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

"This is......."

Ying Zheng looked at the records in the scroll, and Li Si again raised the same concerns as himself.

But at the same time, what followed was his eldest son’s countermeasures - waterwheel!

"Waterwheel?"

Suspicious, Ying Zheng immediately looked at the drawing of the waterwheel...

There are two simple drawings, which represent two types of water wheels.

The first type is a large hydraulic waterwheel that relies on water power to operate the waterwheel for irrigation....

The second type is the human-powered waterwheel. Although it is powered by manpower, it can actually be driven by livestock.

Hydraulic waterwheels can divert a large amount of water from rivers to other places, while human-powered waterwheels can solve the irrigation problem in some places with bad geographical locations, and on the other hand, they can change the flow of water and divert the irrigation water diverted by hydraulic waterwheels to other farmlands....

During this period, Fusu also proposed an idea - to build a reservoir!

That’s right, building a reservoir!

On the one hand, building a reservoir can deal with the problem of low water in rivers during droughts. On the other hand, the location of the reservoir can be decided by oneself. Reservoirs can be built next to farmland in remote areas away from rivers. In this way, water trucks can not only be used for irrigation, but also for diversion, diverting river water into reservoirs for water storage...

..........

Looking at the contents described on the scroll, Ying Zheng was stunned on the spot...

"Water...waterwheel?"

Ying Zheng murmured to himself, but the light in his eyes was getting brighter and brighter!

"Fantasy!"

"A divine object!!!"

Ying Zheng held the scroll in his hand, his eyes full of surprise.

Suddenly, Ying Zheng froze, and then looked at the secret guard.

"Where did you get this blueprint?"

"How come Fusu doesn't take good care of such a sacred object?"

Ying Zheng quickly realized the problem.

The confidentiality work was not done well!

If the confidentiality work had been done well, there would be no way that the secret guards could have obtained the drawings and sent them over so quickly!

"Your Majesty, the eldest son did not hide the blueprints. Not only that, he also publicized the two items after the court meeting, and they spread throughout the world."

"what?"

Ying Zheng glared at him and said, "Rebellious son! Rebellious son!"

"How can such a divine object be publicized so widely?"

"This kid must be ambitious, right? Although it is understandable that he is young, but this magical object...ah..."

Ying Zheng felt extremely sorry.

"If the remnants of the six kingdoms get this thing, wouldn't it make things even worse for our Great Qin..."

"What happened to the rebellious son?"

Ying Zheng was a little dejected. He had finally obtained two divine objects, but ended up being told that they had been leaked?

The secret guard's expression straightened.

"Your Majesty, the eldest son said that no matter who it is, the whole world belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are the king's subjects. As long as they are within the territory of the Great Qin, they are all the people of the Great Qin. The life and death of the people of the Great Qin is the most important thing in the world. If the people of the Great Qin who could have no worries about food and clothing are forced to sleep in the open air in order to prevent the scoundrels, then it is my fault, Fusu, and I will throw the baby out with the bathwater!"

boom!

Hearing this, Ying Zheng stood there in a daze...

"My son...my son..."

Ying Zheng couldn't help but start to tremble...

These words shocked him so much! So much so that he couldn't recover for a while...

Just like that, Ying Zheng stood for a long time under the blue umbrella with the scroll in his hand...

After a long time, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh...

Then, he turned and looked towards Xianyang...

"My son...I am not as good as you!"

Ying Zheng was not a stubborn person. After hearing Fusu's words, a huge bell of rebellion suddenly struck in his heart.

The whole person woke up suddenly!

He realized a key problem!

I have never truly regarded the people of the six countries as the people of Qin!

He was the King of Qin back then, but now he is the Emperor of Qin!

There is only one letter difference between king and emperor, but there is a world of difference between what they have to do!

The Qin Dynasty at that time was only the Qin Dynasty of the old Qin people, but the Qin Dynasty today is the Qin Dynasty of all the people in the world!

After the six kingdoms were destroyed, the people were not destroyed, but were incorporated into the Qin Dynasty. Logically, these people should also be the people of the Qin Dynasty.

Although he treated them equally on the surface, in reality he never treated them as his own children. Instead, he was always worried that the remnants of the Six Kingdoms were hiding among them, so that many policies could not be implemented.

In this way, it is natural that the people of the six countries will find it difficult to calm down, and it is inevitable that people will be unsettled...

"Too choking to eat.......To choke to eat......"

Ying Zheng muttered to himself for a while, then...

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

A hearty laugh resounded through the countryside...

"Well said! Well said!"

"I have been in power for decades, but I am not as clear-sighted as my son!"

"Fusu's spirit is enough to conquer the land and mountains. Great! He is worthy of being the son of my son, Ying Zheng!"

Ying Zheng was very happy.

Fusu is excellent, amazingly excellent! Scarily excellent!

In some aspects, he has even surpassed himself as a father!

For this, Ying Zheng felt only emotion and happiness.

This is my own son! And he is the eldest son!

If nothing unexpected happens, the future of the Qin Dynasty will definitely be entrusted to Fusu. The more he succeeds, the brighter the future of the Qin Dynasty will be! How could Ying Zheng not be happy about this?

Now at this age, Ying Zheng only wants two things. One is the elixir of immortality, and the other is... the eternal power of the Qin Dynasty!

Immortality is illusory, and Ying Zheng knows in his heart that this is unlikely and is just wishful thinking.

As for the Great Qin...let's not talk about whether it will last forever or not, at least if Fusu has the ability, there will be no problem in continuing the glory of the Great Qin.

And now, Fusu is showing signs of surpassing his master, how can Ying Zheng not be happy?

...........

"It would be good to announce it to the world, so that the people can see how virtuous the talented people of our Great Qin are!"

