The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

The Guanzhong Plain, where Xianyang is located, is surrounded by high mountains with great differences in height. The complex height difference and unique geographical location make it have a special climate with strong winds all year round.In this environment, wind power has naturally become one of the cheapest resources in the city.

Not long after the first windmill was erected on the Xianyang Plain, more and more windmills appeared in every corner of Xianyang's urban and rural areas.The windmill can raise the height of the water, and when used together with the roller, it can be lifted to many water-scarce areas that could not be reached by manpower in the past.

The combined use of these two water conservancy tools expanded the direct irrigation area in Xianyang area of ​​Qin State by nearly [-]%, and the indirect impact was even more considerable.

Especially after confirming that the flooding method and the silt replacement method can effectively curb the expansion of saline-alkali land, the people immediately took active actions. Some property owners even couldn’t wait for the official action and were willing to pay the official to build water conservancy facilities.

The government also adopts an encouraging strategy for this. People in need can queue up to apply for registration and pay a deposit, but when it will be queued depends on the speed of the previous project. Now it is conservatively estimated that the queue will be one year later.

After hearing the news, the people complained incessantly. The sooner the water conservancy is built, the sooner it will benefit. How can we afford to wait?

I can't afford to wait, there is not enough manpower.The small officials spread their hands and said: If you really can't wait, you can find other craftsmen to do it, but remember to find a craftsman who has passed the official examination.

That's right, under the system of limited supply, a group of folk artisans were soon born to go up and down to pick up private jobs.

In fact, Lu An did not propose to build a small water conservancy project for free after much consideration at that time.It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Whether it is a windmill or a roller, it is not difficult. This kind of promotion depends on official craftsmen, and the speed will definitely not be fast.

Moreover, the villagers may also have the idea of ​​"free is not a good thing", thinking that it is troublesome to build this thing, or it may be troublesome to build it well, and the local people don't care about it. So after discussion, the water supervisor chose Fill this gap with the power of market economy.

In order to convince others, Lu An wrote a letter saying that this was also to keep the windmill and waterwheel as secret as possible.

These two small objects are not very difficult to manufacture, and the craftsmen can do it after training and looking at the drawings.Since Qin State does not support the handicraft industry, there are many craftsmen who come to Qin State to "seek gold", and if there are too many people, it will be difficult to keep secrets. Large-scale irrigation facilities require the power of the whole country, and windmills and waterwheels only need a certain place between counties and counties. The gentry just let go.

But if possible, Lu An still hopes that this kind of technology can spread slowly in other countries. After all, Qin's background is too shallow, and now it will only catch up with the rich areas of the Central Plains.

But it is definitely not okay to trap people in Qin State, unless Qin State no longer wants craftsmen to come, but it is not a bad idea to stumble their footsteps a little bit.

After getting permission from the stranger, Lu An contacted the craftsmen who repaired the windmill together at that time, asked their disciples and grandchildren to help them customize the assembly standard, and then publicly taught the craftsmen all over the country.

Craftsmen who come to learn must follow the masters to make wind and water wheels, and only after completing several tasks can they get an "industry license". With this license, they can take on private work.

Judging from the current market demand, these craftsmen who came to Qin for making money will be stuck here for at least seven or eight years.

And the most important thing is that a windmill is not a workload that can be completed by one craftsman. Most of these craftsmen who come to study form a small group to take over the work and complete the work together. It is even more difficult to withdraw.

There must be some people who have learned the technology and went back, but they are a minority after all.Compared with the water conservancy projects directly to the fields supported by the Qin State that can be rolled out quickly and on a large scale, what impact will these craftsmen have if they promote one or two sites after returning to China?

Moreover, most of the eastern countries are in plain areas, and windmills and waterwheels are not very valuable to them.

Lu An predicted that according to the current development trend, the increase in cultivated land in the Qin State in the next ten years should be [-]% of the current amount, and the original inferior land that can be improved into arable land can also be [-]%.

