Ying Zheng hurried back to Xianyang early the next morning.
The reason why he returned to Xianyang in such a hurry was not for anything else, but for Shen Bing's other suggestion: to encourage production.
This is not a simple command, it requires a lot of complicated work...
To encourage production, it is necessary to manage and distribute land, people and agricultural tools.
For example, after Qin destroyed Zhao and incorporated Zhao's land into Qin's territory, the cultivated land naturally needed to be redistributed.
How many people are there in the family, how many main workers are there, what difficulties are there, etc.
This is especially the latter.
Although Ying Zheng is cruel, he still understands the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results.
The State of Zhao has suffered from disasters for many years, and the people are in dire straits. People are starving to death, so how can there be any leftover grain for sowing?
So it is natural that the government will allocate a field and a homestead to the people, and then lend them some rice seeds to sow, and even lend them cattle.
Finally, some grains must be borrowed from the people as a ration for the family to survive.
Of course, these are all "borrowing" rather than "giving", more precisely, they are "loans".
That is to say, whatever is given to the people today must be recorded in the book, and double the amount will be returned when the harvest is next year.
In this way, when the people harvest in the second year, it will actually be Qin’s harvest.
And the people have to accept this system and "lending" in order to survive.
This is the fundamental reason why Qin won and could even unify the six countries...
The Six Kingdoms used feudal systems, slavery or small-scale feudal systems that were more backward and unfavorable to people's production.
The Qin State adopted a centralized system of prefectures and counties and fully recognized the feudal system in law.
Therefore, Qin could always collect more food and recruit more soldiers to support larger-scale wars.
Coupled with the fact that the Qin State had many talented kings and wise ministers, the six countries were vulnerable to its offensive.
All of this requires management.
Therefore, a series of issues such as the establishment of counties and counties, the appointment and removal of officials, registration and household registration management, etc., all have to be put on the agenda.
And everything must be completed within one month, otherwise the farming period will be missed.
Therefore, Ying Zheng stayed up all night last night to set up the three counties of Handan, Julu and Taiyuan in Zhao State and appointed and removed relevant officials.
Then we hurried back to Xianyang before it got light.
Food distribution, policy formulation and other matters need to be handled there.
In fact, he was already busy in the carriage.
From this point of view, Shen Bing's previous words of "strengthening the best for governance and training the ministers personally" are indeed correct.
However, before leaving, Ying Zheng did not forget to explain to Shen Bing.
This is human nature. If you offend others, you should always say something before leaving.
But in the eyes of Zhao Gao, it is a big deal... When will Ying Zheng confess to others?
Shen Bing was practicing in the school field at that time.
In ancient times, drills were more about rehearsing formations, that is, making various shapes according to the sound of drums and flags.
Shen Bing was confused about these things.
Fortunately, Ren was very good at it. Under his command, the artillerymen advanced and retreated in a controlled manner, and had control over the situation.
All Shen Bing had to do was follow along, and there was no trouble during the whole drill.
When I came back, I saw a bamboo slip left by the merchant.
He said that he had to go ahead and meet again later, and finally he said that he would leave a small gift to express his gratitude.
A small gift?
where?
Shen Bing looked around but couldn't find it.
Then there was a horse neighing outside...
If I go, it won’t be that horse, right?
When they came in, Shen Bing and a group of craftsmen had already seen the horse. They only wondered which cavalryman had tied it to it.
Yan still stopped in front of the horse for a long time, praising "a good horse, a good horse" and not wanting to leave for a long time.
If you think about it more carefully, it might be true!
Isn't that the merchant who sells horses?
What else can you give if you don’t give a horse?
Shen Bing walked out of the house blankly holding the bamboo slips.
Yan seemed to realize something, and followed a few steps out, asking with excitement and expectation in his eyes:
"Engineer, could this horse be given to you by the horse dealer?"
Shen Bing looked around and saw no one came to pick him up, so he nodded slowly:
"It should be."
Yan immediately opened his eyes with envy:
"Engineer, you got a big deal this time."
"This horse has big eyes, a broad nose, and strong muscles. Even the northern cavalry rarely has this kind of appearance."
"It's something you can only find but cannot ask for. I didn't expect the horse dealer to be so generous, so I gave it to you."
Then he laughed again and said:
"The horse dealer is quite interesting. He tied it casually outside the door. If someone can take it away..."
How could Yan have imagined that the real identity of the "horse merchant" was Ying Zheng.
How can others dare to touch the things Ying Zheng sent?
Shen Bing didn't feel much at all.
First of all, he doesn't understand horses. Good horses and bad horses are all the same when placed in front of him.
Secondly, he doesn't know how to ride a horse, so giving him such a horse feels like a waste.
If it was really useful, it would be to leave it to the horse driver to pull the cart.
But then again.
If this horse was used to pull a cart, it would be a waste, right?
It's like using a sports car to transport goods... no matter how you think about it, it's a bit illegal.
More importantly, not being able to ride a horse is a big problem in this era.
One day, if you are chased and chopped down by the enemy, there will be another horse in front of you.
Wouldn't it cost me my life if I didn't know how to ride a horse?
So Shen Bing gritted his teeth and decided to learn to ride a horse no matter what.
But it is not easy to learn to ride a horse in this era, and more importantly, it is dangerous...
Without stirrups, he couldn't jump up like others.
You can practice the movements for a few months at least!
Moreover, it is no joke to fall off or get kicked by a horse while riding.
Shen Bing looked worried at the horse's back, which was almost as high as his own shoulders.
Take out the stirrups?
Shen Bing hesitated.
Just like the trebuchet, stirrups and saddles actually have little technological content and are more about creativity.
If it were invented right now, it would be a temporary advantage.
But the enemy will learn it quickly once they see it.
The Qin army was mainly infantry, with a small number of cavalry and only auxiliary combat.
In other words, the invention of horse stirrups did not help the Qin army much, but was more beneficial to enemies with more cavalry.
Fortunately, Zhao, the country with the strongest cavalry among the Six Kingdoms, has fallen, so there will be much less worries in this regard.
However……
There are also Huns in the north.
They grew up playing on horseback.
If these stirrups and saddles were introduced to the Huns, wouldn't they go to heaven?
And at this time, Ying Zheng has not yet connected the Great Wall. If the Huns' cavalry descends from the north into the Central Plains...
Can Shen Bing bear this responsibility?
Will there still be a Great Qin Empire by then?
Can Shen Bing still stop him?
But Shen Bing soon had an idea.
If you can't put iron stirrups on cloth stirrups, can you?
When stirrups were first invented, they were made of cloth straps hung in a loop under the horse's belly.
This invention is almost ready to come out now.
Shen Bing was only invented a few years earlier than the Huns, and it should have little impact on history and the overall situation.