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Chapter 272 Zhao Kuo's proposal

Zhao Kuo walked along the edge of the field, looking at the busy people in the farmland, suddenly woke up and thought of something.

He hurriedly looked at Zhan beside him and asked, "Does there be breeding methods for farmers?" Zhan was stunned and asked, "Are you talking about livestock breeding? Of course there are some. I have a few disciples who are responsible for breeding the king's horses. Some tall war horses can often breed better offspring. However, some tall war horses have relatives. Xunzi hates such things and says it is against family..."

Zhao Kuo nodded and asked again: "Where is the breeding of food?"

"What??" Zhan widened his eyes, and then looked at the people in front of him sow seeds into the farmland, and asked again: "This crop cannot be fertilized, how should we breed it?" Zhao Kuo frowned and thought seriously, before saying to Zhan: "Just like the principle of farming for war horse breeding, two tall war horses can often produce taller war horses after they are combined..."

"The same is true for grain. Among those crops that grow richly or have different flavors, pick out the fattest ones, use their seeds to plant them, and then continue to breed them like this, and then cultivate the best crops... Well... I remember that's probably like this... Some places are drought and are not suitable for planting crops, but if you can plant them here, select those that have been successfully planted, and use their seeds and then cultivate them repeatedly, you can cultivate grains that can also grow in arid places..."

Zhao Kuo tried to communicate with Zhan with his most simple breeding and cultivation knowledge. Zhan said seriously: "I know how to choose good grain seeds, but good grain seeds may not necessarily produce the same grain... This is different from animal breeding. Can different grains also combine new grains?"

"If we adopt strict classification and test different seeds, we may find differences. We can do several experimental fields. If it is successful, we can cultivate better crops... By the way, pollination... How should pollination be carried out? By the way, pollen..." Zhao Kuo suddenly woke up and said to Zhan: "I remember that we can breed manually through division, artificial pollination... It is to use pollen..."

Zhan looked at Zhao Kuo who became a little excited in front of him, but still didn't understand what he meant. Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Just like breeding war horses, we will build experimental fields first, and use pollen to combine the rich crops with each other..." Although Zhan was still confused, listening to the beautiful future drawn by Zhao Kuo, the abundant grains that can withstand cold crops and drought crops, these imaginations made Zhan a little unable to sit still.

Every farmer is trying to find ways to increase grain output, but they all use external environments, such as irrigation, insect removal and other methods. They have never heard of what Zhao Kuo said. If there is any result, it will be a major breakthrough for the farmer. Zhao Kuo became more and more excited as he spoke. He pulled the exhibition and got on the ox cart and hurriedly said to Ge: "Please hurry up to the Xianyang Palace!"

Ge looked at Zhao Kuo with a complicated expression. At the beginning, the head of the family said he wanted to build a wheel car. Now he still said he wanted to build a plant that could be combined. Thinking about the scene of the two crops being combined, Ge couldn't help but wake up. A wheel car was built, but this made the crops unit... was it too incredible? But he did not question Zhao Kuo, and drove the ox cart and walked towards Xianyang.

Zhao Kuo said excitedly: "We have to take advantage of the present to build the experimental field. No matter how long it takes, even if it takes hundreds of years, as long as we can cultivate better crops, we can feed a lot of people..." Zhan didn't say anything, and he was still a little confused. Zhao Kuo seriously talked about his thoughts. He planned to set up a few experimental fields to plant different crops.

Then, through the so-called artificial pollination, we can analyze whether there are excellent crops in it one by one. We can find wild plants that can resist the cold to combine with the rich millet to see if we can cultivate millet that can also be planted in cold climates... Zhan quickly realized that the horse man believed that plants were combined through pollination, so his behavior was similar to livestock breeding.

This makes it much easier to understand.

