Da Qin: I became friends with Zhao Zheng

Chapter 71 Chapter 71, Food Harvest Failure
Yao Xing knows that he is not that smart, and he has never underestimated the wisdom of the ancients. Therefore, when it comes to national affairs, regardless of whether he has an opinion or not, Yao Xing always controls his mouth and does not say a word.

However, in the second half of the year, Qin suffered a large-scale grain harvest failure. The grain harvested was less than one-fifth of previous years, and the people were panicked.When Yao Xing learned about this, she was filled with guilt.

Yao Xing knows a bit about the history of the Qin State. In the third year after King Qin ascended the throne, there was a widespread famine. He managed to survive the first year, but in the second year there was another locust plague.The great disaster was followed by a great epidemic, and the Qin State was littered with corpses.But Yao Xing had been too comfortable in the palace these past few years, but he had forgotten such an important matter. Now that the matter was coming, he was completely unprepared.

Lu Buwei was focused on expanding his territory and was not willing to waste time on dealing with disaster years.But he knew that Yao Xing would have some ideas. In order to prevent Yao Xing from directly raising the issue with Zhao Zheng and causing something he didn't want to see happen, he went to the palace to see Yao Xing when the disaster had just spread to Xianyang.

After first describing the consequences of the disaster in an elaborate manner, he asked, "Does the princess have any good ideas?"

There is no good strategy in Yaoxing. We have never seen locust plagues in modern times. How can we know how to control them?

However, with the current food shortage, there may be a way to do it, but Lu Buwei may not agree.

"There is a way. Although it is not the best strategy, it can solve this year's disaster." Yao Xing glanced at Lu Buwei and spoke tentatively.

"Princess, please tell me!" Lu Buwei was also worried about the people and did not care about Yao Xing's attitude.

Yao Xing said: "Right now, only Qin is severely affected by the disaster, while other countries are not seriously affected, or even have no disaster at all. The food we need can be obtained from other countries."

Lu Buwei was overjoyed when he heard this. In this way, he no longer had to postpone his plan to conquer various countries, and could also relieve the people's danger.

But Lu Buwei's joy was interrupted by Yao Xing: "We can't attack the city. Attacking the city will take more time. Other countries may also counterattack. The existing food in Qin is not enough to support a long war. Moreover, the food stocks in various places are now insufficient." Even if we capture a city, it won't be enough to alleviate the people's famine."

Lu Buwei was stunned for a moment and figured out what Yao Xing meant in a flash. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Do you know the general situation today? The Qin State is inherently hostile to other countries, and it is impossible to obtain food from other countries by other means. And once it retreats, it will be bullied by others, and then it will retreat step by step, and it may even destroy the country!" Lu Buwei Yizheng Speaking verbally.

Historically, the people of Qin were in dire straits due to the two consecutive years of disasters. In order to raise food for the people, Zhao Zheng ordered wealthy businessmen to exchange grain for knights. After the disaster passed, many veterans who had made military exploits were left without titles.Yao Xing doesn't want this. If there is a better way, why sacrifice it so much.

"Then how will Qin survive this disaster? Only the people can have soldiers, and only soldiers can keep Qin in an invincible position. If the people all starve to death, will the king still be the king?"

"I didn't say that the people will not be saved, but the territory that I, the Qin Dynasty, won cannot be returned, and the king's spine cannot be bent to anyone." Lu Buwei said loudly, not giving in an inch.

Yao Xing believed that as a king, it was okay to bow his head for the sake of countless people, but the current situation was like this, and Yao Xing could not persuade Zhao Zheng to bow his head.Otherwise, the little dignity that Zhao Zheng has as a king will be greatly reduced. After all, Zhao Zheng has not yet taken charge of the throne, and his throne is fully consolidated and supported by Lu Buwei and Yingxi.

(End of this chapter)