Ji Bei City, County Governor Manor.
Ying Zheng returned to his residence, picked up the memorial and began to read it briefly.
Although he did not return to Xianyang, as a diligent and conscientious emperor, Ying Zheng would not delay his work.
"Hmm?"
Not long after, Ying Zheng discovered a huge problem.
Half a month had passed, and the 10,000 citizens released from the city had actually reclaimed less than 1,000 mu of wasteland near Ji Bei City?
He couldn't even reclaim an acre of barren land?
What kind of concept was this?
Half a month!
Wouldn't that mean that 90% of the 10,000 people were not working?
This was far from what Ying Zheng had expected!
"County Governor Liu?"
"Your subject is here!"
County Chief Liu, who had been waiting, stepped out, and Ying Zheng threw the memorial over with an unfriendly look on his face.
"Tell me, why is this?"
"Pa da!"
The memorial fell in front of him. County Chief Liu was so frightened that his entire body trembled. He quickly picked it up and looked at it. Immediately, he stammered non-stop.
"What's wrong? Can't you talk?"
"Your Majesty, I, I don't know what the problem is. Please tell me…"
County Chief Liu's face was filled with panic as he looked at Ying Zheng in confusion. The latter frowned and said coldly,"
"Is there a problem? I ask you, Ji Bei City released more than 13,000 people, why did you open up less than 500 mu of wasteland?!”
Although Ying Zheng did not know much about farming, he knew that it would take only two oxen and three men to plow one mu of wasteland in a few days!
With three people per mu of land, in this half a month, there should be at least a few thousand mu, right?
"Your Majesty, you might not know this, but although the land of Qi Lu is vast and sparsely populated, it is not easy to open up wasteland.”
County Governor Liu said anxiously,"
"In addition, the cattle are also a problem. I emptied the county governor's estate's money to borrow cattle from the various nobles, but they were only around 500.”
"Only by letting the commoners open up wasteland day and night can we obtain these lands…"
Five hundred cattle, divided into two oxen and three men, could reclaim two hundred mu of land at the same time!
If that was the case, it seemed that he had really done his best to reclaim 1,000 mu!
No more money!
County Governor Manor had spent all their money, but they had only borrowed five hundred cows from the various nobles.
North City belonged to Qi Lu, the former site of Qi State. There were many royal families and nobles of Qi State here.
These people had a lot of resources in their hands, and they naturally had a lot of cattle, but they were all private property of their families.
County Governor Manor had no money, so it was reasonable for them not to lend.
If Ji Bei City was already in such a predicament, what about the other cities?
If that was the case, wouldn't releasing so many civilians be useless?
Could it be that he still had to be escorted to build a palace?
Otherwise, when the autumn harvest came, these people would not even be able to rely on themselves, so how could they make Great Qin rich and powerful?
Could it be that Great Qin would have to compensate them and drag them down? That was impossible!
Now, the problem was that these people would not even be able to support themselves, much less benefit Great Qin!
Ying Zheng's brows furrowed as he looked at County Chief Liu and said,"
"There are only five hundred cattle, and there are many nobles in the land of Qi Lu. If the court orders them to provide cattle, will they refuse?”
"Ah?"
County Chief Liu was startled. He looked at Ying Zheng and stammered,"
Your Majesty, it's the farming season in summer now. In my opinion, they might refuse for their own needs..."
The nobles of the six countries had a very bad impression of Great Qin, to the extent that they hated it.
Lend it to the Imperial Court?
Impossible!
With the imperial court's orders, although they did not dare to openly refuse, they could find an excuse to decline!
County Governor Manor wouldn't dare to directly enter the house and drag away other people's cattle, right?
"If that's the case, then do you have a way to gather a sum of money in the short term to borrow cattle?”
Ying Zheng looked at County Chief Liu with a dark face. The latter was stunned for a moment before he said,"
"Your Majesty, the taxes for the first half of the year have just been collected. I'm afraid, I'm afraid there's no way…"
Speaking up to this point, County Chief Liu's face was filled with embarrassment and panic, fearing that Ying Zheng would punish him in a fit of anger.
But he really had no choice.
Although he was a county governor, his status was only so-so. He did not dare to provoke the royal family of the original Qi Kingdom.
There were scholars everywhere in Qilu. If he went overboard, those people's saliva could drown the County Governor's Manor!
Qilu was the birthplace of Confucianism, and the royal family and nobles here were all very tough. Although the Qin laws were harsh, it was difficult for them to bow down to them.
"Forget it, you can leave first."
Ying Zheng waved his hand irritably, and County Chief Liu hurriedly walked down the stairs, relieved of a heavy burden.
No money!
He did not expect that opening up wasteland was even more troublesome than building!
After all, with the current productivity, it was impossible to achieve it without spending a lot of money!
Cattle! Cattle!
There weren't enough cattle!
If the reclaimed wasteland was not enough, then it would probably be impossible for him to flourish farming and plant new crops!
No money, no cattle! It resulted in a surplus of labor!
This was a problem that Great Qin faced!
The more Ying Zheng thought about it, the more frustrated he became. It was not until he put it into action that he realized that the plan recommended by Su Chen also had a big problem...
"Your Majesty, I have an idea. I don't know if I should say it…"
Wang Ben, who had been waiting silently by the side, opened his mouth. Ying Zheng raised his head and said,""Just say it!"
"Since this matter was proposed by Master Su, this humble subject thought that it would be better to ask Master Su for his opinion. Perhaps he would have a way?”
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