Chapter 43: Solve the current difficulties and solve the people’s livelihood problems!

Faced with these difficulties, Meng Yi was at a loss for a moment, but he was not worried.

He firmly believed that since the Thirteenth Young Master could come up with such far-sighted ideas, he must have foreseen these problems and had his own solutions.

At this moment, in his heart, the Thirteenth Young Master's status was already extremely high, as if he was no different from a god.

As night fell, the two prime ministers, Meng Yi and Wang Ben received an invitation and came to the Thirteenth Prince's manor.

The two prime ministers saluted respectfully, and Wang Ben, a rough man, joked: "Boy, do you have any salt? I won't work without salt!"

Only Meng Yi looked at the Thirteenth Young Master intently and repeatedly, his eyes full of curiosity and admiration.

Recalling the time when Emperor Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and brought the world together, Meng Yi also gazed at him with the same eyes.

I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: How could the wisdom in your head be as unfathomable as that of a god?

As Meng Yi expected, the Thirteenth Young Master began to speak.

"I'm sure you all have a plan for today's court session, right?"

"If my guess is correct, you must have realized that in order to implement the policy of abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, we need to solve a key problem urgently."

"Yes, it is the people's livelihood that is in trouble."

Lao Wang interrupted: "Excuse me, what is people's livelihood?"

Ying Heng glanced at him and patiently explained: "People's livelihood refers to how people maintain their lives, including basic needs such as food, clothing, and medical care."

Lao Wang suddenly realized: "Oh, it's not just the people, my soldiers are also human beings, they will also starve, get sick and die!"

Ying Heng did not respond, and continued to explain his thoughts: "Currently, I have found three special crop seeds."

"Zichang, Qingshan, go guard the door and don't let anyone disturb you."

The two of them left in response.

Ying Heng continued, "There is a high-yield staple food called rice, which can produce up to 2,000 kilograms per mu."

"what?"

"Are you serious?"

"impossible?"

Upon hearing this, the four colleagues stood up in unison and stared at Ying Heng in shock.

Upon hearing this, the four of them stood up from their seats and looked at Ying Heng with disbelief in their eyes.

"Two thousand kilograms per mu?"

"Are you kidding?"

“Where is it grown?”

Ying Heng did not respond to this because they were destined to face a huge conceptual shock today.

He went on to say: "The rice varieties mentioned above have unique requirements for their growing environment."

“The other two are potatoes and sweet potatoes.”

"These two crops are not demanding on the growing environment and have a more impressive yield. They can be used as staple food or as a dish."

"One acre of potato can produce about 4000 kilograms, while one acre of sweet potato can produce up to 6000 kilograms."

"The potato growing period is short and can be harvested in just two months."

“Although sweet potatoes take longer, they can still mature in four to five months.”

incredible!

The four of them looked at each other in astonishment. Ying Heng continued, "I am currently in the process of large-scale breeding of these three crops. This matter must be kept strictly confidential."

"In about two or three months, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food will be produced, which will also function as seeds."

"Then we can use part of it to provide relief to the victims."

"The remaining part was used as seeds and distributed to the 70 laborers who returned home after the construction of the Afang Palace was completed."

"After they plant, in two or three months, which is this autumn, our Great Qin Empire expects to harvest hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain."

"When that time comes, I don't need to explain the impact, you will understand it naturally."

“Starting next year, we will be able to distribute these seeds to the public for planting at the appropriate time and place.”

"The premise is that those territories and people must be under the rule of our Great Qin, and not controlled by the anti-Qin nobles of the six countries."

"How will the people react in such a comparison? What will be the fate of those nobles who opposed Qin?"

"And what about the soldiers of the Great Qin? What will happen to them? You may want to think about it carefully."

Wang Ben closed his jaw so hard that it almost dislocated due to excessive surprise.

"Oh my goodness!"

He gasped, amazed.

“How could such a miraculous crop exist in this world?”

"If what Che said is true, then our hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be able to have enough food every day, right?"

"If that's the case, hey, I can beat those Xiongnu cavalrymen to pieces!"

At that time, the Qin Dynasty was severely ravaged by famine, so much so that human ethics collapsed, tragedies of cannibalism occurred frequently, and thousands of miles of fertile land turned into a field of starving people.

Natural disasters such as drought, floods, earthquakes, severe cold, and drought occur seven or eight times every few years.

In this land, people often spend two years out of three in hunger.

Every time after a locust plague, the Qin Dynasty had to send troops to attack the six kingdoms in order to plunder their resources to fill the empty granaries at home.

Otherwise, facing the next round of famine, the Qin Dynasty might not be able to survive.

After the unification of the six kingdoms, the entire empire was already in ruins. Even though Qin Shihuang was ambitious, he could no longer launch a war against the Huns and the Baiyue.

However, now, if we have these thousands of kilograms of grain per mu as a support, once the Huns and Baiyue dare to provoke the Qin Dynasty!
Wang Ben firmly believed that those well-fed and strong Qin soldiers would once again risk their lives to wipe out these two foreign threats once and for all!

This is why Wang Ben was so excited just by hearing about it even though he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

Meng Yi's heart was also in turmoil: As expected, the Thirteenth Young Master had already planned everything out and was confident of what was going on.

But he never expected that the Thirteenth Young Master could find such a rare thing - food!
And at once they are three high-yield crops, with yields of up to two thousand kilograms, four thousand kilograms or even six thousand kilograms per mu?
If what the Thirteenth Young Master said is true, then...

Meng Yi's eyes gradually lit up with a fiery light.

"Sir, if what you said is true, those crops can indeed achieve such amazing yields. Even if we can't reach several thousand kilograms per mu, as long as we can reach a thousand kilograms per mu, our Great Qin will no longer worry about food shortages, and the nightmare of famine that occurs every three years will disappear from now on!"

At this moment, he had thrown away the reserve of a Confucian scholar, and his words were straightforward and passionate.

"Furthermore, once the people have solved their food and clothing problems, they will naturally rush to enter the academy to learn and be proactive."

"People, once they have a full stomach, will not be satisfied with a mediocre life. They will always be eager to climb up!"

"When that time comes, we can fully implement and solidly implement the policy of 'abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone'."

"Sir, do you think what Yi said makes sense?"

Meng Yi's eyes were shining with anticipation, and he looked at Ying Heng excitedly, just like a primary school student eager to get praise from his teacher.

(End of this chapter)