In the second act, Emperor Yan is honored as Shennong.

In ancient times, people lived by eating birds, beasts and wild fruits, and life naturally seemed very hard, and they were hungry from time to time.

By the time Emperor Yan came to the world, human reproduction tended to be vigorous, the population began to increase gradually, and birds, beasts, and wild fruits were gradually in short supply.

As a result, there was a famine in the world, and hunger was everywhere, and there were battles between people for food.

Facing the scene in front of him, Emperor Yan couldn't help but think: "If this continues, the birds and beasts will definitely eat less and less, and if they don't open up and find new sources of food, then it will be impossible for human beings to prosper and develop." Plants and trees bear fruit every year, and can provide new food for humans every year, but this food cannot meet human needs. If we can find a way to make these plants and trees bear more fruit according to people's wishes, then won't the problem of human food shortage be solved?"

So, Emperor Yan cut wood and began to make farm tools, and when he really started to do it, he found that it was not a simple matter to make farm tools suitable for cultivated land.

Emperor Yan chopped, sharpened, made and destroyed, destroyed and made, and survived countless days and nights, his eyes were full of red bloodshots, and his body was also a lot thinner.

Emperor Yan's wife was very worried about his health, and advised him not to rush for a while, and to rest properly, and then he had the energy to make tools better, if he overworked, it was likely to affect the quality, and the result would outweigh the losses.

However, Emperor Yan did not accept his wife's suggestion, he thought that it would not be a big problem to be a god, so he always raised his head and smiled affectionately at his wife to show his understanding of her painstaking efforts, but his hands never stopped, and he has been carefully studying the tools.

After repeated production, the first agricultural tool, the Lei, was finally made by Emperor Yan.

So, Emperor Yan happily took the plow to the field to test the plowing, and the result was quite applicable, but it needed to be pulled by someone, which seemed a little laborious.

Emperor Yan returned home and began to study the method of improvement, but after a lot of time, there was still no effect.

At this time, Emperor Yan couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's not a way to delay like this, I should still go to the sky and ask the Jade Emperor to see if there are any good ways to improve!"

Thinking of this, Emperor Yan no longer hesitated, he soon came to the heavens and met the Jade Emperor.

When the Jade Emperor saw Emperor Yan, he took the lead in asking, "I heard that you have made a prow in the world, haven't you?"

"Yes, it's just that it's hard to pull up. Even if it takes several people to pull for a long time to plough a small piece of land, the efficiency is too low. I'm here today to ask you for advice, do you see if there is any good way to improve the efficacy of this rake?" Emperor Yan told the truth.

When the Jade Emperor heard what Emperor Yan said, he thought for a while and said, "You are diligent in the world and do your best for the people, I really want to help you."

In this way, I have a treasure that I can't afford to borrow from other immortals on weekdays.

However, for the sake of the people of the world, I have decided to give you this treasure today!

You put it on the rake, so that it can walk like a fly on its own without having to pull it by hand, and it will definitely be able to do more at the end of the day.

However, you must cherish this treasure and never lose it. ”

After saying this, the Jade Emperor asked the fairy beside him to take out the treasure from the bedroom and handed it to Emperor Yan with his own hands.

After receiving the treasure handed over by the Jade Emperor, Emperor Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked the Jade Emperor for his kindness, and then came to the world happily.

According to the instructions of the Jade Emperor, Emperor Yan installed the treasure on the Lei, and then moved the improved Leiyun to the field to try, and the result was as Yudi said, this Leiyun cultivated a large area of land in an instant, and the Yandi was really overjoyed.

After the land was cultivated, Emperor Yan collected some edible grass seeds and scattered them in the ground.

Soon after, the seeds that had been sown in the ground broke through the ground, and soon the green seedlings grew and flourished, and in the autumn the crops were finally harvested.

In the second year, Emperor Yan called five ministers, rice, millet, cherry, wheat, and soybean, and asked them to lead the people of Li to divide the land according to the dryness, dampness, fertileness, etc., and then use different methods to plant a large area.

Since then, everyone has worked at sunrise and returned at sunset, working hard, and almost every year will get a good harvest, and the common people have also lived a life of peace and contentment.

However, the good times did not last long, and this matter was known to a hungry demon who specialized in walking in the world.

The demon thought to himself: "This Emperor Yan is really hateful, because of the farming tools he invented, there can be no hunger in the world anymore, and the common people will no longer bow down to me and pray." This not only cut off my human incense supply, but also lost my important position in people's hearts!"

Thinking of this, the demon was very angry in his heart, and he also hated Emperor Yan to the core, so he was determined to destroy the happiness of the world.

This demon summoned many mountain spirits and water monsters, made a fuss, shouted and shouted, and slaughtered the world, they intended to take away the evil caused by Emperor Yan.

