After so many years of experience, Zhao Kuo has become an old farmer from a novice who did not do farming and knew nothing about agriculture. He knows many farming methods and can identify different grain types at a glance. It's not as good as Zhan, but Zhao Kuo has a lot of forward-thinking vision, such as selective breeding, establishing seed fields, practicing improved seed breeding, single planting and single harvest, and careful management to prevent mixing.
This technology first appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as increasing the variety of grains, and really flourished in the Western Jin Dynasty. Zhao Kuo made this technology hundreds of years ahead of schedule, and Zhao Kuo's greatest achievements in agriculture were not just seed selection and breeding. Zhao Kuo The biggest contribution in the agricultural field should be the promotion of winter wheat and the completion of the currently undeveloped crop rotation and multiple cropping technology... Sitting with Zhan, the two talked about the most basic agricultural knowledge.
The earliest agricultural technology book in the world is probably "The Book of Fan Sheng" compiled by Fan Shengzhi of the Western Han Dynasty. Before him, there were no relevant agricultural technology books, and Fan Shengzhi was a scholar in the Western Han Dynasty. The late period is still very far away from now. If Zhan could write a book on agriculture, it would definitely surpass the status of "The Book of Pan Sheng". Unfortunately, Zhan is the stupidest. He can do it, but he can't speak well.
Zhao Kuo was just the opposite of him. He could speak but not as well as he could do. The two complemented each other.
Starting from plowing the fields, from how to change the soil quality to how to break the soil, they completely explained the farming system that combines plowing, harrowing, grinding, pressing and hoeing. The two people also often summoned farm disciples to write about different places. Different versions were produced because the farming techniques were different in different farmland environments. Zhao Kuo and Zhan were busy with this work for more than half a year.
The two were still revising and improving their agricultural books. At the same time, Zhao Kuo also put forward many of his own ideas, including the great role of the plow. However, there were some disputes between Zhao Kuo and Zhan. The two quarreled. Of course, this is purely a technical dispute. Zhao Kuo believes that the role of a plow is to turn over soil, eliminate stubble, and press grass, while Zhan believes that the role of a plow is only to break up the soil and loosen it, and other things require the help of different methods. farm tools.
The two men came to the plowing land in person, inspected the plows, and carried out plowing according to what they said. The plows were purely used to complete multiple tasks and separated tools. In the end, Zhao Kuo failed miserably. Zhan was right. The plow cannot replace other agricultural tools to complete many tasks. Even if it can be completed, the effect is not very outstanding. This is somewhat different from what Zhao Kuo thought. He frowned, not knowing what to think about, and walked into the Mo family's workshop. Square.
In the next few days, Zhao Kuo stayed in the Mo family's workshop and refused to come out to see Zhan. Zhan was a little confused. Logically speaking, Zhao Kuo was not such a stingy person. How could he have such a reaction? After waiting like this for a few days, Zhan finally couldn't help but walked into the workshop. Just as he was about to talk to Zhao Kuo, he saw Zhao Kuo who was naked and soaked with sweat. Zhao Kuo was already old. But the tendon meat on his body still looks so strong and awe-inspiring.
Zhao Kuo was lowering his head, tinkering with something. Many Mohist disciples were surrounding him, talking loudly. It took a lot of effort to squeeze in. Zhao Kuo was playing with the plow in front of him. It seems that some iron tools were cast and a new plow was made. After scrapping it several times, Zhao Kuo got what he wanted. Zhao Kuo made a little improvement on the plow. Zhao Kuo saw the exhibition. , excitedly came to him.
Zhan carefully looked at the plow in front of him, wanting to see what was different. After looking at it, he really discovered the difference. First of all, the straight shaft was made into a curved shaft, and the other was that under the plow
With the addition of a wall, Zhao Kuo called it a plow wall. The improved plow could reach the level that Zhao Kuo said. Since Zhao Kuo said this, Zhan was not ambiguous, and the two sides competed again.
Good guy, just two small changes have made plowing labor-saving and convenient... The efficiency is far higher than before. Zhan couldn't help but widen his eyes. Zhao Kuo wiped the sweat from his forehead. This is not
Zhao Kuo brought experience from later generations. In his previous life, Zhao Kuo didn't know anything about farming tools. Just because of long-term farming, he felt that the plow could be further improved, so he took the first step.
