Rice, which can be cultivated for two seasons, has actually been discovered by the Chu people in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is unknown why it was not introduced to the Central Plains.

During Wu Zixu's time, the state of Chu experienced annihilation, and the "Chu civilization" was replaced by the "Wu civilization" for a short period of time.

Throughout the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Wenming represented the peak of gold governance, and there were "peerless craftsmen" such as Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, but in other aspects...... It's savage. It was at the stage when "Wu Civilization" briefly replaced "Chu Civilization" that two crops of rice disappeared inexplicably, and I don't know whether the Chu people themselves carried out the "desperate plan" or were lost by the Wu people.

Rice that can be cultivated for two seasons is actually related to rice seeds, and it is also related to the regional climate. For example, modern Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam belong to the subtropics, and because of the dense forests, the rice in this area can be double, three, or four crops a year under the influence of nature. Then it can be judged that the rice seed is only part of the reason, there is no seasonal climate that allows the rice seed to play a "function", a certain rice seed can be three or four crops in a certain place, and it may only be one crop in an area that is not suitable for the climate, or even directly scrapped.

It's no joke that rice is planted in different areas, don't forget that in addition to being affected by the climate, the soil is also different in different places, not only the climate and soil are different, but don't ignore the existence of the insect world. Any kind of food that can be grown, their worst enemies are pests in addition to natural disasters.

Lu Zhe did not dare to popularize the rice seeds without experiments, not because he was stingy, nor because he was afraid that his enemies would get rice seeds, but because he was worried that the rice seeds that were useful in other places would become waste under his rule, and if he failed to popularize them without experiments, then no matter how popular his rule was, it would have to end here, and it would have been terminated because of such a mistake.

Nanyang ...... No, Lingnan cannot be counted as Nanyang, it can only be said that it is probably Guilin and Yunnan in later generations. Sima Xin pulled nearly 100 carts of rice seeds from the local area, which shows that Sima Xin also knows how important it is to cultivate rice seeds that can be cultivated for two seasons.

Now, the rice seeds brought back by Sima Xin were husked and boiled into rice porridge, and the soldiers of the brigade brought them into the main hall with plates, and each of them shared a large bowl, along with a very chewy condiment that Lu Zhe called a dry dish.

Lu Zhe took the lead in lifting the pottery bowl and blowing a few breaths, and then "inhaled" a small sip, and the smell of rice in his nose was inhaled into his lungs, and his mouth was full of rich particles. He lowered his head and looked at the ministers, and beckoned, "Eat!" ”

But no one was moved to cry bitterly, and then cried and mourned as if they had to run out in twos and threes to cry or cry about "the emperor's grace". In this day and age, there is still a kind of "working meal", which means that officials will enjoy public food when they are working, even if a small pavilion chief is honored to be with the supreme ruler.

Therefore, regardless of rank, the ministers waited very politely for Lu Zhe to greet him, saluted in unison, and said, "Thank you, Lord (Your Majesty)." Obviously, it was a burst of "sucking" and drinking porridge.

They were summoned and did not yet know what the topic of today's court meeting was. But they are all officials, and speculating about their intentions is almost an instinct, and they can basically see a lot of things from a little thing. They are almost certain that the rice porridge they are holding in their hands is one of the topics of the day, and many officials have already written it in their hearts. I just thought about what to say when I was named.

Some people are thinking about other things, they have not seen the existence of the temple people since the moment they entered the palace, and the whole palace except for the armor is the maid (palace maid), and it seems that the number of maids is relatively small. They don't understand whether it's because their own king lives simply, or if they haven't had time to compare the treatment of the royal family.

In fact, Lu Zhe had already made up his mind not to engage in any eunuch system, not that he felt that the heir of the peerless man was too much to hurt his conscience or anything. Instead, he found that eunuchs have always been a scourge, except for when the Ming Dynasty died, Wang Chengen accompanied the king to sacrifice to the dead, and the eunuchs of all dynasties did nothing good.

For example, the Bank of China of the Western Han Dynasty said that this guy was the eunuch of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but after accompanying the princess to marry the Xiongnu, he held a grudge and was determined to get along with the Han Dynasty all his life.

Besides, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there are too many examples to prove that eunuchs are purely a scourge, Lu Zhe himself is not a person who likes the three thousand beauties of the harem, and there are not so many women who need to prevent suffering from "scourges".

Besides, Lu Zhe just couldn't figure it out, the ruler must have samurai protection, so there would be absolutely no shortage of "able-bodied" men in the palace. To say that the emperor used eunuchs in order to prevent being cuckolded, isn't there still those armor soldiers? If there really is going to be an "indecent love" or something, just using eunuchs can be eliminated?

