"Choose a quiet piece of land and a trustworthy person to plant this thing in secret.”
"A man is innocent, but he is guilty of holding a treasure. If others find out about this, there will definitely be a great disaster.“
"Without my permission, you can't tell anyone about this. If it enters the ears of others, those who know will be killed without mercy!”
Lin Nan changed the topic and his killing intent surged. Xu Shu and Wen Rongtai felt a chill on their backs.
This lord usually looked gentle and refined, but at critical moments, he was indeed decisive in killing.
Only such a person could achieve great things!
Xu Shu immediately agreed.
"Leave this matter to me. Even if I die, I have to protect this thing!”
"Good! Then I'll have to trouble Brother Yuanzhi for this matter.”
Lin Nan saw that Xu Shu took the initiative to agree and was quite happy. He cupped his hands in greeting.
After returning the greeting, Xu Shu picked up the sack and turned to leave.
Lin Nan and Wen Rongtai were left in the room. Lin Nan saw that Wen Rongtai's face was dark. It was probably because Xu Shu had taken over the important task first. He was depressed and unhappy, but he could not flare up at this moment.
He took the initiative to pat Wen Rongtai's shoulder and said.
"Rong Tai, I summoned you two here today. Other than the potato cultivation, I have another important matter that requires your assistance.”
"My lord, please speak."
When Wen Rongtai heard that Lin Nan had something to tell him, he immediately raised his head and looked at him.
"Rong Tai, you've been in the Dancing Sun City for a long time, and you're also the centurion here.”
"What do you think?"
"My lord, it was you who saved our Dancing Sun City and entrusted me with this important task. I, Wen Rongtai, am not an ungrateful person!”
"Rong Tai will do his best to fulfill your orders until his death!”
When Wen Rongtai heard that Wen Rongtai was going to entrust the matter of opening the village to him, he immediately understood that Lin Nan placed him in an important position, which was why he handed over all the farming matters to him. How bold was this?
He immediately wanted to kneel and bow, but Lin Nan's eyes were sharp and his hands were fast. He stepped forward and dragged Wen Rongtai up.
"Lin Nan, let's not talk about the past. Let's talk about serious matters.”
Wen Rongtai nodded firmly and took the book with both hands.
"This is the people's register. There were more than a thousand farmers who surrendered to the Yellow Turban soldiers. This is the first record of all the 8,490 soldiers.”
"Secondly, gather some farmers from the village. These people can be divided into several square formations and take turns to reclaim the wasteland.”
"They take half of the harvest and keep the other half.”
"What are you doing?"
Wen Rongtai looked at Wen Rongtai with a puzzled expression. He thought that he was like the other aristocratic families and wanted to take over these farmlands. Unexpectedly, he wanted to return the farmlands to the farmers.
Lin Nan ignored him. He took out the map and pointed at Wu Yang.
"Wuyang covers an area of several thousand acres, and Ru water flows through it. After thousands of years of Ru water, the land of Wuyang is fertile. Because of the many years of war and chaos, the population has drifted away, and the farmland has been neglected.”
"Now that we have to guard Wuyang well, there are two things that we have to do.”
"Granting land to the people, allowing the cultivators to have their own land, restoring the people's livelihood, and recuperating.”
"Using troops is a dangerous thing, so we have to prepare our troops and horses on weekdays. We have to be strict with them in the training ground so that they can return safely from the battlefield.”
Wen Rongtai nodded as he listened.
"The most important thing now is to resume farming. I have something that can help them improve the efficiency of farming and save manpower.”
"In this way, there will be more manpower for you to deploy and train.”
"What does Milord mean?"
"Qu Yuan Li."
"Qu Yuanli?"
"Yes, this is it."
Lin Nan turned around and pointed to the corner of the inner hall. Only then did Wen Rongtai notice an object covered by a big red cloth in the corner.
The red cloth was lifted by Lin Nan. In an instant, a strangely shaped plow appeared in Wen Rongtai's sight.
"This is the curved shaft plow. It is lighter and easier to use than the long straight shaft plow that is used today. This curved shaft plow that weighs only half the weight of the long straight shaft plow can easily be pulled by a cow when plowing the same depth of land.”
Wen Rongtai's face was filled with shock.
"Only half the weight of the long straight shaft plow?”
"Only one cow? Doesn't that mean that you only need one person?"
"In that case, doesn't that mean that when farming, we don't need two cows and three husbands, but only one cow and one husband?”
"A total of 60% of our manpower has been saved? In that case, wouldn't the number of fields that could be cultivated by the same number of farmers increase by more than one generation?”
Before Wen Rongtai joined the army, he was also a farmer. When the farmland was barren, he dug wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger.
He was not an expert in agriculture, but he knew a lot.
The current farming tools were mainly long straight shaft plows. When this kind of plow was used to plow the land, it was not flexible enough to turn, and it was very difficult to lift the soil. The overall efficiency was not high.
It often required two oxen to argue, which was also called the method of two oxen and three husbands. Only with this kind of human and animal configuration could farming be carried out.
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