This number is conservative enough. After all, the biggest problem in Qin State today is the lack of people. If the population can be larger, there will be more fields that can be cultivated.

The problem of insufficient labor is not only for Lu An, but even King Qin is also troubled.

After the start of spring plowing, more and more farmers want to choose to plant rice as the food they plant this year.

The official ration of Qin State is corn. Corn has a good taste, slightly sweet taste, storage resistance, and low planting requirements, especially drought tolerance.

However, with the recuperation of the Qin State for several consecutive years and the comprehensive popularization of water conservancy facilities and the improvement of irrigation facilities, it is no longer difficult to surround the fields with water, and farmers can also spend more time in the farmland for more detailed care.

Rice from the south became a popular crop immediately after it was successfully planted in the backyard of the former royal palace in Xianyang. Compared with the delicious rice, corn is like a rough guy.In Qin, which does not produce rice, the price of rice is pretty good enough. Even if the old Qin people are not sensitive enough to business, everyone can understand that planting this can make more money.

However, the county and township of the Qin State have not received any news about the comprehensive promotion of rice planting. Every year when spring plowing, the higher authorities still want to plant corn, which makes everyone in the Qin State feel puzzled again.

Why did the King of Qin not allow the public to plant large-scale cultivation when the taste and yield are superior in all aspects?

The truth of the matter is actually very simple, because Qin Guo dare not.

The unit yield per mu of rice is higher than that of corn, but its labor intensity is more than twice that of corn, and its vigorous growth period is also a period of high incidence of diseases and insect pests. Compared with corn, it has higher starch content, better taste and larger grains. Rice is the favorite of wild animals.

During the trial planting on the Xianyang Plain, the princes and grandchildren had to stand by the side with bows and arrows as soon as the fruiting period came, and they could harvest more than ten birds of various colors every day.

These tits even came in groups arrogantly. In order to eat one bite, the bird's easily frightened physique was changed in the end. They knew that people were around and would not run away. Steal it when you eat it.

Moreover, what they like to eat most is not the mature rice grains, but the rice grains during the filling period. At this time, the starch in the rice grains is still in liquid state, and the bird's beak bites and squeezes it out gently, and the sweet and digestible food inside can be released. The starch is sucked out.

That happy appearance is like a child sucking jelly pudding.Can children give up jelly pudding?Of course not, and by the same token, neither can birds.

It was the generation of Yiren’s father, An Guojun, who suffered the first bird disaster. At that time, Yingji was still working hard with his descendants. Seeing that this year’s rice was about to be harvested, a group of tits suddenly came. They all flew out from the nearby mountains, and they came straight for the rice.

Yingji ordered that no one with the surname of Ying should be allowed to work on this field, and all labor should be done by the sons of the winner, so when the sons of the winner arrived, the rice field was [-]% bald.

The birds came and went back to the mountains, even if they wanted to find someone to settle the score, they had no choice but to accept the loss.Unexpectedly, on the second day, these birds came to eat free food again, which angered the royal family.

They tried their best to drive away the birds, but finally found that it was more effective to bring the family's cubs to jump around the ground.However, the cubs should not be too small. These birds will also bully children together. In short, the royal family has to fight wits and courage for such a small harvest every year.

However, the experience of guarding the rice fields has also become one of the best childhood memories of these princes and grandchildren. "Whoever dares to waste it will go to the edge of Xianyang Yuan to guard the rice this year" has also become the mantra of these generations of princes and grandchildren.

However, this year's situation is very serious, because there is only Zhao Zheng's son in Yiren. According to this situation, Zhao Zheng will be the only one who guards their land in Xianyang Yuan during the autumn harvest this year.

Cough, let’s not mention this matter for the time being. All in all, growing rice is much more troublesome than growing corn. It is not easy to switch to rice without enough labor to invest.

