"You wait a minute, I'll enter the palace immediately, and when I come back, I'll let you bring something to Wang Lang." Zhao Niannu said.

Became Wang Lang again, the second eldest son thought strangely in his heart.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with him, and this mouth can't be too much.

Zhao Niannu immediately entered the palace and handed the letter to Zhao Ji, and the first sentence on the letter was Liuta River, Di Qing, the world's first martial arts, and the world moved.

Zhao Ji was puzzled at first, and then laughed weirdly.

Then I looked down, and my expression was a little heavy after reading it, and there was something attached to the letter.

Wang Ju's actual scope of activities is not very large so far, Shaanxi, Beijing, and Shaanxi, at most the security army, Yanzhou, Yunyan County, Gyeongju and Zhengbaiqu. It is mostly dry land here, and it is not in the way to use Jiangdong ploughs and ploughshares. However, in the two Zhejiang, Huainan and Jiangdong, or some low-lying places in Hebei, the pampas grass grows, the reed roots are staggered, and the plowshares can often be blocked by the ploughshares for the first time in cultivation. In fact, this situation also occurred in Zheng Baiqu, but Wang Ju didn't pay much attention to it.

Besides, it has been like this for thousands of years, if everyone doesn't pay attention, Wang Ju can't remember it.

It wasn't until he surveyed the river that he begged an old farmer for water, and the two talked and said something, including this ploughshare.

Wang Ju then remembered something, a coulter, which can't be blamed on him, after all, this is a rural thing, and he himself has rarely seen it. Even if I saw it in my previous life, I didn't pay much attention to it.

With the coulter, you can first use the ox to pull the coulter to cut the grass roots and reed roots, and then plough, which can save more than half of the labor, or directly set on the plow, and the cultivation and cultivation are carried out together. Could it be that this thing has not come out in the Song Dynasty now?

So I looked at it, but I really didn't see it.

Then he seriously recalled the farm tools he had seen in his previous life and did not have in this life, and thought of a farm tool, the iron hammer, which was a six-toothed or four-toothed iron rake with a very strange appearance, but the nail rake teeth were longer, between the nail rake and the two-toothed pickaxe. Of course, it is not used for weeding, crushing and leveling soil, but with labor-saving nail rakes and hoes. Its role is to replace the ox and plough to plough the field, the efficiency is a little slow, a person can only plough one acre a day, and not as deep as the plow, the advantage is that it is smoother than the plow.

Why did Wang Ju think of this, this was also forced, the entire Song Dynasty lacked ploughing cattle, so he used a more backward treadmill plow, the efficiency was not higher than that of the iron hammer, and there were more constraints, anyway, manpower in this era was not valuable.

The lack of manpower also led to the disappearance of the rice horses, and now the people plant rice on the rice horses like small boats, without bending over. But later, because of the low efficiency, people squatted directly in the field to plant seedlings. So the peasants became more and more miserable.

Wang Ju knew, but couldn't help it.

It's a little bitter, but at least it's better than starvation. Look at the embarrassment of the people in the disaster areas of Hebei now.

Therefore, he submitted a schematic diagram of these two things, wrote down their functions, and asked Zhao to hand them over to the relevant ministries and departments, make samples, and distribute them to the officials of the prefectures and counties in Mizusawa, so that they could teach the people to make suò coulters in order to increase the efficiency of cultivation, or to make tsuò iron hammers, and solve the difficulties of some farmers who lacked cattle.

Isn't there such a thing in the Great Song Dynasty? Zhao Ji also thought suspiciously.

In fact, it is not a complicated thing when it is drawn. Therefore, Zhao Ji will inevitably have such thoughts. I'm sorry, but no one in the Song Dynasty really invented it now!

Can't underestimate it, Wang Ju said before that the importance of Jiangdong plow. Just this little thing, I don't know how many more people have been fed, it is no less than two famous people.

Zhao Ji was about to call someone, but after thinking about it, he asked, "Where is the second eldest son who sent the letter?" ”

"It's in my house."

"Let's go over and have a look, and I'll ask about the situation again."

They came to Zhao Niannu's mansion together.

The second eldest son immediately gave a gift, and he was also an old acquaintance, but the status gap was too great, and the second eldest son was very restrained.

"Second eldest son."

"Whoa."

