"The grain yield of our country in the Qin Dynasty is only three shi per acre, but this rice can actually yield nine shi. This is really a blessing for our country."
"People from all over the world depend on grain, and grain is the foundation of our country. As long as this rice is grown all over the world, our country will not worry about being prosperous, and the people will not worry about being hungry."
“This is a first-of-its-kind move.”
"Li Zhao, you have done a great service and solved the food ration problem for the future of Qin Dynasty. You are also a national scholar!"
Ying Zheng was extremely happy. He looked at Li Zhao as if he were seeing a piece of uncut jade and said, "Shang Xin has drafted an edict. Li Zhao's actions that benefit the people have made great contributions and he can be knighted."
Ying Zheng couldn't help himself and wanted to reward Li Zhao on the spot, but was interrupted by a very inappropriate voice.
"Your Majesty, don't rush to be crowned a knight. This is not the first thing to be said."
The voice came from Jia Xiong, who bowed and spoke to the emperor. Although his attitude was respectful, it was clear that he was dissatisfied.
Ying Zheng's face turned serious and he glared at Jia Xiong.
"Jia Xiong." A voice came out, the decibels were extremely high, but it was not Ying Zheng, but Feng Quji, "You dare to refute His Majesty, are you guilty of this?"
Jia Xiong hurriedly knelt down to the emperor, but with an angry expression on his face, he turned to Feng Quji and said, "Prime Minister Feng, Xiong is straightforward and upright, what crime is he guilty of?"
Feng Quji shouted sternly: "What's the crime? First, making rash assertions before the grain was weighed, and trying to incriminate General Li. This is slander; second, making such a pioneering grain but saying it is not the rice, this is Making trouble out of nothing disturbs the minds of our country’s scholars.”
"This is the second crime!"
"Come here, capture Jia Xiong." Ying Zheng didn't want to talk nonsense and gave the order directly.
Jia Xiong quickly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. This rice is not the first of its kind, nor is it a disordered mind. Please be clear."
"Really?" Ying Zheng looked at Jia Xiong with disgust, wanting to see what Jia Xiong could say about Ziwu Mao Chou, "Would you like to tell me what can be the first food?"
Jia Xiong said: "It is maize, which can yield ten stones per mu. It ripens once in May, which is better than rice."
Li Zhao was standing by. When he heard this, his expression changed, and then his expression became extremely surprised.
corn? Isn’t it the corn mentioned in the previous life? Of course he believed in the yield of ten dan per mu of corn, even if it ripened in May. This was a common food in previous lives, and everyone knew it.
However, if his memory is correct, corn was only introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty. How could it appear in Da Qin? It shouldn’t be!
And it doesn’t look like Jia Xiong is lying. Could it be that this thing really appeared in Da Qin and the historical records are wrong?
"Ten stones per mu?" The ministers began to discuss in a noisy manner.
Li Zhaozhi's rice yield was nine dan per mu, which was unprecedented. Now, if one rice per acre yielded ten dan, how could they not be shocked? If it is true as Jia Xiong said, it can produce ten stones per mu, and it will still be ripe in May, which is indeed better than this rice.
It can be used as a pioneering food.
"Maize, are you serious about this?" Ying Zheng's expression softened a lot, and he seemed to be interested. He directly terminated the grant to Li Zhao, and ignored what corn was, and said, "Can it really yield ten stones per mu? If it really does, I will forgive you, but if you fabricated it out of thin air, you would be deceiving me."
Jia Xiong breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "Xiong never dared to deceive His Majesty. It's true." He showed absolute confidence.
"Okay! Take me to see it."
Ying Zheng waved his hand, signaling Jia Xiong to set off.
The ministers looked curiously. The yield of nine shi per acre of rice was already very surprising. Is there really something worth ten shi? They also want to experience it.
Jia Xiong smiled secretly in his heart, as if he was convinced of Li Zhao. He glanced at Li Zhao and said, "Your majesty, please drive ten miles away, which is the place where corns are grown."
"Immediately set up a place ten miles away." Ying Zheng waved his hand and the team set off, with Jia Xiong leading the way.
Everyone in Chang'an Township looked at each other, not knowing what to do. One moment they were excited, and the next moment they felt like they had fallen into an abyss.
"Did this Jia Xiong do it on purpose? How could he step on my Chang'an Township right now?" Li Jinong was indignant, pointed at the leaving Jia Xiong and cursed in a low voice.
Just now the emperor had clearly asked for a knighthood. He was ready to thank him, but he came with ten stones, which was obviously intentional.
Li Zhao smiled at his uncle and said nonchalantly: "No problem, it's only ten stones, just let him jump around for a while."
"Haha! It's impossible to defeat Chang'an Township."
Li Jinong curled his lips, "That's what you say, but I'm just not happy. How could any of the fat in my mouth slip away?"
"Uncle, don't be angry. My nephew will take a look and your Majesty will come back."
"Really!" Li Jinong was dubious.
