April.

A season of vitality and rejuvenation.

The area west of the Qin State was originally the territory of the Qiang people. However, since the reign of King Huiwen of Qin, he took Sima Cuo's suggestion and sent a large army to the west to cross the Qin Mountains, exterminate the Qiang people, and pocket the fertile land of the entire Bashu Basin, Bashu has since become the territory of the Qin State.

And it is precisely because of the land of Bashu as the 'granary' of the entire Qin State that the Qin State has officially opened the road to rise.

"What are the new results of the recent research on the 'water wheel' and the 'rice threshing machine'? Mo Jun said.

Ganquan Village.

Originally, it was just a very ordinary small village in Bashu, because there was a 'sweet spring in the ground', which nourished thousands of acres of fertile fields nearby, so that after the Qin State captured the land of Bashu, it was included in this place as a 'royal exclusive field'.

And now this 'royal family's exclusive field' was chosen by Mojun to become the site for cultivating the 'first generation of improved rice seeds'.

Although Mo Jun has already invented a new rice seed, this does not mean that the Qin State will be able to become strong immediately.

A very simple truth, he now only has about 3,200 catties of rice in his hands, according to the size of the land area and breeding density of Qin, if you want to plant an acre of land, you need at least two to three catties of rice seedlings.

Other words.

Even if all the 3,200 catties of rice are bred in this round of planting, it can only grow more than 1,000 acres of rice at most.

This is still on the premise that Mojun has soaked the rice seeds with a small amount of diluted 'growth elixir' to ensure that there will not be too much necrosis and loss in the process of rice seedling.

And when this round of rice matures smoothly, it will take at least one or two rounds of planting to accumulate enough seeds to supply the entire Qin state.

According to the current cycle of rice maturity and general annual cropping, it takes at least two to three years to breed alone.

It's a big project.

And before the complete completion of this major project, the news of the 'first generation of improved rice seeds' must not be known to the people of the other six countries, which is why there are obviously fertile fields near Xianyang, but Yingzheng wants to send Mojun to Bashu.

"Lord Mojun is a genius in the sky, and he has invented several tricks, even if he is down, it is difficult to find the shortcomings!"

In the center of Ganquan Village, in an obviously newly built courtyard, an old jujube tree grows. There is a stone table and four stone benches under the jujube tree. Mo Jun sat on a stone bench, and across from him sat a middle-aged man with a round body and a bronze mechanical hand replacing his left arm.

Mo Jun, who is already fifteen years old, is becoming more and more mature, and his height has soared all the way to 1.75 meters in just a few years, with his long hair hanging down, and he is carefree.

"The master of public loss is too modest, two years ago the master has inherited the position of the head of the public loss family, in terms of mechanical skills, the master of public loss is now the first person in the world. Compared with the master's attainments in the way of organs, Mo Jun only knows some superficial knowledge. ”

Momen mechanism, wood and stone walking.

Bronze opened, to ask the public to lose.

This phrase describes the two major schools that are best at the art of organs today: the Mo family and the Gongyi family.

And the person sitting opposite Mo Jun at this moment is none other than the head of the contemporary Gongyi family-Gongyi Revenge.

was touted by Mo Jun for a while, obviously it still made Gong Lose Revenge feel quite useful, but after touching his double chin, Gong Lose Revenge still said humbly: "Lord Mo Jun Liao praised." Although the public has made some achievements in this organ, the title of 'the first person in the world' is still undeserved. ”

"Not to mention anything else, although the public is now proficient in all kinds of complex techniques, it is far from being as good as an invention that benefits the world like an adult!"

Gong Loser holds three secret drawings in his hand, which are the design drawings of [Quyuan Plow], [Waterwheel], and [Hand Rice Threshing Machine].

He didn't know about the 'first generation of improved rice seeds', to be precise, although the entire Ganquan Village was surrounded by the secret army sent by Yingzheng, no one knew the secret of the new rice seeds except for Mo Jun and Hei Yu at the moment.

The revenge of the public loss was asked by Mo Jun from Yingzheng at the end of last year, along with hundreds of disciples of the public loss family.

When he first came over, Gong Yiqiu was still a middle-aged man who looked a little thin, but after only living in Mo Jun's place for less than five months, he became the image of this 'greasy middle-aged fat man'.

Such an astonishing and rapid change once made Mo Jun wonder if he really chose the wrong major in his previous life.

The purpose of Mo Jun calling the public to lose revenge is also very simple, making [Quyuan Plow], [Water Wheel], [Rice Threshing Machine] These things are all technical work, and naturally professionals are needed to do it.

Besides.

The 'tricks' in the Qin world are also different from the official history, and the black technology here can even be created by the steampunk version of the 'artificial human', and Mo Jun naturally wants to let Gong Defeat and Revenge give it a try, to see if he can get a few tools such as the black technology version of [Automatic Water Truck] and [Automatic Rice Threshing Machine].

However, when Gong Loser got the drawings, things were made, but the problem was that these black technology versions of the tools couldn't be promoted at all.

Because these black technologies are too complicated, even if Mo Jun is allowed to see them, he may not be able to figure them out in half a day, let alone those civilians who can't read a single big word.

