In the laboratory of Red Star Valley, Ma Qiang finally solved the scientific research problems of Yan Fa and others, but he felt that his throat was a little sore.

It's not easy to be a teacher.

"Ming Gong, can I come in?"

It was Kou Xian's voice, Ma Qiang asked Yan Fa, who was sorting out the problem, to open the door, Kou Xian walked in, looking at all kinds of utensils in the laboratory that he had never seen, Kou Xian only felt that his eyes were opened, and his heart was also full of curiosity about science.

"I just finished class, I'm tired, let me take a break, by the way, you've seen our ironworks and forges." Ma Qiang asked with a smile.

"I've seen it, and it's really ingenious! This kind of magic method must not be learned by others, I think the iron mine over there in Yuyang should be disposed of like this. ”

"I have discussed with Yue Lao, the mine over there still needs to build a grinding and beneficiation workshop, and then build some iron-making blast furnaces, we will focus on steelmaking here in the future, and the iron materials from Yuyang can be transported to our Red Star Camp to practice steel, and you can also directly build agricultural tools and other equipment with low iron requirements, by the way, there is also foreign trade... Even the ordnance or utensils used to trade with Wuhuan and other tribes also came out of Yuyang. ”

Listening to Ma Qiang's words, Kou Xian nodded slightly, this is indeed a good way, even if there is an accident in Yuyang in the future, it will not reveal the mystery of large-scale steelmaking.

"The only pity is that you can't mine with explosives." Ma Qiang sighed in his heart.

These are prisoners of war, and it is a high probability event that someone will escape in the future, so it is impossible to use explosives to open a mine in Yuyang, otherwise at this time next year, Ma Qiang will be invited to tea by Luoyang.

"If it is decided, the next thing Ming Gong will consider is clothing and food."

"Hmm... These all cost money, the armor is okay, the Yellow Turban Army already has the inventory of each county, it should be enough, but this food, Youzhou will definitely be short of food this year, what is the magic method in Yunzhong? ”

"Needless to say, the matter of persuading farmers to resume farming, the key is that we must have grain in our hands, so that we can use troops and settle grain prices, and this year's grain in Qingdao and Hebei cannot be expected, so we can only find a way to dig it out of the hands of the big clans in this state."

"Everyone knows that the price of food is going to rise, so how can they be willing to sell us grain at a fair price?" Ma Qiang shook his head, thank God these big clans didn't raise the price of grain.

"Doesn't Ming Gong have a lot of iron tools in his hands? Why not trade farm tools for food? If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and the reason why many wastelands cannot be cultivated is because of the lack of equipment in the hands of the people.

The Ming Dynasty could announce that if the wasteland was reclaimed, the agricultural tools could be rented first, and the taxes would be used to offset the cost of the agricultural tools after the harvest was available, so that the clan's expectations for the price of grain in the future would fall. ”

Release the good news, that's okay.

Ma Qiang nodded, although he is not proficient in the problem of farm tools, but Qu Yuanli still knows, after all, this is something to be learned in compulsory education, he didn't spend his mind on it before, but now he can spend a few days studying it, so that the impact of the good will be greater.

"In addition, now that Wuhuan and I are on good terms, Ming Gong can buy horses and cattle for farming."

Is it doubly beneficial?

"Ming Gong can also spread rumors, saying that the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou has been defeated and retreated, and the imperial court will win a big victory in a few days.

Then Ming Gong only needs to coerce and lure, and it is not difficult to buy a large amount of grain from the big clan. ”

"Coercion and inducement?"

Ma Qiang squinted, thought about it, nodded and said, "I understand, you can discuss the problem of farm tools with Yue Lao, how to balance the preparation of ordnance, armor and farm tools, we have captured a lot of ordnance, among which there are a large number of defects, which can be melted to make farm tools." ”

The ordnance battle loss rate in the era of cold weapons is actually very high, especially the chopping ordnance like a knife, if the quality of the ordnance of the two sides disagrees, then you have to change it once you come back from a fierce battle, otherwise the next time you take it may be a saw, let alone a broken armor or something.

Therefore, in the Han army, in fact, every 100 people will be equipped with two ordnance personnel who specialize in repairing ordnance, and they will use tools such as reels, chisels, hammers, and gravels to pry the curling blades open and chisel flat in order to quickly restore use, but they still have to be replaced with new ordnance after the war.

"No!" Kou Xian retreated, seeing that everyone was busy, Ma Qiang rubbed his face, he was indeed a little tired.

Suddenly, Ma Qiang felt that his head was being held down, and a pair of hands slowly pressed the acupuncture points on his head, such a massage experience made him almost moan, Ma Qiang opened his eyes and looked, and found that Qingcheng was looking at himself with his head down and red face.

"I... I learned it with Dr. Lee, and he said it would make people who were struggling with their brains more comfortable. ”

“... Ah~That's it~~Comfortable~Continue~"

"Hmm!"

——

"Camp master, the farm tools we use are all here!"

General Hei placed farm tools in the open space like soldiers waiting for the parade, waiting for Ma Qiang's review.

Looking at the captain in front of him, Ma Qiang smiled and said, "I heard that Lin Hu is from your team, he did a good job in the army, how is his mother?" ”

"Lin Hu is indeed a good guy, and he is also filial to his mother, and he sent a letter to his family a few days ago, which was written by him, and his mother said that this baby is promising."

Being able to write family letters is really a great thing for farmers in this era, and you must know that writing family letters can make people make a living, and it is a craft.

"It's going to get better and better in the future, come on, introduce me to it."

This is the first time that Ma Qiang has seriously understood the agricultural tools of this era after coming to this era.

No way, Ma Qiang really has no research on farming, although his rural hometown also has fields, but his father's generation moved to the city, and when he went back to see his grandmother during the occasional vacation, it was also midsummer or winter, and he had never seen the scene of spring ploughing, and even after he was in junior high school, the cattle in his hometown were gone, and if he wanted to plough the land, he directly spent money to rent a tractor to plough, which was much faster than cattle ploughing.

Some literati may feel lost in the slow disappearance of ox farming, but Ma Qiang just wants to say...

Long live the construction of the new countryside!

Looking at the farm tools, Ma Qiang found that the farm tools of the Eastern Han Dynasty were actually quite advanced.

For example, a fan cart in front of Ma Qiang is to install a number of fan blades on one wheel axle, and then use human power to shake it, and use wind power to blow the bran debris, so as to leave full and firm wheat grains and other grains.

The reason why Ma Qiang was surprised was because he had also seen such a tool at his grandmother's house in later generations, although there were some changes compared to the previous one, but the changes were not big, only some railings were added, that is, there was nothing that needed to be improved in two thousand years.

Look at another farm tool called the shovel, which is no different from the hoe of later generations.

Look at the rake again... Well, at most, let everyone use an iron rake.

There is also the flail that was later developed into a weapon, which was used to thresh wheat grains, and there is little room for improvement.

Ma Qiang sighed, as if the plow could be changed by himself, and the others would not be outdated in the Qing Dynasty.

Unless you make your own tractor or something, there will be no big changes at all.

The Han civilization really took farming to the extreme....

As for the water power, the water mill has long been yo, but the water wheel has not yet been popularized.

But what Ma Qiang didn't know was that if he went to Guanzhong, he would be surprised to find that the water overturn car had actually appeared, and the inventor was still Bi Lan, one of the ten permanent attendants.

What kind of power tricks did the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty do, how good it is to concentrate on scientific research and improve productivity.

What a waste of talent!