It was not until the few of them followed Su Tian into the dining room and sat down that the Wang father and son's attention shifted from the two pieces of paper to the room.
They had never thought that they could build a house without wood.
As expected of a house where immortals lived. Even if Qin Shihuang looked at it again, he still found it very novel.
"Your Majesty, this stool and table seem to match very well?”Wang Ben sat down slowly with the help of his son.
"Yes, when I sat on this chair at noon, I felt that it was much more comfortable than kneeling.”
Qin Shihuang shifted his body and leaned against the back of the chair.
His legs didn't have the stiff and twitching feeling of kneeling for a long time. Instead, his body felt more comfortable.
Su Tian did not need to say anything. He would get someone to change the chair for him according to this design.
Who would want to eat on their knees when they could sit comfortably?
"Here, try my braised chicken and rice.”
Su Tian came out with a tray and gave everyone a big bowl of meat and a big bowl of rice.
The fragrance filled the air, making the Wang father and son feel like they were dreaming just by smelling it.
Qin Shihuang didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt that the fragrance of dinner seemed to be far more tempting than the Zhajiang noodles at noon!
In fact, Su Tian had used a Skill Advancement Card to first advance his cooking skills to the grandmaster level.
After all, no matter what he wanted to do, he could not mistreat his stomach, right?
"Hurry up and eat while it's still hot. Stop looking.”Su Tian called the three of them to eat together.
The few of them had just taken a bite and felt as comfortable as if they were in heaven. All kinds of flavors were beneficial.
Qin Shi Huang had eaten the Master Level Zhajiang Noodles at noon, so he had a little more resistance to the temptation of delicious food. He regained some consciousness halfway through the meal.
According to his understanding, braising should be a method unique to the immortals in Su Tian. Chicken was also very common in Great Qin.
As for the rice that Su Tian mentioned…
He picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and examined it carefully. He felt a sense of deja vu when he saw such a white and sweet ingredient.
Unlike the Wang father and son who thought that this was an item from the celestial world, the First Emperor felt that it was similar to the flour and was a grain that Great Qin already had.
Su Tian seemed to have seen through Qin Shi Huang's thoughts and explained directly,"This rice is actually rice."
"Rice? " This can't be…" Qin Shihuang was shocked and prepared to say that it was impossible in an incredulous tone.
But when he thought about it, this was an immortal master in front of him. How could he lie to him?
Su Tian said that this was rice, so it must be rice. That was why he swallowed the second half of the sentence.
"Immortal Master, I've eaten rice a few times, but it seems…" Qin Shihuang asked in confusion.
"The color doesn't seem right, and each grain isn't as plump as yours. Could it be that an immortal technique has been cast?”
Su Tian was amused by what he said. He was always talking about immortal techniques. It made her heart very tired.
"No, it's just that the cultivation methods are different. You left in a hurry to deal with things in the afternoon, so you didn't tell me everything.”
Su Tian gestured for Wang Li to bring his own food and then continued to explain to them,"
"Right now, Great Qin's food production is too low. The main reason is that they use millet as their main food.”
Hearing this, even Wang Li, who was getting food, was stunned.
The three of them had a strange feeling. Did they hear wrongly? The Celestial Master actually said that Great Qin's food production was low?
This…made them not know what to do.
One had to know that before the reform of the Qin country, or rather, there were other vassal states during the Warring States Period.
The yield of grain per mu was only about 100 catties.
However, after Shang Yang's reform, the country encouraged farming. If the land was planted well, they would be given titles.
The enthusiasm of the farmers was not small, and the yield per mu basically doubled.
The highest yield recorded was 317 catties per mu.
The Qin Dynasty was able to win the war to unify the six states. This solid food supply from the rear had definitely played a key role.
Why did Su Tian say that Great Qin's food production was low?
In the Qin Dynasty, a hundred steps from a square was usually equivalent to one mu. Su Tian had seen academic research before.
It was three times the size of one mu in modern times. It was not bad to have this per mu under slash-and-burn cultivation.
Su Tian could guess the reason for their awkward expressions.
He shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile,"That's right, I'm saying that Great Qin's production is too low.”
"If we repair the irrigation works in the south, we can use the seedling method to grow rice. In the north, they were all planted with wheat.”
"Let's not talk about much. If we reduce the taxes to 20%, the national treasury will be much more abundant than it is now!”
"When the people become rich, the country will naturally become rich and powerful. When the people's hearts are aligned, why worry about the remnants of the six countries causing trouble?”
"The commoners are content with the status quo. If they weren't starving to death, who would do something that had a high chance of sending themselves to their deaths?”
Hearing Su Tian list all these, not to mention Qin Shihuang, even the Wang father and son who were wolfing down their food stared at Su Tian in shock.
When Qin Shihuang heard this, he gritted his teeth.
Su Tian was not exaggerating. The seedling cultivation method that appeared from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties had indeed greatly increased the yield of rice.
Great Qin's farming tax, the head tax, and some miscellaneous items like salt and iron.
The taxes were close to or even exceeded one-third of the land.
When it came to Qin II, Huhai increased the tax rate to two-thirds.
This was an important factor in the peasant uprising. If they could not survive, they could only wait for death if they did not rebel.
History recorded that starting from the end of Qin Shihuang's reign, the war against Baiyue and Hetao had already placed a heavy burden on the empire.
The common people had heavy corvee, and the country's frequent conquests not only caused a large number of labor forces to be separated from production;
On the other hand, they also needed a large amount of military supplies, mainly from agricultural production.
After Qin Shihuang came back to his senses, he directly threw down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up to salute.
"Immortal Master, please teach me!"
"Whether it's the stone-grinding flour that Immortal Master mentioned at noon or the current method of growing rice seedlings, Immortal Master, please give them to Great Qin!”
Qin Shihuang felt that it was worth it, and he brought Wang Ben here today.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have heard so many ways to enrich the country and strengthen the army.
Even Su Tian had explained the hidden dangers of Great Qin's future.
With his preparations in advance, Ying Zheng was confident that he would not repeat the same mistakes and cause the peasant uprising that Su Tian had mentioned!
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