Emperor Qin

Going downstream is very cool and fast, but going upstream is different.

The Weihe River goes all the way down from the Loess Plateau, and the drop is not low at all. There are many shoals and bad water. It is time-consuming and slow to shake the scull, which requires pulling the fiber.

Yan Jiang said that he wanted to go back to the "Land of Laihou Enze" in Longxi to practice alchemy, and at the same time took away a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep, so that he could use the criminals who were still on the way to go with the grain trackers. Although it was hard work, at least water You can take care of everything, and you can rest on the boat at night. Even so, it only took half a month to go back. One can imagine how delayed he was when he came.

At the same time, he also found out that the little boy he helped earlier was really talented. His nose was sharper than a dog's, and his brain was smarter than his nose. Officials, in exchange for a bag of food - in Qin Dynasty, being able to eat meat was a big deal. Since then, Qin officials have been much kinder to their mother and son, and even have more people for daily rice.

When meeting Yan Jiang on the boat again, the child will take the initiative to return the water bag to him and kowtow to thank his benefactor.

When asked his name, he said "dog".

Qin Shi's surname was only given to the nobles, and he didn't have a surname, so it was just a random name given by his family.

Yan Jiang felt that he was clever and useful, so he asked him to follow him, and counted who was on the way and what specialties he had.

Most of these people are poor and lowly servants, and none of them are concubines, because slaves are also part of the property and have long been confiscated by Qin officials as official slaves. Craftsmen are also hereditary, not slaves, but they are also government property. Unified deployment.

There are only one or two medical households, hunters, and a dozen or so merchants here, and there are very few people who can read. Only nine of the thousand people in the group can read. Yan Jiang gathered them, took the school exam, and made up for them together. math.

There are still 500 years before the spread of Arabic numerals, but Yan Jiang has no secrets. He directly said that if he is good at learning, he can go to Longxi to be a small manager, and if he is not good at learning, he can be a farmer. It's as simple as that.

Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences and the cornerstone of modern civilization. He didn't reveal a word in other countries along the way, but in his own country, he didn't have to worry about it, just spread it as much as possible.

If he wants to grow grain well in Longxi, he must use mathematical statistics to distinguish, how much fertilizer per mu, how many ears per plant, how many grains per ear—it is impossible for him to do these things by himself.

As for whether they can understand or not, it depends on them. This is the intersection of fate. If you catch it, you will be safe for the rest of your life. If you don't catch it, you will just return to the original place.

But he underestimated the efforts of these servants. He traveled during the day, and he could only teach at night, and the cabin was small. Yan Jiang stretched out the linen and pulled it under the tree, lit a big fire next to it, and wrote with charcoal. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the night wind is cold, and most people have night blindness, but many people still come to learn to watch, just because this adult said that anyone who can write and count to a hundred can become a steward.

They may not understand other things, but they are too familiar with the term "management". Whenever collecting grain and commissions, and distributing coins, who can not accompany the steward with a smile, and the other party can take their meager money with just one word. With this promise deducted from their income, they can even marry their children into their family, which can benefit the five families. They may be stupid or humble, but their desire to live a better life is not inferior to others at all.

So along the way, people are trying to remember, what 1 is like chopsticks, 2 is like a duck, 6 is like a cloth roll... I also mutter words while walking, and from time to time they will fight for right or wrong, and make a fuss in front of Yan Jiang.

Yan Jiang's education is very fast, most people can't keep up, but a very small number of people catch up, most of them are poor and lowly servants, without any education, their talents are flooded with the soil, but they are nourished by a little rain , will also strive to take root and germinate.

Even His Majesty is very serious about studying, and will show his paw after the teaching. After being caught stealing, not only will he not feel guilty, but he will be very angry and ask him to read it again.

It took more than half a month for them to arrive in Longxi.

Prefect Li Chong already knew what happened along the way, and when he saw Yan Jiang, he felt a little headache, and scolded him for how he could ignore His Majesty's call for nothing, but shut his mouth after Yan Jiang took out the silk book with the empress dowager's seal— —In any case, at the moment when His Majesty is not in charge, the Queen Mother Zhao Ji is the highest decision-maker of Qin State. With this thing, at least before His Majesty is in charge, he has lost the power to control Yan Jiang on the surface.

But this is not a problem for Li Taishou. He forbids Yan Jiang to return to Duili. There is a place where weapons are smelted. Deprive you of compensation for the position of chief, and all these people will be assigned to you for restraint. There is still a large area of ​​land in the north of Longxi that needs to be reclaimed, so you can go there to practice alchemy!

Li Chongcai is not afraid that Yan Jiang will lead people to rebel. The soldiers guarding the border in Longxi are the most powerful army in the Qin Dynasty. These people who fight against the five scum come here to give them away. They can also give some titles to the officers and soldiers who have been poor for so many years without fighting. It's a multiplicity of actions—Maybe Lai Ai didn't know that all the soldiers in Daqin were waiting for him to rebel against King Qin, so that he could do a big job.

