When Emperor Yan Shennong saw that Emperor Fuxi and Nuwa Niangniang were visiting for thousands of miles, Shennong's clan said to them: "Father! Mother! We, the people of Shennong, have inherited the wisdom of the two elders, and they are all proud to be the descendants of Taihao Fuxi and Nuwa Niangniang. In order to improve work efficiency, we have also explored a lot of valuable experience in long-term production activities, so I will report to the second elder. ”

Emperor Fuxi and Nuwa Niangniang nodded with a smile, and the Emperor said: "Yan'er, we have been waiting for a long time, I just want to hear how you govern Shennong Kingdom, you can talk about it quickly." ”

Emperor Yan said: "I'll tell them one by one, and I'll start with the story of cultivating grains." The Emperor and Niangniang nodded again.

Spring has arrived, the spring breeze has warmed up, everything has recovered, and it is the season of sowing grain once a year. Because Emperor Yan would take advantage of the beginning of spring every year to expand the area of cultivated land, so as to sow more grain crops.

This year was no exception, so Emperor Yan led everyone to burn around on the plains and basins near Lianshan and expand the land. Although they have reclaimed the land, the newly cultivated land is underneath an intricate set of grass roots and vines, and the surface of the newly cultivated land is a hardened hard soil layer, so it is impossible to sow grain directly.

In addition, it has not rained for a long time, and the surface of the land has formed a hard layer. Therefore, before planting, it is necessary to remove wild roots and weeds, and plough the land to make the soil loose before sowing.

On this day, Emperor Yan led everyone to the field to loosen the soil, because there were no farm tools, everyone used sharp stones and branches as farm tools for farming. You see, everyone used local materials, some of them used their hands to pull wild vines and grass roots in the field, some of them took stones and shovels to plow the ground, and some of them took branches and poked and picked the land.

In short, everyone was busy all morning, tired and sweaty, and only a very small field was cultivated. Emperor Yan saw that everyone was tired enough, and it was noon, so he asked everyone to go to the ground to eat.

Emperor Yan looked up at the land that could not be seen at a glance, and he was a little worried. I thought, at this rate, when will this large area of land be cultivated? Everything is carried out in accordance with the law of spring and autumn harvest, and the solar terms do not wait for anyone, which will be troublesome if the agricultural time is delayed.

Emperor Yan walked towards the ground in a depressed mood, and he was thinking at the same time, our labor intensity is so high, everyone is so tired and tired, and we can't do much work every day. That's not going to work, I'm going to have to think about ways to improve farming techniques. Until after lunch, Emperor Yan didn't come up with any good way.

After the meal, everyone was about to go to the field to plow. Suddenly, there was a strong wind, lightning and thunder, and in an instant it began to rain heavily in the sky. Emperor Yan and the others hurriedly went around to hide from the rain, but the heavy rain came and went quickly. Emperor Yan saw that it had rained again in a blink of an eye, and the ground was also soaked at this time, so he led everyone to the field.

Emperor Yan walked in the forefront, and he stepped into the wetland with one foot, and immediately stepped on a small pit under his feet. Because Emperor Yan was barefoot, he was bound to push his bare feet forward straight, hey! He sneered and pulled out a deep ditch that was low in the middle and high on both sides, and the new soil at the bottom of the ditch was turned up.

Emperor Yan saw that this was good, and this time he loosened the land a large step away, and he became interested. Emperor Yan looked at the new soil that had just been cut out, and immediately saw the trick, he simply slashed his other foot like this, and this foot immediately turned over two slips of fresh soil.

Emperor Yan was very happy when he saw this, so he told everyone to stop plowing and go to the mountains to find trees or branches similar to this structure to make agricultural tools for plowing the land.

After a short time, Emperor Yan's people, Lei and Yun, came back from the mountain carrying a small tree with a bent neck. Emperor Yan looked at it, the big head bent forward, the small head bent backward, just in line with the requirements, the upper part is thin and can be used as a handle, and the lower part is just thick enough to be used for ploughing. Therefore, Emperor Yan asked Lei to peel off the bark first, and asked Yun to use a stone knife to cut the thick end into a triangular shape with a thin front and a thick back, and a sharp front and a wide back.

