Zhao Si retreated when he heard this, leaving the First Emperor alone in deep thought.

"Lee Shin ......"

This distant name has not appeared in the ears of the First Emperor for a long time.

Li Xin can definitely be regarded as the descendant of the first emperor's lineage, and even once upon a time, his closeness and trust in Li Xin was not much better than that of Zhao Si......

Well, it's still a little worse.

It's a pity that the defeat of Chu failed that year, and Li Xin exhausted the last trace of patience of the First Emperor.

Emperor Shi never gave up on Li Xin because of a single defeat, and his first thought was to give Li Xin more troops to clear his shame.

Pity......

Li Xin's depression hurt not only the trust of the First Emperor, but also the long-foreshadowed plan of the First Emperor.

Wang Jian resurged...... After the destruction of Chu, the military merits were made gods.

In the highlight moment of Wang Qian's life, the First Emperor and Li Xin were both supporting roles.

And all this should not have happened.

For Li Xin's depression, the first emperor was angry in his heart, if he had to describe it, then it was probably to mourn his misfortune and be angry with him.

For a long time, Li Xin was an unspeakable taboo in front of the First Emperor, and for the First Emperor, Li Xin was not just as simple as making him lose face.

If it was not Zhao Si but someone else who mentioned Li Xin today, the First Emperor would have to be furious again.

The First Emperor did not want to use Li Xin, and for the First Emperor, the love he cultivated with his own hands would have died in that failed war.

But Zhao Si went without saying hello to him in advance......

In a sense, Zhao Si's actions represent the will of the First Emperor.

Regardless of whether this is the case or not, as the closest minister of the First Emperor, the civil and military officials of the court will think so.

The reason why Zhao Si acted without taboos was precisely because of this.

But the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, for the First Emperor, Li Xin was just a mud that couldn't support the wall, and he was already disappointed.

Zhao Si personally went to enable Li Xin, which was no less than the first emperor deliberately asked.

Great Qin is not yet in danger to the point where no one is available.

But Zhao Si, this kid acted too fast, and the matter was a foregone conclusion, could it be that now he deliberately issued a holy decree saying that everything was Zhao Si's own opinion, Li Xin, you honestly lie at home and don't come out.

That makes it even more petty......

"Bastard ......"

The First Emperor seemed to be a little angry, and lightly hammered the case, and began to reflect on whether he was too close to Zhao Si.

"That's it......"

But after thinking about it, Zhao Si, this kid, doesn't know these old things, and there are few people who can figure out the key.

According to the character of this kid Zhao Si, I'm afraid that most of this guy was still complacent when he was doing things, and he saved a depressed general and made a huge contribution to Daqin.

The matter has come to this point, and there is no way to get it back......

The First Emperor thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that Zhao Si should not be too harsh on this kind of thing.

Zhao Si is a good person who did a bad thing, as for the reason why Zhao Si was able to find Li Xin, I am afraid that Wang Qian's guidance is indispensable behind him.

The First Emperor figured out the key, sighed faintly, and a smile that couldn't be explained appeared on his face.

What kind of role is Wang Jian playing now?

Guilty? Regret? Or is it atonement?

"How old is General Wang this year?" The First Emperor suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, the old general is already eighty and three this year." The CRRC Fu Ling Qian on the side spoke softly.

Looks like you're really old......

Hearing this, the First Emperor let out an incomprehensible sigh.

After thinking about it, he shook his head and smiled.

I'm also an old guy in my fifties......

Everything is in order.

In the blink of an eye, the autumn harvest is coming.

It has been nearly two years since the First Emperor lowered taxes and taxes.

For the people of Daqin, this is a bumper year.

Distant Langya......

The weather is still sunny.

"Exhausted, this is the sickle that was issued to your family."

The local village is organizing villagers to receive farm tools issued by the government.

It's just a scythe, but a scythe is enough to reap.

With joy on his face, he received the sickle issued to his family, and a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes.

"A new sickle this year?" He asked, looking at the brand-new farm tools in his hand.

"Yes, the government sent it newly, it is said to be an iron sickle, you have to be careful, dull to grind, open to make up, if you lose it, you will be fined, remember to send it back when you run out, don't let me come to collect it again." Rizheng said with a smile.

