When this guy turned his head and left, I winked at Sister Qingxia with a smile: "The technique is getting more and more wrong, but the strength is too heavy, and I will teach you how to master the strength in the evening." ”

It may be that my son's smile is too lewd and easy to cause ambiguity, Sister Qingxia smacked lightly, gave me a cute look, and got up to pour tea. This time, Yang Qiong and Han Xiong have finally arrived.

After the guest and host sat down, Yang Qiong, who knew that I have always disliked nonsense, took a sip of tea and said: "Childe, during this period of time, those ordinary people are very curious about the kind of horse farming techniques used by your family, and even the lower officials feel that such farming can not only save a lot of manpower and material resources, but also improve yield, which is really the first choice for farming." ”

"This is natural, in fact, during the Han Dynasty, there was already the technique of horse farming, but because horses were in need of materials, one could not be vigorously promoted." I smiled and replied.

"That's right, this horse ploughing can plough a hundred acres of land a day, its speed is really incredible, Xia Guan saw a few days ago, the seven thousand acres of land under your name, Gongzi, it only takes three days to completely cultivate, and only sixty horses and two hundred people are used." Han Xiong also shook his head, with emotion on his face.

"It's a pity that since the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains has always lacked horses, resulting in a high price of horses, which is very acceptable to people, even if it is a rich family, I am afraid that it cannot be used like you, Gongzi." Yang Qiong smiled and said.

I glanced at these two guys and said with a smile: "The two of you are here, not just to praise the benefits of horse farming to my son, right?" ”

Yang Qiong and Han Xiong glanced at each other and looked at me deeply. "Childe Gaojian, in fact, I am here to beg Gongzi for you on behalf of the elders of Hancheng County."

"Oh?" I stroked my brows and looked at the two people in front of me, well, Yang Qiong is a good official, Han Xiong is also good, it can be said that he is quite popular in Hancheng County, of course, compared to this son, he is far inferior, but it is rare for this son to have time to go deep into the folk land and mingle with the people of Hancheng County.

"Many people in this county have seen the horse farming used in the land under your name, which saves both manpower and material resources, so I specially invited me to inquire about Gongzi, I don't know if Lu Dao can teach those horse farming skills to those rich families in Hancheng County?"

"It's not that hard, but the question is, I taught them how many horses they can farm?" Ben Gongzi said casually, and these two people were stopped by these words.

Seeing that they didn't answer, I said to myself. "As far as I know, the horses in Hancheng County are gathered together, but there are more than thirty horses, am I right?"

The two heads shook up and down, and Han Xiong replied: "As far as the lower officials know, before you came to Hancheng County, the total number of horses in Hancheng County was only twenty-seven, and five of them belonged to the official government

"They have learned the art of horse farming, which is of no use to the overall situation." Yang Qiong couldn't help but be a little discouraged. However, the news brought by these two guys made me have an idea.

This seems to be an opportunity for Ben Gongzi to dominate the agriculture of Hancheng County, and, according to these two guys, those people's interest in horse farming may really succeed.

"However, it is not impossible to help many fathers and elders in Hancheng County." Ben Gongzi touched his smooth chin, and a rough glint appeared in his eyes. Sister Qingxia next to her stared at me without blinking, well, she knew very well that there must be some way for this son to solve this trouble.

"Oh? If the son has any good plan, please come quickly, and listen to the officials. Yang Qiong's eyes lit up, and she looked at me with a blank eye.

"Actually, it's very simple, I think you two should also know that since last winter, many people in this county have been working in those workshops, right?" Ben Gongzi raised his eyebrows lightly and smiled.

"Yes, seven or eight out of ten of the people of the city worked in the workshops, and according to them, the income of one month was almost equal to the income of five months of their labor." Yang Qiong replied without thinking about it. "In the surrounding villages and towns, there are probably three or four people who go to work in the workshop, and most of them are young and strong

Han Xiong nodded and replied, "It's a pity that now that it's close to farming, those people have to return to their hometowns to work

"Actually, they can rent the land to my son." At this time, I threw down such a sentence and shook these two people on the spot.

"The rented land is paid to these people as rent at the rate of fifty percent of their annual income, but they can continue to work in the factories and workshops without having to go to the fields, so that the income of these people every year will be five or six times greater than in the past." Ben Gongzi glanced at the two who came back to their senses and realized something.

"This is a method, those people no longer need to spend labor to work in the fields, and the income from working in the factory can really be multiplied several times in a year." After Yang Qiong thought about it, she couldn't help but gasp.

