A few hours passed.
Meng Yi was on his way to visit the veterans. The road was difficult and the wind and snow did not stop.
Most of the places they passed were rugged.
It was truly tiring.
If it was an old person, their bones would probably fall apart.
Several times, the wheels of the carriage got caught in the snow.
Meng Yi himself got down from the carriage and helped the guards push the cart.
At this moment.
He suddenly saw an old man with a hunched back in the snow. He was carrying a basket and digging wild vegetables behind a rock.
Meng Yi's heart sank.
He had also been in the army before. Although he did not have the military achievements of his brother Meng Tian, he was still considered capable of both civil and military affairs.
He had also once lived with the Qin soldiers under his command in the army, and had many life-and-death relationships with his brothers.
Now that he saw such a sad scene, he was deeply moved.
He waved his hand and ordered his men to bring the old man over.
Sitting in the same car as him.
In the carriage.
The old man who had been brought into the carriage by Meng Yi's men knew Meng Yi's identity.
He hurriedly bowed.
"This place is remote and desolate. It has been hard on you all the way here!”
Meng Yi waved his hand.
"It's not hard. The ones who are really hard are you old Qin people.”
"It's the winter solstice and it's snowing heavily. You're an old man and you still have to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables. It's really…"
Meng Yi couldn't continue.
Suddenly.
Meng Yi's eyes lit up as he smiled at the old man.
"However, I came here this time to deliver a surprise to you by His Majesty's decree.”
After hearing this, the old man immediately shook his head, as if he already knew what Meng Yi had brought.
In previous years, the Qin Dynasty had sent officials to deliver money and grain to such remote places.
However, these old Qin people all had their own pride.
They thought that they had no contribution to the Qin country, so they should not accept the money and food of the Qin Dynasty.
The officials in the court had no choice.
"Lord High Official, if you come here this time to deliver money and food for the court, the people here will still be the same as in previous years and will not accept it.”
"We appreciate the Emperor's intentions.”
He looked at the stubborn old man.
Unexpectedly, Meng Yi did not continue to persuade him. Instead, he said something that the old man did not expect.
"Uncle, you are wrong."
"This time, I came under orders not to give you money and food.”
"Instead, I brought a few immortal items. In three months at most, you will no longer have to worry about food.”
The old man's eyes widened in curiosity.
"Immortal item?"
There were very few outsiders in this remote place, so the people here did not know what happened in Xianyang City.
Even though it had caused an uproar, they had never heard of Ying Zheng's plan to make a cat a national beast.
Meng Yi told the old man about the two agricultural products, potatoes and sweet potatoes.
The other party was shocked when he heard that. Then, he shook his head and looked at Meng Yi with a strange gaze.
"Are you joking?”
"One mu of land can produce a few thousand catties. How is that possible?”
"In the farmland we cultivate, it's already lucky if one mu of land can produce three buckets of grain.”
"A few thousand catties…This…"
Meng Yi laughed loudly as he looked at the doubtful old man.
"Otherwise, why would it be called an immortal item?”
"All of this is because the heavens have blessed Great Qin. Half a month ago, Your Majesty met a divine beast, and the divine beast brought the immortal item to Great Qin.”
Hearing this, the old man found it even more ridiculous.
Meng Yi knew that no matter what he said, the old man would not believe him.
It was exactly the same reaction he had when he first heard Ying Zheng mention this matter to him.
Therefore, they had to let everyone here taste the potatoes and sweet potatoes with their own eyes before they would believe it.
……
Not long after, the carriage arrived at the village.
All the villagers who were still busy came over to pay their respects to High Official Meng Yi.
After Meng Yi greeted them, he got someone to bring the things in a bag from the carriage to the villagers 'kitchen.
After about an hour.
All the villagers smelled the scent of food.
Meng Yi took the lead and let everyone eat the cooked potatoes and sweet potatoes with him.
"Heavens, what kind of food is this! It tasted soft and chewy, and he felt full after eating only half of it!”
"Mine is the same. It's sweet and delicious. There's no bitterness at all!”
"I once fought outside. In the past few decades, I have never seen such food in the State of Qin!”
"This…"
"Your Excellency, where did these two foods come from?”
All the villagers looked at Meng Yi eagerly, waiting for an explanation.
To be able to eat such delicious food, they were both excited and felt that it was a waste.
Ever since this group of old Qin people arrived in this remote area, not to mention eating well, even food and clothing had become a problem.
Today might be the best meal some of them had eaten in decades.
If they had known that these two things were so precious, they would probably not have been willing to eat them.
Meng Yi saw that everyone was conquered by these two dishes.
Only then did he explain with a smile.
This was also Ying Zheng's brilliant plan!
After potatoes and sweet potatoes appeared in Xianyang City, they were spread by all kinds of bad rumors. They said that they were demons and that few ordinary people were willing to plant them.
Ying Zheng planned to bring the potatoes and sweet potatoes to the remote villages of the old Qin people.
This way…
Not only could it solve the problem of food and clothing for this group of old Qin people.
Moreover, the barren fields here could be opened up on a large scale to plant more potatoes and sweet potatoes.
So what if this news reached Xianyang?
Could it be that the group of people from the imperial court still brought people here to stop these old Qin people who had migrated here from planting potatoes and sweet potatoes?
Even if they had such thoughts, they would never dare to do so.
The people here were important to the entire Great Qin Empire.
Without them, the current Great Qin Empire would not exist.
With such a group of people planting potatoes and sweet potatoes here, what could the Confucians say?
Their mouths were full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality.
Could he do anything overboard to a group of old Qin people who had once made contributions to the country?
This was Ying Zheng's thought.
Using the Confucian school's ideology to deal with the Confucians.
If he followed Fu Su's path, Fu Su would have nowhere to go.
Meng Yi's heart was filled with admiration for Ying Zheng. He really did not know how His Majesty had come up with such a powerful idea!
Meng Yi coughed and turned around.
"I'm here to give you these immortal items. Other than sweet potatoes and potatoes, there are two other farming tools that save time and effort.”
"You can remember His Majesty's grace, but you can't forget that all of this is because Great Qin has been blessed by the heavens and has a divine beast. It was it that brought these four Celestial items to Great Qin!”
The old man who had just returned with Meng Yi had told all the villagers about Great Qin's Divine Beast.
The villagers were shocked once again.
"My Great Qin actually produced such a divine beast that can protect my Great Qin for ten thousand years!”
"We will definitely not let down the immortal items brought by Lord Divine Beast. Next spring, we will definitely let the barren fields here be filled with potatoes and sweet potatoes!”
"That's right, we still have to build an ancestral temple for Lord Divine Beast and worship him forever!”
Meng Yi looked at the excited villagers with satisfaction.
They were different from the people outside who believed in rumors.
He had tasted potatoes and sweet potatoes and knew that these two things could fill his stomach. He would definitely not believe the rumors that they were demons.
Moreover, everyone here was loyal to the Qin country.
Even if they had the idea, they would plant the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the barren land under Ying Zheng's order.
Meng Yi heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that this matter had been successfully settled.
At this moment.
Suddenly, a villager with a missing arm came in. He was also a wounded soldier in the army.
He shouted.
"Not good! Something happened outside!"
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