The people stood in the middle of the two teams and watched them dig, and they found that although Team B, who was digging the ground with a hoe, was also very hard, there was not much soil dug out by a hoe, and even if a man who could do the work could dig for two or three quarters of an hour, he had to straighten up and rest, otherwise his waist would not be able to bear it.

Team A obviously took advantage of a lot of tools, a hoe dug down to bring up a lot of soil, the progress is very fast, and when the person with the nail hoe is tired, he changes a tool with the person holding the nail shovel next to him, and after changing the tool, he is vigorous and energetic, and he does not feel tired at all, and the distance between the two sides is opened in less than a quarter of an hour.

The people of Team B were in a hurry, worried that they would be punished if they lost, and they didn't dare to rest, so they hurriedly bent down and stepped up their work. But their tools are not as good as Team A, not only can't catch up, but they are thrown farther and farther away.

When the time of half an hour was up, the officials of the Ministry of Industry gave an order, and the people of the two teams stopped their tools under the shouting of the officials, and they did not need to measure at all, and they could know with their eyes that the people of Team A had reclaimed two or three times more wasteland than Team B.

Liu Hongyu and the others and the men who were serving in forced labor were stunned.

The new tool developed by Lord Zhao is too good, right?

Team B's life was afraid of being punished, so he didn't dare to tell the adults, so he found the official who was in charge of him and said: "Poor master, you can see, it's not that the villains are lazy, but the tools in their hands are not good for everyone, so it's no wonder that the villains are not good." ”

The official said: "Don't worry, the adults know it." ”

Only then did those people relax.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry from the capital were not surprised. Zhao Ruxi asked people to send the tools to the capital, but the emperor let people try them, and they also studied them, and they already had a relatively clear understanding of the new tools.

This time I came to Nanyang to let people try it, which is nothing more than to use facts and data to demonstrate the effect of the new tool again, lest when the emperor rewards Lord Zhao, those courtiers will beep blindly, and think that Zhao Zhiwei is the light of the king.

It doesn't matter who gets the light of whom.

The technophiles of the Ministry of Industry have always admired the people who are really capable, not the powerful.

They measured the area on both sides, carefully wrote down the data, and then said, "Redraw a starting line, exchange two sets of tools, and do it again." ”

As soon as the people in Group B heard this, they quickly took the tools and came over to exchange them with the people in Group A.

The officials of Group A wanted to fight for their Lord Zhao, and they also knew that the new tools were easy to use, and their group would definitely lose if they took the old tools, so they simply didn't leave any selfishness, and said to the officials of Group B: "You let the adults wait and start again, and let your people first familiarize themselves with the use of the new tools before competing." ”

The officials of Group B hurriedly brought it up.

Zhao Ruxi made these farm tools because they were all improved on the existing basis, and the nail hoe and nail shovel were just a whole piece of iron from a hoe or shovel into nails. After it was made, she used it for the subordinates in the family, and the subordinates knew how to use it after looking at it, and really didn't think about the need to teach these servants to use new tools.

It was only when she heard the official of Group B raise it that she remembered this question.

After the officials of the Ministry of Industry asked Xiao Lingyan and Gong Cheng, they said: "Cheng, let them be familiar with each other." ”

The tools are simple, and after two people from team A showed the people of team B how to use it, everyone understood and there was no need to practice.

And so the second competition soon began. Needless to say, the ending is naturally that Team B, which uses the new tools, clears the wasteland two or three times faster than Team A.

The results of the new tool are remarkable.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry are all technical talents, and they are usually not very good at greeting, but now they are incarnated as sycophants, and they are praising Zhao Ruxi.

The Great Jin Dynasty is a large agricultural country based on agriculture, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and attaches great importance to agriculture above all else. As an official of the Ministry of Industry, he has always been committed to renovating agricultural tools, hoping to make new agricultural tools to increase agricultural productivity. However, due to the limitations of their knowledge and ability, they really can't come up with real meaningful improvement measures.

Some time ago, King Qi also wanted to improve farm tools, so he asked the emperor for leave and ran out to walk around, but he didn't come up with a way to improve farm tools.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ruxi went to Nanyang to serve as the governor of Tongzhou for half a year, but he came up with two tools to greatly improve agricultural productivity.

As for the idea that King Qi secretly used the farm tools he came up with to give Zhao Ruxi a reputation, not only these officials of the Ministry of Industry, but also the courtiers would not think so.

Zhao Ruxi created a new method of painting, and also made a safe that no one could open, and made dozens or hundreds of weaving machines with shuttle automatic weaving.

Now she has come to Nanyang to be an official in charge of agriculture for half a year, and she has developed new farm tools, isn't this how it should be? It's completely logical, and everyone doesn't think it's strange at all.

However, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, his limbs are not diligent and his grains are not distinguished, although he has been in the Ministry of Industry for two or three years, he has not made anything useful - Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, Xiao Lingyan does not need to be in the limelight, fight for fame, and attract the attention and targeting of other princes, so what he wants to make is also quietly in private, or borrowed the hand of Zhao Ruxi, so there is no reputation in this regard.

Seeing that Liu Hongyu, Cai Yaozong and others were also planning to join the ranks of sycophants, Zhao Ruxi hurriedly interrupted the words of the Ministry of Industry officials and said, "Master Shi, do you think there is anything to improve in this tool?" If not, it can be promoted on a large scale. ”

"No, no, it can be promoted nationwide."

Master Shi is an old man in his fifties who has spent his life researching agricultural tools and wants to improve them. This time, he was shocked to see that the farm tool improved by Zhao Ruxi did not have a complicated design, only changed the focus point, but more than doubled the efficiency. This time when he came to Nanyang, he took the initiative to ask Ying to come with him, just to express his admiration to Zhao Ruxi.

"Now is the season of reclamation, with the agricultural tool improved by Lord Zhao, we have at least more than doubled the wasteland we have reclaimed this year than in previous years. Lord Zhao's move is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future. He said.

Gong Cheng knew that the little junior sister didn't like to hear this. He spoke: "Today, the emperor sent me to wait, in addition to seeing the actual effect of the reclamation of the new farm tools, I also want to discuss with Lord Zhao how to promote the new farm tools. It's not too early, why don't we go back to the yamen and sit and talk slowly? ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness King Qi and all the lords have come from afar, so let's go back to the yamen to rest." Liu Hongyu hurriedly said.

So the group rode in a car, rode a horse, and returned to the state government together.