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

Chapter 249 Replacement of Contradictory Objects (Supplementary Update)
When Zhao Si retreated with a smirk, Li Si still wanted to continue with his official duties, but he lost his mood.

"As for it~" Li Si smiled wryly.

He knew that Emperor Shihuang was not someone who would kill donkeys, and that Zhang Cang would not regard him as an enemy, but the feeling that he could not be completely trusted still made Li Si somewhat uncomfortable.

After thinking for a long time, it finally turned into a deep sigh.

After all, it wasn't Li Si who was a different kind, but Zhao Si who was a different kind.

The drive stopped, and the night gradually darkened.

Xia Wuqiu rushed to the first emperor's drive overnight.

"No problem?" Emperor Shihuang frowned, but his brows relaxed again in an instant.

As always, the first emperor didn't trust anyone, even though he never killed any of his officials indiscriminately, Sima Qian commented that he was greedy for power, and took all the power of the three gongs and nine ministers, but in fact, the biggest root cause was that the first emperor met the emperor. Much betrayal.

He wasn't surprised by Zhao Gao's various changes, even though Zhao Gao didn't show any flaws.

"Back off." Shi Huang waved his hand.

When the first emperor didn't think about these things carefully, Zhao Gao might still have an opportunity, but when the first emperor took the initiative to pay attention to these things, Zhao Gao had absolutely no chance.

Whatever he wants to do.

Even, the first emperor was still looking forward to Zhao Gao's next actions and choices.

From a rational point of view, the first emperor was Zhao Gao's enemy, and Zhao Gao was Zhao Gao's clan, but the blood was farther away, Zhao Gao was not killed, and Zhao Gao was only demoted to a slave.

Because Zhao Gao was outstanding among the servants, he was familiar with the law, and he had his own unique insights, so he was discovered by the first emperor.

Next, is the life of Zhao Gao soaring to the sky.

The relationship between Zhao Gaozhi and the first emperor is difficult to clarify.

The first emperor personally promoted the collapse of Zhao's clan, and many relatives of Zhao Gao died as a result.

However, Zhao Gao himself, from a side branch of the clan with no name in five clothes, has become a CRRC Fuling who is comparable to the three princes and nine ministers.

The First Emperor never liked playing tricks, so Zhao Gao must have guessed what the First Emperor was thinking.

So what choice will Zhao Gao make?
For the first emperor, the worst outcome was nothing more than another betrayal.

The First Emperor had enough self-confidence, Zhao Gao couldn't make any trouble while he was already watching. As for the betrayal, it didn't matter to the First Emperor, he was used to it.

Xia Wu and retreated, and the first emperor summoned Dunruo for a secret talk.

In the days that followed, everything was business as usual.

Jia Zhuo was still advancing steadily, unswervingly heading towards Pei County.

As for the retainers under Zhao Si's subordinates, they also started to work one after another, and entered the working state.

Zhao Si had a leisurely time. Apart from accompanying the First Emperor every day for consultation, the rest of the job was to occasionally call the diners for group building.

The busiest thing is nothing more than dealing with the maidservants rewarded by the first emperor.

"There is still a distance from Pei County..." Zhao Si looked at the map and sighed.

The straight-line distance from Huaiyin to Peixian is not too far, but the driving route is not a straight line, and there is even a section of the journey that is not within the territory of Chu.

Therefore, when I arrived in Pei County, I am afraid I have to wait until summer.

The convoy's journey down is still calm, but the world is not peaceful.

Without him, the cold winter quietly recedes, and the time of spring plowing is coming.

The first batch of sweet potatoes and corn has been produced, but the precious seeds are kept in the hands of the nobles, hoarding them.

There is no doubt that the common people are really eager to grow the three kinds of immortal food, and the nobles naturally understand the desire of the common people.

As long as it is about interests, nobles will always be one step ahead.

"Broken stuff, it burns your stomach if you eat too much." Xiang Liang looked at the sweet potatoes on the plate and spit.

