After putting away a pile of relatively low-quality paper, Zhao Si and Wang Li drove off together and arrived at Zhao Si's farmland.
Zhao Si's fields are only fifteen hectares, concentrated outside Xianyang City. The location is very good, the surrounding ditches have been built, it is easy to irrigate, and the terrain is flat, making it a good farmland.
It's just that food has been planted on it. Although it's a pity, he still has to order it to be pulled out. After all, Zhao Si has to bear the loss himself. Secondly, Zhao Si has to plant a large number of various seeds. This is not a blue field, and there is no wasteland for him to cultivate.
The ministers were a little heartbroken, but they did not dare to question Zhao Si's decision and followed orders to remove them one by one. Wang Li had already ordered people to collect the seeds from home.
"Fifteen hectares of fields... It will be autumn in a few months." Wang Li felt a little distressed as he watched the busy officials pulling out the grain that had grown.
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"It won't be long before autumn begins..."
In Longxi, on the school grounds, Fusu held a bamboo slip and looked up at the cloudless sky scorched by the scorching sun. In front of him were more than five thousand Qin soldiers equipped with full sets of stirrups, saddles and horseshoes.
"The Huns can't bear it any longer!" Meng Tian, who was strong and square-faced and covered in armor, smiled on the side.
"These saddles and horseshoes are really good things. It's a pity that the Xiongnu can't wait until next year. In autumn, they will probably go south in large numbers. If they can wait until next year, all the Longxi cavalry can equip their horses with precious equipment, and the Xiongnu can It depends on the battle." Meng Tian had a look of regret on his face. Just now, Meng Tian led five thousand cavalry equipped with stirrups, saddles and horseshoes to complete the first equipment test.
The experiment of riding one hundred horses alone has been carried out many times, and there is no doubt that the Noble Phantasm on horseback can improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry.
This large-scale drill was for Meng Tian to observe the overall performance improvement of the cavalry regiment during large-scale deployment.
At present, horse stirrups, saddles and horseshoes are still being produced continuously. The Shaofu, even the military station of Lantian Camp and the local military craftsman smelting center in Longxi are all urgently producing, but the time is too short and cannot cover the entire army for the time being.
Not only the saddles and horseshoes need to be produced, but also the new riding bows must be re-produced, because with the increased stability, the cavalry can use their power more easily, and the stability of archery has been greatly improved. Naturally, it is necessary to replace the bows with longer range and more powerful ones. Take full advantage of your equipment.
It is easy to estimate the time when the Huns marched south on a large scale, it was just after the Autumn Period.
It is not suitable to raise troops in winter. The Huns are still the active attackers. Dare to raise troops in winter is tantamount to seeking death.
Spring and summer are the seasons when cattle, sheep, and horses are in heat and mating. This time is equivalent to the busy planting and farming season in the Central Plains. If the initiative to raise troops fails, all money will be lost and vitality will be severely damaged.
The only time when large-scale recruitment of troops can be mobilized is in autumn. The breeding of cattle, sheep and war horses is completed, and the Xiongnu are fat and strong. The Xiongnu can take advantage of this time to seize living space for themselves.
"If the Xiongnu raises an army in autumn, there should be thirty thousand noble phantoms on hand." Fusu pondered for a moment before speaking.
"Where's the heavy armor?" Meng Tian asked.
"It's difficult to smelt heavy armor. We have to smelt the horse's noble phantom and re-forge the riding bow. We can't spare too many manpower. By then, we can produce up to three hundred heavy armor." Fusu replied.
"That's enough!" A smile appeared on Meng Tian's face.
"With three hundred heavy armor, thirty thousand cavalrymen on horseback and precious weapons, and with the army suppressed, it is not difficult to cross the Yin Mountain." Meng Tian said in a deep voice.
"That's good. The Xiongnu was frustrated in going north and east. Now they can only go south. They only need to cross the Yinshan Mountains. If the Xiongnu does not want to annihilate their clan, they can only surrender to Qin." Fusu had a smile on his face.
In this way, Da Qin's strategic plan in the north can be initially completed.
After the Xiongnu's vitality was seriously injured, they could only ask for help. They chose one of the three forces from Donghu, Yuezhi, and Daqin to surrender.
As for why Fusu is so sure, it is very simple, because the Donghu Yuezhi will not let the Huns graze here, and Da Qin can allow the Huns to graze here. Secondly, what Da Qin can give is far better than the Donghu and Yuezhi. There is much to give.
