Zhuge Liang complained about Pang Tong in his heart, and the more he thought about Pang Tong, the more he felt that Zhang Xi was pleasing to the eye.

It's not that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong don't agree, it can only be said that the personalities of the two sides are not the same.

Zhuge Liang can seek stability if he can, even if he uses strange tricks, he has to take into account all aspects and prepare a few more sets of backup plans.

But Pang Tong's personality is more impatient, and he doesn't have to prove that he is stronger than Zhuge Liang, mainly because he thinks that as long as some things are well considered, even if they are a little dangerous, they are worth it compared to the benefits.

And in this, Zhuge Liang is not just seeking stability, he will also use strange tricks when he should use them. Pang Tong is not an adventure, and he will not choose to take risks when he feels that the price is too high.

The advice of these two people is based on the overall consideration, but their personalities are different, resulting in different ways of thinking, so their strategies are also different.

Take the barbarians in the four counties of Jingnan as an example, the controversy between Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang is not actually on whether to pacify the barbarians, but when to pacify the barbarians.

Zhuge Liang felt that the barbarians around the four counties were relatively scattered and unformed, as long as they waited for their own development for two years and became stronger, maybe the surrounding barbarians would be obedient themselves.

And Pang Tong felt that he should take advantage of the fact that Zhou Yu was busy governing Nanjun now, and Cao Cao was also unable to get over a southern county, so he took advantage of the situation to solve this problem.

Otherwise, there will really be a conflict with Jiangdong in the future, or when Cao Cao conquers Nanjun again and threatens the four counties of Jingnan, the barbarians will catch fire in the backyard, and it will be themselves who will be uncomfortable.

Moreover, Pang Tong believes that because the barbarians around the four counties of Jingnan are relatively scattered and all of them are not in the climate, they should be requisitioned in time, and they can't wait for some of them to sit down before going, which is not cost-effective.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, because this matter has been quarreled in Wuling several times, no one can convince anyone, and Liu Bei is actually more biased towards Zhuge Liang, otherwise he would not have brought Zhuge Liang to Jiangxia to deal with the matter of Jiangxia's division of land.

In the past few years, he has been fighting, and Liu Bei also knows that he has to recuperate.

Besides, the four counties of Jingnan have just been pacified, and last year they finally obtained a large amount of money and grain supplements, and they also had to use it to enrich the treasury in case of emergency, so there is really no time to use troops again.

Therefore, Liu Bei plans to stay in Jiangxia for a while, one is to sit in Jiangxia and deal with the resettlement of displaced people, and the other is to let Pang Tong be in charge of Jingnan's government affairs for a period of time and exercise.

With Liu Bei in charge, plus Zhuge Liang presiding over the division of land, Zhang Xi suddenly felt a lot easier.

Zhang Xidu wanted to go back to Xiakou like this, after all, he was a county prince, and he couldn't always stay in the local area, otherwise the magistrate would feel that it was difficult to let go of his hands and feet with multiple mothers-in-law.

But Zhuge Liang said, I, the "big mother-in-law", haven't left, what are you going to do?!

Want to be lazy?! No way.

Do you think it's over when the land is divided?!

It's about to be spring ploughing, these newly settled displaced people, if you don't organize them to spring ploughing, let them work by themselves, the final result may be a reduction in grain production, and when the green and yellow are not harvested, they still have to flee the famine, believe it or not?

The different people's conditions, different salinity of the land, and different water sources in each place will affect agricultural production.

For example, the people on the Xinye side, they are used to growing corn, and if they also grow corn in the east of Jiangxia, the yield will definitely not be as good as when they were in Xinye.

Moreover, Jiangxia is close to the Yangtze River, water resources are so abundant, and the climate conditions are more warm, so rice cultivation should be the mainstay, supplemented by corn planting.

Not only must there be changes in planting crops, but since you have taken root and lived in Jiangxia, you also have to adapt to the lifestyle here in Jiangxia, guarding the rich water resources of the Yangtze River, and you don't fish to subsidize your family, isn't it a pity?!

There's a lot to do.

If it is just a piece of land and then let the people fend for themselves, then why should the imperial court take the persuasion of agriculture and mulberry as the assessment standard for local officials?!

This aspect involves the government affairs of the pro-people officials, and Zhang Xi really doesn't understand

In his previous life, Zhang Xi had never even seen a few fields, but he knew how to cook rice, but he definitely didn't know how rice was grown.

And Zhang Xi in this life, as a humble scholar, finding a way to study is the right way, how can he have the time to go to his own field to ask the farmer how to farm.

I've never had that experience in my two lifetimes combined.

But Zhuge Liang is different, Zhuge Liang was not the self-proclaimed self-advertisement of later emperors when he was in Longzhong, he really worked in the field and consulted farmers, so he not only has theoretical knowledge, but also practical experience in farming.

Therefore, Zhang Xi not only studied by himself, but also took Xiao Deng Ai with him and asked him to study with him.

This doesn't count as stealing. At least Zhuge Liang did not object.

In these years, as long as you are willing to bow your head and learn this kind of people-friendly affairs, it is impossible to learn it.

Xiao Deng Ai is smart, Zhuge Liang knows, although he feels that Xiao Deng Ai's personality and temper are not suitable for him, but since Zhang Xi has the heart to cultivate Deng Ai, then Zhuge Liang also treats Xiao Deng Ai as a reserve talent of Liu Bei Group.

