Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 104
In this area blocked by the army led by Meng Tian, ​​the difference between the rice planted 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 far away in terms of density, number of ears, and fruit fullness... It is a lot more than the rice that everyone has seen in the past.

"what is that?"

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

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

Precisely.

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

The official's exclamation quickly attracted the attention of the rest of the people. They followed the reputation and soon found the farmers who opened up wasteland over there.

"Isn't it just an ordinary wasteland plowing... No! A cow, how is it possible?"

"By God, I'm not dazzled!"

"Really, really only with 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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Crash.

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

A group of dignitaries in official uniforms suddenly surrounded him, almost scaring the farmer out of his wits.

And when a group of people surrounded the farmer asking questions, suddenly, another sharp-eyed official caught a glimpse of something erected on a ditch in front of him.

"What is this?"

With curiosity, this person slowly approached the past.

Then it was discovered that under the object, there was a farmer stepping on two wooden blocks with both feet, struggling to turn them.And as the farmer's feet turned, the thing on the ditch, which seemed to be some kind of mechanism, actually started to drive the water in the ditch to irrigate the higher fields.

see this scene.

The official's pupils shrank suddenly.

Although he doesn't often farm the land, he is not the kind of official who doesn't work hard and doesn't distinguish grains.At least for some common sense of farming, he is still very clear.

Water flows downhill.

Today, not only the Qin State, but the entire seven countries in the Central Plains, most of the farmland in all countries is reclaimed on flat land, because only flat land can attract river water to irrigate grain.

As for the higher terrain, it is not without fertile soil.But the best soil is of no use if there is no water for it to irrigate.

Therefore, there are actually vacant high-lying wastelands in 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 ox, wouldn't it be...

Thinking of this.

The official felt his heart beating suddenly, and then quickly ran to Gongshuchou, and said anxiously: "Mr. Gongshu, are those two items made by Mr.? What's their name? Nissan geometry?"

After a series of questions, Gong Shuchou immediately became a little dazed.

Seeing that the official approached Gong Shuqiu, the rest of the people's eyes lit up immediately, and they also gathered around.

in the eyes of the public.

The person who has the ability to create such an exquisite mechanism in the field is obviously none other than Gong Shuqiu.

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

On the other hand, look at the place where Mo Jun is.

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

Some of them belonged to the lineage of Lu Buwei and Chu foreign relatives, so they naturally couldn't have any good looks towards Mo Jun.

As for the other group of people, they don't want to get too close to Mo Jun, lest they will be implicated in the future.

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

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

you could put it that way.

Even though the king of Qin has regained the military power and most of the political power now, at least [-]% of the officials in the court still believe that Lu Buwei will make a comeback one day.

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

But they also believed in it.

This is not because of his position, but purely because Lu Buwei has deployed too many backers in Qin State for so many years.

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

There is no order from Ying Zheng.

Naturally, Meng Tian and Gong Shuchou didn't talk too much. Facing the inquiries of the officials, the two only mentioned the names of [Waterwheel], [Quyuanli] and [First Generation Improved Rice Seed].

Everyone sees it.

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

However, facing everyone's questions, Ying Zheng also smiled mysteriously, and did not respond immediately, but ordered Meng Tian to start harvesting.

All the five thousand stones of rice harvested last year were reserved for planting, and a total of [-] mu of farmland has been planted this year.

One hundred thousand mu of farmland.

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

However, Ying Zheng was clearly prepared for this time. Not only did he send people to bring tents for camping, but he even brought a change of clothes and even the maids who served him.

The patrol team stayed in Bashu for five full days.

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The evening after five days.

Ying Zheng led his ministers to wait in the tent early on. Although there were delicious wines and snacks in front of them, none of them wanted to enjoy them. Everyone looked out of the tent eagerly.

I do not know how long it has been.

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

He bowed and said: "Report to the king, all the grain has been harvested and calculated."

Ying Zheng took the main seat, and said in a deep voice, "Quickly read."

Meng Tian said: "Yes!"

Say it.

Seeing Meng Tian slowly opening the bamboo slips in his hand, he said, "This time, we have harvested a total of 230 acres of rice, including 230 acres of fertile fields and 34 acres of fertile fields. The total harvested grain output... [-] Qianshi."

Whoa!
As Meng Tian reported the final total harvest, there was an uproar in the entire tent instantly.

In fact, in the past five days, many officials and courtiers present have seen the output of this 'new rice seed'.

Because in the previous statistics, they often saw good fields with a yield of only one and a half stones per mu in the past. After planting the "new rice seed", the yield directly reached three stones.

In the past, the fertile fields with a yield of two and a half stones per mu could almost reach more than five stones after planting the 'new rice seed'.

But at that time, what everyone saw was only a few acres of fields, and no one could guarantee how much the total output of [-] acres of fields could reach.

But now, as Meng Tian reported the final data, everyone couldn't suppress their excitement any longer.

