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

Chapter 56

"Besides, you are not changing now. When new crops are planted, the doctor is already stable." Wang Li comforted Zhao Si.

"Even if there is no new food, you should be promoted to doctor."

Zhao Si nodded, he was not in a hurry for a while, more than a month has passed now, and the sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes should be ripe soon.

Don't worry about the yield. The yield of sweet potatoes is calculated in kilograms. Even considering the lack of artificial domestication of sweet potatoes and potatoes, there is no problem with [-] kilograms.

"By the way, do you have a collection of books at home?" Zhao Si asked.

"Yes!" Wang Li nodded.

The Wang family is a family of Chehou, and there are not a few books in the family. In this era, book collection is a kind of precious wealth, and the number of books is also one of the criteria for judging the strength of a family.

"Can I borrow some?" Zhao Si asked.

After reading "Xianxue" and "Five Beetles", Zhao Si was more deeply aware of his lack of understanding of this era. The thinking of this era is already very advanced to a certain extent. What was lacking in ancient times was only the mode of production and the means of knowing the world However, Zhao Si's superiority over the ancients only lies in his vision.

If you want to truly integrate into this era, understand this era, reading books is the easiest way.

"Why is this so difficult?" Wang Li waved his hand.

The wealth of the Wang family lies not only in the amount of gold and silver treasures and arable land, but also in the number of family traditions and knowledge and an incomparably rich collection of books.

Not to mention that there were many clients from the Wang family in the past, and there were not a few talented people. To put it bluntly, the clients from the Wang family in the past could directly form an administrative team.

It's just that after Wang Jian defeated Chu Gong, he already dismissed the disciples. Now the disciples are rare, and there are only three or two big cats and kittens left.

A top-notch aristocratic family possesses more than ordinary things.

Zhao Si nodded and just patted Wang Li on the shoulder.

Borrowing books in this era is not a simple matter. Just borrowing books to study in a novel is already worth a special book.

If not, Cheng Men Lixue's allusions would not have been passed down through the ages.

Thanks to Wang Li's insensitivity, the Wang family is really rich and powerful, and Wang Li can really talk in the Wang family. If it were a concubine disciple of the Wang family, he would have to face great difficulties if he wanted to transcribe and read it. Make the decision to lend books to outsiders.

"But... I have to wait until I go back. By the way, what books do you want to read?" Wang Li asked.

"It's all done, Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, hundreds of schools, all schools and sects, I want to see everything that exists." Zhao Si said.

He wants to know more about the thoughts of this era, the thoughts of various schools and schools.

"Xian Xue" and "Five Beetles" opened the door for Zhao Si to learn from his heart.

"The famous schools in the family basically have a collection of books, but it is difficult for other schools and sects." Wang Li said.

"It's okay, just watch what you want." Zhao Si said with a smile.

After all, it is someone else's collection of books, and what bicycle is needed, but anyone who is willing to lend Zhao Si a book to read, Zhao Si should be grateful.

And in the palace on the other side...

The first emperor knelt down before the desk and looked at the bamboo slips, lost in thought.

In his heart, he silently calculated several matters that Daqin was currently doing.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is in progress.

Construction of the Longxi Great Wall is in progress.

The laying of Tianxia Chi Road is in progress.

Baiyue is advancing.

Changing customs is in progress.

Currency unification is in progress.

Afang Palace is in progress.

The construction of roads and canals in cities all over the world is in progress.

There are quite a lot of projects that Daqin is currently working on, and this is just a big project.

The level of infrastructure in the Six Kingdoms region is not at the same level as that of Daqin, and the average level of cities, roads, and canals is not a little bit worse than that of Qin.

Most of the wealth of the six countries is in the hands of the nobles.

The wealth of the Qin State is mostly used for city construction, road construction, river canal construction and water conservancy projects.

It is not without reason that Qin destroyed the six kingdoms.

When Qin repaired the Zhengguo Canal, he knew it was a conspiracy and still got involved, which already explained everything.

The State of Qin really regards infrastructure projects as its top priority. Of course, there is also an important factor in it.

Regardless of whether there is war or not, Qin's national conditions determine that the people cannot be allowed to rest and recuperate.

The same is true of the first emperor today.

The first emperor was diligent in his administration, but he could not be said to love the people.

Today, there are nearly 200 million conscripts in all parts of the state of Qin.

In a country, one tenth of the population is conscripting husbands. What kind of concept is this?
The Qin State is currently on the verge of collapse and jumps repeatedly. However, it has become the first emperor's administrative philosophy to squeeze the last bit of the country's mobilization ability.

As a king who ruled the world, he did not treat the people as independent individuals, but as a unified resource that can be used.

How much power you have, how much you can do, if you don't use a little bit of power, it is a waste. Since the reform of the king of Shang, this has basically become the consensus of the kings of Qin.

Qin's administrative philosophy has always been like this. Basically, every generation of Qin Jun has been playing the policy of extreme pressure, and the first emperor is just playing more extreme.

According to the normal situation, these huge projects have basically reached the limit of the current Great Qin Dynasty. The first emperor did not want to waste any power that could be used, and he was not rushing to subjugate the country.

But today, things are different again.

Because of Zhao Si!

This young man who lived up to the king's order and returned from overseas!

New food!Sun salt method!

what does this mean?
Grain, salt, and both are the lifeblood of the country.

The food has not been grown yet, and it will take a long time to popularize it, so let's not talk about it for the time being.

The salt drying method has been verified. When the large-scale test of the salt field led by Meng Yi is successful, the original salt cooking process can be destroyed in an instant, and a wave of devastating blows will be aligned with some big nobles who rely on salt cooking for a living. .

As soon as the sun-dried salt method came out, the quality and output of salt improved, and the cost dropped, and the existing nobles in Qidi basically lost their money.

Salt prices have fallen, production has increased, and waiting until new grains are popularized means that there is a little more energy that can be used.

To put it bluntly, the price of salt is low, there is more food, and the ability to bear the head of Guizhou is stronger, and there are more forces that can be mobilized.

Since the reform of Shang Yang, no matter how the Qin law was changed, its restraint and oppression on the people at the bottom is unquestionable, the difference is only in how much.

The policy of weary people and weak people is one of the basic policies of Daqin.

Qin's military merit system is not so easy to promote, and Qin's oppression on the surface is much more ruthless than the six countries.

It's just that Qin's laws are stricter, and all systems are placed on the bright side.

Qin's squeeze is not without a bottom line, and the most extreme state will leave a little breathing space and a rising channel.

The first emperor also knew very well that this little breathing space and this tiny upward channel cannot be shaken, squeezed, or shaken.

But now it is obvious that the available resources of Daqin will inevitably increase with the popularization of new grains and the popularization of sun-dried salt.

So, what kind of project should we do again so as not to waste this extra power?
(End of this chapter)