Chapter 35: Great Use (2)

PS: What about the units of Wuguo, this question is also a more important topic in the later text, please don't get entangled, because as mentioned earlier, Wuguo is a small country, so it does not produce a set of its own life system, mostly influenced by the culture of Sanjin, Jingchu, etc., so not only the text, the currency system is different, some units are also different, and then the ancient mu and the present are not consistent, the ancient times are much smaller, "one husband coerces five mouths and governs a hundred fields", which is the use of a hundred acres of land, In ancient times, everyone also understands the productive forces, and if a family of five is a hundred-acre field now, it is difficult to cope with it day and night.

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Hearing Lin Yuyan's words, Wen Xiangheng called over a few young men who were digging a ditch to build a small ditch, which was not wide or deep, but just enough to draw out water.

Looking at the bubbling water, Lin Yuyan's original frowning brows were slightly lowered, and those young men also dredged the small ditch is to bring up the water is the ground became wet.

Although Li He's family doesn't do much about agricultural production, they still understand basic farming, Li He's eldest son, Li Gen, said: "Father, this keel waterwheel and Quyuan plough combined, even if you reclaim a hundred acres of land a day, there is no problem, and it is not in vain that my father has forgotten to sleep and eat these few days to build these objects!" ”

Li He looked at the Quyuan plough in his hand, and he didn't expect that this thing would have such a big effect, it could make it easy to reclaim the land, a hundred acres of land, in the past, it was necessary for a family to catch up day and night for several months, and it was not necessarily possible to reclaim a hundred acres of land, but now there is this Quyuan plow, keel waterwheel and the rake that has not yet played a role, and two people can reclaim a hundred acres of land a day, and there is nothing impossible!

Li He was shocked and looked at Lin Yuyan not far away, and said to his sons: "Your Highness is really amazing...... It's hard to imagine that such a noble figure as His Highness could design such an object! ”

The sons also nodded.

Lin Yuyan watched the water gradually flood the land, and also said: "After the land is wet, first use the curved plow to turn over the ground, and then use the rake to level the ground. ”

Coincidentally, Wen Xiangheng had already walked from the direction of the keel waterwheel, and when he heard Lin Yuyan say this, he was also quite surprised.

[I really didn't expect His Highness to be...... A good farmer ......]

I saw that Li He responded, that is, he continued to pick up the plough handle, and began to plough the ox with the coachman, without taking a few steps, only to hear Li He say: "I regret that I did not make the original size according to the design of His Royal Highness, and now I have to try it out and find that this curved plow is really a little small......

Hearing this, Wen Xiangheng also turned around and smiled at his home.

Lin Yuyan looked at Wen Xiangheng and said, "Now Wen Qing doesn't think I'm acting extravagantly?" ”

Hearing this, Wen Xiangheng smiled, and naturally knew what His Highness meant, it was nothing more than that he felt that the object that His Highness came up with was not feasible before, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to do so, and now it seems that it is not so difficult to accept, Wen Xiangheng is not afraid to admit his mistake: "Your Highness, this time it is Wen who is wrong......

Hearing that his staff member admitted his mistake, Lin Yuyan finally raised the corners of his mouth, but the words that came out immediately did have some regret: "It's a pity...... It is not possible to cast a ploughshare blade with iron, and although bronze can be replaced, it is far less sharp than iron! ”

Wen Xiangheng nodded, and now Wen Xiangheng felt that it was understandable that these farm tools were made of iron, but he still couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, so he looked at his Royal Highness and asked, "Could it be that His Highness accepted the 'Mo family' in the palace school before leaving the cabinet?" or 'farmer'?" ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan groaned for a while, and felt that it was inappropriate to deny it, so he nodded and said: "I have read some books, these things came on a whim, I didn't expect them to be so useful." ”

Wen Xiangheng smiled, he naturally knew the truth of Lin Yuyan's words, but since His Highness didn't want to say it, Wen Xiangheng also had the self-knowledge to stop asking, but glanced around and said: "Originally, I still thought that after the Yellow Ditch was dug through, the mining area would be able to rest for a while, but His Highness took out a good thing this time, so that Wen and the people in this mining town couldn't stop." ”

"Wen plans to build 10,000 acres of fertile land on the north bank of this water, and dredge a few branches of the Yellow Ground Canal, so that after the autumn harvest, wheat can be planted!"

Lin Yuyan looked at his staff member and couldn't help asking, "Is Wen Qing doing this a little too much to oppress the people in the mining area?" ”

Hearing this, Wen Xiangheng also laughed twice, and replied: "Your Highness doesn't know, although Yangdi has endured the difficulties of the Jin and Han dynasties, and the annual harvest is not enough, but the most important thing is because of the impact of the water leakageAfter all, it is too tempting to have surplus grain for many years, and His Highness has no reason to refuse, after all, His Royal Highness's Yi tax is to extract two percent from the harvest of the people, and the more the grain of the people of the city is harvested, the more His Highness will harvest, and the more His Highness will harvest, the more ...... His Highness will harvest."

Lin Yuyan's eyebrows gradually relaxed, which sounded good......

But as soon as he talked about this, Wen Xiangheng also talked about another thing: "Your Highness, now that the mining is gradually busy because of the Yellow Ditch and land reclamation, Wen can still ask His Highness to establish a government in the mining, so that it can be cheap." ”

Yi Ya? Lin Yuyan looked at Wen Xiangheng, as if he didn't understand the meaning.

Wen Xiangheng saw Lin Yuyan's face, and also explained: "Your Highness, Yangdi Caiyi is His Highness's fiefdom, and His Highness will soon live here, even if it is Wen, after arranging this side of the matter is on track, he will also leave to return to Wancheng, so if the huge mining is not managed by people, I am afraid that there will be chaos." ”