Other than the abolition of slavery, which was discussed and abolished, the other twenty-four reform directions were implemented within ten days. However, as soon as the reform began, the Qin country was in an uproar and undercurrents surged.
Although these reform measures could strengthen the national strength of Qin State, they also violated the interests of nobles and despots. But under the strong suppression of Ying Zheng's orders, no one dared to resist openly for the time being.
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In the blink of an eye, the reform had been going on for a month.
In Xianyang Palace, Wei Liaozi reported the changes of the reform every day.
Recruit and maintain an army, train once a day, have three meals a day, and only with enough food and meat can they be trained into elite soldiers.
They recruited commoners to build roads and irrigation works. Only when they had enough food and meat would they be motivated. They were no longer like before, where they treated corvee as tigers. There were even many commoners who envied those who worked as corvee because they had to build roads and irrigation works. They would be able to eat and eat their fill every day.
After a month, not only did those who had to serve the corvee not become sallow and emaciated, but their faces were also red as they ate.
Initially, many people were skeptical about the rewards for having more children. However, after those who were already eight or nine months pregnant gave birth, the rewards were indeed not lacking. The motivation of the people to exercise at night increased tenfold.
The reward for having a child was too great. The reward for having a child was enough for them to raise a child. Moreover, even if they didn't want to raise a child, they could give it to the imperial court. The imperial court would help them raise a child, and the reward would still be quite high.
By lowering the tax rate of the people, the losses would be borne by the imperial court.
The 10,000 Student Officials were spread throughout Great Qin. These were positions that the Imperial Court did not have before, and now that they had so many students, there was no pressure.
There was also the new position of agricultural officer.
After Yuan Shen's book,'hybrid rice,' was translated, Great Qin gained the position of agricultural officials. These agricultural officials had been trained and were proficient in various agricultural techniques. After a month of training, they had started to try to grow hybrid rice.
Of course, the translated books related to agriculture were not only about hybrid rice, but also about wheat, corn, potatoes, and so on.
Of course, the Land of the Nine Prefectures was not where potatoes and corn originated from. However, after Lu Buwei sent over the seeds, potatoes and corn appeared in Great Qin's territory.
"Great Qin's grain production is two and a half dan per mu on average. After the 2,300 agricultural officials finish their studies, it is estimated that Great Qin's grain production will be able to reach four dan per mu next year.”
Perhaps it was because the world of the Qin Dynasty was rich in spiritual energy. In history, the average yield of the Qin State during this period was two stones per mu, while the yield of the Qin State in this world was two and a half stones per mu.
It was better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Although Ying Zheng could feed all the people of Great Qin with the food delivered through the space-time gate, he wanted Great Qin to have the ability to feed its people even more.
Wei Liaozi continued," Of course, this is only the yield of wheat, wheat, and rice. The yield of potatoes per mu could reach 30 dan, and the yield of corn per mu could reach 6 dan.”
Why could the three generations of Kang Mazi be called the prosperous era of the Kang and Qian dynasties?
It was because the problem of the people not having enough to eat for thousands of years in Kang Mazi's three generations of China had been solved.
Because potatoes and corn were introduced into China during that era.
For thousands of years in China, until the birth of Yuan Shen, the yield of grain per mu had not changed. During the Warring States Period, there was a stone per mu, but in the heyday of Kang Mazi, it was less than three stones per mu. Therefore, it had always been a problem for the people to not have enough to eat.
However, the yield of potatoes was huge. Moreover, they did not require much care. A mu yield of three to four thousand catties was easily enough. It was ten times more than food. Although eating potatoes did not make one strong, it could fill one's stomach.
Therefore, very few people in Kang Mazi's heyday starved to death, but they were all emaciated from eating potatoes.
Of course, Ying Zheng did not bring in potatoes to let the people of Great Qin eat only potatoes. He only wanted to give them another choice in their diet.
" There's also the silk, paper, and glass production methods that His Majesty taught me. The finished products will be sold to the Six Nations, but there will be no market for them. In less than a month, I've earned 100,000 gold, which is more than Great Qin's tax revenue from last year.”
Wei Liaozi took out a piece of paper and reported, feeling incredibly emotional. In the past month, Great Qin had changed too much, and he felt incredibly fortunate that he had come to Great Qin.
Putting everything else aside, the paper in his hand was lighter and easier to preserve than the bamboo slips in the past. It was a great boon for the inheritance of culture.
Ever since the appearance of paper, the Confucians had greatly reduced their criticism of Great Qin, and they had acknowledged it more. The Confucians made up 30% of the scholars in the world, and because they were scholars, they understood the significance of the appearance of paper.
Although Wei Liaozi agreed with Ying Zheng's plan, he did not think much of it. After all, Great Qin would not be able to sustain such a reform for long.
However, a few days later, Ying Zheng suddenly ordered people to deliver a hundred thousand stones of grain and meat.
Among the 100,000 stones, there were 30,000 stones of white rice. It was not the mainstream yellow rice of today. It was fragrant and delicious.
During this period, grains were collectively referred to as the "five grains". This was how the four bodies were not diligent and the five grains were not divided.
The five grains are millet, millet, beans, wheat and rice.
Millet was yellow rice, millet was millet of various colors, wheat was wheat, beans were beans, and rice was rice in the modern sense.
Rice was basically a grain that only nobles and rich families could eat.
At the beginning, Wei Liaozi thought that Ying Zheng was a powerful man who could buy food from other countries through bad people, traps, and the Black Ice Platform. Although he was surprised, he was still worried.
After that, every few days, Ying Zheng would order his men to send over a hundred thousand dan of food and meat, which made Wei Liaozi very curious.
With so much food being transported from other countries to Qin, no matter how mentally strong the Six Nations were, they should have known. However, the Six Nations still did not do anything. Instead, the increasing amount of food and meat had completely numbed Wei Liaozi.
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