Because it was the busy farming season, the village was usually very deserted. However, today, it was very lively.
Almost all of the people who posted Li Chongyi's posts had come today. Including their followers, there were a total of two to three hundred people gathered at the manor.
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Li Chongyi walked out of the courtyard.
Seeing Li Chongyi come out, everyone greeted him one after another. Li Chongyi also smiled and responded one by one.
"Thank you, everyone, for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come. I hope that everyone can forgive me for not receiving you well.”
"Prince is too polite."
"No, no, Young Master Li invited me, how could I not come?”
“……”
Li Chongyi pressed his hands down. After the surroundings quieted down, he said,"Today, Chongyi wants to ask everyone about farming. The fields have already been prepared.”
Everyone was curious about what Li Chongyi wanted to do. Only a ghost would believe that! However, everyone suppressed their curiosity and followed Li Chongyi to the fields.
Among them, many families had no choice but to come because of Li Chongyi's identity.
However, along the way, Li Chongyi did not put on the airs of a young prince at all. He chatted and laughed with everyone regardless of his status, which made everyone have a good impression of Li Chongyi.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, everyone stopped before Li Chongyi could say anything.
Because there were already dozens of people waiting in the field in front of them. They were all farmers of the Imperial Manor.
At this time, Li Chongyi smiled and said," Some of you may already know that a few days ago, I was reprimanded by His Majesty and rushed here to raise chickens. At that time, I thought, I'm the son of King Hejian, but I'm here to raise chickens? It was too embarrassing. It was simply a joke in Chang 'an. In the future, he was afraid that he would not be able to face anyone. Perhaps in the future, if some children were disobedient, the adults would scare them. If they were disobedient again in the future, they would be punished to raise chickens, just like how the Emperor punished Li Chongyi!”
When everyone saw Li Chongyi making fun of them, they could not help but laugh.
Suddenly, Li Chongyi changed the topic." But after coming to this manor, I realized that I was wrong. I was very wrong. Isn't it just raising chickens? What was there to be embarrassed about? Was it embarrassing to raise chickens? Was farming embarrassing? I was thinking that instead of complaining about this, I might as well do something within my power to help His Majesty and the people share their worries.”
Li Chongyi paused for a moment before continuing,""As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. Therefore, in my opinion, eating is the most important thing in the world! As long as the commoners can eat their fill, the world will remain peaceful, and the Great Tang will be able to live for generations! Everyone, isn't that right?”
At this moment, a person stood out and said,"Your Highness, you have the heart to love the people. Accept my bow!" What the prince said just now deeply touched my heart. I wonder if the prince has a way?”
Li Chongyi smiled and said," Brother Xu is too polite. My knowledge is shallow and I haven't slept day and night. I have thought of some solutions. Today, I invited everyone here to ask for your guidance." Boss Zhao, bring it up."
Under everyone's puzzled gazes, the two Zhao brothers carried a Qu Yuanli up.
Li Chongyi said," This is the plow that I improved after thinking hard day and night. As you can see, the shaft of this plow is curved. Therefore, I named it the curved shaft plow. As for the effect? If I were to say it out loud, it would be hard to avoid the suspicion of boasting. Everyone, look, I've already prepared ten oxen, five curved shaft plows, and five ordinary plows. This piece of land has yet to be plowed. Steward Wu, let's begin. Everyone can experience it on their own.”
Wu Dayong ran over and instructed the farmers who were ready to start plowing.
The effect of the curved shaft plow was shown from the beginning. In a short while, the land plowed by the curved shaft plow was already faster than the straight shaft plow. When the straight shaft plow finally plowed a row of land, the curved shaft plow had already run more than one round trip.
Everyone looked at each other and saw the incredulity in each other's eyes. The plowing speed of the straight shaft plow was very normal. In fact, it could be said that it was very hardworking. It was slightly faster than normal plowing. However, compared to the curved shaft plow, it was simply the speed of a turtle.
Some people didn't believe that the difference was so big, so they deliberately went to the fields to check. The facts proved that the land plowed by the curved shaft plow wasn't the same as before. Moreover, the land plowed by the curved shaft plow was deeper into the soil.
There were also a few people who asked their followers to experience it. This time, it was even more amazing. They could not help but praise it.
After more than an hour, the five oxen pulling the straight shaft plow were a little tired. One of them couldn't move even with a whip and had to rest. However, the oxen pulling the curved shaft plow still had strength in their four legs.
Li Chongyi was not surprised at all because he had already tested it three days ago.
However, the eyes of those who had been invited today were shining brightly. They wished they could snatch Qu Yuanli back and study him.
The people who came today were either stewards or landowners. Although they did not usually do farm work, everyone knew about farming. Moreover, even those who did not understand farming knew the importance of the curved plow after seeing this test.
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