After Yingzheng ascended the throne, the calendar of the Qin State did not use the year name of Qin Yiren, but applied the year and month of Qin Wangzheng.

On the first day of October in the first year of King Qin's reign.

Outside the Xianyang Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were neatly dressed, lined up in two columns, waiting for the palace gate to open.

Today is the day of the Great Council of Qin, which is a meeting of the king of Qin and important officials in the court to discuss important military affairs of the country, and the ministers speak freely, and finally the decision is still made by the King of Qin.

Among the ministers, some ministers communicated with each other, some closed their eyes and recuperated, and no one noticed that the head of the cabinet, Shang Ying, and the general Meng Ao nodded to each other, looking extremely mysterious.

"Squeak————" The palace door slowly opened, and Zhao Gao walked over with a few attendants. He said to the ministers: "Shang Shoufu, General Meng, and all the ministers, the king has ordered you to go to the Imperial Horse Farm." ”

Hearing this, Shang Ying and Meng Fu were stunned, and the ministers were also unaware of the reason, and there were many discussions. Shang Ying and the others didn't understand which little king was on what this meant, but the monarch's order was difficult.

Hearing everyone's discussions, Shang Ying stood up and said, "Colleagues, since the king ordered us to go to the Imperial Horse Farm, I will do so." ”

After speaking, he got into the car, and the coachman drove the horse into the palace gate, and although the ministers behind him were puzzled, they also got on the car and followed.

Shang Ying was the first to arrive at the Royal Horse Farm, and the cars behind him also arrived one after another.

Shang Ying looked at the strange things guarded by the Praetorian Guards on the lawn of the Royal Horse Farm, his face was full of puzzlement, if he was right, this is why Yingzheng asked them to come.

On the lawn there was something like a car, about two meters high, two meters wide, and 2.5 meters long, with four wheels at the bottom, and something like a nail rake hanging from the back.

Shang Ying and the dazed generals Meng Fu and Wu Anjun Bai Qi next to each other didn't know what the use of the object was, and the other officials were also curious to ask each other.

"It's... Plow?" A startled sound came from behind.

It turned out to be the surprise of the Datian Order, which was in charge of the land and rice fields of the Qin State, and his official position was humble, so he was naturally ranked last among the ministers.

When he got out of the car and saw the strange thing on the lawn, he couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise when he saw what looked like a nail rake.

The ministers of the Qin State are not clothed to stretch out their hands and open their mouths, and there are a few people who know the plough that the people cultivate. Maybe some ministers have seen it, and they won't take it to heart, let alone five plows connected together, and they don't know it. It was only familiar to a petty official who dealt with the land, and even he was not sure.

Hearing that someone knew about this thing, Shang Ying beckoned someone to him and asked, "Do you know this thing?"

Datian Ling replied respectfully: "Looking back, the lower officials don't know this thing, but the plough that is dragged behind it is a bit like a plow for the common people to plough the land." ”

"Oh, the plough of the people?"

Shang Ying fell into deep thought, as if he had an understanding. When the other ministers heard this, they also bowed their heads and thought about it.

"The king has arrived!"

Zheng He's voice came from the left side of the ministers.

The ministers woke up from their contemplation, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Meet the king." ”

Compared with the beginning of the year, Ying Zheng's body has also grown a little taller, his height is about the same as those who are twelve or thirteen years old, and the aura of the superior on his body has become more and more intense in the past six months, and even the breathing can give people a lot of pressure.

Ying Zheng strode between the organs and ministers, and said calmly: "You ministers are polite, and this is the reason why you came to the Imperial Horse Farm during the court meeting. As he spoke, he pointed to the mechanism.

"I don't know what the name of this thing is, what is its purpose? Please tell the ministers and others if the king also informs them?" Shang Ying, as the first assistant, naturally stood up and asked for the ministers.

