Chapter 756: The Influence of Farm Tools
Thinking of the wine, Kang Shilin remembered the wine that Zhao Ruxi made when he was in Nanyang, and asked, "Is your wine made?" You also said that you would give it to my old man to drink, and I haven't seen your wine all this time. β
Zhao Ruxi boasted the effect of her wine very much, and promised to give it to Kang Shilin and Gan Lun to taste it when it was brewed. Now half a year has passed, and there is no trace of wine.
"The wine process is complicated, and some time ago there was chaos in the capital, and I was busy, so I didn't ask them. I'll send someone to Nanyang to have a look in a while. Zhao Ruxi said.
Seeing Kang Shilin away, Zhao Ruxi sent someone to Nanyang. The wine was brewed, but the cellaring time was still short, and Zhao Ruxi didn't let anyone send the wine.
After that, her life was very peaceful.
In addition to taking care of Xiao Lingyan every day, she practices calligraphy and painting to earn points when she has time.
Not only did she need to save enough to buy three recovery pills in case she needed them, but she also had to spend a lot of points on modern science and technology.
Fortunately, now that the political situation has settled down, in addition to letting the system pay attention to the situation around Xiao Qi and Xiao Lingyan, so as not to let people secretly murder them, she basically no longer needs to spend points. She can save points every day.
And her calligraphy and painting are also improving day by day, and every time she writes a word or a painting, her points are higher than before, which makes it easier for her to accumulate points.
When Zhao Ruxi got married, it was actually time for spring ploughing.
When the wasteland was cleared in winter, the imperial court had already sent the drawings and dimensions of Zhao Ruxi's two agricultural tools to each province, and then sent them to the prefectures and counties by the provincial yamen, and these yamen only made more than 200 agricultural tools according to the regulations of the imperial court, and sent them to the peasants who served in forced labor to open up the wasteland, and then took back the official government after they were used up.
Therefore, not many people have tried the new farming tools, only those who have served in forced labor. When these people go home, they take their old farming tools and plough the fields, and they don't have a good time.
It's just that most of the families who serve as conscripts are poor, and iron tools are expensive in ancient times, and it is not a small amount to want to make a farm tool, so many families can only use old farm tools, and new farm tools only exist in their bragging words.
Although the reputation of the new farm tools has spread because of them, they have not been used, and no one is willing to spend money to make them.
But there is no shortage of nimble minds.
Some county magistrates were more flexible and bold, so they asked their families to privately take the drawings and partner with blacksmiths to make new farm tools and sell them to make a fortune.
The governor of the prefecture and county was unwilling to earn this money, as well as the officials and servants in the yamen, and even some peasants who were serving in the service, and immediately ran to reveal to the blacksmith the new farming tools after returning home, even if the blacksmith did not give him money, he would still earn two new farm tools.
There is little entertainment in the countryside, and those who have bought new farm tools naturally want to show off, and others find that it is too labor-saving after using it. They don't have the money to buy cattle, so it's not a problem to grit their teeth and borrow money to buy a farm tool or two.
Therefore, during the period of spring ploughing, new farm tools brewed in various forms, and gradually replaced the original old farm tools in the field.
Because of two coups in a row, and to clean up the family and eliminate dissent, Xiao Qi was very busy some time ago, and he didn't have the time and energy to pay attention to other small things except for the most important things.
At this time, everything was settled, and even the forces of the Cen family were cleaned up by him, and he settled down, so he had time to pay attention to political affairs.
He summoned the head of the household and asked, "What is the situation of spring plowing in various places now?" β
"Back to the emperor, the spring ploughing situation is very good." Qi Xugu replied, "In addition to the smooth weather this year, it also benefited from the two farm tools improved by Princess Qi. The effect of these two agricultural tools is very significant, which greatly alleviates the problem of insufficient cattle. β
"Oh?" Xiao Qi was very happy when he heard it, and then he remembered that before the coup, there was an excerpt in the household department, saying that the two agricultural tools invented by Zhao Ruxi had a great effect on the reclamation of famine.
He turned his head to Duan Chen and said, "Find out the excerpts of the wasteland reclamation statistics submitted by the household department." β
Originally, Xiao Qi's side was more or less related to several factions, and he was sent out of the palace by Xiao Qi and transferred to the following as an official.
And the relationship between Duan Chen and Tanhua Ding Lianjin of the new list is very clean, and they have been exercising in the Hanlin Academy for half a year, and they are familiar with the business, so they can stand alone, so they have been reused by Xiao Yu.
The excerpts received during this time, Xiao Qi asked the two of them to sort out the ones first, pick out the urgent and important ones, and put the others aside and deal with them when he has time and energy.
The court officials privately all sighed at the good luck of Duan Chen and Ding Lianjin.
Otherwise, newcomers like them will have to do the hardest and most tiring chores by the emperor's side for at least three years, and when another new one comes, they will have the opportunity to do these important jobs.
Duan Chen originally had a very high vision, and he was unwilling to marry in Jiangnan. Later, after being in the sea and falling in love with an outstanding woman like Zhao Ruxi, he couldn't look down on ordinary boudoir women. Therefore, even if Zhao Ruxi was married, many families sent people to propose marriage to him, but he was unmoved and never made a marriage.
This is also a reason why the court officials lamented his good luck.
Because the people who came to woo Duan Chen and wanted to marry his daughter to him were all people from various factions. Once he was moved at that time and married the daughters of those people, then today Duan Chen was no longer qualified to stay by the emperor's side and become his right-hand man.
After the coup d'Γ©tat, watching groups of people step down, Duan Chen's uncle also broke out in a cold sweat. At that time, he complained in his heart about his nephew's pickiness in marriage.
Of course, this is off topic.
At this time, listening to Xiao Yu's instructions, Duan Chen quickly found the fold and presented it.
Xiao Qi saw that the area of reclamation in winter was 2.5 times that of previous years, and he looked up in surprise and asked Qi Xugu: "So much?" β
Qi Xugu nodded and said with a smile: "Not really." When the minister saw this number, he was also surprised. I really didn't expect these two farm tools made by Princess Qi to be so powerful. β
Saying that, he knelt down, bowed to Xiao Qi, and said loudly: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." With these two kinds of agricultural tools, the area of agricultural reclamation in the future of our Great Jin Dynasty will not only expand year by year, but also the farmers will not have to work hard to cultivate. This is a sign of prosperity in the Great Jin Dynasty, and the prosperity of the year will soon be displayed in front of the emperor's eyes. β
Hearing this, Xiao Qi laughed "haha": "Aiqing is flat." β
"Aiqing has a lot of sense. Although thanks to the blessing of Empress Shengyao, I found high-yield crops so that the people would no longer be starved to death so easily, but let everyone eat white flour and rice is what I want. Zhiwei these two agricultural tools have made me see the hope of realizing this grand plan. I'm so relieved. β