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"Agriculture is the foundation, the land resources in border counties are limited, cattle plowing and other methods have been promoted, and the yield per mu is still limited to two stones. To further increase production, we can choose high-quality grain seeds to cultivate."

Cang Lin knows the etiquette in reality, and knows honor and disgrace when she has enough food and clothing.

As far as the common people are concerned, only when they have a full stomach can they have the energy to talk about other things.

The same is true for the army. If you can't eat enough, how can you say to clean up the Quartet and conquer the battlefield.

Taking Shaling infantry as an example, if it is not three meals a day, and meat is common in meals, high-intensity training alone may not be able to sustain it.

To guard the frontier and defend the territory and open up the territory requires a strong army of iron and blood.

How to cultivate a strong army?

As Zhao Jia said before, money and food are indispensable.

The lack of weapons and armor can be supplemented at any time as long as there are mineral resources and the power of the country.And a powerful army is by no means achieved overnight, especially for an elite that sweeps [-] troops, training and training requires sufficient time and money.

To become an elite soldier, soldiers must have a strong physique.If building a house, the foundation is the most important.The foundation is unstable, and the higher the wall is built, the faster it will collapse.

The enemies of the Han Dynasty were the Xiongnu, the Hu tribe in the grassland, the Yuezhi and Wusun in the west, and even Anxi in the farther.In addition, there are Nanyue and Zhuman in the south.

Going out of the Central Plains, no matter going north, west or south, for the Han army, whether they can adapt to different climates, resist harsh conditions, and deal with emergencies requires a strong physique.

In the early Han Dynasty, millet was the staple food, barley was planted in the north, and rice had begun to be planted in the south.

Limited to the existing conditions, no matter what kind of crops, the yield is not very high.Even if it is a large grain-producing county, the yield per mu is mostly between two and three shi, and there are very few four shi, let alone five shi.

Compared with the grain yield per mu of later generations, such data is pitifully scarce.

What Zhao Jia had to do was to advise Emperor Wu to use the power of the court to gather people who were good at farming, choose a place to cultivate good seeds, and then spread them to the whole country.

When he was in Bianjun, Zhao Jia had already started this work.

However, resources are limited, and even if it succeeds, it can only be limited to Shaling County, and even better, it can be extended to Yunzhong County.No matter how far away, Zhao Jia would be beyond his reach.

With Liu Che, the situation is completely different.

The outskirts of Chang'an are the best testing ground, and there are still a large number of cultivated land in the forest garden.Circle a area, assign a group of farmers, select good varieties for cultivation, and then select the best among the best, and radiate from Chang'an to the surrounding areas.Regardless of the speed and results, it will be several times, ten times or even dozens of times what Zhao Jia did.

"Your Majesty, if you want to have a good harvest, good seeds and good methods are indispensable."

China has attached great importance to agriculture since ancient times, and since the Zhou Dynasty, there has been a tradition of the emperor personally farming.

In addition, Liu Che has great ambitions. One day, he will definitely step on the grassland and slaughter the Xiongnu.A strong army is essential to realize his wish, and Zhao Jia's suggestion just touched his itching spot.

"good!"

Linyuan does have a lot of fields, which will not be used for training for the time being, and the empty ones are also empty. It is better to enclose them to cultivate fine seeds.The manpower is handed over to the Tainong Order, and the required utensils and agricultural tools are all in charge of the Shaofu.

Regarding the fine-bred matter, after Zhao Jia finished speaking, Liu Che nodded and agreed.

Don't say that this matter does not require a court meeting. Even if it is brought to the court meeting, the officials will not object, and they will definitely express their approval and all pass it.

The first task was completed, Zhao Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to make persistent efforts, Han Yan turned her head to look at the hourglass, then suddenly got up and walked to the door, ordering the eunuchs to bring soup cakes and pastries.

Two meals a day were practiced in the palace, but when Liu Che was still growing, the two meals were naturally not enough, so he added meals every day.He was fascinated by Zhao Jia's words before, and ignored the Wu Zang Temple for a while.Han Yan didn't forget it, and quickly ordered the eunuch to bring more food than usual, obviously for Zhao Jia.

For Han Yan, Zhao Jia only met him when performing martial arts, and what impressed him the most was not his handsome appearance, but his extraordinary skill.

Bitter hunger and cold, chasing gold pills.

Zhao Jia is familiar with a sentence that has been passed down to later generations.

When he really got in touch with himself, Zhao Jia discovered that although this descendant of Han Wangxin had an extravagant side, he also possessed not-so-weak talents and skills, and he also had uniqueness in dealing with the world.

