Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 6 Is the plow actually shaped like a fishhook?

Qin Wangzheng looked at the photo intently, and the first thing that caught his eyes was the spring-like smile of the little childish slave.

A thin silk rope hung around the little childish slave's mouth.

On the other end of the silk rope is a fishhook as sharp as a knife.

As soon as Qin Wangzheng took the big bronze case, he frowned and said fiercely: "Could it be that something happened to the little childish slave?"

Qin Wangzheng jumped up and was about to order Zhonglang's guards to look for Xiaozhinu!
But after a closer look, the little childish slave is not in danger, and the farmers behind him are diligently farming.

Their weather-beaten faces are covered with deep wrinkles. Why would the kind and gentle farmers hurt the little child slaves?

No one is close to the little childish slave, so why is the little childish slave doing this?
Qin Wangzheng fell into deep thought, the little childish slave was talented and intelligent, and he would never joke with him.

Take a closer look. The fishhook is actually deeply hung in the soil.

And the little childish slave tried his best to imitate the farmer's cultivation.

It's time for spring plowing!

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Qin Wangzheng's mouth.

It seems that the little childish slave is passing the news of the hard work of the people in Guanzhong!

In the first few days of spring, the ice and snow melted, and after the imperial edict of Qin Wangzheng was issued from Xianyang City, the officials of various counties and counties urged the farmers to cultivate.

Qin Wangzheng smiled slightly. The old Qin people were hardworking and simple, and they did not disappoint his expectations. He said lightly: "It seems that this year is another bumper harvest year!"

The farmer in the photo is pulling the cattle, pushing the poles, and farming hard.

Daqin's current farming method is mainly based on two oxen!

The distance between the two oxen is about seven or eight feet, and a pole is lifted horizontally in the middle. The pole is connected to the shaft plow, and the shaft plow is deeply inserted into the soil.

One person pulls two oxen in front. The oxen walk with a pole. When the pole is moved, the plow will move accordingly, creating a crack in the ground for sowing grain.

It's just that the direction of the shaft plow is unstable, and one person needs to support the shaft plow behind to prevent the shaft plow from deviating from the route

Sometimes one person needs to sit on the pole to prevent the plow from being pumped out of the soil.

The shaft plow is inserted vertically into the soil and requires two oxen to pull it.

After all, in this era, Quyuanli has not yet been born, and the farming method of two oxen pulling a bar is exhausting.

Fortunately, the old Qin people work hard, as long as everyone rolls up their sleeves and works hard, it will be completed sooner or later.

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Farmers only know how to plow day and night, but they don't know how to make a difference.

So that after hundreds of years, Quyuanli gradually appeared.

Because the shaft plow is too long and too straight, it wastes a lot of effort when plowing the ground.

Qin Wangzheng saw beads of sweat on the farmer's forehead and back, and couldn't help feeling chills in his heart.

When Qin Wangzheng was a hostage in Handan in his early years, he used to farm the fields.

After only two hours of farming, Qin Wangzheng was a little exhausted.

Not to mention, the farmers in Daqin all plowed at sunrise and rested at sunset.

It's really not easy!

In the past few days, Qin Wangzheng ordered the eunuch Ling to present the ancient agricultural books after hearing the memorials in the main hall, and searched for convenient and quick farming methods in the books.

It's just that the farming methods recorded in the history books are limited, and even if there are sophisticated reconstruction methods, they have all been put into practice.

If you want to improve, you still need to study on your own.

Qin Wangzheng caught a glimpse of the hard-working farmers in the photo, and sighed helplessly.

Looking at Xiaozhinu again, Qin Wangzheng laughed from ear to ear, and said with a smile: "Little Zhinu is really interesting, he even holds a fishhook with his mouth, pretends to be a farmer, and works hard!"

As a frog, the little child slave did not go to the mansion of the nobleman to enjoy himself, nor did he relax on the path in the forest, but went to the field cultivated by the farmer.

