my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 271 Emperor Shihuang: Nothing else matters!
A group of people welcomed Concubine Zheng into the house like stars holding the moon, only to realize that they went out in a hurry and hadn't had time to put away the scattered things on the ground.Just as Mi Ji and the others were about to step forward to put it away, Concubine Zheng raised her hand lightly, stopping everyone's movements.

She looked curiously at the two large snow-white bales of cotton wadding, walked over, and touched them.

Fluffy, soft and comfortable.

"What is this?"

Concubine Zheng looked at Yue Ji who was holding her arm in surprise.

"Back to Mother, His Highness calls this thing cotton, which is a strange thing from the Western Regions. It is said that when this flower blooms, the ground is covered with white snow, like white clouds. It is very beautiful. But what His Highness values ​​most is its function..."

Speaking of this, Yueji pointed to the quilts and cotton jackets in the room and explained one by one.

"The ones on the floor are called cotton-padded quilts, and the ones next to them are called cotton-padded jackets..."

In fact, without Yue Ji's explanation, Concubine Zheng can guess a little bit, after all, the shape of this thing is placed there.

Concubine Zheng walked over and tried using her hands next to each other.

The top-quality silk quilt is filled with snow-white cotton, even if it is only half-made, you can still imagine the comfort after covering your body.Then he picked up the corner of the quilt and leaned over to smell it.

There is no peculiar smell, but a soft and warm breath.

"nice one!"

Concubine Zheng couldn't help but smile on her face.

After finishing speaking, he happily sat down on the blanket spread beside him and greeted Mi Ji and the granddaughters-in-law.

"Don't ask people to tidy up. I'm still idle when I'm idle. Why don't you all sit down together and use this cotton to make bedding and clothes..."

Seeing that Concubine Zheng was interested in this, naturally no one dared to refute her interest, they came over one after another and followed suit, because of this, the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed.

Yueji really couldn't help, so she consciously ran to the side to spin her own cotton thread.

Fortunately, because of Zhao Ying's guidance, she can already spin in a decent and well-regulated manner, and because of her gentle figure, she is proficient in Yueshi's dance, so when she raises her arms, it is indescribably pleasing to the eye.

Concubine Zheng looked over in surprise.

"This thing can still spin yarn?"

Concubine Zheng doesn't think much of it if it can only be used to fill warm things. After all, if it can only be used to fill warm things, it is certainly a strange thing, but if it can be used to spin yarn, then the meaning is completely different different.

Because, being able to spin yarn means that it can be used for weaving, and it can be used for weaving!

Being able to weave cloth means that this thing is most likely to be the most important weapon in the country alongside sericulture!
"It can spin yarn, and it's more convenient than silkworm cocoons. Ying'er said that it can also be woven into cloth. Although compared with silk, it's a little rough, but it's much softer and more comfortable than linen, and it's thick and durable..."

Before Mi Ji finished speaking, Concubine Zheng's expression changed drastically.

"What is the cost of this thing?"

How could Mi Ji understand this? She shook her head in a daze.

On the contrary, Wang Nan on the side smiled and answered.

"I don't know the details, but I heard from my husband that this product has a high yield. An ordinary family of five only needs half an acre of cotton, which is enough to support the family..."

Concubine Zheng couldn't help but gasped.

Although she doesn't care much about national affairs, she also knows that if this statement is true, it will be tantamount to auspiciousness from heaven for Daqin.

Because, in today's Daqin, there are only two kinds of clothes, one is mulberry and the other is hemp.

In order to ensure enough cloth, the Daqin court even made detailed regulations, how much mulberry and hemp must be planted and how much cloth should be woven for each household in Daqin to pay taxes.

More rewards, less punishment!
Planting mulberry and raising silkworms, and then weaving silk, the time and energy spent in the process are extremely considerable, so the price is so high that ordinary people can't afford to wear it at all, while hemp is cheap, but it's comfortable, so you don't need it. said.

Now, a piece of cotton popped out of nowhere.

It sounds even more affordable than hemp, so why isn't she excited?
"Is this true?"

Concubine Zheng blurted out subconsciously.

"Nan'er has never seen this thing before, and I haven't heard anyone mention it, but my husband said so last night, so there shouldn't be any mistakes..."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Zheng smiled and nodded vigorously.

"Since Ying'er said it, it must be true! Unexpectedly, there are such strange things in the world, what a wonderful thing—"

Having said that, Concubine Zheng couldn't help but look around at the crowd and said with a smile.

"No wonder that brat Ying'er is thinking about the Western Regions every day and urging His Majesty to use troops against the Western Regions. It turns out that there are so many good things in the Western Regions. If His Majesty knows about this, I don't know how happy I will be..."

