In the morning, Yiyang County Post House.

"Lord Wang, the number of households in this county is 5,250, and the population is 26,300 ......" Yang County Commander personally reported to Wu Yanzhi on the county's population, taxes, public security, and so on.

After his report, Wu Yanzhi said: "Now that I have looked at three counties, Yang County has ordered that the grain yield per mu here is almost the same as that of the other two counties, and the population growth rate is roughly the same.

I've checked out a number of farmers along the way, and I noticed that the ploughshare you're using now has a problem and needs to be improved urgently. ”。

When everyone heard this, they were very puzzled. Improved ploughshares? This is something that has been used for thousands of years, how can it be improved?

"Lord Wang, I don't know what the ploughshare in the prince's heart looks like?" Tian County Lieutenant asked with a puzzled expression.

Everyone saw Wu Yanzhi smile slightly, and said leisurely: "I drew a picture last night, of course it was a little sloppy, Li Gong is a painter, and he can't see this picture I painted."

"Where! The prince has a good reputation! But he took the picture of the plough first, and when he looked at it, he was astonished!

After Wu Yanzhi's small transformation, the plough seems to be really effective, he has been a county magistrate, and naturally he knows a lot about farming.

Moreover, this picture painted by Wu Yanzhi is completely different from the common picture, and it is similar to a sketch. He didn't know that the picture painted by Wu Yanzhi was basically in proportion, very vivid.

Li Sixun looked at it and handed over the map to Yang County Order. Yang Xianling was also very surprised at first glance. I saw that on the picture, the original very common straight wheel has become a curved yuan.

Not only that, but the front of the curved wheel, which looks like a moving mechanism, can be rotated with it. And it's also noticeably shorter than the straight wheel used today.

He was amazed, is it really feasible to design like this? Will the peasants be able to accept it?

The master also took it and looked at it, but no one spoke.

Looking at one of Wu Yan, these people may be a little suspicious. He laughed in his heart, maybe he hadn't practiced it, and they were a little skeptical.

However, the plough he designed was based on the plough he had seen in his hometown in the countryside of his uncle's house. Needless to say, it must be much more advanced than the Zhiyuan in the Tang Dynasty.

So he began to explain to them: "Ladies and gentlemen, this ploughshare designed by the contemptible man is very different from what you are used to. I will briefly talk about the advantages of this new type of ploughshare.

Everyone, please see, my main wheel is bent, the head is facing down, so that the center of gravity is downward, which is convenient for deep ploughing, and even the cattle ploughing the field are more labor-saving.

Also, there is a movable disc in front of the wheel, and the reason why it is designed this way is because there is no such movable disc now, and it is very inconvenient for the ox to turn. Like I did, it was very easy to turn ......"

Wu Yanzhi introduced the benefits of Quyuan plough to everyone one by one, and listened to them nod frequently.

"Yang County Order, please arrange it immediately, find a local carpenter and blacksmith, and make such a plough out according to my design within two days.

You send another notice, so that all the village leaders in this county, who can rush here, will come within three days, and let them see how this new type of curved plow is. Without on-site practice, many people don't believe it. ”

"The lowly official immediately ordered that this plough must be produced on time."

"Don't underestimate this ploughshare, with it, it not only saves the time for renewal, but also increases the depth of the field, realizes intensive cultivation, and it is possible to increase the yield by one or two percent." Wu Yanzhi continued to explain the functions of this new type of plough to them.

……

In the afternoon, the post house.

"Erniang, you are not allowed to go out casually with Yu'er in the future, how dangerous it was last time!" Li Sixun was a little surprised when he heard what happened to Li Qian.

"Dad, it's okay! Just strolling around the street, what else can I do? Li Qian was very unimpressed.

"It's no better than Luoyang, anything can happen in a small place! If the prince hadn't met you this time, I'm afraid I would have been humiliated. Li Sixun looked serious, he didn't want his precious daughter to have an accident.

"Huh? Who are you drawing? How do I look like ......" Suddenly, you first saw a painting next to you, and the men on the painting looked a little like Wu Yanzhi.

When Li Qian saw it, her face suddenly turned crimson, and she hurriedly rolled up the painting: "Dad, where is this ......?"

As soon as this sentence came out, she felt that she had said something wrong. Because her father didn't say who the person in the words looked like.

Li Sixun was a little confused, and watched his daughter Li Qian go back to the house with a red face!

Suddenly, an inspiration popped up: Could it be that he fell in love with the prince? This...... But the prince already has a princess, where do you have this blessing! Unless it's about the same.

However, he used to be a royal family of the Li family, how could the Jurchen be a concubine in the past? It's just a wife, and the status is not high, right?

Thinking of this, he not only shook his head secretly, this is a female university, and this matter has to be discussed in the long run.

At that time, although it was said that there were fourteen or fifteen years old who could get married, there were often women who were eighteen or nineteen years old, and even twenty years old. Especially the women of the high gate, sometimes they can't find a suitable partner, and there are some who are older.

……

On the afternoon of the third day, in a field outside Yiyang City.

The drums shook the sky and the red flags fluttered. Dozens of bad people and city soldiers maintained order, and hundreds of people watched.

There are a small number of people in it, all of whom are officials in the village and county. They came to watch Wu Yanzhi's new style of Quyuan plow.

"King Zhuojun is not simple! In just one or two years, the copper and iron of my Great Zhou have increased several times, and I am really a god and a man! Look at the new ploughshare, head down, it should be much better. Why didn't I think of it before? ”

"You said that the prince is a god and a man descending to earth, how can I think of it. This plough must be very useful. ”

"I heard that you can increase your harvest by 10% a year!"

"Is it that high?"

"What King Zhuojun said can still be a lie......"

Everyone talked a lot, and looked at the new ploughshare tied with red silk in the field, and they were full of great anticipation.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wu Yanzhi said: "Yang County Order, you can start!" ”

I saw Yang Xianling wave his hand: "Stop!" ”

The drummer stopped playing. Then Yang County Ling said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, today we will carry out the ceremony of the new plough plough invented by the king of Zhuojun!"

The fact that the prince was able to try the plough he invented first in Yiyang County is a great love for the people of Yiyang......"

He gave a lot of useless opening remarks before he began to announce the official start.

The old farmer in the field was already impatiently waiting, and when he heard the order of Yang County, he waved the whip in his hand and began to shout to drive the oxen to plow the field.

In an instant, the ox dragged the plough forward and turned the soil of the field aside.

"Sure enough, it's faster! I gave birth to some too! ”

"You see, the iron plough down there doesn't seem to be the same!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Didn't Yang County Order talk about it just now? This thing was carefully improved by the prince, and it was not just changed......"

"Look, the cow is about to turn its head!"

"Oops, this new plough is too convenient to turn its head, more than ten times faster than before...... "Please Baidu "throw the book network" Thank you for your support!