Zhao Kuo has not been as happy as he is now for a long time. He hugged the little guy in his arms and couldn't help kissing his little face. When he brought the little guy to his mother, Zhao's mother was so excited. Because she couldn't see it, she reached out to gently stroke the little guy's face, and tears filled her eyes. She told Zhao Kuo that she could see Zheng's son alive and that there was no regret in her life.

Fusu was just born and completely became the darling of the family. Everyone in the family loved him very much and was very clamoring to hug him. Although she would be out of breath and sweat after hugging her for a while, she just didn't want to let go, and Zhao Kang was also very happy. He said that his brother always bullied him when he was a child, and now he can finally bully his son.

Therefore, Zhao Kang was often seen holding the little guy in the courtyard, talking to him about the truth, such as studying hard, being obedient and well-behaved, that are things he had never done. The little guy's birth washed away all the sadness and pain. Yi invited Fusu to a nurse, but Zhao Kuo felt that the child should stay with his parents for more, so Yi carried the little guy back and forth between the palace and the courtyard.

Ying Zheng had high hopes for his eldest son. He believed that his children would definitely become a wise king of Qin like his ancestors. Ming was not like this. She just hoped that the children could grow up healthily. The birth of the King of Qin's son was a great joy for the entire Qin State. Lu Buwei, Han Fei, and even generals such as Wang Jian also came to congratulate him.

Qin State was very happy, and Ying Zheng was very happy. The only thing he felt distressed was the decline of his family status. His parents were completely on Fusu, and he ignored him at all. His status at home finally became the last one. Zhao Kang said hehe.

In this year, probably because Qin did not send another army, all regions ushered in a huge harvest, just as the gods were congratulating the princes of Qin. Of course, the main reason must be that the two important channels of Qin played a full role, coupled with the policy of optimizing agriculture implemented by Lu Buwei and the farming tools developed by the Mohist family, the grain production of Qin doubled directly compared with the previous year.

The King of Qin was a little unable to sit still, so he hurriedly called the ministers of Zheng State and Li Bing.

After the completion of the Zheng State Canal, Zheng State was idle at home for a long time. He was a person who could not sit still. Over the years, he had been traveling back and forth between Qin, recording the local geographical environment and thinking about the arrangements of water conservancy projects. The King of Qin also allowed him to wander around and ordered no officials to stop him and cooperate with him. This made him the second minister after Zhao Kuo who was qualified to wander around in various parts of Qin.

Li Bing was different. Li Bing had been managing Bashu. Because he was too old, he left the official home not long ago and was preparing to maintain his old age... When the King of Qin met them, he obviously wanted to continue to carry out water conservancy projects. Nowadays, none of the countries have decent water conservancy projects. Even the canals built by Ximen Bao in Yecheng were not enough to see in front of Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canals. Only Qin had the strength to complete this size of water conservancy projects.

The completion of Dujiangyan made Bashu instantly a granary of Qin. The completion of Zhengguo Canal directly changed the slightly barren land in Guanzhong, turning the Guanzhong areas into fertile granaries, and even surpassed the Bashu area. Qin had two granaries, but the King of Qin still wanted more granaries... Water conservancy projects not only prevent floods, but also greatly increased grain production. The mountains of grain warehouses are the best testimony. The previously burned Huashan granaries can no longer put food.

The King of Qin looked at the two ministers sitting in front of him. Both of them turned their heads and did not look at each other. Their relationship was not very harmonious. The two had different ideas. Every time they met, there would be a quarrel... and the other people were not qualified to join the quarrel between these two. Even Zhao Kuo could not hear what they were arguing about. This was probably because they had a specialty in their profession.

"Since the completion of the water conservancy in Bashu and Guanzhong... both places have become important granaries of Qin. These are the merits of both of them... Marquis Wu Cheng said: In terms of merits to the world, he is not as good as you two, and he said that you have made great contributions for thousands of years." The King of Qin still praised their contributions first and gave some rewards. The two hurriedly thanked King Qin, and Ying Zheng smiled and chatted with them about family matters.

