Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Return to Xianyang, the Harmony of Qin and Han
Zhu Dan didn't know if something went wrong when she used the Nirvana Pill to transform the species, but the cotton in the field was very different from the cotton she knew.
For example, all the cotton she had seen was white, but now the fields were full of a riot of color.
White, pink, blue and purple pieces are arranged neatly, the colors are not messy, and they are full and rich, but a little clearer than dyed colors.
The color dyed by nature is indeed much more beautiful than artificial ones.
Zhu Dan, who doesn't care much about what she wears in her daily life, couldn't help but think how beautiful it would be if cotton clothes were made from this cotton.
She was the first to go into the field and pick a blue cotton flower.
The cotton was very big. Zhu Dan stretched out her hands and compared it, and it was actually slightly smaller.
The petals in the middle are made of cotton seeds, which can be easily peeled off. The cotton material is soft and delicate, just like clouds in the sky.
Even though Zhu Dan didn't know much about cotton in later generations, he could see that the quality of this cotton was extremely high.
It really is worthy of my use of both scientific and metaphysical methods, and I did not let her efforts in the cotton fields go to waste.
Zhu Dan waved his hand and said, "Start picking now."
The crowd, who were already ready to go, rushed into the field, their eyes wide open like eagles, and even the cotton that fell below would not be ignored.
At the beginning, because I had never seen this species before, I was relatively slow, but as I became more proficient, my hand speed became very fast.
Even the bright sun in the sky could not dampen their enthusiasm.
Because the imperial teacher said that cotton picking is calculated by weight, the more you pick, the higher the wages.
If men still have the opportunity to do odd jobs in the city, women are trapped at home, giving birth to children, doing housework, growing vegetables and farming... Now they are recruited to pick cotton and get paid every day, which is simply too rare for them.
If the Imperial Master had not said that the girls were attentive and that picking cotton was an easy job, it would not have been their turn.
Those who are well-informed know that after the cotton is picked, a group of female workers will be recruited to weave the cotton into cloth, which makes them even more motivated.
Now that I've performed well and caught the eye of the superiors, can I look forward to this job as a weaving girl?
Zhu Dan didn't stay in the cotton field for too long and went to other places.
Picking cotton only requires female workers, while digging potatoes and sweet potatoes requires both.
After all, at that time, girls who could avoid working in the fields were those who came from well-off families and were loved by their parents.
There are some skills in digging sweet potatoes. If you dig too many, your salary will be deducted.
At first, some people raised objections, saying that this was heavy work and that male workers should be hired. However, in the first three or four days, even though female workers did not dig as much as male workers, the pieces were intact and less damaged.
If they are damaged, they cannot be preserved as seeds and can only be sent to the canteen to be made into dishes.
Everyone changed their tone and said that Yun Qiu's decision was wise.
Even though the male workers became more skilled and more careful than the female workers, they were still not as complete as the female workers.
All adults were mobilized, not to mention the elderly, even children were not spared.
Zhu Dan applied to the school and started a labor class, asking these energetic children to pick soybeans in the fields.
——Because the beans are ripe, they burst out directly from the pods and are scattered all over the ground. Let the children go. Children are short and have sharp eyes, which gives them an extra advantage in picking soybeans.
Letting them work for a morning or an afternoon is also earning money for themselves. The savings do not have to be taken back home, but can be exchanged for nutritional supplements, such as meat or eggs, to supplement their meals.
Who knows how much each person will get when we take this back?
Since it is their labor, let them eat it.
Zhu Dan has tasted new species such as sweet potatoes and potatoes while eating hot pot. Apart from being a little bigger in size, they are not much different from those in later generations. The only difference is that some sweet potato varieties are sweeter and some are crisper.
Some potatoes have more starch and appear sticky.
Zhu Dan focused on soybeans.
When they came from Xianyang, they brought the tools for pressing oil. The oil press had already been opened in Pei County. Zhu Dan did not use the alchemy furnace to refine soybean oil, but brought 100 kilograms of new soybeans to the oil press.
Comparing the two sides, the final result is very satisfactory.
The oil yield of the new soybeans is very high, increasing by as much as 40%!
By the way, Zhu Dan also used this new type of soybeans to make a batch of tofu. The original beans could produce five or six pounds of tofu from one pound, but this new type of beans could produce eight or nine pounds of tofu from one pound.
Compared with the oil extraction volume, it is slightly inferior.
It can be seen that the development direction of new beans is mainly based on oil production, and this can be strengthened in the future.
As for tofu, Zhu Dan decided to use Nirvana Pill to cultivate another batch, trying to artificially guide the development direction of the species with his own ideas.
Of course, whether it is the former or the latter, the advantages of this new type of soybeans are very great, so there is nothing to say, they must be brought back to Xianyang.
However, Zhu Dan is not going to let go of Pei County, which will still serve as a breeding base.