"Of course! It's just maize. How can we beat hybrid rice? Just let him be happy for a while." Li Zhao patted his uncle on the shoulder, "Uncle, you immediately tell everyone to go to the hybrid rice land and be ready to harvest at any time. Soon Our rice will shock the world."
He spoke so confidently that he influenced Li Jinong, but Li Jinong always felt that there was something wrong with Li Zhao's words. If corn had not been mentioned before, it was inevitable that this rice would shock the world, but the emergence of corn might be a bit suspenseful.
Also, what are you doing in the land of hybrid rice? There is no rush to harvest now, after all, the rice here has not been completely harvested, but I still agreed.
"I will arrange it, you go!"
Li Zhao left, but Li Jinong was still not angry and felt very uncomfortable.
"Butler, do you think this Jia Xiong has gone too far? He has already obtained the title, how can he do this?"
The butler was not angry, but instead had a smile on his face.
"Master, don't get angry, just listen to the young master."
Li Jinong glanced at the housekeeper and felt that he was hiding something from him, so he grabbed his hand and asked, "Tell me, why is Zhao'er so confident? Don't lie."
The housekeeper didn't want to hide it. There were really no outsiders around, so it didn't matter if he said it.
"The master has not been back in Chang'an Township for a long time, so it is normal not to know. In fact, our rice yield is more than nine stones per mu." The housekeeper said calmly, but Li Jinong was different and actually showed a look of surprise.
"Not just nine stones? Is it also ten stones?"
"That's not all!" The butler smiled and waved his hand.
"More than?" Li Jinong raised his eyebrows and guessed, "It can't be eleven stones, right? Eleven stones, okay, okay!" He was indescribably happy.
But the butler shook his head and responded mysteriously, "No!"
It's not ten stones, nor eleven stones. Li Jinong's expression became exaggerated. He turned around on the ground uncontrollably and said to himself: "It's actually twelve stones? It's incredible! It's incredible. But, can I believe it?" ?”
He began to show disbelief, because this guess was too shocking.
Who dares to think of producing twelve stones of grain per acre, but he is the only one.
"Master, I can believe it."
"It's not twelve stones, it's sixteen stones." The butler directly said the result. This was also the result of his sampling and weighing some time ago. It was not much different.
"What? Ten, sixteen, stone." Li Jinong stuttered, speechless, "Didn't you lie to me?"
His eyes widened and he couldn't close his mouth.
"Don't dare lie to the master!" The butler handed over his hand.
"Young Master also knows?"
"The young master knows that. He also said that it is not ideal enough. It will take at least eighteen stones to reach the standard."
"What?"
Sixteen dan is not enough, eighteen dan is enough to meet the standard. What kind of monster is his nephew planting? You know, the ordinary rice yield is only three dan per acre! A full six times. What six times was, he couldn't imagine.
The emperor once again arrived at the land of ten miles, where the fields and ridges were intertwined, stretching as far as the eye could see, and everything was golden, but a little less heavy.
But among the golden yellow, there is a land of yellow and green, covering several acres. This place is completely different from other places. The crops on the ground appear long and thin, with large leaves stretching out in all directions, and withered leaves infiltrated among them, showing the desolation of autumn. .
But above the bleakness, there are clusters of oval-shaped things hanging, with gray-yellow beards protruding from one end, just like the old farmers' beards that were sparse in ancient times, very thick.
Li Zhao saw it from a distance and recognized it as corn at a glance. It was harvest time, and he was quite surprised.
He guessed that this thing should have appeared in Da Qin a long time ago, otherwise it would not be harvested at this moment.
What he couldn't figure out was that he had never heard of the existence of corn since his rebirth. Li Sinai is the Prime Minister. If something new really appears, even if it does not appear in Li Mansion at the first time, it will definitely appear at the second time. However, he has never seen it in Li Mansion for so long.
In other words, corn does not exist in Da Qin, and historical records are not wrong. Corn must have been introduced from other countries during the Ming Dynasty, but why does it appear in Da Qin now?
The next moment, his expression changed, and he began to feel uneasy. Like a blunderbuss, corn was also a foreign object, and it was very likely that it was brought in by time-travelers.
Thinking of this, he was even more puzzled. His rebirth brought nothing but a system. So why could the time traveler bring things that did not belong to this era?
As for fire blunderbuss, it can be made by hiding knowledge in people's brains through time travel, but corn is a real object and cannot be made. The only way to get it is to find it, but how difficult it is to find it! According to the information known in previous lives, corn was introduced from Europe in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. However, with the current navigation technology of the Qin Dynasty, it is impossible to search for it in Europe, even in the closer Central Asia.
In other words, the appearance of corn is very strange. He has an idea, whether corn can also travel through time? The idea is a bit outlandish.
This is not the point. The point is, even if the time traveler can bring corn, why does it fall on Jia Xiong? There is only one possibility: Jia Xiong has different intentions.
In other words, his and Qin Shihuang's guesses at that time were correct. There were really people in the court colluding with bandits, and perhaps Jia Xiong was one of them.