The first thing Zhuge Liang did to teach pro-people affairs was to take Zhang Xi to familiarize himself with farm tools.

You have to know what farm tools are used for and when they will be used.

You don't need to know how to use it yourself, but you must know what this thing does, or you will guide a woolen people.

Xiao Deng Ai listened very attentively, but Zhang Xi deserted.

When it comes to agriculture, you will naturally think of farm tools, and when you talk about farm tools, you must think of Quyuan plow, how can you forget this thing?!

The quyuan plow only needs one person and one ox, or even two people can operate, which is much more convenient than the current two-ox and one-person plow, and can also liberate labor.

And the structure of the curved plough is simple, this thing, as long as you know the structure, there are few that can't be made.

And it just so happened that when Zhang Xi was in Dianniang, because he had seen too much of the Quyuan plough made by his predecessors, he went to the Internet to find it carefully and carefully studied the structure.

Why didn't you think about it before?!

As soon as he thought of Qu Yuanli, Zhang Xi immediately ignored anything, ran directly back to the study of the mansion, and began to take paper and pen and draw.

Zhuge Liang didn't know what Zhang Xi was going to do, so he could only follow and take a look, and then he saw Zhang Xi scribbling on the paper he had managed to get.

Damn, Zhuge Liang himself is reluctant to use it, this product is actually so handy.

And what is this drawing?!

Bird?!

Faced with Zhuge Liang's questioning, Zhang Xi was suddenly furious and said, "Plow, this is a plow, a new plow, do you know the Quyuan plow?!" ”

Zhuge Liang once again carefully watched Zhang Xi's "masterpiece." Seriously, if Zhang Xi didn't say it, Zhuge Liang would not have thought that this was a plow.

But as soon as Zhang Xi said it, Zhuge Liang saw something.

"This plow. Not a long straight wheel?! Zhuge Liang asked in surprise.

Zhang Xi rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that this is nonsense, and he said it himself, this is called Quyuan plow.

Zhuge Liang also smiled embarrassedly.

The main thing is that the current plough is a long straight plow, this kind of curved plow, Zhuge Liang is really the first time to see it.

"The plough twists and turns, but why?!" Zhuge Liang looked at it for a long time and continued to ask, "Is it suitable for reason to improve like this?!" Can you really farm with only one man and one ox?! ”

Zhang Xi can't say what the principle is, but it can only be said to be the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people.

As for whether it only takes one person and one cow, this is simple, build it, and try it.

The structure of the curved plough is not complicated, and there are only so many parts, and an experienced craftsman will know how to do it at a glance.

Zhuge Liang found a craftsman in the army and asked him to make it according to the drawing, but the master craftsman complained to Zhuge Liang while doing it, saying that he had been farming at home for more than ten years, and he had never seen such a plow, so don't be deceived.

Zhang Xi listened to it on the side, and he didn't think it was a taste.

Sure enough, it is so difficult to make people in this era accept new things, even if this thing is only one or two hundred years ahead.

The Quyuan plough was completely formed, probably in the late Tang Dynasty, but the appearance of the Quyuan plough was in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it was only one or two hundred years from now.

The master craftsman delivered a curved plough the next day, and Zhuge Liang also found an experienced old farmer and a docile ploughing ox early.

The old farmer put the curved plough on the oxen, then looked left and right, and seemed to have found the trick, and began to help the plough and rake the plow.

Zhuge Liang's eyes widened in amazement, watching one person and one ox plough the land.

The curved plough can really be cultivated by one person and one ox, and the land ploughing can be adjusted by the mechanism, which can be both deep and shallow tillage, which is more suitable for the growth of different crops.

Compared with the usual long straight plow, the curved plough is more convenient to turn around, and there is no need to re-turn the ox, which can save a lot of time.

It's not good at all, the Quyuan plow seems to be a bit expensive to plowshare.

Because the old farmer used deep ploughing, he cultivated less than two acres of land, and the plow was a little cracked, although it can continue to be used, but how much it affects the effect of cultivated land, the old farmer asked Zhuge Liang to replace the plowshare.

Zhuge Liang had a lot of complaints about this, and Zhang Xi felt unbelievable.

Looking more closely, Zhang Xi was suddenly annoyed.

"Who told you to make a plow out of wood. Even if it's a long straight plow, his plow is not made of wood, right?! Zhang Xi questioned the craftsman.

But the craftsman looked at Zhuge Liang with an embarrassed face.

The craftsman is a master craftsman in the army, and he really does not lack iron tools, and it is not difficult to make an iron-clad plowshare, but he does not dare to do it.

There is no way, Zhuge Liang's order, the use of iron tools in the army needs to be strictly reviewed, and it cannot be used elsewhere without authorization.

This order was originally intended to prevent some generals from selling ordnance for personal gain.

But for now. Anyway, the master craftsman would not dare to make iron-clad plowshares for the Quyuan plow.

Zhuge Liang was also embarrassed for a while, and had to write a warrant to the master craftsman, asking him to hurry up and build an iron-clad plowshare to come over.

But Zhang Xi was a little overwhelmed.

"Military advisor, is it a bit of a fuss to have a piece of iron sheet and the prime minister personally order it?!"

Zhang Xi said very tactfully.

When you arrived in Shuzhong, you were also "more than 20 battles", why in Jingzhou, you even have to take care of a piece of iron?!

I'm not afraid of dying of exhaustion!?

(End of chapter)