Thinking of this, Concubine Zheng became more energetic.He turned his head and gave instructions to the female officer who followed.

"Go, inform Your Majesty that Ying'er found another good thing called cotton from the Western Regions. It can be used for weaving and keeping out the cold, and it is economical. The cost may not be as much as [-]% of the cost of growing mulberry and silkworms..."

When the female officer heard the words, she immediately went away excitedly.

"Come on, let's do it together, try to make a good appearance before His Majesty arrives..."

Hearing that His Majesty will personally inspect the results later, everyone couldn't help but cheer up.In order to speed up the progress, Mi Ji even called a few maidservants in the mansion who were in charge of the women in the mansion.

After all, compared with others, they are all just for fun, and others are professionals.

Sure enough, with the addition of a few maidservants, the speed of work was immediately accelerated a lot.Not only did they quickly make cotton quilts according to Mi Ji and Wang Nan's requirements, but they even made a so-called cotton jacket.

Daqin always wears robes, this padded jacket is actually a padded overcoat, it was Zhao Ying's sudden whim yesterday, he drew it out for others to make.

It is a memorial to the past.

……

Inside the palace.

The First Emperor and Zhao Ying were listening to Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng and Shao Fu Shi Lu reporting the harvest of this year's taxes.

"...In the first half of this year, there was not much rain. Although the harvest was affected a little, the harvest of silkworm cocoons in many places was [-]% higher than before. Judging from the taxes that have been completed in various places, the cloth and silk should be [-]% higher than in previous years. ..."

Having said that, Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng glanced at Zhao Ying, the eldest grandson of the emperor, without any trace, and continued to speak in a deep voice.

"However, this year the pressure on the imperial court's cloth is more tense than last year - the consumption of Hexi County is too large, and one county occupies [-]% of the initial imperial court's cloth. In addition, Anbei County is very cold. Autumn is approaching, I'm afraid I need to buy two more jackets to keep out the cold..."

As he said that, he glanced at him with resentment.

If it wasn't for the grandson of the emperor to be too troublesome, why would he be so worried that his hair would be pulled and thinned in such a harvest year.

Zhao Ying: ...

Even Shi Lu, who has always been close and supportive of Zhao Ying, had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Cough—the Hexi side is really costly, why don't we squeeze a little bit?"

Zhao Ying: ...

No wonder the two of you who are in charge of the money came to the palace together today. The relationship has been colluded for a long time, so His Highness is going to be used as a knife, right?

However, he was not angry.

Because, he himself knew that what the two Daqin's money bags said was right. Even if Daqin's cloth harvest is better than in previous years, it is still a bit beyond the means.

After all, the land for planting mulberry has not increased much, and the number of women weaving has not changed significantly. Suddenly more people in Hexi County and Anbei County have to wear clothes. It would be strange if they were not nervous .

But can Hexi County and Anbei County move?
Obviously can't move!

That's my home base.

"Ahem—the two of you can't look at the problem so one-sidedly..."

Zhao Ying coughed lightly, and said seriously while considering his words.

"The new construction of Hexi County and Anbei County cost the court a lot of money, food, cloth and silk, but it also provided the court with a large amount of cattle and horses. The pressure on the local use of livestock was greatly reduced. Just for this item alone, my Daqin will spend more money this year. Thousands of hectares of land have been reclaimed, and these lands will be raised for two years, which will be fertile land that can be used for farming and taxation—not to mention, there are many furs, tendons and bones, which greatly ease the consumables for the imperial court to make leather armor bows and crossbows. pressure……"

Today, most of the government affairs of the imperial court are handled by Zhao Ying, and Zhao Ying has a vivid memory, so he is very clear about the situation in various parts of Daqin and the information of various departments. Officials must be clear about three points.

Speaking of it, it is natural to hit the nail on the head.

"I remember that this year, Guanghe East County sent nearly ten thousand pieces of cloth..."

While talking, Zhao Ying casually picked up the brush, pulled the paper, and made them a small form of income and expenditure in various places.Clear, clear, clear at a glance.

The most important thing is that with such a swipe, it seems that this year's cloth is almost enough!
It's like a batch of cloth was born out of thin air.

The two of them couldn't help being dumbfounded.

"Your form is not bad..."

It was the first emperor's words that brought the two of them back to their senses, and then they suddenly realized that the little form that His Royal Highness the eldest grandson had just drawn at random seemed to be a really good thing.

Compared with previous ledgers, this form is too clear, too concise, and too intuitive!
"It's okay, if it's used to keep accounts, it will definitely be useful - with this, even if there are individual subordinates, I'm afraid it's not so easy to do something with the accounts..."

