All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 407 The Prairie is a Good Place
"Your Majesty~~~"

Meng Tian, ​​who had returned from the grassland, bowed and said, "I have captured the King of Donghu and brought him to Xianyang City."

"Ah."

Ying Zheng was obviously very happy.

He walked down the Dan steps, and with a smile on his face, he praised Meng Tian, ​​"Well done, you are worthy of being the one I picked."

Meng Tian did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly saluted again.

Ying Zheng thought for a moment, then looked at Chen Ran, who was like an old monk in meditation, and said, "Master, do you have anything to say?"

Chen Ran then opened his eyes and asked, "Where is Maodun?"

"This..." Meng Tian hesitated, but quickly responded, "The army chased to the North Sea, destroyed countless tribes along the way, but never saw any trace of the remnants of the Xiongnu. I think they may have fled far away."

He was indeed a little confused. The Huns had been crippled and even their Chanyu had been killed in battle.

He's just a runaway prince, why should we take him so seriously?
Chen Ran smiled and shook his head, indicating that he had nothing more to say.

However, Liu Bang, who was already qualified to stand in the court, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I heard the words of the national teacher a few days ago, saying that if the chieftain of the Hulu was captured, he should be presented to the Xianyang Palace for a dance."

"Oh~~~"

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "I remember now. The Imperial Master did say so."

He waved his hand generously, "In that case, let's hold a banquet tonight to celebrate Meng Tian's success, and then call that king to dance for our Great Qin!"

Everyone responded in unison, and the atmosphere became lively.

During the grand celebration in the evening, countless glazed kerosene lamps illuminated the entire Xianyang Palace, making it look like a fairy palace.

The hall was even more amazing. There were countless mirrors placed everywhere according to geometric principles. There were lit kerosene lamps in front of them. Through the refraction of light, the hall, which could accommodate thousands of people, was as bright as if there was a sun inside.

The procedures are fixed. If it is the emperor, he would naturally offer sacrifices to heaven and earth first.

But since you call yourself the Emperor of Man, there is no need to take this step.

Li Si came forward and read out the article about the great victory, and then rewards were distributed to the meritorious officials.

Like Meng Tian, ​​who was directly granted the title of marquis in one step.

In addition, there was a group of military officers and soldiers who served as representatives and received different rewards.

As for the rest of the soldiers participating in the war, it was impossible for hundreds of thousands of them to come to the hall, so the generals at all levels could only distribute them on their behalf.

And then, it was the dance performance that everyone was looking forward to.

Since the King of Donghu did not choose to die on the battlefield but chose to surrender, he naturally wanted to survive.

Even though performing a dance is humiliating, people who have lost their energy and spirit can just let it go.

Everyone in the hall burst into laughter as they watched the Donghu King, with his hair loose and his clothes lapel on the left, dancing clumsily.

The laughter was so loud that even the desperate King Donghu couldn't jump down. He sat on the ground and cried with his hands covering his face.

Seeing him behave like this, everyone laughed even louder.

Soon the King of Donghu was taken away, and then he was placed under house arrest in a small courtyard, making handicrafts in exchange for daily necessities all day long. When the emperor remembered him, he would call him over to dance again.

Exquisite dishes were served one after another, and everyone attending the banquet cheered.

“It’s all beef?”

Someone exclaimed, looking quite surprised.

They were not surprised to be able to eat beef. In fact, with beef appearing in the hall, who could not afford to eat beef?

Although the law forbids eating it, if the cow at home has fallen and died, then we can at least eat it.

What surprised them was that the emperor actually placed beef on the table at such a grand celebration. Did His Majesty want to abolish the law prohibiting the eating of beef?

It is impossible to abolish the law. Ying Zheng himself is a person who trusts the Legalists. He will only add laws and will never abolish them.

The reason why today's banquet was almost entirely made up of beef was that the first batch of 10,000 beef cattle bred by Chen Ran in the breeding base had already been slaughtered.

The breeding base is very rigid.

The species given must be half male and half female. Even if Chen Ran chooses an odd number, there will be one extra male.

Breeding does not require so many bulls at all, you just need to select the strongest ones among them.

As for the remaining ones, just dispose of a batch and invite everyone to eat them and see how they taste.

Ying Zheng looked towards the empty position of national teacher.

He frowned slightly and asked Zhao Gao beside him, "Is the Imperial Master not here yet?"

Zhao Gao responded respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Master said he would not come, and he is still distributing beef to the people in various counties."

Ying Zheng didn't say anything else. He felt that the Imperial Master had become more and more low-key recently, as if he was a god who didn't care about worldly affairs.

"Isn't it possible that the Imperial Master is planning to leave?"

Normally, the ratio of retained bulls to retained cows should be more than one to twenty.

Chen Ran made a discount and made it 1:10.

That is to say, five thousand cows and five hundred large bulls were left behind.

Of the remaining 4,500 bulls, except for a small number used for farming experiments, the rest were all disposed of and distributed to the people in Guanzhong.

What is inside the main hall of Xianyang City is just a tiny part.

Chen Ran knew that the laws of Qin were very strict and few people dared to tamper with them.

