Chapter 102 The first day Zhao Si didn’t come...

Author: March

Chapter 102 The first day Zhao Si didn’t come...

After putting away a pile of relatively low-quality paper, Zhao Si and Wang Li drove off together and arrived at Zhao Si's farmland.

Zhao Si's fields are only fifteen hectares, concentrated outside Xianyang City. The location is very good, the surrounding ditches have been built, it is easy to irrigate, and the terrain is flat, making it a good farmland.

It's just that food has been planted on it. Although it's a pity, he still has to order it to be pulled out. After all, Zhao Si has to bear the loss himself. Secondly, Zhao Si has to plant a large number of various seeds. This is not a blue field, and there is no wasteland for him to cultivate.

The ministers were a little heartbroken, but they did not dare to question Zhao Si's decision and followed orders to remove them one by one. Wang Li had already ordered people to collect the seeds from home.

"Fifteen hectares of fields... It will be autumn in a few months." Wang Li felt a little distressed as he watched the busy officials pulling out the grain that had grown.

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"It won't be long before autumn begins..."

In Longxi, on the school grounds, Fusu held a bamboo slip and looked up at the cloudless sky scorched by the scorching sun. In front of him were more than five thousand Qin soldiers equipped with full sets of stirrups, saddles and horseshoes.

"The Huns can't bear it any longer!" Meng Tian, ​​who was strong and square-faced and covered in armor, smiled on the side.

"These saddles and horseshoes are really good things. It's a pity that the Huns can't wait until next year. In autumn, they will probably go south in a big way. If they can wait until next year, the Longxi cavalry can all equip their horses with precious equipment, and the Huns can

It depends on the battle." Meng Tian had a look of regret on his face. Just now, Meng Tian led five thousand cavalrymen equipped with stirrups, saddles and horseshoes to complete the first equipment test.

The experiment of riding one hundred horses alone has been carried out many times, and there is no doubt that the Noble Phantasm on horseback can improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry.

This large-scale drill was for Meng Tian to observe the overall performance improvement of the cavalry regiment during large-scale deployment.

At present, saddles and horseshoes are still being produced continuously. The Shaofu, even the military station of Lantian Camp and the local military craftsmen's smelting center in Longxi are all urgently producing, but the time is too short and cannot cover the entire army for the time being.

Not only do saddles and horseshoes need to be produced, new riding bows also need to be re-produced, because with the increased stability, the cavalry can use their power more easily, and the stability of archery is greatly improved. Naturally, it is necessary to replace the bow with a longer range and more powerful one.

Take full advantage of the equipment.

It is easy to estimate the time when the Huns marched south on a large scale, and it was just after the Autumn Period.

It is not appropriate to raise troops in winter. The Huns still take the initiative to attack. Dare to raise troops in winter is tantamount to seeking death.

Spring and summer are the seasons when cattle, sheep, and horses are in heat and mating. This time is equivalent to the busy planting and farming season in the Central Plains. If you fail to actively raise troops, you will lose all your money and your vitality.

The only time when troops can be mobilized on a large scale is in autumn, when the breeding of cattle, sheep, and war horses is completed, and they are fat and strong. The Xiongnu can take advantage of this time to seize living space for themselves.

"If the Xiongnu raises troops in the autumn, there should be thirty thousand noble phantoms on hand." Fusu pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"Where's the heavy armor?" Meng Tian asked.

"It's difficult to smelt heavy armor. We have to smelt the horse's noble phantom and re-forge the riding bow. We can't spare too many manpower. By then, we can produce up to three hundred heavy armors." Fusu replied.

"That's enough!" Meng Tian had a smile on his face.

"With three hundred heavy armors and thirty thousand cavalrymen on horseback with precious weapons, it is not difficult to cross Yinshan Mountain under the pressure of the army." Meng Tian said in a deep voice.

"That's good. The Xiongnu were frustrated in their journey to the north and east. Now they can only go south. They only need to cross the Yinshan Mountains. If the Xiongnu does not want to annihilate their clan, they can only surrender to Qin." Fusu had a smile on his face.