Under the guidance of Emperor Yan, this farm tool was quickly ready. Emperor Yan asked Lei and Yun to take it to the field for experiments, and Lei and Yun carried farm tools down to the field. Since the top of the farm tool was bare and there was no place to grasp it, the plow fell backwards, and pulled the wooden handle in front of him with his hand; Yun pouted his ass and pressed the wooden handle behind him, and although they pushed and dragged it with great effort, they also turned up a long slip of new soil.

Emperor Yan looked at Lei and Yun's clumsy appearance, and felt that this was too much effort, so he went to the ground to test it himself. Emperor Yan pushed this farm tool and walked a few steps, and he found some problems. He felt that if a rope was put on this farm tool, it would be hard for people to pull forward, and it would be light and fast.

After putting on the rope, Emperor Yan asked Rai to pull the rope forward, and he pushed the farm tool over a ditch. At this time, Emperor Yan found that because the rope was not fixed, not only was the rope easy to slide, but the farm tool would jump out of the groove on its own when it was running halfway.

Through careful research, Emperor Yan found that if you press a beam on the lower end of the wooden handle and the upper end of the triangle, and then tie a rope on the beam for the people in front to pull and walk, and then let the people behind move forward with their feet half pushing and half stepping on the beam, so that they can walk fast, and it is easy to firmly fix the farm tools in the trench without slipping.

Strange to say, after everyone's toss, this farming tool is really labor-saving and easy to use. Emperor Yan once again pushed the farm tools to plough the field experiment, he let the plough and the plough pull in front, and he held the wooden handle in the back to personally grasp the direction and depth.

Sure enough, it was fast and good to plough the fields with such farm tools. I saw that where this farm tool passed, fresh soil was turned out. In the middle of the soil, there are new trenches that are straight and of the same depth. The farm tools were successfully made, and everyone was happy.

Lei and Yun asked Emperor Yan: "Emperor Yan, we have worked hard to make this farm tool, what do you think should be the name for it?" ”

Emperor Yan looked at them and said happily: "Lei! Plowshare! Since you two are the earliest inventors of this farming tool, it can be regarded as my encouragement and reward for the two of you, I think we will call it 'Leiyun'. In the future, you two will no longer have to work in the field, but will specialize in making this kind of farming implement, the plow, for everyone to use when plowing the field. ”

Since then, everyone has used it as a farming tool for plowing the fields. In this way, labor is greatly saved, and at the same time, the labor intensity of cultivators is greatly reduced, so as to better improve production efficiency.

Hearing this, Nuwa Niangniang said happily: "Yan'er, I'm really happy for you." I see that in this tact you follow your father. It seems that none of the descendants of Emperor Fuxi is weak. ”

Emperor Yan said proudly: "That's nature! For our wisdom is inherited from our Father. ”

Emperor Fuxi said indifferently: "I think your mother and son are really good at flattering people." But, Yan'er, tell us one more paragraph. ”

Emperor Yan said: "Okay, I'll tell you another story about linen." ”

As you know, in the old days, we didn't have any clothes to wear, whether it was spring, summer, autumn or winter. In normal times, people also look for some leaves to cover the important parts.

Summer is coming, it's hot, and people don't need to keep warm. The children were naked, and the adults strung together thin leaves and silk threads made of animal fur to hide their shame. In spring and autumn, the weather is warm and cold. At that time, there were more leaves, so everyone encrypted the leaves and wrapped them around the body to make decorations.

In winter, the weather is very cold, and the leaves become brittle and dry, and some of them are blown away by the cold wind, and there are not many. At this time, many prey hibernate, and the prey hunted is becoming less and less, and the fur is not enough. People can't bear the cold ice and snow, so they can only curl up in their nests and dare not come out.

