According to the ritual system, at the beginning of spring ploughing every year, there is a grand ceremony in the imperial court, and the emperor presides over the ploughing in the tribute field, making a good start for the spring ploughing in the world.

Time passed quickly, and fifteen days before the spring ploughing ceremony, 50,000 new plows were delivered to the construction site on the edge of the Bahe River. did not arrive in Chang'an, but secretly asked the emperor to come over for acceptance, all the same shape, neatly placed on the car, looking from a distance, as if a car incarnated in thousands of general.

Wondering if he was dazzled, Li Er rubbed his eyes, this, this is Xiao Rui's achievement for two months? Although farm tools are much easier to build than weapons, how many people is Xiao Rui? Only 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, can two have such a large output?

Xiao Rui stood beside the emperor and introduced: "50,000 new ploughs, although they cannot be distributed to every household in Guanzhong Province and Henan Province, but with the original old-fashioned plough, it is enough. It is even possible to allocate a portion of the plough to other places. ”

Li Er is more concerned about the strength of the new plough, is it good or not? Is it really much better than the old plough?

Xiao Rui confidently walked aside with the visitors. On a riverbank in this Bahe River, there are already prepared ploughing oxen, new ploughs, and skilled cultivators.

Waving their hands to the ten groups of people on the river beach, a whip sounded, and the ploughing ox mooed, and everyone's eyes were focused on the land on the river beach.

Eating soil, digging ditches, dividing soil...... Hiss! This speed, this speed......

Xiao Rui smiled, the effect visible to the naked eye, the ploughing ox seemed to have never carried a load, and the person who supported the plough behind him almost trotted to keep up. There was even a group of people who accidentally fell because the ploughing ox was running too fast and fell on a big horse.

But even after gnawing on the sand, the man was unaware of the pain and the embarrassment, but squatted on the ground and laughed wildly.

The village chief next to him kicked over and scolded: "Old Seven, what's silly fun?" The saint over there looked at it, and he couldn't even hold a plow? ”

Lao Qi patted the soil on his body, smiled at the village chief, and said: "Who doesn't know that my Lao Qi is the number one cultivator in the village, and today's fall is worth falling!" I fell willingly. With this new style of magic plow, I let a few other people have a lot of time. Today's stew at home, I'm done. ”

The village chief scolded with a smile: "Don't brag nonsense, you kid used to have insufficient ploughing cattle and the land was difficult to cultivate, but you have good plow skills, so you are faster than others to plow the land." Today, you take a closer look, the ploughing ox is provided by the housekeeper, the sandy land is flat, whose plough is not eating the soil in a hurry? What kind of technology do you want for this kind of land? ”

Yes??

When Lao Qi saw it, he immediately panicked, and hurriedly rushed over to pick up the plough, and shook the whip to beat the ploughing ox!

The emperor and officials by the river watched this scene and laughed one after another.

Uncle Wuji, the eldest grandson, took the lead in congratulating: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, with this new type of plough, this year's spring ploughing is not worried." ”

Li Er asked cautiously: "At this rate, how can there be more than two acres a day?" What about other dirty plots? Is there an actual measurement? ”

Xiao Rui pointed to the five people on the riverbank, "The soil on the riverbank is a common soil quality in Guanzhong, and I have set up several groups for comparison." ”

Everyone observed carefully, and only then did they find that although the fields cultivated by the ten groups of people were close to each other, the land under their feet was indeed slightly different, and everyone admired Xiao Yushi's careful arrangement.

Dasi Nong Su Yan excitedly rushed into the ground, and observed more carefully: "It is deeper than the commonly used plough to eat the soil, and it also has a mechanism that can adjust the depth of the soil. ”

Turning around and trotting back, the old man was in his fifties, excited like a child, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" With this new type of plough, not only can speed up the speed of spring ploughing, if you eat a little deeper, the grain yield has been improved, great joy! Old ministers, please ask for credit for Xiao Yushi. ”

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and the officials who visited together congratulated one after another, shouting for Xiao Rui. Among them is the eldest grandson Wuji, who doesn't like Xiao Rui.

Li Er looked at Xiao Rui, "Boy, what do you think?" ”

Xiao Rui scolded in his heart and asked me? You obviously just want to erase my credit, white prostitute, do you want to be ashamed?

can think about it, forget it, this plough said that it is good, it is counted as a dowry to compensate Xiangcheng, although it cannot be said explicitly, but it belongs to the covenant of the gentleman, what is promoted or not, it doesn't matter, the master is not rare.

