Chapter 260

When Wei Hao heard Wang Qixian say that there were not enough bricks, he was very surprised, could this brick be enough?

"Brother, look at our mansion, you have also been to the mansions of grandfathers of other countries, except for the front yard, all the bricks, other yards, local walls are made of adobe bricks, your own courtyard is also like this, there are not so many bricks, who can use it?

I see, don't use so many bricks, just use some adobe bricks, let people go to the adobe bricks now, and after drying, they can be used, don't worry, I will, I'll keep an eye on those people to work! Wang Qixian persuaded Wei Hao and said,

Wei Hao couldn't help but think of the houses he saw when he was a child, which were indeed made of a lot of adobe bricks, and those who could build blue brick and tile houses used to be landlord families, but even if they were left by the landlord's family, many of them were made of adobe bricks, not green bricks.

"Okay, I know, you don't have to worry about this, I want to find a way!" Wei Hao said to Wang Qixian,

When Wang Qixian heard him say this, he also nodded, and then said to Wei Hao: "Then I will arrange for someone to dig the foundation?" Also buy timber back? ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, I'll go to the palace now, ask about the situation, a penny and a brick, my God, my 1.2 million bricks will need 1,200 yuan, money is a small thing, but if you can't buy it, it will make people angry!" Wei Hao stood there and said to Wang Qixian.

"If you can buy it, the price is still not expensive, now many people want to buy bricks, but no, or I will go to other brick kilns to ask, see how long it will take?" Wang Qixian thought that it would be better to say hello, if he could order it, it would be a good thing.

"Why don't you go and ask and see how long you have to wait? 1.2 million bricks, that is still the first phase of the house, a total of more than 4 million bricks are needed, my mansion, you know, covers an area of more than 200 acres, many houses I have not yet started construction, with the increase in the population of the mansion, there is still a lot of construction, how to do without bricks, if you say that this year's construction is fast, it is possible to complete all the construction, simply in one step! Wei Hao said to Wang Qixian.

"This, more than 4 million bricks, that's too much, right? A mansion like yours, others don't know how to envy it! Wang Qixian looked at Wei Hao in surprise and said.

"This is also envious, that is because you didn't see the effect after completion, if you see it, you will be even more shocked, okay, you go and do those things, see if you can get bricks, you can get the best." Wei Hao said to Wang Qixian, Wang Qixian nodded,

And Wei Hao also went to the palace, during this time, except for the last court, Wei Hao basically didn't go over there, and Wei Hao left after the last court, those things have nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty, Xia Guogong is here!" When Wang De saw that Wei Hao was still rushing to the Ganlu Palace, he came over to report to Li Shimin first.

"Is this kid done? So fast? His family has a lot of land! Li Shimin heard it, looked at Wang De with a smile and said, Here, there are Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, as well as Hou Junji and Li Daozong.

"Well, Your Majesty, I heard a news, I don't know if it's true or not, Wei Hao has made a new plow, the ploughing speed is fast, and it is deep, now Wei Hao's farmland seems to be all ploughed with this kind of plow, and those tenants of their family don't need to dig the land anymore, all use oxen to plough the land!" Fang Xuanling sat there, looked at Li Shimin and said.

"How is it possible, who can still use all the cattle to plough the land, this is too slow, and someone still needs to dig the land!" Hou Junji said on the side, he was also here.

"It seems to be true, I'll find out when I ask Wei Hao!" Fang Xuanling said again.

"I think I've heard my tenants talk about it, but I didn't believe it! Is it true? Li Jing also looked at Fang Xuanling and asked, they are also Guogong, and they also have thousands of acres of land, and they also need them to keep an eye on them.

"There's such a thing, that's something to ask!" Li Shimin was also amazed that if there was such a plow, then the common people would also be able to grow more land, and then the grain would increase a lot.

Soon, Wei Hao went in.

"I've seen my father!" Wei Hao saluted Li Shimin first, Li Shimin nodded, said that he was exempt, and then Wei Hao saluted those ministers, no way, he is the youngest, and he is the latest, and the people sitting here are the lowest.

"Done?" Li Shimin saw Wei Hao sitting down, so he asked.

"I'm done, I've been busy for more than half a month, but it's all done, just wait for the planting, planting, my father will take care of it, anyway, those lands are all leveled, the most tiring and time-delaying piece, get it done!" Wei Hao smiled and nodded and said.

"Good boy, more than 60,000 acres of land, half a month will be fine?" Li Daozong also looked at Wei Hao in surprise and said.

"Then you see, who am I, what is this bit of land, another 60,000 acres, I can also finish it!" Wei Hao said proudly.

"I heard you got a new plow?" Fang Xuanling asked directly.

"Well, the Quyuan plow, the speed is very fast, now the plow you use, can only plough half an acre of land a day, my one, at least 2 acres, if the land is soft, 3 acres are easy!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

"2 acres a day? Really? Do you still have it at home? Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao in surprise and asked.

"I didn't have it at home, I sent it to those tenants, one for each family, a total of more than 3,000, but it cost me a lot of money!" Wei Hao shook his head and said, why do you keep this at home?

