Traveling through the Qin Dynasty, I seized the throne of Ying Zheng's father

"It seems that we still need to get the paper out..."

"Oh, and there is also a curved plow for tilling the land..."

Fusu marked the shortcomings of the Qin Dynasty while focusing on marking solutions...

In fact, the plow for cultivating the land has been invented since ancient times, when China was still in primitive society. At that time, people used plows made of stone, that is, stone plows;

With the development of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and the emergence of bronze ware, today's plows have become iron plows, which are a huge improvement over stone plows.

But there is a problem with the iron plow - it wastes iron!

In this era when ironware was scarce and ironmaking technology was extremely low, iron was extremely precious, so iron farm tools were very valuable;

Theoretically, iron plows have already appeared, but in actual use, iron plows are rare and expensive, and using them for plowing land is not worth the cost.

It’s like in the future, supercomputers have already appeared, but can an ordinary person own one?

The technical difficulties of landing on the moon have been solved, so can ordinary people travel to the moon?

Obviously it is impossible. The cutting-edge technology of the times can never be popularized because the cost has not been completely reduced. However, the iron plow is the cutting-edge technology of this era!

The material of the plow has changed with the development of materials science over time, and the style of the plow has also changed a lot. Today's Qin plow is definitely much more advanced than it was a thousand years ago, but in Fusu's eyes, the Qin plow is still too weak;

The plow of the Qin Dynasty was relatively old. Although it was called a straight-beam plow, its structure was not perfect. It could only be said to be a half-broken straight-beam plow. The truly relatively perfect straight-beam plow did not appear until the Han Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, the straight-beam plow was divided into single plow and double plow, which greatly improved the efficiency; however, it was not popularized. Just like the iron plow was the cutting-edge technology of the Qin Dynasty, the single plow and double plow were also the cutting-edge technology of the Han Dynasty.

It was not until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that the technology matured and the straight-beam plow was fully perfected and widely used.

The improvement of technology is extremely slow without external forces, and requires improvement and inheritance from generation to generation;

Of course, this is under the condition that there is no external force, and I am obviously not included, because I am the external force!

Fusu decided to do it in one go. What single plow or double plow? I would just use a curved plow and bring up the cutting-edge technology of the future!

The curved plow originated in the Tang Dynasty and was a great invention of the people of the Tang Dynasty. And the Tang Dynasty...that was a dynasty that existed nearly a thousand years ago!

In other words, if he directly used the curved plow, it would be equivalent to using the most advanced agricultural technology a thousand years later!

This is definitely a plug-in!

Unlike later generations with a population of over one billion, the Qin Dynasty had a total population of only between 25 million and 30 million. It was much easier to support such a total population than in the future.

With such a vast area of arable land, if we really want to recuperate, it is only a matter of time before the national treasury is filled...

Um......

Suddenly, Fusu thought of something...

How could I forget?

If there is a shortage of food, we can still open up production areas!

If you want to obtain food in a short period of time, a perfect way is to directly occupy the southern region where there are three crops a year and carry out agricultural planting!

what?

You said the best way is to rob?

Sorry, Daqin is the most well-fed country in the world, but it is so poor that it has no underwear. Rob? Who should we rob?

Other places are still wild and barren, and people don’t even know how to farm, let alone store food…

So you still have to rely on your own hard work;

For high yields in farming, improving industrial technology is one aspect, but at the same time, the land for farming is also very important;

Three harvests a year means three times the yield compared to one harvest a year!

The yield is 1.5 times more than two crops a year!

What does this equal?

This is equivalent to farming in an area where three crops can be harvested a year, and one year is better than three!

Um...by the way, where is the land that is harvested three times a year...?

Fusu fell into deep thought...soon, his eyes lit up!

This area should be the territory of South Vietnam now!

Coincidentally, not long ago, the First Emperor sent Zhao Tuo to attack Nanyue for the second time...

However, according to Zhao Tuo's progress, the Qin Dynasty may not be able to finish the war until it destroys Nanyue...

"No, it seems that we need to give Lao Zhao more responsibilities..."

