General Qin

When the carriage drove into the morning sun, the driver pulled the bridle to stop the horse in place.

"Gentleman, the morning sun has arrived."

The charioteer replied respectfully, and watched with a little curiosity that the young man wearing a double-board long crown got off from the rear. Such a young public rider is indeed rare.

"Thanks a lot."

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, which flattered the driver even more, and hurriedly said: "It's the luck of a villain to drive for a gentleman. If the gentleman is fine, the villain will go back."

"Well, go slowly all the way."

Zhao Tuo took the burden off the car and strode towards the inner gate of Chaoyangli.

There is some money in the burden, and some food and clothes specially bought for Hengcong Xianyang.

As for the gold rewarded by Qin Wangzheng, it is not here.

That's two hundred yi gold!

Even if it is not exchanged for half taels, and the bill is settled purely in gold, it will weigh 300 catties made in Qin Dynasty, and it will weigh 150 catties if it is replaced by the weights and measures of later generations.

Only a fool would carry such a weight of gold with him.

Zhao Tuo only took a small part and exchanged it into coins, and deposited the rest at Su Jiao.

Su Jiao is from Xianyang and has a house in the city.

Since the heart-to-heart talk in Yandi that night, the relationship between Zhao Tuo and him has been very good.

But when Su Jiao saw Zhao Tuo walking into his house with so much gold, he was still shocked.

"Tuo, are you really relieved to put such a large amount of gold with me?"

"Su Jun is a real man in the world. I trust you with gold, so I can rest assured. If Su Jun needs it, it's okay to take it. The friendship between you and me cannot be compared with this mere gold."

"Okay, since Zhao Tuo believes in me so much, I, Su Jiao, will stand by me to the death. Before you come back, I will never let it lose a single bit!"

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but smile when he thought of Su Jiao's solemn swearing, this is really a straightforward elder brother.

After a while, Zhao Tuo walked to the inner gate of Chaoyangli. To his surprise, he didn't see anyone walking along the way.

This is very unusual, because this period of time is the day when Limin went to the township to pay rent. Didn't you see that the road was full of people carrying grain, or driving carts and horses? Did not see.

Fortunately, the black-toothed uncle of Lijianmen is still doing his duty, basking in the sun at the door and touching the lice on his body.

When Zhao Tuo saw it, he felt very kind, and walked up to say hello.

"You're a doctor...no, you're a bus!"

Hearing the shout, the prison gate was stunned for a moment, and then jumped up from the ground in shock, staring at the tall double-board long crown on Zhao Tuo's head in a daze.

This is the characteristic of a noble country.

The ranks of Ming Zun and Bei Jue are ranked by difference, and the ranks of famous fields, houses, ministers and concubines are ranked by family.

As long as you see the crown clothes on your body, you can know the title of the other party, and the difference in level will come out at once, highlighting the benefits of the title even more.

"You are the little... from the Zhao Kingdom, the gentleman came back, and the villain was rude, so I ask the gentleman to forgive me."

In the middle of the conversation at Li Jianmen, he came to his senses and quickly saluted respectfully.

He didn't doubt that Zhao Tuo faked his title, because he would be severely punished in Qin if he faked his title. In addition, every time Zhao Tuo made meritorious service on the battlefield before, the army would send back the corresponding documents, and send them all the way to the village, so that the relevant person in charge would divide the fields and houses for him.

Li Jianmen naturally knew about this, and had previously lamented that this kid from Zhao Guolai was promoted as fast as a bird.

Didn't it mean that this Zhao Guo boy has just been promoted to the title of doctor?

Why did he put on the double-board long crown in a blink of an eye? Looking at the color of the tassel below it, it is an eighth-level public ride.

Li Jianmen was horrified, seeing Zhao Tuo greeted him and walked towards Limen, his heart was even more agitated.

Because he knew what was going on in Lizhong, and the prison gate wanted to inform him, but he just looked at the conspicuous long crown on Zhao Tuo's head, and couldn't get up the courage, so he could only sigh secretly.

At this moment, in the depths of Chaoyangli, an official mansion in the innermost part of Luyou's residence.

The residence belonging to Zhao Tuo was surrounded by dozens of people, most of them were men with scarves wrapped around their heads, and they were banging on the wooden door vigorously, shouting non-stop.

"Open the door, come out!"

"Zhao Guo boy, come out quickly, as long as you tell us the way, we will leave!"

"That's right, you actually have such a method to increase food production, why don't you tell me, why don't you share it quickly."

"If you don't open the door again, don't blame me for forcibly entering, I searched by myself!"

