Chapter 44: Re-enlistment
Xianyang, Beisaka, a vacant land, crowded with people, lively.
Gathered here were not only the countrymen and ordinary people, but also the soldiers and officials, all of whom were beaming with joy and anticipation, as if they were waiting for someone.
That's right, they are waiting for someone, and it is not someone else who is waiting, but King Qin Zhao.
Because today is the day of the "Spring Ploughing Ceremony", which is one of the most important days of the year.
The so-called spring ploughing ceremony means that every spring, the king of a country will personally come to the field and plough the land, which means that the spring ploughing of the year has begun and can be sown.
This is one of the most important days of a country, and all dynasties attach great importance to it, even if it is a faint monarch, they dare not put it off.
The world is big, and the food is the biggest!
No matter who you are, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how high your status, you must eat! This alone is enough to make people pay attention to farming.
Not to mention, food was extremely valuable during the Warring States Period, and it had to be taken seriously, even those monarchs in Shandong who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun did not dare to slack off.
Not to mention the Qin State, "the merit of self-cultivation and the war", farming and fighting are the two things that the Qin State attaches the most importance to, and the spring ploughing ceremony must not only be held, but also grand and grand, without the slightest sloppiness.
Today's spring ploughing ceremony is not only King Qin Zhao is coming, but all the important ministers of Qin will be here, so they can't help but be unhappy.
"Your Excellency has arrived!" Just when everyone was looking forward to it, they heard a shrill voice of the waiter, and saw a team of people riding horses. The first person, with white beard and white eyebrows, is the king of Qin Zhao.
Behind King Qin Zhao were Prime Minister Fan Sui, General Bai Qi, State Lieutenant Sima Terrier, Ting Wei, Datian Ling, and the crown prince Ying Zhu, Ying Xuan, and Qin Yiren...... There are no less than 100 people.
Individuals are big people who stand tall above them. You can't see it in ordinary times. That's all I saw today. The people of the country were extremely excited. Raise your arms and shout: "Long live Great Qin!" Long live Great Qin! ”
The people of the country were so excited, King Qin Zhao enjoyed it very much, raised his right arm to stop the people from shouting, and said: "Today is the spring ploughing ceremony, and the widow will lead the ministers, princes and grandsons to plough in person." When you come back to your homes, be diligent in your harvest and take good care of your crops. Contribute to Daqin, because Daqin is going to sweep away Shandong and unify China! ”
These words are plain, but they are very exciting, not for anything else, just because the Qin State wants to sweep away the Six Kingdoms and unify China.
Since Zhou Tianzi lost his morality, seven or eight hundred years have passed. Many people want to dominate the world and restore peace to the world. But it didn't happen. And the State of Qin, about to do it, is there anything more exciting than this?
"Long live Great Qin!"
"Woo!"
The shouts and cries resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the earth trembled. Although the people were crying, they were smiling brightly, as if they were celebrating the New Year.
King Qin Zhao squinted his eyes, he enjoyed it very much, and after a while, he flew off the horse, lifted his robe, tied the hem towards his waist, rolled up his sleeves, came to the field, put his hands on the Quyuan plow, looked at it with wide eyes, appreciated it, and said with a smile: "This plow is a little different, have you improved it?" ”
Datian Ling hurriedly said: "The king is wise. After the trial production, the ministers and others repeated experiments, found some small problems, and made slight improvements. ”
"Inhuman, that's a good idea. I didn't expect you to be a skilled craftsman. King Qin Zhao smiled, praised Qin Yiren, and did not hesitate to praise him.
As the king of a country, he will not be unaware of the importance of food; As the monarch of Qin, he needs food too much, the more food, the greater the possibility of him going down in one day, Qin Yiren improved the farm tools and made this zigzag plow, which solved a big problem in his heart, and he couldn't help but be unhappy.
