Although Baiqi's ancestral land was only 100 kilometers away from Xianyang City, he had brought his family and a lot of things with him, so they didn't travel very fast.
In the evening, Bai Qi's team found a small village to stay in for the night.
When the villagers heard that it was Baiqi, all of them had excited and passionate expressions.
The villagers also took out their own food to entertain Baiqi and his family.
The rich people in the village all gave up their empty rooms for Baiqi and the others to stay in. To them, it was a great honor for Lord Wu 'an to stay in their house.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the second day that Baiqi's team slowly entered the city.
"Lord Wu An is back!"
"Lord Wu 'an has returned home to pay respects to his ancestors!"
Not long after Baiqi's group entered the city, the news of Wu Anjun's return spread throughout the city.
This was Lord Wu 'an's hometown and also his ancestral land.
The news that Wu Anjun had destroyed the State of Zhao had already spread throughout the world. When the people of Muyi received the news that Wu Anjun had returned, they surrounded the two sides of the road, waiting for him to pass by.
Lord Wu 'an came from Muyi and was the pride of Muyi. All the people of Muyi were proud of him.
Now that Lord Wu 'an had returned home in glory, all the people of Yi were waiting eagerly.
Even the officials of the city were waiting on the main road.
"Welcome back, Lord Wu 'an!"
"Wu Anjun is mighty!"
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Along the way, the people of Yi were all shouting excitedly, and the atmosphere was very warm.
Within the carriage, Baiqi looked at the enthusiastic villagers on both sides of the road, and his heart was filled with indescribable excitement.
This was not only his hometown, but also his ancestral land. However, this place was still very poor and backward.
In fact, other than some big cities, many villages and counties in this era were very poor and backward. Most of the people were still in the stage of not having enough to eat and not having enough to wear warm clothes. Therefore, in order to have a meal, many men still chose to join the army despite knowing that the battlefield was very dangerous.
He had come back this time with the intention of changing the situation in his hometown, making some contributions to his hometown and building it up better.
After a long time, Baiqi returned to his ancestral home amidst the cheers of his hometown elders.
Bai Qi's ancestral home was very large, and it was often repaired, so it looked very new.
Not only did Bai Qi own an ancestral mansion, but he also owned a large manor with a beautiful environment.
Not only that, but Baiqi also had hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land.
One acre was 100 mu.
The Qin Dynasty's military merit system rewarded soldiers handsomely. Killing an enemy soldier would grant them a rank of nobility, a plot of land, a residence, and a servant.
The more enemies he killed, the higher his rank and the more rewards he would receive.
Based on Baiqi's achievements over the years, he had accumulated a lot of good farmland and homesteads.
Of course, the main reason was that this era was vast and sparsely populated, so there was a lot of land.
Usually, the land awarded was in the soldier's household register, so Baiqi's land was mainly in the city.
Of course, he also had a lot of fertile land outside Xianyang City.
"Great General, some of the squires of Mu Yi have gathered outside to pay their respects to you.”Not long after Bai Qi entered the manor, the butler Bai Fu came to report.
"In the future, don't call me Great General anymore. Just call me Old Master.”Bai Qi said to Bai Fu.
Bai Fu was a soldier, so he was more used to calling Baiqi Great General.
"Yes, Master." Bai Fu bowed.
Although he had changed the way he addressed him, in Bai Fu's heart, Bai Qi would always be his Great General.
"Even if I'm a little tired today, I'll see them another day.”Baiqi continued.
"Yes, Master." Bai Fu bowed and left Bai Qi's room.
After Bai Fu left, Bai Qi could no longer hide the excitement on his face.
Because the system reward had arrived in his account, he looked at the yellow hybrid rice seeds in the system space and felt inexplicably excited.
He did not expect to be able to eat hybrid rice in this world.
To be honest, the food in this era was really too unpalatable. It was all coarse grain and could not be swallowed at all.
More importantly, with these hybrid rice seeds, the world would never be short of food again.
Although there were not many hybrid rice seeds in the system warehouse, it was enough for the entire city to grow.
Baiqi planned to let all of the Yi City plant this kind of high-yield hybrid rice, and then slowly spread it to all parts of the Qin country.
Now that the Qin country had just experienced a great war, the domestic grain was also in short supply, and the grain price had always been high.
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Early the next morning, Baiqi sent Bai Fu to invite the squires and officials of the city to his residence.
"Greetings, Lord Wu An!" When the squires and officials saw Bai Qi, they all had respectful expressions on their faces, and they even felt a little nervous.
Lord Wu An was not only the pride of their Yi, but also the pride of their Qin country.
It could be said that Baiqi held a very high position in the hearts of the people of Qin. It was not just because Baiqi was Lord Wu An, but because he had made countless contributions to the war in Qin.
"You're welcome. Sit!" Bai Qi said indifferently. He did not put on any airs and spoke in a very easygoing manner.
