Chapter 383
: Notice posted in Xianyang City, corn and potatoes were known by the surname!
Chapter 383: Notice posted in Xianyang City, corn and potatoes became known to the people!
When Ying Zheng heard Fusu's words, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
The curved plow already made Ying Zheng very satisfied, but he did not expect that the curved plow had another advantage.
Zhang Han, who was standing aside, was already numb. Today he was completely shocked by a curved plow.
This was the first time he had seen such excellent agricultural tools.
"What's another advantage?"
Ying Zheng looked at Fusu with a hint of excitement on his face.
Zhang Han on the side also looked at Fusu. He also wanted to know what advantages the curved plow had.
Fusu looked at the First Emperor with a smile on his face and said, "Father!"
“When you use a plow to till the land, you need to change direction and turn frequently.”
“This will waste some time and cause some difficulties in farming the land.”
"The plowshare of the curved plow developed by the teacher can be rotated."
“This saves time on turning and making turns, making tilling the land easier.”
Fusu looked at the First Emperor and told him all the advantages of the curved plow.
Ying Zheng looked at the blueprint of the curved plow in front of him. He couldn't imagine that a curved plow had so many amazing features.
"very good!"
"The curved plow developed by Lin Xuan is so excellent, it is a blessing for the people."
"With the curved plow, the people of Daqin can grow corn and potatoes without worrying about the problems of cultivating the land."
Ying Zheng said with a smile on his face.
After hearing Fusu's words, he was now completely relieved.
Next, the people used the curved plow to plow the land, and then planted corn and potatoes and waited for them to mature and be harvested.
"Zhang Han, take my instructions and the blueprints of the curved plow to see Li Si."
"Tell Li Si about the advantages of the curved plow and have him draw multiple blueprints based on the curved plow blueprints and send them to every city."
"You must bring back this original blueprint that Lin Xuan gave to Fusu."
"I want to stay. This is a good thing."
Ying Zheng said with a smile on his face.
"promise!"
When Zhang Han heard what the First Emperor said, he picked up the drawings on the desk with both hands and turned to leave the study.
Ying Zheng and Fusu were the only two people left in the study room, and both of them had a smile on their faces.
"I didn't expect Lin Xuan to give me such a good gift. Lin Xuan has helped me a lot."
Ying Zheng looked at Fusu with a hint of emotion on his face.
Fusu nodded slightly when he heard what the First Emperor said, "I am very lucky to have Lin Xuan as my teacher."
"If I hadn't met the teacher, I would have never imagined what it would be like."
As Fusu spoke, there was a hint of emotion on his face.
When Ying Zheng heard Fusu's words, he looked at Fusu, and the father and son smiled at each other.
Both of them have an inseparable relationship with Lin Xuan.
"Everyone, hurry to the city gate. There are new notices posted."
"Several notices have been posted during this period. It seems that something big has happened again."
"Go and see if what is said in this notice has anything to do with us ordinary people."
Pedestrians from the four markets in Xianyang City hurried to the city gate.
Post new notices to explain that something big has happened and they cannot miss it.
Soon the gate of Xianyang city was crowded with pedestrians.
On the city wall next to the city gate, two soldiers were posting a huge notice.
Next to the notice there are several soldiers holding spears and wearing swords on their waists. These soldiers are protecting the notice from being destroyed.
There was also an old man standing next to the notice, and everyone in Xianyang City knew this old man.
Every time a notice was posted in Xianyang City, this old man would read it to the passers-by around him.
The old man standing next to the notice looked at the crowds of pedestrians around him.
A smile appeared on his face. What he wanted to see most was that when he read the notice, there would be crowds of pedestrians around him.
This made him feel that he was also very important, after all, he was the one who read the notice to everyone.
At this time, some of the pedestrians near the city gate had anxious looks on their faces.
"Old man, the area around the city gate is already crowded with people. Please read us what the new notice says."
A middle-aged man dressed in brocade and wearing a brocade hat looked at the old man and expressed his thoughts.
Around the middle-aged man, some pedestrians nodded slightly.
They came here just to find out what the new notice said, and they were naturally a little anxious after waiting for a while.
The old man still had a smile on his face when he heard the middle-aged man's words. He looked at the people around him and said:
"The villagers came to the city gate to find out what was written on the notice."
