Chapter 3: Fengfeng Dafeng (I wish everyone the same this year) (see you next year!)
After only a night's rest, when he got up the next day, Ying Zheng came to the study and met with Wei Liaozi and Wang Jian. One of them was the prime minister and the other was a general. They must have a lot to say to him.
"Your Majesty, overall, everything in Da Qin has been moving forward steadily and smoothly in the past six months."
After setting the tone, Wei Liaozi began to explain in detail: "Among them, the number of Chinese people alone has increased by a full 700,000."
"In South Korea, the third imperial examination was successfully completed, and people's hearts were united. There were 200,000 new people. Among them, 185,000 were men and 15,000 were women."
"In the State of Zhao, the second imperial examination was successfully completed, and people's hearts initially surrendered. There were 220,000 new citizens, 200,000 men, and 20,000 women."
"The Wei State has only completed its first imperial examination. However, due to the army's purge of the entire Wei State, the degree of popular support is no less than that of South Korea. There are 150,000 new citizens, 140,000 men and 10,000 women.
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"The Yan State only completed one imperial examination. However, because the empire built many roads in the Yan State, the cattle and sheep on the grassland could be transported to Xianyang, and at the same time, the rice and wheat from Xianyang were transported to the Yan State, allowing the people of the Yan State to live a better life than ever before.
This is the first winter where people don’t have to starve to death. The whole country of Yan is extremely grateful to the empire and the king!”
A road, just a three-foot-wide cement road, has become the road of hope in the hearts of the people of Yan State today!
It was this seemingly inconspicuous cement road that allowed the people of Yan State to eat hot meals this winter. They also lived on fire beds with the help of Qin officials.
With the help of the three treasures of the fire bed, the hot meals, and the textiles from Da Qin, the people of Yan State for the first time lived a life where as long as they did not seek death, they would not freeze to death!
They only felt that they were living in a dream, and their sense of belonging to Da Qin was greatly enhanced, and they were even more grateful to Ying Zheng from the bottom of their hearts.
"The popularity of life-style martial arts in Guanzhong continues to increase. Today, almost one of every two Chinese in Guanzhong has practiced at least one life-style martial arts."
"However, there is still a lack of relevant teachers, a lack of primary-level teachers who can explain daily martial arts and common sense of martial arts, and a lack of teachers with first-level talent."
Having said this, Wei Liaozi's face showed an extremely satisfied smile: "But these are not the best news. There are two best news!"
"First, after the spread of the Parenting Technique, there have been 250,000 pregnant women who have actively or passively practiced this technique, and about 150,000 have been born, and only less than 30 babies have died!
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When he saw this number, Wei Liaozi jumped up from where he was with joy. At that time, he really lost all the manners of a prime minister!
If you are not a person of this era, it is difficult to understand his joy! No matter you are a descendant of a prince or a general, or a descendant of the lowest-level Guizhou leader, you are all equal before death!
Even princes, generals, and ministers would give their children a nickname. They would not dare to give their children a good name until they were twelve or thirteen years old, or even fifteen or sixteen years old, because by that time the child was no longer likely to die young.
Drinking hot water was a common sense in later generations and a basic requirement in many aspects of hygiene. However, in today's era, drinking hot water is simply a luxury.
Most people don’t have gas bottles, and even if they do, they are made of wood and are not very insulating!
You can only use firewood to heat hot water, and firewood can only be cut down by adults in the woods. For the people at the bottom, drinking hot water once a day is considered a very wealthy life.
For children who have not yet grown up, drinking cold water every day is almost a fact that they have to face. Sometimes a cold can kill someone by accident...
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng felt a little heavy. Compared with the extremely materially rich world of later generations, the Great Qin in front of him was still very backward, really backward, backward in all aspects.
"We still need to continue working hard. Today's Great Qin is stronger than the Great Qin of the past. Tomorrow's Great Qin will be stronger than today's Great Qin. Every day we must make progress compared to the day before!"
"Your Majesty is right. As for the second good news, in terms of food, starting from this spring, the high-yielding rice researched by Elder Gushen will be officially popularized in Guanzhong."
"This autumn, with the hard work of tens of thousands of agricultural officials in Guanzhong and the people working day and night, Guanzhong's yield per mu has reached an unprecedented height. This year's yield per mu is four stones, a full four stones.
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Looking at the four raised fingers on Wei Liaozi's right hand, Ying Zheng also laughed.
Yield per mu is really difficult and complicated to increase!
Before Ying Zheng came to power, the yield per mu in Guanzhong was one stone per mu. Later, there were agricultural officials in Guanzhong, and they mastered farming technology that was two thousand years ahead of the Qin Dynasty. But even so, with one agricultural official in each township, the yield per mu
It only increased to one stone and a half!
Later, when agricultural officials spread to every village, the yield per mu reached two dan, but this was the limit. There was not enough fertilizer, not enough water, and no matter how advanced the technology was, it could not be used!
Until the beginning of the first five years, the land of Guanzhong became a large factory, canals were built one after another, and dams appeared one after another on the land of Guanzhong.
Without water shortage, the yield per mu in Guanzhong would only reach three shi! But today, with the help of high-yielding rice, the average yield per mu has reached four shi!
This is based on the premise that Guanzhong has generally had good weather in recent years and there have been no major droughts or floods. Otherwise, after natural disasters come, there is a possibility that there will be no harvest, let alone four stones.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
After saying hello three times in a row, Ying Zheng was in a very happy mood. The yield per mu was four stones, which meant that the food in Guanzhong was enough to feed the entire Qin Dynasty!
Naturally, the extra food will not be wasted. The savages can go from eating two meals a day to dry meals a day, and the Chinese can go from eating three meals a day to eating three meals a day.
It may seem like just a small improvement, but when multiplied by tens of millions, it becomes a huge improvement!
"Elder Gushen also said that such high-yielding seeds can reach eight stones if there is sufficient water and fertilizer. So far, the fertilizer gap is too big." Wei Liaozi said calmly.
Who is responsible for the fertilizer?
Young Mansion!
Who is the current head of the Young Mansion?
Li Si!
So what did Wei Liaozi do when he said that?
Of course he was dissatisfied with Li Si, so it was okay to give him eye drops or say bad words when he had nothing to do. He was the prime minister anyway, so he was not afraid of Li Si!
Moreover, Wei Liaozi is not making a report secretly. Li Si is standing nearby. If I say bad things about you in front of you, it is not a secret frame-up...