Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

In this area blocked by the army led by Meng Tian, ​​the difference between the rice grown in the internal farmland and the outside world is too obvious.

Unless you didn't notice it at first.

Otherwise, once you focus on these farmlands, you can almost see at a glance that the rice planted in this area is much higher in terms of density, number of ears, and fruit fullness... It is much larger than the rice that everyone has seen before.

"what is that?"

Just as many officials' eyes were attracted by the rice in the fields, suddenly, a sharp-eyed official caught a glimpse of a farmer not far away who was plowing the soil to loosen the soil and plan to open up new fields.

Opening up wasteland is not a rare thing, and naturally this official will not pay attention to an ordinary farmer for no reason.

Precisely.

What this sharp-eyed official really noticed was the 'land clearing tool' used by the farmer.

The official's exclamation quickly attracted the attention of the others. Everyone followed the sound and soon discovered the farmers clearing wasteland over there.

"Isn't it just an ordinary plowing of wasteland... No! How is that possible with a cow?"

"Your Majesty, am I not dazzled?"

"Really, really only used one cow. How did he do it?"

"The plow in his hand is so strange. It's different from what we usually use."

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There was a crash.

A group of officials who were squatting in the farmland studying rice just now swarmed in the direction of the farmer not far away in the blink of an eye.

A group of big shots in official uniforms suddenly surrounded him, almost scaring the peasant out of his wits.

And just as a group of people were surrounding the farmer asking questions, suddenly, another sharp-eyed official glanced at something set up on a ditch in front of him.

"What is this?"

Out of curiosity, this person slowly approached.

Then he discovered that underneath the object, there was a farmer stepping on two wooden blocks and turning them hard. And as the farmer's feet turned, the thing on the ditch that looked like some kind of mechanism actually began to drive the water in the ditch towards the higher fields for irrigation.

Saw this scene.

The official's pupils suddenly shrank.

Although he does not often farm, he is not the kind of official who is industrious and indifferent to grains. At least he still knows some common sense about farming.

The water flows downward.

Nowadays, not only the Qin State, but also the entire seven Central Plains countries, most of the farmland is cultivated on flat land, because only flat land can divert river water to irrigate food.

As for the higher areas, it is not without fertile soil. But if there is no water source for irrigation, then the best soil is of no use.

Therefore, there are actually vacant high-terrain wastelands in the Qin State that have not been reclaimed.

However, now that we have this kind of 'mechanism', plus the special plow that can be pulled by just one cow, wouldn't it...

This is the thought.

The official suddenly felt his heart beating suddenly, and then quickly ran to Gongshu Qiu and said urgently: "Mr. Gongshu, were those two items made by you? What are their names? How much is the Nissan value?"

A series of questions suddenly made Gong Shuqiu a little confused.

When they saw this official seeking revenge on Gongshu, the eyes of the others suddenly lit up and they also gathered around him.

In the eyes of everyone.

The person present who has the ability to create such exquisite and exquisite mechanism skills is obviously Gong Shuqiu.

As for the other officials who were more interested in the rice in the farmland, they swarmed around Meng Tian.

On the other hand, look at where Mr. Mo is.

Everyone seemed to have made an appointment, and they all chose to avoid it tacitly.

Some of these people belong to the lineage of Lu Buwei and Chu foreign relatives. Naturally, they cannot have a good look towards Mr. Mo.

As for other people, they don't want to get too close to Mr. Mo to avoid being implicated in the future.

After all, although the King of Qin is now powerful, basically all the officials in the Qin court have experienced the period when Lu Buwei was in power.

No one knows Lu Buwei's terror better than them.

You can say that.

Even though King Qin has now regained military power and most of the political power, there are still at least 70% of the officials in the court. I believe that Lu Buwei will one day make a comeback.

Not all of these people belong to Lu Buwei's command.

But they believe it too.

This is not because of his position, but simply because Lu Buwei has deployed too many back-up tricks in Qin for so many years.