Taking ten thousand steps back, with the temperament of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if Han Yan only had a handsome face, how could he be treated favorably for many years.

Thinking about the cause of Han Yan's death in history, Zhao Jia rubbed his fingers subconsciously, suppressing many thoughts, and did not show half of it on his face.

The chefs in the palace are very skilled, and they also make steamed cakes with as many as five or six kinds of fillings.The soup cakes are uniform in thickness, boiled in the broth and sprinkled with green onions, the taste is very delicious.

In addition, there are sliced ​​broiled meat, fresh minced meat, green vegetables, and washed and cut nai.

When Liu Che ate, his manner was dignified and his movements of holding chopsticks were very elegant.

In contrast, appetite has nothing to do with elegance.

Zhao Jia thought he had a lot of food, but the young emperor in front of him, in terms of food, could almost wrestle with a soldier.Han Yan didn't give up too much. After eating two bowls of soup cakes, she easily ate five steamed cakes. Most of the plate was roasted meat and vegetables, but the minced meat didn't move much.

Seeing Zhao Jia's movements slowing down, Liu Che and Han Yan looked over together, as if wondering why he ate so little.

A bowl of soup cakes, three steamed cakes, half a plate of roasted meat, and a whole plate of vegetables, how much is this meal?

Zhao Jia was silent.

The tough era, the tough appetite, really doesn't make sense.

After the meal, the eunuchs and palace servants removed the bowls and chopsticks, brought honey water, and left the palace one after another.

Zhao Jia was holding the lacquer cup, feeling a little uncomfortable with eating sweets after meals.If there is a chance, I should send someone to collect some tea south of the Yangtze River.If you don't know how to fry it, it's a big deal to cook it, but you can always eat it no matter what.

Besides tea, Zhao Jia also wanted to find sugar cane.

Sugar beets are native to Europe, far away from China.It is also a raw material for sugar production, and sugar cane is easier to find.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were records of squeezing sugarcane juice for drinking.However, due to climatic conditions, it is basically limited to countries such as Wu and Chu, and most of them are drunk by upper-class nobles.

If it can be selected and cultivated like grain, brown sugar or even white sugar can be produced, not to mention within the Han Dynasty, and transported to the grasslands and the Western Regions, it will definitely make a lot of money.

The Xiongnu, Yuezhi, and Wusun all liked sweets, and besides silk and salt, caramel was the most popular among the goods carried by caravans westward.Some Wusun merchants would sell sugar at high prices even if they did not sell salt.

Zhao Jia had an idea before, but it was still the same sentence, with insufficient resources, it was useless to think about it.

Now I have the opportunity to fool around... Cough, I suggest Emperor Wu, naturally it can't be wasted.Among the many ideas, those that are conditionally realized must be mentioned.

It's just how to mention it and where to start, you need to master skills.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia put down the lacquer cup and said, "Your Majesty, if gold and copper are stored in the treasury, they can only be used as gold and copper. Only when they enter the market can they be used as money. Silk and silk are sold in the country. No matter how high the price is, it cannot exceed ten dollars." When transported to the grassland, the price can be doubled by a hundred times. If it is in the extreme west, it can be equivalent to gold."

For economics, Zhao Jia can only be regarded as half-baked.But in the face of the "simple" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it is easy to talk about it.

With copper as currency, no matter the nobles or the common people have the habit of hoarding money.Copper coins are hidden at home, not circulated in the market, and cannot be used to make profits, so they lose most of their value as currency.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, most of the domestic copper mines were in the hands of princes and nobles. The imperial court allowed private coins to be minted. "Pod money" became popular, which was not only useless to the country, but also caused considerable damage.

Zhao Jia has ambitions and is determined to leverage the historical trajectory to avoid the situation where the treasury bottomed out and the people could not afford heavy taxes in the late Emperor Wu.

In order to achieve the goal, some rules of the game must be changed.The nationalization of salt and iron is already a matter of discussion.The emperor has opened the gap after performing martial arts, digging the corners of the princes and kings.

The next step is to take back the right to privately mint coins.

In addition, there are a series of issues such as agricultural tax, commercial tax, poll tax and wine industry.Standing on the shoulders of giants, Zhao Jia can see the problems, and can also propose a big framework. For real implementation, more professional talents are needed.

By the way, where is Sang Hongyang's native place, and how old is he now?

Far away in Luoyang, Sang Hongyang, who is still in the age of dancing spoons, would never have imagined that in the Weiyang Palace of Chang'an City, there was a county captain surnamed Zhao Mingjia digging a pit with a shovel, and he didn't want to fill it after digging, and planned to make a pit Own.

