Chapter 299: Technological Progress (for Book Friend Xufeng 77)
The plan of the year lies in spring, and this sentence is spring ploughing.
If you want to have a bumper harvest, you must do a good job in spring ploughing.
Spring ploughing is simply ploughing, planting, fertilizing, and taking care of.
If the land is ploughed, Wang Xiao can easily take out all kinds of new farming tools.
If the seeds are planted, he can arrange for the parasites to be killed.
If you apply fertilizer, he can make a lot of fertilizer.
As for care, it is to maintain water conservancy and daily pest control.
Wang Xiao has seen the heavenly creations and knows how to build a curved plow. This is an artifact used to plough the ground.
He didn't have to ask for help, he built all kinds of parts and assembled them himself. After making the first curved plow, he took it to the field to try it out.
Datang now uses a straight plough, and the well-known two-ox lifting method is also used for ploughing.
Ploughing cattle is a strategic material in Datang, and beef is not allowed to be eaten.
Two oxen carrying a straight plough are certainly not as efficient as a single ox dragging a curved plow.
The curved plough is made of metal, which looks like a propeller, and does not require too much dragging power to turn over the ground.
The straight plough used today is like a knife, which requires a lot of dragging force and is easily damaged.
After ploughing an acre of land, the people in the village cheered.
Wang Xiao ate meat buns and squatted on the edge of the field to watch the people in the village drive cattle and plough the land.
If this thing can be popularized all over the world, it will be able to greatly increase Datang's agricultural output within a few years. It has a good help effect for completing tasks.
Because he can't take anything with him, Wang Xiao doesn't care about the wealth, status, reputation or anything in the mission world.
Unless he still wants to come back, he only values whether it will help him complete the task.
"How can I let Li Er know?"
Wang Xiao, who poured a sip of cold water, thought in his heart how to let Li Er know such a good thing.
"Old cow." Wang Xiao turned his head to look at Niu Er, who was responsible for delivering food to the wine shop in the city every day, "Is there anything worth paying attention to in Chang'an City recently?" ”
Wang Xiao's wine shop in the West Market is still open, but the chef is not Wang Xiao, but the apprentice who was in charge of washing vegetables and lotus.
"Lord Changsun, who went out to Youzhou to quell Luo Yi's rebellion, has returned."
Wang Xiao's eyes lit up: "You bring fifteen taels of soy sauce to his house as a gift." It was to celebrate his triumphant return. Then tell him that I have a good thing here to promote the iron smelting business. If you're interested, come over quickly. ”
The seven officials in front of the prime minister's door, not everyone who gives gifts will have the opportunity to meet the prime minister.
But Niu Er saw him when he went, and said a few words.
This is not because his door bag is thick enough, but because the eldest grandson Wuji had an early order that everyone from Wangjiazhuang on the bank of the Bahe River should see it.
As the emperor's brother-in-law, he knew that Li Shimin had been to Wangjiazhuang.
"Qi Guogong." Wang Xiao slowly prepared to salute.
"You're welcome." The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and stepped forward to help.
The eldest grandson Wuji in front of Wang Xiao is a fat man with a warm smile on his face and looking harmless to humans and animals.
But Wang Xiao knew this guy's great achievements, and how many ministers and fierce generals were played to death by him. If it weren't for Wu Meiniang and Li Zhi, it is estimated that they would have to repeat the old things of the dictatorship of their relatives in the Han Dynasty.
At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji smiled cutely, and that was because Wang Xiao said that there was a business that would use a lot of iron to discuss.
The eldest grandson's family controls the largest private smelting business in the world, and of course he will not refuse this kind of thing.
If Wang Xiao's business doesn't satisfy him, the smiling face will turn into a stone face.
The dignified officials are still in the book, how can you be a cook who can call and drink?
Wang Xiao didn't talk nonsense, and directly took the eldest grandson Wuji to the field.
"Qi Guogong, this kind of curved plough uses a lot of iron. If it is to promote the world, it is a big business. ”
The eldest grandson didn't care whether it was dirty or not, so he jumped directly into the field and ran all the way over, seeing with his own eyes that a cow could pull the plough that cultivated the land.
Wang Xiao watched him run over from the compost place, and opened his mouth to remind him.
But everything that should have been stepped on has already been stepped on, and he has to act as if he doesn't know anything.
After turning over an acre of land, the cow stopped to drink water and eat bean cake to slow down his strength.
The eldest grandson Wuji squatted beside the Quyuan plough and watched for a while, then jumped up and ran to the road. didn't say hello, directly took his people on the horse, and galloped all the way in the direction of Chang'an City.
Wang Xiao is not worried about the eldest grandson Wuji forcibly seizing technology.
This kind of thing is in Datang, and it will be poked in the backbone for a lifetime. The officials of the court will scold him to death, and Li Shimin will also clean him up fiercely.
As for why Wang Chang'an City ran, of course he went to call people.
This kind of great improvement in the technology of agricultural tools was more important than fighting in the agricultural era.
Over the past thousands of years, Huaxia's technology has continued to accumulate and develop, and it has gradually become the strongest in the world.
Unfortunately, the accumulation of technology has been interrupted by repeated invasions, and advanced and important equipment has become a toy for children on the grassland, and they have to start all over again every time.
Wang Xiao looked up at the sky, and then calculated the time to go back and forth to Chang'an City. Get up and call for the people to prepare the ingredients.
They're definitely here for dinner today.
In the afternoon, a large troop of cavalry roared. When I entered Zhuangzi, I didn't say hello and went straight
The fields are gone.