Salt, iron, pasture, and grain were not enough for the Donghu Yuezhi themselves. The dogs of the Xiongnu who had lost their homes in the past could only chew bones when they were dogs for the Donghu and Yuezhi. However, it was different for Da Qin. Being dogs for Da Qin allowed them to eat meat.
Everything, only this year!
"This horse-riding Noble Phantasm is really a good thing. If it weren't for the horse-riding Noble Phantasm, I'm afraid I would have wasted many years. I heard that three new grains have been produced in Xianyang. The yield of corn per acre is more than 900 kilograms, and the other two grains are both at 2,000 kilograms. Up." Meng Tian said with a smile.
"I have written to Xianyang. It won't be long before Xianyang will send three kinds of new grain seeds." Fusu smiled.
"Except for the vicinity of the Yinshan Mountains in Hetao, the grain output outside the Pass is extremely low. If we want the Hu people to return, in addition to letting them herd, we also need to let them farm." Fusu said.
The Hu people did not eat beef and mutton every day... In fact, every winter, many of the Hu people starved to death and froze to death. The Xiongnu were just like birds in the Central Plains. Those who really had herds of cattle and sheep were the great nobles, and most of the rest were naked. The cattle and sheep they grow are not theirs at all. They are grazing for the master.
It's just that there are too few grain-producing areas here, and the Hu people are not good at farming. Now that there are two new grains, sweet potatoes and potatoes, it solves the urgent need.
The life of the Hu people at the bottom is much worse than that of the people in the Central Plains. They face famine every winter. This land cannot support too many people. This is the main reason why the Hu people start wars almost every year regardless of whether they win or not.
When the population exceeds the upper limit, they have to compete for living space. If they win, they have to eat seats. If they lose, they will have fewer people to eat. If there are fewer people and less food, they can survive the cold winter.
The same is true for the Xiongnu nobles. The reason for the herds of cattle, sheep and horses is that they can only graze. As the saying goes, they have a lot of wealth, not counting those with fur. The natural resistance of nomadic people is much worse than that of agricultural people.
The families of the great nobles in the Central Plains had a surplus of food, so a year of famine would not be a big deal, and they could even make a fortune through natural disasters.
However, any year when the weather is bad and the water and grass are not abundant enough, the property of the Xiongnu nobles will be reduced by half. If they are unlucky and encounter a plague... then they will be reduced to poverty overnight.
This is also the main reason why later generations of nomads persevered and wanted to take over the Central Plains. In ancient times, there were limited ways to deal with the plague. There was no way, and their wealth was too unpreservable.
"Sweet potatoes and potatoes are two of the most important foods. Together with the Noble Phantasm of Horseback Riding... the Northland has a lot to offer." Fusu looked high-spirited with a confident smile on his face.
Meng Tian agreed with Fusu's remarks. Although sweet potatoes have many shortcomings, as poor as Hu people are, don't worry about the shortcomings. As long as you can survive, there is not enough land in the barren land, and you don't expect to have thousands of sweet potatoes per mu. It’s okay to give birth to a few hundred pounds, which is enough for a person to survive.
"By the way, what's the name of the young man who returned from the sea?" Fusu asked with a smile.
"Zhao Si!" Meng Tian said. He was no stranger to Zhao Si's name. The family letters written by his younger brother Meng Yi mentioned Zhao Si's name many times, and today's strategic props, saddles, saddles, and cross The idea of heavy armored cavalry in the era was proposed by Zhao Si.
"Not bad!" Fusu nodded, then looked in the direction of Xianyang.
In a blink of an eye... I don't know how long I stayed in Longxi. Although Fusu was sent to Longxi because he offended the First Emperor, in fact Fusu controlled the military, political, money, food and taxation of the entire Longxi...
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"What kind of seeds do you have to plant yourself?" Before the field ridge, Wang Li followed Zhao Si to sow the seeds. The dazzling sun made Zhao Si sweat profusely.
"Your ideological consciousness is very low!" Zhao Si kicked Wang Li and said with a smile.
"I'm different from you. I was born rich and noble. How long have I been a concubine? How can I be so eager to put on airs and show off my authority as soon as I get promoted?"
Zhao Si was blowing nonsense while scattering seeds. In fact, Zhao Si was too lazy to plant them, but this matter was too important, very important to Da Qin.
Not only does he have to plant, but he also has to come here for a walk every day when he has nothing to do. If he has time, he would rather stay in the field ridges, weeding and killing insects.
