Several village leaders even went down to the fields to try out the new plough, and they were full of praise for its ease of use.

After half an hour of experimentation, the onlookers fully recognized the new Quyuan plough invented by Wu Yanzhi.

"This ploughshare is really good, maybe it can really increase by 10% in a year. Let's go, let's go and thank the king of Zhuojun. ”

"Okay."

So dozens of villages came to Wu Yanzhi's side together and kowtowed to him to thank him: "Thank you, Lord Wang......"

"Lord Wang, I don't know when this ploughshare will be used?"

“……”

Seeing that the people were so enthusiastic, Wu Yanzhi was very happy: "All fathers and fellow villagers are exempt from courtesy. What is this little thing? In the future, if you have anything to do, you can come to Luoyang to find me. ”

At this time, Tian County Lieutenant said: "The prince doesn't know that because the prince has increased so much steel production, the price of iron today has dropped by more than two percent compared with the original. In addition, this new ploughshare is also light and convenient, so the price is even cheaper.

Perhaps in the future, every family can be equipped with a set of ploughshares, which saves rent and a lot of trouble. ”

A set for a family? This is very unlikely. This is the future generation, and it is mostly a cow matching. Wu Yanzhi said again: "Lieutenant Tian, you have to hurry up the processing of the new plough, and let the people who want to use it before spring ploughing." ”

"Please rest assured, the lowly people will definitely try their best to organize people to process." Tian County Lieutenant said.

This Tian County Lieutenant's name is Tian Rui, thirty-seven or eighteen years old, born in Menyin. Judging from the work in the past few days, it is very meticulous and organized. Wu Yanzhi likes such people very much.

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After returning to the county office, Wu Yanzhi organized Li Sixun to discuss the possibility of increasing the scope of rice cultivation with Yiyang County officials.

He said: "I found that the rice area in Henan Province is very insufficient, less than 20%. This is the Great Plains, and there is plenty of water under normal circumstances. Therefore, my plan is to make full use of Luoshui and Yishui, build several large reservoirs, and build a number of canals to expand the area of rice.

As you know, the yield of rice is higher than that of millet and rice, so it is my wish to lower the price of rice in Henan Province and let the people eat cheap white rice. ”

"What the prince said is that the construction of canals and reservoirs is a hundred years and a thousand years of work. However, to put it mildly, it is difficult to complete it by relying on the power of one county alone, and if the prince comes forward and lets the government coordinate, it should not be a problem.

This Yiyang County, which is under the management of the lowly government, is close to the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, and there is no shortage of water under normal conditions. However, in order to promote rice cultivation, some fields need to be re-leveled. But when the common people taste the sweetness, it will be easy to promote.

Of course, there are some problems with this. Many farmers have never grown rice, which requires some simple training in the county. Of course, that's not a problem. Yang County Ling said.

"It's not just Yiyang County that has this problem, it's also in other counties. Wen Hucao, this matter will be handled by you, you are in charge of this matter, and it will be used to popularize rice within a year or two.

If successful, I will give you an exam, give you a great credit, and recommend you to His Majesty for a new position. Wu Yanzhi began to make a wish again.

This is the duty of the lowly position, and it must be incumbent. Please rest assured that the prince will not increase the rice planting of 20% of Henan Mansion, and will not leave Henan Mansion for his humble duties. Wen Hucao began to swear.

"Hmm. In this matter, I will let Shao Yin Weigong be responsible. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and rice is the foundation of agriculture. You must also know that the food in Henan Province is not tight.

But Jingzhao Mansion is different. Why did the God Emperor live in Luoyang for a long time? It is related to the tight food supply in Jingzhao Province.

You think! The total number of people who followed the Divine Emperor to Luoyang, including the civil and military officials, the guards of the Southern and Northern Ya, and their families, was more than 100,000? All the grain of these 100,000 people had to be transported up from the big river, and it was extremely difficult for the Shaanzhou Gorge to be turbulent and had to be transported twice by land.

