Good Life in Qin Dynasty

"Who passed it on?" Li Jiyang was not angry yet, so Ying Zheng quit.

"That's what people say now." Zhang Ping was a little worried: "Maybe Lu Buwei deliberately released the news. Didn't he always want Qin Anjun to marry his daughter!"

"Since last time, I'm afraid he won't think so..." Ying Zheng believed that Lu Buwei was not that stupid.

Miss Lu Liu is like that, Xiao Yang will not want her!

Moreover, they are not interested in Xiaoyang, obviously because of the title of "king of the country"!

But he underestimated Lu Buwei's treachery and cunning, and would rather use his daughter's reputation to try, what if Li Jiyang was really forced to marry his daughter?

Back then, he also used some small tricks to marry Mu Shi as his wife, and he also got a large dowry for him to use capital to sell jewelry.

And Gan Jing finally heard about this incident, and got angry at that time!

The reason why he didn't know so early was because he had no sources of information. After all, he didn't have a wife in his family, and there was no woman who could engage in wife diplomacy for him.

It was thanks to Zhang Ping that he knew it. He also knew it from Mrs. Zhang, and then he went to tell Gan Jing.

Then Gan Jing entered the palace, brought Li Jiyang and Ying Zheng together, and talked about it for half the night... If it wasn't for the key of the palace gate, Li Jiyang wouldn't be able to get out!

After nearly half a month of turmoil, things stopped, and it was impossible not to stop, because it was the beginning of autumn!

It's about to prepare for the autumn harvest. Everyone is busy, and there is no time or opportunity to gossip. This is not a joke. It is difficult to survive the winter without food!

So Lu Buwei's strategy seemed to end without a problem.

At the moment, no one mentioned the crowning ceremony anymore.

Everyone is interested in discussing one thing: autumn harvest!

In August, the beginning of autumn, about half a month after the beginning of autumn, the autumn harvest will be ready. After about October, the autumn harvest will be basically completed, and then the tax and grain will be collected. After more than half a month of tossing, the tax and grain can be counted and distributed.

Don't look at the simple words, it's actually just the food that ancient people depended on for survival. They value food more than anything else!

At this time, being rich does not depend on how much money and treasure you have, but how much grain and cloth you have.

There is no food to starve to death, no cloth to freeze to death.It's that simple!

So everyone started to prepare for the autumn harvest in a hurry. This preparation not only requires spiritual support, but also has enough autumn harvest tools.

Farm tools need to be maintained in this era. Once a farm tool is used well, it can be used for a lifetime by a person, and it can be used for half a lifetime by passing it on to a son...

However, most of the agricultural tools at this time were made of wood, and there was little iron, let alone bronze, which was not very durable.

"I can provide [-] sickles." Li Jiyang was the first to stand up to support the autumn harvest. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were actually watching each other, because they didn't know what the keynote of this year's autumn harvest would be. After listening to the report, they knew that there were very few sickles in the hands of ordinary people. When asking the lord to increase the number of sickles, Li Jiyang found that everyone was somewhat resistant, so he stood up and added a suffix: "Free!"

So the second one to stand up was Lu Buwei: "I can provide a hundred ox carts."

This is a transportation tool specially used for everyone to pull food. People at this time are so real!Not too bad-hearted, I will take good care of the cattle in other people's ox carts, and send them back intact when they are used up.

If this is put into the present, Li Jiyang feels that even an honest farmer like his elder brother has to use the old cow as a locomotive and the bullock cart as a tractor!

If it is too much, it is estimated that the old cow will be slaughtered when it is used up, the ox cart will be split as firewood, and the beef will be boiled.

But Li Jiyang thought again, in modern times, honest people like his brother have used mechanization, who can use bullock carts anyway?

The trains are speeding up, and that one is too slow!

After Lu Buwei stood up, Gan Jing also stood up: "I will also send out [-] sickles...just ask Qin Anjun for it."