In the winter of that year, the weather was very cold and the snow was very thick. When Emperor Yan saw that many people froze to death because of this, he became sad and sad. Emperor Yan was well aware of the difficulties of his people and sympathized with everyone's suffering. He thought that if everyone was protected with a layer of warmth, just like animals use fur to protect their bodies, maybe so many people would not freeze to death.

But because he couldn't find the materials that could be used to make clothes, Emperor Yan couldn't do anything, and he could only watch his people struggle in the bitter cold of winter. Since then, Emperor Yan has been paying attention to everything around him to see if there is the kind of material he wants.

One day, Emperor Yan went up the mountain to chop wood, and he pulled a bundle of yellow-green ramie grass and carried it down the mountain. When he came back, because the ramie was too wet to make a fire, he threw it aside. No, after a long time, when Emperor Yan remembered this bundle of ramie. He found that the bundle of ramie had been soaked in a puddle of water.

Emperor Yan picked up the ramie casually and wanted to put it in a high place to dry it before using it. But as soon as Emperor Yan took it, most of those grass hearts had rotted, leaving only a layer of soft hemp skin on the outside connected together.

Emperor Yan saw that this layer of hemp skin was composed of a white hemp fiber. Emperor Yan picked it up and tore it with his hands, and the entire hemp skin was torn off. He tore it again, and actually tore the hemp skin into soft silk threads one by one, and Emperor Yan pulled it harder, and it was so strong that it kept pulling.

Emperor Yan was very happy when he saw it, and he immediately kneaded the hemp skin of this ramie into some slender and smooth ropes. These ropes are stronger, softer and more durable than the ramie itself. Therefore, Emperor Yan suggested that everyone use this kind of hemp rope to string leaves around the body and wear it as clothes.

However, because the leaves are very easy to rot. When the leaves rot, they are used to patch up the new leaves. In this way, it is made up and mended, repeated many times, and this kind of hemp rope is horizontally and vertically eight, densely wrapped all over the body, so that it is like a piece of clothing draped on the body.

Later, Emperor Yan found that this kind of clothes connected with ropes were too sparse and too rough, so Emperor Yan wanted to improve it. Emperor Yan thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of a way.

One day, Emperor Yan and his wife listened to the shade under the big tree. Listening to the shade, he is also weaving fishing nets. When Emperor Yan saw Tingzhi holding the wooden shuttle and his hands were neatly threaded around, he had another inspiration.

So, Emperor Yan said: "Immortal wife, I see, don't weave a fishing net first." Why don't we tear these hemp skins into thin strands one by one, and then weave it into a dense cloth according to the technique of weaving fishing nets. I wanted to make this fabric into clothes and wear them on people, so that they would be beautiful and warm. Let's try weaving and see if you can weave such a fabric. ”

Tingyu smiled and said gently: "Since my husband can think of it, I can probably do it." ”

So, Emperor Yan hurriedly made a small shuttle for Tingzhi, and then he began to tear up the hemp threads again, and Tingzhi began to weave hemp strips seriously. The two of them were busy drumming for most of the day, and finally made a square linen.

Emperor Yan picked up the sackcloth and took a look, the holes on it were still too sparse, so he picked up the bone needle and re-encrypted it between the gaps. Finally, a piece of coarse linen cloth that is soft and strong is ready.

When Nuwa Niangniang heard this, she said, "Yan'er, since you have all made linen, why don't you sew them up and make clothes?" Like these linen cloths, they are joined together piece by piece, sewn together with bone needles, and must be very comfortable to wear on the body. ”

Emperor Yan said with some self-deprecation: "Hehe! It seems that we are still intellectually limited. Since the Mother has said this, we will do what you say. Because in the past, we all wore sackcloth over our bodies. ”

Emperor Fuxi also said with relief: "Yan'er, in the future, we will have a linen cloth that can block the wind and rain, and we will no longer be afraid of the cold winter." From then on, those old and weak patients who did not cover their bodies would no longer be frozen to death because they could not withstand the cold. In this way, everyone has food and clothing at the same time, and life can be regarded as the icing on the cake. ”