Chapter 118: Down-to-earth, Luo's farming
The Six Kingdoms began to attack Chu in a row, and all the princes automatically ignored two people - the Son of Heaven in the Zhou Wangji and the Luohou in the Luo Kingdom.
But apparently neither of them cared, and after the royal family's territory increased significantly, taxes would naturally increase significantly.
How long has it been since Zhou Tianzi fought such a rich battle?
The dilapidated palaces that had not been able to be repaired before were all renovated, and the treasures that had not been bought before were put into the palace.
The Son of Heaven has funds to reward his subordinates, and the undercurrent in Wang Ji is even much less.
The beauties who came from the nations made Zhou Tianzi feel that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.
This Son of Heaven loves to enjoy, and he believes that human life is so short that it is necessary to have fun in time.
He thought that Luo Guo did not need to interfere in the affairs of other countries now, so Luo Hou must be bored, so he sent Luo Chang a large number of precious treasures, and attached a piece of land.
Zhou Tianzi also wrote a letter himself, in which he said: "Luohou, King Haotiansu bless you, long live a thousand years, happy and healthy."
It has been almost 800 years since the Mandate of Heaven of Bang Zhou, and this is all the credit of Luohou and the ancestors of the past dynasties.
Because of the Luo Kingdom, the royal family was able to get so much land.
The widow has obtained a lot of treasures in these days, if you don't divide these treasures in half, will the widow be able to sit in Luoyi safely?
So please take it.
You can't come to Luoyi, the widow can't see you, maybe the widow wants to become the only one in Bangzhou who hasn't seen Luohou, every time I think of this, the widow only feels sad and inexplicable.
The widow has given you these cities near the kingdom of Luo, so that you may be able to get closer to the widow.
The gods of King Su are in the sky, and the destiny of Bang Zhou is ten thousand years. ”
There are many faint and evil mediocre monarchs in the Zhou royal family, and this son of heaven is relatively sensible.
Luo Chang looked at the letter with some emotion, and sighed slightly, "I have enjoyed the wealth created by my predecessors, so the hard karma created by my predecessors must also be borne by future generations, this is the justice of God." ”
"Father."
As soon as Luo Chang put away the letter, he heard his son Luo Qing calling out to him outside the door, so he said, "Qing'er, come in." ”
Gongziqing pushed the door and walked in, as a child of the public office, his appearance was of course quite outstanding, but there was still a little dust on his body, as if he had just come out of the mound, and his face was full of excitement.
Gongziqing walked into the house, first saluted, and then knelt in front of Luo Chang, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Father."
During these days, when the ministers and many Mohists studied the tools of the Mohists, a new kind of plough was created.
This plough is very labor-saving to use, and it can be used in the past on land that was more difficult to cultivate, and it is more efficient than humans.
Over the years, the family has gradually fine-tuned the calendar, and a complete calendar is about to appear.
Research and improvement of the current farming skills, and now Erchen and the Mo family have made new agricultural tools, which is a sign that agriculture will develop greatly.
Agriculture is the foundation of the world, and if the new plough can be carried out in the whole world, wouldn't it be possible to cultivate more land and feed more people.
The ancestor King Su said that if Zhuxia had more land suitable for cultivation and bronze, it would be able to prosper forever.
Therefore, King Su created a partition, and now, the most suitable land for cultivation in the world is in the hands of Zhuxia, so the barbarians in the four directions are gradually annihilated.
One day, the development of the land will stop, so we must cultivate on every piece of land that has been developed, and if there are 10,000 people in Zhuxia, what kind of prosperity will it be? ”
Ox farming has been around for quite some time, but bronze is not suitable as a farming tool, and it is not too widespread.
Until the advent of iron tools, although iron smelting technology is not possible now, it is still very useful as a farm tool.
With the advent of the new plough, Rockwell is also improving the astronomical calendar to make agricultural time more accurate.
Gongziqing is the person who pays the most attention to agricultural affairs in the Luoguo Office, and he is really excited now.
He believes that the reason why King Su's rites are so perfect and allow Bang Zhou's mandate to last for hundreds of years is that King Su's rites can make everyone settle in their places, so that there can always be enough food in the world to supply the people.
If the people of the country are stable, Bangzhou will be stable.
"Now the population of Zhuxia is increasing, and the population is increasing faster and faster.
But it wasn't easy to reclaim a piece of land where food could be produced, and now that we have new and convenient tools, we can do it faster. ”
Luo Chang smiled: "Then go and see the new plough you said, if it is really useful, it should be recorded in the classics."
Just like the ancient Suiren clan and Youchao clan, it has been passed down through the ages, so that future generations know that there is such a group of sages who have opened up a way forward for the people of Zhuxia. ”
Outside of Zhaocheng, there is a manor exclusive to the Luo family, where Luo Chang and Luo Qing are under the protection of the guards.
In the middle of a field there were many people, half of them dressed in the clothes of the ink man, and the other half in the robes of the scholars.
If the nobles of the Luo Kingdom saw it, they would find that most of the adult children of the Luo Kingdom had appeared here.
The dust in the sky fell on this group of people, but no one left, the ink people were used to it, they were just crawling at the bottom, and they didn't pay so much attention to it.
As for the Luoguo Office, in the process of cultivating their children, they have suffered too much, and the things that can make them unacceptable are really not too many in this world.
"Monarch!"
"Head of the house!"
Everyone saluted Luo Chang one after another, and then a group of people looked at the ink man who was driving the ploughing ox in the distance against the scorching sun, as if using a sharp knife to split the flesh and blood, and the slightly hard soil was not hindered at all, and was directly turned up by the plow.
Everyone present has planted the land, and the efficiency of this ploughing is really much higher, Luo Qing said excitedly: "Father, this efficiency has increased at least several times." ”
Luo Chang quickly grasped the most critical point, "Now we have to look at the degree of wear." ”
After a while, the ink man who ploughed the land led the ox back, and laughed loudly: "After the transformation, the plough is held with one hand, as long as it is not crooked, you can let the ploughing ox work hard throughout the whole process, with this thing, one person and one ox are enough to beat ten people!" ”
Luo Chang walked to the back of the ploughing ox and held the iron plow, and sure enough, he did not bend down in the slightest, and then pulled out the iron plough directly, only to see that the wood was wrapped in a sharp iron sheet, emitting a cold light.
This metal, which is harder than bronze, cannot replace bronze on the battlefield due to its poor smelting technology, but as a farm tool, it is a metal that is far superior to bronze.
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During the period of political retreat of the kingdom, due to the frequent wars between the nations, countless deaths, and the collapse of righteousness, the ancient scholars always described it as a dark age.
But objectively speaking, after withdrawing energy from the political aspect, there was an endless stream of new ideas and new technologies in the country, just like the emergence of the "ink plow", the promotion of the productive forces could not be ignored, and the crystallization of these wisdom was the most valuable wealth of that era.
The clash of wisdom between the sons and hundreds of schools of thought is far more exciting than the bloody stories between princes and generals. ——"Examination of the Contribution of Farmers and Mohists to the Origin and Development of Agricultural Tools"
A little more tonight, make up for the morning~
(End of chapter)