The Xiang family is undoubtedly the top family in the local area, so the first batch of seed Xiang families occupy the majority.

The seeds have been planted, and the yield is really high. The yield per mu is even conservative.

Under the meticulous care of Xiang's family, the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes even reached nearly two thousand catties per mu.

The joy of the harvest is not humane, but Xiang Liang soon discovered the problem of the three kinds of immortal food.

The three kinds of fairy grains, among which sweet potatoes and potatoes, are all wet grains, which is not a good thing.

Secondly, eating too much sweet potatoes will cause heartburn, and it is not easy to store potatoes into flour.

And the corn...

After being ground into fine powder, the taste is not as good as flour and rice.

Li Shu is not qualified to consider taste issues, but the Xiang family, as a top nobleman, naturally has this qualification.

The Xiang family has the ability to refine wheat and rice.

Most of the top nobles have the ability of finishing.

"Fairy food? Cheap food!" Xiang Liang gave a pertinent evaluation.

For the aristocratic class, sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn are out-and-out cheap food.

The profit margin is not as high as Xiang Liang imagined. The production of sweet potatoes is so large, but it is not suitable for hoarding and circulation. It is certain that the price will not go up.

Corn is convenient for hoarding and circulation, but it is an out-and-out cheap grain for the nobles, and refined processing means grinding. The taste of corn flour and white flour is too different, and it is not as good as rice.

The price is definitely not as good as rice and wheat.

To sum up, these three kinds of fairy food really don't mean much to the Xiang family.

"The government has now ordered that the seeds be promoted at a fair price. Since it is not worth the price, we might as well give Yin Tong a favor." Xiang Zhuang said at the side.

"The King of Qin made a good plan, but he asked us to raise grain for them." Xiang Liang frowned.

Compared with Guishou's farming techniques and tools, the nobles' farming techniques and tools are very different, and the average yield per mu can be more than doubled.

"Not urgent……"

"Let's release the new grain production first, and then wait and see for some time." Xiang Liang said.

The plucking of geese is a characteristic of the aristocracy.

Although the value of the three new grains is not very high, the value of the grains is still there.

Among other things, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn is still high enough. It only needs to release the yield per mu of the three kinds of fairy grains, which is enough for thousands of heads of state to flock to get seeds.

The Xiang family hoarded their goods, so there was room for them to make a profit.

As for the decree issued by the government to promote seedlings at a reasonable price?

Don't worry, anyway, the head of Guizhou does not have any qualifications and channels to know this kind of decree.

The price is high, causing resentment in the head of Guizhou?
It doesn't matter, the evil Qin State and Qin Shihuang will naturally bear all the infamy.

How could there be so many officials in Qin State who went to the local areas to read out the government orders?
How can the head of Guizhou have so many channels to understand the decree?
The government can't go down to the local area to read out the decree, without the government's endorsement, even if they learn about this decree by chance, there is a high probability that the people will not believe it.

And Xiang Liang's choice is the choice of most nobles in the world.

After saving some of the seeds, they began to promote the high yield per mu of the three kinds of immortal grains. It didn't take long for them to cause an uproar among the people.

When the planting was promoted last year, the yield per mu of the three kinds of fairy grains was officially announced and they were planted in Xianyang.

The distance is too far, and the seeds are divided up by noble officials. Most of the common people have doubts in their hearts. After all, the yield of several thousand catties is indeed beyond their cognition.

But now it's different, the people who got the fairy food and planted the harvest personally testified, and the fairy food that had been cold for half a year was heated up again.

All of a sudden, the common people flocked to it, trying to find ways to buy fairy grain seeds.

People are not qualified to pursue the commercial price of grain at all, what they pursue is to fill their stomachs.

As for the government's decrees, most of them are regarded as a dead letter.

No way, down to the grassroots level, most of the power is still in the hands of local snakes.

