Zhao Kuo walked along the edge of the field, looked at the people who were busy in the cultivated land, and suddenly woke up and thought of something.

He hurriedly looked at the exhibition beside him and asked, "Does the farmer have a way to breed?" Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Are you talking about livestock breeding?" Of course, there are some of them, I have a few disciples, and they are responsible for breeding the king's horses, some tall war horses, often can breed more excellent offspring, however, some tall war horses have relatives, Xunzi is very disgusted with such things, saying that it is against the heavens..."

Zhao Kuo nodded and asked again: "What about grain breeding?" ”

"What??" Zhan's eyes widened, and he looked at the people in front of him scattering seeds into the cultivated land, and asked, "This crop can't be fertile, how can this be bred?" Zhao Kuo frowned, thought about it seriously, and said to Zhan: "Just like the principle of breeding war horses for farmers, two tall war horses can often give birth to taller war horses after being combined..."

"And the same is true of grain, among those crops that grow abundantly or have different tastes, pick the fattest ones, plant them with their seeds, and continue to breed them like this, so that the best crops can be cultivated... Well... I remember something like that... There are some places where there is a drought that is not suitable for growing crops, but if you can grow here, pick out those who have successfully planted them, and use their seeds to cultivate them repeatedly, you can grow food that can grow in arid places..."

Zhao Kuo tried to use his most humble knowledge of breeding and cultivation to communicate with Zhan, and Zhan said seriously: "I know about choosing good grain seeds, but good grain seeds may not be able to grow the same grain... This is different from animal breeding, can different grains be combined with new grains? ”

"If we take a strict classification, we can find the difference by experimenting with different seeds, we can do a few test plots, and if it is successful, we can grow better crops... That's right, pollination... How does pollination work? By the way, pollen...", Zhao Kuo woke up suddenly, and he said to Zhan: "I remember, we can artificially breed and pollinate artificially through division... It's pollen..."

Zhan looked at Zhao Kuo, who became a little excited in front of him, but still didn't understand what he meant, Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "It's the same as breeding war horses, let's build experimental fields first, and combine the abundant crops with each other through pollen...", although Zhan was still confused, but listening to Zhao Kuo's sketch of a bright future, abundant grain, crops that can resist cold, and crops that can resist drought, these imaginations made Zhan also a little unable to sit still.

Every farmer is trying to find a way to increase the output of food, but they are all through the external environment, such as irrigation, insect control and other methods, Zhao Kuo said this, they really haven't heard of it, if there can be any results, it will be a major breakthrough for farmers. The more Zhao Kuo spoke, the more excited he became, pulled Zhan into the ox cart, and hurriedly said to Ge: "Please hurry up to the Xianyang Palace!" ”

Ge looked at Zhao Kuo with a complicated face, at the beginning, the head of the family said that he wanted to get a wheel car, and now he also said that he wanted to get a plant that could be combined, thinking about the scene of the combination of two crops, Ge couldn't help but wake up, a wheel car was built, but this made the crops combined... Isn't it too incredible?? But he didn't question Zhao Kuo, drove the ox cart, and walked towards Xianyang.

Zhao Kuo said excitedly: "I have to take advantage of the present to establish the experimental field, no matter how long it takes, even if it is hundreds of years, as long as we can cultivate better crops, we can feed a lot of people...", Zhan did not speak, he was still a little confused, Zhao Kuo seriously talked about his thoughts, he was going to set up a few experimental fields first, and plant different crops.

Then, through the so-called artificial pollination, we can analyze whether there are any excellent crops one by one, and we can find those wild plants that can resist the cold, and combine them with the abundant millet to see if we can cultivate millet that can be grown in cold climates... Zhan soon realized that Ma Fujun believed that plants were bonded through pollination, and that his behavior was similar to that of livestock breeding.

It's much easier to understand that way.

The ox cart hurried to Xianyang, and experienced several interrogations by the pavilion chiefs on the road, but after seeing the crown on Zhao Kuo's head, these pavilion chiefs hurriedly came down to salute, Zhao Kuo didn't care about anything else, and came to Xianyang in a hurry, and did not rest, so he rushed to the palace of King Qin. When he arrived at the Qin Palace, the warriors saw him in a panic, and they didn't dare to stop him, and hurriedly took Zhao Kuo and Zhan into the palace.