"Your Majesty, the minister is an official of the Tang Dynasty, and it is his duty to contribute to the country, and he does not dare to be greedy."

"You kid...... Am I a man who does not know what to reward and punish? Li Er scolded with a smile.

Xiao Rui said seriously: "There is still half a month before the spring ploughing ceremony, and the top priority is to quickly transport these plows to Guanzhong Road and Henan Road, and distribute them all to the people." ”

Li Er was very satisfied with Xiao Rui's attitude, when everyone only saw the reward for meritorious deeds, this kid could still remember the business, not bad. It seems that he is really not a person of officialdom, he only works for the sake of solidity.

"Everyone is discussing, how to effectively distribute it to the people?" The Emperor asked the officials who had brought him. He emphasized the common people, the meaning is very clear, to the hands of the people, in the future to lay down the grain before the tax will be handed over to the treasury, and to the nobles, the family to collect the grain, not all the taxes to the court.

Uncle Sun Wuji was the first to speak: "First of all, you must not ask for money, you must distribute it for free, otherwise ordinary people can't afford it at all." ”

The emperor nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Come out of Sinong Temple, follow the supervision and distribution, and distribute it uniformly in all county governments." ”

Everyone gossiped and offered advice one after another, Xiao Rui finally saw the ability of this group of court elites, and when they used it in practice, it was really a lot of people with great power and a lot of ideas.

The Great Si Nong Su Yan, who had been staring at the river beach, spoke, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it may be distributed according to the quality of the soil. ”

Everyone fell silent, and all listened to the thoughts of this experienced big farmer, "Fifty thousand ploughs, evenly distributed, is only an average efficiency of two acres per day. But what if all of it was given to the sandy land along the river? According to the efficiency of at least three acres of ploughing, then at the end of the day, an additional 50,000 acres of land can be cultivated. After the river beach land is cultivated, there is still room to support other plots. ”

Xiao Rui looked at this big Sinong in surprise, and said sorry in his heart. This entry point was something he didn't expect, or rather, Xiao Rui thought about it, his idea was just the opposite, all for ordinary land, and the old plough for the river beach land would not be delayed.

But there are professional people in professional matters, and at this moment, Xiao Rui chooses to support Dasi Nong.

In this old man, he didn't feel the official, but felt that the other party was as simple as an ordinary old farmer who was dedicated to farming.

After some deliberation, Li Er decided to distribute it from Da Si Nong's suggestion, and of course, the supervisors of Si Nong Temple should also follow in place. I am not afraid that the people below will deceive and distribute it indiscriminately, but I am afraid that the people below will not do their jobs well and put this batch of new plows in the warehouse to eat ashes.

The eldest grandson Wuji proposed: "Your Majesty, please give this new plough a name!" ”

Giving a name?

"Xiao Rui, what's the name of this plow?"

Xiao Rui explained: "According to his shape, which is different from the old straight yuan, I call him Quyuan plow. The craftsmen who made it, as well as the people who participated in the experimental farming, called him the Divine Plough, and some called the Treasure Plough ......"

Everyone laughed, the name is vulgar, but it is very appropriate, isn't it a treasure given by God?

Li Er nodded and said, "In this way, then it is called a heaven-given plow!" Heaven has blessed me with the treasure plough of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Everyone congratulated in unison, "Congratulations to Your Majesty for getting the treasure plow, I have been in the Tang Dynasty for ten thousand years!" ”

In everyone's congratulations, Li Er looked at Xiao Rui, and liked this unofficial son-in-law more and more. A person who is an emperor will have the emperor's mind and like to gain power, but he does not like courtiers who can only get power, but he looks down on those who work hard. Especially at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, all kinds of waste were prosperous, and Emperor Li Er was also a solid worker, and he didn't like to play with power.

"Xiao Rui, the invention of the heaven-given treasure plow, is a great contribution. In order to solve the livelihood of retired veterans, I have built the Bahe Workshop on the construction site without sleeping. ”

"I mean: Xiao Rui was promoted to the position of Si Nong Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, from the four grades, since you are proficient in both agriculture and industry, the next spring ploughing, please assist Da Si Nong."

Hiss...... He seems to be only eighteen or nineteen, right? From the four pins? Red robe? The youngest red robe in Datang, right?

But looking at the merits of others, as well as the tanned skin, everyone should give a thumbs up and say: Serve!