Gu Bei didn't want to do this soap business, not to mention the complicated process, the most ...... The most important thing is that he can't earn a few silver coins, how can there be a luxury Tianxianglu that is popular in the Xia Kingdom, and the money comes quickly.

Since the mother-in-law speaks, let's earn it! It should be regarded as benefiting the people of Xia and improving their quality of life.

I don't know if it's a psychological reason, I didn't feel anything when I washed before, but I washed my hands with soap in the morning these days, and I feel a lot more refreshed.

Although this homemade soap looks a little ugly, it is very easy to use, since I knew the benefits of Mrs. Qin's use of soap to wash her hands, I left a few pieces for Xiao Ran and them, and the rest of the soap made last time was taken away by Mrs. Qin, and it was said that it was the first step to make a name for the soap.

In fact, it was the noblewomen around Mrs. Qin who knew the benefits of soap and asked her for it, but Mrs. Qin, who was not good at refusing, had to find Gu Bei.

Xiao Ran didn't feel much about this soap, he got up in the morning and took a basin of water, and even if he washed his face, only the woman and the aunt were so mother-in-law, and the thing called soap was thrown to the little sister casually.

Xiao Ran didn't understand his uncle tinkering with these inventions all day long, obviously he was a lord, why was he even busier?

Xiao Ran, who was standing in the yard in the early morning holding the wine bottle, watched his uncle use the soap to make a foam, his hands and face were full of paint, and the soap on the stool was accidentally touched by him and fell to the ground, Xiao Ran picked up the wine bottle and poured it, reminding:

"Uncle, your soap is off."

"Oh, no."

"Why ......"

"If it's dirty, don't want it."

Gu Bei rinsed off the soap foam on his face and hands, and his expression did not have a trace of waves.

As a modern person, how could he not know this stalk, boy, you are still too tender.

Although Carpenter Wang is the best carpenter in the house, after all, he is confined to modern times, and his knowledge is limited after all, so he doesn't know if he can make that zigzag plow.

Gu Bei took Xiao Ran to Luobei Port to see if Carpenter Wang had made it, and if there were any problems.

Hearing that his uncle was looking for him, Carpenter Wang rushed over to greet him, "I've seen my uncle's ......"

"No need to be polite, the plough stick can be made?" Gu Bei asked.

Speaking of Quyuan plow, Carpenter Wang suddenly looked excited: "Uncle is really an immortal, and Lu Ban is alive...... The quyuan plough is really ingenious, it seems to be exquisite and complicated, but in fact the principle is simple, and it has been successfully made. ”

"So fast?" Gu Bei was surprised, not to mention anything else, but those constructions of Quyuan plow, in this era of relying entirely on handwork, could not be done in a moment and a half, I didn't expect Carpenter Wang to complete it so quickly.

Gu Bei smiled, "Take me to see?" ”

Carpenter Wang did not dare to disobey, and stepped forward to lead the way with a smile.

The historical Quyuan plough first appeared in the late Tang Dynasty, consisting of a ploughshare, a plough wall, a plough bottom, and a plough wheel...... and other ten parts, compared with the previous difficult to turn, ploughing laborious, cumbersome straight plow, curved plough not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also easy to turn around and turn, flexible operation, save manpower and livestock.

But the times are developing, technology is advancing, to the Song and Yuan dynasties, Quyuan plough in the Tang Dynasty on the basis of improvement, to improve and perfect, so that the plough wheel shortened, bent, reduce strategy, pressure and other components, the plough body structure is more lightweight, flexible use, tillage efficiency is also higher.

By the Ming and Qing dynasties, the form of the quyuan plough had basically been fixed.

Because the history of the Three Kingdoms period has taken a fork in the road, and there is no Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Gu Bei has no pressure and directly moves out of the final form of Quyuan Plow.

In the room, Carpenter Wang opened the box and assembled the scattered parts, and after a few moments, a plough stick that could be controlled by a single person was carried by Carpenter Wang.

Chen Jinwang is still very familiar with the plough stick. When he was a child, he went to his grandmother's house, and when he was plowing in the spring, he would help him go to the field to help plough the field because of curiosity.

But the plough stick in front of him, the structure is too simple, he can't help but be a little suspicious, just such a thing, is there really a thing that my uncle said is twice as efficient as the original plow?

