Chapter 998 I Am Not Interested in Money! You See Clearly that I Am the Leader of the Benevolent Government Faction of the Qin Dynasty!
Lü Buwei smiled and shook his head: "Lord Chang'an, you are joking!"
Ying Chengjiao's words sounded like a joke to others.
Pigs can be killed and eaten, and sold for money.
Not to mention that Ying Chengjiao had just returned from conquering the extremely wealthy State of Qi, and obtained spoils that would make Lü Buwei jealous.
Just with the more than 200,000 pigs in the pig farm, Ying Chengjiao only needs to take half of them out to sell in the market to earn enough wealth to make Dai Wangjia and Yan Wangxi's eyes red.
How can he not afford to support them!
Ying Chengjiao shook his head and said, "I'm not kidding."
"I really can't afford it."
"Did your Majesty pay attention to the sides of the road on the way here?"
Ying Zheng recalled the scenery he saw along the way and said thoughtfully, "After entering Chang'an Township, the grass and trees on both sides of the road became a little sparse. After entering Du County, the two sides of the road were even more desolate, with no early spring scenery at all."
"Could it be because of the pig farm?"
Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "That's it."
"The grass that can be used to feed pigs in Du County has long been cut!"
"At the beginning of this year, Chang'an Township, Lantian County, and Chendao County began to harvest grass and transport it to Du County, which barely supported the pig farm. Needs. "
"However, the pigs in the pig farm are getting fatter and fatter, and the grass and fodder they need is also increasing. "
"These three counties and one township can only support one month's needs at most! One month later, I will have to ask the court to order the people of Fengxian and Zhiyang counties to take action to harvest grass and fodder for the pig farm. "
"But when the pigs in the pig farm give birth this year, the pig stock in the pig farm will increase several times again, easily reaching a million. "
"At that time, the grass and fodder in these five counties and one township will not be able to support the needs of the pig farm, and the grass and fodder farther away will not only require a lot of manpower to transport, but will also be no longer fresh due to the long journey, and it will be difficult to help the pigs gain weight. "
This is just the most basic grass and fodder problem.
With the surge in the number of pigs in stock, the pig farm must also dispatch several times more servants to take care of the pigs.
When nearly 10,000 people and millions of pigs live together, the problem of germs and diseases will become more and more serious. Not only will the pig farm be more prone to plague outbreaks, but once the plague breaks out, it will be out of control, causing Ying Chengjiao's years of hard work to go to waste!
Ying Chengjiao said helplessly: "Therefore, even if I am still quite dissatisfied with the current gains, I have to implement the promotion immediately!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent.
Ying Chengjiao's words exceeded the understanding limit of all the court officials.
The endless grass and fodder all over the mountains and plains have always been the enemy of land reclamation. How could they be eaten up by pigs?
It's ridiculous!
But thinking about the scenery seen along the way and the pig farm that occupies an area larger than that of an ordinary county, these incredible words have become true.
After all, there are more than 200,000 pigs!
Ying Zheng understood and said, "No wonder even though my brother is still dissatisfied with this pig, he did not continue to study it, but instead called me here."
"How do you want to deal with the pigs in the pig farm?"
Ying Chengqi immediately said, "I want to offer the Du County Pig Farm to the Qin Dynasty!"
"I will advise the Qin Dynasty to set up the Du County Pig Farm as the Qin Dynasty's main pig farm, retain 2,000 pigs, 10,000 boars, and 30,000 pigs, and gather the best pigs in the world to continue breeding and research."
"Establish pig farms in all counties of the Qin Dynasty, and transport all the remaining pigs and boars in Du County to The pig-raising branch will breed and breed with the good pigs selected locally, so as to breed pigs that are more suitable for the local environment. "
"The remaining 110,000 pigs will be distributed among the people in Guanzhong and raised by the common people."
"When the pigs grow up, the officials of the pig-raising branch will be sent to the people to select them. The pigs with mediocre qualifications will be slaughtered on the spot, and the good ones will be brought back to the pig-raising branch as new breeding pigs."
In Ying Chengjiao's view, there must be talented people among the people, and maybe they can come up with strange but practical pig-raising strategies.
The complex and changeable natural environment of the people, the local pig grass with unique characteristics, and the local pigs growing in various places may bring unexpected surprises to the pig-raising branch.
More importantly, they have to thank us for helping us raise pigs!
Han Cang's heart warmed up, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Does Lord Chang'an really want to donate the pig farm to Daqin, and even more willing to allow the common people to kill the pigs and eat their meat after they are raised?!"
"This is great wealth! A lot of money!"
As an internal official in charge of grain, Han Cang knew very well what kind of wealth these more than 200,000 pigs represented, and what kind of vitality they could inject into Daqin. Han Cang was almost crazy with joy!
But as an official of Lord Chang'an's mansion, Han Cang was really in pain!
Others don't feel bad when they sell their father's land, but Lord Chang'an, how can you be so casual when selling the treasures you earned yourself!
Ying Chengjiao smiled casually: "Chang'an paper, Chang'an plow, gold juice manure treatment, blast furnace, which of these things is not great wealth? Which of them is not great fortune?"
"It's just that the wealth of the pig farm has been realized, while Chang'an paper and Chang'an plow were not realized when I presented them to the Qin Dynasty."
"I have generously presented so many treasures to the court, so how can I be stingy with a mere pig farm?"
"In my opinion, such an arrangement is not only for the benefit of the people of Qin, but also for sharing the pressure of the pig farm, and it is also for the people of Qin to jointly study the strategy of pig management."
