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Lu Taoweng, who was busy, saw Zigong from afar, and recognized him as a kind health merchant who wanted to redeem and send them back to China that day, and hurriedly came over to bow down and thank him. After Zigong's inquiry, he learned that they had settled down here, and they could eat enough every day, and their treatment was no different from that of free countrymen.

"Thanks to the gentleman, the elderly over 60 can eat one meal of tofu every day and one meal of meat every day. After the wheat was ripe, we ate soft and fragrant dough cakes and water cakes, and the people were already happy to be here, and even forgot about homesickness! Lu Taoweng's face was ruddy, and he could see that life was indeed good.

Soft and fragrant watery primitives? What was that, with curiosity, Zigong continued to follow Zhao Wuxian and entered a newly built casting room.

I saw a small amount of black gold (iron) and blue-gold dollar (bronze) placed inside, and the smith was wielding a copper hammer and clanging it.

There are also carpenters cutting and polishing wood, bending it with flames, and old Chinese farmers with rough hands and feet pointing at the patterns drawn with ink lines on the boards.

Duanmu Ci saw that this was making farm tools.

As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools, and this is the same for farmers. Therefore, Zhao Wuxian also attaches great importance to the transformation of new farm tools.

Legend has it that in ancient times, the Shennong clan "started to make leisi and taught the people to farm", and since then, "the cultivator must have a ravine, a rake and a cho".

But by the Spring and Autumn Period, these primitive agricultural tools had become backward. In Chengyi, one person ploughs the plow, no more than ten acres a day, which is time-consuming and laborious. In recent decades, the newly invented tool plow is still in the most primitive state, and the efficiency is not high.

So Zhao Wuxian recalled the farm tools he had seen in his hometown in his previous life, drew sketches on wooden slips, and handed them over to Litian Mulberry Sheep Weng for research and improvement, and then made them by craftsmen.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, iron smelting has gradually developed in the Central Plains, but there are many impurities in the smelted pig iron, and there are still technical bottlenecks that cannot be broken through in the production of iron weapons. It can be used to make agricultural tools, but it can.

As early as the Guan Zhong era more than 100 years ago, the State of Qi had "dollars to cast swords and halberds, try dogs and horses; Evil gold is cast with a hammer, an axe, and a loam". It can be seen that bronze was mainly used for weapons (swords and halberds), and iron tools were used in agricultural production.

The most developed iron-smelting site in the Jin Kingdom was in the Luhun area on the shore of Rushui, where the land was conquered by Wu Xin of the Bank of China twenty years ago, and is now owned by the small sect of the Fan family, the great doctor of Yin County.

Ke Shi contempt is more compatible with Fan's rival Zhao Ying, and his treatment of Fan's is probably the same as Handan's to Zhao's, he is an anti-bone boy, and he will backstab Dazong at any time.

In this regard, Wu Xi couldn't help but gloat, the pain of the patriarchal feudal system of "the gentleman's ze, the fifth generation and beheaded", is not only the Zhao family is suffering.

It is also because of this relationship that ten years ago, Zhao Ying was able to collect a whole drum of iron from the people of Luhun with the help of Shi Yan to cast the punishment tripod.

After making a circle, Zhao Wuxian saw new farming tools, including hoes and shovels for cultivators, and nou, which resembled rakes, which could be effectively used for weeding, loosening, mulching, and soil cultivation.

The most important thing is that similar to the curved plough of later generations, several have also been created: the plow head is V-shaped, which is conducive to reducing the resistance when plowing the land. Because iron is limited, the rest of the positions, such as the plough wall, are still made of hardwood. However, it is also more conducive to deep ploughing and crushing than the original plow, and it has been able to carry out deep ploughing and shallow tillage as needed, as well as adjust the width and narrowness of the cultivated land, and it is convenient to operate.

Sang Yang Weng smiled from ear to ear, although he had looked away from the Dai Tian method, but he had a lot of experience in farming, and after carrying these farm tools in the field, he naturally understood the benefits.

He claimed that as long as there were oxen and horse-drawn ploughs, or two people (ou) ploughing, one husband and five mouths would be enough to govern fifty acres of land in one day!

As a result, the efficiency of summer corn planting can be increased by about five times.

Zhao Wuxian is still quite satisfied with this result. However, the more serious problem at present is that Chengyi urgently needs a large number of cattle and horses, either to plough the fields, or to pull and grind and turn keel waterwheels.

But Zhao Wuxian's treasury was no longer rich, and the reason why he was looking forward to Zigong's quick return was that he could use the things produced in Chengyi to make up for the loss.