..........

During this day, Fusu wrote and drew alone in his study, conducting targeted records and research on the current national conditions of Daqin.

National reform is not something that can be done on a whim; it must be done step by step, bit by bit, and slowly and carefully.

Being too hasty will lead to trouble!

When a country is in chaos, it affects the national strength of the entire country and represents countless lives!

After some careful consideration, Fusu discovered that the situation in Daqin was extremely bad, even worse than he had expected!

"no......."

"It still doesn't work..."

"Start with the law?"

"Not right, not right. If the order is not issued smoothly, mistakes may occur..."

“Start with technology?”

"It's useless. Technology has improved, but the country is still poor..."

"Start with the economy? Develop the economy first?"

"No, that won't work. The country has no food. If we develop the economy, it may lead to a more serious food shortage..."

Fusu kept trying to find a breakthrough point, but kept denying his own direction...

The Qin Dynasty today is like a person with thousands of holes, which could die at any time if touched. Even though Fusu is a good doctor, he doesn't know where to start...

If you don't touch it, you will die. If you touch it, you may die faster...

tricky!

So tricky!

Fusu felt a headache.

He finally understood the feelings of his cheap father. As a time traveler, he still felt this way, so one can imagine how much Ying Zheng had to endure...

.........

For the whole day, Fusu was thinking hard...

It was not until the sun set that Fusu stretched himself and stood up from his chair.

Looking at the bamboo slips that were already filled with writing, Fusu smiled...

"Finally found the entry point!"

Fusu looked at the bamboo slips in front of him with satisfaction...

On the bamboo slips, at the very top, there were two big characters clearly written - hoard food!

.........

That’s right, this is the result of Fusu’s hard thinking for a day!

Compared with technology and economy, given Daqin's current national conditions, if it wants to safely get out of the predicament, the most suitable entry point is food!

As long as Daqin has food, food and soldiers, all other institutional problems, legal deficiencies, economic and technological deficiencies can be solved step by step!

In fact, this is also the direction that Fusu found through constant exploration.

The truth is actually very simple. To sum it up in the simplest terms is - let the people live!

As long as the people can survive, they will not rebel. Whether in ancient times or modern times, chaos will only occur in one situation, and that is when people can no longer survive!

Have you ever heard of someone rebelling in pursuit of a better life?

No, even if there is, such a rebellion cannot succeed!

why?

Because I am not determined enough and I am afraid of death!

It is human nature to be afraid of death. When will people go against their nature? That is when they feel that life is worse than death or there is a dead end ahead. Only in this way will people fight to the death. A trapped beast will still fight, let alone a human being?

The Chinese people are the most simple-minded people. As long as they have food to eat and as long as they can survive, they will not think of giving up their good life to rebel. The people's demands are still very low.

Otherwise, why do we say that food is the foundation of a country?

After careful consideration, the national policies of later generations are similar to my own approach.

Even though there is no shortage of food, people in later generations still continue to import food from other countries. All the surplus food is hoarded every year, even if it is a waste!

Why is that?

Because food is a strategic resource. If cars, mobile phones, the Internet, and computers are gone one day, people can still survive, but if food is gone, people can’t survive!

This is the minimum standard for human survival! What the country does is to ensure the lower limit and prevent all bad situations from happening!

Bad situations may not happen, but we cannot be unprepared! If you have food in your hands, you won’t be worried!

This is also the reason why the price of food has been controlled in later generations, and why even with inflation, the price of food and daily necessities still rises slowly. Because this is the most basic guarantee of life for the people!

If the prices of these things go up, people won't be able to survive. When one person can't survive, when millions of people can't survive, what will happen?

.........

Considering various angles, Fusu finally decided to focus on stockpiling grain!

The bamboo slips clearly recorded the entire operation process of Fusu's grain hoarding campaign...

If you want to stock up on food, you must have food first!

Judging from the current situation, growing grain is imperative!

There were thousands of words written on the bamboo slips, which took up several rolls. These rolls fully recorded the extremely explosive Qin national policy that Fusu had come up with!