"Now that we have this Champa rice, coupled with the irrigation system you proposed, the food problem of our Great Qin will be completely solved!"

The wicked man bowed and said, "Brother, we are brothers for life, and it is my duty to work for the well-being of our Great Qin."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly: "Haha, good! This matter is now entirely in your hands. All matters concerning the Agricultural Research Institute will be decided by you. We look forward to seeing good news next year!"

"Don't worry, just wait and see!"

After the First Emperor left, the wicked man immediately gathered skilled farmers and began to build a research institute.

He designated a large area of ​​land outside Xianyang as an experimental field.

At the same time, he sent people everywhere to search for successors who had inherited the farming tradition but were hidden among the people, and even spent a lot of money to hire farmers from all over the country who were good at farming, and brought them together.

Half a month later, the Farm Research Institute was officially established.

Tao Rang served as the dean, which had four departments: breeding, water conservancy, soil, and agricultural implements, each with a dedicated person in charge.

The wicked man even borrowed a group of craftsmen from the Mohist school to develop new agricultural tools in order to improve farming efficiency.

"Dean, these are rice varieties we collected from various places," a farmer's disciple reported to Tao Rang. "There are thirty-two different varieties, including Champa rice from the south, japonica rice from the north, and soft glutinous rice from Sichuan."

Tao Rang nodded in satisfaction: "Very good. What we need to do next is to select the most suitable varieties for hybridization."

"Remember the Grand Commandant's request—our goal is to cultivate a new rice variety that can adapt to the northern climate while maintaining high yields!"

"Yes, sir!"

Thus, an unprecedented agricultural revolution quietly unfolded in the Qin Dynasty.