Chapter 365: The Role of the Quyuan Plough (Second Update)
Three days later, all five important ministers of Zhao were summoned to the palace of Zhao.
To the surprise of the ministers, this time the location was not in the main hall of the Longtai of the Zhao Kingdom, but in the imperial garden of the palace city.
Seeing that Zhao Dan hadn't arrived yet, Lian Po couldn't help but reach out and poke Yu Xin beside him, and said to Yu Xin: "Yu Qing, this time the king won't be going to come up with any 'ace troops', right?" β
Yu Xin couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and after a while, he said: "General, how can Yu Xin guess the thoughts of this king?" Just wait with peace of mind. β
said so, but Yu Xin's heart actually had some expectations.
After all, not long ago, Yu Xin just learned that the stirrups, saddles, horseshoes and other sets of horse harnesses that have recently swept the entire Chinese cavalry world were all made up by Zhao Dan.
Then a while ago, Zhao Dan showed Yu Xin and others such a big killing weapon as a heavy armored cavalry, so this time Yu Xin was also quite looking forward to what Zhao Dan was about to come up with.
In Yu Xin's mind, what Zhao Dan wanted to show this time was probably something related to cavalry.
What is it exactly? Could it be some immediate ranged attack weapon?
Just when Yu Xin was looking forward to it, suddenly a spring breeze blew, and then a foul smell wafted into Yu Xin's nose.
Yu Xin's eyes widened in surprise, almost thinking that he had smelled it wrong.
But Yu Xin turned his head and found that several ministers of Zhao State around him were also frowning, obviously smelling this smell.
Zhao Sheng couldn't help but speak: "In this palace garden, why is there such a strong smell of feces?" β
No one opened their mouths to answer Zhao Sheng's question, because everyone else was also confused.
Could it be that the garden has been turned into a public toilet?
Impossible.
And even if it really becomes a public toilet, I know that the king is coming today, so I should clean it up, right?
Just when several important ministers of Zhao State who did not know why were distraught, Zhao Dan finally appeared.
Zhao Dan smiled and beckoned to several ministers: "The ministers should come with the widows." β
A moment later, several important ministers of the Zhao State followed Zhao Dan to a piece of land not far away.
There are also four boundary monuments on this land, which read: "The owner of the land - Zhao Wangdan, the land area - one acre." β
At this time, the ministers of Zhao State were a little stunned.
Not only that, but in this field, there is a sturdy big green ox, and a strange-looking utensil is put on the cow's body.
After a while, Yu Xin was the first to come back to his senses and said to Zhao Dan: "Isn't this the king's going to cultivate the land?" β
"Exactly!" Zhao Dan nodded, and then said with a smile to the several important ministers of the Zhao State in front of him: "The widow wants to ask a few Qing families, have you ever had the experience of going to the ground to cultivate the fields?" β
Several important ministers of Zhao State, you look at me, I look at you, and then shook their heads in unison.
What are you kidding, even people like Yu Xin and Lian Po, who are from the lowest backgrounds, are all members of the scholar class, and they are also nobles, where could they go to the field to do this kind of mud-legged work?
As for Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao, who were born sons and had a high status and were extremely noble, not to mention.
Zhao Dan smiled when he heard this: "The widow knows that this is the answer, but it doesn't matter, the widow has already found a few old farmers today, all of whom are innocent Zhao people, and a few Qing family members just happened to be watching from the sidelines and being a witness." β
A moment later, several old peasants came here under the leadership of the palace guards, and the leader of them was the old man who had a conversation with Zhao Dan that day.
The old man didn't dare to recognize Zhao Dan at the beginning, but after knowing that Zhao Dan smiled and opened his mouth, he was convinced that the person he was talking to that day was actually the king of his own Zhao country.
After everyone returned to normal, Zhao Dan coughed and said with a smile: "Okay, the widow doesn't sell the guanzi anymore, the reason why I summoned you and the old man here today is mainly to witness this Quyuan plough from the descendants of the public loss class dedicated to the widow." β
"Quyuan plow?" Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they heard it, and then they all turned their eyes to the things composed of those "strange" objects on the big green ox, knowing that this thing that was not like a plow should be the so-called Quyuan plow.