But after all, this beef was donated by myself, and I want to see it delivered to the people with my own eyes instead of being embezzled by others.

If someone dared to withhold ten cows and only give the people ten kilograms of meat, or threatened the people to sacrifice themselves before giving them meat, he would definitely be punished by heaven.

Chen Ran did not attend the celebration banquet. Instead, he rode his horse around the villages to check the distribution of beef.

The meat yield of the beef cattle slaughtered this time was very high, reaching more than half.

Every household can get one, and they cook it in an iron pot with various spices and have a delicious meal.

Especially the potatoes, which have a very high yield, are cooked with beef, and various seasonings such as onions, ginger, garlic, and especially chili peppers. The taste is so delicious.

He wandered around until midnight, when the kerosene lamps in every household were extinguished, and only then did he set out to return to the breeding base.

The ranch is now breeding plant seeds and animals for next year.

This time, the plant seeds chosen were alfalfa, and it was alfalfa specially cultivated for livestock feeding.

These alfalfa seeds are mainly used on the prairies to replace the original herbaceous plants on the prairies.

According to Chen Ran's calculations, after the comprehensive replacement, the vast grassland will be enough to reasonably graze millions or even tens of millions of large livestock.

Combined with silage mainly composed of corn straw, bean cake residue feed after soybean oil is squeezed, concentrated feed such as corn and bran, and feed additives such as vitamins and minerals produced by chemical plants, the meat and milk production will definitely reach a skyrocketing level.

From now on, the people of Middle-earth could eat beef and dairy products as their staple food.

As for breeding livestock, this time he chose Merino sheep.

The biggest feature of this kind of sheep is that the wool it produces is of high quality and has a huge output.

As the saying goes, food, clothing, housing and transportation, clothes are even more important than food.

Woolen fabric made of wool is wrinkle-resistant, wear-resistant, elastic and warm.

The Qin army and the people of Middle-earth can play a huge role when they go to cold areas.

Merino sheep were raised on the prairies, and their wool was sheared every year and shipped back to various parts of Middle-earth, where it was handed over to housewives to be woven into woolen cloth using brand new textile machines.

Afterwards, the imperial court would purchase them in bulk and make woolen products.

From now on, only beef and dairy cows, wool sheep and various types of horses will be raised on the prairie.

"The Great Grassland is the best livestock breeding base in Middle-earth. If we take it, we can produce a large amount of livestock products to enhance our national strength."

"As for those who say that the prairie is useless and that we only need to defend the Great Wall, they are either bad or stupid, or they are spies!"

The prairie is not a useless place, it is actually a good place.

This is the largest grassland in the vast area in the eastern part of the World Island.

As long as Middle-earth takes control and uses it to produce massive amounts of livestock products, it will absolutely be a domineering boost to the country's national strength.

Unfortunately, since Emperor Zulong, every dynasty has found it difficult to actually control the prairie, and at most they could only control it.

Chen Ran just felt regretful about this.

Although the initial investment is large, the subsequent returns are amazing.

Since no one has done it, I will push it forward myself.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran pushed away the furry lamb that was approaching him curiously, and got out a map.

Using the lights in the breeding base, carefully examine the map.

"This is where the Xiongnu are located. They are mostly distributed north and south of the Yin Mountains."

"This is the territory of the Donghu people, stretching all the way to Liaodong. Speaking of Liaodong, Liaodong in this era was not the granary of the world in later generations. It was a completely rotten place."

"There are virgin forests and swamps everywhere. It's rotten to the sky, even worse than Yunmengze."

"The black soil all over the ground is artificially created by draining the stagnant water, clearing the silt, and cutting down the forest."

"It was developed thanks to a pair of hardworking hands."

If you look at the maps of past dynasties, you will know that the northeast direction has always only occupied a part of the area along the coastline.

It's not that they are unwilling to occupy more land, but the deeper they go, the more they see forests, swamps and rotten land.

Where can we get so much manpower and material resources to reclaim the land? The wasteland in the Central Plains has not been fully reclaimed yet.

Shaking his head, Chen Ran’s finger continued to point eastward and landed at the southernmost tip of the peninsula.

"Oh, a bunch of savages."

On the peninsula of this era, except for the Gojoseon of Jizi, which still had some civilization, the rest of the place was truly a territory of barbarians.

The Koreans always talk about how great their ancestors were, but in fact, the ancestors of the Koreans of this era had just come down from the trees.

"There is no need to mobilize a large army. Let Zulong mobilize the border troops of Liao and incorporate Jizi Joseon. At the same time, sweep away those barbarians and do the work."

"If there are no roads and transportation is difficult, we can go by sea. There are plenty of ships in Qi."

The finger continued eastward and landed on a string of islands to the east.

"Yamatai"

"Just wait, something big is going to happen here."

Chen Ran withdrew his gaze and pointed his finger to the west.

"The Great Yuezhi and the Wusun."

"It is impossible for Maodun to go to the far north, nor to the swamps in the east, so he can only go west, and must have gone to find the Great Yuezhi!"

"Next year, we can set out for the Hexi Corridor."

(End of this chapter)