Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 102 The first day Zhao Si didn't come...

Putting away a stack of relatively low-quality paper, Zhao Si and Wang Li drove off together and arrived at Zhao Si's grant field.

Zhao Si's field is only [-] hectares, concentrated outside Xianyang City, the location is very good, the surrounding ditches have been built, easy to irrigate, and the terrain is flat, it is a high-quality farmland.

It's just that the food has been planted at the top, although it's a pity, it still has to be ordered to pull it out. After all, this loss is borne by Zhao Si himself. Secondly, Zhao Si wants to plant a large number of various seeds. This is not a blue field, and there is no wasteland for him to reclaim.

The servants felt a little heartbroken, but they didn't dare to question Zhao Si's decision, and obeyed orders to remove them one by one. Wang Li had already ordered someone to take seeds from his home.

"Fifteen hectares of fields... In a few months, it will be autumn." Wang Li felt a little distressed as he watched the busy ministers pull out the crops that had already sprouted.

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"It won't be long before autumn..."

In Longxi, above the school grounds, Fusu held bamboo slips and looked up at the scorching sun and the cloudless sky. In front of him were more than five thousand soldiers of the Qin army equipped with a full set of horseshoes, saddles and stirrups.

"The Xiongnu can't bear it anymore!" Meng Tian, ​​who was burly and square-faced and covered in armor, was smiling.

"This horseshoe, saddle and horseshoe are really good things. Unfortunately, the Xiongnu can't wait until next year. After autumn, it is estimated that they will go south in a big way. If they can wait until next year, the Longxi cavalry can all be equipped with horse treasures. It depends on the battle." Meng Tian had regret on his face, just now, Meng Tian led five thousand cavalry equipped with stirrups, saddles and horseshoes to complete the first equipment test.

The single-rider hundred-rider experiment has been carried out many times, and there is no doubt that the treasure of horses can improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry.

This large-scale exercise is for Meng Tian to observe the situation of large-scale deployment and improve the overall performance of the cavalry corps.

At present, the production of horseshoes, saddles, and horseshoes is still ongoing. Shaofu, and even the military post in Lantian Camp and the smelting place of local military craftsmen in Longxi are all in urgent production, but the time is too short to cover the entire army for the time being.

Not only the saddles and horseshoes of the horseshoes have to be produced, but also the new riding bows have to be re-produced, because after the stability is increased, the cavalry's force is more handy, and the stability of the archery is greatly improved. Naturally, it is necessary to replace the bow with a longer range and greater power. Take full advantage of the equipment.

It is easy to estimate the time for the Huns to go south on a large scale, and it is nothing more than after autumn.

It is not suitable to raise troops in winter, and the Huns are still the active attackers. Dare to take the initiative to raise troops in winter is tantamount to seeking death.

Spring and summer are the seasons when cattle, sheep and horses are in estrus and mating. This time is equivalent to the busy season of sowing and farming in the Central Plains.

The season when large-scale conscripts can be mobilized is only in autumn, when the breeding of cattle, sheep and horses is completed, fat and strong, and the Huns can just take advantage of this time to seize living space for themselves.

"If the Xiongnu raise their troops in autumn, there should be [-] treasures installed immediately." Fusu pondered for a moment and said.

"What about the heavy armor?" Meng Tian asked.

"Heavy armor is difficult to smelt. You have to smelt horse treasures and reforge riding bows. You can't spare too many people. By then, you can make up to three hundred heavy armors." Fusu replied.

"Enough!" A smile appeared on Meng Tian's face.

"With [-] heavy armors and [-] cavalry pawns equipped with horse treasures, it is not difficult to cross Yinshan Mountain with a large army." Meng Tian said in a deep voice.

"That's good. The Xiongnu were frustrated going north and east. Now they can only go south. They only need to cross the Yin Mountain. The Xiongnu don't want to exterminate their clan, so they can only surrender to Qin." Fusu had a smile on his face.

In this way, Daqin's strategic plan in the north can be initially completed.

After the Xiongnu's vitality was seriously injured, they could only ask for help. They chose one of the three forces from Donghu, Yuezhi, and Daqin to surrender.

As for why Fusu is so sure, it is very simple, because Donghu Yueshi will not allow the Huns to graze, and Daqin can allow the Huns to graze here. Secondly, what Daqin can give is far more than Donghu and Yueshi. I can give more.