In the past, Zhao Ying didn't care about money and food accounts, and didn't pay attention to this aspect. Today, it's because Zhisunai Shiteng and Shaofu Shilu are eyeing him. He drew it casually, and realized that in this era, double-entry bookkeeping Law, also belongs to a BUG-like existence.

At this time, seeing that Emperor Shi Huang and the two were interested in this kind of form, they simply pulled a blank sheet of paper and explained the principle of this kind of accounting to the three of them on the spot.

The more the three listened, the brighter their eyes became.

"If there is a loan, there must be a loan, and the loan must be equal, wonderful!"

Zhi Suai Shi Teng couldn't help admiring.

"With your highness's method of keeping accounts, the officials in the world who want to commit crimes and profit from it can stop!"

In any dynasty, as long as it is related to money and food, there will always be some blood-sucking silverfish.

Although the imperial court arranges people to check the accounts every year, these people are themselves good hands, and those who do these things often collude with each other to cover up each other.

Not to mention that it was in an era like Daqin when bookkeeping was relatively primitive and rough, even in later generations, it would not be easy to find out.

However, the double-entry bookkeeping described by Zhao Ying is a dimensionality reduction blow to people of this era, which is more than 2000 years ahead. At least in a short period of time, it is difficult for them to come up with a way to deal with it.

This is enough for Daqin.

While Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng and Shaofu were still thinking about how to implement this new bookkeeping method in their departments, Shi Huangdi had already narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about how to use this method, and checked accounts all over the world.

Especially those counties and counties in the Six Kingdoms of Shandong that have a lot of fun!
Of course, Zhao Ying did not expect that because of the accounting method introduced by Daqin on a whim, another bloody storm would be set off again.In fact, speaking from his heart, he doesn't want this kind of situation to happen, at least in the current two months, he doesn't want Daqin to experience too much turmoil.

Because, I remember that in the original history, it was because of frequent problems in various places, coupled with the Guandong jade pendant incident, that Emperor Shihuang made up his mind to go on tour again.

Now it has entered the middle of August, and it is gradually approaching the date of the last tour of the First Emperor.

The first goal is that the first emperor does not go on tour, and the second goal is to take care of the first emperor's body. Even if he really goes on a tour, he must do his best to ensure the first emperor's physical condition.

Come back alive!

This is the bottom line.

He proposed this simply because he wanted to help Nei Shiteng and Shaofu Shilu solve the problem of cloth pressure, so that these two guys would not keep staring at their Hexi and Anbei every day.

Zhao Ying spoke earnestly, and Shi Huangdi, Nei Shiteng, and Shi Lu listened earnestly. Even Hei, who hadn't paid much attention to the movement here, couldn't help secretly pricking up his ears and looking this way from time to time.

With this kind of accounting method, if Heibingtai wants to check the accounts of some officials, it will be like a tiger with wings added.

Zhao Ying's five senses are so sharp now. Seeing this guy, he honestly tried his best, couldn't help laughing, stopped what he was doing, and waved at him.

"Old Hei, if you don't dislike it, you might as well come over and listen to it together—maybe, it can be of some use..."

Hei looked at Shi Huang, saw Shi Huang nodded slightly, immediately smiled and cupped his hands.

"Thank you Your Highness—"

After speaking, he walked over quickly.

A group of people were learning the double-entry bookkeeping method when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside.

The First Emperor couldn't help frowning slightly, and looked at the guards who were walking in quickly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the female officer in Concubine Zheng's palace is asking to see—"

When the First Emperor heard this, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly, and subconsciously glanced at Zhao Ying beside him.

He naturally knew exactly what Concubine Zheng was going to do today.

Now, he suddenly ran to beg to see himself...

It can't be my grandson, what's wrong again!

He was already thinking about whether he should let Nei Shi Teng and Shi Lu avoid him for a while. After all, if his eldest grandson really had something to hide, he, as the eldest father, would have to worry about his face.

However, I felt that it was unlikely. After all, if there was a problem with this kind of thing, it should be Concubine Zheng looking for her herself, rather than letting the female officer to tip off the news.

Thinking of this, I hesitated.

"Did you say anything?"

"Yes, Concubine Zheng found a good thing called cotton at the mansion of His Highness the Emperor's Grandson..."

When the first emperor heard the words and looked at Zhao Ying, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief. As long as his grandson wasn't unable to have children, everything else would be fine!
Zhao Ying didn't know that at this time, his dear elder father was already secretly doubting his basic ability as a man, thinking he was asking about cotton.

(End of this chapter)