"Fifty stones?"

Qin Shihuang and Wang Jian looked at each other.

Then he burst out laughing at the same time.

That smile makes you happy!

Especially Qin Shihuang, who was laughing and holding his stomach.

Obviously, something went wrong!

"Xiu'er, you are so interesting."

"Yeah, I really treat myself like an eight-year-old child."

"In the past, the Zheng Kingdom built canals and filled them with silt water. They irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of land, and the maximum yield was only five stones per mu. Even so, the fertile fields in Guanzhong have never had bad years again. You are just a potato,

You dare to lie about fifty stones?"

"That's right!" Wang Jian immediately agreed and sneered: "If I had fifty stones, I would have eaten this sword on the spot!"

"Okay, okay, I owe you first!"

Cao Xiu also looked helpless.

Who would believe this unless they saw it with their own eyes?

Nowadays, it cannot be compared with later generations. Growing food depends entirely on human labor. Although it is no longer slash-and-burn farming, it is still far behind compared with the large-scale mechanized planting in later generations. For example, later generations have chemical fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides, but what did the Qin Dynasty have?

?

The main food grown in Sishui Pavilion is millet, and the average yield per mu is about three stones. You must know that this is already a situation with Cao Xiu's help, and it is usually only a little more than two stones.

The yield per mu is small, so we have to grow more land. The Qin State is famous for having less land and more people. One family can be allocated thirty acres of land. For example, Liu Ji's middle brother Liu Xi grows three acres of land.

Ten acres of land, I go out early and come back late every day to take care of the crops.

Then Cao Xiu opened his mouth and said that the yield per mu was fifty dan.

If Wang Jian, the First Emperor of Qin, believed it, he would be a fool!

In Qin, one stone weighed one hundred and twenty kilograms, which was equivalent to 30 kilograms in later generations. Fifty kilograms was equivalent to a yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu, which was normal for a high-yielding crop like potatoes, but for the Qin people, it was simply

Impossible!

After growing potatoes for three years, Cao Xiu roughly estimated this number.

As for higher?

Without specialized chemical fertilizers, the soil fertility will definitely be overdrawn, and it will be necessary to rotate crops to restore it. At the same time, a lot of time will have to be spent on weeding and insect removal, and it is possible that the soil will be even higher.

……

"Are you serious?"

Qin Shihuang looked at Cao Xiu with a strange face.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the potato seedlings. If he could really produce fifty dan per mu, it would be enough to bless thousands of Guizhou heads in the Qin State, and he would become a god in one fell swoop with this achievement. From now on, there will be no need to sacrifice the gods of the community every year, and they will directly sacrifice to Cao Xiuji.

Yes!

The old Qin people are afraid of poverty!

In this farming era, food is the sky!

As long as the food supply is sufficient, anything can be said.

"Hehe, two more months will be enough."

Cao Xiu was too lazy to say anything and just smiled. As the saying goes, seeing is believing and hearing is believing, so it’s normal for them not to believe it. If someone came to him and said that there are grain seeds growing in the fields that can yield hundreds of shi per acre, he wouldn’t believe it either.<

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"Well, let's not talk about the origin of this potato. If this potato can really yield fifty dan per mu and is so auspicious, why don't you hand it over to Qin?"

"With this merit, not to mention being granted the title of marquis by the prime minister, it is more than enough for generations to have enough food and clothing. Even the three princes and nine ministers will treat each other with courtesy when they meet."

Wang Jian echoed from the side.

In the past few years, the emperor destroyed the six kingdoms and conquered the world with auspicious events to prove that the Qin Dynasty obeyed the will of the Zhou Dynasty. Xu Wang, the magistrate of Wen County, reported that he gave birth to a strange girl gifted from heaven. She was born with King Wen's Bagua in her hand, and she could speak in a hundred days.

.The First Emperor was overjoyed and gave Xu Wang a hundred yi of gold to take care of him.

