Wang Yunsheng held a few drawings, like a treasure, held his hands tightly in his arms, and looked at Kou Ji excitedly.

"Let's go down and let the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works start forging......

Kou Ji smiled indifferently and commanded.

Wang Yunsheng nodded heavily, took the drawings and walked outside the class room, halfway through, seemed to realize that something was wrong, hurriedly turned around, bowed to Kou Ji and said, "The lower official is rude, please don't blame the upper official." ”

"Alright, let's go."

Kou Ji waved his hand nonchalantly.

Wang Yunsheng bowed again and walked out of the class room with the drawings.

As soon as he got out of the workshop, Wang Yunsheng ran to the courtyard where the craftsmen were located, and gathered the craftsmen who worked in the Ministry of Industry to discuss the drawings together.

After learning that the plowshares on the drawings needed to be forged with particularly hard iron, Wang Yunsheng immediately remembered the wrought iron workshop in Ruishengzhuang outside the city.

So, Wang Yunsheng sent someone to get Kou Ji's consent.

With the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, he hurriedly walked out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

Kou Ji gave the drawings, and did not stay in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and after reading some documents of the Ministry of Industry, he left the Ministry of Industry.

Three days in a flash.

Wang Yunsheng and others successfully built the two kinds of plows that Kou Ji gave him with the help of steel on Ruishengzhuang.

Wang Yunsheng couldn't wait to get a piece of open space not far from Ruishengzhuang and use it, it was really as sharp as Kou Ji said.

Immediately.

Wang Yunsheng sent people to block the workshop for casting two kinds of plough tools, and threw a letter into the palace.

Wang Yunsheng used the most heroic gesture in his life to tell the court.

The Ministry of Engineering has built two new ploughs, which are several times more efficient than the original curved plows.

Playing into the palace.

Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun, Li Di, and Wang Zeng couldn't sit still.

The Great Song Dynasty was based on agriculture, and the imperial court must pay attention to everything related to farming, no matter how big or small.

Kou Zhun immediately issued an order to ask Kou Ji, the director of the Ministry of Management and Hooking, to dedicate two new plows to the palace.

At the same time, he ordered the Manchu civil and military to discuss politics in the vertical arch hall.

Kou Ji seems to have known that after the appearance of the two kinds of plows, the court would summon him to the palace.

Therefore, after the eunuch who came to the palace to give the order arrived at the Kou Mansion, he had already put on his official uniform.

He also ordered the servants in the palace to go to the Ministry of Industry to send an order, asking Wang Yunsheng and others to send a new plough into the palace.

After Kou Ji arrived at the gate of the palace in a sedan chair, he waited for a while.

Wang Yunsheng led the people to carry two new plows covered with red silk to the gate of Donghua.

"Shangguan ......"

After trying the new plow, Wang Yunsheng's attitude towards Kou Ji was more respectful.

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Let's go in together...... Today, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will congratulate our Ministry of Industry. ”

Wang Yunsheng nodded excitedly.

Wang Yun has been promoted to the office for many years, and he really hasn't been in the limelight in the court.

Now that he has an opportunity to be in the limelight, he is naturally excited.

What does the limelight represent?

Fame!

Money!

Add an official to the knighthood!

"Enter the palace!"

Kou Ji greeted, and the group carried the plough to the edge of the Jinshui Bridge, and after being checked by the soldiers of the forbidden army, they carried the plough into the palace.

When I arrived at the Vertical Arch Hall, I saw that almost all the civil and military ministers had arrived, and they were staying in the hall at the moment, waiting for them quietly.

Kou Ji led the people of the Ministry of Works into the temple and bowed down.

"Ministers, see the official family, see the Taishi ......"

Kou Zhun waved his hand and said loudly: "No need to be polite...... The old man heard that your Ministry of Industry has made a new plough tool, which is more effective than the original curved plow? ”

Kou Ji arched his hand and said: "Back to the Taishi, my Ministry of Engineering has indeed made a new plow. ”

Kou Zhun waved his hand and said: "Nongsang is the foundation of the country, and you can't be sloppy at all." If there is really a new plough tool, your Ministry of Engineering will naturally be a great achievement. Present the plough and let the officials, the old man, and the officials take a look at it together. ”

Kou Ji nodded in agreement, and asked Wang Yunsheng to lead people to carry the plough to the vertical arch hall.

Wang Yunsheng didn't sell it, and immediately lifted the red silk on the two kinds of plows, revealing two kinds of plows.

Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun, and the eyes of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs all fell on the plow.

"...... built by the new railway"

"Iron Wheel...... More durable than the original wooden ......"

"Plough on both sides...... Ordinary manpower, I'm afraid it's hard to pull ......"

