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There is a way that the size of the economy is one of the key indicators to measure the war potential of a country, and it is the economic strength that fights for the war, such as the Changping War between Qin and Zhao, Qin and Zhao both countries have devoted their national strength to this war, and they have not been able to distinguish the winner or loser for three years, and the personnel invested by both sides for this war have exceeded the million mark. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Battle of Changping was a life-and-death battle for both Qin and Zhao, a war of national strength.

It lasted for three whole years, and these three years were the economic strength and comprehensive national strength of the two vassal states, and finally Zhao could not survive the comprehensive national strength of Qin in the first battle of Changping, and the national strength was not good and had to take the risk of fighting.

The Changping War made Zhao Kuo carry this black cauldron is really a bit wronged, although Zhao Kuo has to carry this pot, but what really has to be blamed is the comprehensive national strength of Zhao State, the overall economic volume can not compete with Qin State, if it is not for the national strength is exhausted, how can King Zhao replace Lian Po?

The Battle of Changping is a classic battle that reflects the national strength of a country, in the environment at that time, even if Zhao Kuo did not go up, even if Zhao did not choose to fight, Zhao Guo finally had only one way to defeat, but it was only a year and a half late, Qin has Bashu and other granaries of the world, and the national strength is stronger than Zhao, how can it not be defeated?

Another major reason for Zhao Kuo's defeat was also lost in the "information asymmetry", and he didn't know that the commander of the Qin army was Bai Qi, but even so, when the Qin army besieged hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops, if it weren't for the fact that King Qin Zhao devoted all his national strength to carry out a huge national mobilization of nearly 700,000 people, even Bai Qi and the Qin army would not be able to besiege the hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhao State and break through.

Therefore, Wei Zheng knows very well that local wars may not be reflected, but the core of the national war is the comprehensive national strength of a country after all, and there are many indicators to measure comprehensive national strength, and the most unobtainable indicator is the economic volume, and the standard of the economic volume reflected in this era is food.

Abundant food can not only stabilize the morale of the army and the people, but also has an unparalleled advantage in the face of a brutal war of attrition.

Quyuan plough is a good thing, how could Wei Zheng not get this farming artifact out.

The tool used by cultivators in this era is 耒耜 (lěi, sì), that is, a hand plow, a kind of soil turning farm tool with 耜 as a crank, similar to the shovel of later generations, mostly turning the soil by manpower, and its low cultivation efficiency can be imagined.

And the Quyuan plough is different, there are also ox ploughing at present, but the efficiency and effect of the tool are not as good as the advanced Quyuan plow, and the effect on the common people to improve production efficiency is simply extraordinary.

"Enlightened Prince, people have been brought-!" The left palace eunuch came to pay respects, and Wei Zheng immediately raised his eyes and fell on the craftsman, who saw this and hurriedly bowed and said: "Grass people, meet the prince!" ”

This craftsman never thought of being able to come to the court of the country in his life, let alone being summoned by the lord of the country in person, and he was also worried because of this, he was a person of the grass and had no talent to govern the country, and he didn't know what the prince wanted to do when he summoned him.

"Excuse me!" Wei Zheng lowered his head and stared at the pattern on the brocade silk and said casually, and then ordered the two palace attendants to erect and unfold the huge brocade silk, and then looked up at the craftsman and said, "Come here!" ”

The craftsman hurriedly walked quickly, Wei Zheng motioned for him to look at the pattern on the brocade, and said, "This is Benhou himself making the drawing, can you make them like the pattern?" ”

"This ......" the craftsman suddenly looked at curiously, "Hui Junhou, this thing is similar to a plow but not very similar, but it is quite similar to the Zhiyuan plow, and the grass people should make it." ”

"Huh. Insightful, indeed, not insightful. Wei Zheng looked at the craftsman in slight surprise, it seemed that he was indeed experienced, and then looked back at the pattern and said: "This is a farming tool, different from the straight plow, this Hou has slightly improved it, called the 'Quyuan plow', this thing is a great benefit for the people to cultivate, and it is also a great benefit for the country." ”

