Datang Nongwang

Chapter 640 It's Too Cheap
The Tang State was based on agriculture.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country.

From ancient times to the present, China has been based on agriculture.

This is true no matter which dynasty it is.

Even, the rulers of the past dynasties have basically promoted a set of theories, that is, 'emphasize agriculture and suppress business'.

It is recorded in "Historical Records" that agriculture, industry and commerce, and the four peoples pay equal attention to equality.

Although, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong put forward the words of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen, but Guan Zhong's theory is that the four peoples are equal, and the four peoples are all important components of the country.

but.

With the change of dynasties, in the Han Dynasty, after Confucianism was revered, the theories spoken by those bigwigs in the Spring and Autumn Period began to be misinterpreted more and more.

In the Tang Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats were great, but the peasants were trampled underfoot.

Although the country is based on agriculture, the status of farmers has never changed, and has always been below all levels.

And this situation, from ancient times to modern times, has basically been like this and has never changed.

There is a saying on the modern network that is very good.

In the 70s and 90s, it was time to call farmers Uncle Farmers. After the 21s and [-]s, farmers were called Big Brother Farmers. After the [-]st century, farmers were called migrant workers.

So, this is a very real problem.

Peasants have been the lowest level people since ancient times, even in modern times.

change?

Can't be changed.

What can be changed is self-change and cultural change.

But the culture of China has been like this for thousands of years. It is impossible to change from the culture. Therefore, the only thing that can change is oneself, jumping out of the peasant circle.

But even so, farmers are still the bottom category of people in society.

But come on.

Modern society is certainly superior to ancient ones.

At least, the country is paying more and more attention to farmers, and it is also giving farmers some preferential policies and conditions.

Moreover, the status has also begun to improve with the country's policies.

But some people look down on farmers from the bottom of their hearts. There are even some people, as well as some scholars and professors, who say that farmers have no role at all, and even say that farmers have nothing to do with the food they eat, and that they have no contribution. To call a farmer is to be lazy and stupid.

For such a professor, in the words on the Internet, he is too full.

Anyway.

This type of people must be a minority, after all, not everyone does not have the most basic cognition.

At least, the general public still has the most basic understanding, and will not think that farmers should be stupid just because they are not farmers.

Don't gossip, let's get back to the topic.

When a group of people came to the Royal Garden.

Without saying a word, Li Shimin pointed to the officials holding the garden to lead them to a field planted with rice.

When everyone came to the edge of a well-growing paddy field, Li Shimin said to the garden supervisor: "Pull up this piece of paddy rice, and get some rice seedlings for me."

The garden supervisor was still a little confused at first, seeing that such good-growing rice was about to be pulled, he felt very painful, "My lord, why did you want to pull it out, this is the best-growing batch of rice this year."

"Pull it out, I need to test this farm tool." Li Shimin was anxious, and his eyes showed displeasure.

Seeing that Li Shimin was unhappy, the court supervisor had to obey him.

After a while.

A small piece of rice seedlings was pulled out, Li Shimin took off his shoes, ordered Wang Li to operate the seeding machine himself, and wanted to go into battle in person.

The court officials wanted to speak out to stop them, but seeing Li Shimin waving at the crowd, they finally had to shut up.

Li Shimin instructed Wang Li to place the rice seedlings on the seeding machine according to what Li Chongyuan said in his letter and the picture he drew.

Li Shimin, who got off the paddy field, recalled what Li Chongyuan said in his letter and those pictures, and while backing away, he dragged the planter, and started planting the rice seedlings up and down.

Following Li Shimin's up and down, ten rows of rice seedlings were instantly inserted into the paddy field by the seeder.

Immediately.

When Li Shimin watched it, he was excited and excited.

And all the court officials also exclaimed.

Many court officials even began to raise their sleeves, rolled up their trousers, took off their shoes, and followed Li Shimin in the paddy field.

"Your Majesty, let me give it a try." Wei Zheng was the most eager one.

After a pass test.

After many court officials tried it, everyone exclaimed at the plug-in machine in front of them.

After a long time, everyone went ashore.

Li Shimin looked at the seeding machine being carried up, sighed and said: "Chongyuan can surprise me every time. This seeding machine is very good, very good. With this god, the common people will cultivate rice in the future." , that will definitely increase the speed tenfold, and it will not be so tiring. Good, good, good!"

