Good Life in Qin Dynasty

After Li Jiyang drank the soup and pie with Xiao Li Xin, he also tasted the cold wild vegetables. Although the taste was not as good as that in the palace, it was not worse than the ones made at home. The main reason is that the wild vegetables are the most tender in this season. When it tastes sweet and refreshing.

Although there is no lack of green vegetables in my home, for people who have eaten pickles all winter, this wild vegetable is the best green vegetable.

After eating and drinking enough, he got up, and Li Ping had already gone to settle the bill outside, and a group of people went out in a mighty way, but the door of the next door was also opened, and four servants came out.

Then came four big servant girls, and then a little servant girl, who helped a young lady out.

Li Jiyang glanced at him, he was pretty, and then left with his little nephew in his arms. The little guy acted like a baby with him after eating and drinking, if he wanted to hug him, then hug him!

Miss Zhao Liu did not expect that the king had a child with him!

His face was a little embarrassing at that time, I heard that the king has a younger brother who is a compatriot, who is the posthumous son of the former king, but it seems that he is not so old, right?

Li Jiyang took his little nephew for a stroll, bought some toys, and took him back to his home.

Yang Feiying also came at this time: "There is another diner here, do you want to meet?"

"What's the origin?" Li Jiyang was watching his little nephew change his clothes, and he threw it out for a while. His face was covered with food, and his clothes were scratched a lot. Nanny Lan came over with new clean clothes and was giving them to him Change.

"Xu Yi, it is said that he is a descendant of Xu Xing." Yang Feiying looked at Nanny Lan, but Nanny Lan lowered her head and didn't look at him, she couldn't help being a little discouraged.

"Whose descendants?" Li Jiyang thought he was hallucinating.

"Xu Xing's descendants." Yang Feiying said, "Do you know Xu Xing?"

"I know!" Li Jiyang was very happy: "I know too well!"

Xu Xing was born in the period from King Xuan of Chu to King Huai of Chu.

Relying on the ancient Shennong's words of "teaching the people to farm", he advocated "planting millet and then eating", "the sage and the people work together to eat and eat, and eat to rule". Weaving grass mats for a living.

A famous agronomist and thinker in the Warring States Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The Huaxia family, the follower of the Chu State, was about the same time as Mencius. In "Mencius" "Teng Wen Gong Shang", it is recorded that Xu Xing was "the words of Shennong", so he was classified as a peasant family. Later generations also regarded Xu Xing as the pre-Qin The representative figure of the peasant family in the era, but because there are no works handed down to the world, the detailed thought content and other deeds cannot be tested.

Because it was too long ago, everything about Xu Xing depends on the speculation of later generations, but his ideas are very advanced, and Li Jiyang appreciates them very much.

Xu Xing's thoughts are mainly the theory of "the monarch and the people cultivate together" and the price theory of "the city and the family are the same".

This was very practical in ancient times, but his ideas were too practical to be adopted by the monarch at all. After all, what he meant was that a virtuous monarch required the common people to participate in farming to eat, cook for himself, and serve the common people.

Not to mention in ancient times, even in the so-called democracy, no one really does this!

However, Li Jiyang thinks that he should adopt his price theory of "the best of both worlds".

But what is applicable is not commodities, but money currency, which is very beneficial to the unified currency. For example, one gold coin can be exchanged for ten silver coins, and ten silver coins can be exchanged for one hundred copper coins.

It will be very practical to achieve "the best in the market", just like in later generations, 100 yuan can be exchanged for a lot of change.

But it's not more than 100 yuan.

"Please come in quickly, and take it to the study!" Li Jiyang hurriedly asked Chunya: "Give me a change of clothes for meeting guests, it should be grand and important!"

"No!" Although she didn't know what Xu Yi was doing, Chunya changed Li Jiyang into a set of luxurious and elegant clothes.

Xu Yi sat in the study a little nervously, this time, he was putting all his eggs in one basket.