But Chen Jinwang is Chen Jinwang after all, and the business sea has been up and down for more than ten years, although he is suspicious in his heart, he will never easily express his opinions in public and question the owner, which is a taboo in the business field.

Even if it is for the good of the owner, there are some things that cannot be said in public.

Carpenter Wang was uneasy at this time, for fear that he would not be able to meet his uncle's requirements, so he glanced at Gu Bei from time to time, and wanted to speak, but he wanted to speak and stopped.

As for Xiao Ran's indifference to these, since he had Huajiu, his hobbies have changed greatly, holding a wine bottle anytime and anywhere, from the previous bold man to a sad little drunkard.

Gu Bei's eyes swept over, collected everyone's eyes one by one in his heart, and asked, "Lao Chen, what do you think of this Quyuan plow?" ”

The drawings of Qu Yuan Plough were provided by him and built by Carpenter Wang, Xiao Ran...... Playing soy sauce, old Chen...... The investigation showed that he had also cultivated the land himself before, and among the several people, he had the most right to speak.

Seeing Gu Bei ask him by name, Chen Jinwang pondered for a while, intending to answer truthfully, but before that, he had to feel it first, "Owner, can you let someone take a look at it yourself?" ”

Just at a glance, Chen Jinwang saw several benefits of this new type of ploughstick, but as the owner said, how good it really is, where it is good, and why it is so good, you still have to experience it yourself.

And the carpenter of the king gave him the staff of the ploughman.

Chen Jinwang took it, stood the plough stick in front of him, held the plough wheel in his hand, and was suddenly shocked.

In the past, the straight plough used was a double plough, which was placed on two oxen to maintain balance, which required a long plough wheel. But the curved plough in his hand is bent and short, could it be said that this plough staff is pulled by an ox?

Chen Jinwang felt that he was trembling, if this was the case, wouldn't it be a big expense savings?

In this era, the most important condition restricting the development of productive forces is the serious shortage of ploughing cattle. Without livestock pulling the plough, we can see how slow it would be to work by hand alone.

At the moment, he excitedly asked, "This plough stick is short, can it be pulled by an ox?" ”

But if you have this curved plow? Turning the original two oxen carrying a plough stick into a single ox is equivalent to doubling the efficiency of ploughing, reducing the cost and increasing the production.

Gu Bei smiled, he was still very satisfied with this big housekeeper, and when he saw that Carpenter Wang was also listening respectfully, he played with it, "This plow's stick straight wheel has been changed to a short marrying wheel." The length of the old-style plough stick is generally about nine feet, and the front reaches the shoulder of the ox; The length of this curved plough is only about six feet, only after reaching the oxen, the plough frame becomes smaller and the weight is reduced, which is easy to rotate, flexible to operate, and saves animal power. In this way, the old plough of two oxen is changed to one ox traction, which saves ploughing cattle and improves efficiency. ”

As soon as he said this, Chen Jinwang immediately fully understood and became more and more excited.

Due to the limitations of production technology and human resources, the efficiency of cultivated land in Xia has been low, and too much mountain wasteland has not been developed, or even never cultivated!

If this new type of plough stick is promoted, it can completely open up the mountain wasteland, hilly areas, and river valleys, and almost increase the amount of cultivated land in Great Xia by a few percent out of thin air!

What is this concept?

He couldn't think of anything else, but he understood that once this plough stick was dedicated to the imperial court, wouldn't the title that the owner had just sealed have to be moved? Even if it is impossible to be a marquis?

After the owner got the marquis, as a hardcore lackey, wouldn't he Lao Chen also rise to the top?

You must know that the birth of Quyuan plough means that a few more pieces of land is equivalent to being able to feed millions more people!

Whether it is a prosperous economy or a foreign war, in this era of cold weapons, population represents almost everything.

As long as there are people, you can be invincible!

In his opinion, it is light to be crowned a marquis, and the invention of the owner can at least make the Xia Kingdom last for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Carpenter Wang stared at the Quyuan plow in Chen Jinwang's hand with burning eyes, and thought: Just such a thing, if it can really improve the efficiency of farming, then the first person to make the Quyuan plow, wouldn't he be able to leave a name in history?

"In the summer of the fifteenth year of Jianye, Wang Carpenter made the first Quyuan plough ......"