"My lord, this thing is really a god. With this god, it will surely benefit all the people in the south of our Tang country. However, what is the cost of this thing? If the price is too expensive, it will definitely increase the burden on the people." Wei Zheng finally saw the point.

Hearing the words, Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, nodded lightly and said: "Yes, this thing is really not small. If the cost is too expensive, it should not be promoted. However, I think this thing is all made of wood. Even if it needs to be It will cost some money, but it shouldn't be too expensive in the first place."

Are inserters expensive?
Saying expensive is not expensive, saying cheap is not cheap.

What is expensive is labor.

Li Chongji, who was standing aside, did not speak at this time.

Of course he knew the cost of the seeding machine, he didn't say anything at this time, but waited for Li Shimin to test the harvester, and then told Li Shimin the cost.

After a while.

A group of people moved from the paddy field to a wheat field in the distance.

At this time, the wheat field is green, and it is estimated that it will take about two months before the official harvest time.

Without saying a word, the garden supervisor directly ordered the laborers to prepare to start harvesting the wheat.

"No, we are here to test the harvester, not to test the seedlings." Seeing this, Li Shimin stopped immediately.

The court supervisor was dumbfounded again.

However, when he was dumbfounded, Wang Li had already pushed the harvester to the edge of the wheat field.

Without further ado, Li Shimin followed Li Chongyuan's book and began to control the harvester, pushing it into the wheat field.

The sound of 'chacha' rose instantly.

Harvest, bundle, push.

Even habitual movements do not require human effort at all.

You just need to push the harvester forward and walk slowly. The harvesting of wheat is all done by the harvester.

Immediately after the crackling sound, Li Shimin was shocked again.

Li Shimin was shocked, and the court officials were even more shocked.

Everyone was shocked by such a harvesting method.

The harvesting of wheat is basically similar to the harvesting of rice.

Although wheat is scattered in pieces, unlike rice, which is in handfuls.

Harvesting wheat manually must hold a sickle, bend over, and keep harvesting with both hands, so that the mature wheat can be harvested.

But the harvester in front of me only needs to be pushed, and it doesn't even need to be operated by humans.

shocked.

Everyone was shocked on the spot, no one said anything, just quietly looked at the bound wheat sheaves and pushed them aside.

For a long time.

Only then did Li Shimin wake up, and continued to push the harvester forward.

After harvesting more than a dozen bundles, Li Shimin exclaimed: "This harvesting method is unheard of and unseen. It's a god, a god."

"My lord, this is really a divine object."

"A god, a real god."

All court officials exclaimed.

After the testing of the two farm tools, the court officials returned to the main hall.

Everyone is still shocked by the scene just now.

At least.

Li Shimin is like this.

All court officials stood in the hall, and everyone was still shocked by what they saw just now.

After a while, after everyone was awake, discussions began to start in the hall.

And these comments are all talking about these two farm tools.

There are even some people talking about how much such farm tools are needed for their family's property and so on.

In short.

The discussion ranged from small to mixed, and gradually, more and more people were hoping that Li Shimin would put these two farm tools to the Ministry of Industry as soon as possible, so that the Ministry of Industry could manufacture them in large quantities.

Sitting on the throne, Li Shimin looked at the two farm tools in the hall, but his mind was always thinking of Li Chongyuan.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Li Shimin looked at Li Chongji and asked aloud, "Chongji, did Chong Yuan tell you how much the two farm tools cost?"

Seeing Li Shimin's questioning, Li Chongji hurried out from the back, came to the center, bowed to Li Shimin and replied: "Return to the Holy Lord, the fourth brother of the minister has mentioned it to the minister. It is said that the things for making the plug-in machine are all Some wood. Ordinary wood can be used, but it is better to use hard wood. Therefore, the cost of this planter is not high, about [-] yuan. If it is made of good wood, it will be a bit high And the cost of this harvester is relatively more expensive, after all, it needs to use iron sickle and some special iron accessories inside, so its cost is about [-] yuan."

boom.

When Li Chong said silently.

Discussions broke out again in the entire court.

"It's unimaginable that such a fetish is so cheap to make."

"That's right, these two farm tools are so complicated to make, but I never expected them to be so cheap."

"Okay, such a cheap thing, I can use some of it in my field."