But these are all virtual and cannot be grasped. Potatoes are different, this thing is real. If you can really produce fifty per mu, then Cao Xiu is a great sage!

As a Qin official, why didn't Cao Xiu offer it?

"Yes, you can think of this."

Cao Xiu smiled and nodded.

They are really smart.

"And..." Qin Shihuang held up his sharp sword and his eyes became more and more fierce, "You adopted orphans from refugees and made them practice literature and martial arts. As a Qin official, you are not enterprising. You could be promoted to a higher position but you repeatedly refused.

."

Qin Shi Huang paused, then took a deep breath.

"There is only one truth!"

"You want to rebel!!!"

"You fart!"

What rebellion?

I'm obviously revolting!

Cao Xiu looked at Azheng with interest. He had no intention of revealing the truth. As long as he refused to admit it, could these two brats still eat him?

But, can Ah Zheng guess it?

Qin Shihuang frowned slightly, and his murderous intent gradually dissipated. From the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Cao Xiu was not a traitor, but a Qin official who could serve the country. Even if he had some minor problems, he didn't care.

Just like Li Si is greedy for power, he did not hesitate to come from Chu to Qin, but he still gives him power. Cao Xiu is very greedy for money, which is the easiest to control. As long as you don't go too far, it doesn't matter if you give some financial benefits.

.

He won't just let it go.

He can turn a blind eye when fighting for power. But if he rebels, this will touch his bottom line. No matter how talented Cao Xiu is, he will never tolerate it.

Wang Jian secretly winked at Qin Shihuang.

This is not something I feel comfortable saying!

He can also see that there is something wrong with Cao Xiu, but now they are living under someone else's roof. The key is that now that they are like this, even if Cao Xiu is really a rebel, what can they do?

Go and sue the officials?

I'm afraid they might be falsely accused and arrested.

Therefore, they must endure it now!

Qin Shihuang casually held a sword flower in his hand and continued: "Xiu'er, since you said so, it's easy to handle. If you offer this potato, it will definitely become the auspiciousness of the Qin State!"

"None of your business?"

"This matter is of great importance and can benefit millions of people in Guizhou. In the past, there was a great famine in the world. People who were hungry thousands of miles away had to sacrifice their children to eat. Some people were so hungry that they couldn't even eat the bark of a tree. Can you bear to see those people in Guizhou suffer from hunger?"
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“It’s none of my business?”

"..."

"..."

Qin Shihuang held the sharp sword and suddenly became addicted to chopping.

How dare Shu Zian do this?!

He and Wang Jian talked about each other with reason and moved them with emotion.

The result is good, Cao Xiu's words turned out to be dirty!

When he returns to Xianyang and takes power, he will kill Cao Xiu a hundred times!

"Besides, are you thinking too much?" Cao Xiu spread his hands and said calmly: "Even if I really offer these potatoes, do you think that no one will starve to death? If there is a drought for consecutive years, let alone planting potatoes.

Even if you farm gold, people will still starve to death."

"You don't need to kidnap me with morality. I'm famous for being immoral. The person who can really decide the life and death of Qian Shou is not me, but..."

Cao Xiu said and pointed to the sky.

"Are you talking about the sky?" Qin Shihuang suddenly realized, "What you said makes sense. As long as the weather is good every year, even planting millet, millet, wheat, and bean sprouts will be enough to feed your belly, let alone starve to death. Yes, you have insight!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Cao Xiu raised his eyebrows helplessly and said displeased: "I'm talking about the emperor. Natural disasters cannot be avoided, but man-made disasters can be avoided as much as possible."

"Bold!"

"Insolent!" Qin Shihuang suddenly glared, "How dare you criticize...the emperor? Do you know how hard it is for the emperor?"

"Are you okay?"

Cao Xiu looked at them strangely.

"You are just orphans and refugees. You don't feel that you are suffering. Instead, you feel that you are suffering from being an emperor who has thousands of miles of land and enjoys the wealth of the world? I think you are really crazy!"

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Chapter completed!