Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the main hall of the state of Chu.

"Meet the King."

"No courtesy."

Xiong Huai sat on the throne and accepted the worship of the ministers, looked at the ministers and said with a smile: "Zhuqing, before the five kingdoms attacked me one after another, Chen Cai fell, Huaibei and Hanbei were almost unprotected, thanks to the concerted efforts of the ministers and the soldiers, my Chu State has only survived the difficulties."

If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have done it, you will be punished, and this widow is also a treasure. Three days ago, the widow had rewarded the people of the country, and now it was the turn of the princes. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai paused, and saw that although the ministers had heavy faces, after hearing the reward, their faces were all slightly softer and softer, and even the tense atmosphere in the hall was slightly relaxed.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Ju and said: "Ling Yin, this Zhanqing has been fighting the Three Kingdoms for a long time, and finally he did not hesitate to use himself as a bait to break the alliance of the Qi, Wei and Song Kingdoms, and completely turn the tide of the war.

Now Qing's title is the Marquis of Sheyang, and the widow decided to give Xianqing another level of promotion and seal the Duke of Sheyang. At the same time, in view of Qing's fiefdom Sheyang, which is barren and barren for hundreds of miles, it is difficult to reclaim, so the widow no longer rewards the people this time, but gives Xianqing 5,000 households to reward meritorious service, hoping to make Yin make persistent efforts and continue to establish meritorious service. ”

When the ministers heard this, they immediately looked at King Chu in shock, and then looked at Zhao Ju with envy.

The marquis became a duke, not a self-proclaimed duke of the county Yin, but a real duke. This reward is already rich enough, not to mention that there are 5,000 additional food estates.

The king was also too kind to Zhao Ju.

For a while, all the ministers in the palace looked at Zhao Ju with envy.

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the envious eyes of the ministers and smiled slightly in his heart.

This time, he rewarded Zhao Ju, not only to envelop Zhao Ju, but also to tell others that as long as there is merit, no matter who it is or what the title is, he King Chu can reward it, and the ministers don't need to worry about him King Chu not being able to give a reward.

Especially for the new nobles, Xiong Huai believed that these rewards were what they were looking forward to.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at the list on the case, and continued to reward: "Yin Jun..."

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It took a long time for Xiong Huai to complete the reward for those above the rank of lord.

After the reward, Xiong Huai swallowed his saliva, and then his eyes swept over the faces of the ministers, and he saw that the ministers were happy, and they seemed to be very satisfied with the reward they had received.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai smiled:

"Zhuqing, now that all the rewards have been given, the widow will announce one thing in the next court meeting."

"Here we are." When the ministers heard this, they immediately gathered their thoughts, and their faces no longer regained their joy.

At this time, after Xiong Huai finished speaking, he saw that all the ministers froze, smiled, and said to Qu Yuan: "Zuo disciple, tell Zhuqing about Jiangdong." ”

"Yui!" Qu Yuan bowed his hand in response, then stood up from the seat, walked to the hall with two rolls of bamboo slips, and then arched his hand: "King! ”

Xiong Huai nodded.

Then, Qu Yuan bowed his hand to the ministers with a heavy face: "Colleagues. ”

"Left disciple!" The ministers responded.

After the ceremony.

Qu Yuan picked up a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and said with a solemn face: "Everyone, the bamboo slips held in the lower right hand are the grain output of Jiangdong in the past five years, as well as the amount of fields reclaimed. The bamboo slip held in the lower left hand is the grain output and the amount of land cultivated during the reign of King Wuqiang of Yue for more than 30 years before the fall of the Yue Kingdom. ”

As he spoke, Qu Yuan saw that the ministers were all looking at him intently, smiled, raised his left hand, raised the bamboo slip in his hand and said: "According to the records of the Yue classics, the grain output of Shangtian in Jiangdong is about ten stone per mu, about five stone in Zhongtian, and three stone in Xiatian, and on average, about five stone per mu of grain per mu. I think you know this data very well, it is similar to the Dongting of our Chu State, but slightly higher than the Dongting.

As for the amount of cultivated land in the Yue Kingdom, it only increased slightly during the entire period of the Yue Dynasty, and it was close to none. ”

The ministers all nodded when they heard this, although the specific data is not known, but everyone is a nobleman with a field, and the approximate data can still be estimated.