"Alright!" He took the scythe and smiled.

In fact, he also has a sickle at home, after the first emperor cut taxes, there was a surplus in the family last year, some people used the savings to buy clothes, some repaired the house, and chose to spend a huge amount of money to buy a set of farm tools.

Yes, huge sums of money.

A complete set of farm tools has consumed all the savings, so that this year has been miserable, but it makes sense.

Although the government says that the agricultural tools are distributed, they are usually insufficient, so they have to be used in turns, and often some people miss the agricultural time so that the yield is not good, and even if the number is occasionally full, usually only one is issued to a family, just like the sickle used in the harvest, how can a family have one?

There were two scythes in the farm tools that I had put together.

"My parents are old, they can't stand the sun, they can't bend over, they can collect food at home, and their children are young, so they can't use sickles, two sickles are enough, and I can rent out the extra sickle and lend it to others." I thought to myself.

When tools are abundant, new ideas naturally emerge.

After returning home, after discussing it with his wife, the two agreed that it was feasible.

The sickle issued by the government doesn't need to be used in vain, is it? There is an extra scythe, and you can't get a cub.

So the couple decided to rent out a sickle.

As for the rent, it is not very high, just two buckets of wheat.

Out of fear of the Great Qin government, and there is always a feeling of taking advantage of Great Qin in this kind of thing, it is the sickle that he buys out to rent out, and the farm tools issued by the government are kept for his own use, so as to avoid being exposed or accidentally damaged by farm tools.

The old father and mother stayed at home to prepare the meal and took his wife and three-year-old child to the fields.

The three-year-old child was already moving around, and the exhausted wife tied the child to her waist.

Two people bent down in front of them to harvest grain side by side, while the child followed behind with a large basket to pick up the grain that had fallen into the field.

The family is a standard family of five.

The old father and mother are already difficult to participate in high-intensity labor, and the husband and wife in the middle are qualified strong laborers, and there is a little doll following behind the buttocks.

The husband and wife worked together, and in a few moments, they killed a back and forth in the farmland.

"Look, I said that I have to buy a set of farm tools, and now the grain can be harvested much faster than before, and the sickle can be rented to others if we harvest early, not only that, but we have a plow, and the plough will be faster than others, so that we will not miss the agricultural time." wiped the sweat on his face with all his might, and took advantage of a short rest to show off his wise decision to his wife.

"How can agricultural time be so good?" The exhausted wife rolled her eyes.

"What you said, it won't be wrong if it doesn't rain, but if it happens for a few days, who do you think is not in a hurry? If it rains for a long time, it can only be harvested, and if the harvest is late, the grain will rot in the ground. "I drank all the water from a well, and argued.

"Besides, we can do it quickly, farm tools can still be rented out, a sickle rents two buckets of grain, our family finishes it first, rent out the farm tools, and we can save a lot of food in a scattered way." I gave a thumbs up to my wisdom.

"What's the use of talking? When to rip the cloth? You can't let the family survive the winter next to the cold. The wife asked.

"After receiving it, I will go and change new clothes for my father and baby." I thought about it for a moment.

"What about me? You told me to spend the winter naked? ”

"There is no work in the winter, and the remaining clothes of my father and mother and the baby are re-sewn, which is enough for the two of us to make do." He said.

"There is also a lot of grain harvest this year, last year was tight, this year even if you tear off your clothes and remove the rations, you will be rich, what else do you have to do?" The wife is already a little angry.

The first emperor lowered his taxes, from fifteen to eleven, and the most intuitive feeling in the world is that the pressure of survival has become smaller.

The pressure to survive decreases, disposable wealth increases, and consumption naturally increases.

Revenge consumption is not enough, but the clothes that did not avoid the cold before must be changed, and some urgently needed things at home must also be purchased, not to mention luxury, it must not delay life, right?

"I want to save up and buy a calf." He stumbled and spoke.

"I calculated, in two more years, the money will be almost enough." Scratched his head.

The exhausted wife did not refute, and after a blank look, she did not speak again.

"After buying a calf, you don't need to buy anything anymore, and what you produce in the future is rich, so it's better to get over it!" With anticipation in his eyes.