Mo Jun stood alone, looking quite out of place with the others around him.

There is no order from Ying Zheng.

Naturally, Meng Tian and Gong Shu Qiu didn't say too much. When asked by a group of officials, the two just named the [Water Wheel], [Qu Yuan Plow] and [First Generation Improved Rice Seed].

Everyone saw this.

I also understood that I should ask King Qin about this matter.

However, in the face of everyone's questions, Ying Zheng smiled mysteriously and did not immediately respond. Instead, he ordered Meng Tian to start harvesting.

All the 5,000 kilograms of rice harvested last year were kept as seeds, and a total of 100,000 acres of farmland were planted this year.

One hundred thousand acres of farmland.

Even if there are thousands of farmers harvesting at the same time, it will not be over in a short time.

However, Ying Zheng had obviously been prepared this time. Not only did he send people to bring tents to set up camp, he even brought a change of clothes and even maids to serve him.

The patrol team stayed in Bashu for five days.

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In the evening five days later.

Ying Zheng had led his ministers to wait in the tent early. Although there were fine wines and snacks placed in front of everyone, no one had the intention to enjoy them. Everyone looked at the tent door eagerly.

I do not know how long it has been.

There was only a scraping sound of armor walking, and then Meng Tian's heroic and resolute figure walked in from outside the tent.

He bowed and said in salute: "Report to the king that all the grain has been harvested and accounted for."

Ying Zheng sat high on the throne and said in a deep voice: "Read it quickly."

Meng Tian said: "Yes!"

Say it.

Then Meng Tian slowly opened the bamboo slip in his hand and said: "This time the rice harvest totals 100,231 acres, including 20,000 fertile fields and 80,231 fertile fields. The total harvest... ···Three hundred and forty-one thousand stones.”

Wow!

As Meng Tian reported the final total harvest, an uproar instantly broke out in the entire tent.

In fact, within these five days, many officials and ministers present had already seen the yield of this 'new rice seed'.

Because during previous statistics, they often saw fertile fields that used to yield only one and a half dan per mu, but after planting 'new rice seeds', the yield directly reached three dan.

In the past, the yield of fertile fields with an output of two and a half dan per mu could almost reach more than 5 dan after planting the 'new rice seeds'.

But at that time, everyone saw only a few acres of fields, and no one could guarantee what the total output of 100,000 acres of fields would be.

But now, as Meng Tian reported the final data, everyone could no longer suppress their excitement.

One hundred thousand acres of farmland.

Harvest 340,000 shi of grain.

What is this concept?

This means that once the entire Qin State grows this [first-generation improved rice seed], it will directly and steadily double the Qin State's total grain output!

"In addition, since we obtained the drawings of the [Qu-coil Plow] and [Waterwheel] the year before last, many skilled craftsmen of the Gongshu family have been working day and night. In two years, 100,000 acres of new land have been reclaimed."

"According to the current situation, if these two products can be extended to the entire Qin State, the total grain output of our country in Qin should be able to increase by more than 50% on the current basis."

At this moment, Meng Tian suddenly added another sentence.

As soon as this statement came out.

The whole tent suddenly became a boiling frenzy again.

"color!"

"This is God's blessing for our great Qin."

"Please tell me, Your Majesty, who is the one who presented such a 'sacred thing' to Qin. I, the Qin Dynasty, will definitely reward him greatly."

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"Hahaha~~"

After hearing Meng Tian's report, Ying Zheng also laughed heartily.

Although he already knew the yield of this [first-generation improved rice seed], Ying Zheng still couldn't help laughing out loud every time he saw Qin's grain production increase.

"Okay, Meng Qing has worked hard these days! Come and drink this cup!"

Ying Zheng said, and sent a glass of wine to Meng Tian. Meng Tian took the wine bottle and said loudly: "My lord, Meng Tian, ​​thanks the king for the reward."

After speaking, Meng Tian raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Wait until Meng Tian drinks all the wine in the glass.

