[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-177":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends, the Peerless Immortal Master!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2190646,3759,"Chapter 177","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-177",177,"\u003Cp>Soon, the Minister of Agriculture arrived in the Zhangtai Palace. This Minister of Agriculture was not tall, his skin was tanned, somewhat similar to people who lived by the water all year round. He looked somewhat honest and dull. After seeing Ying Zheng, he bowed, \"Greetings, Your Majesty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he stopped speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zheng Guo, you still look the same!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng spoke, sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan, who was beside him, could not help but take an extra look at the newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, he really did not know who the Minister of Agriculture of the Qin State was. He did not expect it to be Zheng Guo. But thinking about it carefully, it seemed reasonable. Zheng Guo was a world-renowned hydraulic engineer and had built the Zheng Guo Canal for the Qin State. If it were not for the Zheng Guo Canal, the impact on the Qin State during the previous great drought would definitely not have been so small, and it would not have had the spare energy to destroy the Han State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that Zheng Guo had made great contributions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not surprising that Ying Zheng would reuse him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just did not expect him to become the Minister of Agriculture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sighing, Ying Zheng introduced the devices Su Xuan brought to Zheng Guo. Among them, Zheng Guo did not understand the seed drill very well, but the waterwheel did indeed attract his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was a world-famous hydraulic engineer himself and was too proficient in things like \"water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems to have some use, but whether it can actually work still needs to be tested in the field!\" Zheng Guo said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng nodded, \"That is what I think too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after discussion between Ying Zheng and Zheng Guo, they decided to test these two devices in the fields on the north bank of the Wei River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plains on the north bank of the Wei River extended northward for more than a hundred miles, gradually increasing in height until reaching the Hexi Plateau, forming a vast area of loess hills and slopes. These slopes were neither high nor low, with intersecting mounds and gullies, bordering rivers and ponds. Farmers lived by the water, and although it was said to be arable, it was ironically dry despite being near water, with poor soil and low yields. Even in a normal year, the yield of the slope land was less than thirty or forty percent of that of the plains. If it were a year with little rain, it might be ten percent of the plains, or even result in no harvest at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not until the Zheng Guo Canal was completed that this place could become a fertile field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, although there was the Zheng Guo Canal, it did not affect using this place to test the waterwheel Su Xuan mentioned, to see if this waterwheel could really, as Su Xuan said, guide water from low-lying areas to higher ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng sent people to carefully transport these two agricultural devices there, and then, riding in a carriage, he brought Zheng Guo, Su Xuan, and others to the plains on the north bank of the Wei River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan also brought some Yin-Yang School disciples there. Under his guidance, the Yin-Yang School people installed the waterwheel in the canal. As the flowing water hit the waterwheel, the water power immediately drove the waterwheel to rotate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge wheel turned, bringing the water from the river into mid-air, and then, through a half-bamboo pipe set up in front of the waterwheel to act as a temporary water guide, it flowed toward the fields further away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really works!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, and Zheng Guo's eyes also became focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Zheng Guo Canal was already open and there was no longer a hidden danger of water shortage in the Guanzhong area, just not having a water shortage was one thing, but how to draw water for irrigation was another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This waterwheel looked simple, like a huge wheel, but the role it could play was really not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Guo immediately bowed to Ying Zheng, \"I ask Your Majesty to order people to imitate this object as soon as possible and popularize it throughout the world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a device that could be used for irrigation should be put into use as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is as it should be!\" Ying Zheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then said to Zheng Guo, \"After seeing the waterwheel, let's take a look at the other device!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Guo also nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, they looked at the seed drill again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Yin-Yang School disciples moved the trigger in front of the seed drill, the four limbs of the mechanical beast, which looked like an ox or horse, began to move. As it moved, the shovels on the feet of the seed drill immediately probed into the soil, plowing the land. Then, the seeds in the hopper slid down and fell into the pits plowed by the shovels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original seed drill still required human and animal power to drive it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Leader Liuzhi Liuzhi Heixia's modification, this seed drill was almost the same as a tractor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was completely driven by the kinetic energy contained within the mechanical beast itself, directly omitting the link of human and animal labor. Moreover, because Leader Liuzhi Liuzhi Heixia left behind blueprints, it was not very difficult to imitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You do not need to understand the principles of mechanical beasts; you just need to follow the blueprints step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Ying Zheng or Zheng Guo, watching this device, which was called a seed drill but was actually a tractor, galloping in the fields, they were both stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had originally thought that the waterwheel was the biggest gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had not expected that this thing had even greater value than the waterwheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The waterwheel could only be used for irrigation, while this thing could not only be used for plowing but also for sowing. More importantly, its plowing speed was beyond anyone's imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One machine could replace who knows how many people, saving so much human and animal labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Promote it with all your might, you must promote it with all your might...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng was very excited. Since the completion of the Zheng Guo Canal, the Guanzhong area could have more than 40,000 983 qing of fertile land out of thin air. Today, obtaining these two agricultural devices meant that these more than 40,000 acres of fertile land could be quickly put into use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the coming year, the Qin State would not just have a harvest; it would be a bumper harvest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sufficient grain in the granaries, he could also devote more energy to dealing with the remaining five countries in the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng realized the role brought by the waterwheel and the seed drill, and Zheng Guo realized it as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After recovering from his excitement, Ying Zheng could not help but look at Su Xuan and ask, \"Mr. Su said that these things came from the hands of the Mohists?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did Mr. Su get involved with the Mohists?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had naturally heard of the name of the Mohists. Unfortunately, Mohist disciples always kept their whereabouts hidden and were unwilling to be used by anyone. Otherwise, Ying Zheng would really want to recruit the Mohists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Gongshu family was currently in the Qin State, and the Gongshu family had developed many new types of weapons for the Qin State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Gongshu family was like this, then the Mohists, who suppressed the Gongshu family, were clearly even more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can be considered a coincidence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan said lightly, \"Earlier, in Xianyang, I met the Mohist leader Leader Liuzhi Liuzhi Heixia, so I invited him to meet at the Yin-Yang School. These agricultural tools were all made by the Mohist leader!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1330,"2026-06-17T04:20:16.697Z","2026-06-17T04:29:29.394Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0445b52e9117dfd96c49e290e0cf8fa684e574e2e9faef4c3289a6bf5858294a","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-178","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-176",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]