Therefore, not only Henan Province, but also Jingzhao Mansion Yin also wants to promote rice planting. Wu Yanzhi said.

Here is an introduction to the development of agriculture in the Tang (Zhou) Dynasty. Although there was a lot of development in agriculture in the Tang Dynasty, there was still a considerable gap between the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Even in the Wu Zhou era, rice cultivation in the nearby states of Chang'an and Luoyang was also very limited. The so-called five grains: the south refers to rice, millet, millet, wheat, and mushroom; The northern refers to hemp, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean (soybean).

It can be seen that millet, wheat and soybean cultivation are common in the Yellow River Basin in the north, but rice is not popular. At that time, rice cultivation was well promoted in the Yangtze River basin in the south of the Yangtze River, because there was a lot of water there.

In order to grow and promote rice, ditches and reservoirs are indispensable. Of course, rice needs water to be able to grow, but it has the natural advantage of high yields. The yield is two to three times higher than that of ordinary millet and wheat.

Sometimes there are four or five times as many good paddy fields. Of course, there are very few such paddy fields in the north. Even in the southern region, the agricultural development of the Pearl River basin in Lingnan was relatively backward in the Tang Dynasty, far from being comparable with that of Jiangnan.

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Luoyang Imperial Palace, including the Yuan Palace.

"Your Majesty, I received an urgent report yesterday that the king of Zhuojun was attacked by a traitor in a wine shop in Luhun County, but fortunately, the king of Zhuojun was safe and sound.

Weichen thought that this matter was a big deal. It is necessary to send people to seriously investigate and bring the traitors to justice. Otherwise, everyone will follow suit, and the world will be in chaos? Tongping Zhangshi Wang Fang Qingyu reported.

As soon as these words came out, the hundred officials in the hall were surprised!

"What, someone wants to assassinate King Zhuojun? Who is it? Is it the Turkic Tubo of Outer Tibet? Or the enemy? ”

"The king of Zhuojun is decisive in killing, and he has made a lot of enemies, so he should be an enemy!"

"Could it be something else, such as the Li family's ......?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Everyone was talking, and Wu Zetian also changed color when she heard it, she was silent for a while, and then said, "Who dares to assassinate the king of Zhuojun?" The palace servant Shi Qixuan, you are the old department of the king of Zhuojun, I will order you to catch the thief in this case, coordinate the three law divisions and Henan Mansion, and arrest the thief. ”

"Wechen obeys."

"Your Majesty, Weichen still has something to do. After more than ten days of investigation, the king of Zhuojun invented a new type of iron plough, which is light and flexible, and has great benefits for intensive cultivation.

It is said that production can be increased by about 10%. Not only that, but he also planned to build 12 reservoirs and a number of ditches on top of the Yishui and Luoshui, which would be able to resist drought in the dry season and prevent floods in the rainy season.

In addition, with reservoirs and canals, Henan's rice cultivation area will be greatly increased. It is hoped that in the future, Henan Province will not only not be short of grain, but will also have a surplus. Wang Fangqing continued.

When Wu Zetian heard this, this Wu Yanzhi was really a person who did things. I didn't expect that in addition to being able to fight and handle copper and iron affairs, he was also so good at agriculture, what a person!

But I don't know who wants to assassinate him? It's hateful.

"There is a new type of iron ploughshare? I'll take a look another day! If I can really increase the grain of my Great Zhou by 10%, it will be the work of all generations.

A few ministers, can you discuss whether we can also add some water conservancy facilities in Guanzhong to expand the rice planting area in Guanzhong. Nowadays, the transportation is difficult, and the shortage of grain in Guanzhong is very serious. ”

The prime ministers all agreed.

But to be honest, there were few officials in ancient times and they were very old. Therefore, the period of Supreme Emperor and Empress Wu began, and the number of envoys began to increase. In the Kaiyuan period, there was a trend of overflow. This has a lot to do with the fact that many officials do not seek merit but seek no fault.

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