Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 53
"I've met Master Xue and Wan Canjun."

"Hello, Master Bi."

After breakfast, Xue Lang met Wan Siming and went directly to the workshop to check on the plow making.Xue Lang asked Master Bi: "Where is the progress of plow making?"

Master Bi said: "Little old man's apprentice Er Niu has made a finished product, please take a look at Master Xue, is there any difference from what you have seen before?"

"Just make one? Did you rush to work overnight? Didn't you take a break last night?"

Xue Lang asked in surprise.Master Bi smiled and said, "Craftsmen are like this. They want to make something good. In the words of a scholar, what is it called seeing..."

Master Bi couldn't remember it all at once.Xue Lang smiled: "Happy to see Lie Xin!"

"That's right, I'm glad to see Lie Xin."

Although he only said it after being reminded, Master Bi still smiled, without embarrassment or embarrassment, with a natural expression.Xue Lang nodded secretly in his heart, and said: "When the plow is finished and the standard is set, I will give you credit for it."

"The little old man will thank Mr. Xue first."

"This is what I should do. My rule is that those who do things are rewarded."

"The rules are good and practical."

Talking and laughing, he walked into the workshop, and the young man with red and swollen eyes stood at the door and watched eagerly. When he saw Xue Lang coming, he saluted Xue Lang with an unbearable excitement on his face: "I have seen Master Xue, I have seen Wan Canjun."

"Wai Li, are you a bully?"

"Here."

Such excited words are useless.Xue Lang said with a smile: "This is the second time we have met. I have never seen you so excited the first time. Why did you become so excited the second time? Could it be that I have become scary after seeing you for a few days?"

Er Niu's face was flushed with embarrassment, and the more anxious he was, the more he could not speak clearly, "I" for a long time, but no "I" came out with a result.Xue Lang patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, don't worry, I'm here today, let's talk slowly if you have something to say, first go and see the results of your overtime work, and go to rest as soon as you finish, and see if your eyes are burnt. You are still young, you can't suffer like this, it will damage your bones."

"Hey!"

This sound was a resounding answer.

Going in with Erniu, in the spacious yard, there is indeed a Quyuanli that has been made. Xue Lang went to have a look, and carefully compared the appearance of Quyuanli in his mind, it was exactly the same.

He raised his head and just met Er Niu's eyes eagerly looking at him, and couldn't help being happy: "Success, it's the same as what I've seen before, the young man's craftsmanship is good!"

Er Niu smiled shyly, but his eyes were full of confidence, obviously very confident in his craft.Xue Lang nodded secretly, a craftsman should have this kind of self-confidence, if he doesn't even have confidence in his own craft, then he can't make any good things.

Xue Lang said: "Since I have made a finished product, I will try it in the field first to see if there is any room for improvement. If not, then I will ask the general for everyone's credit. .”

Er Niu's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands excitedly at Xue Lang and said, "Master Xue, if Er Niu has meritorious service, can you not ask for your reward from His Highness?"

Xue Lang was amazed at this, and asked back: "Don't want the princess's reward, do you want mine?"

"Exactly!"

Er Niu stared at Xue Lang with burning eyes, as if looking at a treasure house.Before Xue Lang said anything, Master Bi yelled loudly: "Er Niu is presumptuous!"

Xue Lang waved his hand indifferently, and turned his mind around. What he had revealed to Er Niu was blueprints and abnormal memory.Memory cannot be learned, so it is drawings!
Xue Lang understood, looked at Er Niu carefully, and said, "Put out your hand and let me have a look."

Although Er Niu didn't know, he still stretched out his hand obediently——

Those were a pair of thick and strong palms, covered with calluses and scars, new wounds pressed old wounds, and there was a layer of light black between the fingerprints!

This is a pair of hands that often do work.

Such a pair of hands appearing on a young man represents his hard work and hard work, and also represents the master's trust and value for him.

Xue Lang nodded and said, "I know what you want. I have a few questions. First, are you literate?"

Er Niu was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said: "Going back to Master Xue's book, I can read and write, and I can read and write sloppy, but I can't write poems or articles."

"You don't need to be so good at learning, you just need to be able to read and write. The second question is, can you do arithmetic?"

Er Niu shook his head.Xue Lang said with some regret: "I know you want to learn how to draw pictures with me, but to learn my method, you must not only be able to read, but also have a foundation in arithmetic and geometry. Otherwise, the dimensions drawn will be inaccurate. Actually My method is more suitable for drawing asymmetrical objects, and what you do are all symmetrical, so there is no need to use my method.”

Er Niu seemed a little unwilling: "Those who are small in arithmetic know where to learn, but what is this geometry?"

What is geometry?I had never thought about this question before, but when someone asked me now, Xue Lang was a little dumb, scratched his face and thought about it, and said: "Geometry is the study of the spatial shape of an object. For example, look at this plow, this paragraph... ...called a cylinder in geometry..."

Xue Lang roughly explained it to him, Er Niu was a little confused, and didn't know if he understood.Xue Lang patted him: "You haven't learned it before, so it's not surprising if you don't understand it. Go and rest first. I'll take someone to try the plow."

Er Niu looked pitifully and unwillingly at Xue Lang, but there was nothing he could do if he couldn't meet the study requirements, so he could only go to rest depressed.

When the group arrived at the farmland, Wan Siming asked someone to find the cattleman and the cattle——

After a while, a middle-aged man in old short-brown clothes followed two oxen, saluted Xue Lang and the others before going to set the plow.

Xue Lang quickly said: "This plow needs only one ox, not two."

As soon as these words came out, the cow husband's expression brightened: "Master Xue is telling the truth? Can a cow pull it? That's great, it can save a lot of animal power."

Xue Lang smiled and said, "Try it and you'll know."

"Here!"

The cowman is an old man, and when he sees the plow, he can see the advantages of it. His eyes are full of joy, and he lifts the curved plow first, and immediately said pleasantly: "This plow is so light, and it weighs only [-]%. One cow is enough."

Er Niu was very careful when choosing the material. He chose light, strong and cheap wood. The heaviest part of this plow is the metal part.This weight is very heavy for humans, but very light for cattle.The cowman often plays with these things, so he can tell when he lifts them up.

Putting the plow on the ox, the cowman yelled, and drove the cowboy to plow the field. The ox was obviously fed and well-trained, and bowed his head and started working with a "moo".After a while, it went out for a long time.

Xue Lang set up an awning with his hands and reminded the cowman loudly: "When you are turning, you don't need to lower the plow. You can hold it a little bit, and this plow can turn."

"Here!"

The cow husband promised all the way——

Sure enough, when it was time to turn, the ox with the plow deftly turned the corner, without having to lift the plow and turn the head like in the past.

Wan Siming, who was also very concerned about the trial situation, slapped his thigh excitedly: "It's done! From now on, the farming situation in our Tang Dynasty will be greatly improved."

After getting excited, he looked at Xue Lang with embarrassment, cupped his fists and apologized: "It's my subordinate who overstepped, I'm rude."

Xue Lang shook his head. He could understand the excitement of people of farming civilization after seeing more labor-saving and efficient farming methods.In fact, he was quite excited, and made another contribution!
(End of this chapter)