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

Without women in your heart, the land will naturally become a god!

If you work hard for a year...you can achieve the same results as in two or three years!

In this case, wouldn't it be...

Working hard in labor service here for one year is equivalent to working for four or five years at home?

No, even more!

Because the cost is different!

If you really farm at home for four or five years, because the family has to spend money during these four or five years, there is a high probability that there will be no money left. If you encounter a natural disaster during this long period of time, you may even owe money. In serious cases, your family will be broken up and you will have to sell your land and become a refugee.

But there is absolutely no cost to farming for the imperial court here!

Food and accommodation are provided, and there is no family to hold you back, so all the money you earn can be saved!

So...

After working for a year, can I return home in glory?

No, no, no, if it is really as the court said, how can such a good job only last for one year? This corvée must be performed continuously!

......

Sanchuan County, Yangcheng.

In the countryside and fields.

"Have you heard? The curved plow developed by Prince Fusu allows us to plow a field by ourselves!"

"Yes, yes. There is also a waterwheel. I heard that with a waterwheel, water can flow into the canal by itself. Then it will be convenient for us to fetch water!"

“…”

A group of rural farmers are discussing...

And at this time.

The two young men on the side sneered.

"Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, what are you laughing at?"

"Yeah, what are you laughing at? Is there anything wrong with what we said?"

"You guys really think too much."

Chen Sheng sneered and said, "Do you think the curved plow is so easy to get? It takes a lot of iron to make a curved plow. Do you think it's our turn to use it?"

"Forget about the curved plow. Even the waterwheel, our county may not be able to build it, right?"

"Even if you have a curved plow and a waterwheel, do you have oxen to plow the fields? Don't you have to borrow them from others?"

"Alas, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world!"

Chen Sheng sighed.

Wu Guang also nodded at the side: "Yes, where do all these good things come from? This eldest son Fusu is different from the current emperor. He has some abilities. Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench nearby thirst. How can good things come to us, the common people?"

"Hey! Why do you two just keep making sarcastic remarks? Who said there are no such things as pie falling from the sky? Do you still remember my second uncle's son? Li Erniu! He is picking up the pie right now!"

"Two cows?"

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were stunned.

The name Li Erniu was so familiar to the two of them. He was also from Daze Township and they used to farm together...

"Wasn't he arrested and sent to do corvée? How did he become rich?"

Chen Sheng remembered very clearly that when Li Erniu was captured, he and his brothers were sad for a while.

After all, being taken away to do corvée labor means life and death, and it is hard to say whether you can come back...

"You guys just farm every day and don't even listen to the latest news. Li Erniu has been conscripted to Xianyang to perform corvée labor. Things are different now!"

"Go to Xianyang to perform corvée labor? Wasn't he originally building the Afang Palace in Xianyang?"

Chen Sheng was puzzled.

"Oh, yes, let me be more specific. He is not repairing the Afang Palace now. He is cultivating the land outside Xianyang City!"

"Farming?"

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang looked at each other and became even more confused...

"What's the point of developing this kind of land? Aren't we also farming?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is very different. Erniu is farming for the court and reclaiming wasteland under the order of the emperor. How can he be the same as us?"

"Oh? To open up wasteland under the order of the emperor?"

Chen Sheng could not help but raise his eyebrows: "This is new. What's the difference between farming for the court and serving the emperor? Isn't it still corvée labor?"

"That's very different! This time we are following the order of the eldest son Fusu to open up the wasteland. My second uncle said that the conditions there are very good. We live in a big house and there is a special place to take a shower. The court has guaranteed to Long Kong that all the people will have enough food to eat. In addition, the most important point..."

The person who was talking suddenly stopped talking when he got to the key point and looked around...