Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

Song Qingyuan parted ways with them on the street, and when they passed the stewed meat shop, he didn't forget to pack a portion of braised meat and burritos for everyone.

After returning to the palace, he realized that it was already a bit late, so he planned to discuss the blacksmith with Lian Ti tomorrow.

But today, I can draw the drawings of the farm tools.

Song Qingyuan actually didn't know much about farm tools.

He has never farmed in the past two lives, and his understanding of farm tools is limited to the few ancient books he read when he was in the research institute in his previous life, and he still remembers the contents of it pretty well.

But Song Qingyuan didn't know whether the agricultural tools in the book were suitable for the land in Mobei.

Fortunately, the officials accompanying him today are all people who know about farming, so they should be able to advise him a little bit.

Agricultural equipment includes not only tools for soil preparation, but also equipment for sowing and harvesting.

Of course, there are also some players who have multiple roles. For example, a hoe can not only be used to plow the ground, but also a good hand at weeding.

Considering that he is only a layman, Song Qingyuan planned to only consider the tools for land preparation first.

Both sowing and harvesting can be replaced by manpower, which is naturally not as useful as the former.In addition, the cost of iron is not low, and it is not too late to make plans when conditions permit in the future.

But the tools for soil preparation include more than a dozen kinds of tools such as plows, rakes, hoes, plows, shovels, and shovels. Not including plows, there are many different styles.

Song Qingyuan first eliminated the agricultural tools that were unsuitable at a glance, and not all the remaining tools were suitable.

In the end, Song Qingyuan thought for a while, and combined with the descriptions given by the accompanying officials today, he roughly selected several tools similar to the existing agricultural tools in Mobei.

In this way, improvements can be made on the original farm tools of the common people, and some costs can be reduced.

When it comes to plow tools, whether it is Song Qingyuan or other modern people, the first thing that comes to mind must be the Quyuanli that appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone knows the benefits of the curved plow. Compared with the previous plows, it not only has a more flexible operation of the plow frame and can turn around, but also saves a lot of manpower and animal power.

But now in Mobei, not to mention Quyuanli, even Zhiyuanli has not been popularized.

Song Qingyuan sighed, it would cost a lot of money to make Quyuanli available to the common people.

But fortunately, Quyuanli's advantages are also real.

Song Qingyuan sharpened a charcoal pencil and began to sketch Qu Yuanli's pattern on the paper.

There are also lengths of Quyuanli. Short Quyuanli is lighter than long Quyuanli.What he is painting now is the short Quyuanli.

After another half an hour, Song Qingyuan finally finished drawing the blueprint.

He casually took the paperweight and pressed it down, turned off the light, and left the study rubbing his sore neck.

Many people have seen the illustrations of Qu Yuanli in the documents, but if they see the paper pressed under the white jade paperweight, they will be surprised to find that Song Qingyuan's drawings are exactly the same as the pictures in the documents.

But it is a pity that Song Qingyuan is the only traverser in the entire continent.

So this drawing can only lie quietly on the table, telling its own story with the moonlight that sprinkles in.

……

The next day, when Song Qingyuan went to discuss the blacksmith with Lian Ti, he didn't forget to have another breakfast smoothly.

Just after breakfast and returning to his palace, Song Qingyuan heard rumors from his servants that officials had arrived.

These officials were the ones who inspected the land with Song Qingyuan yesterday.

They were specially called by Song Qingyuan to give some advice on the farm tools he drew.

After all, these agricultural tools were drawn according to the materials he had read in his previous life, so it's hard to say whether they are suitable for Mobei.

"Your Highness, Lord Boyan has arrived." Jiang Duo bent down to report.

Song Qingyuan stood up and ordered: "Take Mr. Boyan to the study and wait for me."

The drawings he drew yesterday are all in the study.

After Jiang Duo went out, Song Qingyuan went to change some clothes before leading the others to the study.

"Your Highness."

As soon as he entered, Boyan and the others who were sitting on the couch immediately stood up and looked towards Song Qingyuan.

Song Qingyuan didn't show any politeness to them, he just took out the blueprint that Jiang Duo put away yesterday, and handed it to everyone.

The study suddenly fell silent.

Several people frowned and looked at the thin paper in their hands.After a long time, he turned his head away and whispered to the people beside him.

Boyan was the most proficient in farming among these people, but even he didn't understand what was drawn on the picture at first glance.

He could barely recognize it as a plow truck, but it was different from the plows he was familiar with in terms of structure and style.

Fortunately, Song Qingyuan marked each component with a detailed explanation, so that he would not be at a loss.

"Your Highness, can this plow really work?"

After a long time, Boyan's hesitant voice came to mind in the study.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Song Qingyuan, it's just that the plow tool drawn on the paper is a novelty that Boyan has never heard of.

He can't be blamed for this, Song Qingyuan heaved a long sigh.

It was only after he asked Mobei's servants around him today that he knew that even the best plow tools in Mobei now have an extremely crude shape.

Except for plowshares and handrails, it is almost the same as the original farm tools.

Originally, he wanted to let these people come over to give Qu Yuanli some advice, but they didn't even understand Qu Yuanli's principle.

Song Qingyuan had no choice but to recruit them all to his side, drew them a detailed diagram of Quyuanli on paper, and explained each component carefully.

Fortunately, these few people are not stupid. After Song Qingyuan talked about it for a while, the other party understood Quyuanli's structure and principle, and his hard work was not in vain.

It seems that relying on them to improve Qu Yuanli is useless.

Song Qingyuan could only ask someone to make a frame first, and then make modifications after actually going to the ground to see the situation.

Fortunately, the remaining farm tools were not too complicated, and a few people figured it out without Song Qingyuan's explanation.

