was slapped on the back by Bo Tu, Qing Ji just smiled and said: "Bo Tu, in the matter of ploughing in the field, the widow does not dare to compare with the ancient Yao Shun." ”

"Yao Shun is the Holy Lord, he has opened up farmland by himself, he still has enough food and clothing, and can take care of government affairs, how can he be a widow?"

"The widow asked the secretary and others to work in the field together, but it was just to make the secretary and others understand the difficulty of the farmers, not to be pretentious."

After a pause, Qingji said slowly: "Through today's farming, I think I have already come to my senses?" ”

"King, it is indeed not easy to be a farmer."

Shi Fan Li got up and said: "My Wu State has a state of agriculture, industry and commerce, and the four people are divided into industries. Whether it is agriculture or industry, there is no easy business! ”

"However, farm work is real physical work. Even the ministers and other people who are strong all the year round and skilled in bows and horses are also tired of doing farm work. ”

Hearing this, Qingji bowed his head slightly and said, "Not bad." Since farming is not easy, the second and third sons should cherish the hard-won food! ”

"Who knows that Chinese food is hard work? The widow recently heard that my Wu country has a style of extravagance, and his own mansion is extremely gorgeous, and he can chase the palace room, eat and wear, all of which are delicacies from the mountains and seas, abalone and bear's paws. ”

"There is the brocade of Bashu, and the work system of Qidi. Hu Yong, I heard that you ate a bear's paw yesterday, which was cooked by the chef of Chu State, how does it taste? ”

"This ......"

Doctor Hu Yong, who was named by Qingji, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

Hu Yong hurriedly stood up, stiffened, bowed to Qingji, and said, "King, the bear's paw tastes very beautiful......

Onigiri reads a book

"Beauty is beautiful."

Qingji glanced at Hu Yong and said, "However, what the widow heard, why did you only eat a few bites of bear paws and let the servants take them to feed the dogs?" ”

"King! The minister is guilty! ”

Hu Yong was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

How did Qingji know about this?

Do you know so much about it?

Among them, the people of the Black Ice Platform play an important role!

Just like the Jinyi Guards in the Ming Dynasty, although the Black Ice Platform is not said to be pervasive, it can at least monitor those ministers with illegal traces.

Let Qingji prevent it from happening!

"Sin? What is your sin? ”

Qingji shook his head and said: "Your food and clothing are all your own money, and you should enjoy it." However, why is it so extravagant and wasteful? ”

"I'm afraid it will cost a lot to eat this bear's paw."

"Bear's paws, it's not like the widow hasn't eaten them. It's just a curiosity hunt, and extravagance and waste for the sake of appetite really shouldn't be! ”

"I hope that the second and third sons can take this as a warning, so that my Wu country will no longer have extravagance!"

"Obey the king's orders!"

The ministers said in unison.

In Qingji's opinion, the taste of the bear's paw is indeed not good, and it is not even as good as the delicious fish!

One of the eight treasures of the bear's paw, "Mencius" said: Fish, I want it; The bear's paw is also what I want, and I can't have both, and the one who gives up the fish and takes the bear's paw.

King Chu Cheng likes to eat bear paws, and he does not forget to eat them before he dies, and his eldest son Shangchen said: "Bear paws are difficult to cook." ”

Forced King Chu Cheng to death!

The ancestor of Chu came from the Emperor Gaoyang clan.

Gao Yang, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Changyi.

The ancestral family name of Chu is Mi, which is the Xiong family, but because it is far away from the Central Plains, at that time, the Central Plains people thought that Chu was a barbarian but the country was strong, so they ate bear paws to express contempt, so eating bear paws became popular and became the fashion of this era.

However, bear paws are difficult to cook, and once they are half-cooked, they are difficult to eat.

For example, Jin Linggong wanted to cook the bear's paw to drink, Linggong urged again and again, and the cook had to offer the uncooked bear's paw.

Ling Gong was unwell after tasting the bear's paws, and in a fit of rage, he ordered the cook to be killed in secret!

It can be seen that most of what Hu Yong eats is uncooked bear paws!

"Cadre."

"The minister is here!"

The general who was named hurriedly stood up.

He only thought that he might have committed the taboo in Qingji's heart, so he was a little afraid.

"Cadre, you have also worked in the field and used farm tools, I don't know in your opinion, compared with the evil gold (iron) farm tools and bronze farm tools, which is better or worse?"

"This ......"

The cadre pondered for a moment and replied: "My lord, the minister thinks that whether it is evil gold farming tools or bronze farming tools, in fact, there is no difference between the two. ”

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the rise of iron smelting, iron agricultural tools replaced wood, stone and other materials, so that agricultural productivity made a qualitative leap.

The vast majority of agricultural tools in the Warring States period were made of iron blades on wooden tools, and after the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, wood-hearted iron-bladed agricultural tools began to be replaced by all-iron agricultural tools.

In Qingji's assumption, it is natural to expect that Wu's iron farming tools can reach the standards of the middle of the Western Han Dynasty!

It is worth mentioning that iron has been widely used in agricultural production in this era.

"Over there in the workshop, the widow expects to improve the iron smelting technique, the evil gold is full of toughness, there are a lot of copper mines and iron ores in my Wu country, but the iron ore is the majority, if the conditions permit, it is not impossible to use all iron agricultural tools widely used in agricultural production."

Qingji said meaningfully: "Perhaps, one day, with the iron-smelting skills of my Wu Kingdom, it will become more and more mature. Iron can also replace copper as a weapon material! ”

"Minister, take the order."

For a while, the cadres also felt a lot of pressure.

Because the goal set by Qingji is not small!

It's okay to say that iron farming tools replace bronze farming tools, but iron weapons replace bronze weapons?

Most of the time this is not possible.

Iron swords can be made for a long time due to their strong toughness, and bronze is mixed with other substances on the basis of copper.

The difference in materials is no longer something that can be compensated by craftsmanship!

If the strength is strong enough, the heavier bronze sword can of course break the lighter iron sword.

Qingji knows that there is a very important reason why iron swords replaced bronze swords in history, that is, iron is more common!

So generally speaking, bronze swords can't compete with iron swords.

Moreover, the bronze sword should not be too long, so that it has a great advantage in length, and the bronze sword that is too long is easier to break when fighting.

But compared to iron, it is too brittle and hard, and the toughness is not enough!

At the same size, the Bronze Sword can easily pierce through enemy armor with excellent protection.

The main difference is that when the army fights, the killing effect is good, and the bronze sword will break if it is too long, while the iron will not.

"Second and third sons, the widow wants to abolish the inherent Jingtian system and open up the territory, I don't know what Qing and the others think?"

Hearing Qing Ji's thoughts, the ministers couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then their faces changed greatly.

Doctor Hu Yong first said: "King, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. The ancients took 300 steps for the mile, and the name was Jingtian. The well field, 900 acres, the public land is one! ”

"The Jingtian system has a long history, there are three generations of Xia Shang, and it has been inherited for more than 1,000 years, and it has never been easier. Wu Chengzhou's system, to do anything and pay tribute, all taxes, the king should not be more ancestral system! ”

"Please think twice!"