"Look at this, can you build it?" Zhao Kuo took out the drawing of the Quyuan plough from his arms.

He originally wanted to find Mo Feng to build it, but Mo Feng was excitedly taking the Mo family children to choose a site to build an academy near Handan these days!

However, it was not the Mojia Academy that Zhao Kuo had promised them before, but the Handan Academy.

With the decline of the Qi State, the Jixia School Palace, which was originally very prosperous, also declined, especially after Xunzi returned to the Zhao State, only Lu Lianzhong was the only one in the school palace who could take on the big responsibility, and it was not as good as it used to be.

At this time, the construction of Handan Academy by Zhao State will inevitably be able to replace the Jixia School Palace and become a holy place for oriental thought. At the same time, Zhao Guo was also able to attract a large number of talents.

At that time, the Mojia will also become a member of Handan College, and Zhao Kuo promised Mofeng that he would vigorously support Mojia research technology in the future.

"It's ...... Plough? But it seems to be a little different. Zhao Zhu scratched his head, although he was not responsible for building tools, he still understood what he should understand.

The plough has been invented during the Warring States period, and its performance surpasses that of the original Weiyun, but it is still inferior to the mature straight plough during the Han Dynasty, but it was already the most advanced in the world at that time.

"It's similar to the plow, but with some improvements, the long and straight wheels have been changed to short and curved wheels, so I named them the curved plow. And the ploughshare is equipped with a roulette disc, which can be rotated, which is convenient for U-turn and turning, and can save manpower and animal power. Zhao Kuo pointed to the scroll and said.

"Straight to meander! Change the long to the short! The plow can be turned! What a talent! I don't know how effective it will be, but theoretically it can definitely greatly increase the speed of ploughing, and who came up with this idea! Zhao Zhu said excitedly.

"This king came up with it." Zhao Kuo said shamelessly.

Zhao Zhu's face froze instantly, he looked at Zhao Kuo in a daze, and said with a wry smile: "Don't joke with your ministers, the king will fight, we Zhao people know about it, but if you want to talk about making farm tools, ......"

"I can't help it if I don't believe me." Zhao Kuo shrugged his shoulders and said without blushing and heartbeat.

Zhao Zhu looked at Zhao Kuo suspiciously, still not convinced.

"As long as it can be built, from today onwards, the workshop will make every effort to build the Quyuan plow, and when it comes to spring ploughing, I want to let all the farmers in Zhao use the Quyuan plow." Zhao Kuo said.

"King, if you have to build so much before spring ploughing, I'm afraid you will have to stop building weapons." Zhao Zhu said.

"All the damaged weapons have been repaired?" Zhao Kuo asked.

The Zhao army has been fighting for such a long time, and there are naturally a lot of damaged weapons, and those that can be repaired will be handed over to the workshop for repair, and if they can't be repaired, they will choose to return to the furnace and rebuild.

"Your Majesty, there are still three days left to repair it all." Zhao Zhu said.

"Repair the damaged weapons first, and then build the Quyuan plow, and the new weapons don't need to be built for the time being." Zhao Kuo said.

"No."

"And this, too, you have to build it." Zhao Kuo took out the waterwheel drawings again and handed them to Zhao Zhu.

In addition to building water conservancy projects and encouraging the reclamation of wasteland, he racked his brains to come up with two ways to increase productivity.

As for composting, ordinary people think that the ancient people did not know how to fertilize, in fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the composting technology has been promoted, "The Book of Rites, the Moon Order" records that "(the month of summer), the soil moistens the bedding department, when it rains heavily, burns the naginagi line water, and is beneficial to kill the grass, such as hot soup, can dung the field, can be the soil of the United States. ”

"Mencius" also records that "if the dung is not enough, the surplus will be gained." "In Europe, on the other hand, it wasn't until after the 10th century that fertilization began.

And the peasants of the Warring States period have realized the harmfulness of pests and began to catch pests. for its return of crops. ”

As for the Spring and Autumn Period of ploughing cattle has also been promoted, the late Jin Dynasty put on a nose ring for cattle, "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" recorded that "make the five-foot vertical lead its legs, and the ox is so good, Shun also." ”

The bark here is the bull's nose ring.