"By the way, who made these two magical objects? What family is this great craftsman from?"

Ying Zheng couldn't help but look at the secret guard.

"Your Majesty, it is written at the back that these two magical objects were both made by the eldest son, and were researched by the eldest son himself."

"what?"

Ying Zheng was shocked again!

Ying Zheng didn't know how many times he had been shocked today!

A court meeting, the information contained in it was so bizarre!

It was as if Fusu had become a completely different person after he left Xianyang...

Is this still my son?

With all the scheming and means, how could he create such a magical thing?

Not only is he good at Confucianism, but he is also good at Gongshu Ban’s techniques?

When did this kid learn all this?

Being able to hide for so long can be considered as being able to endure! When we were in Xianyang before, no news was leaked at all!

So I'm restricting your development?

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng became a little angry again.

Being on guard against something, as an emperor, Ying Zheng was very pleased to have such a scheming heir.

But as a dad, Ying Zheng was very hurt that his son didn't trust him.

He is very conflicted at this moment...

His eyes continued to fall on the scroll.

The scroll indeed recorded what the secret guard had said.

These two sacred objects were indeed made by Fusu!

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. With the eldest prince guarding Xianyang, the Qin Empire is as strong as a rock!"

"Hahahahaha, this kid is really different."

After reading today's scroll, Ying Zheng was completely reassured in the ability of his eldest son Fusu.

With the waterwheel and the curved plow, there was no problem in getting 600,000 people to work together on the farm.

With the support of both, the area of land that can be cultivated by these 600,000 people is probably comparable to that of 6 million people!

Six million people working for my court for free?

What the hell!

Ying Zheng was shocked!

You don’t know until you calculate it, and you’ll be shocked when you do!

The current total population of Daqin is between 25 million and 30 million.

Among them, only tens of millions are able to cultivate the land.

In other words, these 600,000 corvées were equivalent to half of the grain production that Qin could produce!

And the most important thing is that all this grain belongs to the imperial court!

The land belongs to the court, and corvée labor only requires providing food rations...

If the people farm the land themselves, the tax would be one tenth according to the current Qin law.

If miscellaneous taxes are added, the total revenue can be one-fifth.

If all the grain in the world is counted as 2, then one fifth is 0.8. Only a small half of it can be actually collected by the court, which is roughly 0.3.

And this 0.3 is all the grain that Daqin can collect in a year!

Now, the grain that can be grown by 2 corvées is half of the grain in the world. The grain in the world is 1, and the grain that can be grown by these corvées is .

The food ration is about 0.1, which means... the remaining 0.9 all belongs to my court?

In fact, Ying Zheng was also a master of mathematics. He was intelligent and as an emperor, he had access to all the classics he wanted to read. And mathematics was one of the compulsory courses for an emperor. Therefore, Ying Zheng only needed to make a quick estimate in his mind to understand the benefits that these 600,000 corvee laborers could bring to the court!

Just these 600,000 people can earn in one year an amount of grain equivalent to the tax revenue of the Qin Dynasty in three years?

This is such a fucking profit!

Ying Zheng continued to look at the scroll.

He saw the dialogue between Fusu and Li Si, and saw Fusu's method of managing an army of 600,000....

"Semi-military rule? That's appropriate! It's really appropriate!"

"The way to relax?"

The words silenced Ying Zheng...

Ying Zheng didn't feel anything about Fusu's mockery of him in the scroll.

Although Fusu was easy to please and had a good heart before, he was actually quite stubborn. Disputes were common, and Ying Zheng was used to it.

It's just a mockery, not a frontal attack, and it can't break my defense!

Ying Zheng began to reflect...

If it was a suggestion from someone else, Ying Zheng might not care, but it was proposed by Fusu. Now Fusu has already shown his talent and demonstrated the prototype of a generation of Ming army. Ying Zheng naturally has to check it for his son to see if there are any omissions in his eldest son's ideas and opinions...

So he began to think seriously...

As he thought about it, Ying Zheng was surprised to find that...what Fusu said was actually not wrong at all!

At the beginning, it was thinking, but halfway through thinking, following Fusu's thoughts, it turned into reflection...

After a long time, Ying Zheng raised his head, holding the scroll tightly in his hand, his eyes full of confusion...

"Am I really wrong?"

After reading this scroll, Ying Zheng was deeply moved.

Many of the viewpoints are very novel, such as the pros and cons of military control, the pros and cons of the Qin system, and the rewards and punishments for corvée labor for the imperial court...

Ying Zheng thought of the regulations issued by his son - any corvée who dug up land could receive 30% of the grain produced in the reclaimed area in addition to food rations!

"Tsk tsk tsk....my son is really courageous!"

"The 30% is given as soon as it is said. In this way, won't the 600,000 corvée laborers be spared?"

"What a courage! You are worthy of being my son, Ying Zheng. You have quite the demeanor that I had in my youth!"

Ying Zheng was halfway through his reflection when he suddenly laughed...

Reflection?

What a reflection!

I am already this old, so what if I made mistakes? There is no time to correct them, so I will just treat these things as a test for Fusu.

It's only right that my son should pay for my mistakes!

After figuring out this trick, Ying Zheng laughed, very happily...

"Hahahahaha!"

"Come here, call the whole world to tell me that the eldest son Fusu has made great contributions to the country, and Fusu shall be named Shennong of the Great Qin!"

"Announce the method of making this waterwheel and curved plow to the world. I want all the people of Qin to know about my son's achievements!"

Ying Zheng was very happy.

I have never had such a happy time in the second half of my life!

My son has made great progress, I am so relieved!

I want the whole world to know that a good father will have a good son. My eldest son, Fusu, has the majesty of my youth!