I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 105

After solving the problems in Jingzhou and Guanzhong, Liu Bian gave himself half a day's leave. By the way, he took Princess Liu Shou of Ten Thousand Years to learn about the utensils that contemporary civilians come into contact with daily under the leadership of Ye Tingling Bi Lan.

Xiao Wannian wears a top and a skirt, and the overall pink color makes her look very energetic.

She was very curious about this trip.

Bi Lan is considered to be a skilled person among the ten permanent attendants. He was once ordered to make bronze bells, and now the four bronze bells are still hanging in front of Yutang Hall and Yuntai Hall respectively.

In addition, he also forged a drinking device called Tianlu Shrimp, which could lead Luo water into the palace.

It is also used to spray the roads in the northern and southern suburbs to save the people the cost of spraying the roads.

Although Bi Lan was curious as to why His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly became interested in farm equipment, no matter what the reason was, being able to show his presence in front of the Crown Prince was something he couldn't refuse.

Not to mention that the much-loved Princess Wannian is accompanying her.

Emperor Ling's West Garden is like a universal pocket, which contains not only rockeries and gardens, but also farmland and workshops.

Everything Liu Shou saw was fresh. He held Liu Bian's hand and looked here and there.

Bi Lan did not forget to introduce it.

Not long after, Bi Lan ordered people to take out the grass used by modern people.

Liu Bian took a look and found that today's grass has been divided into straight shovels and curved iron hoes, and they are all made of iron.

Although the quality is not as good as that of later generations, there is probably not much difference in style.

There are also water rows that use hydraulic blowing to smelt iron, and there are also overturning kewu used to spray roads for irrigation.

Liu Bian suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He felt as if he couldn't "invent" anything for a while.

It wasn't until Bi Lan introduced him to the plow used to cultivate the land and saw the style of the plow that Liu Bian suddenly remembered that the straight-column plow was used now, and it seemed that the curved-column plow had more advantages on cultivated land.

But the question is, what exactly does Quyuanli look like?

Liu Bian doesn’t do it!

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he vaguely remembered that he had done some physics questions about curved-column plows and straight-column plows before.

He pointed to the plow in front of him and asked Bi Lan: "If the end of the plow shaft that is tied to the ox is bent downward, will it be easier to exert force?"

Bi Lan didn't understand force analysis and didn't know if it could be done, but he still praised it immediately: "What your Highness said is absolutely true. I will ask the craftsmen to try to improve it when I turn around."

Liu Bian could not see what Bi Lan was thinking. He emphasized: "If you can improve the plow and increase the efficiency of cultivated land, it will be a great achievement. It will not be a problem to leave a name in history like Cai Lun. You must do it seriously. "

Bi Lan suddenly gained another motivation.

Under Liu Bian's observation, many technologies have actually appeared, such as the pouring method of pouring molten pig iron onto red-hot wrought iron.

But the biggest problem with these technologies is that they are limited by the conditions of the times and the immaturity of the technology, and they cannot be popularized.

Take the steel-filling method as an example. Due to the complicated process, today's steel-filling method is only used to make swords, rather than agricultural tools that contribute to production.

Another example is stone mills, and even stone mills driven by wind and water have already appeared, but in the vast areas where wheat is grown today, most people still eat unground wheat rice.

Liu Bian only felt that there was a long way to go.

In October, when the Jiangxia barbarians were about to be pacified, the Banzhen barbarians in Bajun, Yizhou, a county south of Jiangxia, rebelled.

Because Zhao Jin, the fake Sima of the Shang army, had participated in pacifying the Banzhen barbarians, he was worshiped as Sima of another department and led his army into Bajun to quell the rebellion.

In November, Emperor Ling returned from Hejian.

It was supposed to be a tour that fulfilled their wish, but because of the appearance of Qingzhou Yellow Turban, this tour was cast into a haze.

Although the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were quickly annihilated by Zhu Jun and his army, they did not cause much commotion.

Not long after Emperor Ling returned, he fell seriously ill. In December, a memorial letter from the imperial censor Tian Feng came from Jingzhou.

