Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 200 Continue to Visit
After a smart person falls into deep thought, once he thinks it through, he often realizes some shocking truths. Li Shimin, a year ago, fell into deep thought in order to eliminate the bureaucracy. In the end, he formulated a set of very strict regulations for all states and counties. This set of procedures laid a foundation for the Qingming of officials in the Zhenguan Dynasty.

In addition, he has always put morality first when he employs people. People like Sun Xiangfu who only think about profit have always been ranked in the second echelon in his heart before, because people like this kind of people who put interests first in history Once it gets bigger, it usually brings trouble to the ruler.

But this time Sun Xiangfu tried the medicine by himself, which changed Li Shimin's opinion of him. Greed for profit without losing virtue, this is Li Shimin's new evaluation for him, a person with conscience and dedication, no matter how bad he is, he can't be bad Where to go.

Locust powder steamed cakes are not unpalatable. Li Shimin has eaten a lot of marching dry food that is worse than this one. After eating three pieces of locust powder steamed cakes in succession, Li Shimin felt how ridiculous the words of those officials from the aristocratic families were. It was not to confuse Li Xiaochang with tricks, how could it be possible to issue such a disorderly order as fasting locusts.

What is worth seeing in Xingfu Village is far more than this temporary locust processing workshop. The craftsmen have a high status here, especially the first batch of research and development craftsmen who entered the Sun Mansion and were later allowed to wear clothes with agricultural characters. The various materials of Happy Village have almost no restrictions on them.

A long time ago, Sun Xiangfu taught craftsmen to use molds to make low-quality pipes, but because there was no coking coal at that time, the efficiency was very poor, but now it is different, with coking coal, molten iron After the efficiency becomes higher, the molten iron can be easily solidified in the mold into a thick and round iron pipe. As for the plowshare with basically the same external shape, it can be mass-produced directly, which is much faster than the original slow casting.

Today, iron pipes two to three meters long are brought out by craftsmen in the ironmaking workshop. At both ends of the iron pipes, a circle of threads twisted by a steel frame with a bite is used. At the other end, The corresponding lines are hooked by the sharp steel hooks, so that the two iron pipes can be connected through these threaded openings. This technology was originally researched when it was used to make copper telescope sleeves. The blacksmiths smelted carbon steel with very high toughness, which is no problem for twisting and hooking iron pipes.

"What are they doing?"

Li Shimin asked in vain, and the few ministers who followed him were also dumbfounded.

"Come here, go to the prison in Chang'an and bring Sun Dali out. In addition, Sun Erli from the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office will also come here."

Everyone in the whole village was busy with their own affairs, and there was no one who knew how to explain it. Li Shimin couldn't understand it at all. Before the two brothers Sun Dali came over, Li Shimin saw a strange scene.

On an iron frame responsible for turning the hole to pull the thin mud out of the ground, more than a dozen iron pipes were connected one by one by the craftsmen, and slowly lowered into the small round hole on the ground. After that, one of them was finished a long time ago. The cylindrical thing was installed at the end of the last iron pipe, and there were two or three irregularly shaped circular iron pieces in the cylindrical thing, which were worn by an iron bar, which was almost the same size as the big cylinder. Long, with a protruding place on the side of the cylinder as a support point, connected to a long, depressible handle.

Li Shimin doesn't understand the principle of pistons, so naturally he can't understand the beauty of these devices. This is actually a pressing well. Since there is no better rubber sheet to make the piston, Sun Xiangfu thought of using three iron sheets with different openings. When water is pressed up from below, the movable thin iron sheet can be pushed up and poured into the pressing well shaft from the opening. However, if the water wants to return to the ground, it will be blocked by three iron sheets with openings in different directions. After overlapping, it is blocked.

There is a round hole at the upper end of the big well shaft. After a bamboo tube was finally inserted into the round hole by the craftsmen, Yu Jie, the big man who was mainly in charge of building the press well, greeted the mansion, "Bring a pot of water to pour it down and try it out." try."

At this time, a young man quickly ran into the kitchen of the public house, and after a while, he ran towards here with a large basin of water.

Tilt up the iron plate of the piston, and water was poured into the big cylinder. Yu Jie began to press it up and down. At first, there were some strange sounds coming from the cylinder. After a few clicks, the bamboo tube connected to the wall of the cylinder There was water coming out.

"Oh, come out of the water, come out of the water..."

When the onlookers saw the water coming out of the pressure well, they slapped their hands and jumped up and down happily. The aborigines in Xingfu Village were not surprised by this. Several pressure wells have been pumped in Xingfu Village. The first one was the kitchen of the public house, and later a few wells were drilled in the experimental field next to the reservoir. The wells were drilled here at the entrance of the village because there were too many victims and the original drinking water supply could not be supplied.

"Hey, how did this thing get water out?"

Yu Jie continued to press for a while, and when the water came out stably, he handed over the pressing handle to a boy who was a victim of the disaster. At this time, Li Shimin, who had watched the whole process, approached him and asked him.

"Uh, I don't know, I only know that the village chief called this device a press well, and said it can draw groundwater tens of meters deep for use. It was built later, and it can indeed draw water, and the water in this well is warm in winter and cool in summer. In summer, wash your face with a handful, and you will feel refreshed."

After all, he took a handful of cold water from the bamboo tube and wiped it on his sweaty face with a look of enjoyment.