The cow has a nose ring that even a five-foot-tall dwarf can pull it.

So Zhao Kuo really can't do much, after all, he doesn't know how to improve the grain.

However, during this period, there were people who specialized in farming, and that was the farmer!

Zhao Kuo has already sent someone to look for it, but there is no news yet.

"Your lord, the production of the waterwheel is not very difficult, but it is difficult to transport, and if you want to promote it, I am afraid that you can only send the technology to each county and let them build it themselves." Zhao Zhu said.

This brings us to the issue of technical secrecy, although the plough and the waterwheel are not like saddles and stirrups that can be plagiarized at a glance.

But after taking a look, as long as you study it again, it will not be difficult to make it in the slightest.

It can be said that if you want to keep this kind of thing secret, don't take it out, and don't want to keep it secret as long as you take it out.

If it is only built in the workshop, Zhao Guo can still hide it for a while, and if it is sent to the county, it may appear in the head of the monarch of the Six Kingdoms every few days.

But it's also about learning efficiency.

For example, saddles and stirrups are now popular in the Qin state, but in other countries, including Korea and Wei, where Zhao Kuo personally gave saddles and stirrups, there are still no formed cavalry.

That's the difference in monarchs.

"Then let's send it out." Zhao Kuo waved his hand.

Since he took out this thing, he didn't plan to keep it secret.

"In this case, Nachen will build the sample first, and then hand it over to the king to see, and then promote it if there is no problem." Zhao Zhu said.

"There have been a lot of hungry people out there lately, so you can recruit some people to come in and help, but be careful not to let the spies in." Zhao Kuo said.

"The minister will order to go down." Zhao Zhu said.

"Thank you for your hard work, when you have time, the king will invite you to dinner." Zhao Kuo patted Zhao Zhu's shoulder.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Zhu was suddenly moved.

He has managed the workshop for nearly ten years, and neither Zhao Wang Dan nor Zhao Huiwen Wang has ever been here. Now in just half a day, Zhao Kuo patted him on the shoulder twice, and he also wanted to invite him to dinner.

From today on, I, Zhao Zhu, am Zhao Wangkuo's person!

"By the way, how much does an ordinary craftsman pay per month?" Zhao Kuo asked as he left.

"The king, three stones of corn every month, and a piece of cloth will be distributed at the end of each year. However, since March last year, three stones of corn have become one stone of corn and two stones of wheat every month, and the year-end cloth has not been issued. Zhao Zhu leaned over and said.

Zhao Kuo frowned slightly, three stone of corn per month, one bucket a day, standard fighting food, "Didn't you react upward?" ”

"Yes, but there is no food in the imperial court. Moreover, many of the people outside were starving to death, and we just exchanged corn for wheat, so we could barely support our family, so everyone had no complaints. Zhao Zhu said.

"Becoming an Immortal"

"Tell me to go down, and from this month onwards, all corn will be restored." Zhao Kuo said to Liu Ping.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and he is not so bad that he can't even afford two stones of corn for the craftsman.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Zhu hurriedly thanked him.

"We have to find a way to make steamed buns." Zhao Kuo pondered in his heart.

During the Warring States period, people's staple food was generally corn or rice, and wheat was only eaten in disaster years or the lowest people, because boiled wheat was really not delicious.

But if it is made into steamed bread, it is different, steamed bread is the only staple food that can compete with rice in later generations, and fermented steamed bread is more conducive to digestion and absorption, and by the way, noodles, pancakes and the like can be made.

At that time, ordinary people will be able to eat steamed buns and even corn.

Wheat can be grown in many places where rice and corn cannot be grown, and productivity will be further enhanced.

After such a long time, Zhao Kuo can be regarded as understanding that the so-called aura in this world, the so-called ability to cultivate, is only the upper limit, and the lower limit will never change.

People still don't have enough to eat, they don't have warm clothes, they can't afford to see a doctor when they're sick, they can't even marry a wife and can't afford to raise children.

All he can do is to change this era little by little through hard work.

ps: Speaking of which, the author also saw plowing the land with a plow when he was a child, I don't know if you have seen it. I was really poor at that time, alas!