"This thing is called the organ plow, which was researched by Master Lu Ban to allow the oxen to pull the plough instead of the common people. After speaking, he said to Lu Ban, "Please Master Lu show Gu and all the ministers." ”

Lu Ban bowed and said, "No"

After saying that, he sent out a disciple of the public loser he had brought, and that disciple climbed up to the position where there was a person sitting on the plow, and sat down, and made a fuss. The plough moved forward, and the tip of the plough dragged behind it also went deeper and deeper into the lawn little by little.

The plow traveled some distance and then stopped.

You can see the lawn between the start and end of the plough, some of which are ploughed to both sides, and some of which are mixed with the soil that was ploughed.

Ying Zheng was very curious about what the organ plow relied on as a driving force, and he also asked Lu Ban, but Lu Ban said that this was the secret technique of the public loser and could not be revealed to the public.

Everyone has their own secrets, as long as they don't endanger the Qin State and can be used by him, he won't ask to the end, and he is also amazed by the magical tricks of this world.

Ying Zheng gave himself a reason, the power is not like the oil engine in modern society, Ying Zheng told himself that it was a very powerful clockwork, otherwise he was afraid that he would be curious and crazy.

Coming back to his senses from his memory, Ying Zheng looked at the minister with a questioning face and asked, "Does any Aiqing know the difference between a machine plow and an ox-drawn plow?"

The ministers shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

"Do the ministers have any meager opinions?" said Ota Ling, who was behind the ministers.

"Exactly. Ying Zheng said lightly.

"No"

"Our Qin State and the other six countries are mainly planting millet, beans, and hemp, and cultivating these things not only requires fertile land, but also loosening the land in order to grow more food. The ox plough is a tool for plowing loose ploughland, although there are millions of households in our Qin country, but there are less than 200,000 households with oxen, many times several households share an ox plow, and there are no oxen in some places, and people are used as labor to pull the plow, which is one of them. Second, the ox ploughs the plough for ten days, and the plough of the Chenguan organ probably only takes one day to complete. Thirdly, the land ploughed by the ox plough had a large clod of soil, which required the people to beat and crush it again, which was time-consuming and laborious, but the land ploughed by the organ plough did not have any clods of soil. If the organ plow can replace the ox plow, then the grain of our Qin country will be truly inexhaustible!"

After listening to the words of Datian Ling, the ministers could no longer be calm, and their eyes were fixed on the plow, this thing is really so magical, food is too important for a country, if the Qin State really has endless food, it is just around the corner to dominate the world.

Ying Zheng just smiled, undeniable, in fact, he also saw that Datian Ling was exaggerating, but it was not far off, if Qin State could really popularize the mechanism plow, it would be really too important for Qin State.

Not to mention anything else, at least, the people of Qin can really eat enough, although it is not a big fish and meat, but for the people of this era, it is already a great gift. Not to mention the material strategic importance with the remaining six countries.

Even Bai Qi and these generals understood the benefits of the organ plow to the Qin State, and Shang Ying and others understood the importance of the organ plow.

"Master Lu, I wonder if the plough can be made in large quantities?" Shang Ying asked after recovering from his fantasy.

Hearing Shang Ying's question, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Shang Jun is not a Shang Jun, and the rest of the ministers are still fantasizing about the benefits brought by the organ plow, but he can see that if he can't make a large number of organ plows, no matter how beautiful the organ plow is, it is useless.

"If Ben were alone, he would probably only be able to make three in a month, and five is the limit. If you include the disciples of my father's loser and some members of the inner government, there are about two thousand pieces a month. Lu Ban thought about it and replied.

Although there are thousands of people in the inner government, all links need manpower, and it is impossible to make a plow so that everyone can make a plow, and at most 500 people can be transferred, which is the number of people Lu Ban calculated in his heart.

