By the small river in Huangzhuang, there was a group of stunned scholars, and a large group of stunned people were standing. At this time, Li Jie's lazy voice came from the grass, "How is it, everyone, do you have any questions?" Early in the morning, Li Jie was invited by someone from Huangzhuang, and several scholars surrounded him and asked him to agree to see if the horse-drawn plough was really feasible. Li Jie, who was annoyed by the noise, called the manager and asked him to arrange the experiment. What stunned everyone was happening right before their eyes, a horse quickly ploughed a field faster than they could have imagined. At this time, Zhao Fei arched his hand and asked, "Your Highness, I don't know how many acres of land this horse-drawn plow can plow in a day?" Li Jie thought for a while, "It probably won't be less than thirty acres a day!" Everyone gasped when they heard this. The chief steward opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness, according to your statement, ten horses can plow all the land of the imperial village in ten days?" Li Jie nodded, "It should be!" It probably won't take that many days! The manager was dumbfounded, hundreds of people were tired and tired for a month, but if they used horses, dozens of people could easily complete it in ten days.

Li Jie was very proud, but suddenly hundreds of peasants all knelt down, and hundreds of people cried out, "Your Highness, please leave me and wait, and I will wait to repay Your Highness by making cattle and horses!" I beg Your Highness to stay with us! Li Jie was dumbfounded, Li Jie was shocked, he glanced at the manager, and the manager's eyes were clearly unbearable and painful. Li Jie finally understood, he turned to Zhao Fei and the others and said, "Who said that the small people are ignorant, the small people have the cunning of the small people, it's not that they don't know the benefits of the horse-drawn plow, but they can't think about it, because in that case, because there are many people and few people, many people will have no source of livelihood, and many people will starve to death." Looking at the sympathetic eyes of Zhao Fei and others, he looked at Xing'er and Manniang's eager eyes. Li Jie turned around and looked at those expectant eyes, "I have more than a dozen ways to feed you, but not now, not here." Each and every one of you is precious to me, I will not and do not want to leave you behind, I will give you riches, I will give you hope. But first of all, will you obey me in a decisive way? ”

The chief steward fell to his knees, "Everything is under the orders of His Highness!" "Hundreds of peasants knelt down, Zhao Fei and others knelt down, Xing'er and Manniang knelt down." It is all under the command of His Highness," the crowd shouted in unison. Li Jie smiled, "That's good, let's eat meat when we kill two cows!" Everyone was in the same place, and the chief manager arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, the cattle killing government has to ask about it, and what should I do if I kill the cattle and plow the land?" Li Jie rolled his eyes, "Do you need a cow if you have a horse?" Besides, I'm a prince, and the government asks a fart, if I have to ask for a reason, I'm greedy, how about the reason that I want to eat beef! "Oh!" The argument is strong. Li Jie waved his hand, "Okay, don't think so much, let's all eat meat together tonight!" ”

It was dark, and several large cauldrons in the open space of Zhuangkou were steaming white, and the beef in the pot was tumbling, exuding an attractive aroma, and adults and children stared at the pot without blinking. I haven't eaten meat in years! The children bit their fingers and smelled the meat, it was so fragrant! Li Jie ate a piece and left with someone. He knew that if he was in the farmers, he would be very uncomfortable. Adults and children in the open space are eating and laughing, and tears of satisfaction are flowing! Li Jie underestimated people's craving for meat, and the next day the cow bones were smashed and the bone marrow was thrown into the pot and cooked with wild vegetables. On the third day, the hot beef soup was poured into everyone's bowls, and the millet that had no taste in the past became sweet, all of which Li Jie didn't know and didn't care about.

Li Jie, who got up the next day, was sitting and drinking tea in the study, and the manager came in and knelt on the ground. Li Jie said, "Are you in Zhuangzi? "The chief prostrate" The family of the little nephew is here. Li Jie asked again: "Yesterday I saw that you were very painful to face those who seem to be dealers, tell me!" The chief steward kowtowed and then said, "The little one died when his parents died when he was a child, I came to Chang'an with my younger brother to ask for food, in order to let my younger brother live, the little one entered the palace, and it was also a small luck, and I met a few stewards who were good to the little one, and then the little one came here to be the chief manager, and the younger brother also settled down here, married a wife and had children, and now the younger brother and sister died of illness, leaving only the nephew's family." I also came from a bitter background and knew the hardships of the farmer's family, so I was more tolerant of those farmers and basically never deducted them, so they were also willing to listen to the small ones. Li Jie said, "Okay, you are very good, how many people are in your nephew's family?" "The general pipe" has a son and a daughter, a total of four people, "How old is the boy, is he smart?" "Back to Your Highness, I'm ten years old and very smart." Li Jie thought for a while, "Give him a future and go to Mr. Liu to be a scholar for him." "The chief manager is very happy" Thank you, Your Highness! Li Jie said again: "You organize the people in the village to catch rabbits in a few days, the more the better!" Go ahead! The manager went out with an excited look on his face and a puzzled expression.