In this way, Da Qin's strategic plan in the north can be initially completed.

After the Xiongnu's vitality was seriously injured, they could only ask for help. They chose one of the three forces from Donghu, Yuezhi, and Daqin to surrender.

As for why Fusu is so sure, it is very simple, because the Donghu Yuezhi will not let the Huns graze here, and Da Qin can allow the Huns to graze here. Secondly, what Da Qin can give is far better than the Donghu and Yuezhi.

You can give more.

Salt, iron, pasture, and grain were not enough for the Donghu and Yuezhi themselves. In the past, the Xiongnu's bereaved dogs could only chew bones when used as dogs for the Donghu and Yuezhi. However, it was different in Da Qin. Being used as dogs for Da Qin allowed them to eat meat.

Everything, only this year!

"This horse-riding Noble Phantasm is really a good thing. If it weren't for the horse-riding Noble Phantasm, I'm afraid I would have wasted many years. I heard that three new grains have been produced in Xianyang. The yield of corn per mu is more than 900 kilograms, and the other two grains are both at 2,000 kilograms.

Up." Meng Tian said with a smile.

"I have written to Xianyang. It won't be long before Xianyang will send three kinds of new grain seeds." Fusu smiled.

"Except for the vicinity of Yinshan Mountain in Hetao, grain production outside the Pass is extremely low. If you want the Hu people to return, in addition to letting them herd, you also have to let them farm." Fusu said.

The Hu people did not eat beef and mutton every day... In fact, every winter, many of the Hu people starved to death and froze to death. The Xiongnu were just like birds in the Central Plains. Those who really had herds of cattle and sheep were the great nobles, and most of the rest were naked.

The cattle and sheep they grow are not theirs at all, they are grazing for the master.

It's just that there are too few grain-producing areas here, and the Hu people are not good at farming. Now that there are two new grains, sweet potatoes and potatoes, it solves the urgent need.

The life of the Hu people at the bottom is much worse than that of the people in the Central Plains. They face famine every winter. This land cannot support too many people. This is the main reason why the Hu people start wars almost every year regardless of whether they win or not.

When the population exceeds the upper limit, they have to compete for living space. If they win, they have to eat seats. If they lose, they will have fewer people to eat. If there are fewer people and less food, they can survive the cold winter.

The same is true for the Xiongnu nobles. The reason for the herds of cattle, sheep and horses is that they can only graze. As the saying goes, they have a lot of wealth, and those with fur are not included. The natural resistance of nomadic people is much worse than that of agricultural people.

The families of the great nobles in the Central Plains had a surplus of food, so it would not be a big deal if there was a year of famine. They could even make a fortune through natural disasters.

However, any year when the weather is bad and the water and grass are not plentiful, most of the property of the Xiongnu nobles will be reduced by half. If they are unlucky and encounter a plague... then they will be reduced to poverty overnight.

This is also the main reason why the nomadic peoples of later generations persevered and wanted to take over the Central Plains. In ancient times, there were limited ways to deal with the plague. There was no way, and their wealth was too unpreservable.

"Sweet potatoes and potatoes are two of the most important foods. Together with the horse riding equipment...the Northland has a lot to offer." Fusu said with a confident smile on his face, high-spirited.

Meng Tian agreed with Fusu's remarks. Although sweet potatoes have many shortcomings, as poor as the Hu people are, don't consider the shortcomings. As long as they can survive, there is not enough land in the barren land, and they don't expect to produce thousands of sweet potatoes per mu.

It’s no problem to give birth to a few hundred kilograms, which is enough for a person to survive.

"By the way, what's the name of the young man who returned from the sea?" Fusu asked with a smile.

"Zhao Si!" Meng Tian said. He was no stranger to Zhao Si's name. The family letters written by his younger brother Meng Yi mentioned Zhao Si's name many times, and today's strategic props, horse saddles, horseshoes, and cross

The idea of ​​heavy armored cavalry in the era was proposed by Zhao Si.

"Not bad!" Fusu nodded, then looked in the direction of Xianyang.

