Chapter 369 Qin is hoarding grain and I am hoarding knives. Qin is my granary!
What do you think?
Kneel down and watch!
The productivity of the Chang'an plow has exceeded the imagination limit of the kings and ministers of Chu!
But for a while, the imperial study room was quiet.
After a few breaths, Da Sinong Xiong Ke just said in a deep voice: "This is a sacred tool for farming!"
"If what Young Master Qi said is true, this thing will be especially good at farming in our Chu land."< br>
“If I, the great Chu State, obtain this thing, I will certainly be able to obtain fertile fields, so that the grain production will increase dramatically and the population will flourish!”
“I advise you to send candidates deep into Qin. Explore the details of this plow and be sure to get the craftsmanship of this plow!”
Xiong Ke knew why no one spoke up.
However, as the chief agricultural officer of the Chu State, he was in charge of the agricultural affairs of the Chu State, and he bluntly stated that it was his duty to give advice.
He is a royal family member of the Chu Kingdom. He cannot just watch Chu Kingdom lagging behind other countries!
Jingchou spoke slowly: "The Chang'an plow is light, so it is easier to transport into the mountains and forests."
"The Chang'an plow occupies a small area, so it can cultivate narrow areas in the mountains."
“The Chang’an plow can be operated by one ox and one man, allowing small groups of refugees to cultivate acres of land.”
"And since it can be managed by one cow and one man, it seems that even if there are no cattle, three men can work together to complete the farming. This is a great joy for thieves who have difficulty in obtaining cattle."
Jingchou looked at Xiong Ke and his voice became stronger: "So I think what Xiong Sinong said is completely wrong."
"This thing is not that it is particularly good at farming in our Chu land, but that it is particularly good at farming. Yunmengze and other thieves gather in the land to farm!”
“If this material flows into our Chu country, our Chu country will benefit, but the thieves will benefit even more!”
Qu He nodded in agreement: "What Jing Sima said is true."
"The reason why many rebels in our country of Chu are unable to fight for a long time is because they have no food to eat."
"But if this Chang'an plow is introduced to our great Chu, it will definitely be used by the rebels." . ”
“This plow is beneficial, but it does more harm than good to me, Dachu!”
The one who knows you best is always your enemy.
Qu Jingzhao and his clan ruled slaves for hundreds of years.
For more than three hundred years, Qu Jingzhao's clan suppressed thousands of medium- and large-scale slave rebellions.
Looking at the world, Qu Jingzhao and his family can proudly say: No one understands slaves better than us!
Ying Chengxi?
How many slaves did he keep?
How many slaves did he kill?
How many slave rebellions did he put down?
A person who has never seen a slave in his entire life, how can he understand slaves better than we do?
Ying Chengxuan deliberately used the Chang'an Plow Sword to cut down the superstructure of the Chu Kingdom.
But the Qu Jingzhao clan didn’t even know what Chang’an Li looked like, so they had already judged the significance of this thing to slaves based on Xiong Qi’s description!
This thing does far more harm than good to the slave-owning nobles!
They were slave-owning aristocrats, they were not capitalists.
Even if they are given a hundred times the profit, they are not willing to sell the rope that hangs them!
Xiong Ke stood up, pointed to the north and said angrily: "Jing Sima, Qu Taizai, do you only have eyes for the rebels in our Chu Kingdom?"
"Nearby" In the past few years, Qin has won successive battles and continued to advance eastward, swallowing Wei and destroying Han."
"Even our great Chu state had to cede all the territory north of Yingshui River."
"If it weren't for the lack of food and grass in Qin, Zhao might have been destroyed last year!"
"Big enemy!"
"On the side!"
"Now , Qin has obtained such a powerful tool for farming, and in just a few years, Qin will have no worries about famine and can raise troops at will!"
"What about our great Chu?"
"More and more depressed!"
Xiong Ke faced the King of Chu and solemnly raised his hands: "If we, the great Chu, want to survive, we can only rise up!"
"If we don't rise up and catch up, we can win Chang'an. With the skill of plowing, the day when our great Chu will be destroyed has already been seen!”
The king of Chu sat on the high platform with his crotch on his back, silent.
Jingchou scolded in a deep voice: "Scaremongering! It's all fallacy!"
"If Chang'an Plow really enters Chu, the rebels in Chu will definitely flourish."
"There will even be more young servants who disobey the rebels, flee into the mountains and forests, and form an army!"
"By then, the civil strife in our country of Chu will be endless!"
