Chapter 7: Mink's Exhortation

"Created by our ancestors, it is indeed miraculous." Mink Bo let go of his panic about changing the law, and instead touched Chang Ran and smiled.

"With these things, it is the road to my strong country." Tian Jian's eyes narrowed, the two major agricultural innovations of the Quyuan plough and the cylinder car were enough to develop the agriculture of the Qi State to the peak, and the Qi State, which owned the land of Shandong and the land of Tao County, was confident to compare with the Qin State with two fertile fields in Guanzhong and Bashu.

After all, no matter how strong the Qin State is, can the manpower farming at this time be comparable to the iron ox farming of the Qi State?

This is equivalent to the comparison between the agricultural level of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the pre-Qin dynasty!

It's a pity that there is no rice that crops three times a year, otherwise Qi can feed most of China with the power of Shandong alone, and the current population is only about 20 million, far from reaching the population of more than 100 million in Shandong in later generations!

Sweet potatoes and potatoes in the Americas are also a major event of food, in the Qing Dynasty is to rely on sweet potatoes to feed 200 million people, otherwise with Kang Mazi's clumsy concept of governance, can create a prosperous era of Kangqian?

Kangqian is also known as the sweet potato prosperous era, one acre of land out of grain, if you want to calculate, sweet potatoes can be ten times more than wheat!

This is ten times, how many people have to be fed, and sweet potatoes can also be grown on the slopes of the mountains, which are much better than delicate wheat and rice.

However, at this stage, it is impossible for Tian Jian to consider doing this.

The first is the navigation technology, the current shipbuilding technology can only build flat-bottomed boats, and does not have the ability to explore the ocean, and the most advanced technology is not the Qi State, but the Chu State.

It is said that the current state of Chu can trade with the barbarians in the South Seas, and King Huai of Chu also set up customs duties for this purpose, specifically collecting sea taxes.

"Your Majesty, this is a great word, and with this sharp weapon, my Qi country no longer needs to worry about the danger of grain and grass." Mink Bo laughed.

"Well, when the widow wants to collect the taxes, he will only collect wheat and rice, and no other grain." Tian Jian looked at the old farmer working in the distance, and he was planting millet.

Before the pre-Qin period, the grain in the north was mainly millet and millet, although there were also large quantities of rice, but rice was more used as a noble wine, but with the development of society, millet and millet will eventually be eliminated as by-products, because millet and millet are too rough to eat and have a bad taste.

The planting area of wheat and rice will gradually expand, and eventually become the result of growing wheat in the north and rice in the south.

"This?" Mink Bo showed a look of embarrassment, because the current cultivation of wheat as grain food is too unpalatable, and the yield of rice is not too high, and it is relatively expensive, difficult to serve.

Millet and millet, which are staple foods, have a greater competitive advantage over weeds, which was advantageous in ancient times when there were no herbicides.

"Taifu Ke is because wheat is too unpalatable as a grain food, in fact, in Lu country, the public loss class has already invented the stone mill, and the pasta made with the stone mill is much better than these grains." Tian Jian said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, now that the people have already laid down the seedlings, this decree is too harsh." Mink Bo tried to persuade and bowed to Tian Jianyi: "Please also ask the king to take back the royal order." ”

Tian Jian frowned, the king of the Warring States period was not easy to be, and the power was not big, as long as the people of the country had the right to discuss politics, Cao Di's polemic was a typical example, which caused a problem, he knew the development of time and space in the future, but most of these things were not in line with the current values, and they thought he was a tyrant when they were imposed on them.

What was the charge that the Zhou Dynasty added to King Xu?

Lucullan banquets!

It doesn't seem like much now, a rich man in Jiuchi can put it up, and meat is nothing, and these are nothing to the Shang Dynasty, you must know that the king of Xuan is the king, the king of China, with tens of millions of people.

What is the wine pond meat forest, if so, the banquet of Cixi and the Manchu emperor is called luxury, one hundred and eight dishes!

"Well, now the widow's territory is planted first, if there is a loss, it will be counted on the widow's head, if there is nothing wrong, then it will be pushed to the whole country." Tian Jian put forward a pertinent opinion.

Cultivate in your own territory as the king of Qi first, and if the real yield is not lower than millet and millet, then say otherwise.

"The king is good at accepting words, it is the joy of the Qi country, the evil clothes of the good men of the Jin Dynasty, so the ministers of the Duke of Wen are all the fur of the sheep, Wei with a sword, the crown of the silk, into the king to see, out to practice in the court.

It's the reason why it's the king, and the minister is it. In the past, the king of Chu Ling had a thin waist, so the ministers of the king of Ling all took a meal as a festival, coerced and then brought, and then supported the wall and then rose. Compared with the period of the year, there is a dark color in the morning. Why is that? The king said, so the minister can also. In the past, the king of Yue practiced the courage of a good soldier, taught his ministers a lesson, and the burning boat of Hehe caught fire, and the warrior said: 'The treasure of the Yue country is here'. The king of Yue personally encouraged his men to enter it. When the soldiers heard the sound of drums, they were broken and walked in disorder, and there were more than 100 people who died in the fire. The king of Yue hit the gold and retreated.

Now the king likes wheat and rice, and the people of Qi will compete to plant it, why is this?

The only selfishness too! Mink Bo bowed.

Your Majesty, you can admit that this is something that the Qi Kingdom should rejoice. In the past, Duke Wen of Jin liked scholars to wear bad clothes, so Duke Wen's subordinates all wore a coat sewn from ewe skin, hung swords around a cowhide belt, and wore a hat made of familiar silk.

What is the reason for this?

Because the monarch likes it, so his subordinates do it. In the past, King Chu Ling liked people with thin waists, so King Ling's subordinates ate a meal to diet, and only then did they tie their belts and hold on to the wall before they could stand up. By the end of the year, the courtiers were all (hungry and thin) with yellow and black faces.

What is the reason for this?

Because the monarch likes this, his subordinates can do it. Once upon a time, Goujian, the king of Yue, loved the courage of his soldiers, and when he trained his subordinates, he first gathered them together, (and then) set fire to the ship, and the soldiers who tested him said, "All the treasures of the Yue kingdom are in this ship." King Yue personally beat the drum and let the soldiers advance. When the soldiers heard the sound of the drums, they disrupted the procession, and more than a hundred of them died in the fire. King Yue then told them to step down.

Now, your king, if you like wheat and rice, you want the people of Qi to plant it, why? It's your selfishness.

Tian Jian's face froze, and there was a sentence in his heart that MMP didn't know whether to talk about it, so I just said a word about planting rice and wheat, and you fucking sprinkled a lot of words, who did you say to listen?

Compare me with King Chu Ling, Duke Wen of Jin, and King Goujian of Yue, why don't you talk about their good side, just say this, this is bullying the widow? Or is it a bully?

"What Taifu said is very true." A faint smile appeared on Tian Jian's face.

Mink Bo had a look of relief on his face.