Chapter 270: The Grain Is Overflowing, but the Land Is Hungry (Ask for a Full Book)

As a modern person, I instinctively have a sense of superiority, thinking that I live in an era of knowledge explosion and more than 2,000 years of experience, and should be superior to the ancients in terms of emotional intelligence and IQ.

But this sense of cognitive superiority also has to be hierarchical.

Compared to the ancient ordinary people who did not have any education, it is indeed strong.

If it's compared to a student like Jixia Academy, it should be stronger.

But if it is compared to the core children of the clan, it should probably be weaker than these core children.

Because the knowledge of later generations exploded only because of the fragmented common sense, this kind of common sense is actually dispensable for the material base of ancient times that did not meet the passing standard, this kind of knowledge is like some bizarre inventions that do not meet the mainstream value of the time, referred to as.

The poor can't afford it, and the rich don't need it.

Using papermaking as an example, the original intention of the invention of paper must not be for such a lofty sentimental reason as cultural promotion, but must have been invented for the convenience of the aristocracy.

After the invention of paper, the dissemination of knowledge became efficient, then the threshold for the spread of culture would be lowered, and the aristocracy as investors naturally knew the role of paper, so paper from the Han Dynasty to the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties to popularize, at least five hundred years, the reason is self-evident.

Papermaking requires a lot of manpower input, and there are not many consumers, there is no actual profit, it will increase consumption, the role of paper, for the aristocracy to control the right to speak is not any help, until the last resort, this invention will not be easily popularized.

For the people at that time, they couldn't eat enough, let alone study, and the raw materials for papermaking were all fire-starters, and in the eyes of the people, papermaking was simply a wasteful behavior.

The Sui Dynasty was able to promote the popularization of paper, but it was only the influence of the Ten Imperial Examination System adopted by Emperor Wen of Sui in order to counterbalance the hegemony of the scholar clan that had long been controlled by the Jiupin Zhongzheng system.

Therefore, if a modern person travels to the Eastern Han Dynasty before Cai Lun and independently makes paper, there should be only two, the first is to be valued by the nobles and work for the nobles, and the second is to die.

Because this invention did not conform to the rules of the time, it was destined to fail to be popularized.

And according to archaeological discoveries, Cai Lun was not the earliest papermaker, in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an near the Baqiao tomb excavated a number of physical objects called "Baqiao paper", confirming that Cai Lun paper-making at least two hundred years ago, the Western Han Dynasty had mastered paper-making technology.

From ancient times to the present, those who have held the rules have always been those at the top.

Even more conspiracy theories, the progress of historical development may also be planned and calculated.

Therefore, in the feudal era, the knowledge needed should be an understanding of the rules of the time, so as to be able to survive in this era.

And the core children of the clan have grown up in the core rules of this world since they were children, so their level of understanding of the world is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

For ordinary people, reading and using "The Weakness of Human Nature" may be outstanding among ordinary people, reading "Thick Black Studies" can try to become a leader, and reading "The Selfish Gene" can get in touch with the essence of rules and questioning human beings.

It just so happened that Wang Xu had read these books one after another since he was six or seven years old, as well as the "Parchment Scroll", which became the ancestor of chicken soup, and then because of his study of archaeology, he found that these books did have merit, but he still did not come into contact with the deepest and most essential rules.

The characteristic of archaeology is that it will not be a single specialty, how to confirm a cultural relic, need to use scientific identification, history, biology, climatology, geology, art and even manual science and other disciplines, you have to understand some evidence, before you can finally draw a conclusion, and this conclusion, sometimes is not conclusive.

Therefore, for an archaeological professional, the knowledge is the most scattered, and at the same time, it is the easiest to approach the essential rules.

Because after reading a large number of historical, biological, climatic, geology, and art materials, looking at the next 10,000 years of human history, you will find an eternal truth.

It's called 'Nothing new under the sun'.

Because the essential rules of this world have never changed, they have become only superficial substances.

Therefore, Wang Xu has always maintained a reserved state, not daring or unwilling to interfere in the process of history, only seeking to protect himself and slowly find a way back.

Because Wang Xu knows that these rules cannot be changed unless civilization is rebuilt.

But it seems that God deliberately embarrassed him, and a pair of invisible big hands pushed him up to the center of history, which made Wang Xu really have a little headache.

A relatively remote and barbaric monarch of the Yan Kingdom has such an awareness and strategic vision, not to mention the remnants of the other five kingdoms and Qin Shi Huang, who are more genetically excellent.