Just thinking that this sentence might appear in a certain history book, Carpenter Wang was so happy that he was about to go crazy.

Gu Bei continued: "The plow evaluation is installed here, because the thickness of this plow evaluation is gradually decreasing, and the plow evaluation can be pushed downward, so that the ground can be cultivated deeper; Pull back the plough evaluation, so that the plough arrow is upward, and the plough is shallow, so that it can adapt to the different needs of deep ploughing and shallow ploughing. ”

Chen Jinwang and Carpenter Wang were in a daze, obedient! It looks a little smaller than the previous plough stick, but I didn't expect it to be so versatile.

After Chen Jinwang heard this, he couldn't wait to build more, with his uncle's curved plow, the other straight plows were scum......

"Boss, has this plow ever been named?"

"Let's call it Quyuan Plow!"

Quyuan plow, after all, was invented by the working people of the Tang Dynasty. Its curve, because of its name, is different from the straight plow. Because it was first popularized and applied in Suzhou and other places, it is also known as Jiangdong plow.

Gu Bei was already brazen when he used it in the Xia Dynasty, how could he change his name.

The plough was done, the ploughing cattle were already in the middle of the conversation, and Chen Jinwang threw out another question.

"What to plant?"

This question stumped Gu Bei, and he was entangled in his heart whether he should plant rice or sorghum.

The cultivation of sorghum in Daxia is still relatively extensive, and it is resistant to drought, waterlogging, salinity, and barrenness, and is very suitable for land cultivation after the improvement of saline-alkali land.

Gu Bei did not intend to use sorghum as food, but wanted to use it to make wine. Sorghum straw can also be fed to livestock, after thinking about it, forget it, can not this more than 10,000 acres of land be planted with sorghum, wine, and the establishment of the largest sorghum wine production area?

It is estimated that he is willing, and the victims may not agree.

After thinking about it, Gu Bei still decided to plant rice, Gu Bei planned to plant rice, so that the people of Daxia could see what three-dimensional farming is.

The advantage of three-dimensional culture is that fish can be raised in it, and the fish can eat the pests and weeds in the rice field, and the rice field can be loosened. Fish excrement can make the soil of the rice field fertile, creating a good environment for the rice to grow.

Now that the decision has been made, Gu Bei put forward his idea, and Chen Jinwang's head kept shaking.

"It's not right, boss, it's not okay. If you planted this as you said...... What, the victims of the disaster must not agree. ”

Gu Bei had no choice but to bring out the benefits of breeding, and it took a lot of words to convince Chen Jinwang.

The victims of Luobei Port suddenly talked about it because of Gu Bei's three-dimensional breeding method.

In the eyes of the victims, if they really plant according to Gu Bei's method, there will definitely be no harvest at that time. From time to time, victims went to Chen Jinwang to try to persuade Gu Bei to change his mind, but at first Chen Jinwang was kind to persuade him, but in the end he simply hid at home and was too lazy to command remotely.

At this time, the victims realized that they could not change, so they had to give up, and everything was back on track.

While Chen Jinwang was busy persuading them, Gu Bei was not idle. Because it is determined that the three-dimensional cultivation of paddy fields is ready, then it is necessary to carry out field planning first.

The biggest difference in rice farming is that you have to start digging fish ditches and fish ponds in the rice fields. For every two acres of paddy fields, it is necessary to start digging a "ten" shaped fishing ditch in the paddy field.

These ditches need to be nearly two meters wide and one meter deep to store water for fish. The previous wasteland has been washed and soaked, and the guest soil has been fertilized, and the appearance has been completely changed.

Anyone who walks through it can tell at a glance that this saline land has really been improved and turned into a good land for growing crops.

When Gu Bei came to the field with a group of victims, he took out the drawings, "Everyone, I need you to help me dig some ditches in the field." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the fields and told the victims how to dig ditches.

"What? Owner, do you really want to dig such a deep ditch? ”

"The owner, the little old man has planted most of his life, and he really digs according to the owner, I'm afraid that ten percent of the fields will have to be dug up one or two into ......."

"That's it, the owner can't do this!"

As soon as Gu Bei's words were finished, this group of victims exploded, and they persuaded me every word.

For everyone's persuasion, Gu Bei just smiled, but he stubbornly asked everyone to listen to him, so he dug like this.

