Daqin Engineering Corps

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"Only in this way can Chumin's heart of waiting be broken."

Fusu said again:

"But……"

But needless to say, if the interests of Huaibei do not rise but fall instead, although Chumin cannot wait, it will make Huainan compare.

If the benefits are not as good as Huainan, Chumin will naturally not come to vote.

Shen Bing replied:

"Our tax rate may not be as low as that of Chu State, but the benefits may not be inferior to Chu State."

Fusu asked puzzledly:

"how do I say this?"

Shen Bing replied:

"The same piece of land, what if Huaibei can grow more grain?"

Fusu said:

"Although this statement is reasonable."

"If Huaibei can grow more grain, then even if the tax rate is higher than that of Chu, there will still be more surplus grain after paying the tax."

"But...how can we grow more food?"

Shen Bing didn't answer, but shouted to the guard outside the tent:

"Go ask Xu Ying to come."

The personal guard responded and ran away.

After a while Xu Ying rushed to the tent and saluted Fusu respectfully.

Shen Bing said:

"Sir, the young master wants to know if more food can be grown on the same piece of land."

Xu Ying let out an "oh" and replied:

"Young master, it is the method of composting that the lieutenant general taught me in Handan."

"That is, man-made fertilizers enhance the fertility of the land."

"I used this method to apply high, medium, and low fertilizers in various places, and found that the fields with medium fertilizers grew the best."

"Although the harvest has not yet been harvested at this time, it is estimated that the harvest will increase by at least half."

Fusu couldn't help looking at Shen Bing in amazement, although this half percentage is small, if it is like this in the whole country, it is not a small number.

What's more, if the method of retting is used, there is no need to rest the field, and the increased harvest is not just half of it.

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There is not such a big difference between modern fertilization and no fertilization, and the yield of crops with fertilization usually increases by between 40.00% and [-]%.

There was such a big difference in ancient times because there was basically no fertilization technology in this era, and only some pitiful farmyard manure was applied.

In this case, year after year, day after day of planting crops, its fertility will continue to decline.

If there is any way to maintain its fertility, it is Xiutian.

However, the fertility that can be supplemented by rest fields is very limited, which eventually leads to generally low crop yields.

Applying manure to the field at this time is like feeding a dose of tonic to the field. Coupled with the meticulous care of the farm children, it is normal to increase the yield by half.

And that's just a small head.

After retting, all the fields allocated to Chu people do not need to be rested, and the area of ​​cultivated land has doubled invisibly... The benefit of having more fields than Chu's is not 01:30.

Shen Bing asked Xu Ying:

"Sir, can this retting method be used in Huaibei at this time?"

Xu Ying thought for a while, then nodded and replied:

"The old man thinks it can."

"Although the harvest is not yet known, the crops after retting are strong and full of grains."

"So far, it has been determined to be feasible."

So Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe turned their attention to Fusu.

Although Fusu is only the supervisor of the Daliang Army, he still has the right to make decisions as the son of Qin.

But in fact, there is no need to ask for instructions at all. Who can refuse such a good thing?

Fu Su immediately nodded and said:

"Do as the lieutenant-general says."

"Also, we must not disclose the method of fertilization to Chu State."

This time, Fusu was right on point.

Compared with the rice pounding water wheel or even the "water row" before, this retting fertilizer seems to have no technical content, but it is much more important.

The reason is that it directly increases crop yields without resting the field.

This is a magic weapon in the ancient times when agriculture was the foundation and food was the sky.

With this magical tool, no matter how much Chu State lowers taxes, it will not help.

It is not difficult to keep the secret, you only need to send a trusted person to make compost.

For example, Yang Duanhe sent the army to make fertilizer, and after the fertilizer was made, the people would transport it... What the people received were just black balls, and of course they didn't know how it was made.

As for the Qin army who made fertilizer, they were bound by the continuous seat system, so who dared to reveal the slightest rumor? !

Just when Shen Bing thought the matter was over, he didn't want to help Su and asked again:

"Lieutenant General, I wonder if I can go and see the manure?"

Shen Bing was taken aback for a moment, and replied:

"Sir, you can watch it, but although this manure is well prepared, it is extremely indecent, sir..."

He didn't want to help Su but waved his hand and said:

"It's okay, this fat is related to the lifeblood of the country, how can we avoid it under the pretext of being indecent."

As soon as he said that, he got up and followed Yang Duanhe out.

In this scene, Xu Ying and Shen Bing just looked at each other in blank dismay.

However, Xu Ying appreciated Fusu's move very much, because what the peasants said was "the sages and the people work together to cultivate and eat, and eat and drink to rule."

That is to say, when a wise man governs the country, he should farm and eat together with the people, but no one who governs the country has ever been willing to do this.

