Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 191 Technology is the primary productive force

Three days before the New Year's Eve, the land has already begun to thaw.

The industrious farmers don't care about buying new year's goods, and are all busy preparing the land, preparing to plant the wheat before the waking of insects.

General Pingxi's Mansion, inner courtyard.

"Sister, the golden rice has grown!"

Just as Gan Qian got up, she heard Wu Zhen yelling next door.

Regardless of the servant girl's repeated calls to slow down, when she hurried to the door, Wu Zhen ran over with her pretty face flushed.

Although she is a married woman, she is actually only a 16-year-old girl.

Wu Zhen's pretty face flushed with excitement, and said repeatedly: "Sister, the golden rice planted by your husband has sprouted."

Gan Qian said happily: "I heard, go and have a look."

When they entered the wing room next door, Ren Yan, Zhen Bao, and Mi Huan had already rushed over quickly.

"Miss is here!"

Several women yelled, and immediately surrounded Gan Qian to the flower pot by the window.

Even Maho, the most out of gregarious, stepped aside a little.

Gan Qian is graceful and magnanimous, and never overpowers others, and the concubines naturally accept this feeling.

After a long time, even Maho's stabbing level has been healed a lot.

Gan Qian went to the flowerpot to look at it for a while, and said with joy, "It really sprouted, that's great!"

Wu Zhen's pretty face flushed with excitement, and she couldn't help but want to sing.

The golden rice planted in this flower pot has been taken care of by her all the time.

Ren Yan said: "Sister, my husband said that the corn sprouted, so I should tell him as soon as possible. Do you want to send someone to report it?"

Gan Qian thought for a while, and said: "Whether golden rice can be planted on a large scale involves the country's agricultural and mulberry plans, affects the fundamentals of the country, and even prevents millions of people from famine. We can't be negligent. We should send someone to tell us as soon as possible." Husband!"

Wu Zhen hurriedly said: "This concubine is going to find someone to tell her husband!"

Gan Qian said: "Let the guards of the mansion go, women should not go to the government office and military camp."

Wu Zhen agreed, and immediately ran out quickly.

When he reached the door, he spoke to a soldier, who immediately ran away.

Madam has a job, so how could she not hurry up, even if she runs slowly.

Luo Zheng is not in Yunwu City at this moment, but in a village outside the city, explaining some iron and steel metallurgy theories in the age of science and technology to Lao Ma and other blacksmiths. Although it is only superficial, the craftsmen are greatly inspired.

All the more than [-] catties of refined iron brought from the Central Plains were transported here.

Lao Ma and hundreds of craftsmen are working overtime to make weapons and armor.

Luo Zheng's thoughts and worldview were formed in later generations. Instead of treating craftsmen as contemptible, he treated those who were so vulgar in the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats very preferentially. Not only rewarded the land, but even the Qianghu women who came here many.

Later generations have proved a truth: science and technology are the primary productive forces.

The most direct participants in the progress of various technologies are these low-status and vulgar craftsmen.

Luo Zheng deeply understands this truth, so how could he not pay attention to it.

These craftsmen don't need to work, all the land they get is rented and planted, and they only need to concentrate on researching how to forge better weapons, and at the same time make improvements to various equipment.

If you do a good job, there will be a big reward.

Such a good thing can't be found even with a lantern.

Among the princes in the world, which one would treat craftsmen so favorably, and there would be no second family.

It's no wonder that these craftsmen are so enthusiastic, all of them are desperately trying to think of ways to innovate, or improve weapons, or study how to forge better quality iron and steel, so as to get a few words of praise from the lord.

As for the rewards of land, house and money, they are still secondary.

Material life is already very rich, spiritual life is also very important!

"open!"

Luo Zheng shouted, holding the knife with both hands, and slammed it down.

Chi!

Without any suspense, the wooden man in double-layer cowhide armor was split in half with a knife.

Even after going through several processes, polishing and drying in the sun, the leather armor made by kneading can't withstand a knife.

Luo Zheng lifted the heavy black and shiny ring knife head of more than ten catties, stroked the tough knife edge, and praised: "Yes, this batch of weapons is much better than the previous batch, and the armor-piercing ability is quite good. Even if you wear it A soldier in heavy armor will be seriously injured if he goes down with a knife with all his strength. The old horse has done a good job, and I will credit you with a great achievement. You will be rewarded with a hundred acres of land and ten servants."

"Thank you my lord!"

The old horse quickly thanked him, but he was not very excited.

In fact, since arriving in Liangzhou, he has received a lot of rewards.

Now not only married a few old wives, but also built several houses, and there are many slaves in the family, there are already fifty or sixty. Good for farming too.

As for the Han people, the lord has issued a ban, and the Han people are not allowed to be slaves.

As long as they are purebred Han people, they can enter the government household registration and get enough land, so their livelihood is not a problem.

If you are more diligent, it is not a problem if you have surplus food at home and money in your hands.

Only those ignorant and savage Qianghu people who dared to disobey the master's orders would be put in chains, with a golden seal of humiliation tattooed on their foreheads, and beaten as slaves without freedom and reproductive rights for life, engaged in heavy physical labor and production.

Luo Zheng threw down the ring head knife, and said: "The rest of the people have worked hard, and each will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

"Thank you General!"

The craftsmen around showed their faces and thanked them one after another.

