After the matter of the reward was finished, Xiong Huai coughed lightly twice, and after attracting all the attention of the ministers, he said with a smile: "Zhuqing, the widow has a major announcement today. Not long ago, King Yan sent his son, An Laichu, to give the widow two artifacts in addition to the accident of transporting military funds. ”

"Artifact?" When the ministers heard this, they immediately remembered the five-color stone of the Chu State, and many people began to talk about it.

Of course, there are also many ministers who already know the details, and they remain unmoved.

At this time, Xiong Huai continued: "These two artifacts are nothing else, they are artifacts that can make wheat and rice into flour, one is a stone mill and the other is a stone mill.

Since King Yan sent these two artifacts, the widow asked Gong Yin to conduct trial production and verify them, and as King Yan said, the effect was a hundred times greater.

After determining the efficacy, the widow ordered Gong Yin to start making a large number of stone mills, and between two months, nearly 1,000 large and small stone mills were obtained. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai said with a smile: "However, making flour is not only needed by the country, but also the urgent needs of the people, so the widow does not dare to enjoy it alone, and decides to make the stone mill public." ”

When the ministers heard this, they were in an uproar.

The taste of flour is far greater than that of corn, but it is too labor-intensive to make it by scooping. Moreover, in recent years, in order to prepare for the war of grain hoarding, the state of Chu has also raised the price of wheat and rice, keeping it the same as that of corn.

The price is not cheap, and it also consumes a lot of manpower, so even the important ministers of the court have to be careful to eat flour, and they can only bring flour and rice in turns, and dare not eat flour all at once.

If the stone mill is really as the king said, making flour is a hundred times more effective, then it can be expected that in the near future, they can eat whatever they want, and it will not hurt to eat it every day.

Moreover, flour is probably no longer a rare and precious thing.

Thinking about it, the ministers bowed at the same time: "The king is benevolent! ”

Xiong Huai smiled, then looked at the ministers and said, "Gong Yin! ”

"The minister is here!"

"After Lao Xianqing went down to the court, he immediately deployed thirty stone mills in Yingdu for the people of the city to grind flour. Of course, in order to maintain the stone mill and to provide grain and grass for the cattle and horses that pulled the mill, each common person who used the stone mill was charged one penny per stone. ”

"Yui."

"Taifu Yin."

"The minister is here."

"Yingdu has a large population, and there are only more than 30 stone mills, so in order to avoid a large number of people from gathering to grind flour. Starting today, the shops selling flour in various parts of Yingdu began to reduce their prices, and from now on, the price of flour per stone will be fixed at three cents more than that per stone of wheat rice. ”

"Yui." Dou You nodded, he already knew the news a few days ago, and in the past few days, none of the shops that sold flour in Yingdu sold flour sold flour.

In addition, the shops that sell flour in Yingdu will also sell small stone mills from today for the wealthy people to buy their own flour. Later, ask Gong Yin to send someone to send the small stone mill to the shop in Yingdu. ”

"Yui!" Dou You and the teeth have surrendered together.

"Defeated!"

"The minister is here."

"Later, we will send people to the stone mills in Yingdu to maintain order, the stone mills have just been announced, which will inevitably cause a large number of people to watch, and accidents must not be allowed to occur. Whoever causes a disturbance shall be arrested and punished with three days' hard labor. ”

"Yui."

Then, Xiong Huai looked at the ministers and said: "Zhuqing, the stone mill is the artifact of the country, and the few dare not enjoy it exclusively. ”

When the ministers heard this, they immediately bowed again: "The king is benevolent." ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly, then looked at Jing Cui and said, "Ling Yin." ”

"The minister is here."

"After the next dynasty, he immediately sent an edict to all places, so that all counties and feudal lords immediately sent a stonemason to Yingdu and let them learn to make stone mills. The widow means that wherever there is a place north of the Chu River, where wheat is grown, every county town must have two stone mills, and every city must have at least one stone mill. ”

"Yui."

Xiong Huai nodded, then looked at Ji Ya again and said: "Gong Yin, stone grinding makes flour, only a large number of promotions can turn wheat into food, and in the Jianghuai area, the wheat grown is even more than Jianghan." Therefore, in order to promote stone grinding in Jianghuai as soon as possible, he asked Qing to assign one-third of the craftsmen and send them to various parts of Jianghuai to teach the people how to make stone grinding. ”

"Yui."

After arranging the matter of the stone mill, Xiong Huai looked at the prince An Dao among the ministers: "Keqing." ”

"The minister is here." Gongzi An saw that the king of Chu was coming over, and immediately went out to answer.

"Qing sent a stone mill from Yan State thousands of miles away, so that my Chu State can convert wheat and rice into delicious flour, which is a great contribution. Yes, the widow decided to seal Qing as An Shijun and give 500 households of food. ”

Gongzi An was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you for the gift of the king!" ”

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At noon, a pair of wagons escorted by soldiers, all pulling huge stones, entered Yingdu, and after entering the city, the carriages immediately dispersed, and every eight soldiers escorted a carriage to all parts of the city.

As soon as the convoy entered the city, it scattered and immediately attracted the attention of the people.

What stones actually need military escort?

Soon, the carriage that finally entered Yingdu stopped not far from the city gate.

This is the place that has been prepared for a long time to house the stone mill.

Then, the eight soldiers worked together to set up the stone mill, looked at the people who were watching, and without saying much, took a sack of wheat directly from the cart, and then poured the wheat into the stone mill in full view of everyone, and then drove the horse to start pulling the mill.

"What's the matter, why did you pour the wheat into the stone?"

"Could it be that this boulder is different, and it needs to be fed to the wheat rice."

"No, it's supposed to be a sacrifice."

While the people around were talking, flour began to appear around the stone mill, which was then collected by a soldier.

At first, the people didn't know what the soldiers had gathered, until one of them reacted and whispered in disbelief: "What has been ground out of this boulder seems to be flour." ”

When the people around them heard this, they were startled, and then they all stood on their heels, craned their necks, and looked at the thing that was deep in flour.

Although flour is a rare item, wheat is not, and since the birth of flour, every household has made some of it in their spare time, more or less to worship their ancestors and enjoy it at festivals.

At this time, the more the people looked at it, the more it looked like flour.

"Looks like it's really flour?"

"Yes, it's exactly the same as the flour I used to sacrifice my ancestors."

"What is this boulder, and why is it so quick and light to make flour?"

Ordinary people need to scoop for more than ten days to get the flour they need for a meal. And the boulder in front of them, in just such a short period of effort, produced so much flour, which simply refreshed their cognition.

For a while, the people watching around held their breath and looked at the huge stone intently, trying to see why.

If you could make flour so quickly, wouldn't you be able to eat flour every day!