Dozens of men looked excited and kept beating on the wooden doors and walls, as if there were treasures inside.

It's just that facing the turbulent crowd outside the wall, there is silence inside the wall.

With the right bun and the red headband, Tian Dian, who has the title of Supreme Master, raised his hand to make everyone quiet.

He cleared his throat and shouted into the mansion: "Fuck, don't pretend to be ignorant. The person who worked mediocrely for you has already told us that the yield of the hundred acres of farmland you cultivated by yourself has reached There are as many as 4 shi in an acre. And the same field next to it is less than 3 shi."

"The two fields next to each other, with the same water and soil, you cultivated by yourself, and there are hundreds of stones more grain in one hectare. With such a big gap, you must have mastered some method to increase grain production!"

"That's right, there are such methods that can save our lives, tell us quickly!"

Hearing Tian Dian's words, the gathered farmers shouted even more.

Taxes in the State of Qin were very heavy. Farmers often worked hard for a year, and most of them would be handed over to the government. The remaining grain could barely feed a family.

Those with better conditions can leave some savings to buy some clothes for their families, but most farmers are hovering on the line of food and clothing.

So when they heard that the boy from Zhao Guo who settled down in Lizhong at the beginning of the year, the yield of the field he planted was much higher than that of others, everyone was tempted.

One mu is about one stone, and one hundred mu is one hundred stones.

This number is not a lot at all!

So under the call of those who are interested, all the farmers gathered together, trying to force the boy from Zhao Guo to hand over the secret of increasing grain production.

Looking at this scene, Tian Dian secretly sneered in his heart.

He was the first to know about it, and he didn't quite believe it at the time. After all, depending on the actual situation, it is not uncommon for the yield of one mu of land to be one stone lower.

But after he found the mediocre cultivator who was doing horizontal plowing, and after many verifications, he found that the 300 mu of land planted during horizontal spring plowing were close to each other, and they all belonged to remote and barren fields, and the millet seeds used were not very large. difference.

The only difference is that 100 mu of land is replanted in advance, and the remaining 200 mu of land are handed over to mediocre farmers for help.

When the autumn harvest came, those mediocre cultivators helped to harvest and weigh, but they were surprised to find that the harvest of the fields they planted was less than 3 shi per mu, while those who plowed by themselves in advance reached a full 4 shi, more than 100 mu. Baishi cannot be explained by chance.

Tian Dian keenly discovered that there must be a reason for this. It came from the State of Zhao, and he might have some kind of secret farming technique of the State of Zhao that can increase grain production.

As soon as he thought of this, his heart became hot. As Tian Dian, who is in charge of Lizhong's agricultural affairs, if he can get this method into his hands and report it as his own credit, he might be able to use it to get promoted!

It's just another Zhao Guoren who went to the battlefield to fight, and now he has the title of doctor.

Tian Dian didn't want to make things too rigid.

So I found Heng in private, hoping that he could tell me the farming method and share the big benefits.

Who would have thought that this boy from Zhao Guolai was like a stone in mud, smelly and hard, and he would not eat it if he was soft or hard.

In desperation, he had no choice but to make such a bad move, mobilizing the peasants in Lizhong to besiege them. He wanted to ask the doctor about this method before the doctor came back, and then he would go to the village and report first.

In the face of huge benefits, taking some risks is nothing.

Just when Tian Dian sneered in his heart, those farmers couldn't wait any longer, they picked up their farm tools and started smashing the door.

Boom boom boom!

How could the wooden door withstand such violent force, it was broken open by everyone in just a short while.

Just when these farmers were yelling to rush into the house.

A loud roar resounded from the mansion.

"Whoever dares to come in, I will fight with my life!"

A black and thin young man stood at the door, glaring at everyone outside.

He held a sword in his hand and pointed at the door. Although his body trembled slightly, the fierceness in his eyes made people dare not act rashly.

"Whoever enters this door will die!"

The mu and stone in the pre-Qin Qin and Han Dynasties are divided into big mu, small mu, big stone, and small stone.

Although a large number of historical documents record the yield per mu, it is actually difficult to calculate without indicating the size of the mu or the size of the stone.

Here, based on the bamboo slips of the Yinqueshan Han Tomb on the yield per mu, the yield per mu of Damu in Shangtian is 6.48 shi, that in Zhongtian is 4.8 shi, and that in Xiatian is 3.12 shi. will reduce a lot.

Because it is a novel, I don't do much research, and write with reference to this data.

Reference papers: Yu Kunqi's "Grain Yield Per Mu in Qin and Han Dynasties", Chen Xingyu "Re-discussion on the Problem of Grain Yield per Mu in Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties"