Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

"If everyone goes into business, who will cultivate the land of Qin?"

It took a long time for Ying Zheng to ask this question.

Zhang Yuanqing smiled, knowing that the matter was settled.

As expected, people are influenced by the environment, people, and things, and even the king of a country is no exception.

"Your Majesty, this requires laws. We can add a clause to the law that states that any land allocated by the Qin State to individuals cannot be sold, transferred, or left uncultivated. Violators will be severely punished."

"And your Majesty may not know that not all people will abandon farming to engage in business. Many people are still willing to farm, but we need to provide these farming people with more favorable policies."

"Of course, not all people have the brains to go into business. Even if some do, not everyone will make money. Many will lose money. People are not rich to begin with. Will they go into business again if they lose money?"

Most likely not.

"Will those who are planning to start a business give up when they see others losing money?"

"Yes, half will give up, 30% will hesitate, and the remaining 20% ​​will be determined to do business."

"So will these two adults all make money?"

"What if someone loses money?"

"Thirty percent of those who were originally hesitant will give up and start farming seriously."

"By this calculation, there are only a few who can actually do business in the end."

"Furthermore, the grain yield of our Qin State is not just one and a half stone per mu, but four stone. Even if some land is particularly poor, we can still get three stone. In this way, even if a few people give up farming, it will not cause any harm to our Qin State."

Having said that, Zhang Yuanqing took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Seeing that Ying Zheng had almost finished his thought, he was ready to drop another bomb.

"I have one more thing to tell the king."

Ying Zheng came back to his senses and said, "Speak."

"Your Majesty, I have instructed the Mohists to begin manufacturing a curved plow. A curved plow only requires one man and one ox, saving two more men. With two extra men, this family can cultivate more land."

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Good guy.

It turns out that Zhang Qing has a backup plan!

Ying Zheng looked at Zhang Yuanqing in shock. He really wanted to open his head to see what was inside and how he could be so smart!

Zhang Yuanqing, who was drinking tea, suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head.

I looked around and saw that the charcoal fire was not out, so how could it be cool?

Alas, this year is the tenth year. Historically, the Kingdom of Han was destroyed in the seventeenth year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign. So if Han is destroyed next year, wouldn't that change history?

I don’t know what the consequences will be.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at his fingers, lost in thought, and even forgot about Ying Zheng.

Historically, the next year, Zhao and Yan went to war. Qin sent generals such as Wang Jian to attack Zhao in the name of saving Yan, and captured cities such as Anyang and Yecheng of Zhao. Later, it launched a large-scale attack on Zhao. Zhao sent general Li Mu to the south to meet the enemy, and Zhao won.

This Li Mu is a famous general in history, and no general of Qin State can match him.

Alas, how to deal with Li Mu?

Is it going to be like what happened in history?

Isn’t that a pity?

It would be great if such a talented general could be from the Qin State.

The king and his minister sat there for a long time, each thinking with different expressions.

"My Lord, it's time for lunch."

Ah Da's voice came, breaking the silence in the room.

Oh, don’t think about it anymore. Things will work out when the time comes. The world is big, but eating is the most important thing.

"Would Your Majesty like to use some? After dinner, I will take Your Majesty to see the curved plow."

Yesterday someone came to report that the curved plow had been made and that farmers had experimented with it, with remarkably good results.

Oh, now Zhang Yuanqing's farming team has grown again. Xu Xing, as a farming student, came with a thousand disciples. Now except for a few in Xianyang, the rest have been assigned to various places.

It must be said that more people means more work. Previously, with only a few people, efficiency was very slow. But since the arrival of several thousand people from the Mohist School, Zhang Yuanqing's R&D department has made great strides.

Many good things have been successfully developed recently.

Even the iron ore forging method has been improved a lot. Of course, this is all thanks to what Zhang Yuanqing copied.

Now the Mo family is more respectful to Zhang Yuanqing than to their saws.

Now that we have people and the method of smelting iron, how far away are weapons?

Thinking about it, Zhang Yuanqing grinned and couldn't hold it back.

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing's expression, Ying Zheng became curious, "What new inventions has Mr. Zhang made recently?"

"Your Majesty, indeed there is. Previously, our ironmaking technology was not mature, and the output was extremely low. Recently, many people from the Mohist School came, so I gave them the method and let them study it themselves. Now they have succeeded."

"Ada, bring the food up."

"promise."

"really!"

Who can sit still like this?

Even Ying Zheng couldn't do it.

Ying Zheng stood up and looked at Zhang Yuanqing with burning eyes. If you didn't know, you would think he was looking at his beloved girl.

"Of course it's true. Don't worry, my king. Let's go and take a look after we finish our meal."

How can we not be anxious!

Ying Zheng couldn't wait to go there.

Of course, if it were someone else, he would really drag that person there right now.

Just looking at Zhang Yuanqing, ah, forget it, Zhang Qing is already thin and in poor health, if he gets into trouble because of not having lunch, it will not be worth it! Not worth it!

Ying Zheng once again lamented how difficult it was for him to take care of his nanny.

After eating delicious braised noodles and drinking egg soup with Zhang Yuanqing, I got into the carriage contentedly.

The wheels were rolling, and soon they arrived at the temporary research institute.

Needless to say, this name was also chosen by Zhang Yuanqing.

Because the things being studied here are of great importance, all the people around have been moved away, and Wang Ben and Meng Wu have brought heavy troops to guard this place.

Seeing the king's carriage, everyone hurried to pay their respects.

Unexpectedly, the thin figure came down first.

As expected, you are Lord Zhang!

When you walk into the institute, you will find that all the extra furnishings have been moved away, and there are words posted on the doors of each room.

Zhang Yuanqing pushed open the door of Research Room No. 3, walked in, and passed through the long corridor. It took a long time before he saw anyone.

This is a combination of several houses. Since iron smelting is inevitably noisy, Zhang Yuanqing specially opened up a new place. The surrounding walls were also recently built. There is a person every ten meters, which can be said to be heavily guarded.

Ying Zheng walked along, looked at the soldiers guarding the intersections, and nodded with satisfaction.

Zhang Qing is thoughtful and such an important place should be strictly guarded.

After a long time, the sound of "clang clang clang" came into his ears, and Ying Zheng knew that he had arrived at the place.

"Master Zhang is here!"

The Mo family members greeted Zhang Yuanqing warmly without any fear, which made Ying Zheng curious.

"It's a coincidence that Sir Zhang came today, just when a sword was forged."

"It seems I'm lucky. I'm going to try it later."

"They are all built according to your instructions. You can go in now."

"Who is this?"

"This is the king."

Because he was wearing casual clothes, the Mo family members didn't know Ying Zheng and naturally didn't recognize him. Now, after hearing Zhang Yuanqing's introduction, they put down the things in their hands and saluted.

"See you, Your Majesty."

The king, not the king of Qin.