Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 83 The Land of Bashu
April.

A season of vitality and revival of all things.

The area to the west of the Qin State was originally the territory of the Qiang people.However, since King Huiwen of Qin adopted Sima Cuo's suggestion and sent a large army to the west to cross the Qinling Mountains to exterminate the Qiang people and take the entire fertile land of the Bashu Basin into his pocket, Bashu has since become the territory of the Qin State.

And it is precisely because of the land of Bashu as the "granary" of the entire Qin State that Qin State officially started the road to rise.

"Master Gongshu's recent research on 'Water Wheel' and 'Rice Threshing Machine', what new achievements have been made?" Mo Jun asked.

Ganquan Village.

This place was originally just a very ordinary small village in Bashu, because there was a "diyong sweet spring" in the local area, which nourished thousands of acres of fertile fields nearby, so that after the Qin State captured the land of Bashu, it became the "royal family" Exclusively for the field'.

And now this 'royal family exclusive field' was chosen by Mo Jun to become the place to cultivate the 'first generation of improved rice seeds'.

Although Mo Jun has invented a new rice seed, it does not mean that Qin will become strong immediately.

A very simple reason is that he only has about 3200 catties of rice in his hands. According to the land area and breeding density of the Qin State, at least two to three catties of rice seedlings are needed to plant one mu of land.

In other words.

Even if all 3200 kilograms of rice are bred in this round of planting, only more than 1000 mu of rice can be grown at most.

This is on the premise that Mo Jun has soaked the rice seeds with a small amount of diluted 'growth spirit liquid' to ensure that there will not be too much necrosis and loss during the process of raising rice seedlings.

And when this round of rice matures smoothly, at least one or two rounds of planting will be needed to accumulate enough seeds to supply the entire Qin State.

According to the current cycle of rice maturing once a year, it takes at least two to three years for breeding alone.

This is a big project.

And before this big project is completely completed, the news of the 'first-generation improved rice seed' must not be known to people in the other six countries. This is why there are fertile fields near Xianyang, but Yingzheng wants to send Mo Jun here Because of Bashu.

"Mr. Mo Jun is a genius in the sky, and the several mechanism techniques he invented, even if I am here, it is difficult to find the shortcomings!"

In the center of Ganquan Village, there is an old jujube tree growing in an obviously newly built courtyard.There is a stone table and four stone benches under the jujube tree.Mo Jun was sitting on a stone bench, opposite to him was a middle-aged man with a round figure and his left arm was replaced by a bronze mechanical hand.

The 15-year-old Mo Jun has become more and more mature, and his height has soared to 1.7 meters [-] in just a few years. His long hair is hanging down, and he is carefree.

"Grandmaster Gongshu is too modest. Two years ago, the master had inherited the position of the head of the Gongshu family. In terms of mechanical skills, Master Gongshu is now the No. 1 in the world. Compared with the master's attainments in the way of mechanism, What Mo Jun understands is just superficial."

Ink door mechanism, wood and stone walk.

Bronze opened his mouth to ask Gongshu.

What this verse describes are the two sects that are best at organ techniques in today's world: the Mohists and the Gongshu family.

And the person sitting opposite Mo Jun at this moment is none other than the head of the contemporary Gongshu family——Gongshuchou.

After being praised by Mo Jun for a while, Gong Shuchou obviously felt very useful, but he touched his double chin, and said humbly: "Mr. But the title of 'No.1 in the world' is still unworthy."

"Not to mention anything else, although Gong Shuchou is proficient in various complicated mechanism techniques, it is far inferior to an invention that benefits the world like your lord!"

Gongshuchou held three secret maps in his hand, which were the design drawings of [Quyuanli], [Water Wheel], and [Hand-cranked Rice Threshing Machine].

He didn't know about the 'first generation of improved rice seeds'. To be precise, although the entire Ganquan Village has been surrounded by secret troops sent by Yingzheng, no one knows about it except Mo Jun and Hei Yu. The secret of the new rice species.

Gongshu Qiu was asked by Mo Jun from Yingzheng at the end of last year, and there were hundreds of disciples from the Gongshu family.

When he first came here, Gong Shuchou was still a thin middle-aged man, but after living with Mo Jun for less than five months, he became the image of the "greasy middle-aged obese man" he is now.

Such an astonishing and rapid change once made Mo Jun wonder if he really chose the wrong major in his previous life.

The purpose of Mo Jun calling for Gongshuchou is also very simple. Manufacturing [Quyuanli], [Water Wheel], and [Rice Threshing Machine] are all technical tasks, and naturally professionals are needed to handle them.

Besides.

The "mechanism" in the world of Qin Shi is also different from the official history. The black technology here can even create a steampunk version of an "artificial human". Naturally, Mo Jun wants to give Gongshuhou a try and see if he can make a few Tools such as the black-tech version of [Automatic Water Truck] [Automatic Rice Threshing Machine].

However, after Gongshuchou got the blueprints, things were made, but the problem was that these black-tech versions of tools couldn't be promoted at all.

Because these black technologies are too complicated, even if you ask Mo Jun to see them, you may not be able to figure them out in half a day, let alone those ordinary people who don't know a single word.