King Qin was chatting with Lü Buwei about something, and when he heard the warrior say that Wu Chengjun had something urgent to come to him, he immediately asked the warrior to invite Zhao Kuo in.

Zhao Kuo walked in, and Lü Buwei also hurriedly visited, this is because of the law drawn up by the King of Qin, and the ministers should treat Zhao Kuo as if they were themselves. Lu Buwei didn't dare to be careless, after Zhao Kuo returned the salute, this time he was pulled aside by King Qin and asked him to sit down, King Qin looked very happy, this period of time was probably the happiest period of time for King Qin, Han Fei kept coming to see him, and every time he came to see himself, he was able to put forward some systems or opinions.

King Qin has never seen such a diligent person, when Fan Ju met him, he did not have such a high efficiency, and after the reform of the official position, the systems proposed by Han Fei can be quickly implemented, such as those prohibitions, of course, this is also inseparable from another person, that is, Xunzi's disciple Li Si, Li Si, when doing specific implementation, has super high execution, many very complicated things, he can quickly complete the promotion.

With these sages in the Qin Kingdom, the King of Qin can wake up laughing from a dream.

After Zhao Kuo sat down, he said his thoughts, he said: "I heard that when Ying Hou was still in Qin, he proposed to invite scholars from various schools to come to Qin and serve Qin, and you agreed to him, but in the end, only Xunzi of Confucianism came to Qin. King Qin squinted his eyes, nodded lightly, and said, "That's true." Zhao Kuo said: "In my opinion, the doctrines of the hundred schools of thought all have merits, and they all have places that can help the Qin State. ”

"What I am thinking about is not the system of inviting many schools to visit the Qin State as before, I want to ask you to support them and support their behavior...", Zhao Kuo continued this time: "For example, the Mo family, you can provide a place for the Mo family to study, let them study advanced machinery, just like the previous wheelbarrow, these advanced machinery has a huge effect on the Qin State, if you can gather the Mo family, let them study with their hearts, study all directions..."

"Han Fei's thinking is too radical, he said that many schools of thought have no effect on the country, and their learning has no effect on the country, which is all wrong... The Mohists delved into light, and the movement of objects seemed to everyone to be useless, but I don't think so, what if the Mohists could use the principle of light to make a machine that could make people see in the distance? What if you could make more things you couldn't imagine by studying the motion of objects? ”

"I have always believed that science and technology are the primary productive forces of society. The science and technology I am talking about is the technology that covers all aspects, and the Mohist technology in mechanical, optical, mechanical and other aspects is also the most important part of it...", Zhao Kuo said seriously, he looked at Lu Buwei, and said: "Human society is constantly developing, in the past, people did not understand the use of agricultural tools, to later, it is made of stone, wood made of agricultural tools, to today, the people use copper, iron made of agricultural tools, which increases the output of food. ”

"From the point of view of weapons, it is also the same, weapons have become sharper, armor has become harder, and cities have become taller..."

"I've heard that the prime minister is a learned person, and what I said, you probably know, are the benefits of the development of science and technology." , Zhao Kuo said again, Lu Buwei naturally nodded, and said: "What you said is very right, it is true, after the whole army uses the wheelbarrow you made, it is also much more convenient to transport grain in the mountains." ”

Zhao Kuo said: "The Mo family can make more things, I heard that Mozi once made a wooden bird that can fly in the sky, I don't know if this is true, but I think that if you can support the Mo family, in terms of money, manpower, and materials, they will definitely create a lot of things that you can't think of, and they can also develop a lot of useful things." ”

King Qin nodded thoughtfully, and he said, "The widow understands. ”

"Not only the Mo family, but also most of the other schools, such as the farmer...", Zhao Kuo looked at the exhibition on the side, and then told the king of Qin that he wanted to test the field for cultivation and breeding, and the king of Qin and Lu Buwei were both confused, which was similar to the previous exhibition, but they saw Zhao Kuo saying this so confidently, and they also had some expectations in their hearts, if what Zhao Kuo said could really come true, it would be a great thing for the Qin country.