In a blink of an eye... I don't know how long I stayed in Longxi. Although Fusu was sent to Longxi because he offended the First Emperor, in fact, Fusu controlled the military, political, money, food and taxation of the entire Longxi...

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"What kind of seeds do you have to plant yourself?" Before the field ridge, Wang Li and Zhao Si were sowing the seeds together. The dazzling sun made Zhao Si sweat profusely.

"Your ideological consciousness is very low!" Zhao Si kicked Wang Li and said with a smile.

"I'm different from you. I was born rich. How long have I been a concubine? How can I be so eager to put on airs and show off my authority as soon as I get promoted?"

Zhao Si was blowing nonsense while scattering seeds. In fact, Zhao Si was too lazy to plant seeds, but this matter was too important, and it was very important to Da Qin.

Not only does he have to plant, but he also has to come here for a walk every day when he has nothing to do. If he has time, he would rather stay in the field ridges, weeding and killing insects.

As long as the seeds can be induced to evolve, all the hard work will be worth it.

But having said that... I don’t know if the First Emperor listened to what he said.

Zhao Siji didn't know exactly what year the First Emperor died, but he should have been no more than fifty years old. It is now the thirty-sixth year of the Qin Dynasty, and the First Emperor ascended the throne at the age of thirteen. It is estimated that it is either this year, next year or the year after.

It would be fine if the First Emperor could survive, but if he really died, then Zhao Si might not have done all this to take advantage of that old boy Liu Bang.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the First Emperor quits the golden elixir and does not die suddenly, under the influence of the raw jade halo, although it is not possible to directly resurrect the First Emperor, it can make the First Emperor's body gradually improve and live to the limit of his lifespan.

There is no problem.

"With all this busy work... it's better to go hunting in the suburbs, that's all~" Wang Li rolled his eyes at Zhao Si's teasing.

"Of course!" Zhao Si nodded seriously.

To be honest, Zhao Si had a very good impression of the First Emperor.

If given the chance, he would also like to see what the Qin Dynasty will look like after the First Emperor's life is extended for ten, twenty or even thirty years? How big of a splash can he, a time traveler, make.

Is it from dying in the second life to dying in the first life?

Or... Da Qin has resolved its internal obstacles and regained its youthful vitality?

On the other side of the palace, the First Emperor was replying to Zou Feng's memorial.

Obviously, with the production of new grains, Zou Feng could no longer sit still.

The First Emperor rubbed his brows slightly tiredly...

He walked from Penglai directly to Fusang, and he also wanted to write a pardon edict to the crew members who stayed in Fusang as proof.

Da Qin only has 20 ships now. It is definitely impossible to fight hard. It will not be able to carry many people, and new ships will have to be built from scratch.

It just so happens that there are gold and silver mines in Fusang, allowing the Yin and Yang family to explore there easily. As for the crew members who were stranded in Fusang following Xu Fu, they cannot be directly pardoned and repatriated.

He was pardoned from the death penalty and stayed in Fusang to serve for five years, where he just happened to be mining.

It's too fake to rashly pardon all guilt and allow meritorious service...

Let's continue building new ships in Langya and Penglai... There should be a lot of ships stranded on Xu Fu's side. If the damage is not serious and Fusang is gone, Da Qin won't be so anxious to build ships.

The disciples and crew members of the Yin Yang family took more than a dozen ships to explore the distant seas. The remaining ships were used to travel between Daqin and Fusang and even the surrounding islands, transporting gold and silver minerals, grain, grass and baggage...

"In addition to Fusang, we also need to explore the offshore area." The First Emperor opened his mouth slightly, but in the end he didn't write it down. Let's find Fusang's gold and silver mines and mine them first... Da Qin had too few sea ships.

A few of them explored the distant seas, and the rest were not enough for transportation to and from Fuso.

Large-scale shipbuilding is not a day's work. It takes several years from the beginning of construction to the time a ship enters the water. In recent years, the first thing to do is to find the gold and silver mines in Fuso for mining.

After the construction of the first batch of sea-going ships is completed, it will be time for Daqin to explore and develop its offshore waters on a large scale.
To be continued...