The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 291 Volume Lecture
The essence of Venus fell to the west of Guifeng Peak in Zhongnan Mountain. Its essence turned into white stone like beautiful jade, and sometimes there was purple gas returning to it, so it was named Taibai Mountain, also called Taiyi Mountain.

Mount Taibai is located near Mei County, some distance from Chang'an, so Yan Xiang prepared all the equipment and set out from Chang'an one day in advance.

After going to the east and west markets, Yan Xiang felt the difference between Chang'an and other places.

Before entering the market, we could hear the sound of hawking, which could be heard from several streets away.

When we arrived in front of the market, we saw a crowd of people filling the road, with voices calling for customers on both sides.

Yan Xiang took a closer look and found that the shop was also full of dazzling goods.

There were lacquerware, tortoise shells, silk, straw sandals, paper and pens; there were both valuable and humble items.

The war horses from Liangzhou, the fruits from Longyou, the sweet dates from Hedong, the brocade and tea from Shu are all available in the markets!
Although there are more merchants speaking with Guanzhong accent, there are also many merchants speaking with Liangzhou accent, Hedong accent, and Shu accent!

……

Yan Xiang was distracted by this scene.

Chang'an right now actually has a flavor of a prosperous age!

After being immersed in it for a long time, Yan Xiang couldn't help but sigh: "Guanzhong is indeed a land of abundance!"

"Ah."

Yan Xiang's mumbling was heard by a burly man beside him, who sneered.

"Young man, what you said is really ridiculous."

The shops were crowded with people, so it was normal for Yan Xiang's words to be heard by others.

So Yan Xiang was not angry, but asked patiently: "Can you help me solve this problem?"

Yan Xiang's attitude was quite useful to the other party. After laughing twice, he also began to help the other party solve the puzzle -

"If you had come to Guanzhong during the Chuping period, this would not be the scene you saw!"

"At that time, Guanzhong suffered a natural disaster. First, it rained for several months in a row, soaking the land and rotting it, making it impossible to grow crops! Later, the court organized the cultivation of Sichuan millet and beans, which helped us survive that year! After that, there was no rain for another year, and the crops in the fields were killed by the sun. Even the water in the Wei River was about to dry up! It was only when the court organized people to dig wells and canals near the Qinling Mountains that we were able to survive!"

"If you had come to Guanzhong, Chang'an at that time, you wouldn't have seen such a scene. I'm afraid you would have starved to death in the wilderness!"

Yan Xiang's Adam's apple trembled up and down.

Was Chang'an like that a few years ago?
Yan Xiang originally thought that Chang'an was prosperous, but that was simply because it was Chang'an, located in Guanzhong.

But now listening to what this big man said, it seems that Chang'an was not much stronger than Guandong a few years ago?

wrong!

How is this not much better than Kanto?

It's much more pitiful than Kanto!
This made Yan Xiang unable to accept it for a while.

In other words, the imperial court actually allowed Chang'an to develop into this state in such a short period of time?

Yan Xiang suddenly became confused.

Follow Yuan Shu.

He had witnessed the elegance of Nanyang County, once the largest county in the world, and had also seen the prosperity and tranquility of Huainan in the past.

But without exception, all of these were messed up by the war, leaving the people displaced and living in misery.

Yan Xiang originally thought that the whole world was like this, and that the miserable lives of the people were the fault of war.

But if that’s the case...how do we explain Chang’an today?

The prosperous Nanyang and Huainan became dilapidated under Yuan Shu's governance.

Guanzhong, which was once disaster-stricken and impoverished, is getting better and better under the governance of the imperial court?
Yan Xiang found it hard to accept: "The court has been engaged in wars for several years and has recovered Liangzhou, Yizhou and other places. Isn't this making people's lives difficult and the treasury empty?"

Even if we conquer Liangzhou and Yizhou, we can seize their treasuries, but it is impossible to restore Guanzhong to this state in just two years, right?
Yan Xiang’s words stumped the big man.

He is just an ordinary citizen, how can he explain such a problem clearly?
However, after thinking about it for a while, the other party also gave Yan Xiang an answer -

"This year's food is more than in previous years!"

"How much more?"

"Thirty percent!"

"..."

Yan Xiang shook his head speechlessly.

Even if the yield of farmland around Chang'an increased by 30%, what would it matter? This still could not solve the current development speed of Guanzhong.

"It's not just that my family has increased by 30%, but that the food in Guanzhong, Hedong, Longyou and other places has increased by 30%."

Yan Xiang's pupils finally shrank!
The moon waxes and wanes.

The production of grain, a commodity whose survival depends on the weather, has always been volatile.

It is perfectly normal for any piece of land to have 30% more or 30% less!

But what did the other party just say?
The grain output in all places has increased by 30%!
Yan Xiang opened his mouth wide, as if he had heard a fairy tale!

"How can it be!"

"How is it impossible?"

The big man from Guanzhong next to him really enjoyed watching the look of disbelief on the face of a Guandong country bumpkin like Yan Xiang.

"This year, the imperial court has introduced curved plows and fertilizers. Once these things are applied to the fields, hey! They work better than anything else!"

Yan Xiang felt dizzy at the moment.

What is a curved plow?
He knew about fertilizer...but was the effect of that thing so outrageous?
Yan Xiang was puzzled.

Fortunately, Yan Xiang has not lost the instinct of a Confucian scholar - the pursuit of knowledge.