The family can't get rid of the pot anymore. When I came to Qin State, I also took a fancy to Qin State's new farm tools. I hope Qin State can pay attention to agriculture, and the wishes of our ancestors may come true.

When he arrived at Qin Anjun's mansion, he realized that it was even better than he had imagined. The people who came and went were all dressed in uniform, and it was very clean. Li Jiyang rushed to the study room, and what he saw was a middle-aged man dressed plainly.

Xu Yi had heard that Qin Anjun was young and energetic, but he didn't expect that he was even "smaller" than he imagined.

In fact, it was because they were generally taller than Li Jiyang, and Li Jiyang's tender face made them look much younger than their actual age.

"This is Qin Anjun." Yang Feiying introduced to him: "This is Xu Yi, the descendant of Mr. Xu Xing."

"Mr. Xu." Li Jiyang cupped his fists.

"I have met Qin Anjun." Xu Yi made a big gift.

"Please get up, please sit down." Li Jiyang smiled without airs.

"Thank you Qin Anjun." Such a host made Xu Yi relax a little.

"Where did Mr. Xu come from?" Yang Feiying asked the first sentence on behalf of Li Jiyang.

"Nowhere to come." Xu Yi said with a wry smile: "Heard that Qin Anjun was recruiting customers, so he came to join him. Xu Yi only serves the fields. I wonder if Qin Anjun is interested?"

Yang Feiying frowned when she heard this, the co-author is really good at farming!

"Oh? I don't know how Mr. Xu Yi can farm the land?" Li Jiyang was very interested in it: "I am very interested in this." Xu Yi was already disheartened when he saw Yang Feiying's expression. Now, it seems that Qin Anjun is still the same as those people, not paying much attention to agriculture.

It was just that Li Jiyang's words sparked hope in his heart: "Is Qin Anjun interested in this?"

"Of course!" Li Jiyang nodded: "My son's new farm tools are made in this way, do you know?"

"I know, I know!" Speaking of this, Xu Yi's eyes became brighter: "Your columbine cart and three-share plow are very practical, and even the fan cart is also very good. With it, it will be very convenient to choose seeds in the future. It's..."

Li Jiyang led him to talk more about farming, such as fertilization, such as retting, he said clearly and Li Jiyang also offered such as interplanting, such as thinning farming methods.

This made Xu Yi feel like a confidant. Speaking of which, the two of them were so speculative.

Yang Feiying sat on the side and just acted as her own wall plant, and occasionally went out to have someone pour sweet soy milk in to replenish water for the two of them.

Speaking of sweet soy milk and tofu, Li Jiyang took the opportunity to tell him about soybeans and how to change them to fertile fields.

Xu Yi was taken aback for a while, but he didn't expect Qin Anjun to know how to farm better than him.

The two talked for a long time, if not for Yang Feiying's reminder, Li Jiyang would still be talking endlessly!

"Have a banquet for Mr. Xu today!" Li Jiyang was overjoyed. In ancient times, it was very rare to have a person who could study farming!

"Thank you Qin Anjun." Xu Yi was a little depressed. It seems that Qin Anjun himself is very powerful, and his ability may not be appreciated by others, so he can't help feeling a little worried. There is no way out for his own situation. Now, do you really want to live in the countryside for the rest of your life?

Is it true that the wishes of the ancestors cannot be realized?

Knowing that there are guests at home, Butler Li Fu specially made grilled beef, Chu rice, and stewed tofu with sauce.

These are Li Jiyang's favorite dishes.

During the meal, Li Jiyang said: "If Mr. Xu thinks that my son's place is okay, why don't you come to help me?"

Yang Feiying rolled her eyes, there is Song Hongzi over there in the yard, he is almost a carpenter, here comes another farmer, when will he find a helper for himself!

Xu Yi was stunned, he thought he was going back after this meal!

"Young master, to be honest, there are many people in Xu Yi's family..." Xu Yi said with difficulty: "There is a sixty-year-old mother who is sick in bed, and a three-year-old child. I am afraid it is not appropriate to rely on the wife alone; There is also a family of uncle and grandfather, family of cousin uncle, and family of three cousins, if I come alone, the family..."

