While introducing the pests and diseases of rice and their control measures, Zhu Xiang lamented that there is no better way and more research is needed. He couldn't have done that much alone.

And in this era when studying is just to be an official, who else can bury his head in the ground and do these important things for farmers and the world?

Maybe we can only wait for a prosperous era.

"Let's unify the world first. The road has to be taken one step at a time. Zhu Xiang sighed, "Zheng'er, you have to work hard." ”

Ying Xiaozheng wrinkled his nose and said: "There will be brave men under the reward." The talent that my uncle wants, as long as I give a heavy reward to high-ranking officials, will definitely appear. ”

"Hahaha, not necessarily. To do these things, you must endure loneliness, even if you have a high-ranking official, you may not have time to enjoy it. But at least it's higher than not giving it. Zhu Xiang nodded Ying Xiaozheng's wrinkled little nose, "As long as you pay attention to it." ”

"Hmph." Ying Xiaozheng touched his nose and said, "I can also order that rice must be planted in the south!" ”

Zhu Xiang laughed: "Don't order this." Forcibly promote the cultivation of crops that farmers are not good at, won't you become the king of Zhao today? ”

Ying Xiaozheng's face froze, and then his face collapsed.

Zhu Xiang picked up Ying Xiaozheng and flew around twice: "But at such a young age, my housekeeper can think of the policies implemented by King Zhao now, which is already very powerful." ”

Ying Xiaozheng was so angry that he straightened his little short hand and beat Zhu Xiang's shoulder: "Uncle, don't insult me!" ”

Zhu Xiang: "Hahahaha." ”

Originally, listening to Ying Xiaozheng's overbearing words, the students who were a little panicked became a lot more relaxed when Zhu Xiang laughed.

What if Gongzi is a tyrant? With Zhu Xianggong here, Gongzizheng can't be a "tyrant".

Ying Xiaozheng overheard the conversation of the students and jumped on his uncle's back at night.

Now he was six years old and couldn't jump on his uncle's belly. But on his uncle's back, he could still step on it for a long time.

"Uncle, if I really become a tyrant, will you be angry?" Ying Xiaozheng asked innocently.

While enjoying his nephew's back-stepping service, Zhu Xiang laughed and said, "Zheng'er, it's strange that you don't become a tyrant, right?" Is there anyone in your old Qin family who is not a tyrant? ”

"Huh? My father can also be counted? Ying Xiaozheng tightened his chin, and his little face showed a super disgusted and contemptuous expression, "Father is so weak!" ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "It's not those who can fight are called tyrants, and it's not those who kill indiscriminately that they are called tyrants." Arbitrariness, the appointment of cool officials, and the rule of law are all tyrants. The world is initially decided, the people's hearts are fluctuating, the old nobles of the six countries are ready to move, you are not a tyrant, you don't need to re-enact, how to stabilize the situation in the world. ”

Ying Xiaozheng stopped stepping on his back, sat on Zhu Xiang's back, and said suspiciously: "I didn't expect my uncle to support me as a tyrant." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I don't support it. But my ability is limited, at most I can help you grow the land and increase your food production a little. How to govern the country, how to use troops, how to deal with those who oppose you, I can't make a perfect suggestion on these things. I'm sure you're much more talented in this area than I am. So if you do it, as long as you don't overdo it and kill people indiscriminately, it is justified and justified, and the 'tyrant behavior' that benefits the country and the people, your uncle will not oppose it. ”

Ying Xiaozheng asked: "What is the 'tyrant behavior' that is justified and beneficial to the country and the people?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "This requires you to watch more, listen more, think more, and draw your own conclusions." Other people's opinions always carry other people's thoughts, and what you see with your own eyes and hear with your ears is your thoughts. You are still young, and you can still observe this world for a long time under the wings of your elders, so you are not in a hurry. ”

Ying Xiaozheng sighed: "Okay." ”

He slipped off his uncle's back, got into the bed, and kicked him in an attempt to push him out of the bed.

Zhu Xiang immediately fought with Ying Xiaozheng for the quilt, and in the end, the naïve two drew and enjoyed this warm quilt together.

Ying Xiaozheng occupied Zhu Xiang's warm place, and then used Zhu Xiang as a stove himself.

Win-win.

……

When spring comes, the dry season has passed.

Li Bing has collected almost all the data, and has invented many useful tools in his experiments.

For example, three logs are tied together to be used for the "pestle" to intercept the flow during the dry season.