With the help of Cao Cao, Tian Feng found fifty-seven clan thieves, beheaded the thieves' leaders, and dispersed their clans to various places. The property confiscated by the clan robbers can be converted into more than 800 million yuan.

Emperor Ling, who had not yet recovered from his illness, sat up in shock when he heard the news.

Liu Bian, who was serving the soup next to him, was shocked.

While Emperor Ling praised Liu Bian for doing this well, he calculated that even if 70% was returned to the treasury, 30% would still be more than 200 million.

Emperor Ling hurriedly summoned Zhang Rang and asked him to send people to Jingzhou to participate in the sale of the fields and houses. Large-scale sales would definitely reduce the prices of the fields and houses, and he was not willing to be taken advantage of in this regard.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bian did not tell Emperor Ling that he had promised to return all confiscated proceeds to the treasury, for fear that he would make Emperor Ling seriously ill if he turned around.

He planned to discuss it with Fan Ling later and let Fan Ling and Da Sinong Yuan Pang turn a blind eye. Presumably they didn't want the emperor's condition to get worse because he was in a bad mood.

People feel refreshed when happy events happen, and Ling Emperor's recurring illness was cured the next day.

But within a few days, Emperor Ling came to Liu Bian with a serious expression: "Is there anything that my son forgot to explain to me?"

Liu Bian was confused. During this time, Emperor Ling was ill. He would serve in front of Emperor Ling's bed for a period of time every day, and he didn't do anything important.

A loving father and a filial son are not shabby.

Moreover, at least in Liu Bian's memory, there should be no omissions in the arrangement of the memorial documents.

Even if there is a leak, it has nothing to do with him.

At least now Liu Bian believes that everything he has done is something that should be told to others.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian felt that he had not made a mistake, and immediately replied: "My child really doesn't know, please remind me."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that the 800 million yuan that came from Jingzhou two days ago had been promised to the national treasury?"

Such a serious scene, is this it?

Liu Bian replied: "I saw that my father was happy at the time, so I didn't say much. Later I also told Fan Sikong about it. Could it be that Da Si Nong disagreed?"

Emperor Ling said confidently: "What can't you tell me? All these 800 million yuan have been put into the national treasury. Can't I send someone to bring another 200 million yuan to Xiyuan?"

In fact, Emperor Ling was very moved by Liu Bian's performance on this matter. Seeing that Liu Bian still didn't understand what he meant, he patiently explained: "In the past few months, have you felt that the Eighth School Captain of Xiyuan is very good?" use?"

Liu Bian nodded in agreement. Whether it was the Jiangxia barbarians or the Bajun Banchen barbarians, the prefectures and counties were originally required to send troops to quell the rebellion.

However, the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers themselves is limited, and recruiting too many county soldiers will delay production. After all, the essence of the county soldiers is corvee soldiers, not recruits from the Central Army.

Nowadays, the more elite Central Army is used to counter the rebellion, which will cause less harm to the local area, but it is somewhat expensive.

"If we didn't have Xiyuan money, how could we have such useful Xiyuan soldiers?"

Liu Bian immediately understood what Ling Emperor meant. He actually knew the importance of private money. He made the promise because the national treasury was too empty.

He then assured the emperor: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely insist on a 30-70 split in the future... Oh no, at least a 30-70 split!"

Emperor Ling nodded, looking like a teachable child.

After a while, Emperor Ling suddenly said to Liu Bian: "More than 800 million yuan can be found in one Jingzhou. If we go to other states and counties to find out if there are people who selflessly hide armor and private soldiers, wouldn't it mean that the national treasury will be safe for several years?"

Even if there was a legitimate reason for the attack on the imperial envoy, during Tian Feng's investigation, there were always memorials to impeach Tian Feng and Cao Cao, but Liu Bian ignored them.

Liu Beian said: "If we go and investigate now, I guess those houses that secretly hide armor have already been alerted. It's better to wait for the next opportunity."

Emperor Ling said it casually, but after hearing the words, he stopped mentioning this idea for the time being.

(End of this chapter)