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Chapter 399: The Joy of Harvest

The second year was the first year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty. Originally, the year was changed to the reign because the emperor sacrificed heaven and earth to Anyi, but now it became changed to the reign because Pei Qing pacified Yuan Shu.

At the beginning of the New Year, good news came. After Cai Yan got pregnant last year and gave birth to a daughter Liu Ying, Liu Ning, Dong Bai and Mi Zhen were pregnant one after another. Pei Qing was extremely happy after hearing the news. He matched Liu Ying's genes with Yang Huiyu at the beginning of her birth.

In history, Yang Huiyu was Sima Shi's wife and Yang Hu's sister. She was born with the same mother as Yang Hu. In other words, she should be Cai Yan's biological daughter and Liu Ying's blood relationship with the same mother and sister. Although Yang Huiyu cannot appear in the current time and space, the blood relationship is obvious, so this kind of match is naturally a complete match.

"Liu Ying, internal support talent, military power 1, command 2, intelligence 20, internal affairs 2, virtuous value 20, charm value 82, hidden attributes are force 25, command 45, intelligence 88, internal affairs 81, virtuous value 92, charm value 93... Yang Huiyu, internal assistance talent, military power 21, command 61, intelligence 81, internal affairs 89, virtuous value 94, charm value 88, characteristic is virtuous help, characteristic effect... Congratulations to Liu Ying for successfully matching Yang Huiyu's gene, Liu Ying's new attributes are, force 25, command 61, intelligence 88, internal affairs 89, virtuous value 94, charm value 93, characteristic is virtuous help, the above characteristics are hidden attributes, and you need to wait until you are 14 years old for completely opening..."

After seeing his daughter's new attributes, Pei Qing was still very happy because her daughter's future attributes were very high, and she had surpassed Yang Huiyu in history. However, her virtuous character may be cheaper to others in the future, which made Pei Qing feel a little regretful.

Since all parties are in truce, it has been basically peaceful for half a year. After spring came, Pei Qing ordered the transfer of grain to various places, and the fields and farmland were routinely equalized, and there was a busy scene everywhere. Pei Qing also wrote a few poems at the request of his subordinate officials who inspected the busy farming scene with him.

"The mountains are green all over the mountains and white all over the rivers. The rain is like smoke in the sound of Zigu. There are few idle people in April, and it has only been the case that the silkworms have been planted in the fields."

"At noon, sweat drips into the soil on the ground. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard to do."

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Not long after, the wheat harvest season comes, Pei Qing ordered the cessation of all engineering construction and strictly prohibited any recruitment of corvee labor. All localities will do their best to seize grain. If some places cannot collect grain in time due to low labor and other factors, local governments and military must find ways to help farmers harvest grain. If local administrative officials or officers dare to be perfunctory or refuse to implement it, they can go directly to Pei Qing to file a complaint through the exclusive reporting channel. Once it is verified, it will be strictly handled.

According to statistics, the prefectures and counties under Pei Qing imposed and purchased millions of hukous of grain, and the large amount of beef and mutton obtained from the Huns and surrounding tribes. Now the military rations owned by Pei Qing's army can be eaten for two years when the army went on the expedition. This is the result of Pei Qing's special instructions not to over-collect grain and force purchase of grain.

"Haha, this year, the grain harvest is great, and the people's families are given enough. Although it is still difficult for some people to support their food until this time next year, the people's granaries are full and the problem of food and clothing has been basically solved. For those families who are particularly poor, we can find ways to help them gradually get rid of poverty. At least they can solve the problem of food and clothing. I believe that if you give them a few years, the problem of food and clothing will eventually be completely solved."

Faced with such a bumper harvest, Pei Qing was not satisfied with his vested achievements, but instead made further prospects, including allowing the people to completely get rid of poverty in the next few years and live a good life from now on.

At the same time, the Silk Road has been officially opened, and trade exchanges between the Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty have been endless. The nine cities in Chang'an have become even more popular. Various commodities are flooded in the market. The bulk export of fish, salt, ceramics, silk, ironware, leather, spices and other commodities has brought huge amounts of wealth to the Han Dynasty and is full of prosperity.

What is even more gratifying is that papermaking has made greater progress after further research. Pei Qing directly invested in the construction of dozens of large-scale papermaking workshops. The production of these workshops is cheap and extremely convenient to use, so it immediately gained the popularity of literati and doctors from all over the world, and a huge buying trend emerged.

With the increase in papers in various places, more and more people copying and reading books, and the reading trend of the great man is spreading rapidly at an unprecedented speed and scale.

Of course, there are also problems. Many scholars who originally had a rich collection of books were jealous of those who borrowed and copied books everywhere because they had no books. They were not particularly friendly to them, so they were forbidden to copy books, or attached various harsh conditions, which made the people suffer. They just worked hard to read in response to Pei Qing's call, but unexpectedly, the first level was greatly hindered.

He was very calm about the performance of Confucianism because he decided to use printing immediately to gather Confucian classics, some almanacs and agricultural books, and carry out large-scale printing, and then concessions or sell them to scholars who need such books at low prices. In order to persuade more people to read, Pei Qing even stipulated that for those who study in official schools, every student would provide free books for students to learn. This way, Pei Qing naturally received wider praise from the people, and many families built new words for Pei Qing to worship.

As a result, Pei Qing's prestige was unparalleled and became a figure praised by everyone in the Han Dynasty. Even many people who were not under Pei Qing's control yearned for it, wishing that they could also be under Pei Qing's rule. Even the people in many places had the idea of ​​moving and wanted to live in the area under Pei Qing's jurisdiction and enjoy the good treatments of the people under Pei Qing's rule.

At the same time, Pei Qing also began to focus on improving grain seeds. With his genetic technology, it is relatively easy to increase grain yields, because its principle is the same as matching the genes of famous generals for ordinary people. It is just that once he develops high-yield crops, it will definitely make other princes furious. Maybe they will join forces to deal with Pei Qing. Until now, Pei Qing feels that he has the strength to fight their common attack and finally decides to start the game.

Of course, what prompted Pei Qing to make up his mind to study high-yield crops without fear of the threat of joint attack by the princes was actually another thing. The occurrence of this incident made people feel a little unexpected. Just as the situation in the world was gradually eased, Cao Cao suddenly led a large army to start a war against Yuan Shao. Cao Ren, who had been begging for nothing before, suddenly turned against him and directly lured Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, and occupied all the Qingzhou areas on the south bank of the Yellow River. At the same time, Cao Cao led the army not only restored his rule in the entire Yanzhou except Mount Tai, but also further led his army to capture Liyang. Zang Hong, who guarded Liyang, was caught off guard and was directly killed by Cao Cao. With Zang Hong, who died with Zang Hong, was also Zhang Miao who defected to Zang Hong after Lu Bu's death.
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