Jingchou solemnly raised his hands: "I advise you not to allow Chang'an plows to flow into Chu."
"If anyone dares to smuggle Chang'an plows into Chu, Chu people, Yi tribe!”
Seeing Jing Chou and Xiong Ke facing each other tit for tat, the King of Chu had a serious look on his face.
In the eyes of Jingchou and Ying Chengyu, the Chang'an Plow was a sword that slashed at the superstructure of Chu State.
But in the eyes of King Chu, Fu Chu, this was a sword aimed at him!
Why did King Chu take the throne? Why was King Han of Chu killed?
The reason lies in the support of the nobles of Chu State!
And the vast majority of the nobles of Chu State are slave owners!
For the slave-owning class, the Chang'an plow was a deadly poison.
But for any monarch, the Chang'an plow is a good way to rejuvenate the country!
The same is true for King Chu of Chu.
Whether the main power group in Chu State is slave owners or large landowners is not important to King Chu of Chu.
Whether Chu State can be strong and prosperous is very important to King Chu of Chu!
The sword of Ying Chengyu broke the honeymoon period between King Chu and the nobles of Chu.
Let the irreconcilable contradiction between the king and the slave-owning class be exposed!
After a few breaths, the King of Chu lowered his cud before speaking slowly: "Jing Aiqing said that the plow in Chang'an would do more harm than good to our great Chu, and I deeply believe it."
" However, what Xiong Aiqing said is also true.”
"The tyrants of Qin are like tigers and wolves, and they have coveted our great Chu for a long time."
The king of Chu said in a solemn voice: "Qin's land is vast and sparsely populated, and the reins that restrict Qin are always food and population."
“But if the Chang’an plow is really what Master Qi said, as long as the Chang’an plow is pushed away from Qin, Qin’s grain output will at least increase several times.”
“This It can not only meet the needs of the Qin State for the expedition, but also support the Qin State to raise more people. "In more than ten years, the number of people in the Qin State will also be doubled."
"The Qin Dynasty took the Chang'an plow, which is like a tiger with added wings!"
"How should I, the great Chu, contend?"
The King of Chu did not offend both sides, and went straight to the core of the problem.
Not to introduce Changan plow?
Yes.
But I can't just sit back and watch the great Chu fall!
Zhaocen cupped his hands and said: "What the king said is true." "It doesn't take a few years to get the plow in Chang'an, and the grain output of Qin will be doubled."
" This will definitely cause the price of food in Qin to drop significantly, so that we in Chu can purchase a large amount of grain from Qin at a low price to support our people in Chu."
Xiong Ke sneered: "Obviously. We can use our land in Chu to cultivate more grain, but we have to spend huge sums of money to purchase grain from Qin? ”
"Your Majesty's plan is extremely absurd!"
"Not to mention how much money our country of Chu needs to pay for food every year."
"If the Qin State does not sell the country to my country, Chu, what should I do with my great Chu? "
"Don't you understand the policy of 'Qi Wan Lu Zhen'? "
In Xiong Ke's view, Zhao Cen's brain is simply crazy. Crazy!
It is ridiculous to entrust a country's food in the hands of an enemy country.
Do you understand economic war, trade war and food war?
If you don’t understand, just watch "Guanzi" twice more!
Zhao Cen said quietly: "If I, the great Chu, do not take Chang'an plows, all the countries in the world will also take Chang'an plows."
"Qin does not sell grain to Chu, but all countries can sell grain to Chu. .”
"As long as the world's grain production skyrockets, the cost of obtaining grain in our great Chu will become lighter and lighter."
"I think that our great Chu's land is not good for farming, but it is rich in copper and iron deposits."< br>
“Instead of using the Chang’an plow to cultivate the land, we, the Chu State, should focus on forging weapons, preparing for war, and regaining lost ground!”
“And this is also a strategy to weaken Qin!”< br>
Zhao Cen faced the King of Chu with his cud in his hands and bowed his hands as a salute, and explained in a deep voice: "I believe that the Chang'an plow will do more harm than good to Qin."
"Qin's method is to weaken the people and lead them to war."
"However, the Chang'an plow allows the Qin people to have enough food without getting a title. If this continues, the Qin people will surely indulge in peace and happiness and lose their Dare to fight!”
“My great Chu buys grain from Qin and sells all kinds of enjoyment things to Qin, which will definitely increase the enjoyment of Qin’s people.”
“ Qin likes to plow and fight fiercely because of Chang'an plow, but we, the great Chu, can sharpen our swords at this time."