Li Shimin also followed his example and took a handful of water. Sure enough, the water that was pressed from the ground was cold to the touch. In this hot summer, it was very refreshing to wash his face with this cold water.

Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling and other ministers who came with them took water to wash their hands and faces one after another. Chang He even drank a few mouthfuls of cold water, exclaiming that he was enjoying himself.

"Great, with this pressurized well, we will no longer be short of water in Guanzhong."

Li Shimin smiled very happily. Fang Xuanling, who is familiar with him, knew that his next sentence should be to appoint Yu Jie, the well digger, as an official in charge of well digging. Okay, but it’s Fei Tie, I’m afraid we people in Guanzhong can’t afford it!”

Hearing this, Li Shimin remembered the iron pipes that were connected one by one by the craftsmen and put them into the ground just now. He thought in his heart that this well might consume hundreds of catties of iron alone. The imperial court really couldn't afford to build such pressure wells in all parts of Guanzhong. Thinking of this, Li Shimin walked to other places with a sad expression.

There are many bean sprouting houses in Xingfu Village. Due to the high demand, Xingfu Village has not shy away from others learning this technique of quickly sprouting bean sprouts. If it weren’t for most of the vegetation around Xingfu Village being eaten by locusts, the village wouldn’t need it at all. Eat bean sprouts on a hot day.

Everyone was busy, no one explained anything to Li Shimin, he just looked around in each room, and then walked out of the room leisurely.

"It seems that there are always more solutions than difficulties. We should put more energy into encouraging production. I want to set up a reward mechanism to encourage people all over the world to research tools and technologies with high efficiency and high productivity. What do you think about the official rewards?"

In fact, the imperial court originally had such a mechanism, but this mechanism is basically useless, because there are too few rewards, and the reward of a few pennies is the upper limit. In this period, any secret recipe that can improve production efficiency or output , can make this person earn so much money easily, who would be so stupid to dedicate his secret recipe technology to the court?
Of course, only Xingfu Village is relatively stupid in this regard. For many new technologies, it is only controlled at the very beginning stage, and then it is ignored later. It will actively teach others to learn, which is a wonderful flower.

However, Li Shimin's perspective is national. He thinks that just gathering the wisdom of craftsmen in Xingfu Village can produce so many things. What if craftsmen all over the country brainstorm?

You must know that the secret guards have reported to Li Shimin about the big and small affairs of Xingfu Village, especially the development model. Those good things are produced by the craftsmen of Xingfu Village. Conceive, or just tell them, what they want.

The craftsmen in Xingfu Village were originally the most common craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty. At best, they learned Sun's algebraic symbols or a science called geometry. As an emperor, he has a Ministry of Industry and a general as a supervisor. The hundred times of the village, it is said, should be able to make more novel gadgets.

However, Xiao Yu's words made him realize the reality again.

"If Your Majesty is obsessed with strange and obscene skills, he may be impeached by the ministers. If he uses low-status craftsmen as officials, it may cause the entire scholar class to retaliate. I am afraid that this matter must be discussed in the long run."

Li Shimin was dumbfounded when he heard the words. Scholars, farmers, and businessmen had a clear class division during this period. The reason why Sun Xiangfu was able to become an official was because he had some poems handed down earlier. Moreover, he had a mentor handed down from Jia Sixie, a master of the Northern Wei Dynasty. As a scholar, it is not easy for ministers to say anything.

Mud-legged people like Shi Bao and Sun Erli were born without much knowledge, and they are at the top of their game if they are retainers. Oppose, when they think that being an official is the exclusive privilege of scholars, and it is a matter of principle that must not be shaken by other classes. It is impossible for Li Shimin to use a large number of craftsmen and peasants as officials.

"Your Majesty, there is actually a solution to this matter." Fang Xuanling is best at helping Li Shimin solve problems. When his eyes swept over a child passing by him, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, because He saw the big Nong character on the child's chest.

"Ai Qing, come quickly."

"Your Majesty can let those who have not read the book, but are talented in farming and handicrafts, join the farm. The Tang Dynasty is based on agriculture. Before that, His Majesty designated "Qimin Yaoshu" as a must-read book for government officials. No one in the court objected, that is to say, they recognized the status of the scholars of the Nongmen. After all, to learn the whole "Qimin Yaoshu" requires a lot of cultural background. Your Majesty can use the Nongmen as a springboard to come Break the birth restrictions of those farmers and artisans.

Moreover, has Your Majesty forgotten the Chinese Pinyin presented by Yu Shinan?With this teaching material, it is not difficult for those farmers and craftsmen to learn to read and read, and over time..."

Fang Xuanling talked a lot. He is a wise man. The general behavior of the aristocratic family made him see the harm of allowing them to continue to exist. Even though he himself is a member of the aristocratic family, he couldn't bear to see the land of the Central Plains continue to suffer. Go on, so he unreservedly offered Li Shimin a set of strategies to attack the aristocratic family.

"However, to make decisions and govern the country, there must be talents with great vision and high morals. Craftsmen and farmers can only be used as assistants. Therefore, the root of overthrowing their domination of the government lies in the number of scholars. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Chatting along the way, several people came to the paper-making and printing workshop, and when Fang Xuanling saw the full-page text coming out for the first time, in his heart, he did not know how many turns he had turned. Come, Sun Xiangfu has already thought of it, and did it in front of him.

(End of this chapter)