Not only will Lu Zhe not adopt the system of the chief of the Ouchi, but even in the system of palace maids, he will adopt a different method from that of previous dynasties. He knew that the custom of any era was to use young girls, that is, a woman at the age of twelve or thirteen was considered a concubine (an adult can be married), so even if she was elected to the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen, it would be enough to serve the king for five or six or even ten years, right? When you are about twenty years old, the woman you have touched will definitely stay, but if you have not touched a woman, you should let people go free, and then give a "salary" as a dowry, which is absolutely appropriate.

Now it's not a food culture of eating and chatting, what is particular about eating is not talking or talking, Lu Zhe doesn't eat fast, he eats halfway, and most of the people below have already eaten and respectfully maintained the posture of kneeling and sitting still.

Seeing this situation, Lu Zhe did not deliberately speed up his meal, and he whispered to the maid Lin next to him, "Send down the charter." After speaking, he continued to struggle with the rice porridge in the bowl, and from time to time he used silver chopsticks to pick up vegetables.

The maids in Miyagi are basically the dowries brought by Zhao Wan, and the local gentry and clans in Nanjun behind them, as well as the figures with heads and faces in other counties, have successively offered some, and the number is about a thousand.

To tell the truth, what should be the square area of Miyagi, which occupies an area of at least fifteen miles in length and ten miles in width? There are a lot of maids in about 1,000 people, but they can't splash too much in such a large space. Fortunately, the current Miyagi complex has only completed three, which are the three buildings of the Council Hall, the Trial Palace, and the Sleeping Palace, and it is barely enough after such a little manpower distribution work.

A special person has calculated that if Lu Zhe resolutely does not adopt the eunuch system, then the minimum number of palace maids should be kept at 15,000.

Is fifteen thousand a lot? Not much. They are responsible for the cleanliness of the entire palace, and it takes four or five thousand people to clean the palace city every day, not counting the work of washing clothes, cooking, serving people, taking care of the garden, etc., 15,000 people are just barely enough, and some heavy work has to be made a cameo.

Imagine a little bit, the scene of 10,000 or 20,000 washboard-like little Loli busy, how ...... it would be Strange picture? Anyway, Lu Zhe felt uncomfortable when he imagined it a little.

At this moment, the people who issued the charter were some fourteen or fifteen-year-old maids, and they were actually wearing the traditional clothing of the Qin State, that is, a kind of long skirt with a turquoise accent as the main tone. This kind of skirt has always been to the bare feet, and it was changed by Lu Zhe in the back, and a gap was opened on the outside of the legs to the knees, which was originally intended to make them walk easier, and then found that it became very beautiful and added some trims, and now it has become a straight-waisted skirt similar to that modern office women often wear, the difference is ...... Not like a suit.

The charter was issued, and the officials who got it stared at the wood for the first time. They found that the wooden tree was no longer written from top to bottom, but was changed to a left-to-right format, with a few small dots of different shapes separating the text.

Punctuation, Lu Zhe has used it many times in official documents, and some people who are officials in the center are used to it, but the number of official documents issued by Lu Zhe to various places is relatively small, and it is the first time that officials at the county level have seen it.

The text is punctuated to break the sentence, and all the officials do not show that they are not in a state of discomfort. On the contrary, they immediately found that the punctuated text could read without having to think about how to break sentences, and that the official document in the vernacular format could more clearly understand what the writer was trying to say.

After reading all of them, they found that today's topic is really a lot, but some people have already grasped a few key points, that is, the planning of water conservancy, roads and commercial affairs in various counties, the other is the running of schools in each county, and some things related to cooperating with the army.

If the people want to ensure the stability of their rule, the most important thing is to keep the leaders from going hungry, so the construction of water conservancy must not be sloppy. However, in some prefectures, where there are many mountainous areas and few fields available for farming, the development of mountain forests has become a source of wealth, so business has also been included in the agenda.

Not to mention roads, there is no term "if you want to get rich first build roads", but no one will underestimate the importance of roads. Lu Zhe's group has abolished conscription, and what replaces conscription is the quarterly compulsory military system, and the construction project adopts a paid recruitment model.

When the county officials found out that Lu Zhe not only had to build a large amount of water conservancy, but also that roads should be developed in various counties, their hearts immediately blossomed. In fact, it is relatively simple to do this, the government issues tasks, and it has become a "custom" for the head of the Qiantou to go to the government to receive the task in almost two years.

With so many "national projects", the counties they govern are not afraid of not having work for a long time, and having work means that there is income, and Qianshou has no time to make trouble if he has income, and the construction of water conservancy and roads is originally a political achievement, and then there is stability in Qianshou, so the probability of getting an "excellent" word in the assessment has also become higher, isn't it? (To be continued......)