“……”

The ministers of civil and military affairs stared at the two kinds of plows and talked about it.

The ministers of civil and military affairs can see the advantages of the two kinds of ploughs, and Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, and Li Di can naturally see it.

Zhao Zhen naturally saw some differences.

The reason is related to a royal rule.

In the royal village outside the city, there is a special field, which is cultivated by the officials, the queen and others.

Zhao Zhen has been on the throne for three years, and has gone to the imperial village outside the city, personally supported the plow, and cultivated for three years.

Of course, Zhao Zhen can't really work in the fields like a farmer.

But every year when the spring planting and autumn harvest are made, he has to go to the Huangzhuang to make an appearance.

In order to tell the people of the world that the imperial court attaches great importance to agriculture.

Although Zhao Zhen saw the difference between the two plows offered by the Ministry of Industry, he did not know their advantages and disadvantages.

Chen Lin whispered to him on the side that there were some advantages and disadvantages that could be seen at a glance in those two types of plows.

Kou Zhun stared at the two kinds of plows and asked, "What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two kinds of plows?" ”

When the ministers of civil and military affairs heard this, they pricked up their ears and quietly waited for Kou Ji to explain.

Kou Ji didn't speak, but pushed Wang Yunsheng to the front.

Under the gaze of the ministers of civil and military affairs, Wang Yunsheng straightened his waist and said loudly the advantages and disadvantages of the two plows.

When I heard Wang Yunsheng tell that the two new ploughs can increase the efficiency of the original Quyuan plough to four acres and six acres of land in one day.

The ministers of civil and military affairs were stunned.

How could they not be surprised that the two new ploughs had doubled or tripled their farming efficiency.

What does doubling or tripling farming efficiency mean?

It means that as long as there is enough land, the annual grain output of the Great Song Dynasty can be increased by two or three times.

There was no idle fertile land in the Great Song Dynasty, but there were countless barren lands in the Great Song Dynasty.

If the imperial court is implementing new agricultural tools, the people in various places are allowed to open up the wasteland as appropriate.

and the grain may be increased in the same way.

The new farm tools will not only bring great convenience to the people, but also help the people save more time to open up the wasteland.

"Impossible!"

Li Zheng was the first to jump out and question.

He wasn't deliberately targeting Koji.

Instead, he felt that Wang Yunsheng's praise of the new plough was a bit exaggerated.

Doubling or tripling the efficiency of farming.

For ploughs, it's a revolution.

The problem is that change is so easy to make.

Under Li Zheng's questioning gaze, Kou Ji slowly walked to the two plows, and said with an indifferent smile: "Whether it works or not, you will know if you try it." ”

Kou Ji looked around at the hundred officials and said with a smile: "Facts speak louder than words......

When Kou Zhun heard this, he said aloud without any hesitation: "Go to the Imperial Village outside the city and try it!" ”

Without waiting for others to object, Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "I also want to see if this new plough can achieve the same effect as Wang Aiqing said." ”

"Go to the ...... outside the palace"

Immediately, in the vertical arch hall, from Zhao Zhen's official family to the civil and military ministers, they all drove out of the palace with a light car.

The people in Bianjing City saw Zhao Zhen sitting on the dragon bowl, and the civil and military ministers followed behind one by one, and they speculated one after another about what happened in the court.

Arrived at the Imperial Village outside the city.

Chen Lin replaced Zhao Zhen and chose a piece of fertile land that had not yet been turned.

Wang Yunsheng carried the plough and pulled the oxen to the edge of the fertile field.

He politely refused the help of others, and personally helped the ploughing oxen to put on a two-sided plough and drove the ploughing oxen into the fertile field.

Under his control, the plow plowed deep into the dirt.

It was as if a skin had been peeled off, revealing a slightly moist soil.

The plough pulls the plough and walks back and forth in the fertile fields.

Not much.

A piece of dry and hard fertile land that has been dried and hardened has been turned over and over.

Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun and the others stared at the fertile field that had been turned over, and they were all moved.

Some officials, who liked to write books and lectures, immediately removed a section of their sleeves, took out a pencil case from the cuff, moistened the tip of the pen in their mouths, and began to write hard.

"One foot into the ground, the efficiency has increased by more than three times...... It's really a weapon of the country......"

Wang Zeng squatted on the edge of the field, carefully measured the depth of the plow into the ground with his hands, and sighed faintly.

Li Di accompanied Wang Zeng to squat at the edge of the field, watching Wang Yunsheng drive the ploughing cattle around the field, and said in a long voice: "With this sharp weapon, the grain yield of my Great Song Dynasty will inevitably increase a lot." ”

Wang Zeng nodded in agreement, stood up, walked to Kou Ji's side, and asked, "How much do these two new plows cost?" ”

Wang Zeng is not the kind of person who is not diligent in his limbs and does not distinguish between grains and grains.

