Chapter 100: Promoting Wheat, Eating Fresh
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Ju Xin watched intently as Zheng Kui drove the ploughing oxen with a quyuan plough to plough the soil in the field, and as time went by, Ju Xin's eyes turned from curiosity to surprise, and he couldn't help but come to the field in person. I saw that he couldn't help but open his arms and looked at the dumped soil in the field with a slight bow, and his eyes still couldn't hide his shock and surprise.
All the toppled soil is turned on one side in a neat and orderly manner.
The ploughing oxen driven by Zheng Kui never reduced their speed, and from the beginning to this point it seemed to be a plough at a uniform speed, and the speed was very fast.
How could this scene not know what it meant in the eyes of Ju Xin, and immediately walked out of the field and came to Wei Zheng's side, Ju Xin said with some excitement: "Junhou, if this Quyuan plough is promoted in the defense of the country, it will definitely enrich the people, if the people's harvest can be doubled, the tax revenue of the government can also be greatly increased, and the subjects of the whole country will benefit immensely." ”
It is not unreasonable for Ju Xin to be so excited suddenly, with the production tool of the Quyuan plough that greatly improves the efficiency of farming, the peasants who originally used the lame tool of the plough to survive the cultivation of more than ten acres of land is the limit, and the ploughing ox with the Quyuan plough can make a young and middle-aged farmer complete the cultivation of thirty or fifty acres of land at once, and the economic benefits are almost impossible to explain clearly in three words.
When the country is rich, the national strength can be strong!
Obviously, the birth of the quyuan plough means that more young and middle-aged people can be distributed to the army, and women who cannot go to the battlefield and even the old and weak can replace farming to ensure food production and so on.
It's no wonder that the drama is not excited.
Wei Zheng said with a smile: "The foundation of a strong country lies in a rich country, the Quyuan plow should not be slackened, all the ploughing cattle in the country must be replaced with this Quyuan plow, the ploughing ox is a strategic public weapon, and the government must properly control it......"
"Ji Xin understands!"
Wei Zheng nodded, the drama Xin is reliable, and there is no need to elaborate too much on this point, so he immediately raised his eyes and called Zheng Kui, and said: "Zheng Kui, this Hou Xun has something to say a few days ago, and naturally you have no jokes." He smiled, immediately restrained his expression, and his tone suddenly changed: "Zheng Kui has made a meritorious contribution to the Quyuan plow, and the Marquis has personally ordered him, and he has been promoted to a fifth-level sergeant." ”
Zheng Kui couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this, so he was promoted to a fifth-level sergeant?
"Zheng Kui is stunned, why don't you thank Junhou soon!" The left palace eunuch who came with him saw that he was stunned, and immediately shouted in a low voice.
Zheng Kui came back to his senses and saw the easy-going Wei Zheng staring at him, and the dull Zheng Kui saw that the left palace eunuch was making his eyes, and finally reacted, and he was overjoyed, and immediately prostrate on the ground and thanked him again and again: "Grass people thank Junhou for his grace!" Thank you Jun Hou Longen! ”
Jue to fifth-class sergeant can enjoy the 500 stone grain distributed by the state government every year, as long as he does not die, he has it every year. I, Zheng Kui, became a nobleman like this? I, Zheng Kui, became a nobleman like this?
Wei Zheng looked at Zheng Kui, whose joy was hard to hide, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid you don't know what the biggest benefit Benhou really gave you, Benhou gave you Zheng Kui's name for thousands of years is the greatest reward for you!" ”
Obviously, Zheng Kui, who was born as a craftsman, did not know how powerful the historical meaning of the Quyuan plough was.
Wei Zheng returned to the palace again, and Zheng Kui was taken away by the drama Xin, and it is urgent to cast the Quyuan plough without delay, and now it is the time of spring ploughing, and the Zhiyuan plough on the existing ploughing cattle in Weiguo will be replaced with the Quyuan plow, this year's harvest may not be obvious, but the production efficiency is mentioned, and the time vacated by the people who have completed the spring ploughing in advance can carry out the large-scale reclamation action without scruples, and the grain income increase in the coming year is definitely a big surprise.