"Then move!" Li Jiyang said angrily, "I have everything here. I asked the imperial doctor to see Mrs. Xu's family. The medicinal materials are also complete. If your relatives know how to farm like you, you can go to Li's Village. There It was handed down by my son's ancestors, the place is quiet and the scenery is beautiful!"

Yang Feiying was ashamed to look at Xu Yi's reaction anymore, she wanted to recruit diners, not long-term workers.

"Is it feasible?" Li Jiyang finally asked Xu Yi.

"Yes!" Xu Yi blushed with excitement!

"Mr. Yang, please arrange for Mr. Xu's family when the time comes. If Mr. Xu wants to live here, find a yard for him..."

"No, no, young master, I want to live in Lijiazhuang, where there are fields." Although this place is nice, it is not a place for farming.

Of course Xu Yi wanted a place with fields.

"Okay then, please ask Mr. Yang to arrange a good place. By the way, all the treatment is the same as that of Mr. Song." Li Jiyang finally said: "Mr. Yang is troublesome."

"No!" Yang Feiying cupped her hands weakly, the young master's treatment is very high, let alone supporting such a small number of people, even supporting Xu Yi's big family is no problem.

"Thank you, young master!" Xu Yi sincerely thanked him.

After dinner, Yang Feiying took him to rest. By the way, he met Song Hongzi who was pondering wood in the yard. Both of them were pragmatic. After chatting, they found that they were both scientific researchers, so they met each other very late. .

After going to court the next day, Li Jiyang reported to Ying Zheng that he had hired an agricultural wizard before discussing the state affairs.

"Everyone in the world knows how to farm." Ying Zheng really didn't have much interest in agronomists, and felt that Li Jiyang was spending money to support people for nothing.

"Farming is also very important." Li Jiyang told Yingzheng: "Without civilians farming, what do you eat? Without civilians farming, what do you drink? There is no food and drink, so what's so bad about it?"

Ying Zheng: "...!"

What he said seemed to make sense, but he was speechless.

When Gan Lei came, he nodded after hearing about it and said, "Yes, Qin's agriculture is much better than other countries. If we want to continue to be strong, there must be someone who understands this. Xu Yi, that's right."

"Look!" Li Jiyang raised his chin triumphantly towards Yingzheng.

"Why don't you give him an official position?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Jiyang amusedly: "You can't let Xiaoyang support talents, can you?"

"No, let's take a look first, wait for him to do something, and then look at the effect. If he is really talented, he will be awarded an official position and accepted for national use." Gan Lei objected: "If you don't actually see it, you can't Determine whether the other party is a talent or a mediocrity"

"Students are taught." Ying Zheng immediately saluted Gan Lei. Just now, he just thought that Xiaoyang should not spend money for nothing, but he forgot that he is the Lord of Qin. Once this precedent was set, many people came. Who the hell? It's a suitable talent, and it's hard to tell who is a mediocre talent.

Li Jiyang looked at Gan Lei, then at Yingzheng Jiu, his face full of doubts.

What just happened?

Why didn't he see it?

The two of them could ignore Li Jiyang, and then Lu Buwei and the others came in, and everyone began to discuss government affairs. Li Jiyang, as a senior wall grass and an auditor, almost fell asleep amidst the buzzing of the day.

The topic of discussion today has finally shifted from war to spring plowing. After all, the plan for a year lies in spring, and spring plowing is very important. Now that the national power of Qin is becoming more and more prosperous, the land cultivated by civilians has also increased significantly.

After the plowing started, Li Jiyang went back to Lijiazhuang, because spring plowing was very important, so he had to go back to sit in town.

After the spring plowing was over, he returned to Xianyang City, and the situation changed again. The old general Meng Ao returned victorious and captured thirteen cities in South Korea, and South Korea sent envoys to seek peace.

South Korea was originally small, and after losing [-] more cities, its morale was completely demoralized. Old General Meng Ao still preached everywhere that no one was killed on his side!