After the new plough was put into the ground, he saw a little bit of the new plow.

Wang Yunsheng is driving the ploughing cattle, although he has not yet turned over an acre of land, but in terms of Wang Yunsheng's current speed of ploughing the cattle and ploughing the land, it is not a problem to plough six acres of land in a day.

The new plough tool is not only efficient in ploughing, but also extremely deep in the soil.

Two points alone are enough to replace all the previous ploughs.

Stuff is a good thing.

It's just that the cost is too high and it is not easy to promote.

Then no matter how good things are, they are useless.

When Kou Ji heard Wang Zeng's question, he guessed Wang Zeng's thoughts, and immediately chuckled: "The cost is not high...... It is only 100 dollars more expensive than the curved plough on the market. ”

When Wang Zeng heard this, his face showed a happy color.

The same is true of Li Di, who followed him.

Plough tools are not one-time consumables, but agricultural tools that can be used again and again for many years.

The price of a new plough is only 100 yuan more expensive than the price of the original plough, and the people can accept it.

After all, the benefits of the new plough for the people far exceeded the hundred and ten dollars that the people had paid.

What's more, the benefits of the new plough are sustainable.

And the price that the people need to pay is one-off.

"This law is dedicated to the imperial court...... Your grandfather and I, as well as Li Gong, will find a way to get some money out of the treasury and build a batch of new plows as soon as possible and distribute them to the people everywhere. By the way, the method of making the new plough was distributed to the prefectures. ”

Wang Zeng said to Kou Ji without hesitation.

Kou Ji shook his head when he heard this.

Wang Zeng frowned slightly, "Unwilling?" ”

Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said, "Do you want to wait for the imperial court to issue a reward before you are willing to offer a new plow?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "You two misunderstood me. I haven't gotten to the point where I sell my conscience for money and officials. Since I have brought out these two kinds of ploughs, it is for the benefit of the people.

It's just that there are still some difficulties in promoting the new plow. ”

Wang Zeng raised his eyebrows, stared at Kou Ji and did not speak.

Li Di snorted coldly: "With the two of us staring, who dares to do anything in this matter?" Tired of it? ”

Kou Ji smiled: "First of all, there is the problem of iron. If a new plough is to be durable, it must be made of new iron. It's just that the amount of new iron I have refined in my hands is not much, and I am afraid it will be difficult to supply the needs of the people of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Wang Zeng frowned and looked at Kou Ji, "Refining new materials, something went wrong?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "That's not the case...... It's just that Li Sansi cut off the supply of iron ore from my wrought iron workshop. Without iron ore, my wrought iron workshop will not be able to smelt new iron. ”

Li Di frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why don't you simply offer the method of forging iron?" Forging new iron materials from the imperial court will be much more efficient than making a small fuss yourself. ”

Kou Ji still shook his head and said, "Other methods can be offered, but the method of forging new iron materials cannot be offered." ”

"Why?"

"Why?"

Wang Zeng asked, Kou Ji repeated, and said in a low voice: "Half of the Tiger Army's prestige on the campus in the west of the city is through new iron materials. The hardness of the new iron material has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Once the method of forging iron is handed over to the imperial court, if it is leaked out.

It will inevitably be used by the surrounding neighbors.

At that time, they will come against us in armor and blades made of iron that we have created.

I'd rather burn the new iron than let it go out. ”

When Wang Zeng and Li Di heard this, they glanced at each other and sighed in their hearts.

The Great Song Dynasty couldn't hide the secret things, and they didn't need to be reminded by Kou Ji, they also knew it.

A large part of the forging skills of some of the armor used by the Liao State today were passed down from the Great Song Dynasty.

The production methods of crossbows that the Great Song Dynasty relied on, such as bed crossbows and heavy crossbows, also existed in the Liao Kingdom.

If it weren't for the fact that the production skills of bed crossbows and heavy crossbows were too cumbersome and the cost was too high, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses of the Liao State were also equipped with heavy crossbows and bed crossbows.

The Liao State conquered the east and the west, and the south and the north, and conquered its neighbors.

In terms of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the Liao State is very strong.

But when it comes to wealth.

The difference between the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty is not a step.

This is also the reason why the Liao State always wants to conquer the Great Song Dynasty.

In the eyes of the Liao people, the Great Song Dynasty was really, very rich.

So rich that when they fall asleep, they will dream about it.

The Great Song Dynasty can be very extravagant to equip all the soldiers of the forbidden army with upper step armor.

But the Liao State could not equip all the soldiers of the Liao State with iron armor, and even the general leather armor was not available to everyone.