As long as the seeds can be induced to evolve, all the hard work will be worth it.
But having said that... I don't know if the First Emperor listened to what he said.
Zhao Siji didn't know exactly what year the First Emperor died. In short, he should not have been more than fifty years old. It is now the thirty-sixth year of the Qin Dynasty, and the First Emperor ascended the throne at the age of thirteen. It is estimated that it will be either this year, next year or the year after.
It would be fine if the First Emperor could survive, but if he really died, then Zhao Si might not have done all this to take advantage of the old boy Liu Bang.
Theoretically speaking, as long as the First Emperor quits the golden elixir and does not die suddenly, under the influence of the raw jade halo, although it cannot directly bring the First Emperor back to life, it can gradually improve the First Emperor's health. There is nothing wrong with living to the limit of your lifespan.
"With all this busy work... it's better to go hunting in the suburbs, that's all~" Wang Li rolled his eyes at Zhao Si's teasing.
"Of course!" Zhao Si nodded seriously.
To be honest, Zhao Si had a very good impression of the First Emperor.
If given the chance, he would also like to see what Great Qin will look like after the First Emperor's life is extended for ten, twenty or even thirty years? How big a wave can a time traveler like myself make?
Is it from dying in the second life to dying in the first life?
Or... Da Qin resolves internal obstacles and regains its youthful vitality?
On the other side of the palace, the First Emperor was replying to Zou Feng's memorial.
Obviously, with the production of new grains, Zou Feng could no longer sit still.
The First Emperor rubbed his brows slightly tiredly...
He walked from Penglai directly to Fusang. He also wanted to write a pardon edict to the crew members who stayed in Fusang as proof.
Da Qin only has 20 ships now. It is definitely impossible to fight hard. It will not be able to carry many people, and new ships will have to be built from scratch.
It just so happens that there are gold and silver mines in Fusang, so the Yin and Yang family can explore there easily. As for the crew members who were stranded in Fusang with Xu Fu, they cannot be directly pardoned and repatriated.
He was pardoned from the death penalty and stayed in Fusang to serve for five years, just to stay there to mine.
It's too fake to rashly pardon all guilt and allow meritorious service...
Let's continue to build new ships in Langya and Penglai... There should be a lot of ships stranded on Xu Fu's side. If the damage is not serious and Fuso is in trouble, Da Qin won't be so anxious to build ships.
The disciples of the Yin Yang family and the crew took more than a dozen ships to explore the distant seas. The remaining ships were used to travel between Daqin and Fusang and even the surrounding islands, transporting gold and silver minerals, grain, grass and baggage...
"In addition to Fusang, we also need to explore the offshore area." The First Emperor opened his mouth slightly, but in the end he didn't write it down. Let's find Fusang's gold and silver mines and dig them first... Da Qin had too few sea ships. A few explored the distant seas, and the rest were not enough for transportation to and from Fuso.
Large-scale shipbuilding is not a day's work. It takes several years from the beginning of construction to the time a ship enters the water. In recent years, the first thing to do is to find the gold and silver mines in Fuso for mining.
After the construction of the first batch of sea-going ships is completed, it will be time for Da Qin to explore and develop its offshore waters on a large scale.
Yes... some boats were also allocated to hunt the dragon fish...
When Xu Fu went to sea, there were a total of 130 large sea-going ships. It is not known how many are left. Zhao Si brought back 20 ships and destroyed dozens of them at sea. Xu Fu estimated that there were only one left at most. There are about sixty or seventy ships, provided that Xu Fu does not dismantle these ships to build houses...
Time... Everything takes time, and nothing can be rushed. It takes three to five years to build a ship, ten or twenty years to develop offshore, ten years to develop the Northland, and twenty years to build a Baiyue...
Even for the fleet exploring the distant seas to return from exploration, it may take several years or even ten years.
However, he needs time the most!
The First Emperor didn't even know that he had no chance to see the distant sea exploration fleet return again.
"Here..." The First Emperor calmed down his inner anxiety and waved, wanting to ask Zhao Si if there were any flaws in the layout of the offshore area, but found that Zhao Si was not there today...
That's right, he was not mentioned by name today to accompany the attendants and discuss government affairs.
The First Emperor gathered his memorial together and looked outside the door. The hot sun was slowly setting in the west. Zhao Gao was as quiet as a transparent man, as if the First Emperor was the only one left in the universe.
I always feel empty!
(End of chapter)