Li Jiyang gritted his teeth at Gan Jing, and Gan Jing snorted coldly... Gan Jing was very upset when he took Ying Zheng to Lu Buwei's house last time, thinking it was too risky, what if something happened?

These [-] scythes are a chance for Li Jiyang, um, a chance to curry favor with him.

Li Jiyang readily accepted, and there are quite a few of these things in the space. Anyway, they can be stored indefinitely after they are produced, so there is no need to worry about them getting rusty...

Then Zhang Ping also stood up: "The minister also sent a hundred ox carts."

Although the Zhang family was "sold" to the state of Qin by Han Wang, Li Jiyang was careful at that time, didn't he ask Ying Zheng to send an army to follow him?They brought all the things these people could bring, plus what Ying Zheng first rewarded and what Li Jiyang gave as a housewarming gift in the Qin country for so long, the family fortune quickly accumulated.

It's just that Zhang Ping and the others are low-key and usually don't show it.

Han Fei also said that he provided fifty ox carts, which was the most the Han family could produce.

Scratch and scuff, the work of this farm tool is almost done.

Li Jiyang finally donated 1 stone mills and 1 stone rollers.

He has space and does not need manual polishing, so this amount is quite astonishing. Lu Buwei looked at him frequently. Although he can get so many things, he can't get them out in an instant like Li Jiyang. Could it be that Qin Anjun At once…….

The autumn harvest officially began at the end of August and the beginning of September after Yingzheng sacrificed to heaven and opened his sickle.

Li Jiyang returned to Lijiazhuang to preside over the autumn harvest work. In fact, the imperial court had a big holiday, and everyone had to go home to preside over the autumn harvest.

The golden wheat field, the smiling people holding sickles ready to go in and kill, the ladies in the kitchen who are cooking in full swing, and the children who are following the adults with small baskets and ready to pick ears of wheat, this is what Li Jiyang saw Lijiazhuang.

"Open the sickle!" The old housekeeper Li Zhong yelled loudly, and Li Jiyang burned incense, worshiped the god of harvest, and bent down to cut the first bundle of wheat. Sacrifice it.

Then everyone cheered and rushed into the wheat field, and the autumn harvest began.

Like the big guys' children, little Li Xin takes half a month's leave. Li Jiyang calls this "farming leave". During spring sowing, it's also half a month.

Carrying a small basket, the five-year-old boy followed behind Li Jiyang, picking up the wheat ears and grains that fell on the ground.

"Nephew, the grains and ears of wheat you picked up will be put away separately for you to make into steamed buns." Li Jiyang was harvesting the wheat while talking to the little guy behind him.

"Okay!" Xiao Li Xin picked up the ears and grains of wheat more carefully after hearing this, and the place where everyone passed by was like locusts passing through, and nothing was left!

Li Jiyang followed him to work for a whole day. In the evening, he ate rice, braised pork, crucian carp and tofu soup, all of which were high in nutrition and protein. .

Since he took over Lijiazhuang, let's not say that he treats the servants as ordinary people, but he has never been harsh, and these servants are not blind people.

There are also family members of some veterans who have settled down here, and Li Jiyang asked them to reclaim the farmland beside them, not counting as Li's village, but their own, and they will work together during the autumn harvest. There are so many people and great strength!

Li Jiyang had no shortage of things, and the farm tools he gave were the best, most, and fastest, including millstones, stone rollers and other items.

So as a result of everyone going to the fields, the autumn harvest was over in ten days, and everyone happily harvested the millet and wheat. Because this area is the territory of Lijiazhuang, there are several threshing grounds. If they work together, they will be harvested within five days. finished.

Because Lijiazhuang has a waterway, and because Xu Yi was not idle when he was in Lijiazhuang, he built a small canal for Lijiazhuang, which is enough for Lijiazhuang to keep its harvest in drought and flood.

When Li Jiyang was about to return to Xianyang City, old butler Li Zhong had even prepared taxes and food!