There are few annotations on the huge brocade silk, mixed with three views of geometry, Wei Zheng was afraid that the craftsman could not understand, so he explained in detail for him: "There are some differences between the curved plow and the straight plow, you listen well: first, the old straight wheel, the long wheel is changed to the curved wheel and short wheel in the figure, and the head of the wheel can also be freely rotated at will, so that the plow frame can be made smaller, lighter, more convenient to turn around, turn, more flexible, and greatly save manpower......"

Quyuan plough is a good thing, compared with the vast majority of the people in the current countries use this kind of agricultural tools, that is, similar to shovel agricultural tools, basically use manpower to turn the soil, its efficiency can be imagined. The vast majority of farmers do not plough cattle, and the ploughing tools used for ploughing cattle are also straight ploughs, and the efficiency of turning the soil is relatively slow, which is very huge for the physical consumption of ploughing cattle.

The curved plough is different, the flexible curved surface design can tilt the soil to the side in unison, so that it is also a great saving for the ploughing cattle, only the farmer needs to drive the ploughing cattle forward, and the soil is naturally easily overturned.

With the Quyuan plow, the most direct embodiment is that a farmer can only cultivate more than 10 acres and 20 acres of land, and it is not a problem for one person to undertake the cultivation of 40 or 50 acres of land.

This is the economic growth benefit.

And with advanced tools, can greatly delay the "retirement time" of farmers, after all, with the use of this kind of farming tools that require a lot of physical strength, the elderly people are really unbearable, but as long as they drive a ploughing ox with a curved plow, people only need to grasp the "steering wheel" in the back, only need to follow the ploughing ox in the field, liberated a lot of young and middle-aged people can join the army to fight.

The role of the quyuan plough can be imagined.

"Do you have a surname?" Wei Zheng, who retracted his thoughts, said.

"Yujun Hou, the grass people's cheap name is Zheng Kui." The craftsman hurriedly replied.

It seems that the ancestor is from Zheng Guoren, Wei Zheng immediately said: "Zheng Kui, right?" And listen well, according to the meaning of Ben Hou will make this Qu Yuan plow, until Ben Hou is satisfied, it will be completed, Zheng Kui will have great merit, and meritorious service should be rewarded! Zheng Kui is familiar with the meritorious lord system of the new law of defending the country? ”

"The villain is stupid, and he has often listened to the official sayings since the beginning of the day, and he already knows the new law of my country." Zheng Kui replied cautiously.

"Hmm......" Wei Zheng nodded slowly, and then pointed to Zheng Kui and said: "On the day when the Quyuan plough was made, to the satisfaction of Ben Hou was when you Zheng Kui was promoted to the fifth rank of Lord and Supreme Colonel, Ben Hou personally promoted you to five levels in a row." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Kui was shocked, and immediately overjoyed after the shock, and immediately said gratefully: "The grass people thank the grace of the prince and the marquis, and Zheng Kui must not dishonor the grace of the prince and the marquis." ”

Zheng Kui really didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly, he was promoted to the fifth rank of lord and sergeant, and since the beginning of the year, Zheng Kui has to spare a lot of time every day to go to the pavilion or the official to listen to the scholars or officials, and naturally he also knows the meritorious lord system implemented by the country.

The people of the country can get knights, and there are many ways to get knighthoods, such as farming and weaving, paying taxes, conscripting into the army, etc., but the fastest way to get a knighthood is to become a soldier.

Conferring knighthood on military merit is the fastest way to get rich and expensive.

Other ways are difficult to obtain, and it is difficult to obtain the second rank of the knighthood even in a lifetime.

The meritorious meritorious system of the Patriotic Nation can be said to be the most familiar New Deal for the entire Patriotic People, because this is what everyone is most interested in, because it represents glory and wealth.

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