The alien thought over and over again, and decided to seek safety for the time being, and ordered that only the areas that used to be saline-alkali land are allowed to grow rice in the surrounding fields.Facts have proved that his decision was correct. When Lu Buwei led the army to leave, Xianyang City immediately showed signs of labor shortage.

"I don't think that's okay." Zhao Zheng came to Lu An's office specially this day, and said seriously to his brother who was piling up mud, "If this trend follows, Xianyang will only be able to grow corn forever in the future!"

"How could it be?" Lu An smiled when he heard the words, he reached out and picked up a wooden stick and put it on the mud ball, and comforted him, "It will be good for the children to grow up in another ten years or so."

"Child?"

"The shortage of labor force in Xianyang City is also due to the increase in children." Lu An laughed, "The Qin State has not fought for many years, and men and daughters have married and had children. Almost every family has several more children. Now These little babies are still waiting to be fed, but they will grow up in another ten years or so."

Are there more children?Zhao Zheng recalled various situations that he hadn't noticed before, and suddenly it seemed that this was indeed the case.

During this period of time, there were indeed more children having fun on the streets and in the fields. He thought it was because the crackdown on trafficking in Xianyang had improved the law and order, and the children had come out to play.

But why does the increase in children affect the labor force?

The reason is simple. The number of adults has not increased, but the number of children has increased. The increase in the food that a family needs to bear will naturally appear to be a shortage of supplies.

Moreover, women are unable to undertake heavy physical work during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. Originally, one person did the work of two people, so it naturally seemed that the manpower was tight.

Zhao Zheng quickly figured this out, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that this was really a sweet burden. As long as he survived the past few years, Qin's labor force would be able to reach a new level. Thinking about it, it's pretty cool!But... "Is there no other way?"

"Um……"

Zhao Zheng took a breath, looked at his elder brother who was carefully drilling holes in the wood with red-hot silver needles, and waved his hands.After waving away the palace servants who followed him and the staff of the Dushui Supervisor, Zhao, little sticky cake, and Zheng rushed over immediately. He hugged his elder brother's waist and rubbed his head against his elder brother's chest. Rubbing back and forth, sticky and coquettish: "Brother, you are so smart, you must have a way, right?"

Lu An was taken aback by someone grabbing his vitals. He held up the tool in his hand while trying to stop his unlucky brother at home, "Zheng'er, what are you doing, let me go quickly and let me put the things in my hand down!" !"

"Don't let it go!" Zhao Zheng is very experienced in this. If brother puts something down, he will beat someone, and he must take the opportunity to settle the matter before letting go. "Brother, brother, think of a way~"

A vein popped out on Lu An's forehead, who's unlucky kid is this?Hurry up and take it away!

Just as he was thinking this way, a head poked into the doorway. The visitor was taken aback when he saw the indoor scene, and then raised the corners of his lips with a half-smile. This person is the father of the unfortunate child, Ying Yiren.

The stranger suddenly came to the capital water supervisor to find Lu An for something, but he didn't expect to see his son's gesture just in time.

Hmm... His son usually strives to live a calm and dignified appearance like a little old man, which is really rare.

The vicious father leaned against the door panel, watching his son push his brother who couldn't struggle to the ground, and insisted on pressing down on his brother's small body to prevent people from getting up. To achieve his goal, it can be said that he was very shameless.

His son has been taken away to practice martial arts since he came to Xianyang. Although he is small and not fat, in fact, his small body is compact. This is far behind Lu An, who is so much older than his son Backhand power...

Well, I won - Yiren has a little pride.

Zhao Zheng, who didn't know that his father saw all his shameless behavior in his eyes, simply lay on Lu An, who was accidentally crushed by him, "Brother, think of a way~~ Father is distressed, Zheng My son wants to share my father's worries~"

"Let me get up first!" Lu An was going to die of anger, Zhao Xiaozheng was so shameless, he sat a little above Lu An's waist, and Lu An couldn't sit up because of the pressure. , he held a dangerous instrument in his hand and did not dare to let go. This time, he could only collapse on the ground like a salted fish, "Zhao Xiaozheng, are you childish? How old are you and you still play this trick? Do you think you are still a child?" baby?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng thought for a while, and said seriously: "Brother said that great things are achieved without regard to trivial matters."