As for reclamation, most of the land that was easy to reclaim in Yue was distributed to the nobles, and where did the king of Yue get the land and population to reclaim the land.

Then, Qu Yuan raised the bamboo slip in his right hand and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this bamboo slip is the data of the past five years after Jiangdong changed the law and distributed the land belonging to Wang Tian to the people. ”

Speaking of this, Qu Yuan immediately unfolded the bamboo slip and said: "Since the land was distributed to the people, the people of Jiangdong have obtained their own land, and they are all very happy, even without the supervision and spur of the agricultural officials in various places, the people have never slackened in cultivating the fields, and even very actively.

Therefore, in the past five years, Jiangdong's grain output has increased markedly, given that the weather has remained unchanged, the land is fertile and barren, the number of cultivators has remained unchanged, and the cultivation tools have not changed.

According to the statistical results of various places in Jiangdong, in the past five years, the yield per mu of land in Jiangdong has been much more than that of Yue Wang Wuqiang, and the yield of less has increased by 10%, with an average yield of nearly 20%.

Not only that, but since the king announced that the people of Jiangdong could freely reclaim the wasteland belonging to the king, and they could take the reclaimed land for themselves. In the past five years, more than 100,000 acres of new fields have been added to Jiangdong. ”

As he spoke, Qu Yuan sent out a burst of joy from his heart: "Great king, gentlemen, not to mention the new fields, only to talk about the increase in grain production in Jiangdong.

According to the average yield of five stones per mu in Jiangdong, the harvest of these two percent is equivalent to an increase of one stone per mu of grain production.

What is the concept of increasing the yield of one stone? ”

Saying that, Qu Yuan looked at Zhao Ju and said: "Ling Yin, Gong Yin, in order to increase the grain output in the Jianghan area from two stones to three stones, the king has formulated a huge water opportunity, in the efforts of the two, we have called a large number of farmers and slaves, and it took more than ten years of hard work to complete the construction of the canal near Yingdu, so that the grain output near Yingdu has increased from three stones to nearly four stones.

As for Jiangdong, he did everything, just distributing Wang Tian to the people, and increasing the grain production of the entire Jiangdong by one stone. ”

Hearing this, his face was frustrated, and he sighed and said: "Si Ran, the court calls it, the agricultural officials urge it, the farmers teach it, and the craftsmen benefit it, so it is not as happy as the people." ”

Zhao Ju's face also showed a burst of surprise, before Jiangdong's affairs were directly responsible for the King of Chu, although he was Ling Yin, but he also knew very little about Jiangdong.

At this moment, after getting the data of Jiangdong from Qu Yuan's mouth, he was surprised and happy: "I have heard that the people are diligent in governing the fields, so as to need more water with them, in order to fertilize them more, and the fields are governed by a hundred times the harvest, which is not deceiving." ”

At this time, other ministers were also shocked by Jiangdong's yield per mu.

In order to increase the grain production of Jianghan, the king did not hesitate to formulate a plan for 20 years or even 100 years, focusing on the construction of a huge canal covering the entire Jianghan.

And in order to obtain this project that has benefited the people for thousands of years, and in order to make his good name as Sun Shuao for centuries, Ling Yin Jingli and Sikong Zhaoyu at that time opened their faces.

However, now, nothing has been done on the Jiangdong side, and the grain production has increased by one stone.

This is not shocking.

At this time, before the ministers could react, Qu Yuan bowed to the king of Chu and said: "Great King, in today's world, countries are constantly fighting and annexing each other, so that there are less than ten of the eight hundred princes in the past, and even the powerful Yue Kingdom and the powerful Zhongshan Kingdom have been annexed.

The tragedy of the war in the world has reached a point where it cannot be increased, and the current situation is that either we annex other countries, or we are annexed by other countries.

However, to explore the essence of the victory or defeat of the war, it is the number of land and people in each country, and the fundamental factor that determines the number of land and population is the food production of the land, and how to feed more people. ”

Speaking of this, Qu Yuan bowed again: "Therefore, in order to produce more grain, in order to strengthen the Chu State, in order not to be annexed by other countries, in order to annex other countries, the minister asked the king to divide the king's land among the people according to the law of Jiangdong." ”