The rabbits near Huangzhuang are out of luck. Hundreds of people roamed the mountains and fields to catch rabbits, and the rabbits that were dug in a radius of dozens of miles by smoky water were wiped out. Looking at the rabbits in the yard, Li Jie waved his hand, "Register, and then each family will be assigned to raise, each family can eat one per month, and one more can be eaten after giving birth to a litter." The elated families took the rabbit away. Xing'er and Manniang's love was overflowing, and one person hugged a little rabbit, Li Jie was ignored by the two, and Li Jie thought "Alas! Self-inflicted, don't live, I hate rabbits! ”

In the study, there were two people standing in front of Li Jie, one was Xue Liang and the other was Ma Liu, Li Jie said, "This kid is clever enough, train well!" Ma Liuyi kowtowed and followed Xue Liang out. Ma Liu took the old lady to Huangzhuang only to know that he had met a nobleman, and after settling down, the old lady followed Xue Liang to meet Li Jie, Li Jie arranged for Ma Liu to follow him to learn stir-fry for five days, and then let him think about it himself, and then Ma Liu occupied the kitchen and created many works that Li Jie had not eaten. After tossing everyone's stomachs for more than ten days, everyone finally ate the stir-fried dishes with all the color and flavor, and the proud Ma Liu didn't expect that he would also start a legend.

Li Jie decided to arrange Zhao Fei and the others to go to the valley, and the goal of Huangzhuang was too big. Li Jie rode out with a group of scholars, and he was free all the way, and everyone talked and laughed. Before coming to the valley, the sergeant patrolling the mountain saw that it was Li Jie, and ran to report while leading Li Jie into the mountain. Entering the valley, Qin Fang led people to greet Li Jie and the others into the big tent, Li Jie asked, "How is the military formation training?" Qin Fang arched his hand, "Please read it with Your Highness." Qin Fang handed down the general's order, and the three armies moved together with archers to press the formation, and the cavalry spread out on both wings, and the pikemen, swords, and shields were in the center. The three armies unfolded their movements, and it was skillfully seen that Qin Fang had put in the effort. Li Jie asked, "General Qin, how many casualties did the attacking sergeants suffer in this formation?" How many defenders were killed or wounded? Qin Fang thought for a while, "It's probably between two or three percent, and it's a little less!" Li Jie said, "No, every one of my people is precious, others can let soldiers die in vain, I can't!" I have to change my tactics, and if I can't do it, I can make up for it with technology, in short, my life is worth it! "I am willing to die for His Highness!" "I am willing to die for His Highness!" Li Jie's words were spread by the soldiers, and the soldiers were excited, in the troubled world, life is like grass, and if you say you die, you will die, and no one will do it. But today, His Royal Highness the Prince actually said that human life is precious, why are the soldiers not excited!

Li Jie ordered someone to bring a stick, draw a rectangle on the ground, and then draw two straight lines in front of the rectangle, and when it is almost to the rectangle, it will be separated from both sides and then circled to separate again. Then he looked up and asked Qin Fang and the others who looked down at the picture, "What is the effect if the cavalry uses bows and arrows like this" Qin Fang thought for a while: "If the cavalry attacks like this, there will be almost no casualties!" Li Jie asked again, "How many archers are there?" Qin Fang replied, "Six hundred archers!" Li Jie said, "No, it's too little!" A thousand pikemen are canceled and replaced by archers! Immediately send someone to the mountain to cut wood, and today I will make a longbow! ”

As soon as Qin Fang gave an order, a group of people rushed into the mountains and forests. After a toss, a large pile of wooden sticks was piled up in front of Li Jie, Li Jie asked to pick up one in his hand just enough to hold, the upper and lower ratios were cut into about two meters three, and the thickness of the upper and lower ones should be about the same, and the floating branches in the middle were removed. A stick made according to the requirements was handed to Li Jie, Li Jie stuck the stick in the ground, and then tied the other end to the rope and pulled it down hard, the angle was more than 100 degrees before letting go, and with a buzz, the stick bounced back, shaking violently from side to side, and with a buzzing sound. He also ordered the general to pour the little tung oil into the cauldron, put the wooden stick in the oil pot, and rolled back and forth like fried fritters on the one hand, and explained: "Fry the wooden stick in the tung oil, one is to increase the flexibility of the stick, and the other is to blow out the water in the stick, otherwise the stick is too brittle, and the curvature is too large and it is easy to break, and the third is to prevent rain and moisture to maintain its toughness." But when frying, you must not go overboard, and you can slowly master the heat yourself. ”

Let someone bring a piece of silk, and let someone tear a piece of silk into a piece, and then roll it into a thin rope, and bend the wooden stick into a circle of thirty degrees, and make a very simple longbow, after completion, the longbow is about one meter and eight long, hook it with your fingers and try it, it feels very good, and hand it to Qin Fang, "Try it!" "Qin Fang pulled the string and let go" Your Highness, it is very good to be full of strength! Li Jie picked out a stick about the thickness of his thumb and about one meter five long, and took the arrow of an arrow and put it on the stick. "Leading everyone out of the camp gate, it is the middle of summer, the grass grows and the eagle flies, and the gusts of mountain wind shake the trees in the afterglow of the setting sun. Li Ge pulled the arrow from his bow, pulled the bow away effortlessly, and as soon as he let go, he heard a "buzz" The arrow flew out like lightning, and shook its body like a snake and pounced into the distance. Just as everyone was surprised, the arrow landed nearly three hundred meters away.

Li Jie smiled and threw the bow to Qin Fang, "Just do it like this, the arrows should be enlarged and weighted!" But it doesn't have to be fine, the number of people is about 2,000! As soon as Qin Fang arched his hand, Li Jie found a stick that was one meter thicker than his thumb, took off the tip of the spear and put it in his hand, ran a few steps and threw it out, "Hum", the stick was stuck in the soil thirty meters away.