Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 59
In the ninth year of Qin Wangzheng, winter, evening.

The cold sky is glowing with red clouds, and the frosty and snow-filled ground is soaked in wisps of cold air. Through the gaps in the mist, countless strands of light and shadow are sprinkled on the world.

In the fields around Xianyang, the first batch of winter wheat was planted in the field, and the tender green wheat seedlings were carried under the snow-capped quilt.

Wheat's cold resistance is much higher than that of corn, but its drought resistance is not as good as that of corn.

And the cold wind has been eroding a large area of ​​Qin's territory, and people will be frozen to death, not to mention the thin seedlings of corn.

However, last winter, Xiao Zhinu passed on the correct method of sowing wheat to Qin Wangzheng.

Qin Wangzheng was overjoyed. The original corn harvest was not optimistic and could not be compared with the rice in the south.

What's more, the husk of corn is so difficult to smash that it causes a sting in the throat when put in the mouth. For hundreds of years, people have endured pain and used corn as a staple food.

As for wheat rice, because it was introduced from outside, the Central Plains is not sensitive to wheat rice, so that wheat rice has been a non-staple food for hundreds of years.

Still Xiaozhinu told the correct method of sowing wheat, and Xiaozhinu taught that wheat should be ground into flour before eating, which made Qin Wangzheng overjoyed and decided to sow wheat in autumn.

"After the wheat has passed the winter, it will be harvested next summer, and there will be a bumper crop."

A smile appeared on the corner of Qin Wangzheng's mouth, and he looked at Xiao Zhinu in surprise.

Xiao Zhinu has a spirituality that reaches the heavens, and seems to be able to talk to heaven and man, which has added a lot of blessings to Daqin.

Although the people in Guanzhong were somewhat resistant to the autumn planting of wheat, under the strict supervision of officials at all levels, the wheat was buried as expected and could survive the winter smoothly without any care.

The coal will also be transformed under the initial use of Xiaozhinu, and improvements will be made on the basis of the original.

Firstly, the coal is crushed, and then the crushed coal, dry soil, and water are mixed together according to a certain ratio.
When mixed together, it becomes a mass of black mud. Poke holes in the mud, and then burn them on the fire to create coal that has the embryonic form of honeycomb coal.

Soon, it was widely used in Xianyang City.

The cold wind almost cracked the rough hands of the people. If briquettes were not popularized in time, I don't know how many people would die this winter.

In order to adopt the refugees washed away by the war, Qin Wangzheng ordered the left and right prime ministers to build several humble houses in Xianyang City for the refugees whose families were destroyed.

Honeycomb briquettes were ignited in the humble house to bring warmth to the refugees in the humble house. The refugees were grateful to the government and agreed to work as farm laborers and participate in farming in the land provided by the government after the winter.

The children of the nobles in Xianyang City also released the surplus food at home one after another, so that the refugees would not starve to death.

And this series of measures to benefit the people were all ordered by Qin Wangzheng under the leadership of Xiao Zhinu a few days ago, after witnessing the miserable scene of the refugees in Xianyang City complaining and complaining, and suppressing his inner anger.

If it weren't for Qin Wangzheng's solemn appearance and dignified eyes, those noble children would have watched more disaster victims flee and die tragically in other places.

With the help of Xiaozhinu, the three important measures to benefit the people, wheat porridge, briquette, and winter wheat, were quickly promoted in Xianyang, helping the people in the city to successfully survive the cold and severe winter.

After the twelfth lunar month of winter, the majestic Zhangtai Palace will also usher in the new year.

On the first morning of the new year, it turned out to be a water conservancy engineer, who brought Qin the first good news that shocked the world.

"Your Majesty, the total length of the channel is three hundred miles. This year's spring plowing will allow us to test the irrigation results."

Qin Wangzheng was overjoyed: "Good!"

"If the channel can really irrigate the fertile fields and thousands of miles of Guanzhong Plain, the lonely king will reward you very much!"

It turned out that in the first year of Qin Wangzheng, Lu Buwei reused Zheng Guo's water conservancy engineers to build a [-]-mile canal, which later became Zheng Guo Canal.

Today, this water conservancy project has been completed and will be put into use during the spring plowing this year. This means that the Guanzhong Plain, which is fertile and thousands of miles away, can make full use of water sources, and it also means that the military rations of the Great Qin Tiger and Wolf Division can be significantly increased.

The importance of this move cannot be overstated.

All the officials in the court congratulated King Qin, and the court hall was filled with a gentle atmosphere.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for properly solving the drought and flood problem in Guanzhong."

"A grand project with a length of several thousand meters will benefit the people of the world, and the king will surely live forever."

"The land in the Guanzhong Plain is fertile. Soon, our Great Qin army will be strong and strong, and we will be able to break through the six kingdoms and pacify the Kyushu!"

The sound is louder than a wave, and the momentum is magnificent, enough to set off a huge wave.

Although the Zheng Guo Canal cost a lot of money, tens of thousands of gold, the King of Qin could see the great value of this water conservancy project, so he promoted Zheng Guo to the rank of Shaofu and gave him the title of Duke Duke.

This promotion is enough to see Qin Wang's policy towards Zheng Guoqu. Although many people in the government opposed it, Qin Wangzheng resisted all opinions and promoted Zheng Guo.

And Zheng Guo spent ten years and tens of thousands of money to build the channel named Zheng Guo Canal.

But King Qin didn't know that Zheng Guo had a mysterious identity, and King Han Hui sent him to Qin as a secret agent.

For ten years, Zheng Guo did not forget his identity, and he deceived the King of Qin several times, deceived all civil and military officials in the court, and delivered important news of the Qin State to Han Wangran.

However, after listening to the news, King Han Hui did not make every effort to govern. He took advantage of Qin to build canals to develop production and reform reforms. Instead, he repeatedly urged Zheng to delay time.

But King Qin ordered Zheng Guo to hurry up. In order to prevent the identity of the spy from being exposed, Zheng Guo could only swallow his anger and spent ten years building channels.

Qin Wangzheng, who didn't know why, even praised Zheng Guo in the court, and even promoted him exceptionally.

But Xiao Zhinu was keenly aware of the crisis.

So in the dead of night, he resolutely left Qin and went on a trip.

It understands that if the identity of Zheng Guo's spy is not revealed as soon as possible, the news of Qin State will spread eastward and spread to the six Shandong countries, and the loss of Qin State will be incalculable.

After Qin Wangzheng bid farewell to Xiao Zhinu, he turned his attention to Zheng Guoqu, to see if this canal could turn Guanzhong into a fertile field and become the most affluent area in Qin State?
After Xiao Zhinu left, after many twists and turns, he finally came to Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea.

After South Korea destroyed the state of Zheng, it moved its capital to the western edge of the North China Plain and named it Xinzheng.

South Korea is on the verge of the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu, and Qin, and was gradually eroded by the three kingdoms, which greatly reduced the strategic space and was doomed to fail to become a powerful country.

Xinzheng City has lost its former vigor, the streets are deserted, officials oppress the common people, local snakes run rampant, Xinzheng located in Wangcheng is still in chaos.

Xiao Zhinu was on the verge of crisis many times, and was able to save himself from danger with his wisdom. Finally, he came to Xinzheng King City and met the vicissitudes of King Han Hui.

At the same time, I also heard a shocking news!

(End of this chapter)