Salt, iron, pastures, food, and Donghu Yueshi themselves are not enough. The dogs of the Xiongnu who lost their families used to be dogs for Donghu and Yueshi. They can only chew bones at most, but Daqin is different. When Daqin is a dog, it can eat meat.

Everything, only this year!

"This horse treasure is really a good thing. If it weren't for the horse treasure, I'm afraid it would have been wasted for many years. I heard that three new grains have been produced in Xianyang. The yield of corn is more than 900 catties per mu, and the other two grains are around two thousand catties. Come on." Meng Tian said with a smile.

"I have written a letter to Xianyang, and it won't be long before Xianyang will send three kinds of new grain seeds." Fusu smiled.

"Except for the vicinity of Hetao Yin Mountain outside the pass, the food production is extremely low. If you want the Hu people to join us, you must not only let them graze, but also let them farm the land." Fusu said.

The Hu people don’t eat beef and mutton every single day... In fact, every winter the Hu people starve to death and freeze to death. The Huns are like a bird in the Central Plains. The real cattle and sheep are the big nobles, and most of the rest are naked The long animals, the cattle and sheep they herd are not theirs at all, they are grazing for the master.

It's just that there are too few grain producing areas here, and the Hu people are not good at farming. Now there are two new grains, sweet potatoes and potatoes, which solve the urgent need.

The life of the low-level Hu people is much worse than that of the people in the Central Plains. They face famine every winter. This land can’t support too many people. This is the main reason why the Hu people start wars almost every year regardless of whether they win or not.

If the population exceeds the upper limit, you have to compete for living space. If you win the battle, you will have fewer people to eat. If there are fewer people, you can eat less and survive the cold winter.

The same is true for the nobles of the Xiongnu. The reason for the herds of cattle, sheep and horses is that they can only graze. As the saying goes, the family is rich, and the hairy ones are not counted. The natural resistance of nomadic people is much worse than that of agricultural peoples.

The families of the great nobles in the Central Plains have surplus food, so it is no big deal to encounter a year of famine, and they can even make a fortune by taking advantage of natural disasters.

However, when the weather was bad for the Xiongnu nobles and the water and grass were not luxuriant, their wealth would shrink by more than half.

This is also the main reason why the nomads of later generations persevered in wanting to dominate the Central Plains. In ancient times, there were limited ways to deal with the plague. There was no way, their wealth was too precarious.

"Sweet potatoes and potatoes are also the most important food, paired with the horse's treasure...the Northland has a lot to do." Fusu had a confident smile on his face, full of vigor.

Meng Tian agreed with Fusu's remarks. Although sweet potatoes and potatoes have many shortcomings, don't worry about the shortcomings as poor as the Hu people, as long as you can live, the barren land is not strong enough, and you don't have to expect thousands of sweet potatoes per mu. It is no problem to produce a few hundred catties enough to survive.

"By the way, what's the name of the boy who returned from the sea?" Fu Su asked with a smile.

"Zhao Si!" Meng Tian said. He is no stranger to Zhao Si's name. The family letter written by his younger brother Meng Yi mentioned Zhao Si's name many times, and the current strategic props, such as horses, saddles, horseshoes, and straddle The idea of ​​heavy armored cavalry in the era was all proposed by Zhao Si.

"Not bad!" Fusu nodded, and then looked in the direction of Xianyang.

In a blink of an eye... I don't know how long I stayed in Longxi. Although Fusu was sent to Longxi because he offended the First Emperor, in fact Fusu holds the power of military, government, money, grain and taxation in Longxi...

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"What kind of seeds do you have to plant yourself?" Before the field ridge, Wang Li followed Zhao Si to sow seeds, and the glaring sun made Zhao Si sweat profusely.

"Your ideological awareness is very low!" Zhao Si kicked Wang Li and said with a smile.

"I'm different from you. You were born rich and honored, how long did it take me to become a concubine? How can you just get promoted and put on airs so imposingly?"

Zhao Si was blowing nonsense while sprinkling seeds. In fact, Zhao Si was too lazy to plant seeds, but this matter was too important, very important to Daqin.

Not only does he want to plant, but he also has to come and stroll around every day when he has nothing to do. If he has time, he prefers to stay in the field ridges, weeding and removing insects.

