April 25.

Fangqiao Town.

At this moment, on a ridge outside the town, there stood a young man with his neck stretched out and watching, his eyes widened, his face full of shock, and his worldview was greatly impacted.

The hot spring ploughing scene in the No. 9 manor in front of him made it difficult for him, who was dressed in a green robe and a Confucian crown, to maintain his gentle and elegant scholarly temperament, and the whole person could no longer hold back.

Especially the steel monsters spitting black smoke in the paddy fields, the rumbling sound made him feel as if he had seen a terrible ghost, and his handsome face became even paler.

"Uncle Clan, what kind of divine beast is that monster spitting out black smoke, and how can it be tamed by mortals and obediently help farmers farm?"

Fang Yizhi asked Fang Chengxiu, the clan uncle on the side, with his age of only twenty years this year, and his very limited knowledge, he couldn't understand why such a dead thing of steel could move, so he could only associate it with gods and ghosts.

"Oh, that's Xujiazhuang's tiller, it appeared a few years ago, don't make a fuss."

Fang Chengxiu said lightly, his face was not strange, he would not say it at all, he visited in Xujiazhuang two years ago, and saw the scene of the cultivator working for the first time, his performance was even more unbearable than that of his nephew Fang Yizhi, and he almost abandoned the sage's teachings of 'respecting ghosts and gods', and he knelt down on the spot as soon as his legs were weak.

Fortunately, others helped him and protected his face.

Seeing his nephew's performance today, he couldn't help but secretly feel a little proud.

"This is a divine beast, clan uncle, a can be at least worth a hundred strong cows, if the people of the world, can use this kind of divine beast, there will be no more worries about famine, three generations of ancient prosperity, will definitely appear in front of our eyes, but such a divine beast auspicious, no one played to the court, the little nephew is only seen today."

Fang Yizhi said excitedly, although he is the son of a rich family, his family has hundreds of acres of fertile land, and it stands to reason that he will not care too much about the people at the bottom, but he is a saint's son who has received the teachings of orthodox Confucian saints.

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Therefore, his heart moved, and the other party said: "Uncle clan, this kind of divine beast called 'cultivator', I don't know if you can buy one with silver taels?" Then let Mr. Yu Shan (Qian Qianyi) dedicate this divine beast to the imperial court, and then promote it to all the people in the world, its merits are immeasurable, and hundreds of millions of people will no longer have to worry about hunger. ”

"Nephew, you're thinking too simply."

Fang Chengxiu shook his head noncommittally: "Such a divine object as a cultivator, not to mention whether Xu Jiazhuang is willing to sell it, even if he is willing, it will be as little as 100,000 taels and as much as 1 million taels and 1 heads, how can ordinary people buy it?" Only the family of the gentry and landlord can buy one or two, but a ploughing machine can be worth 100 strong cattle and 600 Ding Zhuang, once the landlord has a ploughing machine, there is no need to hire too many tenant farmers, there will be hundreds of tenants who will be driven out of the grange and become homeless, so the grain production has not increased much, but the number of homeless people has increased, do you say this is a good thing or a bad thing? ”

Buzz.

Fang Yizhi was stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, his face suddenly changed greatly.

The small people will never be able to afford it.

The use of landlords will increase the number of displaced people.

I didn't expect that if the cultivator and other artifacts were really vigorously promoted, the disadvantages would outweigh the benefits.

In fact, this is also the ancient ruling class, the true view of science and technology, a lot of tools and mechanical items, the benefits of improving production efficiency they are not not visible, not do not understand the benefits are not small, but after weighing the pros and cons, after all, it is into the list of "strange tricks and tricks", it is difficult to be promoted.

After all, the increase in productivity is not important compared to the stability of the rule.

Figured this out.

Fang Yizhi suddenly became depressed, the divine object was placed in front of him, and it could indeed bring great benefits, but it was difficult to promote and use, and this feeling of powerlessness was really very uncomfortable.

"Virtuous nephew, you take me to borrow your 300,000 taels of silver, take people to the capital for one or two activities, and strive to put all the ministers in the court in place, as long as these silver are all spent, Qian Muzhai's recovery is a backhand, and it will be successful."

Fang Chengxiu reminded him, hoping that he would not forget the most important thing.

"Uncle Clan, I want to visit Xujiazhuang and meet the owner of Xujiazhuang."

Fang Yizhi was silent for a moment, and then said: "You said that Xujiazhuang has a lot of high-yield seeds, especially potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, and the yield is less than 1,000 catties, and more than 10,000 catties...... So I want to go to that Xujiazhuang. ”

Directly using 300,000 taels of huge money to bribe the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, not to mention doing this kind of thing, is to think about it, he thinks that he is a son of a saint, he feels panicked on his face, and he is very repulsed in his heart.

If he can offer high-yield seeds and speed up the promotion of these seeds in Daming, this kind of good thing that can help Mr. Yu Shan recover, and by the way, also benefit the country and the people, he is very willing to do it, and it can also greatly alleviate the disgust in his heart.

"Yes, I'll help you write a letter of worship, then the owner of the village is also my son-in-law, with my post, he should be able to take the time to see you."

Fang Chengxiu nodded, faintly dissatisfied in his heart.

His cheap concubine has been married to Xujiazhuang for a while, and the wild girl doesn't go back to visit him, even the owner of Xuzhuang, his own daughter has become his person, and he doesn't know how to come to see him, the father-in-law, they haven't even seen each other, Fang Chengxiu doesn't know what the cheap son-in-law who is rich and rivals the country looks like.

Come to think of it.

Fang Chengxiu said again: "Forget it, I'll go with you, my father-in-law will come to visit, he won't turn him away, right?" ”

"Okay, thank you."

Fang Yizhi bowed his hand and looked happy.

……

Afternoon.

Fang Chengxiu and Fang Yizhi each sat on the back seat of a Phoenix brand bicycle, and the front was driven by a special sturdy coachman, driving on the weedy road in the countryside, although there were some bumps, but the speed was much faster than taking a sedan chair, even faster than a carriage, and the endurance was more than that of a horse, and it was very easy to travel 100 miles a day, and some people had created a record of traveling 4 or 500 miles a day.

"Uncle Clan, this bicycle is really convenient, not slower than riding a horse, and not very bumpy." Fang Yizhi couldn't help but sigh.

"Naturally, this kind of bicycle costs 10,000 taels of silver, the price is a hundred times that of a horse, a person rides, the speed is not slower than the horse, the endurance is not worse than the horse, and there is no need to feed the feed, no need to take care of it too much, it is really easy to use and save trouble, if it can be sold cheaper, it will be able to sell well all over the world."

Fang Chengxiu said proudly, but his Fang family only has these two, or deducted from the bride price of the concubine, if you can have a few more, not to mention bringing more convenience, it is also a very long-faced thing, it is said that now in Nanjing, Yangzhou and other cities, an indicator of the rich family is how many bicycles there are at home.

There have even been many incidents of rich children racing bicycles in the city, resulting in injuries to people.

"This Xu Jiazhuang is amazing, exquisite things emerge in endlessly, which is eye-opening, I really don't know what kind of great husband the owner of Xu Zhuang is?"

Fang Yizhi was even more looking forward to and curious, and he couldn't wait to put on his wings and see the owner of Xu Zhuang immediately.