"I won't waste my words. The notice posted by the villagers this time is a good thing for us."
"A great battle took place on the border a few days ago. General Wang Ben personally led a large cavalry force to attack the Xiongnu's lair."
"The Xiongnu Chanyu was beheaded, and the Xiongnu suffered heavy casualties and were driven out of the plain by the cavalry under General Wang Ben."
"From now on, we no longer have to worry about the Huns attacking the border cities and invading the Qin territory."
The old man looked at the pedestrians around him, shouted loudly with a hint of excitement on his face.
As a native Qin person, the old man saw the contents of the notice.
Very excited, the Huns on the border have always posed a threat to the Qin border.
To be precise, before the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms, it also posed a threat to other countries.
After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, Your Majesty sent General Meng Tian to the border to fight against the Huns.
Now that the Huns have been driven out of the plains, there is no need to worry about the border being attacked by the Huns.
The old man was very excited when he thought of this.
The noisy city gate suddenly became quiet, and many passers-by stared with their eyes wide open, unable to believe what they heard.
After a while, some pedestrians reacted. They looked at each other and their throats moved slightly.
"Old man, are you saying that the Huns were driven out of the plains?"
The middle-aged man who spoke first looked at the old man and asked again.
Other passers-by also looked at the old man, wondering if they had heard it wrong.
"That's what it says on the notice. The Huns have been driven off the plains."
The old man looked at the middle-aged man, then looked at the others and repeated it again.
"Hahaha! The Huns have been driven out of the plains. Finally, we don't have to worry about the border cities being breached."
"In front of the Qin cavalry, the Huns are no better than this."
"After being driven out of the plains, the Huns will be left to fend for themselves!"
Some pedestrians had excited looks on their faces and expressed their thoughts to each other.
The Huns on the border knew about it.
Many people also worried that the Huns would invade Qin one day.
Today I heard that the Huns were driven out of the plains and would no longer have the opportunity to attack the cities on the border of Qin.
Their safety would no longer be a problem, so they were naturally very happy.
Soon, all the pedestrians near the city gate had smiles on their faces.
For them, the notice posted this time was indeed good news. "Old man, the cities on the border of Daqin are quite far away from the Xiongnu's lair."
"Even if the cavalry wanted to reach the Huns' lair from the border city, it would take several days."
"This will make it difficult for the cavalry to get enough food. After all, it is difficult to keep up with the cavalry during a forced march."
"Could it be that General Wang Ben led his cavalry on an empty stomach to attack the Xiongnu's lair and drove the Xiongnu out of the plain?"
The middle-aged man dressed in brocade and wearing a brocade hat frowned slightly and looked at the old man and expressed his thoughts.
The pedestrians around regained their composure after hearing the middle-aged man's words. The man's words reminded them.
The cavalry had been marching for several days and eating was indeed a problem.
The old man looked at the middle-aged man and said, "You are so familiar with the border, so someone in your family must have been there before?"
The middle-aged man nodded slightly when he heard the old man's words, "Someone in my family did stay at the border for some time."
"My knowledge of the border also came from what my family members told me."
The middle-aged man did not hide anything and told the reason he knew.
The old man nodded slightly when he heard the middle-aged man's words and said, "Your Excellency is right."
"The cavalry marched quickly to attack the Huns' lair, so eating was indeed a problem."
"Without supplies, we can only fight on an empty stomach. However, this time General Wang Ben led the cavalry to attack the Xiongnu's lair."
"Without supplies, we didn't go hungry."
"On the contrary, when General Wang Ben and his cavalry arrived at the Xiongnu's lair, the cavalry were well fed and well rested."
The old man looked at the middle-aged man and other pedestrians with a smile on his face.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
The middle-aged man shook his head when he heard what the old man said. He didn't believe what the old man had just said.
"Old man, you are not deceiving us, the common people, are you?"
"I don't believe that there are no supply cavalrymen who can eat and drink well all the way to the Huns' lair."
"Could it be that this notice is fake? It's to reassure us."
"Could it be that the Huns have returned and have broken through the border cities and invaded the Qin territory?"
Some pedestrians looked at each other and expressed their thoughts.
The old man's words made them doubtful.