Nirvana Pill, Seedling Pill, Harvest Pill... After a large number of pills were used, the characteristics of the seeds have become very stable, but Zhu Dan would not mind if more and better seeds could be obtained in the future.
This matter is of great importance, so Zhu Dan plans to return to Xianyang in person.
She filled half of the seeds with glutinous rice balls and gave the remaining half to Yunqiu to transport back by a fleet of cars.
It’s not that the dumplings can’t fit in, but Zhu Dan doesn’t want to take on all the responsibilities herself.
I collected half of the seeds to prevent problems during transportation, so that all my hard work over the past six months would not go to waste. After all, seeds are different from others.
"Yun Qiu."
This year's crops from the experimental fields have been stored in the warehouse. Lu Zhi was taking notes at her desk. The imperial teacher repeatedly told her that these data were very important and could be left for future generations to refer to, so not a single one could be missed.
Lu Zhi kept it in mind and naturally did not dare to neglect it.
Yun Qiu suddenly came over and she was a little surprised.
You know, Yunqiu's personality is like that of the national teacher. He won't disturb others unless there is something important. There was a look of doubt in Lu Zhi's eyes.
Yun Qiu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with official business. I came here to ask your Imperial Master to return to Xianyang. Will you go with him?"
Lu Zhi was stunned. In fact, she had also thought about this question.
The imperial teacher said that he wanted to take her back to Xianyang for further studies, to meet Qin Shi Huang and his ministers, and to show her face in front of them.
Lu Zhi knew that this was for her own good. With the support of the national teacher, her future path would be much smoother.
She didn't agree immediately, and she felt a little nervous.
Firstly, she is a woman, and secondly, she has no noble family to rely on.
Although the Imperial Master is her support, such a trump card should not be played out so quickly.
What Lu Zhi hesitated about was whether to accumulate more experience in Pei County for a few more years and then go to Xianyang after accumulating enough merits.
And there was one thing that Lu Zhi couldn't let go of. If she went to Xianyang, what would happen to her two children?
Should we take them along too? They still have to go to school.
Seeing Lu Zhi's hesitation, how could Yun Qiu not understand?
Her situation was similar to that of Lu Zhi, except that she grew up in the Xianyang Palace and had some support and connections, which made her more powerful than Lu Zhi, but not much more powerful.
In terms of family background, who can compare with the Wang family and the Meng family?
She did not rush for an answer, but told Lü Zhi the exact time to go to Xianyang: "Just give me your answer one day in advance, so that it will be convenient for me to make arrangements."
When Lu Zhi returned home, she was still thinking about this problem.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ji returned not long after and announced directly: "I will go to Xianyang in a few days."
Lu Zhi reacted immediately.
Yes, he had been invited, and Liu Ji, Xiao He and others were also noticed by the National Master. Especially Xiao He and Xiahou Ying, they had cooperated with the National Master in refining the elixir, so they must have been approved by the National Master.
Thinking of this, Lü Zhi's face turned cold: "You are going to Xianyang, and I have also been invited by the Imperial Master. If you and I both go to Xianyang, what will happen to the children?"
She stared at Liu Ji and saw that he was slightly stunned. This guy didn't consider the issue of the child at all!
Liu Ji smiled awkwardly. No one knows his wife better than her husband. "I heard from the Imperial Master that she will return to Pei County. How about I go to Xianyang this year and you go next year?"
Even though she already knew Liu Ji's character, Lü Zhi was still furious. She said sarcastically, "Why didn't you tell her to stay here and go to Xianyang next year? Ying'er has always been close to you and can't leave you."
Knowing that Lü Zhi would act like this, Liu Ji quickly changed his tone: "How about, Madam, we all go and leave the children to Ah Cao's care?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Widow Cao walked in with a bitter face and glanced at them both weakly: "I also got a place to go to Xianyang."
Liu Ji: “…”
Lü Zhi: "..." She smiled, "Yes, now Ah Cao is in charge of the food and drink of the entire workshop, and all expenses are in her hands. She is also a confidant valued by the Imperial Master, so naturally you are on the list of people who will go to Xianyang to broaden their horizons."
Liu Ji noticed that although Widow Cao looked weak, she was in a high position and was much more confident than before.
However, her personality was destined not to be like Lu Zhi's, so Liu Ji had been playing deaf and dumb. Now he had no choice but to say, "Then take all three children with you and let them go to Xianyang to broaden their horizons! The more they see when they are young, the more courage they will have in their hearts. They will not be afraid of going anywhere in the future."
In the end, the matter was settled and the whole family went to Xianyang.
Because all three adults in their family have places, each adult can take care of one child without having to pay extra money.
At the beginning of the year, he encountered assassinations by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms along the way from Xianyang to Pei County. Now, on the way back to Xianyang from Pei County, it was very quiet. Zhu Dan even muttered, "These remnants of the Six Kingdoms are so weak that they have actually stopped?"
She was still a little uncomfortable. Yun Qiu, who was in the same carriage with her, smiled but said nothing.
