After all, Ma Tan had the experience of equality in his dreams, and he was still a little resistant to kneeling and kowtowing to thank him, so he hurriedly went to help the old man, and said:

"Old Li, you are so old, just such a trivial gift, you don't need to make this big gift, I can't stand it, please hurry up!"

Who knows, when Ma Tan was helping with his hand, the old farmer said:

"Please take back the things from the fifth prince, I can't accept these things, if you don't take them back, I won't get up!"

Hearing the old farmer say this, Ma Tan was very surprised and couldn't help asking:

"Why can't you take these things, it's not too expensive? Isn't this plow easy to make? ”

The old farmer raised his head and said, "Our family has enough labor!" ”

The old farmer's answer made Ma Jian a little confused, so he continued to ask, "What did Elder Li say about this?" ”

Seeing that Ma Jian was still looking at himself with puzzled eyes, the old farmer was also a little uneasy in his heart, but he still knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, lowered his head and thought for a while, before raising his head and saying cautiously:

"The little old man has been working for the owner for many years, mainly feeding the cattle and ploughing the land, the owner is kind-hearted, and the salary for me is very generous! My income alone is almost enough for the whole family's rations. Although our family only has three acres of thin land, they are not connected together, but are divided into six small pieces, each ranging in size from five to eight points, but the old man has two sons and four grandchildren, all of whom have grown up, and each of them can plant a piece of land. After intensive cultivation, the harvested grain can not only solve other needs of the family, but also have a slight surplus. If those few acres of land are ploughed with the cattle given by the fifth son, although the temporary income will not be reduced, the family will have an extra cow feeding expenses, and those few laborers will be idle, and after a long time, they will become lazy to eat! Once there are no cattle to plough the land, it is absolutely impossible to let them manually plough the land at that time, but it will cut off the life of their children and grandchildren! Therefore, I dare not accept the oxen and plough of the fifth son! The owner's oxen and plough have always been managed by the little old man, but I have never used oxen to plough my own land, just to let my children and grandchildren have something to do and not become lazy!

After the old farmer said these words, Ma Tan and his eldest brother Ma Bo often understood that he really didn't dare to use oxen and plows!

The old farmer was also afraid that Ma Bo often suspected him of stealing the Ma family's cattle to plough his own land. This old farmer is still very responsible, and he doesn't want this ox and plow, which sounds very reasonable.

Ma Tan didn't dare to let the old man kneel and talk like this, so he hurriedly said to the old farmer: "I promise you, take back the plow and the ox, and you get up and talk!" ”

The old farmer stood up at this time, and Ma Bochang looked at the old farmer with appreciation, and said to Ma Yan: "Fifth brother, since the matter has reached a conclusion, let's go back first!" ”

Ma Tan nodded "yes", then lifted the quyuan plough and followed Ma Bo to go back!

When Ma Tan returned home and carefully recalled the words of the old farmer, he was very touched by him!

He very much agreed with the old farmer's opinion in his heart! People really need to find something to do in life, and they must have a sense of dedication and achievement! If you don't do things and only know how to eat, drink and have fun, what's the difference between that and a pig or a dog?

Although the promotion of Quyuan plough was not successful this time, Ma Jian still figured out that it was not that Quyuan plough was bad, but that there were too few people in need.

According to Ma Tan's history book in his dream, the current situation is that the land annexation is too painful, the producers are separated from the means of production, and there is a shortage of sufficient yeoman farmers, so there is no market for the zigzag plow.

Ma Tan's design and production of the Quyuan plough this time proves that the memory record in the dream is correct, but it cannot be said to be wrong.

Although Ma Tan is still skeptical of the book in his dreams, with the knowledge he has learned now, it is really useless in practice! If he wants to do something, he must rely on the whims of the heavenly books in his dreams.

Because when these contents were recorded, things were more urgent, and there were not many white silks, Ma Jian was worried that he would not be able to memorize them, and the book in the dream was not only full of simplified characters, but also many letters and Arabic numerals.

None of this has affected Ma Tan's reading and comprehension of the book in the dream.

The point is that his account of the content is too concise, and only the main points are recorded.

If this is in the age of the dream, it is enough to record it in this way, because the rest of the questions are common sense, and the content is easy to understand and grasp.

But for Ma Jian now, these common-sense questions in the dream are also very advanced knowledge!

Therefore, many things can only be fully mastered by Ma Jian through a long period of memory!

Don't look at the book in the dream written by Ma Tan himself, but to understand, it is really a bit difficult to understand!

Although the memories in the dream have faded, fortunately, Ma Jian can still think of those common-sense questions through hard work.

Ma Tan spent another half a month reading through the recorded knowledge again, and recorded the common sense things that came to mind on a piece of white silk!

Thinking about it, Ma Jian felt that many advanced technologies in the dream realm were really difficult to play a role!

Not to mention the magic vehicles such as cars, which cannot be manufactured at the current level of productivity!

Even if it is a four-wheeled carriage that can be easily built by the second brother, there is no market, because there is no road to walk, and rash design and production are doomed to be a failure in promotion!

In the world of Ma Tan's dream, the status of merchants is very high, not because of how much they contribute, but because they are very rich!

The Ma family already has the third brother Ma Shuchang, a business genius, if Ma Tan wants to do business again, it is not possible to designate it, and Ma Tan himself is not here. The horse patriarch also expects him to become a famous general like Ma Wu!

Troubled times have always been the cradle of famous generals, and now it is in troubled times, warlords are fighting, and for those generals, it is a great opportunity to become famous generals!

If Ma Zhou wants to revitalize the Ma family, he can only force Ma Jian to practice martial arts diligently and take the shortcut to becoming a famous general!

But if Ma Tan does not delay learning literature and martial arts, he can still create some best-selling products for the third brother in his spare time.

Although in the dream world, capital operations such as real estate and stocks are the most lucrative projects, they are obviously not suitable for the current actual situation.

Grain is also a good thing, and if you buy it at a low price and then sell it at a high price, it will definitely be a profitable business.

There is no technical content in this business at all, it mainly depends on the support of strength, if there is not enough strength to protect the grain, hoarding food is the way to take trouble! Either used as military rations by warlords, or robbed by hungry people!

Therefore, even if the Ma family had the support of the barbarian king Shamoke, when trading grain with the barbarians, they did not dare to transport grain for thousands of miles, but could only buy grain on the nearby edge of the Xiangjiang River.