Moreover, the cost of these things is too expensive, and they can be used on a small scale at most, and it is impossible to promote them on a large scale.

In the end, Mo Jun could only postpone the matter temporarily, and make plans when he had a chance in the future.

Between the two talking.

Suddenly, a figure walked in from outside the courtyard. He was wearing a black armor with silver patterns and inlaid with gold rims.With thick eyebrows and star eyes, and thick sideburns on both sides, he is handsome and masculine.

"Meng Tian met Mr. Youshu and Mr. Gongshu."

The person who came was none other than Meng Ao's grandson, Meng Wu's son—Meng Tian.

The rice seeds Mojun planted in Bashu are so important, it is naturally impossible for Yingzheng not to send people to protect them.

At present, Qin's army is divided into three types, namely:

The guards of the royal palace guarding the royal city.

A heavy army guarding the border and responsible for foreign wars.

As well as the local troops responsible for the security of various local counties.

Among them, the local troops in various counties have already exhausted their talent reserves in order to support Qin's foreign wars over the years, leaving only a shell.

The heavy troops guarding the border cannot be easily mobilized.

Then the only option left is naturally the guards guarding the palace.

But after the army is selected, the commander is a new problem. After all, although Lu Buwei's power in Xianyang has been suppressed, it has not been completely eliminated.

in other words.

Nowadays, in Xianyang, there are very few people who are capable and worthy of Ying Zheng's trust.

What's more, including 'Gai Nie', the whereabouts of these people are watched by countless pairs of eyes in Xianyang. Once they act rashly, they will easily be noticed as abnormal.

In desperation, Ying Zheng could only secretly order Meng Tian to be transferred back, and he was sent to lead this secret army to Bashu to guard the grain fields.

Meng Tian is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate.

First of all, as a member of the Meng family, there is no doubt about his loyalty to Qin.

Second, he is capable enough. Meng Tian is an excellent soldier. Ever since he was dispatched by Ying Zheng to Bashu, Meng Tian has never had any doubts. He has always strictly followed Ying Zheng's orders and obeyed all arrangements of Mo Jun.

In the past three years, Meng Tian and Mo Jun have a very close relationship, among other things, when they met for the first time, Meng Tian gave Mo Jun a big gift in front of him.This is naturally because of Mo Jun's kindness in saving Meng Ao.

Seeing Meng Tian's arrival, Mo Jun immediately smiled and said: "General Meng is just in time, let's have lunch together? Have all the rice seeds been planted?"

Meng Tian bowed his hands and said solemnly: "Thank you for your kindness, but Meng Tian still has military affairs..."

Before he finished speaking, Mo Jun interrupted with a wave of his hand: "You have to eat even if you have military affairs! As the saying goes, sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping firewood. Besides, the king also told you that I want you to take care of yourselves during this trip. Now my lord orders you to eat first, and if you have anything to do, we will talk after dinner."

Hearing this, Meng Tian hesitated for a moment, then saluted and said: "Then, this subordinate will be rude."

Seeing Meng Tian sitting down, Mo Jun smiled again.

Gong Shuchou, who was sitting by the side, looked at the scene in front of him, and always felt that there was something weird about it.Obviously Mengtian is older than Mo Jun, but now the relationship between the two looks like Mo Jun is like an elder who is afraid that his children and grandchildren will starve.

After all, Bashu is not as good as Nanjun, which Mo Jun has been running for a long time, so the dishes are much simpler on weekdays.

Today's lunch is only a plate of white-cut chicken, a cut leg of lamb, a pot of braised crucian carp, and a simple side stove, blanching some common mountain mushrooms and wild vegetables, spring bamboo shoots and bean sprouts.

As for the fruit, it is very shabby. Nowadays, very few people can grow out-of-season fruits. The only fruit that can be found in Bashu in spring is the loquat, which tastes not so good and tastes quite sour.

seriously.

Except for the time when he just crossed, when did Mo Jun live such a hard life?
Finish a meal.

Both Gongshuchou and Meng Tian felt a little overwhelmed, but only Mo Jun felt that it was boring.

"Lord Mo Jun's appetite doesn't seem to be very good these days?" Gong Shuchou noticed the strangeness of Mo Jun and couldn't help but ask.

"It's not that I have a bad appetite, but that the dishes are too ordinary and I'm a little tired." Mo Jun shook his head and said casually.

Public defeat: "······"

Meng Tian: "..."

Ordinary dishes?
Tired of eating?
The two looked at the dishes on the stone table that they had never eaten before coming to Bashu, and they couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"By the way, Meng Tian, ​​have those rice seeds been planted?"

"Yes, now everything has been planted according to the instructions of the adult hiccup~~~."

Hearing Mo Jun mention the business suddenly, Meng Tian quickly came back to his senses, got up hurriedly and wanted to salute.The result may be that I ate too much, and I couldn't help but burp as soon as I stood up.

"..."

The air was suddenly quiet.

after a few seconds.

Mo Jun accepted the words lightly, and said lightly: "That's good, then in the next time, I will trouble Master Gongshu to urge the disciples in the sect as soon as possible, and hurry up to make [Quyuanli]."

Gong Shuchou also bowed and said, "I understand."

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(End of this chapter)