Now Fusu asked to see the manure... Although this was an unintentional act, it coincided with the morality of the peasant family, and immediately excited Xu Ying, so he secretly sighed to Shen Bing:

"My son is truly a sage, and he will be the benevolent king of my Great Qin in the future!"

Shen Bing just smiled.

This Fusu Ren is benevolence. It is said that in history, he has changed his pedantic nature and become resolute and courageous after he has experienced around Meng Tian. He is deeply loved by the people.

However, whether he can become a king is another matter.

The people who wanted to harm him were Zhao Gao and Li Si...both of them were powerful figures.

Sometimes Shen Bing is thinking, can he change this history and successfully let Fusu take over?

If it changes, can it have an impact on future generations?

Shen Bing didn't know the answer, he only knew that a new round of propaganda war was about to start again.

This round of publicity campaign is of course the main fertilizer.

The method is still the same as before, and it is drawn into simple pictures, and then thousands of copies are copied with pictures and texts, and then sent to Chu.

It's just that the difficulty of sending them to Chu has increased slightly, because the nobles of Chu have taken precautions after the previous propaganda war.

However, this is hard to prevent, especially in the south where bamboo utensils are very common, such as the bamboo rafts used by fishermen, if any section is sawn off and hidden in leaflets, you can't find it.

So the previous scene repeated, and it was even worse than the previous shock.

Chu Wangqi was shocked when he received the new leaflet:

"The people of Qin have fertilized to increase production? Is this true or false?"

Xiang Yan thought for a while and replied:

"Your Majesty, judging from the optimization of the rice pounding waterwheel and iron tools, this matter is probably true."

"This Shen Bing can always create new things on a whim, and retting is not difficult for him."

Chu Wangqi nodded in agreement.

He knew Shen Bing's ability, so he believed it from the moment he got the flyer, and the reason why he asked was just hoping to get a negative answer.

Then Xiang Yan said:

"Your Majesty, although we know about it, the common people don't."

"Why don't I say that this retting fertilizer is just a trick of Qin Jun's deception?"

Chu Wangqi was silent for a while and replied:

"That's all."

Although Chu Wangqi said so in his mouth, he knew in his heart that it would be useless.

The main reason is that the name Shen Bing is already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Chu State... Shen Bing is the one who defeated Xiang Yan many times, and Xiang Yan is the general of Chu State.

In fact, it is not surprising to defeat Xiang Yan. Originally, the Qin army was stronger than the Chu army, and it is normal for Qin to win and Chu to lose.

The problem is that Shen Bing wins more with less and not just once.

The large beam flooded the Chu army, leading the city to the water battle, especially the Ruyin battle...Shen Bing personally led three thousand black armored troops to repel tens of thousands of Chu troops, which made Shen Bing's name known to everyone in Chu. , Everyone knows.

Coupled with the matter of the rice pounding waterwheel, it made people regard Shen Bing as a god-like figure.

So just like Chu Wangqi and Xiang Yan, the first reaction after seeing the leaflet was to believe... With such a capable Shen Bing, making compost is not a trivial matter?

Under such preconceived ideas, Chu Wangqi and Xiang Yan then preached that retting is a trick of the Qin army... How many people would believe it?

I'm afraid they will suspect Chu Jun more than Qin Jun, and even think that Chu Jun is trying to cover up.

As expected, the matter was exactly as King Qi of Chu had imagined, and the common people only responded superficially to what the Chu army said...it was for survival.

Secretly, there is a rumor that retting in Huaibei can increase production by half, but it is rumored like crazy.

Although the people are illiterate and illiterate, the calculation of food and tax rates is related to whether they can survive, and that is an accurate calculation.

The current total: half of the increased production of grain is still surplus after paying taxes, plus there is no need to rest the fields... No matter how low the tax rate in Chu State is, it can't compare with this.

So what else is there to think about?

Continue to flee to Huaibei...

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Unfortunately, the development of the situation made the king of Chu agree.

No matter how the Chu army spread the news that this was a conspiracy by the Qin army, it still failed to stop the outflow of Chu people.

One aspect of this is that the nobles of the Chu state usually do not treat Chu people as human beings and exploit them to death, including the king of Chu, so Chu people choose not to believe what they say.

This is exactly in response to the saying: "You always have to pay back when you come out to hang out."

Then Shen Bing pushed the propaganda war to another climax: a wave targeting Chu soldiers.

The propaganda campaign against the soldiers of the Chu army is very simple, it only needs to be publicized among the common people, and there is no need to directly send leaflets into the barracks... Knowing the common people is almost equivalent to knowing the soldiers.

The policy is as follows: as long as the soldiers of the Chu army are willing to surrender, those who are willing to join the army will join the army.