Wang Xiao, who got the news, didn't greet him, and slowly carved the tofu with a knife.
It wasn't until it was getting late that Li Er and the others, who were covered with mud on their trouser legs, came over with great interest.
When he entered the door, he saw that the large round table built by Wang Xiao himself was full of steaming dishes, Li Shimin was stunned, and then cleaned his hands in the basin and sat down generously.
I didn't let anyone try it, so I picked up the chopsticks and went straight to the sauce beef.
"Your Zhuangzi fell to death again today?"
Li Shimin, who likes to eat mutton and beef, looked sideways at the host who invited him to dinner.
Wang Xiao sat down next to him generously, picked up a spoon and scooped the soup, "I didn't fall to death, but I just died of illness." Try this fish stew with tofu, the taste is delicious. ”
Not far from the edge is Ba Shui, and after the ice has been thawed, the river is full of big fish that have been raised for a winter.
Li Shimin learned from Wang Xiao to take a spoon and scoop a mouthful of soup, which was indeed very delicious.
"This is carp soup, although the carp tastes fishy, but there is tofu that can absorb it, and the essence of boiling out is in the soup."
It was forbidden to eat carp, which was a matter during the Tang Xuanzong period. Now, if you can't eat, who will ban this.
"Not bad, not bad." Li Shimin, who drank two bowls of fish soup, shifted his attention to the beef and mutton again.
I heard that their family has the blood of the Hu people, and now that I look at it, it is estimated that it is indeed true.
The eldest grandson Wuji is also sitting down on the side at this moment, no need to let or invite, he is familiar with eating.
As for the people they brought, Wang Xiao also asked people to send mutton soup and meat buns.
Full of wine and food, Li Shimin took Wang Xiao's own toothpick and picked his teeth like him, "The quyuan plough you made is good and meritorious." ”
Wang Xiao smiled, "Won't it be two sheep, and the money is five thousand?" ”
That's a joke.
With Datang's emphasis on agriculture, knighthood may not be enough, but a large reward is still no problem.
"I have something else here that will increase food production."
Wang Xiao's words made Li Shimin's eyes suddenly brighten.
"It's getting dark and there's not enough time. I'll talk about it tomorrow. Wang Xiao directly arranged for Li Shimin for tomorrow.
"Don't be ashamed." Li Shimin's arrogant decision to postpone the matter of the reward was postponed.
Watching the group get on their horses and gallop towards Chang'an City, Wang Xiao reluctantly waved his hand and shouted, "Remember to come back tomorrow, I have new dishes here." ”
The next day, Li Erguo really came. And it came quite early, it seems that it came early in the morning.
The eldest grandson Wuji didn't follow this time, he is a secretary of the ministry, and now it is estimated that he is still handling official affairs in the yamen.
It was said that it was early, but in fact, after the morning court, I cleaned up and then came here from the palace, and the time was almost noon.
"Don't say anything, eat first."
Wang Xiao is definitely not showing off his skills, he just wants to show the world our Chinese diet.
"What's this?" Li Shimin looked at the big black lump of mud placed in front of him, and almost wanted to cure Wang Xiao for the crime of bullying the king.
Give me a dough to eat? Don't take me as an emperor too seriously?
Wang Xiao stretched out his hand and bent his fingers and buckled it on the mud ball.
Crack the mud and open the balls wrapped in several small lotus leaves.
Spring has arrived, and the lotus leaves are not as big as summer. Wang Xiao had to wrap it with a few more sheets.
"It's called Flower Chicken." Tear the lotus leaf open, revealing the steaming, crispy chicken inside, "Don't worry about the name, taste it first." ”
For things that have not been eaten, as long as the quality and practice are above the level, anyone who eats them will feel good. Li Shimin is no exception.
"That's good." Li Shimin ate two in one go, and there was a pile of chicken bones in front of him, "Prepare some more and take them away when you go back." ”
Wang Xiao, who had eaten four, spit out the bones in his mouth, and stretched out his finger to point to a few fires that had not been extinguished by the embers not far away, "There are more than a dozen, take them all." ”
"Say, what other good things do you have?"
Li Shimin, who was picking his teeth, began to turn to the topic: "I didn't come here to eat. ”
Glancing at the pile of chicken bones in front of Li Er, Wang Xiao nodded, "I believe it." ”
When he came to the edge of the field, Wang Xiao pointed to the lime powder sprinkled in the field and said, "This is used to kill insects." Especially the eggs of locusts. ”
The reason why I solemnly remind this is because there will be a large-scale locust plague in Guanzhong next year.
Historical records record that Li Shimin suffered a great crisis because of the locust plague, and finally had to swallow locusts alive to divert his attention.
Now, he didn't care too much about "That's it?" ”
Wang Xiao took him to the manure pile and pointed to the piles of fertilizer science, "Farmhouse manure is used as compound fertilizer after fermentation, phosphate rock is used as phosphate fertilizer after grinding, and"
After explaining a lot, Wang Xiao told Li Shimin that the rational use of fertilizer can effectively improve the yield of farmland.
Of course, Li Shimin knows about fertilizers, but he feels unreliable when he hears what Wang Xiao said, how can he increase production so much.
"You won't know how effective it will be until you harvest it, and you can't easily promote it until you see it. But if it's "
Before he could finish his words, he opened his mouth wide and looked up at the sky.
The originally bright sky was gradually dimming, and a dark shadow was approaching the sun.
The Tengu Eclipse Day has finally arrived.
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