The ox cart hurried to Xianyang, and on the way, he experienced several interrogations from the pavilion chiefs. However, after seeing the crown on Zhao Kuo's head, the pavilion chiefs hurriedly came down to salute. Zhao Kuo did not care about anything else, and rushed to Xianyang without resting, so he rushed to the Qin Palace. When he arrived at the Qin Palace, the warriors saw him panic and did not dare to stop him, so they hurriedly took Zhao Kuo and Zhan into the palace.

The King of Qin was talking to Lu Buwei. When he heard the warrior say that Wu Chengjun had something urgent to come to him, he immediately asked the warrior to invite Zhao Kuo in.

When Zhao Kuo walked in, Lu Buwei also hurriedly paid a visit. This was because of the law drawn up by the King of Qin, the ministers treated Zhao Kuo as they did. Lu Buwei did not dare to be careless. After Zhao Kuo returned the gift, he was pulled aside by the King of Qin and asked him to sit down. The King of Qin looked very happy. This period of time was probably the happiest period of the King of Qin. Han Fei kept coming to meet him, and every time he came to meet him, he could put forward some systems or opinions.

The King of Qin had never seen such a diligent person. When Fan Ju met him, he was not so efficient. After the reform of his official position, the systems proposed by Han Fei could be quickly implemented, such as those bans. Of course, this is also inseparable from another person, that is, the disciple of Xunzi, Li Si, who has super high execution ability when doing specific execution, and he can quickly complete promotion of many complicated things.

With these wise men in Qin, the King of Qin could wake up laughing even if he dreamed.

After Zhao Kuo sat down, he expressed his thoughts. He said, "I heard that when Yinghou was still in Qin, he proposed to invite scholars from various schools to come to Qin and serve Qin. You agreed to him, but in the end, only the Confucian Xunzi came to Qin." The King of Qin narrowed his eyes, nodded gently, and said, "It's true." Zhao Kuo said, "In my opinion, the theories of hundreds of schools are all worthy of, and they are all places that can help Qin."

"What I think is not that I would like to invite many schools to visit the Qin system as before. I would like to ask you to support them and support their behavior..." Zhao Kuo continued this time: "For example, the Mohist school, you can provide a research place for the Mohist school to study advanced machinery. Just like the previous wheelbarrows, these advanced machinery play a huge role in the Qin State. If you can gather the Mohist school and let them study hard and study all directions..."

"Han Fei's thoughts were too radical. He said that many schools of thought have no effect on the country, and their knowledge has no effect on the country. This is all wrong... The Mohist study of light and the movement of objects, which is ineffective in the eyes of everyone. But I don't think so. What if the Mohist can use the principle of light to make machinery that can make people see far away? What if the Mohist can create more things you can't imagine by studying the movement of objects?"

"I have always believed that science and technology is the primary productive force of society. The technology I mentioned covers all aspects of technology, and the Mohist science and technology in machinery, optics, mechanics and other aspects are also the most important part of it..." Zhao Kuo said seriously. He looked at Lu Buwei and said: "Human society is constantly developing. In the past, people didn't know how to use agricultural tools. Later, they were made of stone and wood. Now, the people use agricultural tools made of copper and iron, which increased the output of grain."

"From the perspective of weapons, it's the same. The weapons become sharper, the armor becomes harder, and the city becomes taller..."

"I heard that the Prime Minister is a knowledgeable person. You probably know what I said. These are the benefits brought by the development of science and technology." Zhao Kuo said again. Lu Buwei naturally nodded and said, "You are right. It is true. After the entire army used the wheelbarrow you made, it was much more convenient to transport food in the mountains."

Zhao Kuo then said: "The Mo family can make more things. I heard that Mozi once made wooden birds that can fly in the sky. I don't know if this is true, but I think that if you can support the Mo family and support them in terms of money, manpower and materials, they will definitely create a lot of things you can't imagine, and they can also develop a lot of useful things."

The King of Qin nodded thoughtfully and said, "I understand."