It's just that the next moment, everyone looked at Qu Yuanli with a lot of suspicion in their eyes.
This thing has never been seen beforeβcan it work?
Zhao Dan smiled, didn't explain, and said directly to the few old farmers in front of him: "Old men, just bother you and others to operate this quyuan plow, and come to demonstrate it to the widows and the Qing family." β
Naturally, several old farmers had no reason not to agree, and soon came to the field.
Under Zhao Dan's patient explanation, the old farmer who had talked to Zhao Dan at the beginning held the plow and began to drive the big green oxen to plough the land.
This big green ox is the one who took Zhao Dan to plow back and forth during spring ploughing, and his temperament is very docile, and he immediately pulls the plow and walks around the field when he hears the shouting.
When the big green cow walked up, several old farmers immediately let out a startled sound.
Under the command of Zhao Dan, the old farmer who supported the plough arrowed the plough downward, and the ploughshare was deeply rooted in the land that had never been cultivated, and large pieces of soil were constantly turned up with the advance of the plough, and then chopped up by the plow wall and turned aside.
The few important ministers of Zhao State who were standing on the sidelines didn't have anything, but several old peasants were obviously completely shocked, and one by one they almost threw themselves on the ground, picking up the pieces of soil that had been chopped up by the Quyuan plow, and carefully observing them as if they had found a treasure.
"This curved plough is able to turn the ground so thoroughly!"
"This curved plow can be so broken soil, my weekday work for a quarter of an hour, is not as good as this curved plow in an instant!"
Just when these old farmers were amazed, the old farmer who helped the plough also opened his mouth and smiled: "You don't know that the sharp tools spent on the plough of this curved plough are far less than the effort I spend on using the plough on weekdays!" In my opinion, if I had this plow, I would be able to plow from sunrise to sunset in one breath! β
"What?" Several old farmers were even more shocked when they heard this, and they rushed forward one by one to operate.
In the end, they were all convinced.
In less than a quarter of an hour, this acre of land has been completely plowed back and forth by the big green oxen pulling the curved plow.
Zhao Dan smiled and asked the old farmers: "Old men, what do you think of this quyuan plow?" β
Several old farmers were already so excited that their faces were flushed at this moment, and they said to Zhao Dan: "King, this thing must be an artifact given by Taiyi God and the king!" β
"My lord, if you have this curved plough in your hand, it will be of great help to the peasants to cultivate the land!"
"Great King, if there is such a curved plow, then not only will the time for plowing land be greatly reduced, but I alone will be enough to plough five hundred acres of land!"
A few old peasants, with a word from you, praised this curved plough to the sky.
Zhao Dan turned his head to look at the several important ministers of Zhao State beside him, and said with a smile: "What do the Qing family think of this Quyuan plow?" β
At this point, even the important ministers of Zhao State should react even if they are fools.
That's right, it's true that none of these ministers have ever been in the field, and they don't even have the experience of watching others plow the land, but the ministers don't know how to do it, and the old farmers do.
As long as you look at the excited appearance of these old farmers, whether this plow is useful or not, whether it is good or not, who has not counted in their hearts?
Zhao Sheng was the first to speak: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." The plough created by the Gong Losing Class is a sharp weapon for my Zhao country's farming! β
Li Bo also said: "King, in the opinion of the minister, this Quyuan plough should be promoted throughout the country, so that the people of Zhao State can use this thing as soon as possible!" β
When it comes to farming, these important ministers of Zhao are not the opponents of any old farmer, but when it comes to vision, the old farmers are not as good as any of the ministers of Zhao who are present.
"Not bad!" Zhao Dan said with a smile on his face: "This Quyuan plough is indeed an artifact given by God to the widow, and it must be vigorously promoted!" But what the widow wants to tell you is that the widow has gotten more good things than this, Zhuqing, your father-in-law, and come with the widow. β
Zhao Dan waved to everyone excitedly, and walked quickly towards a certain hillside not far away.