Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 319 Ploughing
Cotton and soybeans were brought back.

But in such a harvest season, few people can be idle.

The Qin family already has a lot of servants, but in such a busy farming season, there are still not enough people.

Not to mention those who pluck the cotton, they are all from Qinjia Village, but after the beans are returned, they have to be deseed, which also requires people.

In addition to these reclaimed ones, those fields also need to be plowed.

Before the wheat is planted, the field must not be plowed, otherwise the wheat will not grow well, and the next year's harvest may not be good.

Qin Tian didn't think of this at first.

It was when he saw his elder sister Qin Feiyan that he had people mobilize servants to plow the field that day that he discovered this problem.

"Sister, is it so early to plow the fields?" It's only just a bumper harvest. From Qin Tian's point of view, it's enough to plow the fields before planting wheat?

"It's getting late. We have almost 2000 mu of land. Even if we have dozens of cows, it will take a few days to plow it. After the ear is planted, we will plant wheat. Can you hurry up? ?”

Qin Feiyan is still very good at growing crops, after Qin Tian listened to it, he understood it somewhat.

The land is abundant and the plowing is slow, so we must start as soon as possible.

After Qin Tian nodded, he followed Qin Feiyan to the field.

The more than 2000 mu of land of their Qin family is not in one place, and it is very chaotic, so this also wastes a lot of time for them.

After arriving in the field, someone has already brought the plow from the Qin Family Manor. It is a very heavy plow. After entering the ground, it will get deeper and deeper. If you want to plow it, it will take several You can lift it personally.

Turning around is also very troublesome and requires several people.

When those servants were plowing in the field, Qin Tian stood on the ground and felt that this thing was more and more clumsy.

In his previous life, he also saw the old antique plowing in the countryside, but what he saw seemed to be able to be operated by one person. Why were the plows in the Tang Dynasty so heavy?

Qin Tian searched in his mind, and soon discovered the reason.

It turns out that at this time the plow in the Tang Dynasty was still a short shaft plow. This kind of plow was relatively clumsy, and it was not flexible enough to control the depth of the plow.

In the late Tang Dynasty, the curved plow appeared. This kind of plow relatively solved some shortcomings of the short plow or the straight plow, making plowing faster and more efficient.

In the Song Dynasty, people modified the quyuanli, and it finally became the kind of plow he saw in later generations.

If the improved Qusha plow is used to plow the ground, the efficiency can be almost doubled.

After learning about this, Qin Tian didn't continue to take it with him in the field. After returning to the mansion, he started to make an improved version of Quyuanli.

This thing is composed of eleven parts, which is relatively cumbersome, but it is nothing to Qin Tian to have golden fingers, so not long after returning to the mansion, he made a Quyuanli .

Then, he immediately sent people to gather a large number of craftsmen, and asked them to start crazy production according to what he said.

At the same time, he hurried to Prince Qin's mansion again.

There are some things that Qin Tian can use to make money, such as hatching chickens, picking cotton, etc., because these will not affect the survival of the people.

But plowing is not enough.

The ancients often said rushing to harvest and rush to plant. Wheat planting is actually rushing to plant. If you can’t plow the land before the ear is planted, there may be no harvest next year.

If there is no harvest, what will the people eat?
Therefore, Qin Tian will not earn ill-gotten gains. Now that Qu Yuanli benefits the common people, he still hopes to use the power of the court to spread it on a large scale as soon as possible.

After arriving at Prince Qin's mansion, Qin Tian told Li Shimin about Quyuanli's situation. Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard that this kind of Quyuanli was small, flexible and more efficient.

As a prince with a heart for the throne, Li Shimin is actually very considerate of the people. If it is beneficial to the people, then he will do it.

Without hesitation, Li Shimin brought Qin Tian into the palace, and then told Li Yuan about the situation.

"Father, the benefits of this kind of curved plow to farming are simply rare. Now that the common people are scrambling to plant them, the imperial court must let the Ministry of Industry produce a large number of them as soon as possible, and then spread them all over the country."

Li Yuan looked at Qu Yuanli and asked, "Is this Qu Yuanli better than the previous one?"

Things like Zhiyuanli have been handed down since the Han Dynasty, and have been handed down for hundreds of years. Although there are occasional changes, the efficiency has not improved much.

Qin Tian's curved plow seems to have a few more parts than the straight plow, does it really have such an effect?

When Li Yuan opened his mouth to question, Li Shimin realized that he didn't seem to have seen it with his own eyes. Hearing Qin Tian's agreement, he came directly.

I still trust Qin Tian too much.

Therefore, he looked directly at Qin Tian, ​​and Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and said: "My lord, this kind of Quyuanli is indeed very convenient. After I made it, I have already tried it in the house. If my lord wants to see the effect, I will give it a try. Just send someone to the house to fetch it."

Li Yuan nodded, and soon, someone brought the Quyuanli made by Qin Tian from the Qin Mansion.

That thing is indeed much more underestimated than what ordinary people use nowadays. After getting the thing, Li Yuan led people to the Imperial Garden. Here, several eunuchs pulled it in front, and Qin Tian supported the plow alone, looking very relaxed. .

When you need to turn around, just turn a little bit.

When Qin Tian tried this, Li Shimin and Li Yuan were amazed.

Because the Tang Dynasty encouraged farming, Li Shimin and Li Yuan would go to the field to offer sacrifices in person every year when wheat was planted, praying for good weather in the coming year, and then symbolically plowing the land.

They know that kind of thing is difficult to master, and at least two people are required to be in charge to plow the land steadily.

But now Qin Tian's improved Quyuanli can be done by one person, which undoubtedly improves efficiency and saves manpower.

Li Yuan attaches great importance to agriculture. As long as it is beneficial to agriculture, he will definitely support it. Therefore, as soon as Qin Tian came over, Li Yuan said excitedly: "Okay, Qin Aiqing has done another good thing for the people of the Tang Dynasty. I should reward you." , should be rewarded..."

Li Yuan was about to reward, Qin Tian said: "My lord, this matter is for the common people, I dare not ask for credit, as long as I can make this kind of curved plow as soon as possible, and then put it into the field, I will be very satisfied."

"High integrity, high integrity, if all the officials in my Tang Dynasty can be like you, why worry that my Tang Dynasty is not prosperous and strong?" Li Yuan became more and more fond of Qin Tian, ​​and immediately ordered: "Come here, inform the people in the Ministry of Industry , let them rush to work day and night, we must make a large number of this kind of Quyuanli, and then use it for those common people."

"Here!" The palace servant hurried down to deliver the order, Qin Tian finally heaved a sigh of relief after seeing this.

(End of this chapter)