After chatting for a long time, Ying Zheng expressed his purpose, "Just two water conservancy sites have had such a great impact. Nowadays, Qin State is abundant in supplies and the people have been recuperating for a while. I wonder if you have any suggestions?" Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Zheng State's eyes lit up. Since the Zheng State Canal was completed, he has been looking forward to the opportunity to show his skills again. Unexpectedly, the opportunity came so quickly.

Li Bing frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "King, the benefits of promoting water conservancy are great, but the manpower and material resources to be used are also huge. Now is a good opportunity for Qin to conquer various countries. If a large amount of manpower and material resources are used, it will affect the foreign war..." Ying Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will discuss this with my ministers and build it within the scope of not affecting the war."

"You are wrong! You have seen the role of water conservancy with your own eyes... The benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Building the canal with all efforts will only make the Qin State stronger and the awareness of various countries will continue to increase. This is no harm!"

Li Bing looked at Zheng Guo angrily, and said, "The purpose of water conservancy is to increase national strength and to govern the region. Every time the construction is built, it will consume a lot of people's and material resources. Your idea is ridiculous. You are putting the cart before the horse!" Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Ying Zheng hurriedly persuaded them. He asked with a smile: "What suggestions do you have?"

"The south of Zhengguo Canal can be built, and Jingshui can be used to irrigate many southern counties. It starts from the mouth of the valley, enters Liyang, and pours into the Wei River. It has a length of 200 miles and can irrigate more than 4,500 hectares of fields..." Zhengguo said excitedly: "If this channel can be completed, it can cooperate with Zhengguo Canal, and the results will be huge. The grain production in Guanzhong can exceed the grain produced in ten counties!"

Ying Zheng took a breath of air conditioning and asked carefully: "What's the cost?"

"The consumption is similar to that of Zhengguo Canal, and it may be less."

Good guy, this is another large-scale project that will be built for ten years. Ying Zheng suddenly hesitated. This cost is too great, but the results are too attractive... Li Bing shook his head and said, "The Zheng Guo Canal irrigates all the lands, but the upstream highlands cannot be reached by the Zheng Guo Canal. In my opinion, you can dig a small Liutou Tiokou Canal on the south bank of the upstream to assist in irrigating the places that the Zheng Guo Canal cannot be reached."

"The results may not be as large as the Nanqu as Zheng State said, but the cost will not be too large..."

"Ha, if you dig according to what you said, you can irrigate hundreds of hectares of arable land at most. What role can this play? Wasting time, manpower, and material resources in vain..." Zheng State said unhappily, then looked at the King of Qin and said seriously: "It's better to dig another southern canal as I proposed..." Li Bing was also a little angry, "If you dig according to what you said, Qin State will not be able to launch a large-scale war for at least ten years!"

"Do you want to miss the opportunity now?"

Listening to the two quarreling, Ying Zheng also understood that the project Li Bing said was not very effective, but the consumption was small, and Zheng State proposed another major project... Ying Zheng was not confused. According to the current situation of Qin State, he quickly made his own decision. Ying Zheng looked at Zheng State and said seriously: "Zheng Qing, you may not know that Li Mu, Sima Shang, and Tian Yue of Zhao State, abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, came to Qin State, and became my guests."

"This is the best opportunity to destroy Zhao State... If I come to dig the Nanqu at this time, I am afraid that the ministers will not agree."

Zheng Guo was a little disappointed and sighed helplessly.

"However, the Nan Canal must be built. When the State of Zhao is destroyed, it will not only be built, but also along the river, in Ye, Yewang, Puyang and other areas, it will be built. I know that you wanted to build a canal on the side of the river in Zhao. Soon, you will have such an opportunity. When the State of Qin is destroyed, I will let you build a canal all over the world! Let the people everywhere no longer bear hunger!"

Ying Zheng was so motivated, and Zheng State was in a much better mood. Li Bing looked at King Qin. Although he wanted to mock Zheng State, he understood that state affairs were more important than private matters. He smiled and said to Zheng State: "I am already very old. I have no way to go to the place myself and urge local officials to handle the specific excavation. There is no one in the world who is better at water conservancy than you."

