Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 7 Since it is curved, why not call it Quyuanli!

"My lord, what's the matter?" Tian Feng asked himself.

After an hour, fifteen Qin Mo cooperated with each other, and a brand new Yuanli was built.

Although according to Qin Wangzheng's order, a fishhook-shaped plow was made.

However, it is just a sample and is very different from a straight-column plow.

Tian Feng and Qin Mo were watching blankly, wondering why Qin Wangzheng was playing with this thing?
In their eyes, this is simply a powerful and unconstrained style.

Tian Feng even thought that King Qin Zheng still had a childish heart and was working hard to realize his childhood dream!
Since Qin Wangzheng ordered to find food for a frog, Qin Wangzheng was very wrong.

But Qin Mo's focus is not on this, but on Qin Banliang.

Banliang is not a unit of mass, but a currency, similar to round square hole money.

As long as he is given enough money, Qin Mo will work hard.

But today is different, Qin Mo finished the work lazily today, and even whispered when he completed the splicing process of Yuanli.

After all, asking them to transform the straight shaft plow into a fishhook-shaped shaft plow is simply absurd.

Qin Mo and the others even felt that Qin Wangzheng was insulting them.

Back then, when Mozi was alive, he advocated both love and non-offensive, and created a magic weapon for siege or defense.

Now, Qin Wangzheng asked them to build Yuanli.

It's like anti-aircraft guns hitting mosquitoes!

A group of people chattered and became quiet until the eunuch of Qin Wangzheng came to inspect.

The new eunuch Ling was different from the past. He was promoted from Shangshi Ling and was named Xi.

Xi glared at Tian Feng, and said with a miraculous expression: "Presumptuous. Slandering the king is a felony!"

Hearing this, Tian Feng instantly collapsed to the ground, apologized to Xi, and begged him to let Qin Mo go.

Xi Gen heard that he said so deliberately in order to frighten everyone.

Unexpectedly, Tian Feng took the initiative to show his weakness. Seeing Tian Feng begging for mercy, Xi did not blame him.

Instead, he announced: "In a quarter of an hour (15 minutes), Your Majesty will come to the blacksmith shop in person!"

Everyone responded in unison: "No!"

Everyone began to tidy up the messy blacksmith shop, rewashed the shaft plow several times, and wiped it with high-quality silk and satin.

After the construction was completed, Xi went to report to Qin Wangzheng in advance.

then.

Qin Wangzheng visited the blacksmith shop in person.

After seeing Qin Wangzheng's majesty, everyone bowed their heads in fright.

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly after seeing the fishhook-shaped plow.

Although ugly.

But the effect is absolutely extraordinary!
It is only a small step for the change of Yuanli from the beginning to the end, but it is a big step for the development of productivity!

Qin Wangzheng's eyes were sharp, he flicked his sleeves and said loudly: "The experiment begins!"

Under the sun, the reins were put on the plow. Two eunuchs were holding the reins, and one person was behind to adjust the plow to avoid deviation in direction.

After the preparations, a magical scene happened.

The two eunuchs easily pulled the plow.

The fishhook-shaped shaft plow was deeply embedded in the soil. No one adjusted the direction, and no one sat on the pole, but the shaft plow did not come out of the soil.

It seems that the original two oxen pulling the pulley can be changed to one oxen pulling the pulley.

And the original three-person support can be changed to one person to pull the cow is enough.

For cattle, the reduced load is not insignificant.

Qin Mo on the side stared wide-eyed, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

The corners of Tian Feng's mouth twitched and he trembled: "Wonderful!"

It seems that your majesty asked us to transform Yuanli, not out of thin air.

The eunuchs also lamented that Quyuanli's effect was extraordinary.

What's more, such a fantastic idea came from the mouth of Qin Wangzheng.

This made everyone admire the young king.

Xi clapped his hands and praised: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Xi's new farming tool."

Afterwards, Qin Mo also congratulated Qin Wangzheng.

Everyone knows that Quyuanli looks ugly, but it is very practical.

This subtle change means a breakthrough for this era.

A breakthrough in farming technology brings a breakthrough in productivity.

Qin Wangzheng showed a bright smile on his serious expression, and said lightly: "If this method is promoted, our Great Qin will surely have a bumper crop and a stable society."

Everyone echoed: "The five grains will be plentiful, and the country will be stable."

As servants, they had no idea how much benefit this change would bring to Great Qin.

But they knew that Qin Wangzheng would definitely reward them generously.

as predicted.

Qin Wangzheng waved his hand and said slightly: "Twenty gold rewards."

Qin's gold coins are not gold, but brass.

One gold is about 500 gold, and twenty gold is about [-] gold.

Everyone was so happy that they couldn't help but thank him one after another.

Qin Wangzheng took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.

Little child, you really helped a lot.

Changing a straight-column plow into a curved-column plow can actually improve efficiency to such a high degree.

This change is too simple, too simple to believe.

The next step is to implement this method.

However, to implement a new policy, it is necessary to first select a small area for experimentation, and then to promote it.

And Chaoshili (the village in the Qin Dynasty) beside the Wei River can be used as the experimental object.

Qin Wangzheng ordered the new plow to be tested in the court food.

[Note: Li was a village in the Qin Dynasty, and Chaoshili was a Chaoshi village]

Test whether the curved shaft plow can significantly improve the efficiency of spring plowing?Could it be that Daqin's grain and grass doubled?
In today's terms, it means piloting first and then promoting it, starting from the masses and going to the masses.

In the afternoon, Nei Shi "Feng" (Nei Shi is the highest administrative officer in Xianyang, roughly equivalent to the mayor of the capital of later generations.) received an order to lead dozens of officials to Chaoshili.

This time, Feng did not follow Shang Yang's emigration to Lixin.

After all, the government has undergone the rectification of the five generations of kings such as Duke Xiao and King Huiwen, and has changed from being untrustworthy to doing what it says.

It's just that Chaoshili is somewhat resistant to new tools.

After all, it is a new product. People always like the old and hate the new, and it is difficult to break through the shackles of thinking.

But after hearing Feng's explanation, the farmer made a careful calculation.

There are three strong men and two cows in the family. If there is one cow and one person, half of the busy farming time can be saved.

And if a person gets tired, he can be replaced by someone else.

This way, everyone has plenty of time to rest.

The farmers' mouths were filled with joy and bright smiles.

Feng is not a person who talks about it on paper, so he immediately asked ten farmers to experiment for themselves.

The farmer first tried, and then pulled lightly, and the land was pushed aside.

The farmer smiled, and patted his chest, saying: "In the past, two oxen pulled the bar, but now one ox pulls two bar!"

The farmer returned home immediately and told other people the good news.

this afternoon.

This method began to be popularized in Chaoshi, and was well received by farmers.

The farmers also boasted about the sageness of the emperor for creating such a magical weapon.

Nei Shifeng reported the truth to Xianyang Palace.

Qin Wangzheng, who was reading in the palace, smiled when he heard the news.

Feng was the chief inspector first, and then asked: "Your Majesty, what is the name of such a tool that benefits the country and the people?"

This sentence awakened Qin Wangzheng.

Ben thought of a high-end and classy name.

But after thinking about it, the things that benefit the world naturally need easy-to-understand names.

So Qin Wangzheng tossed his sleeves and said calmly: "Since it is curved, why not call it Quyuanli!"

(End of this chapter)