Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 451 How can we win with only soldiers and horses without food and grass?

It has to be said that Lu Buwei showed the businessman's mind vividly.

Just this ambiguous answer instantly gained the approval of many ministers in the hall.

It will not offend the positions of the ministers in the hall, but it can also maximize the interests of the Qin State and reduce unnecessary losses for the Qin State.

If it were another king, he might agree with Lu Buwei's suggestion, but Yingjun was not very satisfied with Lu Buwei's suggestion.

After all, there are only seven months left to complete the system task, not to mention that the old King Qin's body does not know how long he can last, if he cannot unify the countries as soon as possible.

Once the old King of Qin passes away, the State of Qin will surely fall into panic, and those lurking in the State of Qin will also take advantage of this to disrupt the State of Qin.

Therefore, it is necessary to defeat all the countries one by one while the old King of Qin is still alive.

"Your Highness, I have something to say!"

At this moment, Jia Xu, who was standing with His Highness, walked out of the crowd.

Yingjun nodded, raised his hand and said, "Just speak up!"

Seeing Yingjun's promise, Jia Xu bowed and saluted, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, this time the five countries have reached an alliance, but I think we, the Qin State, do not need to be afraid!"

"As we all know, the reason why the countries are allied is because they are afraid of the strength of our Qin State. Although our Qin State has millions of people, its national strength is very weak, not even as good as the Wei State.

In addition, the construction of water conservancy has consumed a lot of manpower and financial resources of the Qin State, causing the Qin State's national strength to be greatly reduced. Once a war begins, food, grass and baggage will become the first problem that the Qin State solves. "

"On the battlefield, even if a soldier has no weapons and armor, he can continue to fight the enemy to the death with his own bravery; but if there is no food in his belly, even the bravest soldier will not be able to defeat an enemy with a full belly, so as long as he can solve it, As for the food issue, taking over Wei is not a problem!"

"At that time, our army will only have to consider how to block reinforcements from other countries!"

After the words fell, a minister suddenly walked out of the crowd and asked, "Does Mr. Jia have a way to solve the problem of food and grass for our country in Qin?"

Jia Xu nodded, looked at the people in the hall and shouted, "Does any of you still remember the crops that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince planted in Wuwei County before?"

After hearing these words, everyone in the hall had various expressions for a moment.

The faces of the uninformed bachelors and some ministers were full of confusion, and their eyes were full of doubts.

After hearing this, some ministers who knew about this matter opened their eyes suddenly and looked a little surprised.

"Mr. Jia's words, does it mean that the potatoes, corns, sweet potatoes and other materials planted by His Royal Highness are ready to be harvested?"

A minister said, while recalling in his mind what Ying Jun said in the Qin court.

At that time, Yingjun promised the King of Qin in the court that he would hand over 300 million stones of grain within a year, and what he relied on were these crops that even they had never heard of.

You know, the most abundant product in Qin is just corn. Even if all the land in Qin is cultivated with corn, the annual output will be less than 100 million shi.

However, Yingjun bluntly stated that he would hand over 300 million shi of grain within a year. How can this not be surprising?
What's more, this is still planted on his own fiefdom in Wuwei County.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall suddenly looked shocked and their hearts were full of doubts.

corn?Potato?sweet potato?

Have they never heard of these things?
Even Lu Buwei, who had been engaged in business and traveled to various countries before, was puzzled. He couldn't help turning his head to look at Zhao Yun standing in front and asked in a low voice: "General Zhao, does he know what these are?"

However, just as Zhao Yun was about to speak, he was interrupted by Li Cunxiao who was standing beside him. "How did he know? The only people who knew about this were the soldiers who were involved in transporting Jiuding back to Qin, as well as the King of Qin, Wang Zizhu, and this general."

"At that time, my lord took out this thing..."

With that said, Li Cunxiao informed Lu Buwei of the origin of these crops.

Even the taste and aroma of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes were told to everyone.

Some of the surrounding ministers also pricked up their ears and came forward to listen carefully.

When Li Cunxiao finished speaking, everyone swallowed subconsciously. Even the King of Qin had tasted the crops and praised them as good. Naturally, the taste would not be any worse. If they had the opportunity, they would naturally want to take a bite.

But what surprised them even more was the yield of these crops. It is said that one potato seed can produce several kilograms of yield.

If the entire Qin State was planted with these crops, wouldn't the Qin State never have a food shortage problem in the future?
After listening to Li Cunxiao's introduction, the minister who just spoke suddenly had a glint in his eyes. He immediately walked up to Jia Xu and asked respectfully: "Could it be that the crops you just mentioned are ready to be harvested?"

What Qin needs most now is food. Once these crops are harvested, it will be of great help to Qin.

The other ministers in the main hall also looked at Jia Xu expectantly.

However, Yingjun, who was sitting above him, frowned slightly, thinking deeply in his heart.

Generally speaking, potatoes take 2-3 months from sowing to harvesting, while corn takes at least three months to harvest after sowing, and even sweet potatoes take four months to harvest.

This is still assuming that there are chemical fertilizers as nutrients. If we only rely on human and animal excrement, the harvest time will be one month longer than this.

Calculating time, the fastest-growing batch of crops will not be harvested until at least next month.

Come to think of it, the method Jia Xu mentioned should not be the crops grown in the fiefdom.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in Yingjun's eyes, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he looked at Jia Xu with a smile, and he immediately understood the method Jia Xu said.

Now in Qin's territory, except for the crops grown in Wuwei County, only the people of Qin are left to cultivate the food themselves a few months ago.

The food grown by these people has almost reached the harvest period, which should be the solution Jia Xu mentioned.

Sure enough, Jia Xu turned around and looked at the ministers behind him, and then said in a loud voice: "Of course I am not talking about the crops in Wuwei County, but the grain cultivated by the people of Qin State a few months ago. His Highness the Crown Prince asked the ministers to The crops being planted will take another month to be harvested.”

"But before that, we can let the people harvest the food they cultivate themselves to solve the food shortage of Qin, and then free up the land to plant these new crops."

"With this food, our army can completely conquer Wei!"

After hearing Jia Xu's words, some ministers' expressions suddenly darkened.

I originally thought that Jia Xu would come up with a better way to solve Qin's food problem.

As a result, in the end, Qin's national power still had to be used.

He even strongly agreed to attack Wei!
If there is not enough food and grass, how can we win with only soldiers and horses?
"I object to this!"

A minister shouted and immediately walked out from behind the crowd.

(End of this chapter)