Three logs are tied into a large triangular support, on which are placed bamboo cages, and pebbles are stuffed into the bamboo cages to stop the flow of the Min River during the dry season.

Logs, bamboo cages and pebbles are all locally sourced for easy access and cost savings.

Although King Qin gave enough support, the lion opened his mouth when Li Bing wanted to budget. But when doing it, Li Bing made careful calculations and saved every penny of manpower and material resources as much as possible.

After Li Bing chose a place to build a water diversion dam, a series of convicts set up settlements nearby.

That is the later generation of "Guan County", that is, the prototype of "Dujiangyan".

The laws of the Qin State were strict, and there were many prisoners. It is said that the Qin State was not a completely feudal state because of the large number of prisoners.

The pre-Qin bamboo slips were unearthed, revealing that the field tax of the Qin State was very low, and at most it was about the same as the period of recuperation of Emperor Wenjing of the Han Dynasty. And the Qin State has been fighting for many years, and it needs a lot of grain and grass, and it is obvious that such a low field tax cannot cover the military rations of the Qin State.

The "mystery" is the prisoner.

According to Qin Jian's records, the difference between the grain consumed and the land tax collected in a certain county is several hundred catties. The land endowment is only a fraction of the food consumed. And the bulk of the grain income is the free farming of the convicts.

The convicts worked for the Qin Empire free of charge. They were not slaves of the King of Qin, but slaves of the entire Qin Empire.

So Qin Shi Huang could easily mobilize 600,000 people to build the Great Wall. It's not that easy to recruit a servant.

These prisoners are dragged by their families. The 50,000 prisoners sent by King Qin were tens of thousands of families.

They built villages and towns near the water-dividing dikes, and cultivated the fields while working, where they lived, grew old, sick and died, and multiplied.

As long as we do not encounter natural and man-made disasters and cherish the people's power a little, the number of these prisoners will never be smaller.

Li Bing also requisitioned 10,000 prisoners in Shu County, and with the addition of servants, the number of people on the construction site was as high as 70,000 or 80,000.

After Zhu Xiang learned that Li Bing had started the project, he immediately took the students of the Academy Palace and Ying Xiaozheng to study.

He also contributed his nephew in the first grade of primary school to Li Bing, and took the students of the school palace to manage and check the daily money and food for Li Bing.

Ying Xiaozheng felt that his uncle was holding back some bad ideas, but he just didn't tell him, he had to find out for himself.

He also held back his strength and didn't ask his uncle, and worked hard to figure it out by himself.

Li Bing also found out what Zhu Xiang was planning, not just to help himself, and pulled Zhu Xiang to ask secretly.

Zhu Xiang didn't sell Guan Zi to Li Bing, he asked, "Li Bing, do you think these prisoners are miserable?" ”

Li Bing said: "Do you want Zheng'er to take pity on the prisoners and reduce the punishment?" ”

Zhu Xiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The prisoners are much better off than the civilians. ”

Li Bing was stunned: "What? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Surprised? Think about the treatment of prisoners and civilians, think about their daily food and clothing. ”

Li Bing thought about it, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Zhu Xiang put his hands behind his back and looked at the artisan station that was lit by fire and had begun to take shape in the scale of a town: "Whether the prisoners are farming or serving forced labor, the government regularly distributes rations and clothes. If any of them have a skill, they will also be promoted to the rank of official. Even serve directly by the nobles' side. ”

"Peasants need to pay for their own journeys, food rations, and clothing for their own servitude. You know how expensive the road is. When we entered Shu, the cost of a single person's carriage and horse was almost the cost of a county guard who did not eat or drink for three months. We are traveling at public expense, so we don't feel expensive. ”

"The peasants' property is simply not enough to support them in the time of conscription, and to provide their own travel expenses, rations, and clothing. That's when they need to borrow money from the government. Oh, you also know the interest rate of government loans. ”

Zhu Xiang closed his eyes, the firelight disappeared in front of him, and his vision fell into darkness.

"Every time the government levies and pays conscription, it is the time to issue usury. After being forced into labor, how many peasants were in debt, and how many peasants sold their fields, their families, and their own bodies? ”

"And ordinary civilians have no opportunity to serve nobles and be elected as officials. Even if they have a promotion channel for meritorious service in the military, there is no need to say how difficult this channel is. ”

Zhu Xiang slowly opened his eyes, and there was a fire in front of him again.

