After comparison, the work efficiency of the human thresher was obviously much higher than that of the stone mill, and the officials were convinced by Zhao Ziliang's talent, although the manufacturing technology was generally regarded by the rulers in this feudal era as a strange skill, but the technology that can improve the production speed will be valued in any era. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

So Zhao Ziliang ordered that carpenters and blacksmiths join forces to make a thousand human threshers, and then harvest and thresh when the crops are ripe.

In addition to the human thresher, Zhao Ziliang also drew a drawing of a short sickle, called a short sickle, this short sickle not only has a short handle, but also a short and thin blade, and the blade part is all sharp and fine, which is most suitable for harvesting rice and, wheat, barley and millet These grains, because there is a dragging process during harvesting, and the orange stalks of these grains are hollow soft fibers, so it is easy to cut the orange stalks of wheat and rice, but this short sickle can not be used to harvest soybeans. The stems of crops such as soybeans are not only dry and hard when they are ripe, but they are not easy to cut with a short sickle, so they must be cut with a sickle.

In addition, Zhao Ziliang drew the drawings of the single plough of later generations, the so-called single plow, that is, without the help of cattle and horses, only one person can pull the iron plow, people pull the single plough to plough in a backward way, since it is a single plow, its weight can not be too heavy, otherwise the single person is not easy to operate, but it can not be too light, too light to plough the land, this single plow can only be cultivated in the field with relatively loose soil, and can only be used for shallow tillage, can not be deeply cultivated, and can only be used for dry land, can not be used for cultivating paddy fields, Where are the paddy fields in this great northwest region? And the wind and sand here is relatively large, the sand content in the soil is large, and the soil is relatively soft, so it is most suitable for a single plow, but relatively, its work efficiency is not high, and the applicability to large-scale planting fields is not high, but it is suitable for the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, especially in the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, but this single plow is very suitable for the cultivation of small fields, especially for those farmers who do not have cattle and horses and do not have many fields at home.

Although the adaptability of the single plough in Xilin is not very high, Zhao Ziliang still decided to order the blacksmiths to build a hundred in case of emergency, after all, not everyone will drive cattle and horses to plough the fields, and when it comes to the busy farming season, especially when harvesting and planting, mobilize a large number of people to harvest the mature crops at the fastest speed, and then plough the field again, and sow seeds immediately after fertilization, as long as the seeds of the second season are sown at a specific time so that the sowing time will not be delayed, During this period, it is necessary to carry out the work of threshing and drying the grain, and after the grain is dried, it must be packed into the warehouse, and the granary is full to make people feel at ease.

After Zhao Ziliang ordered the construction of a single iron plow, the master craftsman of the blacksmith workshop reported with a bitter face: "General, it's not that Xiaguan and others are unwilling to build it, our pig iron has all run out, and there is no iron to make this iron plow, so we can only find a way to buy iron ore from Tingzhou to make iron, but Xiaguan and others can only make iron, not iron!" Now that there is no pig iron, it is no longer possible to make weapons such as knives and guns, and if the soldiers' weapons are lost or their armor is damaged, it is difficult to replenish and repair them."

The iron-making and steel-making technology of the Tang Dynasty far surpassed that of the previous dynasties, which is why the Tang Dynasty was able to forge two extremely lethal weapons, horizontal knives and sharpening knives.

Zhao Ziliang was a little sad after listening to the words of the master craftsman, weapons and equipment are the basis for the army to survive in this land, if weapons and equipment arrows can not be replenished and repaired, it will only be consumed less and less, here is far away from the center of the Tang Dynasty, and it is almost impossible to find the imperial court to replenish.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang instructed the master craftsman: "In this case, don't build the iron plow, in addition, you go to Lord Zheng and ask him to send someone to clean up the weapons warehouse, and hand over those seriously damaged weapons, armor, bows and arrows to you, you put these useless iron tools back into the furnace, and then forge a batch of weapons!" ”

The master craftsman immediately agreed: "No! ”

The next day, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to find Zheng San, Gao Shi and others, and said: "Mr. Gao, although there are many people here now, they are all soldiers, and those blacksmiths, carpenters and tailors have all worked before, and their skills are not very good, that is, we still urgently need talents for production here, especially smelting, forging, mineral prospecting, etc., can you think of a way?" ”

