures are writing to request allocation of funds.

Even the officials who stayed behind in Xianyang City could not sit still and wanted to build a railway connecting Xianyang and Peicheng as soon as possible.

"Compared to the west of Xiangjun and Lingnan, I am more interested in the north. It is said that there are many foreign races there, and the races are very different from ours. There are even some strong countries there."

Zhang Liang looked towards the north with some longing.

There seems to be a lot of wonderful things on the other side of the world.

"Hahaha, Zifang, have you read the latest official report? I heard that the area west of Xiangjun, which was newly incorporated into the territory of the Qin Dynasty, borders the Maurya Dynasty."

Tian Heng poured Zhang Liang another cup of tea, and seeing that Zhang Liang was interested in the foreign country, he couldn't help but say.

"Oh!"

Hearing Tian Heng's words, Zhang Liang straightened up involuntarily and became very interested.

(End of this chapter)