"Even the wealthy can rent their land to their sons in this way, and they will have more time to do business or other things. And the horses in the hands of this son will also be of great use, do you think so? ”

"Gongzi Gaojian, I'm afraid there are not many people who are unwilling, but after all, such an approach may make some ordinary people hesitate." After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Qiong replied very cautiously.

"It's okay, as long as someone is willing to do it, when other people see that the benefits of these people who rent the land to me far exceed theirs, I believe that more people will be willing to rent the land to my son." I smiled very confidently, there is no three, two, three, how dare I go to Liangshan, my son will not believe it.

Besides, it is not surprising that the tenants of this era handed over half to the landlords, and the son also gave them half, and then let them get profits in the factory all year round.

Soon, the two of them also realized that this method should be very interesting, and the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant began to discuss it together. Then, starting the next day, notices were posted in Hancheng County and surrounding villages, and they were interpreted by special personnel.

And three days later, Ben Gongzi received the good news that there were 600 households willing to rent their land to Ben Gongzi, and among them, seven of them were landlords who owned more than 1,000 acres of land, and the largest landlord rented one-third of the land in his name to me. It seems that I want to try the water depth and shallowness, for fear that I will lose money if I rent it all.

Well, 600 households, 30,000 acres of land, accounting for a little more than one-fifth of the 170,000 mu in Hancheng County, it seems that those rich households are more optimistic about me than the common people.

Next, Ben Gongzi's blacksmith shop in Hancheng County began to exert its might, and soon, a steady stream of heavy horse farming equipment was transported out of the valley, and the 1,200 crossbow horses were finally officially unveiled, of course, it didn't take so much, now I said, even if the ironsmith in the valley is fast, if you want to build a horse farming machine that is enough for so many horses, it will take at least five months of effort.

What's more, there is no need to get so much, because with only 30,000 acres of land, at most two or three hundred horses, you can easily deal with it.

However, the thirty harnesses that were originally set aside for spare came in handy as quickly as possible, and after that, the output of two sets of harnesses per day finally allowed Ben Gongzi to complete the cultivation and sowing of the 30,000 acres of land before the end of spring ploughing.

During this time, Liu Hongji was very lively, either going to the valley to guide the equestrian and cavalry tactics of Ben Gongzi's subordinates, or wandering around, or staying in the Qinglou Pavilion, anyway, Ben Gongzi rarely saw a figure.

Unless this girl's money is spent, she will come to my son, borrow one or two thousand first, and then disappear without a trace again, so it's okay, save this guy from jumping up and down in front of me, the only advantage is that this girl is here, the underworld channel is very smooth, and a lot of skilled shipbuilders have been fished from the shipyard in Luoyang, the eastern capital.

With their help, the construction of the new ship was brought forward by several days, and now, Ben Gongzi finally stood on the dock, admiring the small sand boat that was holding its sails. Although it is called small, it is actually not small, it is three zhang long and one zhang wide, and there are three masts standing on it.

One each in the front, middle and rear, with the middle mast being the largest, and the foremast and trail mast being nearly one-third shorter than the middle mast. With a roar, the water gradually rose under the action of the winch, and the raging river rushed towards it, and the rolling waves foamed at the white foam, and slapped on the lower edge of the hull, and nearly a thousand boatmen, all now all crowded into the great dock, watched with amazement as the new ship gradually floated in the dock, under the buoyancy of the river, and with the creaking sound, the sand boat seemed to shake slightly, and then began to move slowly.

"Tighten the ropes, all of them are tight for me, don't let the boat crash." The old shipwright, who was in charge of the work, picked up the big brass trumpet and roared.

The workers, who were a little carried away by the joy of success, quickly tightened the ropes that held the sand boats in place, and finally did not let the sand boats that were pushed from side to side in the rapids of the river hit the edge of the dock.

Seeing this scene, Ben Gongzi couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat, grandma's month's workload, almost ruined because of the negligence just now, fortunately there is an experienced old shipwright, otherwise, if Ben Gongzi himself comes to make trouble, I am afraid that something will happen to Lu Dao to solve it, I don't know how much time Lu Dao will waste to build such a ship.

Gradually, the rumbling river floated the sand boat to a position parallel to the river surface, seeing this scene, nearly a thousand boatmen couldn't help cheering, and soon, with the command of the old boatman, a dozen or so people took a small boat, rowed to the side of the sand boat, and jumped onto the sand boat.