7 New plough tools
After sending everyone away, Xiong Wuliang knelt in front of the bookcase, thought for a moment, took a pen and sketched a few strokes on the blank parchment, and then paced in the study, picked up the bamboo slips and flipped through them casually.
Within an hour, Zhong Hua came back with a man in rags.
"Lord, this craftsman's name is Shi Er, and he can be regarded as a good hand in Quyang City in terms of craftsmanship."
"Craftsman Shi Er, meet the lord!" The man fell to the ground and saluted.
Xiong Wuliang waved his hand and motioned for Shi Er to stand up and speak: "Do you know how to carpenter?" β
"Back to the lord, the villain will have some carpentry and masonry, please ask the lord to command."
Xiong Wuliang picked up the piece of parchment on the case and handed it to Shi Er: "Take a look, can you make it?" β
Shi Er took the drawings, looked at them fixedly, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This is ...... Ploughshare? β
Yo? Xiong Wuliang couldn't help but glance at the craftsman, this guy is quite smart.
The appearance of the things drawn on my own drawings is not small from the ploughshares that people use today.
"It's called a quyuan plow, and it's really a ploughshare." Xiong Wuliang nodded.
Shi Er smacked his tongue while holding the drawings: "There is such a complex ploughshare in the world?" The villain has worked all his life, and it is the first time I have seen it. β
"Can you do it?"
Shi Er looked at the drawings carefully and said firmly: "Although the shape looks complicated at first glance, it is also a simple structure. If the lord wants, it won't take half a day for the villain to do it. β
Xiong Wuliang was a civil engineer in his previous life.
This drawing is very professionally drawn!
The size of each place is clearly marked on the drawing.
If you can't do it, you'll have a ghost!
"Good! Make a sample as soon as possible and send it to my house, and there will be a reward. Xiong Wuliang said with a smile.
After the craftsman Shi Er left, Zhong Hua was quite puzzled and said: "Lord, this song ...... What plow, what the hell is it? β
Xiong Wuliang smiled slightly: "Quyuan plough is a new type of plough tool, which is several times faster than the efficiency of the existing ploughshare!" If it can be used in a wide range of Quyang, it will definitely greatly help to reclaim the land! β
Qu Yuan plow, this is an artifact that has entered history textbooks.
It is a sign of the maturity of China's agricultural technology!
It is nearly a thousand years more advanced than the current one!
Dimensionality reduction strike, understand?
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"Did you hear that? The new little prince is going to change the tax! β
"It's said to be a downgrade!"
"Is there such a thing? I've only heard of the increase, when did I talk about the reduction? β
There are very few things that are more important to farmers than taxes. The rumors spread like a wind, and there was a lot of discussion in Quyang City.
At the gate of the city, a large number of people who rushed to exchange news gathered to exchange news, which made Quyang City, which was depressed on weekdays, rarely lively.
"Tithes this year!" The messenger made the final decision.
Everyone was in an uproar!
Can there be such a good thing?
"Official, don't make fun of us. The world is so big, how can there be a tithe? An old man said tremblingly.
"Who has the heart to joke with you? The lord said that this year's agricultural tax will be one of them; In addition, farmland reclaimed from now on will not be taxed for three years! Although the messenger had a straight face, the smile in his eyes could not be hidden.
For Qu Yang, who was greatly injured, this order to reduce the endowment was too important!
Everyone buzzed for a long time, and finally made sure that the little official was not joking, and there was a great buzz at the city gate, and cheers came and went.
"The Lord is wise!"
"Long live the Lord!"
The crowd was so excited that they rushed forward and held the messenger aloft, cheering incessantly.
"Hey! Ay! Wait for Diao Min, put me down quickly, I still have official business! The little official scolded loudly. But this arrogance soon could not be maintained, and the little official also cheered with everyone.
Tithes, what is this concept?
For hundreds of years, no one has heard of such a low tax anywhere!
For the peasants, the factional struggle between the top leaders has little to do with them.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many villagers in the township who died in the hands of the Qin people, I am afraid that their attitude towards the Qin people would also be very indifferent.
Family and country affairs, do their?
The new lord is a good master who can be sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and this is a great thing!
"Newly cultivated farmland has not been taxed for three yearsβI'm trying to clear up that wasteland on the river beach, wonderful!"
Everyone was excited and full of energy.
While talking and laughing, some people also mentioned the matter of public toilets.
"I heard that the little lord doesn't allow us to casually, what kind of public toilet do you want to build."
"What is a public toilet?"
"It's a public hut."
When the messenger heard this, he immediately said: "The second and third sons must not be careless, and if anyone dares to at will, this reduction will not reduce his family." β
An honest old farmer said loudly: "Could it be that the government wants those dirty and smelly things to be useful?" β
The crowd burst into laughter.
The little official stiffened his face and slapped the old farmer hard: "Don't talk nonsense, the lord is kind, don't you still appreciate it?" β
Someone nodded and agreed: "This is very true, digging a public toilet in front of the house will be the end of this year's conscription, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" β
In these days, serving as a conscriptor is a hard job.
The so-called forced labor means that the people have to set aside a period of time every year to bring their own dry food to work for the monarch.
Generally speaking, they have to do the hard work of building city walls, not to mention walking long distances, and they are prone to encounter various dangers.
Building a thatched hut and digging a tunnel in front of one's house can withstand a year's hard work, which can be described as good governance.
"The little prince is so sympathetic to the people's livelihood, how can we not appreciate it? Since the official wants the to be useful, the second and third sons must do their best to make the official have a great harvest. Someone joked with a hippie smile.
Everyone burst into laughter: "Yes, yes, let's have a try to see whose number can satisfy the official......"
The little official blushed and cursed, and everyone laughed even more......
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Xiong Wuliang stretched his waist, had nothing to do, and walked around the mansion in the company of a few pro-soldier troops.
Although it is quite simple (simple) and simple (ugly), it does not look like a mansion of the exploiting class at all.
But being able to sit on such a large piece of land in the county town was unimaginable in the previous life.
At present, his first batch of decrees has been ordered, and regardless of whether the people below understand it or not, the response is good, and the implementation is going smoothly.
After Xiong Wuliang made a round of inspections, the sky also darkened.
There was no nightlife during the Warring States Period, and there was no fun in the poor countryside of Quyang County. Seeing that the sky was dark, Xiong Wuliang went straight to the bedroom.
"I've seen the Lord." There were two soldiers standing at the door of the bedroom, apparently guarding the place early: "The hot tubs are ready, and they are all placed inside." The lord rest assured, there are two of us guarding the door, and you can say hello loudly if you have something. β
Xiong Wuliang patted the shoulders of the two pro-soldiers: "You have worked hard, you don't need to wait here, just go to rest." β
After several days of traveling, coupled with a whole day of tossing today, Xiong Wuliang was already exhausted. Although the pro-soldier tribe had already prepared all the hot water, he didn't even have the strength to bathe at the moment.
I'll just stay dirty and smelly for another night, and I'll talk about it tomorrow...... Anyway, the son of Mi Liang is not a clean person with a habit of cleanliness.
Xiong Wuliang didn't turn on the lamp when he entered the bedroom, and went straight to the couch in the dark.
Soft.
Hey? Why does it feel a little wrong?