Zigong had been following Zhao Wuxian, seeing what he saw, thoughtfully.

Before, he also felt that the Zhao gentleman and his master, what they thought and did were extremely similar. But after walking half a circle in Chengxiang, Zigong felt that his idea might be biased.

The paths taken by the two are actually very different.

The people of Chengxiang pay attention to each other's credibility and get along harmoniously, because of the abundance of food and clothing, and the fact that Wu Zhu constantly praises Zhao Wuxian's exploits, rather than the result of promoting ritual music.

The reason why the phenomenon of openly robbing and stealing and causing chaos and harming others has disappeared is that Zhao Wuxian promulgated a strict criminal law and family law, and those who violate the order will be punished. It is said that even the maidservants beside him must be punished for their mistakes.

Another example is the attitude towards farming.

Zigong remembered that one of his senior brothers, Fan Chi, once asked his master for advice on how to grow crops, but the master avoided talking about it at that time, saying, "I am not as good as an old farmer." Fan Chi asked to learn how to plant a vegetable garden, and the master said, "I am not as good as the old garden." ”

After Fan Chi left, the master complained to Zigong who was present: "Villain, Fan Chi also! ”

He said: "As long as the superior attaches importance to etiquette, the people will not dare to be disrespectful; As long as the superior attaches importance to righteousness, the common people will not dare to disobey; As long as the people in the higher positions value faith, the people will not dare to treat you with sincerity. If this is done, the common people from all over the world will come to the country with their sons in their arms, and where will they be able to learn to grow crops and vegetable gardens by themselves? ”

What the master meant, Zigong understood. He founded a sect and accepted disciples to give lectures, in order to train a group of scholars and doctors who aimed to become meat eaters, and gave rituals and pleasures to the top, rather than teaching a low-class old peasant who only knew the techniques of farming and vegetable gardening.

But the gentleman of the Zhao family is different, he attaches great importance to farming, and has reached the level of doing it himself, using his fingers to transform agricultural tools, and the status of officials, farmers, hundred workers, and soldiers in his territory is relatively high.

Does it really need to be? After walking out of the casting room, Zigong voiced his doubts.

"Why should a gentleman personally ask about the affairs of hundreds of workers and farmers, educate the people with etiquette and music, and rule them by hanging the arch?"

Zhao Wuxian smiled slightly: "Zigongzhi asked, my mathematics teacher Mr. Ji also asked, Zigong knows how I answered?" ”

Zigong wrapped his wide sleeves and saluted slightly: "I don't know, dare to ask the gentleman to tell me." ”

He felt that this question was important because of his education with the Master and the way he thought.

Zhao Wuxian replied: "I have heard that Zigong's master highly respects Guan Yiwu and Zheng Zichan, but is there such a thing? ”

Zigong naturally knew that when he asked his master for teaching, he looked down on Guan Zhong a little. He thinks that Duke Qi Huan killed Gongzi and Guan Zhong couldn't follow the lord and die, but he took refuge in Duke Qi Huan, who killed the lord, for his state, and the unkind one.

But his opinion was reprimanded by the master.

"Guan Zhong Xianghuan Gong, tyranny princes, a Kuang world, the people have been given by it today. Microtubule Zhong, I was sent to the left! ”

And Zheng Zichan is the person that the master admired the most when he was young, when the son was in power, the master praised him many times in the Lu country, and when he died, he sighed with emotion: "It's a pity, the ancient legacy is also loved!" ”

At that time, the words of the master were deafening, and now, what novel insights does the gentleman of the Zhao family have?

Zhao Wuxian said eloquently: "Although Confucius admired the pipe and the child, he admired the merits and benevolence of the king, and I can understand the governance philosophy of your master and apprentice, that is, from the perspective of meat eaters, I want to educate the people with etiquette and music from top to bottom. ”

Zigong acquiesced to this statement.

"But I governed the territory, but the starting point is different, I read the words of Guan Zhong and Zichan in the collection room of Pan Palace, and what I learned is not only the government of respecting the king and benevolence, but also their governing methods, the way from the bottom to the top."

Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Zigong's heart moved slightly, and he asked, "How does the gentleman want to go from the bottom to the top?" ”

Zhao Wuxian pointed to Chengyi, which had gradually become well-off after he had been in charge for more than half a year, and said something that Zigong would never forget.

"Cang Liao knows etiquette and etiquette, and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing!"

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ps: The last sentence, from "Pipe", is generally believed to have been written by the Warring States people

There are a lot of articles about the starting point, and if there is anything different about my book, it should be a collision of ideas.

Ask for collections, ask for recommendations, ask for Sanjiang tickets......

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