The homeland of Great Qin had a population of only five million. Although it had gradually swallowed up the six dynasties, Ying Zheng could not treat the people of the six dynasties as equals, just like the old Qin people.
Old Qin had more than five million people, while the other six states had more than twenty million people!
If the people of the six countries once again rose up, it would be a powerful wave of flames that could burn Great Qin to ashes!
"Sir's words are reasonable."
After a long while, Ying Zheng finally opened his mouth and said," However, it seems that there is no solution to this problem. How can the human heart be measured? Therefore, we can only take precautions…"
"You think so, and so does Qin Shihuang.”
Jiang Yue said," In order to prevent these people from following the Six Nations to cause trouble, Qin Shihuang confiscated all the ironware in the world and stationed troops in every county. When the country is in a state of great importance, he will definitely send hundreds of thousands of people from the Liu Nation as prisoners. He doesn't even care about his life and death. While building, he weakens the strength of the people of the Six Nations. However, such a method would only backfire! The lives of the commoners were even worse than when they were in the Six Nations. In their hearts, even if they did not miss the Six Nations, they would miss the Six Nations! It was like this when Qin Shihuang was still around. If he, a man of great talent and bold vision, was gone, and there was another mediocre person in his place, or if there were treacherous officials in power, you would see if the world would perish!”
"Sigh…"
Hearing this, Ying Zheng sighed bitterly." That's right, but there's nothing we can do about it. The hearts of the people are unpredictable, so how can we not be wary? No one knew how many treacherous people were hidden among the commoners!”
"That's right, but it's also wrong.”
Jiang Yue smiled and said," Haven't you heard of the saying that the people's hearts are aligned?”
"I have heard of it, but how can we make these people side with Qin and not the six countries?”
Hearing this, Ying Zheng widened his eyes and asked.
"Simple. By benefiting the people, it can make the people feel the same way.”
Jiang Yue smiled." If the country is peaceful and the people are rich, the people will not have to worry about food and clothing, and they will live and work in peace and contentment, how many people will be willing to follow the remnants of the six dynasties and cause trouble? At that time, the world's disaster will be eliminated!"
"Haha…"
Hearing this, Ying Zheng shook his head and said," Sir, you're taking it for granted.”
"What, you don't believe me?"
"No, it's not that I don't believe that the people won't submit. It's just that I feel that this is impossible.”
Ying Zheng sighed and said," There is only so much food in the world. Fighting wars and opening up the frontier fortress cost a lot of money, so naturally, we have to collect food from the people. If they collected less from the people, the soldiers at the border would have to starve. If they could ensure the food and clothing of the soldiers, the people would naturally suffer a little! How do you coordinate the two?"
"It's simple. You make the country rich and the people rich. The people produce plenty of food. Every time the court taxes, other than military rations, they will be rich.”
"This…"
Ying Zheng shook his head and said," Sir, this is equivalent to not saying anything. How can the country say that the people will be rich and the people will be rich? This problem is almost unsolvable…"
"It's not unsolvable. In my opinion, it's easy to solve!”
Easy to solve?
Hearing this, Ying Zheng immediately asked," How do you solve it? I'd like to hear the details!"
" Concentrate on taking down Shan Yue."
Jiang Yue said," As long as we take down Shan Yue, the problem of Great Qin's granary will be solved.”
"Oh? Shan Yue?"
Ying Zheng was immediately moved." Shanyue has so much wheat and millet?”
"Not wheat…"
Jiang Yue smiled and shook her head.”
"Rice?"
Ying Zheng was stunned." What is rice? Is it edible?”
"It is edible. Moreover, this item is quite high in production in the south.”
Jiang Yue said," One mu of rice can ripen three times a year in Shanyue. Moreover, the yield was three to four times that of wheat and millet! In this way, a hundred mu of land in the north could yield about a hundred stones of wheat and millet in a year, while a mu of rice could yield 1,200 stones of rice!”
A stone of grain was about twelve kilograms according to the current standard.
In other words, in ancient times, the yield of wheat per mu of land was only about 20 catties.
Therefore, the ancient people would plant a large area of land so that the family could barely survive.
Moreover, when they encountered harsh policies and heavy taxes, the food left after the taxes were not enough for the family to eat.
Due to the low production of wheat, the ancient people were hardworking but did not have enough to eat.
Compared to wheat, the yield of rice in ancient times was not as high as in modern times. However, the yield of rice in the same year was usually several times that of wheat!
After arriving in Song, the rice production near Jiangnan could supply almost the entire supply of Song.
Therefore, compared to wheat, rice was more worth promoting in order to make the country rich and not hungry.
In the pre-Qin period, rice was far from being as common as the land of China.
Therefore, after hearing Jiang Yue's words, Ying Zheng was deeply shocked.
"Sir, is this true?"
Ying Zheng took a deep breath and said in astonishment," This rice can produce 1,200 dan of rice per mu a year?”
"This is the least."
Jiang Yue smiled and said," If you look for it carefully, you might be able to find more high-yield rice! At that time, it would not be a problem for him to produce 2,000 dans per mu! After a few years of selection and cultivation, the yield per mu would only be higher! As such, if they used the entire Shanyue region as Great Qin's southern granary, they would be able to supply more than half of the country! At that time, the entire country would not be short of food, the people would not have to worry about food and clothing, the army would have sufficient food and grass, the imperial court would be stable, and the four directions would be peaceful. How could there be chaos in the world again?”
"Tsk tsk tsk…"
Hearing Jiang Yue's words, Ying Zheng clicked his tongue repeatedly." Good, very good! Very good!"
"Good my ass…"
Seeing how excited Ying Zheng was, Jiang Yue waved her hand and said," It's too late to make a deal now, or rather, it's too early..."
"What do you mean?"
"What else could it mean?"
Jiang Yue said," Next year, Emperor Shi will be gone. After that, the world will definitely fall into conflict! Before the world settled down, the first thing to think about was self-preservation, and then improving the lives of the people.”
“……”
Hearing this, Ying Zheng's lips moved slightly.
Next year?
I won't die!
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