While he was thinking, something interrupted his train of thought.
"Your Majesty, this thing is corn. There are buds hanging in the thing. When peeled off, the golden rice is exposed. It is edible and very delicious." Jia Xiong was the first to go to the field. When Ying Zheng came down from the chariot, he said: He spoke in a voice full of surprises.
It was also the first time he saw it and said it in terms of slavery.
"Really?" Ying Zheng walked over from a distance, ignoring the mud and potholes in the field, and looked excited.
Other ministers also quickly got off the carriage and followed the emperor closely on the field ridges, with curiosity in their eyes.
"This thing is corn? It's really novel." Ying Zheng ignored the persuasion of the guards for safety reasons, held a whirling bud in his hand, and loved it very much, "Quickly, split this thing open, I want to see how magical the golden rice is. thing."
"No!" The guard next to him raised his hand and immediately drew his sword.
"Slow down!" Jia Xiong quickly stopped, "Your Majesty, there is no need to split this thing, just peel it off slowly."
Jia Xiong reached out and broke off a bud according to the words of slavery, and carefully peeled off the coat, revealing the golden things inside, one by one, as bright as drops of gold.
"This thing can be eaten after being cooked with water. It is as delicious as fairy food." Jia Xiong explained.
Ying Zheng couldn't put it down and stared straight at it, "Really? Cook it quickly, I want to try it."
"No!" Jia Xiong saw that His Majesty was happy and was very excited. He quickly ordered his entourage to prepare cooking utensils, break off a few buds and start cooking.
It was cooked quickly and gave off a fragrance that was very tempting.
The emperor had no choice but to try it, but a servant took the lead in trying it. After learning that there was no problem, the emperor tried it, and the ministers were also eager to try it, and they tried it one after another.
Soon after, everyone gave a thumbs up, praising Jia Xiong’s work as indeed a first of its kind.
Jia Xiong was so proud that when he saw Li Zhao frowning on the side, he said jokingly: "General Li, why don't you try it? What a good food!"
There was a lot of teasing in the words, and the ministers all heard it.
Ying Zheng chuckled. He knew that Li Zhao must be feeling uncomfortable so he didn't try, so he called Li Zhao loudly.
"Li Zhao, come and try it. It is indeed a rare thing."
Li Zhao curled his lips and quickly responded respectfully, "No, I will try it right now."
Although I said this in my mouth, my actions were very hesitant, and my heart was also active. I thought: This food is very good, but eating too much will cause indigestion and is not beneficial to the body, so I still won’t eat it.
Huh! Indigestion after eating too much?
Ying Zheng heard Li Zhao's thoughts, looked at him doubtfully, and muttered to himself: Is it true?
In fact, Li Zhao had a good idea. Eating too much corn would really cause indigestion, so people in previous lives only regarded it as a complementary food, not a staple food.
"What? General Li looks down on me?" Jia Xiong's voice became more teasing, and he actually came over and pulled Li Zhao's sleeves.
Unable to do so, Li Zhao couldn't seem too different, so he gave it a small try.
Growing up in a farmer's family in his previous life, he was really not very keen on corn.
"Haha! General Li, this thing is okay! It's much better than your rice, isn't it?" Jia Xiong said jokingly, but it was so harsh in Li Zhao's ears.
"Your Majesty." Jia Xiong immediately knelt down and said, "Maize has a high yield and can be ripe as early as May. It is a rare food. I sincerely ask you to plant it in large quantities. By then, it will become the staple food of the people and relieve the worry of famine." .”
The ministers nodded after hearing this. Corn is better than Li Zhao's rice, and it can be harvested in May. As long as it is planted in large quantities, the worry of famine will be solved soon.
Suddenly, everyone expressed their envy towards Jia Xiong. They could predict that if Jia Xiong offered this gift, he would definitely receive the emperor's favor, and his promotion would be a no-brainer!
Ying Zheng was very happy and smiled at Jia Xiong.
Seeing everyone's expressions, especially Huang's smile, Jia Xiong was secretly happy, and looked at Li Zhao with undisguised mockery.
He also thought that as long as the emperor agreed, his status would rise. As long as this happened, his prestige would also be even better. Then he would not worry about being run out by Li Zhao. Maybe he could become the emperor's favorite, one of the best. Below, above ten thousand people.
Who is Li Zhao?
You really can come up with whatever you want.
Ying Zheng responded, nodded and said, "Very good. This food can indeed be used as a staple food to relieve the worry of famine. Jia Xiong listens."
What Jia Xiong was waiting for was His Majesty's words. He immediately knelt down in ecstasy and said, "I accept the order!"
"I will give you 100,000 acres of fertile land, and I will give you a lot of it immediately."
Ying Zheng was about to say, "Plant a large number of crops immediately," when he suddenly heard Li Zhao's voice again.
[Maize is indeed high-yield and delicious, but it can only be used as a supplementary food, not a staple food. 】
(End of chapter)