"Why is the voice so loud, don't be nervous, I ask you."

"Whoa."

Zhao Ji was about to fall and said, "Don't you want to do it, I ask you, why did your eldest man write this letter?" ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know if it's small, but Da Lang was having dinner at the Daimyo's Mansion and heard the discussion of the two squires, so he wrote this letter, saying that it was more important than governing the river."

"It's not as important as river control, but it's important. What did the two squires discuss? Zhao also underestimated its role.

The second eldest son told the story again.

"Carving insect skills!" Zhao Ji said disdainfully. However, Wang Ju said that to divert attention, this strategy is not bad. Then he asked, "So what have you seen along the way?" ”

"I saw a lot of places, the Yellow River flowing north, the Yuhe River, the Hutuo River, the Zhanghe River, and I talked with the people, by the way, Your Majesty, we also met three small bandits."

"Bandits?"

"They are all survivors, usually a gang of more than a dozen people, we were defeated, and all of them were captured, but after Da Lang asked about the situation, he gave them dozens of friends, and let them go back to be good people, and they were not sent to the government."

"Alas, what a loss."

"Your Majesty, Da Lang said that Renzong also exists, and now that the country is in difficulty, this situation will inevitably happen. It's too peaceful, and that common people are willing to risk their heads to be bandits? ”

"It's going to be peaceful."

"His Majesty is a good emperor."

"I don't plan to be a good emperor!" Zhao Ji said fiercely. The second eldest son was taken aback, he also misunderstood what Zhao Ji meant, the good emperor that Zhao Ji was referring to was the old good emperor, not the kind of good emperor he thought.

"Then what did your eldest man say about the Yellow River?"

"No, I'm watching Dongliu now, and after reading it, I'll go to see the old road and Jishui, and then go back to Beijing to report to His Majesty."

"He's working hard."

"It's a ...... that has suffered a lot," the second eldest son said honestly.

"Ugh." Zhao Ji didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, I have two things here, you can bring them to the two queen mothers by the way."

Zhao Niannu said, and asked the maid to bring out two small jars. She opened the first jar first, and Zhao Ji asked in surprise, "Jade salt?" ”

After the fine salt technology was handed over to all the Yanei, it soon flooded, and the sales were good, it was not like the original forcibly ground fine salt, so it was clean and easy to melt, especially in the Song Dynasty, there were more cold dishes, and the first high-end restaurant could not do without it. However, because the technology is open, there are more people making it, and the price has dropped sharply, and it has completely become a business with small profits and quick turnover. As a result of the opening-up, because many of them are private salt models, the state has not benefited as much as it used to.

Zhao Ji inadvertently asked about this, and then demoted several Huazhou officials who participated in the first few times. Anyway, those few officials who participated in it would never want to come up again in this life.

Of course, that's also in the past tense.

The only thing that was damaged was fine salt, but helplessly, whether it was Wang Ju or the merchants in Yanzhou at that time, the status was too low. However, after the shochu and bamboo paper came out, no one dared to fight them.

Zhao Niannu said: "Your Majesty, no, you can taste it." ”

Zhao Ji stretched out his hand and tasted it a little, put it to his mouth and tasted it, and said in surprise: "What is this?" ”

"Good thing, look at this again, this can be eaten slowly in your mouth." Zhao Niannu opened another jar and said.

"This is the business you're going to do?"

"What we, expanded, in the future, it will not be handed over to the inner storehouse, we are operating for the inner storehouse."

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Zhao Ji said happily and asked the guards to enter the palace with two small jars.

Zhao Niannu said: "The second eldest son, bring these two things to your eldest son, and ask if they meet the standards that meet his requirements." ”

"Whoa." The second eldest son went back.

The New Year is fast approaching.

According to tradition, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor of the Song Dynasty would entertain important ministers in the palace.

Looking at the large group of ministers in front of him, Zhao Ji suddenly felt a kind of disgust in his heart.

He is not a fool, why would there be such remarks in the Daimyo Mansion, not necessarily Han Qi, Han Qi has begun to gradually move away from the political center. It was some of these people who let out the rumors.

The human heart is insufficient.

Thinking of this, he raised his glass and toasted Dongfang Yao.

The person in the east was the courtier he wanted, not the group of people in front of him.