The flattery from the opponent is probably the happiest thing. Zheng State accepted Li Bing's request and personally directed the excavation project of these six small canals. After leaving the palace, Zheng State couldn't wait to leave Xianyang. For him, there was probably nothing more important than his own project. He did not even go to pay homage to Lu Buwei, and Lu Buwei's confidant said to him:

"Zheng Guo has made a little contribution and dared to ignore you so much and does not ask for your suggestions. What do you think should be dealt with?"

Lu Buwei said: "Zheng State ignores human nature because it values ​​the affairs of the country. I hope Qin State can have a few more talented people like him. If they meet me on the road, even if they spit on my face, I will not blame me!"

But Li Bing is different. After leaving the palace, he came to visit Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo was very happy about his arrival. He really respected these engineering masters. They were not like themselves, they could only speak empty words. These people were doing things in real life. Whether it was Dujiangyan or Zhengguoqu, they were projects that benefited China for thousands of years. Even after two thousand years, they were still using other ways to contribute to China. International organizations followed these two channels as world cultural heritage, and they became symbols of China's spirit.

Li Bing was flattered. Every time he met, Zhao Kuo always respected him very much.

He talked to Zhao Kuo about the matter in the palace, and said helplessly: "The king is too careful with water conservancy, which is not a good thing. Every project requires a large number of people to be summoned. If it is continuously built, I am afraid it will..." Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "You can rest assured that although the king is young, he knows these principles. He will not ignore the people's sentiments and act recklessly, and the ministers will definitely dissuade him."

He was so happy to achieve success and was eager to achieve success. These were probably two shortcomings of the Qin King who was exposed at the moment... However, he could listen to the advice and knew what would happen if he forced the people to be anxious. Thanks to the King of Wei at the time, Ying Zheng understood what would happen if he was eager to achieve success.

"I was not in good health, so I could only leave the construction matter to Zheng State... I asked my second son Zhong to follow Zheng State to build..." Li Bing was extremely proud of his son. His second son was also very talented in this regard, and he was kind and kind. The people respected him very much... Zhao Kuo seemed to remember some things about Li Bing's son. The Li Erlang seemed to be the prototype of Erlang Shen later.

After their death, the people of Bashu set up sacrifices for them.

This also shows that the local people really support them. Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but ponder. Many talented generals in ancient times later became gods. Could it be that he was the same? Zhao Kuo expelled this strange idea and then continued to talk about water conservancy with Li Bing. The two chatted for a long time. Li Bing stayed overnight in Zhao Kuo's mansion and left the next day.

The Qin State also began the construction of new channels. This time, it was to dig many small channels in the south upstream of the Zheng State Canal to irrigate areas that could not be covered by the Zheng State Canal. Speaking of which, after Zhao Kuo came to Qin, the Qin State's system continued to change, paying attention to people's livelihood, increasing household registration, reducing taxes and labor service, and abolishing harsh criminal laws. This caused the Qin State's population to increase explosively, and the land development rate within the pass was also increasing rapidly.

On the contrary, the number of officials is somewhat unable to keep up... Because the Qin State has occupied too many counties recently, and the complete grassroots official system of Qin State requires too many officials, which leads to insufficient officials in Qin State. Li Si first saw this problem. He proposed to Lu Buwei that the establishment of school rooms in the newly occupied areas, recruit wealthy local families to study in the school room, and increase the number of local officials in various places...

Some people objected to Li Si’s proposal and some agreed.

Most of the opposing people believe that these officials will not be as loyal as the old Qin people, which may cause disaster, while supporters believe that this can divide the newly occupied areas, strive to make more people a supporter of Qin, accelerate the assimilation of these areas, and solve the problem of insufficient officials. When Lu Buwei asked Han Fei for his suggestions, Han Fei told him: Qin treats the people outside the pass like a future rebel, and the people outside the pass will become rebels. If Qin treats the people outside the pass as they treat their own people, they will become their own people.

So, Lu Buwei agreed to Li Si's proposal and began to set up school rooms in Yingchuan County, Sanchuan County, Shangdang County, Dong County, Chen County and other areas, recruiting a large number of local young people to learn the laws of Qin and becoming officials of Qin.

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