"In my opinion, the Qin State did not treat the civilians as Qin people at all, but those prisoners were the real Qin civilians. Now the Qin State is still so stable, but because of the strife of the Seven Kingdoms, there is a place where there is no war, and the civilians can endure all the pain and exploitation. ”

"But what about after the unification of the world?"

Zhu Xiang waved his sleeves and sneered: "They don't treat the Qin people as Qin people, after unification, the enemies of the Qin State will not be the Six Kingdoms, but the Qin people." ”

Li Bing was silent for a long time, then sat on the hill, looked at the fire in the distance and said, "Why don't you tell Zheng'er directly?" ”

Zhu Xiang and Li Bing sat down side by side and said: "Zheng'er is the real king, he will not listen to the admonitions directly instilled by others, he will only listen to what he thinks." ”

Li Bing smiled bitterly: "It's really hard for you to raise a nephew." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I am raising a king who unifies the world, of course I have to worry about it." But Zheng'er ......"

"Stop, stop, I know you're going to praise you for how well-behaved, smart and considerate your housekeeper is." Li Bing covered his ears and said, "Don't boast, your ears can hear the calluses." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "If you are jealous, you can also praise your Erlang." ”

Li Bing: "...... Get lost. "Zhu Xiang was serious for a while, and now he is not serious again.

The two of them quietly watched the firelight and night for a while, and only when they felt that the night air had entered their bodies and it was a little cold, did they get up and walk down the mountain.

"I want to distribute clothing and rations to civilians as well."

"If you send it directly, you will definitely be impeached. They would say that the prisoners had no income from the land, so they were given rations and clothing. And the peasants have it, so the peasants should bring their own. ”

"I'll figure it out. Even if they are not provided with the same rations and clothing as the prisoners, a small subsidy can reduce their burden. ”

"That's right, it's better to do it than not to do it. I want to think about it...... Perhaps a variety of incentives and subsidies could be used to create a name. ”

"Zhu Xiang, the words you speak now are like a corrupt official."

"Yes, that's right, I am the biggest traitor in the history of Qin."

Li Bing joked about Zhu Xiang, Zhu Xiang adhered to the consistent "as long as I hurt myself, no one can hurt me", and once again defeated Li Bing in the battle of words.

Ying Xiaozheng rubbed his eyes and stood on tiptoe waiting for his uncle to come back from a walk to make him supper.

finally saw Zhu Xiang, Ying Xiaozheng jumped on the spot and waved vigorously: "Uncle! Zheng'er is hungry! ”

Zhu Xiang scolded with a smile: "Are you a little piggy?" If you eat too much at night, you will accumulate food! Wait until I'll make you some soup. ”

Li Bing held his forehead: "You know that if you eat too much at night, you will accumulate food, and you don't get rid of the habit of letting Zheng'er eat supper at night, you are really ......"

Zhu Xiang is really swaying in strictness and doting on Zheng'er at any time, and Li Bing really can't understand Zhu Xiang's way of parenting.

He originally wanted to learn from Zhu Xiang and teach his own children well. But Zhu Xiang's parenting style is really impossible to learn.

Ying Xiaozheng coaxed a group of students from the school palace to continue to act as clerks, thinking about his uncle's problem - what does my uncle want to tell me?

Zhu Xiang temporarily served as a blasting instructor to provide blasting technical support and safety supervision for Li Bing.

In order to keep it as secret as possible, Zhu Xiang introduced an assembly line, and the craftsmen were only responsible for one step of the gunpowder configuration.

Although as long as someone has a heart to steal the school, they can still try out the steps, but it is already the best way to keep it secret. This method was also adopted in the production of armor in the Qin State.

Weapon making is not a secret, but armor is. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, Haoqiang's family could hide weapons privately, but privately hiding armor was equivalent to rebellion. Every time I want to raid someone's house, there is a cool official who tells me how many pairs of armor someone has hidden in the mansion.

When he was preparing to open the mountain and blast, Li Mucai, who was busy forming a new type of cavalry, was late.

Although he was very busy, he could not miss the first use of gunpowder. He also wants to use gunpowder to conquer the city.

The position of the hole before the blasting of the gunpowder is similar to the position where the stone is quarryed with a drill rod.

For the first blast, Zhu Xiang personally shot. Dressed in leather armor and wearing a helmet, he placed the prepared black powder bag into the pit, lit the fuse, and immediately ran backwards a few steps before lying down.