"How many cows do you have?" Fang Xuanling continued to ask.

"It was 700 heads before, but I was worried that it would be too late, so I bought another 300 heads, and made up a whole, so that those farmers can take turns once every three days, so that after they plough the land, they also have time to level the land, and some people plant more, they still have to dig it themselves, but my cultivated land is fast, and I can cultivate more than 2,000 acres of land in a day, and my land can be finished in a month! Wei Hao said to them with a smile, and they also nodded.

"Good boy, it's really so powerful, let's go, go and see!" Li Shimin also attaches great importance to it at the moment,

For agriculture, no emperor dares not to pay attention to it, and an emperor who does not pay attention to it has no good life, so how can he not be tempted when he heard Wei Hao say that there is such a good plow.

"Look, my family's land has been cultivated, but now those farmers are also working on their own Yongye fields, and they are clearing the wasteland!" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and said.

"Then go check it out, let's go!" Li Shimin couldn't wait, he had to see such a thing with his own eyes to believe it.

"No, don't be in a hurry to see this, father, I have something to say!" Wei Hao said to Li Shimin, who stood up.

"What's the matter, say it later, go and see this now, you have to know that half of the farmland outside Chang'an City has not been leveled yet, and, well, the population has increased a lot, and the people's Yongye fields are also wasteland, and it is very difficult to reclaim them!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

"Oh, the population of Chang'an City has indeed increased a lot, I estimate that compared with last year, at least 50,000 people have increased!" Wei Hao nodded and said, now it is obvious that the population of Chang'an City has increased a lot.

"70,000 people, according to the statistics of Chang'an County, many people are the surrounding people, they come to Chang'an City to work, the paper workshop and your porcelain workshop, which attracts a lot of people.

In addition, because of the development of commerce, many people are coming here to work as small workers, or to carry those goods, to make hard money, now is the agricultural time, many people are also back to work, but after the work, they will come again! Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao.

"Oh, that's a good thing, it means that Chang'an City is now starting to prosper!" Wei Hao heard it and said happily,

At this moment, Li Shimin also went to change his clothes, and after changing his clothes, he immediately took Wei Hao and them out of the palace, it was almost noon, and the weather was very warm, and there was already spring outside, a lot of grass had sprouted, and some wildflowers had bloomed.

After leaving Chang'an City, Li Shimin was also riding on a horse, looking at the scenery outside the city, everywhere you could see people bending over to work, some were tidying up the wheat fields, the wheat for the winter, but they needed to be tidied up, and some were cultivating land, Chang'an City, there were also people who planted rice, and most of the farmland of Wei Hao's family was planted with rice.

"Okay, look, they're all busy!" Li Shimin sat on the horse and said to the people around him.

"Yes, the plan of the year lies in the spring, now everyone does not dare to slack off, they are all busy, whether the harvest can be good, it depends on now!" Fang Xuanling nodded and said.

"The mulberry tree has sprouted, you see, the silkworms should hatch, and the queen is also raising silkworms!" Li Shimin pointed to the mulberry tree in the distance and said to Fang Xuanling.

"Well, Niangniang still has to raise it herself?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Well, she wants to raise, if she doesn't raise it, she doesn't know the hardships of folk silkworm raising, and she doesn't know the suffering of silkworm farmers, you know, every year she is looking for someone to secretly sell those silkworm cocoons, see how much money she can sell, and then calculate how much money those people can make by raising silkworms!" Li Shimin nodded and said,

When the eldest grandson queen was still the princess, she began to raise silkworms, as a woman, she didn't understand the matter of farming, but she knew about raising silkworms, so she insisted on raising them.

"Yes, the queen has always been very aware of the people's suffering, and it is a blessing for the people of my Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling immediately said with emotion.

"Well, don't talk about this, let's go, it's hard to come out today, it's an errand, it's also a play, the last time I came out, it was a winter hunt. Let's come to spring today! Li Shimin smiled and said,

Go to the outside of Chang'an City to take a look, look at the scenery outside The mood is also very good, Wei Hao is helpless to follow them, he comes every day during this time, how can he be in the mood to see what scenery,

Soon, they arrived at Wei Hao's Zhuangzi, and in the distance, they saw that the people were clearing the wasteland, using a Quyuan plow, and Wei Hao took them over.

"Young owner, are you here?" The family is basically there, and it is also the food town of Wei Hao's family, and the old man who has followed Wei Furong for many years, but he needs to do a lot of things when he opens up the wasteland, including digging out the roots of those bushes and picking up those stones, all of which require manpower.

"Eh, here, open up the wasteland, how many acres are there in Yongye Field?" Wei Hao looked at the old man and asked.

"There are still 8 acres of land to be opened, and it is estimated that there are more than one acre to be able to open this piece today!" The old man stopped and said to Wei Hao, and at this moment, Li Shimin and the others also looked at the land that the old man had just finished plowing, which was very deep, and turned up the loess below.

"This old man, how can you use this plow to drive such a large area today? There's also an acre of land here, right? Fang Xuanling immediately asked the old man.