As long as the seeds can be induced to evolve, all the hard work is worth it.

But having said that... I don't know if Emperor Shihuang listened to his words.

Zhao Si couldn't remember exactly which year the First Emperor died. In short, he should not have exceeded 50 years old. Now it is the 36th year of Qin Wangzheng, and the First Emperor ascended the throne at the age of 13. It is estimated that it is either this year or next year or the year after.

It would be fine if the first emperor could survive, but if he really died, then all that Zhao Si did would not be to take advantage of that old boy Liu Bang.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the first emperor quit the golden elixir and did not die suddenly, under the influence of the halo of uncut jade, although it is impossible to directly bring the first emperor back to life, the first emperor's body will gradually improve.It is no problem to live to the limit of one's own lifespan.

"Busy about these things...it's better to go hunting in the suburbs, as for~~" Wang Li rolled his eyes at Zhao Si's teasing.

"Of course!" Zhao Si nodded seriously.

To be honest, Zhao Si had a very good impression of the First Emperor.

If he had the chance, he would also like to see what the Great Qin would look like in 20, 30, or even [-] years after Emperor Shi Huang extended his life.Just how big a wave can this traverser make.

Is it from the death of the second generation to the death of the first generation?

Or... Daqin resolves internal obstacles and rejuvenates?

On the other side of the palace, Emperor Shi Huang was replying to Zou Feng's memorial.

Obviously, with the production of new grain, Zou Feng could no longer sit still.

The First Emperor rubbed his brows tiredly...

Going from Penglai to Fusang, he would also write an edict of forgiveness to the crew members who stayed in Fusang as proof.

Daqin has only [-] ships at present, and it is definitely not enough to fight hard. It can't bring many people, and new ships have to be rebuilt.

It just so happened... There are gold and silver mines in Fusang, so the children of the Yinyang family can easily investigate there. As for the crew who stayed in Fusang with Xu Fu, they cannot be directly pardoned and repatriated.

He was pardoned for his death crime and stayed in Fusang for five years of military service, just staying there to start mining.

It is too fake to pardon all crimes rashly and allow him to perform meritorious deeds...

Let's continue to build new ships in Langya and Penglai... There should be a lot of ships stranded on Xu Fu's side. If the damage is not serious, the Fusang incident will happen, and Daqin doesn't have to worry about building ships.

The disciples of the Yin Yang family and the crew took more than a dozen ships to explore the far sea, and the rest of the ships were used to go to and from Daqin, Fusang and even the surrounding islands, to transport gold, silver, minerals, food and supplies...

"In the offshore area, besides Fusang, we have to explore well." Shihuang said slightly, but in the end he didn't write it down. Let's honestly find the gold and silver mines in Fusang to mine... There are too few sea ships in Daqin, so we divide them into ten. A few explored the distant sea, and the rest were not enough to transport to and from Fusang.

Large-scale shipbuilding is not a one-day effort. It takes several years for a ship to start building and enter the water. In recent years, it is the most important thing to find the gold and silver mines in Fuso for mining.

When the first batch of sea-going ships are completed, it will be the time for Daqin to explore and develop offshore on a large scale.

That's right... and some boats are also allocated to hunt and kill Jiaoyu...

When Xu Fu went to sea, there were a total of 130 large seagoing ships, and it is not known how many are left. Zhao Si brought back twenty ships, and dozens of ships were destroyed at sea. Xu Fu estimated that there were only sixty or seventy left at most. The premise is that Xu Fu did not dismantle these ships to build houses...

Time...Everything takes time, and there is no rush for anything. It takes three to five years to build a ship, ten to twenty years to develop offshore waters, ten years to the North, and 20 years to Baiyue...

It may take several years or even ten years for even the return of the expedition fleet from the high seas.

But, he needs time the most!
The first emperor didn't even know that he had no chance to see the return of the distant sea exploration fleet.

"Here..." The Emperor Shi Huang waved his hand to calm down the anxiety in his heart, wanting to ask Zhao Si if there were any mistakes in the layout near the sea, but found that Zhao Si was not there today...

That's right, I didn't name him today to discuss government affairs with my attendants.

Shi Huang put together the memorial and looked outside the door. The scorching sun was slowly setting to the west, and Zhao Gao was as quiet as a transparent person, as if Shi Huang was the only one left in the world.

Always feel empty!
(End of this chapter)