"Qin Shi Huang, do you know why before unifying the world, the Qin Country was extremely united, but after unifying the world, the Great Qin has always been turbulent?”
After Qin Shi Huang and the others boarded the ship, Luo Zixuan and the First Emperor sat on the upper seats. Meng Yi, Xiang Yu, Chen Sheng, and Liu Ji sat down. Xu Fu and a few boys stood to the side to serve the crowd.
Everyone sat down and Luo Zixuan went straight to the point.
If he wanted Great Qin to continue to prosper, he had to first understand the key problem facing Great Qin.
"The people of the six countries have not yet returned!"
After pondering for a while, the First Emperor voiced his thoughts.
"Does Qin Shi Huang know how to make the people submit?”
Luo Zixuan asked again.
"I…don't know!"
The First Emperor hesitated for a moment before shaking his head.
At this moment, he had already corrected his attitude. In front of immortals, he should humbly ask for advice and not pretend to know what he didn't know.
"Why aren't the people loyal?"
Luo Zixuan asked again.
"I miss my homeland and hate Great Qin!”
"You're not used to my strict laws!"
"Clothes can't warm the body, food can't fill the stomach, it's hard to raise the young, it's hard to bury the old, and it's hard to live in the prime of life!”
"The remnants of the Six Nations are stirring up trouble everywhere. The remaining generals of the Six Nations are bent on restoring the country!”
“……”
When it came to why the people could not return, the First Emperor suddenly said a long list.
He didn't even need to look at these things. He could recite them by heart because these were the main problems he dealt with every day.
It was also because of these problems that Great Qin's development had been hindered.
Originally, the State of Qin only needed to provide for five million people, but now it had to provide for twenty-five million people. In an instant, there were twenty million more people, as well as the many problems left behind by the war of the six countries.
Although the border battle had temporarily stopped, it was possible that it would erupt again.
The 300,000 troops in the north and the 500,000 troops in the south added up to 800,000 troops that needed to be supported.
Moreover, these two places were at Great Qin's borders, so it was quite difficult to transport resources. They required a large amount of manpower and resources, as well as a large amount of food.
In order to settle this once and for all, they had no choice but to build straight roads (similar to the modern highway) to connect all of Great Qin.
The project was huge, and it required a lot of manpower, resources, and food!
Then, he would add the construction of the Great Wall and other projects.
These things had been a burden to Great Qin, causing it to want to develop, but it was unable to do so. The people had been living in great hardship ever since they unified the six countries.
The difficulty lay in the fact that the straight path had to be cultivated.
The border had to be defended; this was the foundation of Great Qin's survival!
The Great Wall, the Emperor's Mausoleum at Mount Li, and other projects could not be stopped. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to build them in the future.
It was because of this situation that Great Qin's undercurrents were turbulent. If it wasn't for the First Emperor's prestige, Great Qin would have been in chaos long ago.
"Since you know the problem, does the First Emperor have a solution?”
Luo Zixuan asked again.
"…No solution!"
This time, the First Emperor thought for a long time and finally shook his head and sighed.
He had thought about these problems thousands of times. If he could think of a solution, he would have thought of it long ago!
Among all the impossible methods, the only one that the First Emperor could think of was to let himself live a few more years.
He also knew that as long as he was here, Great Qin would not fall into chaos!
After a few construction projects were completed, Great Qin would be able to focus on developing agriculture and improving its economy.
As long as the commoners had enough to eat and clothes to wear, they would not rebel. Even if they rebelled, it was impossible for them to respond with a single call.
A small-scale rebellion could be instantly wiped out by Great Qin!
At that time, the Great Qin Empire would be at peace.
Unfortunately, his body was getting worse and worse. He had been seeking immortality for many years, but he had never been able to gain anything. Time waited for no one!
This was also why he had rushed over from Xianyang, the imperial capital, after learning that Xu Fu had invited the Immortal back.
In his opinion, the only thing that could resolve Great Qin's predicament was the Immortal's Elixir!
Therefore, he immediately sent his most trusted Meng Yi over. When he learned that the Immortal wanted him to go personally, he immediately put down all his things and rushed over.
This was because he knew how important Celestials were to Great Qin!
The only chance for Great Qin to be able to last forever was with the celestials.
However, the First Emperor would never say such things to the Immortal. He knew that the Immortal wasn't asking about this.
Therefore, he shook his head in the end.
"No solution?"
"No!"
"Did the First Emperor forget that knowledge changed fate?”
"With knowledge, you can resolve everything with a flip of your hand!”
Luo Zixuan shook his head slightly.
How could there be something that he could not solve? The problem that Great Qin was facing was not a problem at all!
"Really?"
"Immortal, please teach me!"
The First Emperor was excited. He knew that the Immortal had a solution.
"There's a type of food called potatoes, and its yield is at least 6,000 jin per mu (one jin in Great Qin is equivalent to half a jin in the future). It also harvests twice a year. If Great Qin grows this, its food problem will be solved!”
Luo Zixuan said calmly.
The reason why he had brought back the potatoes he had found on the other islands was to solve Great Qin's food problem.
In this era, the most important thing for Great Qin was food.
In ancient times, the thinking of the common people had always been very simple. They would listen to whoever could feed them!
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