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Chapter 80: Small Gifts

The next morning, Ying Zheng hurried back to Xianyang.

He was so anxious to return to Xianyang was not just for other purposes, but for another suggestion from Shen Bing: to encourage production.

This is not a simple command, it requires a lot of complicated work...

To encourage production, it is necessary to manage and distribute land, people and agricultural tools.

For example, after Qin destroyed Zhao, he included Zhao's land in the territory of Qin, so the arable land naturally needs to be redistributed.

How many people are there in the family, how many main laborers are there, what difficulties are there, etc.

This is especially the latter.

Although Ying Zheng is cruel, he still understands the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results.

Zhao State has suffered many years of disasters, and people are living in poverty, and the people are about to starve to death, so how can there be surplus grain sowing?

So it is natural that the government has to allocate a piece of land and a residential land to the people, and then borrow some rice seeds for them to sow, and even lend oxen.

Finally, we have to borrow some food from the people as food for their whole family to survive.

Of course, these are all "borrowing" rather than "give", or rather "loaning".

That is, everything I gave to the people today must be recorded in the book, and will be doubled when the harvest is next year.

In this way, the harvest of the people in the next year was actually the harvest of Qin.

In order to survive, the people have to accept this system and "lending".

This is the fundamental reason why Qin's victory can even be said to be the unification of the six countries...

The six countries used feudal systems, slavery or small-scale feudal systems that were more backward and unfavorable to the people's production.

The Qin State adopted a centralized county system and fully recognized the feudal system in law.

Therefore, the Qin State could always collect more food and recruit more soldiers to support a larger war.

In addition, the Qin State had many talents, including wise rulers and ministers, so the six countries became vulnerable under their offensive.

All of this needs to be managed.

Therefore, a series of issues such as the establishment of counties, appointment and removal of officials, registration and household registration management must be put on the agenda.

And everything must be completed within a month, otherwise the farming period will be missed.

Therefore, Ying Zheng did not sleep all night last night to set up Handan, Julu and Taiyuan counties in Zhao State and appointed and removed relevant officials.

Then before the sky was dawn, I rushed back to Xianyang.

There are food allocation, policy formulation and other matters that need to be handled there.

In fact, he was already busy driving in the carriage.

From this perspective, Chen Bing's previous sentence "works hard for governance and trains his ministers personally" is really correct.

However, before leaving, Ying Zheng did not forget to explain to Chen Bing.

This is human nature. After eating others' soft mouths, you must say it when you leave.

But in Zhao Gao's eyes, it was a remarkable thing... When did Ying Zheng explain it to others?

At that time, Shen Bing was practicing in the school ground.

In ancient times, practiced more about rehearsal formations, which means placing various shapes with drums and flags.

Chen Bing was confused about these things.

Fortunately, Ren is very good at it. Under his command, the artillery army advances and retreats in moderation, and has a plan on the left and right.

Chen Bing just had to follow him, and there was no trouble after the whole training.

After I came back, I saw a bamboo slip left by the merchant.

What I said was that I had to go ahead in advance and see you again in the future. Finally, I said that I would leave a little gift to express my gratitude.

Boli?

Where?

Chen Bing flipped over and over but couldn't find it.

Then a horse neighed outside...

I'm going, it won't be that horse, right?

When they came in, Chen Bing and a group of craftsmen had already seen the horse. They only thought that which cavalry was tied to it.

He stopped in front of the horse for a long time, and kept praising the "good horse and good horse" for a long time and was reluctant to leave.

Thinking about it further, it may be true!

Isn’t that a businessman just a horse seller?

What else can I give if I don’t give a horse?

Chen Bing walked out of the house with the bamboo slips blankly.

Yu seemed to realize something, followed a few steps, and asked with excitement and expectation:

"Worker, isn't this horse given to you by that horse merchant?"

Chen Bing looked around and saw that no one came to take over, he nodded slowly:

"It should be."

He immediately widened his eyes and looked envious:

"Worker, you've got a big advantage this time."

"This horse has big eyes and wide noses, strong and developed tendons, so even the cavalry in the north rarely have this kind of quality."

"It's really something that is hard to come by. I don't expect that Ma Shang is so generous, so I'll give it to you."

Then he smiled again:

"That Ma Shang is also interesting. He just tied it outside the door casually. If someone takes it away..."

How could he think that the true identity of "Ma Shang" was Ying Zheng.

How could anyone dare to touch what Ying Zheng gave?

Shen Bing didn't feel anything.

First of all, he doesn't understand horses, and it's almost the same for good horses to put them in front of him.

Secondly, he doesn't know how to ride a horse, so it feels like a waste to give such a horse.

If it really is useful, it is thrown to the horses.

But then again.

If this horse is used to pull a cart, it is probably a burial of heaven?

It's like loading goods with sports cars...it's a bit unfavorable no matter how you think about it.

More importantly, it is a big problem to not be able to ride a horse in this era.

One day, if the enemy chases and cuts you, there will be another horse in front of you.

At that time, wouldn’t I be able to ride a horse and I would have to give up my life?

So Chen Bing gritted his teeth and decided to learn how to ride a horse no matter what.

But it is not easy to learn to ride a horse in this era, but more importantly, it is dangerous...

Without the kickstick, he couldn't jump up like others.

You can practice the movements for at least a few months!

And if you ride, fall down or get kicked by a horse, it's not a joke.

Chen Bing was worried when he saw the horse's back that was almost as tall as his shoulders in front of him.

Get the stirrup out?

Shen Bing hesitated.

Just like a trencher, stirrups and saddles are actually not very technological and more creative.

If it is invented in front of you, you can take the lead temporarily.

But the enemy will learn it quickly at a glance.

The Qin army was mainly infantry, with a small number of cavalry and only assisted in combat.

In other words, the invention of the Khan was not very helpful to the Qin army, but was more beneficial to enemies with more cavalry.

Fortunately, Zhao, the strongest cavalry among the six countries, has fallen, and there will be much fewer concerns in this regard.

However……

There are also Huns in the north.

They have been playing together since they were young on horseback.

If the kickstand and saddle were spread to the Huns, wouldn’t they go to heaven?

And at this time, Ying Zheng had not yet connected the Great Wall. If the Huns' Iron Cavalry came down from the north and entered the Central Plains...

Can Shen Bing afford this responsibility?

Will there be the Qin Empire then?

Can he stop his army from sinking?

But soon Shen Bing got an idea.

It is OK if iron stirrups cannot be worn with cloth stirrups, right?

When the stirrup was first invented, it was a circle with a cloth belt and hung it under the horse's belly.

This invention is almost coming out now.
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