He scrupulously said, "Brother also said that if you are shameless, you can be invincible in the world."

... Lu An, who used to say a lot of nasty things but didn't remember them, was completely blocked, and he sighed: "I only have an idea that I can't say whether it is good or not."

"Kindergarten."

"Send the weaned child to a trustee for joint care, so as to free up the mother's labor." Seeing the child's dazed expression, Lu An hurriedly said, "It sounds easy, but there are actually many operational difficulties, such as facilities and venue requirements. Strictly speaking, children are too young to easily get sick, and how to ensure the safety of children is even more difficult."

Reluctantly, he gently pushed Zhao Zheng's back with his knee to signal him to get up. Zhao Zheng obediently moved his little butt to the cushion beside him, opened his eyes in a listening posture, and Lu An got up while getting up. Said: "In addition, there is also a problem with food charges. If the charge is too cheap, the children will not be taken care of very well. Wouldn't want to send a child there."

"So, there is still the question of where to set up a more convenient pick-up. This is a very complicated situation." Lu An put down the things in his hand and stood up slowly. Zhao Zheng was still thinking about how to solve this contradiction. , I didn't expect that my brother had already started to roll up his sleeves and was about to "disrespect".

At this critical moment, the stranger who had been watching at the door for a long time coughed dryly and saved his son who was about to be beaten. He smiled and walked slowly, looking at Lu An with a surprised face, and said, "This is Lu Qing's proposal. Interested. I wonder if you have a good solution?"

Lu An was stunned when he saw the people coming in at the door. The Crown Prince of Qin was acting coquettishly, while the King of Qin stood at the door and eavesdropped.

... Can Qin be better?

The author has something to say:

King of the Six Kingdoms: I don't think so. Do you want to change jobs?

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The nursery school was originally created to liberate female labor force, but there are many problems, how to solve them will be discussed tomorrow.

The status of women in the Qin and Han Dynasties is very high, this is because productivity determines status (not Confucianism!!!)

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was a shortage of labor, and women had to bear part of the family income. Even women could join the militia and transport food and grass, so women in this era had a high voice.

The decline in the status of women began in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the status of ordinary women was very low, while the status of noble women was high, and the polarization was obvious.

In the Song Dynasty, due to the high tax burden, the whole country was always in a state of war readiness. Women had to bear the responsibility of family income, and even some capable girls had higher income than men, so their status and voice were also very high.

The Ming Dynasty was an era when the status of women was lowered. On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism to centralize power in the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, the productivity was basically in the hands of men, so women's rights were gradually deprived in this era.

The most notable point of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was the deprivation of women's right to education and work.

However, in the late Qing Dynasty, there were also signs of women's gradual rise, mainly because they received foreign education, and the war affected the death of the male protagonist, who needed to support the door.

In fact, the most patriarchal areas in modern times also have this feature-the place where men do the main labor.

For example, coastal areas where the main labor income is fishing, such as heavy industrial areas where the income is smelting and mining, such as traditional agricultural areas.

And it is good for some women to be able to work in high-income areas, such as the main silk producing areas in the south, and the main distribution areas of modern textile factories, such as Shanghai, which is the latter case.

Back then, female textile workers were the main female jobs in Shanghai, so I am a big devil in the eyes of outsiders because women are much stronger than men...

Well, it was true, and it is now.

Most of the men in Shanghai today grew up under the education of a strong mother.

This is very interesting. If you are interested, you can study it. I think I can write a paper!

ps, just now I said that bound feet began in Tang Dynasty, and everyone said it was Song Dynasty. I researched it and it turned out that it was said to be in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Cough, I remembered it wrong.It was the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty