Princess of the auxiliary country

With the help of Princess Ningyang, the two hundred soldiers were quickly in place.

Both Duke Ji's Mansion and Princess Ningyang's Mansion have many servants, including some relatives who were followers of the founding of the country.

The two hundred people are all young and middle-aged people selected from these families. Firstly, they know everything about the situation, and secondly, they are all one of their own. With these people, Princess Ningyang can rest assured.

Although I have not received any systematic training, it is not bad to cultivate while using it.

For this reason, Huo Jingzhi also made a special trip to find an old military brother who was idle at home and asked him to come over and be the leader of these [-] people.

Huo Junyao hardly had to worry about manpower.

In the next period of time, she was busy preparing for spring plowing.

After getting to know them, she found that the Yu Dynasty was still using a relatively primitive straight-shaft plow, and then she thought about making pig iron again.

She originally wanted to beg for some pig iron when she entered the palace, but a series of things happened that put the matter on hold.

Now that the situation is like this, it's not easy for her to speak.

After thinking about it, she thought of a way.

"The servant has seen the Duke."

At Princess Ningyang's residence, Hong Xiu respectfully saluted Duke Ji Guo who came back from the lower office.

"Why did you come back to Beijing today? Is there something going on with Yaoyao?"

Huo Jingzhi was quite familiar with the maids around his daughter. In the past, these people were all around Princess Ningyang.

"Reporting to the Duke, it was the young lady who asked the servant to bring you something."

With that said, Hong Xiu took out a stack of drawings given to her by Huo Junyao.

"This is the blueprint made by the young lady. It's called Quyuanli."

Then she recounted in detail some of the things she learned about Qu Yuuli from Huo Junyao.

When she finished speaking, she looked across at Duke Ji Guogong with a look of surprise on his face. He quickly turned over the drawings and looked through them carefully.

But soon his brows knitted together.

Although he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he really doesn't know much about craftsmen. At best, he has more contact with them than those who are officials in the same dynasty.

Compared with craftsmen, they were a group of people who were not taken seriously in the Yu Dynasty. It could even be said that most of the civil servants in the court who claimed to be scholars despised craftsmen.

When Huo Jingzhi was not the Minister of the Ministry of Works, although he could not say he despised craftsmen, he still looked down upon them.

This is not just a dog looking down on others and being arrogant, but more of a common and normal psychology among scholars.

Comparatively, in the eyes of scholars, many scholars look down on them, let alone craftsmen, even those generals who open up new territories.

"Is this really what Yaoyao said?"

"I don't know, my slave, but this is what the lady said, so it's definitely not wrong."

Hongxiu was honest and didn't do everything for her. After all, she had never seen the specific effects of this thing, but she still had [-]% trust in Huo Junyao.

Huo Jingzhi nodded after hearing this. Of course he trusted his daughter.

"In that case, let the craftsmen come out and try it tomorrow."

Then he put away the drawings, raised his head and asked again, "Why does Yaoyao suddenly want to send something over?"

If this Quyuan Li was as powerful as Huo Junyao said, it would be a great achievement, and it would even be enough to go down in history. Why was it sent out suddenly?

He knew very well that his daughter was dissatisfied with the royal family. If this thing was promoted by the Ministry of Industry, most of the credit would undoubtedly be given to the court, or to the royal family.

If this thing is really that powerful, if she works it out and publicizes it herself, the reputation she will gain will not be low.

"Mr. Guo, this thing requires pig iron. There is currently no iron in Zhuangzi. The lady gave this thing to the court in the hope of getting some pig iron from the court."

Hearing this, Huo Jingzhi was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what his daughter had planned.

Thinking about it, this is not a bad idea. If I had asked the emperor for two or three thousand kilograms of pig iron in the past, I believe the emperor would be very happy. After all, the emperor had only given it once before, and it was still five thousand kilograms.

But the situation was different now. He could feel his daughter's alienation from the emperor, so naturally he couldn't ask for it directly.

Pig iron is an important national resource. Although it is sold privately by the private sector, the quantity is not very large, and it is also a violation of criminal law.

Especially nobles like them, if they purchase these important materials privately, they will easily be criticized by interested people.

Therefore, it is best to take the clear path, and because of the changes in the relationship, it is naturally the safest to use the one-thing-for-one method, and will not give others a thumb.

"How much pig iron does she want?"

"The young lady said it must be at least three thousand kilograms, but I don't know the exact number of slaves."

Hearing this, Huo Jingzhi nodded and continued: "This matter has been left to my father-in-law. You can go back and tell Yaoyao that everything is safe."

Hong Xiu responded, bowed and left.

The next day, Huo Jingzhi took the drawings to the Ministry of Industry early in the morning and hired several craftsmen. In just one morning, they built the first curved plow.

Then I directly found someone to try it out, and the results were exactly as Huo Junyao said.

Not only is it more labor-saving, it also doesn’t require so many cattle.

In the past, the straight-shaft plow required two oxen, and the efficiency was still very low. Now the curved-shaft plow only requires one person and one ox, and the efficiency is much faster than the straight-shaft plow.

It can be used even without oxen, even if it is pulled by human power. Although the speed is slower than that of oxen, it is much more powerful than the primitive plowing method before.

The thing was made and verified. Huo Jingzhi did not delay. He immediately took Qu Yuuli and went straight to the imperial study room of the palace.

In the imperial study at this time, Emperor Zhaowu was reviewing memorials. Spring plowing was about to begin, and there were many things that needed to be dealt with in various places.

"Your Majesty, Duke Ji wants to see you."

"Jingzhi is here? Let him in."

Not long after, Duke Ji came in from outside and bowed respectfully to see him.

"Jingzhi came to see me at this time. Is there anything important?"

Hearing this, Huo Jingzhi didn't waste any time and directly told the story about Qu Yuuli in detail.

After hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu's eyes lit up. As an emperor, he naturally knew what this series of data represented.

The most important thing in farming civilization is farming. The efficiency of this curved shaft plow is more than twice that of the original straight shaft plow. He knows what this means.

"Is it really such a divine thing?"

Although he knew that Huo Jingzhi had always been prudent in his work, and if he could report here, he must have verified it, but Emperor Zhaowu was still a little too surprised and couldn't believe it.

"Reporting to your Majesty, I have personally verified that it is indeed the case."