Before and after the Qingming Festival, the general Zuofu finally made the most urgent agricultural tools according to my requirements: Quyuan plow, hoe, water wheel three things, keel waterwheel and so on.

After the end of the Heavenly Dynasty meeting, I took Li Si, Feng Quji, and Bai Chong to Jiangzuo's mansion, and Gong Jin had already placed the made farm tools in the hall one by one.

Li Si and the others were a little strange when they saw these things. After studying for a long time, I only saw that the Quyuan plow was an improved version of the current plow, and the others did not recognize what it was for.

I said to Gong Yin: "Gong Yinjin, you explain the use of these things to the prime minister." ”

The bow of the gong into the bow is: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see this plough, called the Quyuan plow, which is composed of eleven parts, namely, the ploughshare, the plough wall, the plough bottom, the pressure of the plough, the forehead, the plough arrow, the plough wheel, the plough tip, the plough comment, the plough building and the plough plate. Compared with the plough that is being used now, the plough body can swing when the curved plough is operated, is full of maneuverability, is convenient for deep ploughing, and is light and flexible, is conducive to maneuvering, can greatly improve the efficiency of farming, and if the ploughing ox is used, the efficiency is doubled. ”

"Look at this thing again, this thing is called the cocoon hoe, there are 3 cocoon feet at the lower end of the cocoon car, that is, 3 furrow openers, the funnel containing seeds is installed in the middle, the seeds can be sown at the same time as the ditch is opened, and the cumbersome labor of ditching and then sowing and covering the soil is avoided."

"This round thing is a keel waterwheel, using many wipers on the gear drive chain to scrape water into the car trough, driven by manpower or animal power, used to lift water for irrigation and drainage, with the rollover, it can not only lift the water to a high place, but also transport the water to a distance, which greatly saves manpower."

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In addition, Gong Jin introduced the use of other farm tools one by one, and Li Si and the others were dumbfounded.

Feng Qujian said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, if what Gong Zhu said is true, then wouldn't my Daqin's farming be soaring, just this thing called the keel waterwheel, how much manpower for irrigation will be saved!" ”

Li Si also showed a surprised expression and asked, "Your Majesty, are these farm tools developed by Your Majesty?" ”

I nodded, and shook my head again: "I can't say that I developed it, I just borrowed the wisdom of others, as long as it can benefit my people in Great Qin, I will spare no effort." ”

I continued, "Iron is in high demand because the tools used in the fields have been replaced with all-iron instead of wood-hearted iron blades. In addition, due to the increase in the weight of agricultural tools, especially the quyuan plow, we must vigorously promote ox ploughing, and replace human ploughing with ox ploughing. ”

"After the development of agricultural tools, it should be supplemented by corresponding agricultural laws, such as encouraging cattle ploughing, encouraging reclamation, reclamation or grain payment to meet certain requirements can be exempted from labor, encouraging counties, li, and pavilions to collectively build canals, reservoirs, wells, etc., and there are many things that need to be considered. Otherwise, relying only on the development of agricultural tools will not be able to keep up with the corresponding laws, and the effect will not be too good. ”

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The next day at the court meeting, Bai Chong made another report on yesterday's events at the court meeting, and the ministers were surprised.

I originally wanted to make a house, but I was still young, and I was very interested in these strange tricks, but I didn't expect to really develop so many useful tools.

After Bai Chong's report, I said: "This appliance has been successfully developed, and I have the intention to complete the promotion as soon as possible." Lis, do you have any ideas on how to quickly promote what I told you yesterday about supplementing it with the corresponding laws? ”

Li Si got up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister listened to His Majesty's holy will yesterday and already had some ideas. ”

"First, in addition to the encouragement of cattle farming, reclamation, and water conservancy as mentioned by His Majesty, the minister suggested that the people who were released from the previous project should be registered in a unified manner, and like the convicts sent to Yunzhong and Baiyue, they should be allocated wasteland and rented farm tools, so that they could reclaim wasteland and increase the number of acres."

Second, the minister suggested that the number of acres of existing fields should be fixed, which had been counted in the twenty-sixth year of the first emperor; The newly reclaimed acres of land were owned by the government and given to the Qianshou in the form of lease, and different rents were levied on the leased land according to the situation of each county, and the Qianshou only needed to pay the prescribed land rent, and the rest belonged to the Qianshou. In this way, it can not only enrich the national treasury and county treasury, but also give the head of Qiantou the strength to reclaim. ”

Hearing Li Si's words, I gasped, and said in shock: "Good guy, no wonder Yingzheng likes Li Si so much, this person's mind is not ordinary flexible, 'Enough to hand over the country, the rest is your own', the big package is really for you to understand!" However, in the era of the Qin Dynasty, I am afraid it is not so easy to implement......

As soon as Li Si's words fell, Shi Geyue took the lead in objecting: "Your Majesty, this discussion is inappropriate!" During his lifetime, in the 26th year of his reign, the emperor ordered the Qianshou to report to the government according to the amount of land actually occupied at that time, and the government recognized the legitimacy of the reported land and levied the land rent accordingly. ”

"If the newly reclaimed land is uniformly returned to the government, it may be difficult for the minister to define the boundary between the newly reclaimed and the reclaimed farmland, and if the existing land in Qianshou is compulsorily counted as newly reclaimed, won't it be necessary to pay the land rent twice, which will definitely cause unrest in the world, and the minister opposes this proposal!"

My eyes narrowed slightly, Ge Yue is in charge of the country's grain production and land, and it may be difficult to define the newly cultivated and reclaimed fields, but it is not impossible to achieve, and it will take more effort.

This seems to be the consideration of the head of the Qian, who already has land, but in fact, it is those landlords who benefit.

At this moment, Bai Zhuo, the commander of the guards, also stood up, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, there is some truth in what the history of Zhisu Neishi said. The minister was the overseer of the army, and he should not have been concerned about agricultural affairs, but the minister thought that agricultural affairs were also related to the military, and if the situation mentioned in the history of the administration of Su really happened, it would inevitably lead to chaos in the existing land rent. Most of the grain and grass of the Qin army was allocated by the treasury of Neishi County, and once there was a chaos in the field rent, which affected the national grain stock, the minister was worried that the army's grain and grass would be interrupted, and the army's morale would be unstable. ”

I snorted coldly in my heart: "It turned out to be a member of the Bai family, and after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Meng and Xiqi tribes gradually declined due to poor farming, and the Bai clan gradually became the largest clan in Yi County. If Li Si's proposal is implemented this time, the Bai clan will suffer the most, and they will naturally actively oppose it. ’

Later, a few more people stood up to express their opposition, not all of them were from the Bai family, but they were also from the landlord's gate.

I glanced at Feng Quji imperceptibly, and there was no expression on Feng Quji's face, neither in favor nor against it. Although Feng Quji's ancestor was not from Qin, he was much more deeply rooted in the Qin State than Li Si and others, and I don't know how far his relationship with these old nobles had reached.

Seeing that the opposition accounted for the majority, Li Si's face gradually darkened, and he had argued with these people before, but now he was silent.

I cleared my throat, and the hall fell silent.