The liberation of the productive forces means to improve the efficiency of production, there are only nearly one million people in the territory of the country, in fact, there is still a large area of wasteland, but it is only because of the constraints of the productive forces, now the birth of the Quyuan plough will greatly increase the proportion of population and land use, and the cultivated land of the country will not be expanded at this time.
The political management of the Consulate General and the defense of the country attach no less importance to Quyuan Plough than to change the law, the purpose of changing the law is to enrich the country and strengthen the country, and the promotion of Quyuan Plough is also for the sake of the rich country and the strong country.
As time goes by, Wei Zheng, the king of a country, looks less and less like a monarch to outsiders.
And Ju Xin, the law enforcer who changed the law, took charge of the government of the Wei Guo dynasty, and became the powerful minister of the new generation of Wei Zheng and the favored minister of Wei Zheng, and the right prime minister became an existence above 10,000 people under one person.
The reason why Wei Zheng is becoming less and less like a monarch is because during this period he is doing things that other people don't think, or in the eyes of outsiders, he is simply a child's play, and he does everything that can't be done in the temple and things that the monarch shouldn't do, how can he have the demeanor of a monarch of a country.
In fact, what Wei Zheng did that seemed unbelievable to outsiders was not for the sake of enriching the country and strengthening the country.
A few months passed in a flash, the reform of the country was carried out in a smooth and orderly manner, and after the birth of the Quyuan plough to improve production efficiency, the people who had made time unsurprisingly began to open up the land.
At a time when the whole country was in a passionate atmosphere, the recent Wei Zheng began to feel distressed.
Inside the Imperial Court.
"Why is the prince always sad today?" Jiu'er saw Wei Zheng lying on the desk silent, and the latter stared at the music from below, frowning for a while and showing deep thought, Jiu'er couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Farming!" Wei Zheng said concisely.
"Farming?" Jiu'er was very puzzled, and couldn't help but criticize the prince in her heart, you are the king of a country, how can you work hard about farming, shouldn't the monarch pay attention to national affairs?
Wei Zheng ignored Jiu'er's puzzlement, still thinking deeply, now it has been more than half a year since the change, with the popularization of Quyuan plow, the improvement of production efficiency is almost immediate, the most direct embodiment is that the people of Weiguo obviously vacated most of the time and began to launch a fiery tide of land reclamation.
But patches of wasteland have been reclaimed for fertile land, and what to plant has become a major problem.
Wei Zheng is also a complete "loser", and all kinds of expenses are not ordinarily large, so it is said that the consumption of the patriotic army and its military resources is simply a bottomless pit, and if it continues like this, sooner or later, it will consume the national strength.
Spending money like running water, and if you don't want to make money fiercely, sooner or later, the army will empty the whole country.
The early stage of the reform of the law was a rich country, why a rich country, with economic construction as the center, how to grasp the economy and how to be the most effective, the entire defense of the country except Wei Zheng is afraid that no one can do better.
Seeing that the huge wealth looted from Liuqing is decreasing day by day in the treasury, Wei Zheng is anxious in his eyes, don't look at the tax equivalent to more than ten years of Wei Zheng, but according to Wei Zheng's consumption rate, it can only last for two or three years.
It is even more urgent to grasp the economy, and this is a major national matter.
"Wheat!" Wei Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and his sad expression suddenly dissipated.
The grain of the following countries today is mainly corn-based, wheat has long appeared, and the historical records record that it was introduced to the Central Plains from the land of the Loulan Ancient Road in the Western Regions in ancient times, but wheat is in the marginal area, and this kind of planting crops introduced into the Central Plains from the Western Regions (West Asia) have not been rapidly popularized in the Central Plains.
But Wei Zheng knew that wheat was one of the three major grains no less than corn, and ancient books recorded that there was wheat as early as the Yuxia and Yin Shang periods, and there are still not many people growing wheat today, and the key point is that the "stone turntable" that can grind wheat into flour has not yet been popularized.
Wheat is a good thing, and the cultivation of wheat will be promoted in the cultivated wasteland!
It seems that it is time to popularize the "stone turntable" throughout the country.
Wei Zheng's heart was settled, and he immediately looked at Jiu'er and said with a smile: "Benhou is going to do a big thing!" It is necessary to teach the people of the country a fresh way to eat! ”
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