In Huachi County, the great victory of Dashun City was created, the morale of the three armies in decline of the Song Dynasty was revitalized, and then the Zhengbai Canal was repaired, not only that, but there was also kapok, which was about to obtain a rich Lingnan, as well as coulters, iron hammers, military, people's livelihood, economy, and water conservancy. It has almost become the only bright spot in these two years of depression.

I gave a blessing and drank it with a neck reduction.

However, all the ministers didn't know why this action, thinking that the emperor was doing some messy ceremony.

Zhao Ji said: "Zhuqing's family, the New Year is coming, I will show you a few good things." ”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and the guard presented four things, an armor, a knife, a bow, and a crossbow.

"Wang Zhaoming, you come out."

The four eunuchs along the border, Wang Zhaoming, Li Ruoyu, Liang Shi, and Han Zeshun, because of their high achievements and prestige on the border road, Wenchen couldn't stand it, and Lu Zhi was repeatedly impeached, and the four of them were resigned in June last year and recalled to the capital.

Lu Duan is not confused about big things, but his grandson is confused about big things, so Sima Guang was completely brainwashed, and he became Sima Guang's loyal thug, and he didn't realize when he was dying! Sima Guang said east, he immediately east, Sima Guang said west, he immediately west! And it's quite lethal.

But it doesn't matter if the four eunuchs come back, they will come back, how comfortable the capital is.

Zhao Ji asked, "Wang Zhaoming, how many stone bows can you pull?" ”

"Your Majesty, this slave can't do it, at most a stone and a half."

"That's not bad," Zhao Ji sighed, and some soldiers couldn't pull their bows with a stone. He added, "Pull this bow hard." ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Zhaoming stretched out his hand and pulled the bow up.

"Pull hard."

"Whoa." Wang Zhaoming exerted his strength, the horn clicked, and the bow arm made a crisp sound, and it was broken at once.

"Your Majesty, this bow won't work."

"I know, you can kick this crossbow again." There are many types of crossbows in the Song Dynasty, but the divine arm bow has not yet come out, and Li Ding is still in Western Xia, so most of them are crossbows, that is, strong crossbows that are launched by stepping on their feet.

Wang Zhaoming has been in the military for a long time, and he is familiar with the equipment, he stepped on this crossbow with his feet, his arms and legs worked together, pulled back, and with a bang, the crossbow arm was broken again.

"This ......"

"Guard, go to the knife."

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, the New Year is coming......

"Gong Wen, a soldier, the country's life and death plan, what does it have to do with the New Year, go to the knife."

The guard took a knife, and Zhao Ji said, "Wang Zhaoming, cut that armor hard." ”

"Whoa." Wang Zhaoming slashed with a knife, and with a crisp sound, the armor easily split in half. Many ministers lost color on their faces, a simple truth, such armor, how to defend. It doesn't matter if it can't be defended, its weight is still the same, fifty catties, which is equivalent to letting the soldiers carry fifty catties of mud to fight and go to the battlefield, how to not be defeated?

"Wang Zhaoming, use the knife in your hand again to cut that knife."

"Whoa." Wang Zhaoming slashed it away, and the knife was split in half.

"Wang Zhaoming, you have been in the army for a long time, and I ask you, how many inferior armor weapons are there in the army?"

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of them, and some generals can't bear it, so they let the courtyards along the border go back to the furnace and smelt, but the various financial resources along the border are limited, and it is impossible to meet them one by one, so they can only make do with it. The best time to do it was before the Battle of Dashun City, when Cai Gong and Wang Zhixian used the money and silk provided by the imperial court and the money and silk brought by the soju, they captured the victory, equipped some war horses, and rebuilt a batch of armor, but the number was not much, even if Cai Gong left, the officers and soldiers of Gyeongju were barely a quarter of the sergeants changed their clothes, and two-thirds of the sergeants were qualified, and the rest were still inferior armor, or there was no armor at all. ”

"Zhuqing's family, let's go to the barracks," Zhao Ji tried to say calmly, although he knew that this was for the sake of a great shift, his body was still trembling with anger.

PS: The coulter was invented in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the iron hammer was a product of the late Northern Song Dynasty, and these two are also epoch-making agricultural tools. The coulter may still be present in some rural areas, and the iron hammer has probably disappeared. But before liberation, half of the rural areas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were using this kind of iron hammer. R1152