[-] mu of land.

Harvest 34 shi of grain.

What is this concept?
This means that once the entire state of Qin grows this [first-generation improved rice seed], the total grain output of the state of Qin can be doubled steadily!

"In addition, since the blueprints of [Quyuanli] and [Water Wheel] were obtained the year before last, many skilled craftsmen of the Gongshu family have been working day and night. In two years, [-] mu of new land has been cultivated."

"According to the current situation, if these two things can be extended to the whole territory of Qin, the total grain output of our Great Qin should be increased by more than [-]% on the current basis."

At this moment, Meng Tian suddenly added another sentence.

This statement came out.

There was a boiling frenzy again in the entire tent.

"color!"

"This is God bless me Daqin."

"Please also tell the ministers, the king, who is offering such a 'divine object' to Qin, and I, Da Qin, must reward him greatly."

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"Hahaha~~"

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

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

"Okay, Meng Qing has worked hard these few days! Come, drink this cup to the full!"

Ying Zheng said, and sent someone to give Meng Tian a glass of fine wine in his hand. Meng Tian took the wine bottle and said loudly: "My minister, Meng Tian, ​​thank you for your reward."

After speaking, Meng Tian raised his glass and drank it down.

Wait until Meng Tian drank the wine in his glass.

Only then did Ying Zheng restrain his smile, and began to deal with business, he said in a deep voice, "Where is Guan Yu?"

As Ying Zheng called out Guan Yu's name, the atmosphere in the originally jubilant camp suddenly stagnated.

And in this quiet atmosphere, Guan Yu, who was in the front row, paused, then turned pale, and looked a little older, and walked slowly to Ying Zheng.

"Chen Guan Yu, I pay my respects to the king."

Seeing Guan Yu's current appearance, Ying Zheng wanted to take advantage of the "Nanjun Disaster Relief" incident to reprimand him, but suddenly disappeared.

After a while.

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

Guan Yu's expression froze suddenly, and then he bowed miserably, saying, "My lord, thank you sir."

After finishing speaking, Guan Yu bowed towards Ying Zheng for the last time, then hunched over, turned around and left the tent in a rather desolate manner.

Looking at Guan Yu's back, some in the tent could not bear it, but no one pleaded for mercy.

Because everyone, including Guan Yu himself, after seeing the production of this 'new rice seed' a few days ago, he already understood that he could no longer stay in the position of Zhisu Neishi.

This has nothing to do with right or wrong.

There is only one reason why Guan Yu cannot continue to be the internal history of Zhisu.

That is, Ying Zheng didn't want him to stay in this position.

If it is said that Yingzheng's strength before, it may be a "flash in the pan".Then from the moment this "new rice seed" appeared in the world, Yingzheng had completely accumulated his own general trend.

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

Also until now.

The courtiers of the state of Qin suddenly discovered that they had always thought that the power of Lu Buwei and his relatives from Chu had been hidden deeply.

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

After Guan Yu left, Ying Zheng suddenly asked again, "Where is Mr. Mo, Governor of Nanjun County?"

The voice sounded.

next second.

In the eyes of dozens of pairs of astonishment, shock, and disbelief in the camp, Mo Jun, who seemed to be invisible among the crowd a few days ago, slowly stood up from behind the crowd.

Then he stepped in front of Yingzheng, bowed and said: "Chen Mojun is here!"

Looking at the hero in front of him who had followed him secretly and made great contributions many times before, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on Ying Zheng's face.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Zheng slowly took out a secret edict from his sleeve robe, and handed it to the guards who had obviously prepared it long ago, saying, "Let's proclaim the edict!"

The guard respectfully accepted the imperial edict, then slowly came to Mo Jun, and said in a sharp voice, "Mr. Mo, the governor of Nanjun County, accepted the imperial edict."

Mo Jun bowed and saluted: "The minister, Mo Jun, accepts the imperial edict."

The guard opened the edict and slowly began to read: "Mr. Mo, the governor of Nanjun County, created the 'Daqin Sword and Medicine' in the army, and donated [-] stones of food. It can be said to be a great achievement."

"During his tenure in Nanjun, he successively arrested the rebel Lao Ai, and put down the case of the four major clans' rebellion. During the flood in Nanjun, he provided food relief, saved tens of thousands of lives, and calmed down the flood in Nanjun in one fell swoop. Ten thousand people sent him off, Live the incense in the temple, and then make an incomparable miracle."

"I also present [the first generation of improved rice seeds], [water wheel], [curved plow], [rice thresher], [method of composting], [cement]... Countless strange things, strong me Great Qin Guowei."

"Qing devoted himself to the Great Qin, and his achievements have gone down in history."

"Today, the widow specially conferred the title of "Sheng Ping Jun" on Mo Jun, the prefect of Nanjun County, and enfeoffed Hanzhong."

"Officials worship Su Nei Shi."

"And give a marriage..."

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(End of this chapter)