Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me for corruption

Chapter 41 The internal treasury has been emptied by them, and I am also poor!

"Prime Minister Qin is not someone who tries to push his limits."

Fusu Sanran defended the idol, saying: "My brothers and sisters are just greedy."

Ying Zheng's face brightened slightly, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he thought of the delicacies promoted by Qin Mo in the army.

"I haven't seen him in court these past few days, and I don't know how busy he is. Let's go take a look."

Fusu clasped his hands: "Here."

The father and son changed into civilian clothes, and under the secret protection of the guards, they left the Qin Palace together and went straight to the adjacent Hou Mansion...the small courtyard next to it.

It's late autumn, when the crops are harvested.

When Ying Zheng and Fu Su arrived, the princes and princesses were helping Qin Mo break corn and dig potatoes in the small courtyard.

Each one has no image, just like a mud monkey!

There is also a horse and an ox in the courtyard, driven by Qin Mo and Yu Ji, pulling plows to renovate the harvested land.

In a big place, it is really a luxury to farm with one horse and one ox!

"Ai Qing is so elegant."

Yingzheng Shiran entered the small courtyard and teased Qin Modao.

The dignified Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty did not go to court, and he did not deal with government affairs at home. He just took a leisurely pace, playing with some vegetable fields.

To put it nicely, it is an act of elegance; at worst, it means neglecting state affairs!

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Qin Mo was not embarrassed. He stopped driving the cattle and horses and came forward to greet him with the princes and princesses.

Yu Ji went to the side to get two cups of iced milk tea and put them in the hands of Ying Zheng and Fu Su: "Your Majesty, please use it."

Ying Zheng is a sweet person and has no resistance to the unique taste of milk tea. After two sips, he couldn't stop drinking it. He sighed: "Ai Qing is really like a living fairy. She looks like an important minister of the imperial court."

There is a hint of ridicule in this statement.

As a minister, Qin Mo was so leisurely and contented.

He is an emperor, but he has no time to spare every day, and he reviews things like mountains and bamboo slips.

Comparing the two, it is indeed very sad!

Qin Mo could probably understand Ying Zheng's thoughts. He smiled and pointed at the cow and the horse: "Your Majesty, can you see any difference?"

Ying Zheng first looked at the cows and horses, and then at the agricultural machinery he was pulling behind him, his expression gradually getting warmer.

The cows and horses were all branded, and they were captured during the expedition outside the Great Wall.

As for the plows that were later pulled, they were all modified by Qin Mo in the early years, and are now the favorites of countless small farmers in Guizhou.

Ying Zheng was grateful for his achievements, and the resentment in his heart naturally dissipated, and he smiled and said, "Ai Qing, do you want to express your merits?"

"Yes, and no."

Qin Mo nodded first, then shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty, do you know how the cattle and horses outside the wall are different from those inside the wall?"

Ying Zheng is not a person who does not eat minced meat, so he casually said: "The oxen and horses outside the fortress are mostly used for eating meat and riding, while the oxen and horses inside the fortress are mostly used for plowing and pulling carts... Eh~!"

When he said this, he seemed to have some realization. He suddenly stopped talking and looked at the cow and the horse in surprise.

Large livestock such as oxen and horses are not born capable of riding or plowing and pulling carts.

Taking horses as an example, those used for riding and those used for pulling carts are completely different. The two have been domesticated in different ways since they were young ponies.

Horses used for riding, if suddenly used to pull carts, will inevitably be dragged into a ditch in a bad temper.

On the other hand, if you are pulling a chariot and riding a horse, you will have to be so violent that you throw the rider off!

As for cattle, let alone mention them.

People who don’t understand it think it is docile, but in fact it is the most violent and stubborn. What the world thinks is docile is the result of being domesticated since childhood.

However, undomesticated prairie cattle are capable of defeating wild wolves!

Make it obedient and cultivate the land?

I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!

Excluding those distributed to immigrants, there are still hundreds of thousands of inferior horses and grassland cattle seized outside the Great Wall.