I didn't think too much about it, but after the pressure of survival was reduced, I naturally began to look forward to a better future.

Of course, in addition to that, he has his own thoughts.

In the past, when food was not rich, it was difficult enough to feed a doll, but now that food is rich, I want to raise a few more children.

One day was busy farming, the couple was tired and hungry, the sky was already dark, the moonlight was not clear, and the couple couldn't see anything at night, so they could only lie in bed early.

"What do you do, the baby will fall asleep......"

The whispers of the couple rang out in the room.

"After buying ploughing cattle, the life of the family will become more and more prosperous, now the tax is not so strong, and the grain production is more, I heard that His Majesty has also reduced the conscription, and now the world is governed by His Majesty, and there should be no more wars in the future, I want to add a few more Dingkou, or I will level one, it is too lonely." He whispered.

"God knows if the taxes will go up in the future?" The exhausted wife sighed.

"I don't know, I have to continue early, even if I pay tax fifteen in the future, it won't be so tight."

"Hurt me......"

And this is a microcosm of the harvest.

The family is a standard family of five, and it is also a standard one-man family.

A total of 100 acres of land and five dingkou.

In the past, the average grain yield per mu was only 100 catties, and if calculated according to the tax of 15 catties, the grain that could fall into the hands of one mu of land was only 50 catties, and 100 mu of land was 5,000 catties.

Two crops of grain a year is only 10,000 catties.

On average, a person can only get more than five catties of grain a day.

This means that a normal family does not have any ability to resist risks, let alone buy other things, even the food has to be eaten by strong labor, and when the farm is not working, it has to pull wild vegetables, handle other things, and pray that God will have a good year for the family to survive the year.

In addition, they have to serve for two months a year, which means that the already small agricultural slack season will be encroached upon.

Therefore, he did not dare to add Ding, so that after the couple gave birth to a son, there was little sex to speak of.

Timding means that the woman will become pregnant, pregnancy means a decline in the labor force, and an increase in the population means an increase in food rations.

As a result, the population growth of the whole world was relatively slow before the arrival of Zhao Si.

And now, because of Zhao Si, the yield of grain per mu has doubled, and the tax has dropped from fifteen to eleven.

It's still that family of five, or that hundred acres of land.

The yield per mu is 200 catties, 100 mu is 20,000 catties, two crops a year is 40,000 catties, and the grain in hand after removing taxes is 36,000 catties.

In total, the average person can distribute nearly 20 catties of grain a day.

That's four times as much!

In fact, the 100 acres of land in the exhaustion family are not all planted with staple food, such as the wasteland in the corners and corners of the fields, and the sweet potatoes that have exploded per acre, and the sweet potatoes that can fall into the hands in a year are also thousands of catties.

Although sweet potatoes are not valuable, he can eat them and fill his stomach.

Therefore, the family is not the same as before.

Even, naturally, the thought of adding a mouth to the mouth naturally emerged.

I can feed more people, and even be rich.

In the past, 100 acres of land was slightly insufficient to feed a family of five, but now 100 acres of land is not a problem to feed eight or nine people.

Therefore, after a moment of pleasure, he was bored and entered the sage mode in bed, and sent heartfelt praise to Zhao Si and the First Emperor.

"When I went to the city a few days ago, I heard some people criticizing Your Majesty." Said to himself.

Obviously, this is because of the implementation of the order to move the king's tomb, and the first emperor suffered because of this.

"The Cui family has been wiped out, and the Cui family is not bad......"

"But the Cui family never gave us a mouthful of food, and if I want me to say that Your Majesty just wiped out the Cui family, it is not as bad as they say." I turned over and slapped my mother-in-law twice.

"I'm talking nonsense again, should we worry about heavenly affairs?

If you don't have this kung fu, you won't have to go to bed quickly, and you will have to collect food tomorrow. ”

The exhausted mother-in-law was obviously much more tired.

"No, I mean Your Majesty may not be as bad as they say."

"Isn't that right? Your Majesty is a great good person, this group of people who kill a thousand knives will only be finished if the tax is raised again. ”

After thinking about it, this is the reason.

He still wants to have a good harvest in the future.

(End of chapter)