Hearing Lu Ban's answer, Shang Ying's brows furrowed. "It's not enough, I have a million household registrations in the Qin country, and in addition to those who enlisted in the army, there are also three people in each household. Even if twenty households use a machine plow, it will take 50,000 pieces, and in the world, which is only five months away from next year's cultivation, the inner government will only have 2,000 pieces in one month, and only 10,000 pieces in five months, not counting the time to transport the machine plow to all the counties of Qin State and the time to hand it over to the people, these times will also take about two months. ”

Lu Ban also frowned and sighed: "The amount required by Shoufu is really impossible to make. ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, Ying Zheng noticed in his mind, because he was not a professional, he didn't know if it would work. opened his mouth and said: "Master Lu has a way, I don't know if it's feasible. ”

Shang Ying's dim eyes lit up, and he looked at Ying Zheng happily, and the rest of the ministers were also curiously waiting for what kind of method Ying Zheng could give. Lu Ban was also happy, and secretly blamed himself for forgetting this, his own organ plow was not exactly what he proposed, not to mention his ingenuity, few people can beat it.

Lu Ban respectfully said: "I don't know what kind of magic the king has, please give me instructions?"

Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "Lone is also an inspiration, and I don't know if it's feasible. It still needs to be considered by Master Lu. Lone's method is: divide the mechanism plow into several parts, one part is made by one or several people in the inner house, and you lead the disciples of the public loser to make the core part, so that it can be made quickly."

"The king's method is feasible, and this is the method used to make bows and arrows in the inner house, and some people specialize in making bows, and some make arrows, much faster than one person makes bows and arrows. Lu Ban hadn't said anything yet, and Neifu Ling took the lead in speaking.

"That's true. Lu Ban also nodded.

"Then do it!" Ying Zheng decided.

"Nuo" Luban bowed.

"Your Majesty, it should be a good thing to make a large number of plows, but the treasury will not be able to come up with such a huge amount of money to support the mass production of ploughs. Cai Ze, the deputy head of the cabinet, stood up and said.

He was the main responsibility for the expenditure of the state treasury, and a few months ago he had spent a huge sum of money on the construction of saddles and iron hooves for the inner government, and now there was no extra money to be used for the manufacture of the plough.

Ying Zheng felt that he was one head and two big, and he had just solved a problem, and a new one came out. Fortunately, I have the Penglai Chamber of Commerce as a backing, otherwise I don't know what to do.

"In terms of money, it is borne by a single person, and the inner government only needs to make 50,000 plows in three months. Ying Zheng said confidently.

"There is no objection to the minister!" Cai Xue retreated and made a large number of organ plows, which was very important to the Qin State, if it wasn't for the fact that the treasury really had no money to spare, how could he stand up and oppose it.

"Your Majesty, I don't know whether the plough made is sold by the state to the people, lent to the people, or given to the people!"

Cai Zegang stepped down, and Zhang Yi, deputy head of the cabinet, raised a new question.

Ying Zheng understands that since Zhang Yi has raised this issue, then he may have already taken the way to solve it. Then he opened his mouth and asked, "Elder Zhang, is there a solution?"

Zhang Yi bowed down and said: "Although it is sent to the people to reflect that the king is a benevolent and virtuous king, the harvest of the people of my Qin State this year is not good, and the national tax is not much, which is not a good thing for the country." If it is sold to the people, the people will not be able to buy it with so much money, and the second will be detrimental to the prestige and reputation of the king. Therefore, Yi believed that the organ plow could be distributed to the people by the local county order, and the people did not need to buy it, and stipulated that the number of loads of grain for a machine plow could be handed over to the imperial court by 20 households in batches, and the organ plow belonged to 20 households on the day of delivery. It does not lose national interests, but also reflects the benevolence of the king. ”

Ying Zheng looked up at the sun in the sky and said: "But, according to what Zhang Qing said, the hour is not early, so you ministers and princes will go to Zhangtai Palace with Gu to hold a court meeting." ”。

"No," the ministers replied in unison.

The group of people marched towards Zhangtai Palace and towards the Heavenly Palace.