Shocking!
Envy!
Jealousy!
Hearing the reward that First Emperor Ying Zheng had given Zhao Qiu, the faces of countless ministers instantly turned pale, as if they had just seen a basket of lemons!
The Inner Marquis of the Pass!
What a noble marquis!
In all of Great Qin, the number of people who had been conferred the title of Marquis could be counted on one hand, and they had all been conferred before Great Qin had unified the world.
For example, General Wang Jian who destroyed the Chu Kingdom, Wang Ben who destroyed the Wei Kingdom, and Li Si who helped the First Emperor unify the world.
It was definitely not more than the number of two palms!
After unifying the six states, not a single person was conferred the title of Marquis. Zhao Qiu was the first!
Great Qin's Marquises were not as common as the later dynasties. Only those who had made great contributions could obtain such a title!
The reason why no one had been made a Marquis after Great Qin destroyed the six countries and unified the Nine States was because no one had been able to accumulate enough Merit Points!
It had been more than ten years since Great Qin had unified the world.
In these ten years, no one had been made a Marquis, which showed how difficult it was to become a Marquis in Great Qin.
but...
The more difficult it was, the more it represented the glory of a marquis!
That was why all the ministers in the imperial court were shocked by the fact that Zhao Qiu was conferred the title of Lord of the Inner Pass by Ying Zheng.
Hearing that Zhao Qiu had been conferred the title of Lord of the Inner Pass, Feng Quji instinctively wanted to retort.
However, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
As Great Qin's Right Prime Minister, he naturally knew just how great Zhao Qiu's contributions were!
If he had not come up with a plan to deal with the drought and locust plague, Great Qin would have suffered unprecedented damage, and the remnants of the six dynasties would have used this opportunity to rise up and destroy Great Qin!
With such peerless achievements, even as Zhao Qiu's opponent, he had to admit that Zhao Qiu's intelligence was really awesome!
Sigh!
Zhao Qiu's achievements were earth-shattering and world-shaking. There was simply no way to refute it!
He could only sigh in his heart as he watched his opponent become stronger and stronger!
"Thank you for your reward, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"
"Ten thousand years of Great Qin!"
Zhao Qiu thanked Ying Zheng with a calm expression. This was completely within his expectations.
If he made such a huge contribution, it would be unreasonable not to give him the title of Marquis!
Not long after.
After the court session ended, a group of officials walked out of Zhangtai Palace's main hall and surrounded Zhao Qiu. They kept on praising him!
As one of the Nine Ministers, Internal History Zhi Li was now conferred the title of Lord of the Inner Pass.
The current Zhao Qiu was definitely the most powerful person in the entire imperial court, or even the entire Xianyang. His status was second only to Li Si and Feng Quji, the Prime Ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty!
Li Si and Feng Quji were already old.
According to this trend, if nothing unexpected happened, there would definitely be a place for Zhao Qiu in the Prime Minister position!
This was a good time to curry favor with him!
These ministers naturally wouldn't let go of this golden opportunity!
"You're welcome! You're too polite!"
"Thank you, sirs, for your kindness. If there's a chance, I'll hold a banquet and invite everyone to drink.”
"However, I'm going to inspect the fields now.”
Zhao Qiu cupped his hands and replied politely to the lords.
With his martial strength, he could instantly flip these powerless ministers out and open a path for them.
However, these would be his connections in the imperial court in the future, so he naturally would not do this.
"Lord Marquis is truly diligent in his duties and is a role model for us!”
"Lord Marquis, please!"
"Please!"
Hearing Zhao Qiu's words, everyone hurriedly made way for him with respectful expressions. Their faces were filled with flattery.
"Humph!"
"He's just an Inner Pass Marquis!"
" What's the big deal?!"
"A bunch of sycophants!"
When Feng Quji saw Zhao Qiu surrounded by the officials, he snorted coldly and left. However, anyone could hear the jealousy in his tone!
After leaving Zhangtai Palace, Zhao Qiu headed to the fields on the outskirts of Xianyang City under the scorching sun.
After the drought, the seedlings of these potatoes and sweet potatoes had to be paid special attention to.
This was related to whether or not they could successfully promote it to Great Qin in the future!
After patrolling the fields under the scorching sun, Zhao Qiu was drenched in sweat, and his sleeves were completely soaked!
but...
Although the weather was hot, Zhao Qiu felt sweet inside.
Just as Zhao Qiu's mouth was parched from the heat, a beautiful figure holding an oil-paper umbrella and carrying an exquisite food box walked towards Zhao Qiu leisurely.
It was his fiancée, Li Wan!
These days, no matter how hot the weather was or how strong the sun was, as long as Zhao Qiu was working in the fields, Li Wan would definitely deliver a bowl of meticulously brewed mung bean soup to Zhao Qiu on time to relieve the heat.
Zhao Qiu often felt very lucky to have such a gentle, considerate, and beautiful fiancée.
What more could a husband ask for when he had such a wife?
......
Time passed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn harvest season.
Although the grain production was affected by the drought and was lower than usual, it was enough to keep people fed and not starve to death.
Xianyang City, in the fields on the outskirts.
Ying Zheng and all the ministers in the imperial court came to this place, surrounded by countless citizens of Xianyang City.
Today was the day when the high-yield rice, potatoes, and sweet potatoes planted by Zhao Qiu in the outskirts of Xianyang City were harvested.
These things would be distributed to the residents of Great Qin's various counties as grain seeds and spread to all parts of Great Qin!
A thousand catties of super rice per mu, two to three thousand catties of sweet potatoes per mu, five to six thousand catties of potatoes per mu, these things had long been spread in Xianyang City because of the assassination attempt by the remnants of the six dynasties.
Now that these things were about to be harvested, it immediately attracted countless people to come and watch.
"My dear minister, can we really harvest so much food in one mu of land?”Looking at the seedlings in the field, Ying Zheng asked with uncertainty.
Such a high output was completely beyond his knowledge.
"Your Majesty will know how much the yield per mu is after the harvest is completed.”Zhao Qiu said confidently.
As a person of the later generations, he was naturally very clear about the power of these things.
Not long after.
Under the hard work of the farmers, a mu of potatoes, a mu of sweet potatoes, and a mu of rice were all harvested.
In order to promote it and make it easier for it to be popularized in the future.
Zhao Qiu specially ordered people to build a high platform for the spectators to watch.
"Sir!"
"One mu of crops have been harvested!”
A minor official in charge of supervision ran over and reported to Zhao Qiu.
"You've worked hard!"
"Let's go!"
Zhao Qiu instructed.
"Yes!"
The small official immediately ran over and ordered people to move the harvested crops to the high platform and weigh them in public.
Soon, the weighing was completed.
"Paddy, 1323 jin per mu!”
The small official looked at the weighing results and shouted loudly.
"Oh my god! More than 1300 jin!"
"My family's rice harvest is only a hundred catties, not even a fraction of Lord Marquis 'harvest!”
"This is amazing!"
Hearing this huge number, the onlookers were shocked and discussed.
Ying Zheng was also delighted.
The rice production was indeed as Zhao Qiu had said!
"Sweet potatoes, 3666 catties per mu!”
Whoosh--
As soon as he said this, there was an uproar!
3660 Jin!
What a huge number!
However…
The shock was not over yet!
"Potato, 6789 catties per mu!”
Hiss--
This number instantly made everyone present suck in a breath of cold air. Their eyes widened to the extreme, and the corners of their eyes almost burst!
Oh my god!
How was this possible?
Could Lord Marquis be a god?
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