Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 168 Nine Kui Tribe
The Jiukui tribe is one of the largest tribes among the many tribes in Shanyue in the southwest of Wu State.

The inheritance method of its tribal leaders adopts the hereditary system, rather than the abdication system since ancient times.

This is due to the power of the previous leader of the Jiukui tribe.

It was Boqi, the leader of the Jiukui tribe, who united a group of Shanyue tribes to crusade against the Fuchai tribe.

Therefore, Qingji wanted to win over the Jiukui tribe, use it as a breakthrough, suppress and appease them, and quickly subdue the barbarian tribes in the southwest for his own use!
Under Qingji's repeated request, Qinyi finally agrees to be a lobbyist, helping Wu to lobby the leader Boqi.

After Qinyi left, Qingji washed up again, changed into a robe, and inspected the situation of farming and reclamation again.

Accompanied by a group of ministers, Qingji came to a relatively remote field.

At this time, those who were cultivating the fields were all shirtless and panting pioneer soldiers.

Wielding hoes and leils in their hands, they dig the soil vigorously on the ground to make the soil soft and easier to cultivate.

But this kind of labor is obviously extremely tiring. After a while, they were already sweating profusely, panting like cows, as if their bodies had been hollowed out.

In addition to using simple agricultural tools to turn the soil manually, some also use oxen to plow the land.

However, plows are relatively backward, and there is really no need for plowing oxen to plow the land. You can only let a person pull the rope in front, drag the plow forward, and start loosening the soil...

Seeing this scene, Qingji secretly shook his head.

No wonder it took an army of more than [-] people to develop these fields in one year, which is not enough to maintain the rations needed for life.

It turns out that the farming tools are too outdated, not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, and may exhaust people to death!

How can a man be used as a ox?

Moreover, the process of loosening the soil was so slow that Qingji really had to worry that in his lifetime, he might not see a day when he could truly be self-sufficient in the grain produced by the army of land reclamation.

"Come here, bring Leisi to the widow."

Qingji gave an order, even if some guards rushed to the field to fetch Leisi.

Leisi is a kind of soil-turning agricultural tool, shaped like a wooden fork, with a crank on the top and a plow below, which is used to loosen the soil. It can be regarded as the predecessor of the plow.

You know, the real plow has not yet appeared at this time.

In this era, the farming method characterized by the cooperation of two people was generally practiced. Because the tools and technology were relatively backward, many production activities could not be completed independently by one person.

This is "coupling farming", that is, two people farming together.

The plowshare is the plowshare, and the first puller is the one who pulls it.Two people work at the same time, one is holding the plow at the back, and the other is pulling the plow at the front. Such two people are coupled together, which is called coupling.

Lei is a wooden double-tooth digging tool that originated very early.

The plow is an agricultural implement that raises the soil with a crank, that is, a hand plow.

Qingji knelt down, and under the puzzled eyes of all the ministers, he picked up the Leisi and looked at it carefully.

Leisi at this time is no longer made of pure wood or bone in the early days. After the appearance of iron, wooden Lei and wooden Lei also began to be put on iron blades.

For example, the Leisi in Qingji's hand is made of wood from the handle to the teeth. The handle is slightly bent backward, and the two teeth are slightly bent forward.

"Masters, do you know the origin of this Leisi?"

Qingji looked around, looked at the minister beside him and asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Sun Wu, Fan Li and others could not help but look at each other.

These ordinary farmers may be illiterate and do not know the origin of Leisi, but they are all well-educated people, how could they not understand the origin of Leisi?

"My lord, it is said that this Leisi was made by Emperor Yan. In the past, Emperor Yan cut wood into Leisi, kneaded wood into Leisi, and taught the world the benefits of Leisi."

Fan Li replied: "If there is no Leisi, maybe China would not be as prosperous as it is today."

"good."

Qingji just smiled slightly.

Whether Leisi was invented by Emperor Yan, Qingji doesn't know.

However, in the distant ancient times, the original slash-and-burn cultivation could only be widely planted and poorly harvested, and the land that has been planted many times is becoming increasingly barren and the harvest is getting less and less.

At that time, the tribes only migrated in whole or in part, to new places to overcome thorns and thorns, burn wasteland to reclaim soil, and thorn holes to sow seeds to obtain more grain.

Frequent migration, heavy labor, the ancestors were exhausted!
In order to allow the tribe to recuperate, live and work in peace and contentment, Emperor Yan decided to improve the methods of plowing, sowing and planting.

Thus, farm tools like Leisi came into being.

But this is just a legend. In fact, the invention and improvement of production tools and the domestication of wild animals and plants are gradually realized by human beings in the long-term production practice!
"Who can use Leisi for farming?"

"This……"

Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Zixu and others all seemed hesitant to speak.

They are all from aristocratic backgrounds, and they live a life of rich clothes and fine food on weekdays, why do they need to work?
Even a shabby household like Fan Li has not been reduced to the point where he is forced to work in the fields for his livelihood!
Seeing that no one answered him, Qingji said to himself: "Using this kind of Leisi loose soil, if it is ordinary cultivated land, it will be fine, but this is barren land, it will take time and effort."

"The widow knows that there is a light plowing tool that can replace Leisi and plow the ground to loosen the soil."

"Come here, bring a pen and paper."

After saying that, Qingji ordered Suwei to fetch paper and pen.

After recalling it carefully, Qingji started to draw a picture of Qu Yuanli on the paper.

Qing Ji is not a farmer, but, have you never eaten pork or seen a pig running?

After a while, a complete drawing appeared on the paper.

Quyuan plow is composed of eleven parts, namely plow share, plow wall, plow bottom, pressure shovel, policy forehead, plow arrow, plow shaft, plow tip, plow comment, plow construction and plow disc.

Qingji even sketched out the structure of Quyuanli one by one.

Afterwards, he ordered people to hand over the blueprints to the craftsmen so that they could be produced in a hurry!
The importance of productivity is self-evident.

Production tool is an important factor of productivity, and a certain type of production tool marks a certain level of development of productivity.

Therefore, Qingji felt that it was very necessary for him to move out Quyuanli, a relatively advanced production tool.

After inspecting the wasteland reclamation situation, Qingji, accompanied by a group of ministers, condolences to the soldiers in charge of farming and reclamation.

These land reclamation soldiers were all former prisoners of war of the Chu army. Many of them were not used to the harsh natural environment of the place when they first arrived. Therefore, some of them contracted diseases, and some of them could not stand the crime and fled.

However, living in such poor mountains and rivers, the chances of surviving by reporting to the group for heating are greater. If you escape, you will almost die.

Therefore, the state of Wu does not need too many soldiers to guard them, but only some military officials to supervise them.

It's just that such a boring life will obviously suffocate a person.

Qingji already regarded these soldiers as his own people in his heart, and coupled with the need for population, he had already formed an immature plan in his mind.

It is to let them completely take root in Wu State!

(End of this chapter)