Hearing the people around him questioning him, the old man did not get angry and said:
"The notice posted this time is targeted, and what the old man said is true."
"General Wang Ben led the cavalry to attack the Xiongnu's lair, and he was indeed well fed and well-drinking."
"I'm sure you all remember that Master Meng transported food to the border a while ago."
"The food that Master Meng sent to the border this time is different from the previous ones."
“In the past, the food sent to the border was rice and corn.”
"The food sent to the border this time is two new types of food called corn and potatoes."
“It was these two kinds of food that allowed General Wang Ben to lead his cavalry army to attack the Xiongnu’s lair without any supplies.”
The old man looked at the passers-by around him and mentioned the two new crops written on the notice: corn and potatoes.
"Corn? Potatoes?"
"New food?"
"I've only heard of rice and corn, but this is the first time I've heard of corn and potatoes."
When the pedestrians around heard the old man's words, they looked confused.
It was indeed the first time they heard the names of corn and potatoes, two new grains they had never seen before.
"Old man, you just said that the food that Master Meng sent to the border this time was two new types of food, corn and potatoes."
"General Wang Ben led a large cavalry army, and even though he had no supplies, he still went hungry because of corn and potatoes."
"We all want to know what makes the corn and potatoes you just mentioned better than rice and corn!"
A burly young man looked at the old man and expressed his doubts.
The pedestrians around heard the young man's words and nodded slightly.
They are now also interested in two new foods, corn and potatoes.
When the old man heard the young man's words, he looked at the pedestrians around him.
A smile appeared on his face and he gestured to a soldier beside him.
The soldier nodded and handed the small package in his hand to the old man. The old man took the package and opened it. The package contained corn and potatoes.
"Look, folks. These are the corn and potatoes I just mentioned."
"The yellow one is corn, and the darker, less round one is potato."
"These two grains are what Master Meng sent to the border."
The old man said this, holding up the package with both hands so that passers-by could see the corn and potatoes.
Passersby who saw corn and potatoes had expressions of surprise on their faces; it was the first time they had seen such food.
Some passers-by were even more skeptical, wondering if something that looked so strange could really be eaten as food?
"Old man, how can you eat the corn and potatoes in your hand?"
The young man who had just spoken expressed his thoughts after looking at the potatoes and corn in the old man's hands.
Some passers-by nodded slightly, wondering how they could eat the corn and potatoes that looked so strange.
The old man smiled when he heard the young man's words, and looked at the pedestrians around him and said:
"Eating the two new grains, corn and potatoes, is simple. Just put water in the pot."
"Put the potatoes and corn in the pot, wait until the clear water turns into hot water, and then the corn and potatoes will be cooked in a while."
"At this time, corn and potatoes can be eaten."
"Just now I said that General Wang Ben led a large cavalry army to march quickly to attack the Xiongnu's lair."
"Without supplies, the cavalry did not go hungry."
"Because the cavalry took some cooked corn and potatoes with them before leaving the border."
"If you feel hungry on the road, you can eat corn and potatoes to fill your stomach."
"This way, the cavalry army doesn't need to waste time making fires and cooking, nor does it have to worry about running out of supplies."
"This is what makes corn and potatoes, two new grains, superior to rice and millet."
“It can be cooked in advance and carried by soldiers to battle.”
"Fellow villagers, now you understand why General Wang Ben led a large cavalry army to drive the Xiongnu off the plains without any supplies."
The old man looked at the people around him and told them all the advantages of corn and potatoes.
When the people around the city gate heard the old man's words, they were shocked.
They didn't expect that potatoes and corn, two seemingly strange grains, actually have such excellent qualities.
It can be cooked and carried by soldiers, which is something rice and corn cannot compare to.
The middle-aged man in brocade was also stunned at this moment.
He now completely understood why the Huns were driven out of the plains without supplies.
This is because the cavalry carried cooked corn and potatoes, both of which are indeed excellent foods.
The old man looked at the stunned pedestrians around him and spoke again: "This battle on the border is enough to prove the excellence of corn and potatoes."
"Your Majesty believes that the people of Daqin can choose to grow corn and potatoes."
“These two new kinds of food are very beneficial to the people.”
After the old man finished speaking, the city gate became quiet again.
(End of this chapter)