Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan took a closer look, with a puzzled look on his face: "Qing Yu, what's so special about this Jigu?"

Yu Xin said seriously: "Don't you think that there are a lot of grains in this Ji Valley?"

Zhao Dan looked at it for a while, then slowly shook his head: "This is not much."

As a traveler, Zhao Dan has seen the kind of rice in the later generations that can bend the grain stems. Not only are the density of those grains much higher than the one in Yu Xin's hand, but they are also very full.

If the grains of the later generations are 30-year-old burly men, then the one in Yu Xin's hands is simply a 16-year-old boy who has not yet completed his development.

"Not much?" Yu Xin looked excited, and suddenly took out another ear of corn from his bosom: "My lord, please take a look at this."

Zhao Dan took a closer look and found that there were more than a dozen grains growing sparsely on this ear, which could be counted clearly with the naked eye.

To make matters worse, the grains on this ear of corn looked like malnourished five or six-year-old children

Zhao Dan suddenly remembered something: "This is"

"That's right." Yu Xin nodded with certainty, and said, "This is the grain planted and harvested by ordinary people."

After a pause, Yu Xin continued: "The ear of grain in my hand was obtained from an acre of land in my home."

"Ueda?" Zhao Dan immediately widened his eyes.

Ueda came out with such a thing?

No wonder a hundred acres of land can barely accommodate a family. This productivity really needs to be improved.

Yu Xin said to Zhao Dan excitedly: "Dare to ask the king, who planted this valley, and ask the king to order him to come out. I want to ask him for advice to see if he used any special seeds. .”

You must know that many of Zhao's taxes are paid in the form of millet, and the increase in millet production actually represents an increase in national tax revenue.

Therefore, seeing this kind of grain, which is fuller and more grainy than other grains, Yu Xin immediately fell in love.

Yu Xin was afraid that Zhao Dan would not care about it, so he immediately said: "My lord, if we can get such seeds, then we can increase the yield by at least half a stone to one stone per mu, which is definitely a great thing for Zhao Guo, my lord."

Zhao Dan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Actually, this thing doesn't use any special seeds. It's cultivated with the widow's Quyuan plow first, and then an appropriate amount of manure is applied during the growth process."

Yu Xin's eyes straightened: "It's so simple?"

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "Yes, it's that simple."

At this time, Xiangbang Zhao Sheng came over and interjected with a smile: "Hasn't Yu Qing discovered that the taxes paid near Handan have increased a lot in the past two years? This is the effect of Quyuanli and manure ah."

Yu Xin suddenly realized, and said embarrassingly: "I don't know about this, but I made the king laugh."

Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and said, "Yu Qing is not in charge of the farmland affairs, and it is normal to know something. How can I blame Yu Qing? But speaking of it, I do have one thing to tell you."

As Zhao Dan spoke, he raised his head, and said to several important ministers of Zhao Guo who had surrounded him: "Presumably all the lords have also seen that the Quyuan plow and manure can increase the harvest of the field after application, and the number of Years of cultivation is enough to prove the stability of this method."

"You are all people with a lot of land in your family. I hope that you can set an example for the people, and spread this method to the whole country of Zhao as soon as possible through your influence."

Although it is said that Quyuanli and manure have been produced by Zhao Dan for several years, Zhao's treasury is quite tight after all, and it is obviously unrealistic to rely on state subsidies to popularize them.

And according to the situation reported by the monitoring guard, even though Zhao Dan ordered the local officials to explain the benefits of Quyuanli and manure many times, the people at the bottom are still cautious about it.

Several years have passed, and only Handan and some places near Handan are slowly accepting this farming method, and other places in Zhao State still maintain the original and backward method before.

This is something Zhao Dan cannot tolerate.

Food is too important these days, not just food, but also a kind of currency, and even vital military supplies.

Anything that can bring Zhao's grain production to a higher level must be fully promoted.

These people present are all the top ministers of Zhao State, and many of them are the heads of certain big families, whose lands are spread all over the country.

As long as there is their support and help, the speed of transmission will obviously be faster.

Seeing is worth seeing, as long as nobles are allowed to plant rice all over the country, farmers all over the country will naturally follow suit after witnessing the benefits of this method.

And it is not a loss for these Zhao Guozhong ministers present. After all, if this advanced method is applied, they themselves will be the first batch of beneficiaries.

So soon Zhao Dan heard the answer he wanted.

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will give you instructions when I go back. Starting next year, this Qu Yuanli and manure will definitely be spread on the land of the ministers!"

Chapter 531 New Year's Meeting (First Update)

At the same time as Zhao Guoqiu was harvesting, the busy planning work was also in full swing.

The above plan is the Zhao government's annual performance appraisal of local and central officials.

In these performance appraisals, many officials with excellent performance will be promoted, and many officials with poor performance will be demoted or even dismissed. evaluate.

After the above plan is over, the lively New Year's Day will come.

After New Year's Day, it is the winter of ice and snow.

For the country of Zhao and even the entire land of China, this is a rather peaceful second half of the year.

Perhaps it was because the war in the first half of the year made all the countries a little tired, so in the second half of the year, except for the sporadic conflicts between Qi and Chu on the border, which almost broke out in a big war, the other countries did not have much trouble. change.

In such an atmosphere, the spring of 255 BC came.

This morning, under the auspices of Zhao Dan, a very important meeting was going on in the Longtai.

Generally speaking, the State Council of Zhao decides the direction of Zhao State's attack in the next year or even several years in such a meeting.

But this meeting, the atmosphere was different from previous years.

Zhao Dan shook the information in his hand, and said to the seven ministers of Zhao State in front of him with a serious face: "Masters, according to reliable information, the State of Chu has betrayed the widow and secretly formed an alliance with the State of Qin."

As soon as Zhao Dan said these words, the faces of Zhao Guo ministers present were a little surprised.

You must know that in the past five years, Chu State has sided with Zhao State in almost every war. It can be said that Chu State is one of Zhao State's most reliable allies.

In the past several wars, although Chu State had more defeats than victories against Qin State in the southeast direction, each time it restrained a considerable part of Qin State's troops and helped Zhao State relieve a lot of pressure.

From a certain subconscious point of view, many ministers of Zhao State present even regarded Chu State as "one of their own", so they were so surprised after hearing the news of Chu State's betrayal.

Yu Xin, who was the first to sign the covenant on behalf of Zhao State and Chu State, couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, is this news true?"

Zhao Dan nodded with certainty, and said solemnly: "This news is top-secret news from Hu Yiwei Branch of Chu State, and it is absolutely true."

Upon hearing Zhao Dan's words, all the ministers of Zhao State fell silent.

With the passage of the past few years, the reputation of Hu Yiwei's organization has gradually become louder, and it has begun to have the capital to wrestle with the Qin secret intelligence organization led by "Hou".

In the past few years, the two sides have confronted each other overtly and secretly, and generally speaking, each has its own gains and losses.