"When Qin is tired of fighting, we, the great Chu, can march north to seize all the lost land and seize Qin again. Food! ”
"If this is the case, the great Chu will be prosperous!"
Zhaocen is not just opposing for the sake of opposition.
The reason why the Qin army was brave is closely related to the laws of the Qin State and the living environment of the Qin people.
Are there many examples of regiments and ethnic groups that dared to fight and fought well in times of poverty, but turned into soft-footed shrimps and doughy armies after they had no worries about food and clothing, and became prosperous and wealthy?
Countless throughout the ages!
Once the Qin people can farm safely and have enough to eat and drink, how many Qin people are willing to put their heads in their belts to fight for wealth?
Poverty is a weapon that makes people willing to be exploited and even actively ask to be exploited!
If the speed of Qin's reforms cannot keep up with the speed of Chang'an Li's promotion, what Zhaocen said may become a reality!
The eyes of Jingchou and others lit up, and they all raised their hands: "I second the proposal!"
Looking at the ministers who all agreed, the King of Chu sighed softly in his heart.
Self-interest is more important than the interests of the country.
The pillars and beams of Great Chu are all like this, how can Great Chu prosper!
For a time, King Chu Chu suddenly understood how tough King Chu was.
The King of Chu asked with an unchanging expression: "What if Qin takes the initiative to raise troops before the people are rich?"
"The war will consume all the increased grain production!"
"The lives of the people of Qin will not change much. The only change is the increasingly protracted war in Qin!"
The king of Chu pointed out the problem with his words.
Zhaocen’s inference may be useful in countries that promote Confucianism or Huang-Lao’s techniques.
But it is useless to Qin!
Ying Zheng is not the lord who maintains the status quo, but he is actually the hero!
Ying Zheng will definitely make every drop of Qin's blood flow into his fangs and claws, turning it into nourishment for biting the enemy!
Zhaocen narrowed his eyes slightly.
Compared with the overthrow of his own strategy, what concerned him more was the attitude of the King of Chu!
The King of Chu suddenly changed his subject: "I think that Ling Yin's policy is a good one."
"But I only take the forward policy, not the back policy."
"We, the great Chu, should not place our hopes on Qin's own decline, but should take this opportunity to strengthen our great Chu!"
"We, the great Chu, can buy grain from other countries this year, and based on this Collect food to mobilize troops, eliminate internal thieves, and take back Yunmengze and other areas where thieves gather. "At the same time, recruit young people and continue to build external roads with the existing big city as the center."
"When the thieves are eliminated and the road is smooth, we will introduce the Chang'an plow!"
The King of Chu made concessions.
First spend money to buy food to save Chu's young manpower, and then use these manpower to spend several years to pacify Yunmengze and other areas where rebels gather, and wipe out the existing rebellious boy servants in the country.
Then roads were built to extend the actual control range of each slave owner and further reduce the space for the child servants to escape.
After protecting the interests of slave owners to the maximum extent, the Changan plow was introduced.
But Jingchou was still a little dissatisfied. He raised his hands and said solemnly: "It takes a long time to build roads, and many deep mountains in Chu are difficult for the army to pass."
"According to Yin's plan, we will wait for When Chang'an Plow enters my country, there will be some servants who steal Chang'an Plow and escape into the mountains and forests!"
The King of Chu said categorically: "Then let them escape!"
"A few servants are insignificant."
"I can't let my great Chu lag behind for a few servants. Other countries!"
"My dear friends!"
The king of Chu stood up and said sincerely: "Look north to the old Han!"
"This year, King An of Han was poisoned, Young Master Han died in battle, and all the dignitaries of Han were either killed or exiled."
"How miserable!"
"Don't you, my beloved ministers, want to Do you want me to follow the footsteps of the old Han?"
Jingchou wanted to remonstrate, but Zhaocen shook his head gently and held his hands solemnly: "Your Majesty, the King of Chu is wise!" If Chu was willing to make concessions for the benefit of the powerful, then the powerful should respond in good faith to King Chu Chu, rather than being aggressive.
The King of Chu is still the King of Chu after all!
And what King Chu said was true.
The Chu State exists only so that dignitaries like them can continue to exist.
If the Chu Kingdom is destroyed, these powerful people will surely make the same mistake as the Korean powerful people!
Jingchou and others looked at each other and after thinking for a moment, they also handed over their hands: "Your Majesty is wise!"
(End of this chapter)