Corrupt officials and local nobles have long been unable to distinguish between you and me.

And the other side...

In the convoy of the first emperor's tour of the world.

Zhao Si was talking with Li Si.

"If you want to practice the law, you must do it publically. How to do it publically?" Li Si asked.

"Just spread the word!" Zhao Si smiled.

"The head of Guizhou has been in fear of Qin for a long time, so no matter what kind of government order is implemented, it will always be inconsistent with the original intention when it arrives. However, the common people will only blindly attribute the source to His Majesty and the court. What is the reason for this?" Li Si asked.

"Because it was not made public." Zhao Si smiled.

"The purpose of Shang Jun's efforts to establish faith is to convince the common people of what he said, and this is exactly what we lack." Li Si nodded.

"Good government decrees are hidden, and bad government decrees are constantly preached. Daqin, it is difficult to stand on this piece of wood, and it is impossible to send officials to the place to preach for them day and night, telling them that your majesty has good intentions." Li Si spread his hands.

"Isn't there a way now? You just need to know the government of all places, write and stamp the government decree on promoting food at a fair price on paper, and post it at the gates of the Chengjun government offices in all townships and counties. People will come and go, and they will naturally know the government decree." Zhao Si smiled. one time.

The biggest function of the birth of paper is to increase the convenience of message transmission.

One big notice can solve a lot of problems!

"This notice should be big, and the characters should be big, and the words and sentences should be concise. It is best to be able to understand with a little knowledge of words." Zhao Si put forward his own opinion.

The principles of notices and advertisements are the same, after all, they are aimed at the general public with low average knowledge.

Especially the Qin Dynasty, where the literacy rate of the general public was very touching.

To put it bluntly, this notice is not for the illiterate people, but for the poor literate class. The people only need to know that there is an official official document with a stamp on it, so that they can be convinced of the content. Can.

To put it bluntly, Daqin, which completely puts public opinion at a disadvantage, has a window through which news can be passed down.

In fact, newspapers are the killer weapon, but unfortunately... Movable type printing is still being overcome, ink technology is still improving, paper production capacity has not been fully expanded, paper has not yet completely banned bamboo slips, and newspapers have to wait for a while.

At the very least, the Qin Law that should be printed must be printed before the issue of newspapers can be considered.

"You saved me a lot of trouble!" Li Si sighed.

He immediately understood the magical effect of the notice.

In the past, the implementation of some decrees, even good governance, would be distorted, and then the shit pot would be held on the head of the first emperor.

Even if it is out of good intentions, it is difficult for the common people to understand the good intentions of the first emperor through any channel.

Shi Huang is always playing a negative role.

Being stigmatized not only exists in later generations, but also in the present.

The key problem is the lack of a channel to transmit news to the real Li Shu. The Qin Dynasty did not have so many officials, and some of the officials would inevitably be corrupted when they went to the place.

The so-called notice is to tell Li Shu that I am doing it for your own good, and I have already given the order, and whoever distorts my order, you can see for yourself.

Distributing the anger gathered on the first emperor to the local officials and nobles, so that they can find the right person for their anger and resentment, which is very conducive to the promotion and publicity of Daqin's future government orders.

"In fact, hoarding goods is unavoidable. The method I proposed is to let the people realize that the fault of the high price of grain is not the fault of Emperor Shi Huang and Da Qin, but the local nobles. At most, it only uncovered the fact that the nobles A fig leaf." Zhao Si smiled.

"As for how to force the promotion of grain at a fair price, and how to censor all regions, it is still up to Li Xiang." Zhao Si smiled.

Public opinion, after all, is only a side struggle.

We must pay attention to it, but where we really see the truth, we still have to put it into practice.

"No rush..." Li Si smiled.

When the heads of Guizhou discovered that most of the source of oppression on them did not lie with the first emperor, it was time for the order to move nobles to begin.

(I owe 6000 more, and I will continue to make up tomorrow.)
(End of this chapter)