King Qin looked at Lu Buwei on the side and said seriously, "Please take charge of this matter." ”

Lu Buwei nodded, but Zhao Kuo continued: "To treat hundreds of schools, is to support them, so that they can play a better role, for example, to support doctors in research and development, let them make more life-saving medicines, let them find ways to cure diseases, for these people who have made outstanding contributions, you can reward them heavily, so as to drive other people..."

"As a king, you want to use a doctrine to govern the country, that's okay, but you can't let the people only have one school left, so that other schools of thought are suppressed, this kind of research and development spirit must be passed on, no one can oppose inventions, you can't treat research and development machinery as a wrong thing, you can't treat all kinds of experimental research and development as a ridiculous thing..."

Zhao Kuo's attitude was very resolute, when he left behind the palace, Lü Buwei followed him, Lü Buwei said with a smile: "The matter of supporting the hundred schools, the king told me that I want to completely obey your orders... No one will come against you ... Please tell me how I can accomplish this. Zhao Kuo said modestly: "I just put forward a suggestion, and I still want you to do it, I will only say it, but I won't do it." ”

Lu Buwei chuckled, and then took Zhao Kuo to meet the workshop.

The ink writers of the Qin State are scattered in the various cities of the Qin State, building tools and teaching new craftsmen, every day is extremely busy, fortunately, they do not need to participate in the war, this can be regarded as a different kind of protection for these special talents in the Qin State, they can get the title through research and development, of course, if they want to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, this is also possible. When Lu Buwei came here with Zhao Kuo, a middle-aged man suddenly walked up.

This is one of the Qin Mo who came to visit Zhao Kuo at the beginning, both sides know each other, after the salute, Lu Buwei said his detailed arrangement, he wants to make a place for the ink masters, and encourage the ink people to develop according to their own ideas, no matter what is developed, he will give the greatest support, if there is a harvest, you can give the title according to the size of the harvest.

Qin Mo's leader is a craftsman from a common people's background, called the mallet, Qin Mo is no longer an organization with strong abilities because of Qin Lu, and the organization is evacuated, and everyone only regards the mallet as a nominal leader, and will not really follow him to do anything, and there is no interaction between the members. Hammer An listened to Lu Buwei's words quietly, and then looked at Zhao Kuo.

He looked a little calm, and he was not excited by what Lu Buwei said, he said calmly: "What you said before, the kind of light and convenient carrier for recording words, I took my disciples to experiment day and night, and it has achieved some results... It's just that I'm worried that if I can't do it, I'll spend money in vain, and I'll be held accountable...", Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei.

Lü Buwei said with a smile: "In the Qin State, except for craftsmen, no one else can do any research and development, that is, craftsmen, if they want to create new tools, the government will provide some help, but if things can't be done, they must be held accountable." Only then did Zhao Kuo understand that what he proposed to King Qin was nothing new, and Qin has always had the practice of supporting craftsmen, but this approach seems to be a little wrong...

Scientific research is not something that can be completed in a day or two, nor can it be successful in one time, if it fails a few times, it will be punished, so who wants to continue?

Lü Buwei said helplessly: "This is to prevent craftsmen from using this reason to defraud the state of money." ”

Zhao Kuo nodded, and then said: "You can let them record the use of materials and money, scientific research is like this, there are successes and failures, and you can't be blamed for failure." ”

Lu Buwei nodded and said, "Okay." The king of Qin asked him to obey Zhao Kuo's orders, no matter what Zhao Kuo said, Lü Buwei would not object, he looked at the mallet, and asked: "What is the new carrier of the recorded text you are talking about?" ”

"Horse .. Wu Chengjun called to make paper. ”

"If you can support it, I will do it with my heart."

"Okay, whatever you need, you can say that I have found a place for the ink masters, where you can conduct all kinds of experiments, ask for the materials, money, manpower, etc... But you can't keep it private, and everything you spend must be strictly recorded..."

"Yui!!"

ps: I'm tired to death, the supplement has been completed.