Gao Shi listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "General, we are freezing here, the wind and sand are big, and there is nothing. ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Without these talents, our army's weapons and equipment will only get worse and worse, weapons will always be rusty, worn, and notched, and the armor will also be gnawed by insects and ants. And we don't have pig iron anymore, even if Tingzhou is only afraid of getting a lot of pig iron or iron ore, so the source of iron is a big problem! ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, the officials also realized the seriousness of the problem, Beiting is not better than Anxi, Anxi is much richer in materials, there are mountains and rivers, and although the area under the jurisdiction of Beiting is vast, the resources found are few, and most of them are still in the hands of barbarians, and if they want to grab resources from those barbarians, they are afraid that people will not agree.

At this time, Cen Shen made a suggestion: "General, ladies and gentlemen, the lower officials have a suggestion, we might as well write to the imperial court, saying that we are short of people here to reclaim and garrison the border, and ask the imperial court to send all the prisoners or condemned prisoners who want to be filled into the army to us, and we will receive and manage them. We need to feed more people, and the pressure will be greater! ”

This method was also used by Zhao Ziliang when he was in the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion before, but there were too few prisoners assigned by the imperial court, and the effect was not very great.

So, Zhao Ziliang instructed Gao Shi: "Mr. Gao, I think this method is feasible, and other prisoners and death row prisoners who are not wanted by the frontier garrison can be sent to us, as many as we want!" You send a letter to the Jiedu envoys of the imperial court, Anxi, Hexi, Shuofang, Hedong and Longyou, if they don't want to be military prisoners and death row prisoners, you can send them to the couples, we will accept them all, and you can even buy them with money, and after sending them here to be officially accepted by us, each prisoner will pay two yuan, and they will get the money and get rid of the burden, I think someone should be happy! ”

Marching Sima Chen Qing couldn't help but ask: "General, it's nothing for me to accept prisoners who are used as soldiers, but what do you want to condemn prisoners for?" Those people are not easy to manage, and if they don't get it right, they will run away! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "General Ben is going to form a death army, those death row prisoners are going to die anyway, if they can survive, I think they should be very willing to join the death army!" ”

Gao Shang said: "At this time, I'm afraid that it will not be easy to do, whether the court will allow it, it's hard to say!" ”

"Then give it a try!" Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, and said: "There is another thing, now we have a vast and sparsely populated land, in addition to food, and no one provides us with living materials, we want to buy cloth, lamp oil, flint and other living materials are very difficult, my idea is to send people to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty to recruit those landless farmers to come over to open up wasteland and farm, raise silkworms, and grow hemp, if there are more people here, the living materials we need will be enriched, and the people will grow hemp and silkworms in addition to farming, which can be weaved. After some people, they will create more living materials! ”

Everyone nodded their heads when they heard this, indicating that this method was good.

"Okay, General!" Gao Shi agreed, and then asked, "It's just that what are the conditions for this recruitment?" There is no benefit, those landless peasants are afraid that they will not come, this journey is thousands of miles, the road is long, it will cost a lot of entanglement, and there will be dangerous ・・・・・・ when passing through the desert."

Indeed, without enough benefits, who wants to trek thousands of miles across the desert to come to this place where birds don't? Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "In this way, all the expenses on the road are responsible for the government, if someone is willing, gather hundreds of families together and escort them by special people, so you have to send some people over." As long as they come here, each family can get a hundred acres of land, and it is permanently owned by them, and there is no need to pay the field for the first three years, and the government also sends seeds, farm tools, two cows and two horses to each family, and sends troops to help them build houses, but if the cattle and horses have cubs, they must be handed over to the government until they hand over two calves and two ponies, and the fourth year begins to hand over the field endowment, and the field endowment is one percent, that is to say, each acre of land must be handed over to the harvest of one percent of the year! ”

"Okay!" Gao Shi agreed, and said, "It's just that this field is too low?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "It's not low, only enough benefits can attract people to come, if there are no benefits, who would want to come?" ”

"Understood!"

Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San again: "There is no pig iron and iron ore, it seems that we can only go to find iron ore by ourselves, you send some people to check on the surrounding mountains, if you find iron ore, this general will be rewarded, if someone provides information about iron ore veins, this general will also be rewarded!" ”

Zheng San hurriedly agreed: "Yes, the lower officials will arrange it immediately!" (To be continued.) )