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None of the court officials thought that the cost of these two such sacred agricultural tools was so cheap.

Even Li Shimin did not expect that the cost would be so low.

"Do you have the blueprint?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

Li Chongji replied with another salute: "My lord, when my fourth brother entrusted these two farm tools from Xixiang to Chang'an, he also sent back the blueprints. However, there are so many blueprints that it is inconvenient for me to carry them, so for the time being Leave it at home."

"Wang Li, follow Chong Ji back to the mansion to get it. Remember, don't let the blueprint be damaged." Li Shimin was eager to get the blueprint, so he gave Wang Li instructions.

There are a lot of drawings of the two farm tools, as well as the drawings of the paddle steamer.

It is impossible for Li Chongji to bring him to court, so he can only put it at home.

After Wang Li got the words, he left the hall with Li Chongji and went to his home to get the blueprints.

As soon as Li Chongji and the others left the hall, Li Shimin looked at the court officials and asked: "These two agricultural tools presented by Chongyuan to the court are a great event to all the people in the Tang Dynasty. Qing, how do you think it should be rewarded?"

As soon as Li Shimin mentioned rewards, all court officials knew that it was impossible for Li Shimin to reward Li Chongyuan with any title.

Li Chongyuan is now the Noble of the County King, and if he is rewarded again, he will be the Heir King.

It is not so easy to get the heir prince.

However, according to the rules, the two farm tools presented by Li Chongyuan must be rewarded. After all, they are related to farming and can benefit all the people in the world.

But Li Chongyuan was mentioned as the Duke of the County some time ago, and it would be too much to confer the title of Prince of Li Chongyuan's heir at this time.

If this is the case, it is estimated that all the officials in the world have opinions on Li Chongyuan.

Although he has made great contributions, it is unlikely that he will be nominated, otherwise, Li Shimin would not have asked the court officials this question.

"My lord, I believe that Li Chongyuan, the king of Xixiang County, should be rewarded heavily for presenting these two fetishes. However, Li Chongyuan is already a county king, so it is definitely not feasible to be promoted. I think that Li Chongyuan can be rewarded with acres of land, and other things. Money and things." Changsun Wuji was the first to stand up when he heard Li Shimin's question.

Afterwards, Fang Xuanling also stood up, "Your Majesty, what Duke Zhao said is true. Li Chongyuan is now the prince of the county. If he is promoted again, all the officials in the world must be unwilling. The minister also agrees, It is more appropriate to reward Li Chongyuan's fields or property."

These two stood up first, just to prevent Li Shimin from nominating Li Chongyuan again.

In fact, Li Shimin asked, and they also knew that Li Shimin would not nominate Li Chongyuan again.

But the behavior of the two of them is really unpleasant.

No, Li Xiaogong had a look of displeasure on his face right now.

Although Li Xiaogong also knew that what Li Shimin asked was that he would not nominate Li Chongyuan again, but these two people stood up so early, it was clear that they had no good intentions.

"Your Majesty, I also agree with what Zhao Guogong said. However, I think it is more appropriate to reward Li Chongyuan with a house. At present, the house that Li Chongyuan lives in is small and does not meet his status, and now Li Chongyuan is offering it to the court. Such a fetish should be rewarded heavily." After the two stood up, Wei Zheng also came out to put forward his own opinions.

Looking at the court officials, Li Shimin had already made up his mind.

Shortly after.

When Wang Li and Li Chongyuan came back with the blueprints, Li Shimin stood up from the throne and said loudly: "Li Chongyuan's contribution of agricultural tools has contributed to the court and the world. He will be given a fief and [-] acres of land. Thousands, [-] catties of gold, and [-] bolts of cloth and silk. Add the title of Lieutenant of Qingche, Zhengyi Doctor, and General Loyalty to Wu. I will also give Li Chongyuan a house, and I will give Li Chongyuan the house I used to live in as a reward."

wipe.

When Li Shimin's words came out, everyone was shocked.

The house that Li Shimin once lived in is a big house.

and.

That mansion was the former Prince Qin's Mansion.

The original Prince Qin's Mansion was located in Xiuzhenfang, not far from Li Chongyuan's current house.

Such a reward really made all court officials never think of it, even Li Xiaogong didn't think of it.

(End of this chapter)