Yan Xiang personally went to a farmer's house near Chang'an and asked questions, which gradually resolved his confusion.

Quyuan plow.

It cannot directly increase food production, but it can save a lot of manpower and animal power.

Since it can save energy, more land can be cultivated accordingly, which can naturally increase food production. Fertilizer is not just a rough way to make manure from feces, but it adds a lot of things to almost double its effect!
Adding the two together will naturally increase the yield per mu.

In addition, there is a new type of pedal spinning wheel.

The pedal spinning wheel can also save women's time and energy.

When technology advances, it frees up extra energy and we can naturally do more things.

For example, teaching children to read can make the next generation wiser.

For example, you can go to a town, do some handicrafts or small business, and save some spare money.

In this way, even Chang'an would find it difficult not to prosper!
In addition, Yan Xiang also heard that the imperial court used a new method of steelmaking.

It is precisely because of this that agricultural tools such as the curved plow can be continuously provided for the people to use.

The changes in Chang'an dazzled Yan Xiang.

At the same time, it also distorted Yan Xiang's consistent cognition.

"To make the people prosperous and the world peaceful, we should implement benevolent policies..."

Only in this way can the people become prosperous.

However, the court has not actually issued any benevolent policies since last year.

It was nothing more than distributing curved plows and fertilizers and letting the people rent pedal spinning wheels, that was all.

"This……"

Yan Xiang sat by the farmland and fell into deep thought.

But I couldn't think of a result.

Because he spent too much time thinking, he almost missed the carriage to Taibai Academy.

By the time Yan Xiang arrived, Taibai Academy was already packed with too many scholars.

Some people desperately tried to squeeze in: "Get out of the way! My father is the county magistrate here!"

"Get lost! My father is still the Minister of the Secretariat! How can you be so wild?"

"You still know that I'm your father?"

"Who! Who is talking? Looking for death... No, Dad, why are you here?"

"..."

To listen to the lectures of great Confucian scholars, not only scholars of common status came here, but also many bureaucrats came here to listen to the teachings of great Confucian scholars such as Liu Biao, Cai Yong, and Kong Rong.

Yan Xiang stared at the huge crowd in front of him and felt that Guanzhong’s Taoism was flourishing!
In Kanto, I’m afraid this kind of grand scene can only be seen when providing porridge to refugees?

But in Guanzhong, everyone is here for academic research...

Such a gap even made Yan Xiang suspect that he had come to another world.

What shocked Yan Xiang the most was that there were so many literate scholars in Guanzhong!

At a rough glance, there were at least 20,000 scholars crowded in front of Taibai Academy!

Twenty thousand literate people...what a valuable fortune this is!
If Yan Xiang only realized the prosperity of Guanzhong from the perspective of food and goods yesterday, then today he learned about the prosperity of the imperial court from the perspective of knowledge!

"Great Han, revive yourself!"

Yan Xiang went to the guards to report. After getting the emperor's permission, he passed through the crowd amid the envious eyes of the scholars and went straight to the innermost academy.

Because there were so many scholars outside the gate, Yan Xiang even walked for a long time before he could see the specific layout of the academy.

However, a courtyard surrounded by rammed earth and bamboo and cypress trees makes the academy more tranquil.

There was a thatched shed in the center of the academy, under which were several tables and chairs. There was nothing else on the table except a teapot and a few small cups.

A two-story attic was built on the left side of the straw hut.

Yan Xiang was led to the attic and saw that there were already quite a few people sitting there.

The person sitting at the front was naturally the emperor, wearing a two-beam crown and ordinary clothes.

He hurried forward and saluted.

"Your Majesty, I was so engrossed in the prosperity of Chang'an that I forgot the time and am now late."

Liu Xie waved his hand casually, indicating that he didn't care.

At the same time, Liu Xie also casually introduced to Yan Xiang the person sitting in the attic on the second floor:

"This is Shang Shu Ling Jia Xu... Logically he should be the busiest, but he left government affairs to Xun Yu and sneaked out."

When Yan Xiang heard that it was Jia Xu, he was immediately shocked and hurriedly saluted.

"This is Taiwei Yang Biao. You have met his son Yang Xiu."

Yan Xiang saluted again, feeling uneasy.

"This is Lu Bu... Never mind. You probably have no interest in a warrior like him."

Lu Bu felt a little aggrieved: "Your Majesty, I was actually a clerk before..."

……

Yan Xiang was sweating profusely at this moment. Listening to the well-known names one by one, he suddenly felt that it was a very wrong decision for him to agree to the emperor to come to the academy to listen to the lectures of the great scholar.

On the contrary, everyone else knew that Yan Xiang had brought the lost imperial seal back to Chang'an despite all difficulties, so they were all full of goodwill towards Yan Xiang and nodded to him frequently.

Even Lu Bu smiled at Yan Xiang, but his smile was not that pretty.

For court officials, the imperial seal is a symbol of destiny!

Now that the imperial seal has been recovered, doesn't it mean that the Son of Heaven is still in power?
If they didn't know that Yan Xiang was not interested in wealth and fame, they would really want to present a petition to the emperor and ask him to reward Yan Xiang handsomely!

At this moment, a bell rang suddenly from the thatched cottage below.

Everyone knew that the lecture had begun!

　The chapter tomorrow afternoon will be a little late, I have something urgent to do in the morning, I hope all readers will forgive me~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)