The servant in charge of horse administration has recently submitted a memorial and plans to sell it to the people together with the remaining mutton sheep to turn them into wealth and use them to replenish the national treasury!

"My dear, how...how is this done?"

Ying Zheng walked around the docile cow and horse several times and asked happily.

Qin Mo pointed to the nose rings of an ox and a horse: "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period records an interesting story: a strong man could not pull back a bullock with its tail broken off. After putting on the nose rings, a small child would drag it away."

"I have tamed them a lot in the past few days, and these cows and horses can barely be used for farming!"

When Ying Zheng heard the title of Lu's Spring and Autumn Book, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

He had some impression of this book. It was a miscellany compiled under the leadership of his father-in-law, Lu Buwei. How could there be such a method in it?

Why wasn't it popular?

Ying Zheng took a closer look and found that the iron ring had penetrated the fragile bones between the noses of the cows and horses. He tried to pull it, but the cows and horses felt pain and bowed down.

"Xiang Qin is really curious!"

"With this method of piercing the ring, the hundreds of thousands of captured cattle and horses will no longer be used as mounts for meat, but as farm animals!"

"In the future, the cattle and horses from the feudal states outside the Great Wall can also provide the Qin Dynasty with a steady supply of farmland and livestock power. Farmers in the head of Guizhou are blessed!"

Fusu drew inferences from one instance and couldn't help but give high-fives and praise.

The method of farming and warfare formulated by Lord Shang was not simply to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and to award titles to those who were good at farming.

Da Qin's support for farmers has reached a crazy level, and it can be said that it goes deep into every aspect.

As long as you are willing to farm, there will be dedicated officials and village elders to guide you on how to choose seeds, when to cultivate, when to use manure, when to water...

If you don’t have farm machinery or cattle, the government will lend it to you, so you don’t have to pay for it if it’s used!

Nowadays, cattle and horses outside the Great Wall can be used as draft animals for plowing, so farmers have spare energy to cultivate more fertile fields.

This is an improvement in overall national strength!

"Fusu, hurry up and tell the servant this method. Don't let him be quick and sell hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses."

"Now is the busy time of farming. Hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses have their nose rings pierced in this way. They can be distributed to counties and counties all over the world, so that farmers can save effort in farming and cultivate more fertile fields!"

Ying Zheng tried for a long time, then suddenly let go of his nose ring and turned around to tell Fusu.

Fusu raised his head and drank his iced milk tea, then unloaded the plow from the horse in the courtyard, mounted the bareback horse and galloped away, but did not dare to delay for a moment.

Ying Zheng turned to look at Qin Mo and said with a smile: "I wrongly blamed you for loving you, and I feel so ashamed."

"Your Majesty, just don't blame me for being lazy."

Qin Mo said it solemnly, but he was secretly relieved that he was finally fooled.

In fact, he was just lazy. This time he went on an expedition outside the Great Wall and was exhausted from the wind and sun.

No matter how ambitious he is, he doesn't want to turn himself into an old scalper.

Without him, there were still Prime Minister Zuo Wang Wan, Li Si, Meng Yi, Feng Jie, Feng Quji, and many other famous officials in the world, but the Qin Dynasty was still running smoothly.

Moreover, rather than so-called state affairs, he wants to do something far-reaching on this basis!

…

Ying Zheng was drinking iced milk tea, half lying down and half sitting on a deck chair, watching his children playing in the vegetable fields. It was rare for him to feel relaxed and relaxed: "Ai Qing, have you started building the country of Hexi?"

"The officials we recruited have been sent over, but I still need to borrow some others from Your Majesty." Qin Mo said with his hands clasped.

When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately thought of the huge fortune he had made from his children, and his hands trembled.

That's a slap on the forehead, isn't it?

"My beloved, my young master is about to join the feudal vassal. My inner treasury has been emptied by them, and I am very poor!"

Thanks to Wanli x Showa for the 100 point reward!

Thanks to Zhang Zeyuan for the 100-point reward!

(End of chapter)