Although the young child lacks strength and is difficult to farm sincerely like a human being, he uses a fishhook to imitate the cultivation of the old Qin people.

This heart is enough.

Qin Wangzheng looked at the young child in the photo with a particularly relaxed expression, and he could pull the silk rope with just one mouth.

And the farmer can only pull the shaft plow with all his strength!

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Qin Wangzheng seemed to have thought of something!
Because it goes straight up and down, the plow needs three people plus two oxen to pull it.

And the little childish slave plowed the ground with a fishhook, it didn't seem to take that much effort!

This reminded Qin Wangzheng of the scene when his clothes were cut by hooks while fishing in Handan.

If the hook is straight, then the clothes will be hard to scratch!

But if it is bent, the clothes will be easily scratched by the fishhook!
Well, what if the shaft plow is curved?

Isn't the truth the same as a fishhook?
Does it take a lot of effort to plow the land?

In an instant, sparks burst out in Qin Wangzheng's mind.

This is the message that the little childish slave wants to convey to the lonely king!

"If Zhiyuanli is Quyuanli, wouldn't the Qin people's sowing efficiency be twice the result with half the effort?"

Such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, the lonely king did not discover it!

Civil and military officials didn't find out, and neither did the farmers in the world, but a frog found out!

In fact, most things in the world are just a touch off!
It's like Newton discovering the law of gravitation. When an apple fell on Newton's head, Newton didn't throw the apple away, but thought about why the apple fell?

Such a simple and easy-to-understand reason, everyone in the world just thinks it should be taken for granted, but they don't stop to think about the principle behind it.

So much so that I missed the opportunity to change the world!
Qin Wangzheng suddenly realized, as if drinking nectar.

Zhiyuanli labored the people and cost money, and the effect was not good, which is completely different from Quyuanli.

One ox, one person, one hour, can solve the cultivation of twice the land.

If it is created, the extra time, extra people and cattle can be used to open up new land for cultivation, wouldn't the Qin State be fertile and fertile for thousands of miles, with abundant food and grass?
Qin Wangzheng's fierce eyes were eagle-eyed, his eyes were cold, and he said sharply, "Xuan Qin Mo is here."

Qin Mo is the abbreviation for the children of Mohism in Qin State.

Since the death of the giant Meng Sheng out of righteousness, the Mohism fell apart and roughly divided into three sects, the Chu School of Deng Lingzi, the Qi School of Xiangfuzi, and the Qin School of Xiangliqin.

Qi Mo is similar to a strategist, lobbying the vassal states; Chu Mo is similar to a knight, who acts chivalrously and righteously, doing justice for the sky.

Qin Mo, on the other hand, is responsible for building advanced tools for the Qin State, which are used to expand the territory.

Strictly speaking, they are craftsmen, but the salary will be [-]% higher than that of ordinary craftsmen.

A quarter of an hour later, fifteen Qin Mo gathered in the main hall of Zhangtai Palace and knelt down in unison: "What is your order, I will wait for you to do like dogs and horses!"

The leader of Qin Mozhong is Tian Feng, a businessman from Qi State, but he was frustrated in business, and under the influence of Mohism, he became a Mohist.

After Qin Wangzheng waved his hand slightly, Tian Feng stood up tremblingly. His back was already wet from Qin Wangzheng's sharp gaze. Qin Wangzheng informed Tian Feng about the fishhook-shaped shaft plow.

After hearing this, Tian Feng frowned slightly. If Qu Yuanli was built, it shouldn't be a problem.

After all, they are craftsmen who strive for perfection. Starting from Mozi, the ancestor of the Mohist school, all Mohist disciples know the art of craftsmen.

But, why did Your Majesty make such an "unreasonable" request?

But the king of a country promises everything he says, and what he does must be for the benefit of the people, so Qin Mo and others agreed in unison.

Thus, an epoch-making tool was born a thousand years in advance!
(End of this chapter)