Luo Zheng inspected the rest of the workshops again, encouraged the craftsmen, and was about to leave when he saw a fast horse rushing in like a whirlwind at the gate of the manor, galloping all the way to the front, and then slammed the horse to a stop.

"My lord, Mrs. Wu is here to invite you!"

The soldiers turned off their horses and knelt down to report urgently.

Luo Zheng's face was one, his brows were also tightened for a moment, and he shouted: "What did you say?"

But she thought in her heart, Wu Zhen wouldn't be so disrespectful, she didn't have the guts to send the soldiers in the mansion to disturb her.

The craftsmen around them all had strange faces, holding back their smiles desperately.

"Uh!"

The soldier choked, and hurriedly said: "Mrs. Wu ordered the villain to ask the Lord to return to the house, saying that the golden rice has sprouted."

"Has the golden rice sprouted?"

Luo Zheng suddenly looked happy, and immediately waved his hand, shouting: "Go, go back to the house!"

A soldier had already brought the bloody BMW over and handed over the reins.

Luo Zhengfei got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly, and the sweaty BMW under his crotch immediately hissed and ran out.

Hundreds of soldiers hurriedly got on their horses, followed the horses, and rushed out of Zhuangzi like a whirlwind.

He rode all the way back to the city, and just entered the general's mansion, Xun Yu had already heard the news and rushed over.

"I have seen the lord!"

Seeing Luo Zheng's flying horse arriving, Xun Yu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Luo Zheng jumped off the horse, waved his hand and said: "Wen Ruo doesn't need to be polite, go, go in and have a look!"

There was a lot of dust on Xun Yu's body, and he obviously just came back from the outside. While walking quickly, he asked anxiously: "My lord, I heard that the golden rice has sprouted, but my lord has tried a new method. ?”

Luo Zheng nodded and said: "Wen Ruo's expectations are not bad, if the buds really sprout, the planting of golden rice will no longer be a problem."

Xun Yu hurriedly asked, "I don't know what method my lord is trying?"

Luo Zheng didn't care to say it, and said: "Wen Ruo will know in a while, let's go, let's go in and have a look!"

After entering the inner courtyard, a group of wives and maidservants were already waiting in the courtyard.

"Meet my husband (general)!"

The wives, concubines and servants hurried forward a few steps, paying respects generously.

Luo Zheng swayed away, and strode into Wu Zhen's boudoir.

Xun Yu stood at the door in embarrassment, no matter if he went in, or no if he didn't go in.

"Wen Ruo come in and have a look!"

While hesitating, Luo Zheng's shout sounded from the room.

Xun Yu hurriedly bowed to Wu Zhen, "If you overstep, please forgive me, madam!"

Wu Zhen's pretty face flushed, and she said in a panic, "Sir, please do as you please."

Xun Yu nodded, and then rushed in quickly.

A group of wives, concubines, servants, and personal guards stood at the door and waited.

In the exquisite boudoir, a large flower pot is placed near the window.

The bright sunlight came in through the window and shone on the plants in the pots.

Luo Zheng squatted on the ground and was carefully observing more than a dozen sharp shoots that had grown from the roots of the flowers.

Hearing footsteps, he immediately turned his head and said, "Wen Ruo, come and have a look."

Xun Yu walked over, squatted down beside him, stared at it for a few times, and immediately said happily, "It really is golden rice."

Luo Zhengdao: "This bud has come out, but it's hard to say what it can grow into now. Wait until it grows taller, and all the extra ones will be pulled out, leaving only one golden rice to see, if it can grow to a foot high , it should be fine."

Xun Yu nodded again and again, and asked, "I don't know how my lord used to make the golden rice sprout?"

Luo Zhengdao: "This, as long as it is soaked in a kind of water, the golden rice seeds can grow teeth."

Xun Yu immediately said, "I don't know what kind of water was used to soak it, but I will immediately order someone to fetch water."

Luo Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "Wen Ruo doesn't know something, only this general can fetch this water, and no one else believes it. Otherwise, this general has already asked Wen Ruo to order someone to fetch it, so how could he wait until now."

"This……"

Xun Yu was a little hard to understand what kind of water was so miraculous.

Luo Zheng thought for a moment, and said: "Wen Ruo can order people to dig in the camp to build a few granaries, each with a length of [-] feet and a width of [-] feet, and a depth of about [-] meters. Put all the golden rice seeds in and wait for the general Soak in water."

"Well, okay!"

Xun Yu had no choice but to agree.

Although there are many questions in my heart, it is not easy to get to the bottom of it.

As long as there is a way to germinate the golden rice seeds, it will not miss the big plan of farming and mulberry.

After leaving the General's Mansion, Xun Yu immediately rushed to the Tuntian camp, found the school lieutenant in charge of the Tuntian, and said that Luo Zheng's military order soldiers immediately organized the Tuntian soldiers to choose a place to dig, and planned to build three large warehouses as soon as possible to fetch water for soaking Golden rice seeds.

Luoyang, Situ Mansion.

Wang Yun was writing furiously when suddenly a servant knocked on the door and came in.

"My lord, General Pingdi Luo Zhengzhu is asking to see you."

The servant saluted and said respectfully.

"Luo Zheng's messenger?"

Wang Yun was startled, put down the brush immediately, and said, "Let him in."

The servant promised and walked out quickly.

Not long after, a middle-aged scribe in his forties came in.

(End of this chapter)