"Father, I'll lead the cow for you." Ying Xuan's hands and feet were nimble, he lifted his robe, put a bunch of hems, and trotted over, about to come to the cow.
"No." King Qin Zhao shook his head and said, "With this plow, one person is enough, unlike in the past, several people had to cooperate." ”
"Won't it?" Ying Xuan was a little unbelievable.
Before Qin Yiren improved agricultural tools, cultivated land required the cooperation of several oxen to plough the land, which was very cumbersome. With the curved plow, one person and one ox are enough. Ying Xuan just came from the army, and he didn't know about it at all. Not to mention, in his eyes, there is only force, and he is not interested in such things, and he does not pay attention to them.
"You watch." King Qin Zhao picked up the whip, flicked his wrist, and a crisp voice sounded, and he shouted at the top of his throat: "Walk!" ”
"Moo!" It was a sturdy ploughing ox, with its head up, hissing, and moving forward.
The sound of "rustling" soil flipping sounded, like a beautiful ballad, very pleasant, only to see the soil flipping, new mud upward, and a smell of earth came to the face.
"This ......" Ying Xuan was a little incredulous, and thought that he was dazzled, rubbing his eyes, and had to believe that it was true.
"Good! Pick! There was a thunderous cry of joy, and the eyes of the people of the country were filled with tears and excitement, which made them rejoice more than a great victory.
The Qin people were diligent in harvesting and dreamed of having good farm tools. However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not succeed and could not get the good farming tools they wanted. Now, they have finally witnessed the convenience of the Quyuan plow, and they would not have been able to do it without excitement.
"Hmm." In the excitement of the common people, Qin Yiren's eyes widened, and he was very surprised, staring at King Qin Zhao.
I saw that King Qin Zhao was extremely troublesome to plow the land, very skilled, like an old farmer, the depth of the land he ploughed out was almost the same, and it was straight, and the foundation of this cultivated land was not shallow.
Qin Yiren never thought that King Qin Zhao, the monarch, would have such a great farm skill, and he had to be surprised.
However, what made Qin Yiren even more surprised was that he saw Bai Qi, Fan Sui, Sima Terrier, Tingwei, and Datian Ling, all of whom lifted their robes, tied their hems, rolled up their sleeves, went down to the field, and helped the plow forward.
All of them are good at plowing, and the depth of the plough is not much different, and it is still straight, which is very good.
Qin Yiren looked at Fan Sui, Bai Qi, Sima Terrier, Tingwei and Datian Ling, the surprise on his face became thicker and thicker, and his eyes widened wider and wider. It can be seen that they are good at plowing the land, and their skills are not shallow. In the midst of them. Daejeon Ling was in charge of farming. It's understandable that he has such a good foundation. Even Fan Sui, Bai Qi, and Sima Terrier, these high-ranking and powerful ministers, have such a good foundation, and it is impossible for Qin Yiren not to be surprised.
Just when Qin Yiren was surprised, he saw that King Qin Zhao had turned around, ploughed in front of him, and said with a smile: "Yiren, what's so surprising about this?" Daqin's 'self-cultivation and fighting', Daqin's man, on the horse, is a warrior who fights the world. Dismount is an amazing farmer! ”
This is not an exaggeration at all, the Qin people are famous Qin State Ruishi who have moved the ages, and they are excellent farmers when they get off the horse, even Bai Qi, Fan Sui and Sima Terrier are no exception.
"Inhuman, you try." King Qin Zhao handed the whip in his hand to Qin Yiren.
"Okay." Qin Yiren didn't say a word, took the whip, waved it lightly, and said in a low voice: "Walk." ”
The ploughing ox roared and walked away.
"Does he plough the ground? Hum! Ying Xuan sneered, extremely disdainful.
King Qin Zhao's eyes widened. Staring at Qin Yiren, he also wanted to see if Qin Yiren would plow the land.
I saw that Qin Yiren was very skillful in cultivating the land. Like an old farmer, the depth of the ploughed ground is about the same, and it is very straight, which is not inferior to King Qin Zhao.