Moreover, the cost of these things is too expensive, at most they can be used on a small scale, and it is impossible to promote them on a large scale.

In the end, Mo Jun could only postpone the matter for the time being, and wait until he had the opportunity to make plans in the future.

The two talked.

Outside the courtyard, a figure suddenly walked in, wearing silver-veined armor and inlaid with gold edges. Thick eyebrows and starry eyes, with thick sideburns on both sides, handsome and masculine.

"Meng Tian has seen the right chief, and he has seen Mr. Gongyi."

The person who came was none other than Meng Tian, the grandson of Meng Fu and the son of Meng Wu.

The rice seeds planted by Mo Jun in Bashu were so important, it was naturally impossible for Ying Zheng not to send people to protect them.

At present, the army of Qin is divided into three types, which are:

The palace guards who guarded the royal city.

Guarding the border and being responsible for the heavy army of foreign wars.

and local forces responsible for the security of the various local counties.

In order to support Qin's foreign wars in recent years, the local troops of various counties have already consumed seventy-seven eighty-eight of their talent reserves, and basically only a shell remains.

The heavy troops guarding the border could not be easily mobilized.

Then the only option left is naturally the guards guarding the palace.

But after the army has been chosen, the commander is a new problem, after all, although the power of Xianyang Lü Buwei has been suppressed, it has not been completely eliminated.

In other words.

Nowadays, among Xianyang, there are very few people who are capable and worthy of Yingzheng's trust.

What's more, including 'Gai Nie', the whereabouts of these people are stared at by many pairs of eyes in Xianyang, and once they act rashly, they will easily be noticed by others.

In desperation, Ying Zheng could only secretly order to transfer back to Meng Tian and send him to lead this secret army to Bashu to guard the grain fields.

Meng Tian is undoubtedly a good candidate.

First, as a member of the Mengshi clan, there is no doubt about his loyalty to the Qin State.

Second, the ability is sufficient, Meng Tian is an extremely good soldier, since he was transferred to Bashu by Ying Zheng, Meng Tian has not even had a question from beginning to end, and has always strictly implemented Ying Zheng's orders and obeyed all the arrangements of Mo Jun.

Thirdly, Meng Tian and Mo Jun also have a close relationship, not to mention anything else, just when they met for the first time, Meng Tian gave Mo Jun a big gift on the head. This is naturally because of Mojun's kindness in saving Meng Fu at the beginning.

Seeing Meng Tian coming, Mo Jun suddenly smiled and said, "General Meng came just in time, let's come over for lunch, right?" Have all those rice seeds been planted? ”

Meng Tian bowed his hand and said solemnly: "Thank you for your kindness, but Meng Tian still has military affairs ······."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Mo Jun waving his hand and interrupted: "If you have military affairs, you have to eat!" As the saying goes, sharpening the knife is not wrong for the woodcutter, not to mention that the king also told you that you should take this lord as the main one in everything in this trip, and now this lord orders you to eat first, and then talk about anything after eating. ”

When Meng Tian heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and then saluted: "Then, the subordinates are rude." ”

Seeing Meng Tian sit down, Mo Jun smiled again.

Gong Yi, who was sitting on the side, looked at the scene in front of him, and always felt that something was a little weird. Obviously, Meng Tian is older than Mo Jun, but now the relationship between the two seems to be like the elder who is afraid that his children and grandchildren will be hungry.

After all, Bashu is not as good as Nanjun, which Mojun has been running for a long time, so the dishes are much simpler on weekdays.

Today's lunch is only a plate of white-cut chicken, a cut leg of lamb, a pot of braised crucian carp, and a simple side stove, blanched some ordinary mountain mushrooms and wild vegetables, spring bamboo shoots and bean sprouts.

As for the fruit, it is very shabby, and now very few people can grow out-of-season fruits, and the only fruit that can be found in spring here in Bashu is the loquat that tastes bad and tastes quite sour.

Seriously.

Except for the time when he just crossed over, when did Mo Jun live such a hard life?

Finish a meal.

Gong Loser and Meng Tian both felt a little overwhelmed, only Mo Jun felt bored.

"Lord Mojun's appetite doesn't seem to be very good these days?" Gong Defeat Qiu noticed Mo Jun's strangeness, and couldn't help but speak.

"It's not that I have a bad appetite, it's that the dishes are too ordinary, and I'm a little tired of eating." Mo Jun shook his head and said casually.

Public Defeat: "······"

Meng Tian: "······"

Ordinary dishes?

Tired of eating?

The two of them looked at the dishes on the stone table that they had never eaten before coming to Bashu, and they couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"By the way, Meng Tian, have all those rice seeds been planted?"

"Yes, now it's all planted according to the adults' hiccup~~~ instructions."

Suddenly, hearing Mo Jun mention business, Meng Tian also quickly came back to his senses, and hurriedly got up and wanted to salute. The result may be that you have eaten too much, and you can't help but burp just when you stand up.

“······”

The air was suddenly quiet.

After a few seconds.

Mo Jun took over the conversation lightly, and said lightly: "That's good, then in the next time, please trouble Master Gongyi to urge the disciples in the sect as soon as possible, and hurry up the time to make [Quyuan Plow]." ”

The public also bowed and said, "I understand." ”

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