Chapter 349: Audience with the Emperor

Gai Nie and his party fled to Donghai; in Sanghai Cheng, another war is about to break out.

Ying Zheng has great ambitions; he wants to eliminate the Empire's rebels all at once.

The remnants of the Six States hidden beneath the Empire, and even those gods who stir up the winds and clouds.

During the war to destroy the Six States, the Qin State encountered gods, especially in the Chu State, where gods even took action themselves.

However, they underestimated the Empire's army, so they suffered heavy blows and eventually fled in a panic.

It is precisely the appearance of these gods that made Ying Zheng determined to wipe out the Divine Court and ensure all these gods perish.

With the Mo Jia Ji Guan Cheng affair concluded, the things Su Fan obtained within the Mechanism City were far more than he had previously imagined.

Moreover, the information he learned was even more extensive.

It gave him a deeper understanding of this world, which is extremely important.

Of course, his cultivation also broke through one after another, especially the breakthrough in his Divine Soul power; in terms of Divine Soul power, he is already no worse than those who have just entered the Profound Connection realm.

Naturally, in terms of combat power, he is still far behind.

At present, he is about the same as Wang Zhan, perhaps slightly stronger than Wang Zhan, at most just at the peak of the Yuan Transformation realm.

In this one month, his cultivation can be said to have progressed rapidly.

Before he even returned to Xianyang City, officials had already come to receive Su Fan.

The person who came was a Palace Attendant.

"Su Shaoyu, His Majesty has an edict, requesting you to go to Zhangtai Palace for an audience."

Ying Zheng wants to see him; Su Fan understands that it is very likely because the grain yield increase at Bai Jia Cun was reported layer by layer and reached the people above.

This era is not like those later dynasties; although the officials of the Great Qin have great power, they are also in greater danger. In later dynasties, many officials could just slack off and do no real work, and it would not matter much.

But in the Great Qin, if you dare to slack off, you will be finished very soon.

In Bai Jia Cun, the sudden increase in grain was discovered by the local wall-officer when collecting taxes; he reported it immediately, layer by layer, until the County Magistrate knew.

Coming here in person, after obtaining the detailed situation, he did not dare to conceal it and hurriedly reported it to the Inner Historian.

The Inner Historian is the Governor of Xianyang City, a high-ranking official; he understood even better the importance of this matter.

How important the increase in grain yield per mu is to the Great Qin; he personally requested an audience with Ying Zheng and laid everything out.

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng's heart was also shaken.

As a monarch of great talent and bold vision, he is very clear about the importance of grain. The Great Qin was able to destroy the Six States, besides the accumulated strength of six generations and the fact that the kings of the six generations were all wise monarchs.

There was also the pursuit of talent.

He recruited important Legalism elders such as Shang Yang, Li Si, and others.

Besides famous ministers and wise monarchs, there was the military merit path that the Great Qin has always insisted upon.

In the other states, the nobles controlled everything, and those at the bottom had no room for advancement, but the Qin State was different; even as a First-tier soldier, as long as you had the ability, you could reach the position of a Great General.

The best embodiment of this was Bai Qi, who went from a First-tier soldier to the position of Lord Wuan and Great General of the Great Qin.

It is conceivable how much this prospect stimulated the Lao Qin; therefore, in every major battle, the Lao Qin were almost fearless, which is why the Qin Army could be ever-victorious and invincible.

If one says the Qin Army generals were formidable, it is true that whether it was Bai Qi or Wang Jian, they were all famous generals.

But it is not that there were no famous generals in the Six States; Li Mu and Lian Po, who were also among the four great generals of the Warring States period, were in no way inferior to Bai Qi and Wang Jian in ability.

Ultimately, it lies in this Gonggong Zhidu, which made the power erupted by the Great Qin's army far stronger than that of the Six States.

However, to support the Gonggong Zhidu and the Great Qin's military empire, one needs vast amounts of farmland and grain.

The Qin State started with the military and could be said to be bellicose, which required massive amounts of grain.

Otherwise, with millions of soldiers on the front lines, without sufficient grain, the outcome would go without saying.

Guanzhong has a thousand miles of fertile land; it was because of the canals that the Guanzhong region had a massive grain output.

Now that the Six States have been destroyed, the Great Qin's Gonggong Zhidu will gradually slow down, but the demand for grain is increasing with each passing day.

Because the subjects of the Great Qin now are no longer just the Lao Qin, but also the Six States, who are all subjects of the Great Qin.

To sit firmly and to truly unify the people of the Six States, grain is indispensable.

The common people are the most simple; they do not need much education. As long as you ensure they can eat their fill, or even just ensure they can survive, then whether it is the Great Qin or other states, it does not matter.

Ying Zheng is very clear about this, so he is not afraid of those rebels; even if they are the remnants of the Six States, what of it?

It is impossible to incite the people of the Six States to rebel, unless there are natural or man-made disasters and the common people at the bottom cannot survive.

Only then is it possible to rebel.

And to prevent this, the best method is for the Great Qin to possess sufficient grain, so that even if natural disasters occur, they can immediately provide disaster relief.

The importance of grain is beyond doubt.

Now hearing that someone can make the grain in the fields increase its yield per mu again, even Ying Zheng could not remain calm.

Upon learning the identity of this person, Ying Zheng finally decided to meet him.

Regardless of what this person's identity is, as long as he can be used by the Great Qin, Ying Zheng is not afraid of any schemes.

"Commoner Su Shaoyu pays respects to His Majesty."

Su Fan bowed and performed a salute; this era is not the Qing Dynasty, where one needs to kneel to meet the monarch.

Here, even the common people at the bottom do not need to perform a kneeling salute when seeing the monarch, let alone Su Fan, who also holds a title.

It is just that although he has a title, he has no official position, so he can only refer to himself as a commoner.

"Hmm! I have heard that you can increase the grain yield in the fields?"

Ying Zheng looked at Su Fan and, without further ado, went straight to the point.

"Is His Majesty referring to the experimental field I worked on in Bai Jia Cun? I did indeed conduct experiments there, which can increase the grain output of the fields somewhat."

"Are you willing to hand it over to the Empire?"

"I am willing. I was originally waiting for the autumn harvest, and once the grain yield in the fields increased, I would have reported it to the government."

"Good!"

A smile finally appeared on Ying Zheng's face; according to the detailed report from the Chief Clerk, the wheat yield per mu in the dozens of mu of fields in Bai Jia Cun had increased by a full thirty percent on average.

If implemented across the world, the annual tax revenue of Great Qin would be enough to increase by twenty or thirty percent, which is absolutely of great importance to Great Qin.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng pondered for a moment; this contribution was very significant, and while it might not be the merit of destroying a state, it was not far off.

For such a contribution, he also needed to consider how to reward it.

Great Qin values military merit, and if someone performs a service, they must be rewarded; although this was not military merit, it was even more important than military merit.