Why was it illegal to kill cattle in the Tang Dynasty? It's because there are few cows!

Cattle are an important production tool at this time.

And if this plow, as Li Jing said, can be pulled by an ox or even a person, then compared with the original plough that requires two oxen to pull, the production efficiency is more than doubled.

"What General Lee said is true?"

"That's true, I just pulled it myself, and it hardly took any effort."

Du Laosan is a soldier in the army, and Li Jing is also a general of a hundred battles, although the force value of the Tang Dynasty is no longer the top, but the strength is definitely greater than that of ordinary people.

So for the two of them, it really didn't take much effort to pull the plow and walk a few steps.

Li Shimin still can't believe it, but fortunately, this thing is easy to verify.

There is a flower garden outside the Hall of Virtue, and some of the flowers on it have already grown buds in this early spring, and it is impossible to tell when they will bloom.

But Li Shimin couldn't care about this, and directly asked the guards to cut it with a knife, revealing the land below.

Then he himself hung the plow on himself.

"Second brother, I'll help you!" Li Yuanji just heard Li Jing say how to operate, and took the initiative to ask for help.

In fact, he was really not interested in how the plow was, and he fell in love with the good steel of the plowshare.

The plough was inserted into the ground, Li Shimin exerted a slight force, and the resistance of pulling back came from his shoulder, and then the sound of pulling back came, and he walked two steps and turned back, and sure enough, as Li Jing said, it didn't take any effort.

"Good stuff, good stuff!" Li Shimin picked up the plow, regardless of the dirt on it, and said happily: "This is really God bless my Datang, with this thing, my Datang can produce more grain!" ”

He has been thinking about the vast earth on the globe lately, but there is a saying that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved.

The current Datang is not rich, lack of money and food is a piece of his heart, and this plow is undoubtedly a good medicine.

"Your Majesty, how to use this thing, I still have to ask you to decide, now Tang Ping and the people of Shanghe Village are still blocked in his yard by my personal guards."

"Bastard!" Li Yuanji shouted, he is a foolish character, and he doesn't have so many family and national affairs in his heart.

But in the past, the second sister Xiuning was the best for herself, and now that her nephew has made such a return thing, Li Jing also drove them to lock them up, rolled up her sleeves and planned to talk to him.

"The third brother must not make a mistake!" Li Shimin shouted.

"Your Majesty, why don't I and General Li go back to Shanghe Village first and warn the villagers not to leak this matter, and then make a plan?"

"It's okay, didn't Tang Ping ask General Li for porcelain today? I guess he likes this, you go to the inner library to select samples and send them over! Li Shimin nodded, and then said to the guards: "Xuanfang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are here to see me!" ”

Today is not a day off, Fang Du and the two are working in the political hall, when they heard the big boss summoning them, they followed the guards to the big boss's office Xiande Hall.

"Two Aiqing, look at this!" Li Shimin pointed to the plow that Tang Ping brought back from modern times and said: "This is a new type of plow, compared to the current plough that requires two oxen, this one can be dragged by only one ox, and even one person can drag it." And the ground is deeper, and the operation is simpler and more convenient! ”

Both of them are prime ministers in charge of the people's livelihood in the world, and the meaning of this thing can be known without Li Shimin's explanation.

"Congratulations to the emperor, but I don't know where this thing came from?"

"Someone offered it!" Li Shimin naturally couldn't say that this was done by his nephew, so he could only vaguely go over first: "I called the two of you here to discuss how to promote this thing and how to keep it secret." ”

You must know that although the Tang Dynasty occupies the Central Plains, the Dongyue Kingdom to the east and the countries to the south also have a lot of arable land, which can increase the production efficiency of the farmers in the Tang Dynasty, and naturally increase the production efficiency of other countries.

Fang Xuanling had already carefully looked at the new plow at this time, and arched his hand and said: "The process of this plow is not complicated, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to keep it secret for a long time." And according to what His Majesty just said, it can be easily ploughed, but I am afraid that it will not be able to do anything with this steel plowshare. ”

"But even if this plow is replaced with ordinary iron, it shouldn't be too bad." Du Ruhui interjected on the side.

"I think we might as well let the generals work day and night, do more, and then distribute them to all counties."

"Still not right!" Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said: "My people in the Tang Dynasty have suffered from the war, and there is a shortage of food, I don't think we can let them starve for the sake of secrecy!" Now that there is this artifact, it should be promoted to the world. ”

"But if this is the case, if our country's grain production increases, the grain production of the surrounding countries will also increase!"

"So what? I am in the court, are we afraid that the surrounding countries will have enough to eat, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty will not be hungry? Fang Xuanling insisted on his own opinion.

Li Shimin touched his short beard, thought for a while and said: "What Xuan Ling said is reasonable, since this is the case, the two of you will make a charter and promote it throughout the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty who made this new plow, and you should reward it heavily!"

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own ideas!"

Seeing off the two of them, Li Shimin wandered around the hall twice, and then shouted loudly: "Come and change clothes, I want to leave the palace!" ”

A carriage quietly left the palace from a side gate and headed towards Shanghe Village.

"Your Majesty, the cars of King Qin and King Zhao are ahead." When he was about to arrive at Shanghe Village, the guards suddenly came to report.

"Hey, didn't they leave the palace a long time ago? How did you get here! Li Shimin instructed the guards: "Then tell them to wait, and we will enter the village together." ”

When Li Shimin got into the car of the two, he saw the two of them sitting on the left and right, Li Jiancheng was holding a Xingyao Lifen pile flower pattern horn square plate in his hand, and Li Yuanji was holding a Yue kiln blue glaze treasure goose pattern shop head ear jar.

Both of them are treasured by the inner library, but thinking about Tang Ping is his own nephew, plus his new plough today, it is nothing.

A few people came to the gate of Tang Ping's courtyard, Li Jing's personal soldiers were still guarding, and Li Jing waved his hand to let a few people disperse.

Since it has been decided to promote it in the world, there is no need to keep it secret.

Before entering the courtyard, I heard Tang Ping's voice: "De is big, touch a meter, rice!" ”

Gently pushing open the courtyard door, Li Shimin and the others were stunned.

Because there was only Tang Ping's voice outside, but when he pushed the door, he saw that there were hundreds of people standing and sitting inside, but no one made any sound.

Such a contrast is quite frightening to be honest.

Because of the creak of the wooden door of the courtyard when it was pushed open, some villagers looked at the courtyard gate with anger.

You must know that the proprietor is now teaching his children to read, and in their opinion, being able to read is the second most important thing after eating.

As long as you are literate, your own baby will be regarded as a scholar in the future.