Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 270 No winks
To the north of Xuanwu Gate, Cheng Wolong, the director of Jingyuan, held the tip of the plow with both hands, letting a thin ox lead him forward.

In the past, the solid loess was much softer in front of the plowshare. Adjusting the plowboard can drive the plow arrow, and then control the depth of the plowshare.

After a lap, Wolong handed Quyuanli to Fanhu, and squatted down to check the depth of the plowing.

The six-inch depth, which was extremely difficult in the past, was no problem in front of Qu Yuanli, and it broke through easily.

Compared with the straight shaft plow used in the past, the curved shaft plow saves labor, cattle, light weight, and flexible steering. When the animal power is insufficient, two adults can drive the tillage cable in front, and it can still pull.

In fact, the Quyuanli was finalized in the Tang Dynasty, but the dynasties after the Han Dynasty did not stop improving the Zhiyuanli. Jia Sixie's "Qi Min Yao Shu" in the Northern Wei Dynasty mentioned the long Quyuanli and "Weili". , is also an attempt.

In the uncovered clod, apart from the usual hard-to-clean courgette roots, there were insect eggs the size of sesame seeds, which verified Fan Zheng's previous prediction.

"Hey, the director doesn't seem to be very proficient in farming, but he knows these key points like the back of his hand."

Deep plowing is only the first step, and more manpower is needed to break up the slightly compacted soil and pick out the roots of Imperata cotta to expose them to the sun.

As for the insect eggs, they cannot survive for long under the scorching sun.

These details are still time-consuming, but they are much less troublesome than plowing with a straight shaft plow.

The world only smells the fragrance of rice and wheat, but the farmers are busy.

"Jiancheng, is this year's straw still burned and returned to the field?" A supervisor asked beside him.

What is the name of Jiancheng?
I don't know this job, does it sound like a "traitor"?

Can't you just call Shangguan directly?
You deserve it, you're thirty-five, and you're still going around as a foreign official!

"Stupid! I don't know if the director needs a lot of straw to open a paper workshop? If you really want to fertilize the field, how much golden juice in the Tai Chi Palace is not enough for you? If you don't wink, you will be a foreign official for the rest of your life!"

Wolong lightly reprimanded.

These Tie Hanhan who only know how to do things dullly and don't know how to cater to the superiors, although they are not pleasing, they are first-class when it comes to doing things.

I heard that some yamen no longer have such a tough way of life?

Wolong is not an official who can be easily defined as a good person or a bad person. He has done good things and bad things as well. He is a mortal who is entangled in good and evil.

Even Wo Long knows that even if the officials who talk in the vernacular want to live a good life, there must be a few tough people doing practical things, right?

How good is this yamen if all of them are replaced by a bunch of officials who open their mouths and don't do their business?

Therefore, if he doesn't like the history of the prison, Wolong will not deliberately rectify it, and just scold him to the top of the sky.

The supervisor muttered a few words, expressing extreme contempt for flattering Shangguan.

In this world, it is inevitable that there are a few morally clean freaks who have always stubbornly believed that people's hearts are not ancient.

Contempt is contempt, Wo Long's actions did not substantially harm the interests of the director of Jingyuan and his officials, so naturally let it go.

"What are you muttering about? You don't know, this Qu Yuanli was made by the director?"

Wo Long kicked Supervisor Shi's ass and talked too much.

The supervisor's eyes widened in an instant, and all the complaints were swallowed.

Haha, it turns out that the director is also an expert, so it's okay, it's just straw, it's a big deal.

People with skills in their hands are most convinced by those with stronger skills than themselves.

"Chacha."

A big magpie circled down and landed on the turned-up soil, comfortably pecking at insect eggs, grass seeds, and grass roots.

The opened land is a big dining table for birds, and centipedes crawling in a hurry are their delicacies.

Soon, the birds near Longshouyuan enjoyed this gluttonous feast.

Fan Zheng's so-called step-by-step plan has come to naught. Wolong is still using the old plow except in the designated area, and the other places have already replaced it with the curved plow.

Even if Shangguan has plans, he can't prevent his subordinates from using improved tools, can they?

It's not just the director of Jingyuan, Qu Yuanli is also rapidly replacing Zhiyuanli in the south of Jingyuan, the west of Jingyuan, and the north of Jingyuan.

The Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Industry finally woke up like a dream, and saw a brand new Quyuanli in Jiangzuojian, but was told that it was custom-made by Si Nong Temple for the Tunjian.

want to?one year later!
Tun Tiansi said that he couldn't stand this kind of grievance, and directly started making trouble in the Tai Chi Hall.

Fan Zheng couldn't help this, and Li Wei said triumphantly: "This Qu Yuanli was originally created by Fan Zheng, the director of the Jingyuan of Sinong Temple, and it was submitted by Sinong Temple to the supervisor. It’s a strange thing to take the initiative, right?”

The right servant of Shangshu shot Gao Shilian, he was not interested in the disputes among the various divisions, but he was vaguely interested in Qu Yuanli.

"This plow, how about the older plow?"

Fan Zheng came out of the shift: "Hui Pu She, this plow only needs one ox. The plowing depth can be adjusted, and the turning is more dexterous. When the animal power is insufficient, manpower can also do it."

Even Li Shimin was interested, and took his ministers to the field of the director of Jingyuan outside the Xuanwu Gate to watch the supervisor, Wolong, yelling at the peasants to plow the land.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not indifferent to Nongsang.

In the Sui Dynasty, a thousand acres of land was set up outside the Qixia Gate, which was used as an altar. Meng Chunjihai offered sacrifices to the first farmers.

The emperor wears the crown of gun, prepares the law to drive, rides the plowing root cart, sacrifices three offerings, and plows because of plowing.

Si Nong gave the plow, the emperor gave it three pushes, and the deacons gave the plow to those who should plow, each with five pushes and nine pushes.

The Tang Dynasty completely followed this system, and the emperor's push was a land.

In any case, plowing the land for three years can still barely appreciate the hard work of the little people, so why not eat minced meat.

For a physically tyrannical emperor like Li Shimin, it was a trivial matter.

In the first month of the 23rd year of Tianyuan, the flattering officials wrote to Li Longji to change one step into one push, and the family land system became a joke.

This is not even willing to do superficial articles.

Li Shimin called Wolong, personally held the tip of the plow, adjusted the plow, and walked slowly with his palm holding the thin yellow ox in Guanzhong.

"It can be faster."

Feeling that there was no resistance, Li Shimin opened his mouth to order.

The cattle speeded up a little, the solid soil surged like waves in front of the plowshare, the intertwined grass stems were ruthlessly cut off, the large pieces of soil were quickly crushed by the following fans, and the grass roots were picked up in the dustpan.

After a gorgeous turn, Li Shimin laughed loudly: "It is more labor-saving than the old plow! The supervisor will do his best to make this plow, and spread it to prefectures and counties!"

The promotion of Quyuanli will inevitably increase the grain output, and let Datang, who already lacks animal power, breathe a little easier.

Hey, even the scalpers from Turkic, Tuyuhun, Dangxiangqiang and other places can wear nose rings and enter the Tang Dynasty unimpeded. It is still a drop in the bucket. Who made the Tang Dynasty so vast?

Even with the implementation of Quyuanli, it still cannot fully make up for the lack of animal power. This is also a helpless fact.

(End of this chapter)