The few things he drew are all tools that can be used in conjunction.

Most of the rakes that people use to prepare the land now are single-beam rakes. Song Qingyuan designed a double-beam rake on this basis yesterday.

On the left and right sides of the rake, there is a wooden shaft with a curved front, through which two wooden nails are pierced, and the rake can be pulled by an ox after being tied with a rope.

Combined with the harrow is a rake that flattens the field and covers it with soil, and a wooden hammer that breaks up clods.Most of the fields he had seen before were hardened and not loose enough, and these tools were suitable for loosening the soil and leveling the fields.

"Your Highness, how did you come up with these tools?" Boyan worshiped.

He could see that although these farm tools could find similar substitutes in the hands of the common people, they were far inferior to the farm tools on Song Qingyuan's drawings, which were easy to use and labor-saving.

Song Qingyuan didn't know how to explain why he, the Third Highness of Yanyun, was so familiar with farming, so he had to put on a calm look, and simply said that he was inspired by the book.

He couldn't say that all these agricultural implements came from another world.

However, in a sense, Song Qingyuan's words were not deceitful. Didn't these blueprints come from books?

It's just a book that doesn't exist now.

Before Boyan left, he did not forget to ask again and again when such a novel Quyuanli would be made.

Only after receiving Song Qingyuan's promise to "inform him as soon as it is created" did Boyan happily leave with the blueprint.

After Boyan left, Song Qingyuan asked someone to deliver the drawings to the carpenter's workshop.

The blacksmith sent by Lian Ti also received the corresponding blueprints and began to forge the iron parts of the Quyuanli.

After solving the problem of farm tools, Song Qingyuan put all his attention on the cement.

When setting cement, he chose the most time-consuming shade drying.Because it needs to be sprinkled with water from time to time to dry in the shade, it takes more time.

But drying in the shade can ensure that the surface does not crack, and the hardness of the cement after solidification is also the highest.

Song Qingyuan thought over and over again, but chose to spend more time to ensure the quality of the cement.

Fortunately, the place where the cement is poured is next door to the place where the limestone is fired.

There is a fire next door every day, so the temperature here will naturally not be low.In a few days, several kinds of cement with different proportions dried out one after another.

After determining the most suitable cement ratio for the building, Song Qingyuan ordered people to collect some cinders from the homes of the people in the city.

Although he decided to build the cement plant near the iron ore extraction area after discussing with Lian Ti, it will take some time for the cement plant to be completed.

Before that, Song Qingyuan planned to ask the people to collect some cinders, and the cement made could just build a few yards near the military camp.

This can also increase income for the people.

The completed yard Song Qingyuan intends to use as a workshop for making soap.

Now the craftsmen who make soap are mainly the unemployed people he hired from the city before.

Most of these people are middle-aged women with no source of income, and it is not a long-term solution for them to keep working in the military camp.

……

So in the royal court these days, a news suddenly spread from the streets and alleys, saying that the leftover cinders from the fire at home could be exchanged for food in the military camp.

Two loads of cinders can be exchanged for half a liter of corn.If you wash it clean, you can add half a liter.

Although this liter of corn is not much, the cinders are of no use to the common people.

Now it can be exchanged for food, no matter how much it is, it is a good thing that cannot be asked for.

In winter, the people are also idle, and there is nothing to do to make a living.After hearing the news, they called the whole family to collect the burnt coal ash at home, pick out the cinders, and clean them up.Then send the boy in the family to pick him up and go to the barracks for food.

Those who run restaurants and restaurants produce a lot of coal ash every day.It's just that they didn't bother to pick and choose, so they directly sold the collected coal ash to others, which saved the trouble of dumping it outside the city.

Those whose homes could not afford to burn coal and used dried animal dung and wood to keep warm took over the job, and they could earn hard money every day.

……

Today, Subudan had just picked up two loads of cinders and planned to go to the military camp to exchange corn. When he walked to the gate of the city, he saw his neighbor Yuan Lin.

Yuan Lin also carried two loads of cinders on his shoulders, obviously going to the military camp as well.

Just as he was about to call Yuan Lin to stop, the other party also saw him.

The two greeted each other and walked towards the barracks together.

"Tell me, what does His Highness want these dirty cinders?" Yuan Lin asked.

The road was boring, so the two of them chatted one after another.

"How do you know that His Highness wants it?" Subudan immediately grasped the point when he heard the other party's words.

"Hey, it must be Your Highness." Yuan Lin gave him a look, "Think about it, if people want this cinder to be useless, they will definitely not exchange it for food for nothing. People are not stupid, and there must be someone who takes these cinders." There are other uses, but we can't think of it."

Yuan Lin helped the pole on his shoulders, and continued: "I think it is His Highness who can make the cinders useful. Others... can't be appointed."

After hearing this, Subudan was convinced, "You are right, except for Your Highness, how can anyone else have this ability."

Not only them, but other common people have the same idea.

Everyone has great curiosity about the usefulness of this cinder.

There were even outrageous rumors that Song Qingyuan would use cinders to "turn a stone into gold" in the city.

In front of the barracks, many people carrying burdens asked the soldiers who were weighing rice about this when they were exchanging food.

Normally, they would not dare to inquire about news with these hard-wearing soldiers, but they couldn't help it because they were too curious, so everyone became bolder.

However, the soldier in charge of exchanging food is also a good person. No matter who came over or how to turn a corner to ask, he would always laugh and laugh, and people couldn't get a useful word out of him.

The author says:

Regarding the benefits of Quyuanli, refer to Baidu Encyclopedia "Quyuanli".

The soldier in charge of exchanging food: a master of perfunctory, who will be designated as a talent in the after-sales department in later generations.

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!