"Yes, one acre and two, it can be opened, and I want to thank our grandfather, who made this curved plow, the plough is fast, and it is deep, you see, now our land over there has been done, and now we are clearing the wasteland, and I also want to have a variety of Yongye fields, and one more income, isn't it? The boys in the family are also older now, so it doesn't matter if you have a variety of points! The old man said with a smile, then looked at Wei Hao and said: "I still have to thank the Shaodong family, we, the people of Zhuangzi, are all grateful to the Shaodong family for getting us the Quyuan plow, which is much faster!" ”

"What are you thankful for, I also hope that you have a good harvest, and I can also collect more rent, right?" Wei Hao waved his hand and said.

"Old man, you too, come, young owner, drink water!" At this time, a woman came with a kettle and brought an earthen bowl.

"Young owner, warm!" The woman said to Wei Hao with water.

"Eh, I'm really thirsty!" Wei Hao took it and dried it up.

"Young owner, but what's the matter?" The old man also stood beside Wei Hao and asked.

"No, I'm just going to come and have a look with them!" Wei Hao hurriedly said, and then signaled to the old man: "You continue to plow the land, they want to see you plowing the land!" ”

"Eh, okay, that young owner, the hospitality is not good, can you go to my house for dinner at noon?" The old man said enthusiastically.

"No! There are so many people, let's go to the city to eat, and next time we will eat at your house! Wei Hao said with a smile.

"That's it, the family is too simple, when the harvest is good, I'll also build a house for those boys to get married!" The old man smiled at Wei Hao and said,

Wei Hao nodded, signaling him to be busy. Then the old man drove the cattle to continue plowing the land, and Li Shimin and the others just stood there and watched.

"Fast, really fast, much faster than what we used before, and the cultivated land is also deep, good things, we want to promote it!" Fang Xuanling stood there and said very excitedly.

"Well, to promote, really to promote, this is a good thing, it is very helpful to the people, Wei Hao, why didn't you say it before?" Li Jing also nodded and said to Wei Hao.

"What do you have to say about this, I'm just messing around, mainly because I see that they are too slow to plow the land!" Wei Hao said proudly,

Li Shimin heard it and glared at Wei Hao, but when he thought about it, this kid didn't understand it at all.

"Shen Yong, you can remember, as long as it involves farming, there are no small things, and if there is something in this regard in the future, you must tell us!" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and said.

"Okay, no problem!" Wei Hao nodded, and then they continued to watch,

After watching it for a while, they were considered to have seen it, so they were ready to go back, and Wei Hao also said hello to the old man and went back.

"Where are you going to eat at noon?" Fang Xuanling asked with a smile.

"Go to my house, it's still early, it's still too late!" Wei Hao said without thinking about it, when they came out, they must have gone to their own house to eat, and going to the restaurant is not the same as their own home, and the restaurant is not safe at home, and the food may not be as delicious as at home.

Soon, they arrived at Wei Hao's house, after Wei Furong learned about it, he opened the middle door and invited them in, Wei Hao said that everyone wanted to eat at home, Wei Furong hurriedly went to arrange. When they arrived at the living room in the front yard of Wei Hao's house, everyone was also sitting there chatting.

"In-laws, you can get 60,000 acres of land quickly!" Li Shimin said to Wei Furong with a smile.

"By that kid, I thought I wouldn't be able to finish it, but I didn't expect him to make a curved plow, which is much faster! In addition, I also made a lot of money, I bought hundreds of cattle this year, fortunately there are cattle to sell now, otherwise, I can only watch those lands become barren. Wei Furong sat there and said with a smile.

"Well, Quyuan plough is good, I plan to promote it nationwide, by the way, what about the drawings!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao as he spoke.

"Oh, Father, please wait a moment, I'll get it!" Wei Hao said and went to his small courtyard.

"This kid is more sensible now, and he knows that he can share some of the burden for the old man, although he is still lazy, but the old man sometimes admires this child, this child is lazy, he can still think of a way!" Wei Furong sat there and said to them with a smile.

"You're really right, it's lazy now, but it's true that there is a way!" Li Shimin also nodded in acknowledgement.

"Well, by the way, Your Majesty, you should let him get steel, right?" Fang Xuanling thought of this at this moment and asked.

"Ask him when he's leaving, it's going to be done!" Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Steel?" Wei Furong looked at them a little incomprehensibly.

"Didn't Shen Yong tell you that he was going to get steel?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Furong and said.

"He never told me about the court!" Wei Furong said immediately.

"Well, the court is short of steel now, I asked him to get it, and he said he had a way!" Li Shimin said to Wei Furong.

"Does he have time? It's hard to get that mansion now, this kid, he has designed the drawings, but it takes 1.2 million bricks, and now where to get so many bricks? The old man is still worried, whether this mansion can be built well this year is a question! Wei Furong sat there and said worriedly.

"1.2 million bricks, how can you need so many? What does this kid want to do? Li Shimin and the others also looked at Wei Furong in shock and asked.