"I've called you here today to discuss something with you.”Bai Qi waited for everyone to sit down before speaking again.
"Lord Wu An, please instruct me if you have anything to say.”The county magistrate spoke first, and the others followed suit.
"It's like this. I accidentally bought a batch of rice seeds from a businessman some time ago. Not only are the seeds plump, but the yield per mu is also astonishingly high. I see that many people in Muyi are still hungry, so I plan to let all the people in Muyi plant this kind of rice. By then, all the people will be full and every family will have surplus grain.”Baiqi continued.
He pushed this batch of rice seeds to a businessman in case he could not explain the source of this batch of rice seeds.
"Really? That's a good thing." The county magistrate, the other officials, and the squires were all delighted when they heard this.
"I wonder how high the yield per mu of rice can be?”Someone asked curiously.
"The yield per mu is about ten stones." Baiqi thought for a moment and said,
In this era, a stone weighed about 120 jin, which was 60 kilograms.
According to Baiqi's understanding, the future generations of hybrid rice could produce one to two thousand kilograms of rice per mu. Baiqi felt that this era was quite backward, so he had cut it by half.
"How much?"
"More than ten stones?"
After everyone heard this, they could not help but exclaim.
In this era, the yield of rice per mu was only about one or two stones. When they heard Bai Qi say that number, they were all shocked, thinking that they had heard wrongly.
"About ten over stones." Bai Qi said with a faint smile.
"So high!" After everyone received Bai Qi's confirmation, they were all flabbergasted.
They were obviously shocked by the huge production.
If the new rice was really as high as Baiqi said, even if it was only half as high, they would never be short of food again.
Fortunately, it was Wu Anjun who said this. If someone else had said it to them, they would definitely think that the other party was a liar.
They trusted Wu Anjun's words very much. Moreover, Wu Anjun did not need to lie to them about such an important matter.
"Lord Wu An, should we report this to Xianyang?”The county magistrate asked Baiqi.
Ever since Shang Yang's reform, other than being rewarded for killing enemies, one could also be rewarded for growing food at home if their performance was outstanding.
Now that the production had reached a shocking level, the first thing that the county magistrate thought of was to report it to Xianyang City. Although he did not dare to compete with Lord Wu 'an for credit, he could at least get some credit.
"The rice seeds are only enough to grow in the fields of Xuanyi. If you report it to Xianyang City, Xuanyi probably won't be able to grow this kind of rice.”Baiqi said with a smile.
If Xianyang City knew that there were such rice seeds, they would not let them send them to Xianyang.
"So Lord Wu 'an means to plant it first and report it after the harvest?”The county magistrate continued to ask.
He naturally hoped that this kind of rice could be planted in Duyi. However, this was all up to Lord Wu 'an. He didn't dare to make a decision on his own.
"I'm from Muyi, so I naturally hope that the people of Muyi can eat and wear warm clothes.”Bai Qi said softly.
"I thank Lord Wu 'an on behalf of the people of Yi!”When the county magistrate heard Baiqi's words, he immediately stood up and bowed.
"Thank you, Lord Wu An!" The other officials and squires also rose to their feet, and they bowed respectfully to Baiqi.
At this moment, they were extremely grateful to Bai Qi.
They did not expect Baiqi to care so much about the people of Mu Yi.
"The spring planting is about to begin, so I'll have to trouble everyone to do the spring planting work well. In a few days, come to my residence to get the rice seeds.”Baiqi continued.
"Yes, sir!" Everyone bowed and replied.
Bai Qi's position and title were all there, and they could not help but treat him as their superior.
In the next few days, the officials and squires of the city were busy organizing the spring planting.
If the rice provided by Lord Wu 'an could really be harvested, it would be a great contribution.
Although Wu Anjun had contributed the most, they could also benefit from it.
Therefore, the officials and squires of the city were all particularly proactive and full of energy.
As for Bai Fu, he started to get busy, and he started to organize and recruit people to be responsible for the spring planting of Bai Qi's hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land.
In the past, these fertile fields were rented to others. Although they were still rented to others, Bai Fu was personally in charge of directing how to plant them.
Of course, Bai Fu only followed Baiqi's instructions.
Sometimes, Baiqi would even personally go to the fields to take a look.
However, Bai Qi spent most of his time at home cultivating the Art of Longevity.
The whole of Fu Yi was bustling with activity, especially when the people of Fu Yi heard that the latest rice seeds were provided by Lord Wu 'an, and that the yield was so high that it was almost inferior. They naturally worked even harder.
They had a blind trust in Wu Anjun. Perhaps this was the power of an idol.
More importantly, if they really had a bumper harvest, not only would they not have to worry about food in the future, they would no longer have to worry about starving. Moreover, the people of the entire city would also be rewarded by the country.
Therefore, the people of the city were filled with anticipation for a bumper harvest this year.
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