This was done completely independently by him, and it was a technology that should have appeared a hundred years later.
Times are always developing, and the number of people that can be supported on this land is also slowly increasing, from tens of millions today to more than a billion later... The new plow made by Zhao Kuo has a huge effect, what?
The Mohist family who did not do anything just received a huge reward for assisting Zhao Kuo, because after this technology was promoted, it could save a lot of manpower for the Qin State. The Mohist family seemed to be a little stimulated, and several Mohist disciples were very excited.
Having reached high-level titles, they decided to focus their research on farm tools for the time being.
At the same time, what is still going on is the school matter. Zhao Kuo has completely handed over this matter to Cheng Yu and Zhang Cang. As the Lord of Chang'an and the Marquis of Guannei in Qin State, Cheng Yu certainly has enough prestige, whether it is
It is much easier to recruit teachers and do other things. Although Zhang Cang does not have a great reputation, he is very capable. He has even lost some weight since Zhao Kuo captured him and asked him to help.
Zhang Cang can no longer study anymore, which makes Zhang Cang very depressed. However, in order to continue studying and to read through Zhao Kuo's family's collection of books, he can only be forced to sell himself to help Zhao Kuo complete these things.
Xiang called over a hundred teachers with cultural knowledge and gave them the Qin State's establishment, such as medical officers. They became the first batch of academic officers in the Qin Dynasty. Officials in the school are not considered professional academic officers.
They are usually hired part-time by local officials.
After getting enough teachers, Zhang Cang issued a curriculum and asked Xianyang for help, calling on people from all over the country to send their children to study here. Xianyang was so big that some children from remote areas had to stay here.
But they all worry about Zhang Cang. Zhang Cang has read many books, has substantial theoretical experience, and can do things. He is known as "Xiao Han Li", but even so, there is still a gap between his practical ability and Li Si.
Zhang Cang saw that Zhao Kuo was busy compiling agricultural books, so he didn't want to look for him anymore, so he directly found his senior brother.
Li Si still attaches great importance to school affairs, not because of the great benefits it can bring, but because this matter is the matter of Marquis Wu Cheng. If he wants to hang out in the Daqin Temple, he has to pat Zhao Kuo.
It's useless to take pictures of other people like this.
When Zhang Cang came to him and told him about the current difficulties, Li Si waved his hand and immediately opened up a school field and set up student dormitories. Students whose homes were too far away could live in the school, but they could not live in vain.
Cultivate the academic field and be self-sufficient...Li Si gave good advice on most issues including tuition fees. Whatever Li Si wanted to accomplish, he would definitely be able to do it.
With Li Si's help, the first primary school in Daqin was finally established. When the people heard that the government required children to study, they didn't know why, but they didn't resist at all, because they were all Lao Qin people, and Lao Qin people were rigorous and obedient.
Orders, their daily lives are like fighting. How dare they disobey the "general"'s orders? Although the children were scared and crying, they could not change their situation.
At the same time, Li Si proposed that all children who successfully graduate can receive a first-class knighthood... For the old Qin people, what can be better than a knighthood? Of course they sent their children to study with a smile and told them
, if you can't get the first-level title, you see how I will beat you to death! Zhao Kuo and Li Si once discussed the military merit system. They believed that on the basis of reducing rewards, more lower-level titles should be awarded.
By making the lower-level titles worthless, the deformed society created by the military merit system naturally collapsed. Unexpectedly, the clever Li Si actually applied his ideas here. It has to be said that the kings and kings of the past generations of the Qin Dynasty
Prime ministers are all great people.
On this day, Zhao Kuo temporarily asked for leave from Zhan and came to congratulate him. He met with all the teachers in charge of enlightenment, and also presented some daily and school supplies. He even attended a few classes. Zhao Kuo will
Almost all the education systems of later generations were transferred over, from the duration of classes to the breaks in between, they were almost exactly the same. Zhao Kuo felt that what later generations summarized would definitely be better than what he had imagined.