"It's not just the Mohist school, but most of the other schools are like this, such as the farmer..." Zhao Kuo looked at Zhan beside him and told the King of Qin that he wanted to cultivate and breed in the field. King of Qin and Lu Buwei were both confused, which was similar to the previous Zhan. However, when they saw Zhao Kuo talking about these things confidently, they felt a little expectant. If what Zhao Kuo said really came true, it would be a great good thing for Qin.

The King of Qin looked at Lu Buwei beside him and said seriously: "Please take charge of this matter."

Lu Buwei nodded, but Zhao Kuo continued: "Treating hundreds of schools is to support them and make them play a better role. For example, support doctors in research and development, let them make more life-saving medicines, and let them discover ways to treat diseases. For those who have made outstanding contributions, you can reward them heavily to drive other people..."

"As a king, you must use a doctrine to govern the country. This is OK, but you cannot let only one school of thought remain in the people and all other schools are suppressed. This spirit of R&D must be passed down. No one can object to inventions, cannot treat R&D machinery as wrong, and cannot treat various experimental R&D as a ridiculous thing..."

Zhao Kuo's attitude was very firm. When he left the palace, Lu Buwei followed him. Lu Buwei smiled and said, "The king told me to support the hundreds of schools of thought, and I must completely obey your instructions... no one will object to you... Please tell me how I should accomplish this." Zhao Kuo said modestly: "I just put forward a suggestion. If the specific implementation is implemented, I will still ask you to do it. I will only say, but I will not do it."

Lu Buwei chuckled and then took Zhao Kuo to meet Jiangfang.

The Mo people of Qin were scattered in various cities of Qin, creating tools and teaching new craftsmen. Every day was extremely busy. Fortunately, they did not need to participate in the war, which was also considered a different protection for these special talents by Qin. They could get titles through research and development. Of course, if they wanted to make contributions on the battlefield, this was also OK. When Lu Buwei brought Zhao Kuo here, a middle-aged man suddenly came up.

This was one of Qin Mo who visited Zhao Kuo. Both sides knew each other. After the holiday, Lu Buwei said his detailed arrangements. He wanted to make a place for the Momen and encourage the Momen to develop according to their own ideas. No matter what is developed, he would give the greatest support. If he gains something, he could give the title according to the size of the harvest.

Qin Mo's leader was a craftsman from a commoner, called Chuan. Because of Qin Ru, Qin Mo was no longer an organization with strong abilities. The organization was evacuated. Everyone just regarded Chuan as the nominal leader and did not really follow him to do anything. There was no contact between the members. Chuan quietly listened to Lu Buwei's words, and then looked at Zhao Kuo.

He looked a little calm and was not excited by what Lu Buwei said. He said calmly: "What you said before is the light and convenient carrier for recording texts. I took my disciples to experiment day and night, and have achieved some results... But I was worried that if I couldn't do it, I would be held accountable if I was in vain..." Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei then smiled and said, "In Qin State, except for craftsmen, others cannot do anything research and development, they are craftsmen. If they want to create new tools, the government will provide some help, but if things cannot be done, they will be held accountable." Zhao Kuo then realized that what he proposed to the King of Qin was not new. Qin State has always supported craftsmen, but this approach seems to be a little wrong...

Scientific research cannot be completed in one or two days, nor can it be successful in one go. If you fail a few times and you are asked to be questioned, then who else is willing to continue?

Lu Buwei said helplessly: "This is to prevent craftsmen from using this reason to defraud the country's money."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "We can let them record the use of materials and money. This is the case with scientific research. There are successes and failures. We cannot be punished because of failure."

Lu Buwei nodded and said, "Okay." The King of Qin asked him to obey Zhao Kuo's instructions. No matter what Zhao Kuo said, Lu Buwei would not object. He looked at the mall and asked, "What is the new carrier of recording the text you mentioned?"

"Ma...Wu Chengjun called it paper."

"If you can support me, I will do this with all my heart."

"Okay, no matter what you need, you can say that I have found a place for Mozhe. You can conduct various experiments inside, asking for the materials, money, manpower and so on... but you cannot hide them privately. All the expenses must be strictly recorded..."

"only!!"
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