Chapter 654

Ying Ying Zi Ye laughed.

He couldn't respond to that.

"Father Emperor, you should eat more."

"There is still plenty here."

"As long as there are raw materials, this kind of snack can continue to be manufactured in the future."

Ying Ying Zi Ye brought the basin of French fries to Brother Zheng.

Zhang Han and Wang Li naturally didn't want to miss this rare opportunity.

Their mouths didn't stop.

If they choked, they would hurriedly drink some tea.

The three ate very happily.

Immediately, a series of crunchy sounds came from the Imperial Study.

These people were also very fond of these fresh snacks.

After the sweet potatoes and potatoes were harvested, the simplest way to eat them was to boil them.

The more refined way was to make them into snacks like this, fragrant and sweet.

"This technology for manufacturing snacks must be passed down."

"I am addicted to eating them; I must eat them every day in the future."

Ying Zheng waved his hand; such delicacies, how could one eat them only once?

"Father Emperor, rest assured."

"By then, it won't just be you who can eat them every day."

"Even the entire population of Great Qin can eat them every day."

"However, these things cause internal heat, so it is not recommended to eat too many."

"When you eat too much, you won't want to eat them anymore."

Ying Ying Zi Ye nodded; these things were not difficult to make.

As long as the raw materials were sufficient, they could be manufactured.

There was as much of this as one wanted.

When the sweet potatoes and potatoes were harvested in larger quantities later.

This technology could be taught.

Whether it was official production or finding people to cooperate, it would work.

Let people manufacture sweet potatoes and potatoes into various kinds of pastries and snacks.

Even Brother Zheng, Zhang Han, and the others called these peerless delicacies.

The rest of the Great Qin people would likely love them even more.

By then, sweet potatoes and potatoes would certainly be even more popular.

It is quite possible that they would be in short supply.

"Eat too much and won't want to eat anymore?"

"This general feels I could eat them for a year and not get tired of them."

Wang Li chuckled; these things were delicious, how could one get tired of them?

"When you get internal heat and toothaches later, don't blame me for not warning you."

Ying Ying Zi Ye glanced at this glutton speechlessly.

Eating them for a year straight.

He wouldn't be able to stand it in ten days or half a month.

"Whatever, enjoy it while you can."

Wang Li didn't care, looking like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

At this time, a eunuch walked in.

"Your Majesty, Wu Shi Luo requests an audience."

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng put down the delicacy in his hand.

"Wu Shi Luo has finally come."

"Invite him in quickly."

The eunuch glanced at the delicacies on the table and swallowed his saliva involuntarily.

He hurriedly saluted and left the place.

He was afraid that if he didn't leave, he would be intoxicated by the fragrance in the Imperial Study.

Wu Shi Luo?

Wu Shi Luo has come?

Ying Ying Zi Ye was suddenly stunned.

Why did this wealthy merchant come so suddenly?

"Father Emperor, is it that wealthy merchant Wu Shi Luo who makes a living by trading livestock?"

Ying Ying Zi Ye was curious; what was this person doing here?

"You kid know him too?"

"A few days ago, I received news that Wu Shi Luo said he wanted to visit, saying he wanted to trade some livestock with Great Qin."

"I didn't expect him to come today; it is truly a coincidence."

"I haven't seen him in six years."

Ying Zheng was beaming with joy.

He hadn't seen Wu Shi Luo for a long time.

It should be six years.

Six years ago, Wu Shi Luo had asked him for a batch of silk.

Meeting again, it had already been six years.

Wu Shi Luo often traded with Great Qin and even gifted livestock.

Ying Zheng's attitude toward him was still very good.

It was indeed him.

Ying Ying Zi Ye understood.

A person who could be called Wu Shi Luo.

It is estimated that apart from this great merchant, there is no one else with the same name.

Moreover, among the merchants who could have an audience with Brother Zheng, it is estimated that there were only Wu Shi Luo and the widow Ba Qing.

Wu Shi Luo's fame was not small.

According to records, in 216 BC, which was six years ago, Wu Shi Luo asked the Qin State for a batch of silk.

He exchanged it for cattle and sheep with the tribal leaders where he was, and the tribal leaders used the silk to exchange for gold with the Yuezhi and Sai people.

This kind of activity not only strengthened economic ties between regions but also played a role in facilitating mutual exchange on a larger scale.

Trade activities having such an effect was merely because "things are valued for their scarcity."

Wu Shi Luo's barter trade went down in history.

This was also the first person in the Hexi Corridor to be written into official history.

In that era, Wu Shi Luo had the courage to barter, which was truly clever, beautiful, and worthy of being recorded in history.

It was many years earlier than Columbus crossing the Atlantic and stepping onto the New World of the Americas, using glass beads to exchange for the gold and diamonds of the local indigenous people.

This was also the reason Ying Ying Zi Ye remembered this person.

Now that he heard it was Wu Shi Luo, he was surprised.

Wu Shi Luo was a great merchant with foresight.

His foresight lay in the fact that while making a living by livestock, he had a commodity management philosophy of using surplus products to exchange with others for profit very early on.

Because of this, Ying Ying Zi Ye also had a lot of curiosity about this person.

Soon, an old man walked in from outside the door.

This person had white hair at his temples and wrinkled skin; his age might be even greater than Brother Zheng's.

But his actual age could not be seen.

However, he did not reveal any signs of old age. ===== CHAPTER 656 =====