She knew the reason. With the announcement of a series of policies in Xianyang, the lives of many people in Guizhou had changed greatly. Now that they had enough food and clothing, they were no longer as reckless as before and would not just rush into things.
Thinking about the elderly, the weak, women and children at home, and thinking about the peaceful life now, it is difficult to be persuaded by some nobles.
Without the support of the people, the remnants of the six kingdoms were in a state of panic, spending the whole day wondering how to fill their stomachs and where to get their next meal.
I wondered if there would be any fur coats to wear in winter.
People who are used to a good life simply cannot bear to live a hard life. They feel that they are already hungry and cold, but when they quickly calculate, they find that their monthly expenses are frighteningly high.
With such a huge deficit and seeing his savings dwindling little by little, how could he afford to spend big to recruit people to carry out the assassination?
Of course, given the speed of information dissemination in the Qin Dynasty, it is impossible for such earth-shaking changes to occur in just half a year, but there is one thing that is frightening.
None of the nobles from the six countries who assassinated Zhu Dan returned!
They didn't know that they were living their current lives honestly after undergoing labor reform, and they just thought that these people were killed by Zhu Dan.
With such a bloody example before us, how could the assassination not be reconsidered?
They can die for assassination, but the prerequisite is that the life must be worth dying.
So Zhu Dan had a very peaceful journey and arrived in Xianyang smoothly.
"The Imperial Master is back!"
"Has the Imperial Master been well these past six months?"
"Isn't the Imperial Master going back to Xianyang this time?"
The carriage drove straight into the palace. As soon as Zhu Dan got off the car, he heard a familiar greeting. The person standing in front was Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.
Zhu Dan couldn't help but smile brightly and waved, "Your Majesty, I'm back. I brought you a lot of good things this time."
"Mr. Zhu, how are you?" Ying Zheng forced a rare smile.
Zhu Dan frowned: "Your Majesty, why do you seem much more tired after not seeing you for half a year? Did you fail to follow the health-preserving methods I left for you on time?" Look at the big dark circles under his eyes.
Ying Zheng smiled helplessly: "There are too many things to do. I am always too busy to handle them. I can only endure it for a while longer."
Zhu Dan didn't react at first, thinking it was Zheng Ge who was being too diligent. He subconsciously said, "Your Majesty, you must be doing everything yourself again. I've always said that human energy is limited, so you must learn to use your subordinates flexibly."
"Li Si, Zhao Gao, Meng Yi... and Fusu, didn't you help Brother Zheng share the burden?"
Everyone she named glanced at Zhu Dan with resentment. Fusu bravely replied, "Master, the burden on us is not easy either."
"It's all because there are too few talented people in the court. We have promoted all those who can be promoted, but we are still too busy." Li Si smiled bitterly. This time he did not exclude dissidents.
In fact, when a person stays up late to work overtime for ten days or half a month and can only sleep two hours a day, and experiences the feeling of being on the verge of death, he will abandon the idea of excluding dissidents.
When you look at competitors who come to compete with you for your position, you treat them like your own parents - they are there to share the work with you.
Zhu Dan finally reacted and his expression froze slightly.
The reason why they have so many problems is probably to promote the many inventions they have made. So I am the culprit?
Zhu Dan smiled awkwardly, "Well, I brought back several talented people with me this time who have the talent to be prime ministers. With them helping you with your duties, you can relax a lot."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at the carriage behind Zhu Dan.
Lü Zhi, Liu Ji, Xiao He and others who had just gotten out of the carriage: "..."
With the talent of a prime minister, can you really bring hatred upon us, Imperial Master?
Just as he was thinking this, he glanced over and saw that everyone from Qin Shi Huang and Ying Zheng to Li Si and Zhao Gao were looking at them with extremely expectant eyes.
Meng Yi rubbed his hands together and asked impatiently, "Grand Master, are these the talented individuals you brought back from Pei County? I wonder when they will officially take up their posts. Let me examine them and see what suitable positions I should assign them to."
Li Si thought to himself, who said Meng Yi was honest? He was a cunning fellow. "Master, since you have the talent to be a prime minister, let me teach you. It just so happens that three of us have fallen ill, so we have a vacant position."
Lu Zhi, Liu Ji, Xiao He and others: "..." Is this sincere or just a pretense?
If you say he was pretending, his eyes were so sincere, and he didn't seem to be lying at all; but if you say he was sincere, the national teacher raised the tone so high, with such talent as the prime minister, who wouldn't be afraid?
All the capable people in Pei County were made useless.
Zhu Dan watched this harmonious scene with satisfaction as the leadership teams of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty successfully joined forces.
The old people warmly welcomed the newcomers, and they lived in harmony and friendship with each other. At this moment, the last dynasty and the new dynasty achieved a wonderful harmony.
Zhu Dan put his hands on his hips and laughed silently: Can this be considered as changing history?
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