"Let's go with you, and the big events of the year will be over after delivering the taxes and food." The old housekeeper Li Zhong followed Li Jiyang's team back to Xianyang City with a hundred large ox carts.

"Okay, are you still going?" Li Jiyang was afraid that the old butler would be jolted.

Although the carriage he was riding in was definitely not bumpy, he always felt that it was a bit inappropriate to let the old man go.

"Go, let's take a look at Li Fu and the others." Li Zhong, the old housekeeper, patted the sacks containing grain.

A group of people set off, the ox cart was slow, and it took two days to reach Xianyang City. Li Jiyang didn't dare to leave by himself, but followed them to pay taxes and grains, not only those from Lijiazhuang, but also those old soldiers They, their household registrations are all independent, and they are considered to be people in Lijiazhuang, but they must bear taxes and so on alone.

After all was paid, Li Jiyang said: "Go to stay in the mansion for one night, go out for a stroll tomorrow, and go back the day after tomorrow. If there is any surplus grain at home that you want to sell, don't go to the grain store outside, just sell it to Xu Yi to take care of it." great harvest."

"No!" Everyone laughed shyly.

The servants of Lijiazhuang are supported by the master's family, and those who are independent from the past do not have salaries and bonuses from the master's family.

Bringing people back, Li Jiyang brought gifts into the palace as usual.

Now Li Jiyang has a deep friendship with the people in the palace, apart from the expensive gifts, what he sees is his heart.

For example, Li Jiyang made two down quilts for the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces, the one with a brand new satin surface, which was very popular with the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces.

The woolen quilt made of lambskin is so soft that the young master likes it very much.

Almond sheep oil is very popular with Zhao Ji.

As for other things like gold, silver and jewelry, they became a foil instead.

Li Jiyang walked around the palace before going to see Ying Zheng.

At this time, Yingzheng does not need to go to court and discuss politics, but there will be some memorials and briefings that should be there, and they will still be sent to Xianyang City.

"Such hard work!" Li Jiyang saw two piles of bamboo slips as soon as he came in. Yes, the bamboo slips were talking about "pile" here.

That’s why it’s only Qin’s. After the unification of the six countries, the territory will become bigger and all kinds of things will come. I’m afraid Yingzheng will have to bury the bamboo slips by then!

"You're back!" Ying Zheng raised his head and smiled at Li Jiyang, with sincere joy in his smile, and his big white teeth bared, shining very brightly.

Li Jiyang was taken aback by his smile, Ah Zheng's smile looks pretty good!

"What's the matter?" I laughed for a long time, why was Xiaoyang in a daze?

"No, you look pretty when you smile!" Li Jiyang sat down, very close to Ying Zheng: "So many bamboo slips?"

"It's all about the autumn harvest in various places. Farm tools and vehicles have been distributed. Some people...want to take those ox carts...." Ying Zheng couldn't laugh this time.

"It's a normal thing, who is willing to hand over the ox cart once you get it!" Li Jiyang is not sad at all: "But if I want to give it, I also give it to the common people, those who don't have labor at home, but anyone who has a strong labor force, I will give it to you." Don't talk about it!"

"Of course your stuff is yours. It was agreed at the time that it was a loan, not a gift!" Ying Zheng was distressed that Li Jiyang's unlimited supply of things would be taken advantage of by others, of course he was unhappy.

"Well, I don't know much about state affairs, so you can figure it out!" Li Jiyang spread his hands and simply threw them to Ying Zheng.

He thought very clearly that Yingzheng would be Qin Shihuang in the future. He could help but absolutely not participate in government affairs.

"Then they can't just give it if they want, at least they need to know that this thing is yours, and you can only give it if you want it!" Ying Zheng put down the bamboo slip and carved a word: No.

At this moment, Jiang Neishi stumbled in and held a roll of bamboo slips over his head: "My lord, the frontier army has urgently reported that there are locusts flying from the east, and they have already arrived in the border farmland!"