However, under the leadership of Emperor Yan, the people of Li worked together to resist, causing the demons to retreat one after another, and they were helpless against humans.

One day, Emperor Yan supervised the cultivation of the fields, and suddenly a person ran to Emperor Yan out of breath and reported: "Emperor Yan, the big thing is not good, you go back quickly, Mrs. suddenly got seriously ill, it seems that she can't do it!"

Hearing what the person said, and this person was a close confidant of Emperor Yan, coupled with the other party's nervous expression, he seemed very anxious, so Emperor Yan believed it.

Since the sowing season had arrived, but the land had not yet been cultivated, and his wife was seriously ill, he could not delay, so Emperor Yan finally decided to leave Leiyun in the field to cultivate by himself, and he immediately ran home to visit his wife.

As a result, Emperor Yan was fooled, because the person who reported the news was a demon, and the demon saw that Emperor Yan left in a hurry, and he was overjoyed, and he picked up the worm in the field and fled.

Besides, Emperor Yan ran home quickly, but saw his wife cooking on the stove, where she looked like she was sick, let alone critically ill.

At this moment, Emperor Yan immediately thought that he had been deceived and deceived, and he hurriedly returned to the world he had cultivated before without looking back.

However, when Emperor Yan came to the field, he saw the demon smiling and fleeing towards the sky with a smile on his shoulder.

Emperor Yan was angry and hateful, so he used all his skills to run and chase after him, trying to catch up with the demons, and then he would be more embarrassed.

But because they were too far apart, Emperor Yan finally chased after him out of breath and sweating like rain, and he didn't catch up with the demons, allowing the other party to escape.

In desperation, Emperor Yan had no choice but to return home, because he was annoyed in his heart, and extremely distressed about the lost old man, the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and he was angry with a serious illness.

Later, after recovering from his illness, Emperor Yan had no choice but to pray to the Jade Emperor again, begging to borrow another treasure that could cultivate the land.

After listening to Emperor Yan's narration and request, the Jade Emperor waved his hand, shook his head, and then sighed: "I only have such a treasure that can plow the land, and I have already rewarded you, but I have lost it by you!

Since the Jade Emperor had already said so, Emperor Yan knew very well that no matter how much he prayed, it would be useless, so he said goodbye to the Jade Emperor and returned to the world.

After returning home, Emperor Yan rebuilt a plough according to his words, and then let his glazed poodle pull the plough in front, and he himself supported Rai Yu in the back to grasp the direction.

Sure enough, as the Jade Emperor said, although the cultivation efficiency is not as good as the previous one with a treasure, it is much stronger than manpower, and the effect is generally not bad.

However, after all, without the previous divine plow, the area of cultivated land has been greatly reduced, and the grain harvested by the common people will soon be insufficient for their daily life.

As a result, there was another famine in the world, and Emperor Yan fell into distress again.

Emperor Yan knew very well that there was only one way to solve the problem of eating for the common people, and that was to increase the yield of crops.

But how exactly can you increase crop yields?

Obviously, this is not a simple question!

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Yan suddenly remembered a piece of news he had heard from an immortal.

The news is that there is a red sacred bird in the Queen Mother's place, and this sacred bird is locked up in the Yao Pond.

Moreover, this sacred bird knows a very secret place, and that secret place has a nine-eared seedling, which can be harvested three times a year, and people can not only not be hungry for a year after eating the fruit of this seedling, but also live forever.

Therefore, Emperor Yan thought to himself, if he could get the help of that divine bird to get the nine ears of grass seedlings, then the people's famine would definitely be solved soon.

But thinking of this, Emperor Yan was worried again, because this divine bird was loved by the Queen Mother and was regarded as a treasure by the Queen Mother Ning, how could she easily release the divine bird?

In this way, Emperor Yan must come up with a brilliant method, otherwise this good idea that he finally came up with will be wasted.

So, Emperor Yan came to the Yao Pond to plead with the Queen Mother Ning, begging her to allow him to visit the Yao Pond once, but he never mentioned the matter of borrowing the sacred bird.

The Queen Mother knew that Emperor Yan was working for the benefit of mankind in the mortal world and worked hard, so she readily agreed to his request, but repeatedly explained that he was not allowed to touch a flower or thing in Yaochi without permission.

In order to achieve the purpose of viewing Yao Chi as soon as possible, Emperor Yan agreed to the Queen Mother's regulations.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Yan came to Yaochi to visit, but where did he have the heart to visit the scenery and enjoy the flowers and trees?

Just walked, walked, until he walked to the Bird Palace, because he thought about the divine bird in his heart, Emperor Yan had no intention of watching the scenery along the way.

After arriving at the Divine Bird Palace, Emperor Yan whistled, looked left and right, and pretended to be a casual observer.

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