Chapter 83: Plowable land for one person and one ox
When Uncle Fu heard that it was to make Zhang Liang safer, he immediately agreed to help Zhang Liang buy a house. He also worked very efficiently and bought the house for Zhang Liang on the same day.
Because it is in the suburbs, the price is cheap and there is a lot of wasteland.
It’s not that people don’t want to cultivate these wastelands, it’s just that they don’t have that much energy.
The next day came quickly.
On the farmland in the suburbs, there were Black Dragon Guards on the three inner and outer floors. Everyone who wanted to go in to watch, whether they were ordinary people or officials, were searched.
Seeing that the guards were so tight, Zhang Liang deduced that Ying Zheng would be coming, so he turned and left.
Instead of returning to the wine shop, he came to a mansion and used a unique knock on the door to convey the message and ask someone to open the door to the room.
"Master."
"Master."
"Master."
In the mansion, a group of people with weapons in their hands saluted Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang waved his hand and said: "You righteous men, there is no need to be polite. I found that the security in the suburbs is very tight. It must be Ying Zheng who is coming."
"Great, let's go to the suburbs to ambush now." A righteous man said excitedly.
"Yes, we will ambush now." A righteous man agreed.
Others also asked to ambush Ying Zheng.
Zhang Liang waved his hand and said: "There's no rush, we first need to figure out where Ying Zheng is heading to the suburbs from. If we act rashly, we will only be caught rashly.
And I also suspect that it is Ying Zheng's conspiracy, the purpose is to catch us, so we must be careful and careful.
I will go to the suburbs, and you will each go to the road to observe and see which road Ying Zheng's chariot will go to the suburbs. Then everyone will ambush on that road to catch Ying Zheng by surprise when he returns to the palace. "
"Okay." Everyone agreed happily.
Immediately, Zhang Liang returned to the suburbs again. At this time, the suburbs were already thousands of people away. Those behind wanted to enter, but they could no longer enter.
Zhang Liang was also blocked outside, but he climbed up a tree and looked at the officials and some farm tools on the farmland.
There were many people climbing on the tree like Zhang Liang, and he saw two agile people quickly climbed up the tree and squatted next to him.
"I'm Zhang Zifang, what do you call these two knights?" Zhang Liang asked with a smile.
Seeing the opponent's skill, Zhang Liang wanted to recruit him. What he needed for his great cause against Qin was people with such skill, the more the better.
One of them looked at Zhang Liang's face, frowned slightly, and asked without answering, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
Another person said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I'm being unreasonable, please don't be offended."
"Brother, don't talk nonsense. Let's see how the imperial court's farm tools can double the grain output. The imperial court can actually do things that my farmers can't do." The man known as Shidi said.
The tone was full of dissatisfaction. Their farmers had worked hard to develop agriculture, but they couldn't double their grain output. How could the imperial court do it?
If Qin An were here, he would definitely say that this is a typical example of saying sour grapes when you can't eat them.
The older man said solemnly: "You can't say that, our farmers specialize in grain, while the imperial court relies on agricultural tools.
The ones who should be upset are the Mohists and Gongshujia. They are experts in creating institutions. Things that even they could not think of were thought of by the court. This is a slap in their faces. "
Immediately, his eyes looked at the other two trees.
Zhang Liang heard this and knew that the two people around him were from the farm family. The Mo family and the Gongshu family were also here, but he didn't know where they were.
He must take these three families for his own use, and his anti-Qin team will be stronger, Zhang Liang thought secretly in his heart.
At this time, Ying Zheng came to the farmland, and all the people knelt down. Even Zhang Liang and the farmers who were on the tree got down from the tree and knelt down.
Li Si and other officials bowed and saluted to Ying Zheng.
"See Your Majesty."
"Ping Sheng." Ying Zheng spat out two words calmly yet domineeringly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
All the people stood up, the officials lowered their hands, and everyone was waiting to see.
Li Si said: "Your Majesty, can we start now?"
Ying Zheng nodded slowly and said, "Okay."
"No." Li Si responded.
Then he said to everyone: "Come here, bring the oxen."
"Mou."
A cattle was led out, and everyone looked at the cattle.
Everyone confirmed with their eyes that yes, it was just an ordinary farm cow.
Li Si immediately ordered people to put the rope of the curved shaft plow on the cattle, and then asked a soldier to put the rope on too.
The farmer's boy said: "What is this? Does he want to cultivate the land just because he wants one person and one cow?"
The farmer's eldest brother frowned slightly and said, "It's possible. You see, without anyone else's help, I'm afraid the imperial court has developed a plow that can plow the land with one person and one ox."
Zhang Liang on the side said: "No wonder it can make Da Qin's grain increase several times. The plow we use now requires at least four or five people."
"Snapped."
As soon as Zhang Liang finished speaking, the soldier with the rope waved the whip in his hand and hit the cattle hard on the back.
The pained cattle moved forward quickly.
With the movement of the cattle, pieces of new soil were turned out by the plow.
Wang Qi's eyes widened when he saw it, and he said in disbelief: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. How can one person and one cow plow the land?"
Li Si said: "Didn't you see it? Could it be that your eyes deceive you?"
"No wonder." Feng Quji said, "No wonder Li Xiang said it would be doubled several times. As long as there are enough plows and oxen, Da Qin's grain output will be doubled at least five times.
However, Da Qin did not have so many cattle, and Meng Tian's puppet policy could solve the problem of Da Qin having no cattle.
The Huns can help Da Qin raise cattle. As long as the court is willing to exchange salt and grain with them, Da Qin will continue to send cattle in the future.
Da Qin may have more food.
This is a chain plan. It's really high. I'm even more curious about this strange person now. "
Li Si also thought of this, not only him, but Ying Zheng also thought of it.
When Qin An said this, he might not have thought about it, but he would answer whatever they asked, but Ying Zheng and the others had thought about it. As long as you pay some grain, you can own cattle, horses and sheep.
This is of great benefit to the Qin Dynasty, and once the Huns sincerely surrender to the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty will be able to intermarry with them, give them official positions, and finally assimilate them, and there will be no more Huns in the world.
Just like dealing with the Baiyue, deal with the Huns.
"Prime Minister Feng, I told you that you have a chance to meet this strange man, but now is not the time." Li Si said.
"Then when is the time?" Feng Quji asked.
"When the other side needs you, they don't need you for the time being." Li Si said.