Wang Xu really didn't want to have too much contact with them at all, if he was given the choice, he would prefer to take people from Mongolia to the Western Regions, at least the countries there are relatively 'simple'.

In less than two months, dealing with Wang Ben, Jing Ke, Yan Wangxi, Shi Sheng and Zhang Tang made Wang Xu feel more tired than he had been with the lonely bamboo remnants before, which was a huge challenge for an archaeologist who had only dealt with the dead and dead things before.

The possibility that Jing Ke is a spy Wang Xu has seen the relevant brain holes in later generations, so he is not too surprised, but what is unexpected is that his real name is Ren Huan.

The Fang Immortal Dao forces behind Shi Sheng were unpredictable, especially in Liaodong, which made Wang Xu give food on his back.

Yan Wangxi originally thought that he was a self-righteous and self-righteous faint king, but he didn't expect to be able to see the general trend of the world twenty years ago, and was willing to put the blockage on an unborn child, and did not hesitate to hollow out the productivity of the two generations of the population of Yan Kingdom.

Although Zhang Tang has just come into contact, he can also hear from his speech that he is an old immortal with confidence, even if he has lost contact with the Central Plains for 20 years, but it gives people a great wonder that if he returns to the Central Plains, he can still call the wind and rain.

Why are these ancients who can't even be multiplied by the ninety-nine multiplication table so terrifying?

"Annoying." Wang Xu, who had a headache, snorted softly, and blurted out the Mandarin that he hadn't spoken for a long time, "Life and death are downbeat, and if you don't accept it, you will do it!" ”

Wang Xu snorted softly and frightened Qiu Zhu'er and the others next to him, and hurriedly put down his rice bowl and knelt on the ground tremblingly.

"It's okay, there's bugs, get up and eat well." Wang Xu breathed a sigh of relief, asked Qiu Zhu'er and the others to get up, frowned and looked at the door, and asked Zhai Qiu and the Zhu family to go and count the granary, why haven't they come back yet?

Wang Xu dared to call someone to pass it on, and the Zhu family, who was sweating profusely barehead, came in.

"Finished counting?" Wang Xu asked.

"No, it's too much." Zhu Jia smiled and showed a mouthful of white teeth, "The granary of Xiangping is more than twice as large as the granary of Liaoyang City, and the granary is overflowing." ”

Wang Xu was shocked in his heart, the population of Liaoyang City was nearly 500,000 before, although in this year, less than 200,000 people died of starvation and war, but it was still more than the population of Xiangping City, Xiangping was a hundred thousand people, and they were all old and weak military cities, and the grain was enough for 500,000 people to eat, Yan Wangxi was really ruthless.

For the sake of the 'possible' prosperity of this Yan country twenty years later, it is gruesome to ignore those Yan people who have been breeding in the Yan land for thousands of years.

"After Yan was conquered by Wang Jian five years ago, Xiangping broke off contact with Yandu, and before that, a large number of grain and grass materials and young children were sent every year, and this kind of transportation was already there before the old man took over Xiangping City." Zhang Tang said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang, has statistics on how much grain there is in Xiangping?" Wang Xu frowned slightly.

"It is enough for more than 50,000 households in the city for three years, and if it is for the military, it is enough to support an army of 100,000 people, from here to Longxi." Zhang Tang had a smile on his face, and his tone revealed a kind of silence.

"Crazy." Wang Xu sighed lightly.

"What does the emperor mean?" Zhang Tang raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It's fine." Wang Xu shook his head, "Adjust three percent of the grain and transport it to Liaoyang City." ”

"It's not appropriate for the emperor to do this." Zhang Tang smiled.

"Leaving seventy percent is already giving Yan Xi face." Wang Xu glanced at Zhang Tang, "Don't worry, I won't let you go hungry." ”

"The old man just saw that the Lone Bamboo Army is all mighty and well-armed." Zhang Tang said with a smile: "The emperor should disdain to do robbery." ”

"Yanxi can do things that starve to death and starve everywhere, what's wrong with me grabbing some food?" Wang Xu frowned slightly and sneered.

"The emperor is benevolent, and he is naturally different from King Yan." Zhang Tang said with a smile: "The old man has a handful of old bones, and it is not easy to take these lonely old men to defend this city. ”

"Alright." Wang Xu frowned and waved his hand: "You want armor, right?" ”

Zhang Tanghan smiled and bowed, "The emperor is discerning." ”