The persuasiveness of the action is greater than the words, and Ji Chang directly drove the old cow and began to plow the land.

The old cow was very docile, and as soon as he heard the shouting, he immediately pulled it and walked around the field.

When the old cow had walked a hundred steps, several farmers let out a burst of exclamations.

As the old cow walked, the strange tool dug deep into the earth, stirring up large chunks of dirt, which were then chopped up and brought to both sides.

"This..."

"How is this possible?"

"What the hell is this?"

Several peasants were completely shocked by the scene in front of them, and involuntarily threw themselves on the ground, took the chopped and removed soil in their hands, and carefully observed it.

"It's so deep!"

"So fast!"

"With such depth and speed, I'm afraid I'll have to spend some effort, I don't want this old cow to just need to walk a few steps!"

It was an old farmer who spoke, his eyes were staring at Lao Niu and Ji Chang fiery, this thing is more useful than keel waterwheels, orange trees, and stepping mills, the former is only indirectly convenient for farming, but the latter directly accelerates the cultivation efficiency!

Ji Chang said: "The thing on this old cow is called Quyuan plow. ”

Quyuan plow?

The name is easy to understand, the main structure of the old cow is somewhat similar to the wheel, and it is curved.

The plough was originally used to replace the cultivation tools of the plough at the end of the Shang Dynasty, as for why it appeared in the Tang Dynasty, the plough body can swing, full of mobility, and is convenient for deep ploughing, rather than the curved plough that should have appeared in this period, and the turning is not flexible enough, and the soil is laborious and straight, the reason is also very simple.

When Ji Chang invented the plow, he felt that the plow should have such flexibility, and the ancestral Qixiang car of the old Ji family could be automatically unmanned.

"Quyuan plow!"

The peasants have obtained a treasure, although this curved plough seems to be more difficult to make than the orange tree, but the effect is excellent, one by one rubbing their hands, wanting to come forward to try.

Ji Chang readily agreed, and after personally experiencing the wonders of Quyuan plow, the farmers were excited.

In less than half an hour, an acre of land had been cultivated, and this was still in the case of their unfamiliar methods.

Ji Chang smiled and said, "How about this Quyuan plow?"

The peasants' faces turned red: "Master Hou, if you have this Quyuan plough in your hand, you can get twice the result with half the effort! Even one person is enough to plough hundreds of acres of land!"

Honest and simple peasants, there is nothing that makes them happier than speeding up the efficiency of farming.

Ji Chang asked Xiang Chonghou Hu again: "What does the King of Jin think of this Quyuan plow?"

Chonghou Hu smiled and said: "Congratulations to King Wen, this Quyuan plough is really a blessing for the community, and it is not a loss for the descendants of Houji." ”

Ji Chang's face showed a trace of displeasure, Chonghou Hu was commensurate with King Wen, and there was no doubt that he was killing.

However, with Quyuan Plow, you can completely rest assured, no matter how much intrigue and trickery are useless, such a popular will, even the king of Xuan will not be able to kill himself.

He just said to the peasants: "This zigzag plough is easy to cultivate, and it should be popularized as soon as possible, so that the peasants can use it." ”

Chonghou Hu still just watched Ji Chang show off in front of the peasants happily.

I understand it all, but now I can't see through the last layer completely.

Many of the decrees of the King of the Heavens seem to be unreasonable and inexplicable on the surface, and even have some Xia Ji style, but digging deeper, you can see different things at a higher level!

Whether it is an orange tree or a stepping mill, it is all for the convenience of farmers.

Chonghou Hu recalled excitedly that it seemed that the beginning of everything was to collect land from the nobles.

This policy was not favored by everyone, and even the ministers of the DPRK and China only reluctantly tried it out of righteousness, and even shelved it for a few months.

The king took advantage of the time when Tian Fu was on hold, and forcibly let the minister go down to the countryside on the grounds of public discussion.

And a few months later, Li Jing suddenly led the criminal department to successfully collect the land endowment by thunderous means, and even sent himself into the land with his own hands, and finally got the petition of the people before he was acquitted.

What does it mean for the people to petition?

Li Jing collected the land endowment of the nobles, although he lost the heart of the nobles, but also won the hearts of the people.

However, this is also the biggest contradiction, and some of the gains outweigh the losses.

King Su is a far-sighted king, naturally knows the disadvantages of collecting land endowments, although the people's will is good, but in the short term, it will not play a role, but the nobles are a little difficult to deal with.

The nobles have been persecuted by Lian Anti, and if they continue like this, they are afraid that they will jump their feet, and the nobles have participated in the two rebellions of Chaoge.

However, the king did not deal with this carefully, but went further, and let the ministers of the court and the nobles go down to the countryside to assist the peasants in farming.

This decree, which was forced to be agreed by the ministers by public discussion, has now been confirmed, and it is the layers that Chonghou Hu thought before.

In a sense, it can make the ministers and nobles have empathy and let them understand the suffering of the people.

From a practical point of view, borrowing the wisdom of the ministers and the financial resources of the nobles, inventing and promoting new agricultural tools, by the way, squeezing the surplus value of Ji Chang, and seeking well-being for the people.

At first glance, the king didn't get anything, and even made Ji Chang, who was the best at farming, earn a lot of fame in vain, and even made the Xiqi refugees miss Ji Chang's kindness in the past.

Actually?

The ministers of the DPRK and China have been trained and grown, and the people of the world have new farm tools to eat and drink.

Although these are hidden, there is one more crucial place - the nobles who have been persecuted repeatedly by the king!

Thinking of this, Chonghou Hu suddenly brightened.

The most worrying thing is that the interests of the nobles have been continuously violated, and their dissatisfaction has endangered the rule of the Great Shang and ruined the reputation of the king?

But now, the king has made amends.

Who will produce the new agricultural tools? Who will promote them?

It is a nobleman who transforms a caravan to go south and north and has a workshop!

And it also solved the problem that women did not have income from knitting sweaters in the spring and summer, and they could continue to be hired by the nobility to make agricultural tools in the workshops and continue to earn income!

Secondly, there is a more direct benefit - the land production of the nobility has increased!

What is Tian Fu?

The imperial court collected the land endowment according to Dingkou, and could only leave fifty percent of the grain, and they complained and were very dissatisfied.

Now that the land has increased production, it has directly become 15% of the grain, and who is complaining about it!

Chonghou Hu finally understood why the king of Xuan had made several decisions in a row.

It is true that there is no gain, but if you don't lose it, you make it, and even the nobles may be more happy and surrender because they have tasted the sweetness after being beaten with a stick.

This is much more useful than directly soliciting benefits.

Under the fragrance of the earth, Chonghou Hu instantly felt that he understood everything, wonderful!

It's no wonder that the king didn't laugh angrily when the ministers advised him to stop it, because this harvest and release, one release and one pressure are exactly the way of the king, the emperor's mental art!

If the ministers all understood, it would make the king jealous!

Chonghou Hu secretly planned that he had to do something to inform others of the intentions of the King of Zhou, so that some stupid nobles could not even read these things, and insisted on being the enemy of the King of Zhou.

(End of chapter)