Yan Jiang happily accepted this proposal. When he left earlier, the blast furnace was on the right track and he was no longer needed. Naturally, he was happy to get rid of this trouble. It would be even better if he allocated land reclamation, I am very grateful.

He took a new job and went to see the temporary residence of the criminals.

This place is located between barren mountains and river valleys. At this time, the weather is freezing and the criminals have no clothes or houses to set up sheds in the mountains. The officers and soldiers who are guarded every day threaten to open up the wasteland with weapons. Many people died of freezing and starvation.

After he took over, because of the food, he successfully won the support of the criminals, and he did not allow the criminals to open up wasteland, but let them dig holes. Shaanxi caves are well-known scenic spots that outsiders must visit, and Yan Jiang was also Visitors to Yan'an know that the Loess Plateau is a very suitable place for drilling holes.

Didn’t the Qin Dynasty require the villages to be surrounded in a circle to form a lichang? It happened to be formed along the cliff, and the excavated soil could be made into a mud house. How much soil did each person pick up, dig, and pile up every day? Record the wall one by one, and replace it with a sign that Yan Jiang carved with a dagger. In the future, the living area of ​​each of them will be converted by these signs.

Iron tools were needed to dig the wall, so Yan Jiang went to Li Chong to ask for it, but Li Chongxian was still unwilling to give it.

Yan Jiang said that since this is the case, it is convenient for me to build a few more clay blast furnaces in the suburbs, but I can only ask the people of Laohou to help smelting and casting.

As soon as this remark came out, Li Chong immediately changed his face, and said gently that there is no need to trouble Lai Hou with such a trivial matter, and we will prepare for you immediately what you want.

So on the third day, Yan Jiang received hundreds of brand new iron catalpas, iron shovels and iron axes after casting and annealing according to the drawings. A week later, even dozens of iron plowshares arrived on time. His face was as green as iron, and he really wanted to give a five-star praise in person.

With such a sharp weapon, the progress soared in an instant, and few people complained—the cold wind in Longxi winter had already wiped out these things. They just wanted to survive as much as possible. These days, the thing they fear most is falling asleep. I couldn't open my eyes anymore.

At night, Yan Jiang lit a butter lamp in the newly built earthen house, and wrote the development plan by the weak light.

His Majesty crawled out of his leather pocket. He got up very early recently. When he saw those criminals who wanted to dig a pit early to live in and did not stop at night, his eyes on Yan Jiang became more and more serious.

Seeing Yan Jiang writing something and ignoring it, His Majesty jumped over and stepped on the notebook with one paw.

"Your Majesty is awake? Don't make trouble, I'm preparing a big plan for tens of thousands of people," Yan Jiang said to Gentle while rubbing his love bird, "These people are actually lucky, if another 100 years , They are determined not to survive the winter."

Ai Niao was startled, then tilted his head and opened his eyes, seeing the servant expressing doubts.

That appearance is so cute, Yan Jiang immediately explained to the love bird: "The climate is considered warm. After a hundred years, there will be cold air coming from the north, and the Central Plains will be covered with heavy snow in winter. It is extremely cold, so their current situation is not considered. Too bad."

The climate in Guanzhong, Shaanxi is still warm today. When he passed Yongdu, he even saw bamboos that are only found in the south. This means that the 0-degree line is at the Yellow River. If he remembers correctly, the Little Ice Age will gradually come after more than 100 years. The temperature line will be pushed southward to the line of the Huaihe River, the cultivation center of China will gradually move southward, and the northern nomads will also move southward. Gradually replace the plants in the north today and become the staple food of the northerners, while the rice in the south is as strong as ever.

Later generations' research on the Three Kingdoms and the later Wuhuranhua was related to climate. This is not the first time that this kind of thing has happened, and it will happen again in the Little Ice Age of the Ming Dynasty.

Ai Bird blinked, and suddenly shrank into a ball, as if saying cold.

"Don't be afraid, it's still early. Didn't I bring wheat and cotton here? You haven't seen how powerful these are." Yan Jiang rubbed His Majesty and comforted him, "By the way, I still want to grow carrots, these Night-blind people can't see my teaching at night, and they won't be able to if they eat more carrots. Think about it, isn't what we do very powerful?"

This can be regarded as a mistake. He only remembered these things now. He brought these things when he came here just because he wanted to have vegetables and fruits in his hometown...

His Majesty looked at him seriously, and suddenly jumped on him.

Xianyang Palace

The scorching charcoal basin warmed the whole room. The young king stroked the rough paper in his hand, with the patterned drafts of various agricultural tools between his fingertips, as if feeling the slender fingertips of the other party when writing.