The primary school was established in this way, but it did not cause any big changes. Xianyang has too many people and there are too many children who need education. These children can only be the first batch of children, but there are already more than 2,000 people. There are some teachers.
There was not enough space, and the school could not accommodate it. In desperation, Zhang Cang had no choice but to buy other surrounding courtyards. No matter whether they wanted to sell them or not, Li Si could compensate them with better ones.
The atmosphere in the school is quite good. Students from all over the world sit here, listen to the teacher's lectures, and make friends privately. With so many children gathered together, this place suddenly becomes a gathering place of joy and crying.
..If the model here can be successful, it can then be extended to surrounding counties and counties, and eventually to the whole world. An important question is whether Daqin can have so many teachers, and whether Daqin can support so many teachers.
After nine months, Zhan's agricultural book has been completed. There is almost nothing that can be added. He has even included prevention of pests and even the types of weeds. This agricultural book has been the most popular agricultural book of this era since its emergence.
A book on advanced agricultural technology. After it was completed, the book was sent to the King of Qin for viewing. The King of Qin could see at a glance that it was full of Zhao Kuo's style. Zhao Kuo had written a lot in these years.
Everything he wrote has his own style. Zhao Kuo's style is a very simple question and answer style, but it is different from the question and answer style of Confucius' Analects. Zhao Kuo's question and answer style is more detailed than the Analects of Confucius, and is often full of questions and answers.
Answer all the questions in a long paragraph. For example, the original question, to the current question about farming...one person asks how to farm, and one person answers him.
The reason why Zhao Kuo wrote this way was probably because he was used to it.
During these nine months, a lot of things happened in the world. When Zhao Kuo finished the agricultural book and raised his head, he finally learned about these things. The first thing was the affairs of the Chu State. After the demise of the Chu State,
In the following days, there were repeated rebellions. In nine months, there were a total of 17 major and minor rebellions, including many Chu nobles who had surrendered to Qin, as well as local people's uprisings.
Zhao Kuo could understand the rebellion of the nobles in Chu State, but the same was true for the local people, so he was a little confused. Logically speaking, the common people at the bottom should not have that strong sense of identification with Chu State. What is going on?
What? Zhao Kuo found the report sent by the local officials. After reading it, he realized that in the final analysis, it was still a matter of living habits. The people of Chu who were by nature undisciplined could not stand the Qin State's system that wanted to control everything.
The people gathered together and sang songs during the festival. As soon as they walked out of the door, they were caught by the officials of the Qin State, saying that they were gathering illegally. After meeting, the two good friends hugged each other and played horns as usual. They wanted to
After knocking the opponent down, the officials came and said that they were fighting illegally. The land of Chu was too big, and the living habits of different places were different. The differences were huge, not to mention the differences with Qin.
For example, in the southwest of the Chu State, there is a custom that people who commit crimes are stoned to death by their fellow villagers. This is of course intolerable to the officials of the Qin State. How can the criminals get your turn to deal with it? For example, in the southeast of the Chu State, there is a custom:
It was customary for unmarried men and women to have their faces carved with a knife, and such lynchings were not allowed by the Qin State, not to mention that nudity, cohabitation, and some other unspeakable unethical customs existed in Chu.
If the officials of the Qin State wanted to make drastic changes to these things, they would naturally encounter resistance.
Zhao Kuo thought again and again and decided to continue Qin's current governance method. Local customs are worthy of respect, but such uncivilized and even illegal customs must be banned, even if they cause a civil unrest.
Forbidden, the law is fundamental and cannot be tolerated for anyone or anything. Among these people, the one who did the best was actually Zhao Kang. After Zhao Kang arrived at the place, he quickly changed from a Qin barbarian to a Chu barbarian.
He mingled with the local people, and even participated in some of their festival activities. He also led these villagers to kill thieves and maintain local security. In other aspects, his management was relatively loose, making Kuaiji County the most stable.
Yes, there was no rebellion. Zhao Kang also led the local people to conduct drills, treating them completely as his own people without taking much precautions. From time to time he would lead them out of Kuaiji County to attack the thieves.
The local thieves are also crying. You sent a Guannei Marquis to catch the thieves? Do you want to show some respect?
