Development of the Curved Plow! Open the granary and release the grain!
In the fields!
An old man in his seventies was still plowing the fields with great effort. Beside him were two young boys about ten years old.
The old man was already old and frail. He had only plowed for a while when he started to pant and cough non-stop.
"Erniu! Hurry up and help your father!"
Xue Rengui hurriedly shouted at a man.
The tanned man immediately ran into the field!
Xue Rengui turned around and explained to Li Chengqian," Your Highness, in order to intercept you just now, all the young men in the manor were mobilized. That's why the elderly and children were plowing the land.”
Li Chengqian nodded slightly." Do these old people and children usually have to plow the land?”
"Of course!" Xue Rengui nodded." There is a lot of farm work. Of course, the elderly and children have to work the land!
However, they didn't need to plow the fields. They would hoe the ground, pull the grass, transplant the seedlings, and cut the seedlings!”
It wasn't easy being a tenant in this era.
Children had no chance to go to school, nor could they go to school. They had to work in the fields from the age of ten. They would probably work until they were seventy or eighty years old, until they died of exhaustion in the fields!
"Sigh!"
Li Chengqian sighed softly!
He thought that when the time was right, he would still have to implement compulsory education. Only in this way could the Humble Class be freed from such a tragic fate.
"This method of plowing can actually be changed.”Li Chengqian suddenly said.
"Ah?" These brainless words confused Xue Rengui.
"Is there a blacksmith in the manor?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Yes!"
"Call the blacksmiths over now.”
Under Li Chengqian's instructions, Xue Rengui quickly called over seven to eight blacksmiths.
"Your Highness, these are the blacksmiths in the manor. They are all very honest.”
After Xue Rengui finished his introduction, the blacksmiths all knelt in front of Li Chengqian and bowed.
"What are you doing? Get up quickly."
In the era of the Great Tang, there was no such method of kneeling.
However, how could an honest farmer not be afraid when he saw the Crown Prince in the capital? His legs trembled and he naturally wanted to kneel.
Li Chengqian asked Xue Rengui to help the blacksmiths up, and then took out the design of the curved shaft plow.
"This is?" The blacksmiths were surprised.
"This is the Quyuan Plow!" Li Chengqian explained.”
"What you are using now is the lotus root plow! It required three men and two oxen to operate, and they could only plow one mu of land in a day. The efficiency was low.”
"However, after using the curved shaft plow, you can plow three mu of land a day, and you only need a little bit!”
After the explanation, both Xue Rengui and the blacksmiths were shocked!
A man and a cow!
Three acres a day!
The efficiency of this Curved Plow was five times that of the current Lotus Plow!
This plow could be called a divine plow!
If there were such plows, the tenants would be able to relax a lot and not have to work so hard.
Xue Rengui gulped and asked,""Your Highness, are you lying to us?”
Li Chengqian chuckled." Do I look very free?”
After thinking for a while, Li Chengqian said to the blacksmiths,""This curved shaft plow has changed the straight shaft into a curved shaft. The shaft head is also installed with a rotating plow plate, which makes the plow frame lighter and easier to turn around and operate!”
The blacksmiths didn't seem to understand what he meant, but they felt that he was very powerful!
"Can you understand this picture?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Yes!"
"Good! Then let's do it first! Make a plow and try it. Then you will know if what I said is true!”
" But this material…" Xue Rengui hesitated.
"Are there no materials in the manor?"
"There is! But it belonged to the owner and was locked in the warehouse!”
"Destroy the warehouse and take out the materials! Make ten curved plows first!" Li Chengqian said directly! "Yuchi Baolin, bring your men and smash it!”
Xue Rengui and the other blacksmiths still didn't dare to do so! Li Chengqian asked Yuchi Baolin to go again!
Yuchi Baolin wasn't afraid at all!
He immediately led the blacksmiths to retrieve the materials!
"Your Highness, go to my room and drink some water.”Xue Rengui invited.
"That's good too." Li Chengqian nodded.
When they walked towards Xue Rengui's room, Li Chengqian asked at the same time,""Rengui, what do you think of my army?”
"Very good! Discipline is strict and morale is high!" Xue Rengui's words were not flattering Li Chengqian, but the truth!
"Are you willing to join? I'll give you the position of captain." Li Chengqian said!
Captain…
Cheng Chumo was only a Captain now!
This made Cheng Chumo, who was standing at the side, immediately unhappy!
He, Cheng Chumo, was the son of Duke Lu, Cheng Yaojin. This Xue Rengui was just the descendant of a tenant. How could he be a chiliarch?？
"Your Highness, may I?" Xue Rengui was also pleasantly surprised!
He was originally prepared to join the army! This was also his mother's dying wish! A real man should sacrifice his life for the country!
However, he never expected that the Crown Prince would be willing to accept him and even make him a chiliarch!
"You have to answer first!" Li Chengqian laughed.
"Of course I'm willing! Your Highness, please accept my bow!”Xue Rengui immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed heavily to Li Chengqian!
"Haha! No need to be polite. Cheng Chumo couldn't even handle those few moves of yours.”Li Chengqian helped Xue Rengui up and laughed.
Cheng Chumo's face, which was already dark, looked even darker now.
Xue Rengui cupped his hands at Cheng Chumo.
"Brother, sorry for offending you just now."
Cheng Chumo had no choice but to return the greeting.
"No, no, no. When we have time, let's spar again.”
Xue Rengui had become a chiliarch just like that, which made the tenants beside him very envious!
As a tenant, he might starve to death! However, after becoming a chiliarch, he was a high-ranking official. He would definitely not starve to death!
This was the simplest thought of the tenants!
When they arrived at Xue Rengui's house, there were a few seven or eight-year-old children standing at the side. They were emaciated, and their small arms were not even as thick as Li Chengqian's fingers!
An old woman was standing in front of Xue Rengui's house. When she saw Xue Rengui, she staggered over.
"Mrs. Li, why are you here?" Xue Rengui quickly went forward to support him!
"Xiao Xue, there's really no rice at home. Save the child." As the old woman spoke, she was about to cry!
"I'll give you the rice now.”
After saying that, Xue Rengui quickly entered the house and used the bag that the old woman had brought over to fill up two to three catties of rice!
The old woman was so grateful that she was about to kneel down to Xue Rengui." Little Xue, thank you so much. This rice is enough to support my family for half a month!”
"Hold on for half a month?" Li Chengqian was surprised." How can these two to three catties of rice last for half a month?!"？”
It was no wonder that Li Chengqian was surprised.
One had to know that ordinary people would at least walk two to three meters a day. Even children would walk one to two meters a day.
This old woman and three or four children would be able to reach at least five or two meters a day!
But now! Just these two to three catties of rice would take half a month!
It was simply impossible!
Xue Rengui explained with a bitter smile," Your Highness, this is all I have at home. Last year's harvest was poor, but the Cui Corporation still paid 10% of the land rent. I even earned this rice by doing long-term work!”
Last year, there was a drought in Qingzhou, so the harvest was poor!
It turned out that during the harvest year, the Cui family would give the tenants 10% of the land rent, which was nearly 200 catties of rice!
This was just enough for a family of five to live for a year!
However, last year's harvest was poor, and the harvest was less than 30% of the previous harvest!
The Chui Corporation was also paying 10% of the land rent, which was only 60 catties of rice!
60 catties of rice was simply not enough to feed five people!
However, the tenants dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything!
He could only starve and occasionally work as a part-time worker in the city to keep himself alive…
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