"With the help of the people, this strategy will surely be accomplished quickly!"
Ying Zheng will be short of money and food, but Ying Chengjiao will not be short of money and food.
If Ying Chengjiao is short of money, he can ask Ying Zheng for help. Ying Zheng will tighten his belt and will not let Ying Chengjiao starve.
If Ying Chengjiao is short of money, he can wave to the Qin people, and millions of Qin people will gather with Ying Chengjiao to break through the enemy's capital and take all the money and food from the enemy.
But if Ying Chengjiao is stingy and makes a fuss, with his warehouse full of money and grain, then it will be the turn of Ying Zheng and the soldiers to reach out and wave to Ying Chengjiao!
So the profit and loss of money and grain are not important to Ying Chengjiao.
Whether the money and grain can be used on the blade and used to achieve Ying Chengjiao's goals is more important!
Looking at Ying Chengjiao's relaxed and casual appearance, all the ministers were speechless.
Looking at the world, I am afraid that only Ying Chengjiao can treat money like dirt, but after calculating Ying Chengjiao's income in recent years, the ministers have to admit that Ying Chengjiao is indeed qualified to treat money like dirt!
Seeing that Ying Chengjiao himself was not distressed, Han Cang did not feel sorry for him, but excitedly said: "I think that Chang'an Jun's advice is very good!"
"Even if more than 110,000 pigs are distributed to Guanzhong, it is still impossible to allow each household to get one, but each village can get more than ten pigs!"
"I think that the village head can be responsible for feeding the pigs distributed to the villagers together."
"When the pigs have grown up during the La Festival this year, the whole village, young and old, will slaughter the pigs and eat their meat together!"
"In this way, all the people will be happy!"
Tan Tao bowed his hands without hesitation and said: "Reporting to the Sacrifice Office, I am willing to take this responsibility!"
Since Ying Chengjiao is going to donate the pig-raising yard to the court, Tan Tao will not be polite!
As a person who has worked in the pig-raising yard for four years on a voluntary basis, no one in the court knows pigs better than Tan Tao!
Ying Fusu looked at Ying Chengjiao with brighter eyes, and said excitedly: "If so, the people of Guanzhong in our Great Qin can at least eat one pound of meat this year!"
"I think the people of Guanzhong will definitely be loyal to us! The people will definitely be loyal to our Great Qin!"
Sima Chang and many other ministers who were born in the old Qin Dynasty breathed rapidly.
The people of our Great Qin can also afford meat!
Only Lu Buwei was happy and sad, and stretched out one hand to Ying Chengjiao as if asking for help, and said in a difficult voice: "I think this pig is very good!"
"But there is no need to distribute it to the people so urgently!"
"If the people can really eat one pound of meat every year, the people of our Great Qin may indulge in raising pigs and lightly kill the enemy."
"Our Great Qin is not yet prepared to deal with such a big change!"
Raising pigs is different from farming. There is no such thing as slack season. This will directly disrupt the corvée and conscription system of the Great Qin.
Even if they don't go to the army to fight, they can live a prosperous life. It is very likely to corrode the fighting spirit of the Qin people, making them addicted to farming and raising pigs instead of risking their lives to fight for the title.
The Qin Dynasty has not yet been unified! The Qin Dynasty has not yet revised the national policy suitable for such an economic situation! The Qin Dynasty can't withstand such crazy development!
Han Cang was anxious: "It was the prime minister who persuaded Chang'an Jun to study pig management in the past."
"It was the prime minister who said that this pig was very good."
"Now it is the prime minister who says that this pig cannot be distributed to the people!"
"Does the prime minister think that Chang'an Jun has a lot of free time!"
Tan Tao even ignored the huge difference in status between himself and Lu Buwei, and said with his neck stiff: "How can the art of enriching the people and strengthening the country harm the country?!"
"Since the prime minister had already persuaded Chang'an Jun to study the art of pig management, The prime minister should have expected this long ago. If so, the prime minister should know how to solve the prime minister's predicament, and the prime minister's predicament should also be solved by the prime minister. "
"I don't understand so much, I just want to let the people eat meat!"
Even Han Fei stuttered: "If the people are safe, the lower will have no power, if the lower has no power, the power will be destroyed, and if the power is destroyed, the virtue will be in the upper."
"How can the prime minister prevent the people from getting rich? !"
Facing the angry eyes of the monarch and his ministers, Lu Buwei was going crazy!
You all open your eyes and take a good look!
This prime minister! Is! The Great Qin! The initiator of a group of ideas such as lenient policies and suspended sentences, enriching the people and strengthening the country, treating the people well and then keeping them (tong 慉: liking), practicing virtue and loving people!
This prime minister! Is! The Great Qin! The leader of the benevolent government faction! The people-loving faction! The radical faction!
You are a bunch of tigers and wolves of the old Qin people, cruel and cruel, but you accuse this prime minister of being too cruel? !
What kind of world is this!
Lu Buwei said in a stern voice: "Enriching the people can certainly calm the people's hearts, and virtue is the most important."
"However, enriching the people is not a casual enrichment, but a method of enriching the people."
"Otherwise, the people's wealth can also harm the country!"
As expected, all the officials in the court glared at Lu Buwei again.
Unexpectedly, Ying Chengjiao nodded and said: "I think the prime minister's words make sense."
"Although I am willing to distribute all the more than 100,000 pigs to the people in Guanzhong, I have no idea of distributing them equally to every village!"