Seeing that the owner was so stubborn, these victims could only shake their heads and sigh, feeling that the owner was smart and confused for a while......

In this regard, Gu Bei did not explain and still insisted.

It is very difficult for the people of Daxia to understand what modern three-dimensional farming is. It's better to wait for the final results to come out, and then make their jaws drop.

In fact, Gu Bei still wanted to persuade the victims to understand and support him, but after thinking about it, he would wait for Fengcheng to come out.

When there is a bumper harvest in front of them, don't worry that they don't believe it.

With waterwheels carrying water for irrigation, coupled with three-dimensional rice farming, Gu Bei believes that it won't be long before this wasteland can become a land of fish and rice.

At that time, it was really able to shock the jaws of a group of people.

Half a month has passed, and all the ditches in the rice fields have been dug.

During this period of time, Gu Bei once again became the object of discussion among the people of Yingtianfu, and even people from the city who came to see the waterwheel pointed at Gu Bei's rice field, and burst into laughter from time to time.

Obviously, they all expressed full contempt for the mess of digging up good fields, and they also sympathized with the victims.

They all think that Gu Bei generously accepted the victims and gave them land to plant, at least not to go hungry. After Gu Bei's actions, it is estimated that these victims will still have to go hungry in the coming year.

Even the old man reprimanded Gu Bei for this and told him not to fool around. More than 10,000 acres of fields, just dug like this, directly reduced by one percent.

Not only did the old man not understand, but Bai Luoshi and Mrs. Qin also didn't understand, and Bai Luoshi even thought that her husband was sick to come up with such an idea.

Most of the Zhuangzi in Baifu grow rice, and I have never seen anyone dig a good rice field like this.

But no matter how they persuaded him, Gu Bei still insisted on his opinion.

So when everyone's persuasion was ineffective, more than 10,000 acres of rice fields were excavated according to the idea of taking care of the north.

After the transformation of the paddy field was completed, Gu Bei began to mobilize ten waterwheels to irrigate the paddy fields and prepare to plow the fields and plant seedlings.

Seeing that the incident had come to this, a group of victims sighed.

With the curved plough and enough ploughing oxen, it was all ploughed in less than half a month, and something happened that they couldn't accept.

Since he did not plant seedlings in advance, after Gu Bei decided to settle down, he asked people to buy enough seedlings to be planted in tens of thousands of acres of rice fields around Fucheng.

When it was time to plant seedlings, Gu Bei actually asked the victims to casually throw the seedlings into the rice field, and then just straighten them with their hands.

These words made the victims boil directly.

"The owner, I can't help it......"

"Don't, the owner, this is a curse ...... God."

“......”

The Xia Kingdom was founded on agriculture and attached great importance to agricultural affairs since ancient times, and rice planting must not be treated sloppily.

Gu Bei was speechless, the reason why he threw seedlings from the victims was of course for his reasons.

Throwing seedlings to plant rice seedlings does not need to be transplanted by hand, but undergoes a process from throwing to falling, throwing seedlings with soil, seedling roots into the soil shallow, and there is no row spacing specification in the field.

Throwing seedlings is an advanced rice planting method in later generations.

It saves time and effort, and the survival rate of seedlings is high, and the seedlings will basically take root in one or two days after throwing them, and they can start to grow new leaves in three or two days.

The most important thing is that the yield per mu of paddy fields with seedlings can be about 10 percent higher than that of hand-planted rice fields.

But in Daxia, in the eyes of the victims, Gu Bei's kind of seedling planting is simply nonsense and deviant.

Gu Bei only spoke softly to persuade him, and Chen Jinwang on the side snickered and did not say anything to help Gu Bei relieve the siege.

He is not stupid, although he blindly obeys the owner, he can accept it, but it does not mean that these victims can accept it.

In an agrarian society like Bactria , it is inevitable that everyone will be counted down if they change their farming methods indiscriminately.

In the past, the owner forcibly let the victims dig ditches in the fields, which has already made people talk about it, and at this time, if he follows his method, he is afraid that there will be no chaos.

In this regard, Gu Bei could only look up to the sky and sigh.

Forget it, I don't bother to argue with them, it's just a matter of increasing production by one percent.

If the stalemate continues, the victims will really make trouble, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

So Gu Beichang sighed, nodded and agreed to follow their opinions, still using the traditional way of planting rice.