Ying Zheng then slowly stopped smiling and started to deal with business, saying in a deep voice: "Where is Guan Yu?"

As Ying Zheng opened his mouth to call out Guan Yu's name, the atmosphere in the camp, which was originally filled with joy, suddenly stagnated.

And in this quiet atmosphere, Guan Yu, who was in the front row, made a movement, and then his face turned pale. He looked a little older, and he slowly walked to Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, Guan Yu, pays homage to the King."

Seeing Guan Yu's current appearance, Ying Zheng's original idea of ​​using the "Nanjun Disaster Relief" issue to reprimand him suddenly disappeared.

A moment later.

Ying Zheng sighed and said: "Guan Yu, you...retire old!"

Guan Yu's expression suddenly froze, and then he bowed sadly and said: "My lord, thank you, Your Majesty."

After saying that, Guan Yu gave a final salute to Ying Zheng, then hunched over, turned around and left the camp in a rather desolate manner.

Looking at Guan Yu's back, a hint of unbearability flashed through the eyes of some people in the tent, but no one interceded for him.

Because everyone, including Guan Yu himself, had already understood that he could not continue to stay in the position of governing the history of millet since he saw the yield of this 'new rice seed' a few days ago.

This has nothing to do with merit or fault.

There is only one reason why Guan Yu cannot continue to be the governor of Su Nei.

That's because Ying Zheng didn't want him to stay in this position.

If we say that Ying Zheng's previous strength may have been a 'flash in the pan'. So from the moment this "new rice seed" appeared, Ying Zheng had completely accumulated his own momentum.

And this general trend is absolutely unstoppable even by Lu Buwei and the Queen Mother Huayang.

That was also until this time.

The courtiers of Qin suddenly discovered that they had always thought that the power of Lu Buwei and Chu's foreign relatives was already deeply hidden.

But no one expected that the King of Qin in front of him, who seemed to have just been in charge of the government for two or three years, was the one who was most hidden in the entire Qin Kingdom.

When Guan Yu left, Ying Zheng suddenly spoke again: "Where is Mr. Mo, the governor of Nanjun?"

The voice rang out.

The next second.

Amidst dozens of pairs of surprised, shocked, and disbelieving eyes in the camp, Mr. Mo, who had seemed invisible among the crowd a few days ago, slowly stood up from behind the crowd.

Then he stepped forward to Ying Zheng, bowed and saluted, "Chen Mojun is here!"

Looking at the man in front of him who had been secretly following him since several years ago and had made great achievements many times, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on Ying Zheng's face.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Zheng slowly took out a secret edict from his sleeve robe, which was obviously prepared long ago, and handed it into the hands of the guards on the side, saying: "Declarate the edict!"

The guard received the edict respectfully, then slowly came to Lord Mo and said sharply: "Mr. Mo, the governor of Nanjun, accepts the edict."

Lord Mo bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Mo, accepts the edict."

The guard opened the edict and slowly began to read out: "Mo Jun, the governor of Nanjun, created the 'Da Qin Sword and Medicine' in the army and donated 50,000 dan of grain. It is a great achievement."

"During his tenure in Nanjun, he successively arrested Lao Ai who was plotting to rebel, and put down the rebellion case of the four major clans. During the Nanjun flood, he provided food relief, saved the lives of tens of thousands of people, and quelled the flood disaster in Nanjun in one fell swoop. Thousands of people sent him to help, Make incense in the temple, and then perform extraordinary feats."

"Also presented [First Generation Improved Rice Seeds], [Water Wheel], [Turn Plow], [Rice Beater], [Composting Method], [Cement]... countless strange things to strengthen me." The great power of Qin."

"You have devoted your whole life to the Qin Dynasty, and your achievements will mark the history."

"Today, I specially confer the title of "Shengping Lord", Lord Mo, the governor of Nanjun, and grant him the title of Hanzhong."

"The official paid homage to Su Neishi."

"And give me a marriage..."

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