"This ......" Ying Xuan's face was very ugly.
"Good! This is my grandson! King Qin Zhao was overjoyed and praised loudly.
King Qin Zhao's praise was not tight, Ying Xuan was very unhappy, and said: "Father, look at the child." "When he came to a curved plough, he picked up his whip and whipped it on the buttocks of the ox.
King Qin Zhao praised Qin Yiren, which made him very unhappy, and his anger had nowhere to vent, and it happened to be on the cow. The force of this pumping was not small, and the ploughing cow was in pain, roared, and rushed out like crazy.
"Watch you run, watch you run!" Ying Xuan is self-assured, so he doesn't care, and with a strong right hand, he presses the plough with the mission.
"Smack!" I heard the crisp sound of wood breaking, and a good curved plough broke in two.
Ploughing is still a technical job, and if one is not good, the plow will be broken. He can only use brute force, and he doesn't know the skill, can the zigzag plough not be broken?
"Ahh An exclamation sounded, and the eyes of all the Chinese people were focused on Yingxuan Peak, and they all covered their mouths and smiled.
In the Qin State, it is very humiliating to not be able to plow the land. If you can't fight, you must be able to grow crops, and you must always take one head. It is best to know both and be good in order to gain the respect of others. It's good to win, but as soon as you come, you will abolish the Quyuan plow, can you not become a laughing stock?
"Whew!" Ying Xuan's face turned the color of pig liver, his face was distorted, his breathing was heavy, and he wanted to have a seizure, but because King Qin Zhao was here, he didn't dare to attack, so he could only stuff his anger in his stomach.
"If you love to be in the limelight, you must also have the ability!" Qin Yiren saw it in his eyes, and it was very funny.
Ying Xuan again and again, and again and again he couldn't get along with him, Qin Yiren really didn't take Ying Xuan in his eyes, just a person with developed limbs and a simple mind, why worry?
This spring ploughing ceremony lasted for most of the day before it ended, and King Qin Zhao was full of praise for Qu Yuan Plough, and praised Qin Yiren for his ingenuity.
Not only is he praising it, but Bai Qi, Fan Sui, and Sima Terrier are also praising it.
Ying Xuan is the most depressed, his folding of the plow is the biggest laughing stock today, so that his face has nowhere to rest, can he not be depressed?
King Qin Zhao cleaned up the dirt on his body, and then flew on the horse. Qin Yiren and they rode horses to keep up.
Soon, he returned to the palace, King Qin Zhao was in a very good mood, and said: "The widow ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, and it has been almost fifty years now, and he has participated in the spring ploughing ceremony once a year, and there are more than forty times. There is nothing that makes the widow so happy now, this curved plough is really easy to use, very easy to use. ”
"Huh!" The crowd burst into laughter and agreed with this from the bottom of their hearts.
"With such a useful plow, Daqin doesn't have to worry about running out of grain and grass." King Qin Zhao's face was full of red light, and he stroked his cheeks and said, "If there was such a useful plow before the Changping War, Great Qin wouldn't have to fight so hard. ”
In the Battle of Changping, although the Qin State won, it paid a painful price, exhausting the savings of four generations and hundreds of years. If there had been a Quyuan plough before the Changping War, the Qin State would have more grain and grass, and there would be no need to fight so hard.
"It's all the work of the Inhumans." King Qin Zhao looked at Qin Yiren, and the more he looked at it, the more happy he became, and said: "The spring ploughing ceremony has passed, and the eastward advance must be carried out immediately." Inhuman, you should join the army, or be the Sima of the Chinese army. ”
"Zhongjun Sima?" An exclamation rang out.
Although Qin Yiren used to be the Sima of the Chinese Army, he was cooperating with Wang Ling, and now he is cooperating with Bai Qi, how amazing is this? Who can not be surprised? (To be continued.) )