Zhao Jia started with coins, leading to minerals and commerce one after another. He went downstairs halfway and mentioned wool textiles, boiling sugar from sugar cane, and border trade in tea.

Seeing that Liu Che was listening with great interest, Zhao Jia simply tilted his head to the end.

Anyway, there were only three people in the announcement room, one speaker and two audience members. What the speaker said was very strange, and few people mentioned it to Liu Che before.The young emperor was full of curiosity and listened with gusto. He didn't realize at all that the building was tilted halfway through the lecture, and the 45-point angle began to tilt.

Listening to Zhao Jia's narration, Liu Che's eyes suddenly opened up, and he opened the door to a new world in one fell swoop, and suddenly felt that "the ground is full of money, and you can find it at your fingertips".

Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and it is not advisable to impose heavy taxes on farmers.On the contrary, it should be vigorously supported. When the conditions are ripe, tax cuts are the best policy.

There are tens of thousands of ways to get money.

There are better ways to enrich the treasury and forge the army.Squeezing the people is really the next choice.

In order to let Emperor Wu have a more intuitive feeling, Zhao Jia also mentioned the records of the previous dynasty.

Taking Qin as an example, the Qin army is known as the division of tigers and wolves, and all men in the country are soldiers.With the frequency of military use at that time, there would be shortages of money, food and labor.

Under such circumstances, the Qin army used one enemy to force the six kingdoms of Shandong to dominate the world. There is an important link in it: plunder!

If you don't have armor, go to the enemy to grab it; if you don't have a bow, go to the enemy to grab it; if you don't have a horse, go to the Hu Ministry to plunder.There was a lack of labor in the country, so the savages were captured and plundered, and they were all tied up with ropes and served as servants and concubines.

Among them, the Qiang people were the most frequently plundered.

"Qiang people?" Han Yan suddenly said.

"Yes." Zhao Jia nodded.

In fact, Zhao Jia would not have discovered this piece of history if he hadn't read the classics of the prefect's mansion.

During the Warring States Period, the wars between the Xiongnu and Zhao were the most frequent.When meeting Zhao general Li Mu, he was often punished.In the worst battle, he was beaten all over the grasslands and ran for his life. After more than ten years, he did not dare to go south, and his calves would tremble when he saw Zhao Guo's battle flag.

The strength of the Qiang people is stronger than that of the Xiongnu.

It's a pity that their neighbor is even more difficult to mess with. It is the state of Qin, which has a master of tigers and wolves, and is happy after hearing the war.

In history, there is no lack of opportunities for the Qiang people to unify and rise, but it is like a joke made by God. Whenever the Qiang tribe has signs of prosperity, there will be a talented and generous monarch in Qin, and there will often be father and son ties, such as Qin Xiaogong and Qin Hui King Wen, King Qin Zhaoxiang and King Qin Xiaowen.

Although there will always be a few strokes in the middle, like Qin Zhuangxiang Prince Chu.But then, more terrifying existences will pop up, such as Zi Chu and his son Qin Shihuang.

It can be said that since the ancestors of Qin Shihuang were entrusted with the Zhou royal family, they have formed an "indissoluble bond" with the Qiang people.

The border was unstable, and the Qin army drove Hu and Qiang; the country was short of food, and the Qin army robbed Hu and Qiang; the labor force was insufficient, and the Qin army captured Hu and Qiang.

The Qiang people once learned the farming methods of the Central Plains and achieved unity for a short time.As a result, it was discovered by Qin Guo, and he sent troops without saying a word. After several battles, he was beaten to pieces again.

Since then, the Qin army will go to the Qiang tribe to make friends with neighbors every now and then.

The Qiang tribe wants to cry but has no tears, so it’s just a matter of pulling the wool, but staring at the Qiang tribe, and keeps pulling it all year round. Does this still make people live? !

However, things also need to be compared. Compared with Yiqu who was directly beaten to death, the Qiang tribe can survive at least.The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the truth. After being overwhelmed by the might of the Qin army, some Qiang people voluntarily surrendered, hugged the king of Qin's thigh tightly, joined the Qin army, and were willing to fight for the king of Qin.

They regarded themselves as Qin people, and other Qiang tribes approached them, mentioned their ancestral blood relationship, and invited them to rebel together, and they were kicked out on the spot, cursing at the same time: XX's claws, don't try to get close, Naigong is from Qin!

Among the terracotta warriors and horses unearthed from the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang in later generations, some of them look very different from Han people, and they may be Hu people who fought for the Qin army after their surrender.

Following Zhao Jia's narration, Liu Che frowned at first, then seemed to realize something, his eyes shone brighter and brighter.