Chapter 224: Prime Minister Cao Cheng
The sky gradually began to change, and after resting for a while, the old farmer finally put down the curved plough and controlled the original long straight plow to cultivate the other half of the wasteland. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lu Ye, Cui Si and the others on the side were extremely nervous at this time, but the old farmer, with a smile on his face, said to Lu Ye and the others: "A few officials, you guys are not bad." Much better than mine. ”
Lu Ye's face darkened, thinking to himself that this curved plow was made by us, if even the efficiency of your long straight plow rake can't be compared, then what's the point of us doing this thing!
However, at this time, the old farmer was still counting on the remaining wasteland to be reclaimed quickly, and then a contrast. Lu Ye had no choice but to hold back the emotions in his heart, and said to the old farmer: "Old man, you can hurry up......." ”
The old farmer said: "Little official, it's not that I don't want to be faster, but the thing I use now is really not fast......." If I had been asked to use the same rake, I might have been able to do it faster. ”
The old farmer was manipulating while chatting with Lu Ye.
For old farmers like them, who have spent years in the fields, the fatigue of farm work has become a bit commonplace.
Lu Ye smiled bitterly: "Old man, don't talk to me...... I'm ...... up and down in my heart right now. ”
Lu Ye actually didn't know the bottom in his heart, how much of a role could this qu yuan plow play? If the efficiency cannot be improved to three percent or more, then in fact, the promotion of this quyuan plough is impossible to carry out at all.
Without him, because the cost is too high.
It took nearly seven days to produce the power of the generals, and countless energy and raw materials were consumed. Although the time it takes to make this thing after the first experience may not take that long, the raw materials are still very rare.
This thing is not something that can be obtained casually.
Moreover, if the quality of the refined iron is not up to par, the tenacity and strength of the plough and arrow will not be enough, and it will not be able to reclaim those wastelands at all.
Time passed slowly.
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When the old peasant had turned over the last bit of wasteland, the officials who were to be the supervisors around the farm became boiling almost instantly.
Guo Huai on the side was even more excited at this time, his face turned red, and he roared angrily at Lu Ye: "Forty percent!! ”
Cui Si on the side was also full of astonishment at this time: "Forty percent...... actually increased the time ...... by forty percent. ”
Hu Zuo is even more complacent: "This time, you should remember a great achievement!" ”
Then he patted Lu Ye on the shoulder: "Zihang, you should take the first credit!" ”
Jin Xin and the other old craftsmen who would be the prisoners on the side were already in tears at this time, and then they saw the old man Jin Xin arching his hand deeply towards Lu Ye, and his voice was a little whimpering: "Zihang, this time...... You've saved countless lives....... ”
Lu Ye looked at the old man with such an expression, and was a little overwhelmed for a while.
Fortunately, Old Man Jin didn't pull Lu Ye all the time, and immediately turned his head again, hugging and crying with his group of old buddies, several old people in their fifties and sixties, burst into tears at this time.
Lu Ye and Cui Si glanced at each other and couldn't help but look at each other a little.
At this time, Guo Huai on the side walked in front of Lu Ye and Cui Si, and his expression was quite solemn: "What? I don't understand why these old people are crying like this? ”
Lu Ye had some conjectures in his heart, but Cui Si really didn't know.
Guo Huai said: "You are lucky enough to have mastered a reincarnation technique. They were born without worrying about food and clothing, but they are different old people. In those years, there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the white bones were exposed in the wild. Do you know how many people starve to death every day? ”
Cui Si's mouth grew when he heard this, and he didn't know what Guo Huai meant.
"Old Man Jin Xin's family, in fact, originally had thirteen brothers, he was the youngest in the family, and then there was a famine, all thirteen brothers starved to death, and the last rations were left to Old Man Jin."
"Old Man Jin's life was exchanged for his thirteen elder brothers. Now that the appearance of your curved plough can increase the efficiency of farming by 40%, how many people do you think will be saved from starving to death because of this? Guo Huai's face was blank, and he said to Cui Si.
When Cui Si heard these words, he couldn't believe it: "How can it be ......." ”
Lu Ye also patted Cui Si's shoulder: "If you don't know those things, don't talk nonsense...... That's true. ”
Since the first year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, that is, since 184 AD, the life of the people on the land of Shenzhou has not been easy. As far as Lu Ye knew, it was very common for people to die due to famine.
"In the first year of Xingping, there was no rain since April, and as for autumn and July, Gu Yihu was worth 500,000 yuan, and the Chinese in Chang'an cannibalized each other."
"In the fourth year of the first peace, Taizu Zheng (Tao) Qian, conquered more than ten cities, and fought in Pengcheng. The humble soldiers were defeated, the dead were tens of thousands, and the water did not flow. ”
In the first month of the spring of the third year, the edict said: "If the king is not the people, he will not stand, and the people will not be born." Since then, the people have been conscripted for many years, and there have been floods and droughts, and the grain has been damaged, and the officials have been unscrupulous, and when they have plundered the people, they have become hungry and destitute. ”
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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many heroes and heroes.
But under this historical legacy, there is also an endless accumulation of white bones.
Cui Si listened to Guo Huai's words, and was also a little silent at this time.
On the contrary, he stepped forward at this time: "Isn't it good now?" Zihang, you have launched the Quyuan plow, and the tillage efficiency alone can be increased by a full forty percent. What used to take them to cultivate ten acres of land can now be fourteen! Even in the famine of the past, as long as there is no harvest, the number of dead people will always be greatly reduced. ”
Lu Ye nodded silently, is this really the truth?
Of course, natural disasters will kill many people, but there are not a few people who die from man-made disasters.
Lu Ye thought that he was not a virgin, but when he saw the shape of Old Man Jin and others hugging and crying today, he had mixed feelings in his heart for a while.
Are the things you insisted on in the past really right?
I am obviously a posterity, can't I use my own way to make this era better? Make life better for people in this era?
Thinking of this, Lu Ye smiled bitterly.
"The revenge has not been avenged...... Who am I to think about this...... I sighed in my heart.
On the hill in the distance, hundreds of horsemen were crowded, and the leader was wearing a dark robe, at this time, the horizontal knife was immediately arranged, looking at where Lu Ye and the others were, his face showed confusion: "What's the situation over there, why does it seem to be the officials of Xu Ducheng, they don't stay in the yamen to do things, what are they doing here?" ”
On the side, a guard immediately stepped forward: "Prime Minister...... It seems that the young eunuch who will be the prisoner Hu Zuo Hu. ”
"Nonsense?"
"Let's go, go over and have a look!"