General Qin

After Zhao Tuo confirmed that there were no major events in Xianyang these two days, he made a special trip for a day to go to Chaoyangli, Shangyuan Township, which was settled in the past.

The carriage rumbled past, and I saw lush vegetation and flowers blooming on both sides of the road, showing the vibrant scene of spring.

In the farmland on both sides, many farmers are working hard inside, plowing the land with Lei Lei.

From time to time, you can see oxen walking in the fields pulling the plow, plowing the ground and digging up the soil.

Cattle plowing is very common in Qin State, and the government of Qin State even set up a special law to protect the cattle.

As far as Zhao Tuo knows.

In the villages of the Qin State, cattle are evaluated every quarter. If the cattle are well-raised, the relevant cattle managers will be rewarded with wine and meat, and the cattle breeders will be exempted from the shift of labor. If the cattle were not raised well, they would be reprimanded by the superior and fined and confiscated.

And if you use cattle to plow the fields, you must be more careful to control them, but you must not tire the cattle down.

If the girth of the ox is tired and thin, the person in charge must be beaten ten times for every inch of loss. If the ox is overused and the ox becomes too thin, the person who uses the ox may be beaten to death.

In addition to the maintenance of farm cattle, Qin Law also has requirements for the breeding of cattle.

If six of the ten adult cows do not give birth to calves, then the miser and the assistant will each be fined a shield.

So the stingy man has to think of a way to breed the cows every year, otherwise he will be fined.

In addition to the township, all counties have to conduct assessments on cattle raisers every year. If three of the ten cattle die, including the cattle raisers, the officials in charge of cattle management, and even the county magistrate and county magistrate, they are all guilty. , Need to be held accountable and punished!

Therefore, even if it is a county magistrate, the high-ranking county magistrate in the county government should pay more attention to the matter of raising cattle on weekdays. Maybe some cattle breeder made a mistake, not to mention pulling down the county magistrate, at least a note in the file, it is impossible to get promoted.

The reason why the laws of the Qin State are so strict about the protection of farming cattle is because cattle farming is too important, which can greatly save manpower and improve the efficiency of plowing the land, which plays a very important role in agricultural production.

In Zhao Tuo's eyes, Qin's popularization of cattle farming is certainly good, and compared to the entire era, it is a relatively advanced production method. However, there is still room for improvement. For example, the plows used by cattle farming in the Qin State are basically long straight shaft plows, which are not flexible enough to turn back and turn when plowing the land, and it is laborious to lift the soil, and the efficiency is not very high.

And he just knew something that could solve this problem.

The house where Riyoko Chaoyang lived.

Since Zhao Tuo moved to Xianyang City, all the houses and fields left here were given to Heng. Including Zhao Tuo's subsequent promotion, the land rewards issued by the government were also requested by Zhao Tuo to continue to be distributed near Chaoyangli for horizontal agricultural experiments.

Zhao Tuo led Lu Wan and Zhong Limei into the courtyard, welcomed by the Heng family respectfully.

I don't know if it's because of getting married or working too much in the field, but I lost a lot of weight compared to last year, and my face is yellowish with black, just like an old farmer in the field.

However, his feelings and loyalty to Zhao Tuo remained unchanged, and he looked at the two people behind Zhao Tuo warily.

Zhao Tuo knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "It's okay, neither of them are outsiders, so I trust you."

Hearing this, Lu Wan was very moved.

Zhong Limei was thoughtful, and vaguely guessed that this was Zhao Tuo's way to win over, but his heart was still a little warm.

After all, when the other party did this, they valued their own performance, not to mention that Zhao Tuo wanted to bring them to meet some important things. This was really treating them as their own.

Seeing that Zhao Tuo said it's all right, Heng didn't hesitate anymore, and led everyone to a locked warehouse in the courtyard, opened the wooden door, pointed to something inside and said, "Gentleman, this thing was made two months ago. It came out. I have experimented in the field, let the ox pull the plow to plow the land, and the speed of plowing an acre of land is much faster than the ordinary plow.”

Heng said that after he made this thing, he didn't tell other people, and even the craftsman who made it was threatened by him in the name of Zhao Tuo, so that he would not dare to speak nonsense.

He was experimenting quietly in the field alone, and he also asked his wife Jing to let the wind nearby to prevent others from seeing it.

"You did very well."

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly. It is indeed more reliable to do things horizontally, and the confidentiality work is done very well.

He turned to look at the iron plow in the warehouse.

Whether something is good or not will only be known after using it.

Half an hour later, in the farmland under Zhao Tuo's name, he watched the cattle plowing the field with the strange-looking iron plow under Heng's control.

Compared with the long and straight plows seen on Zhao Tuo's road, it is difficult to turn when plowing the land, which is quite laborious.

The plow made horizontally is not only smaller and lighter, but also the shaft is changed from a straight shaft to a curved shaft, which makes it easier to turn around and turn. The field area has greatly increased.

Zhao Tuo reckoned that the Quyuanli of the later generations might be slightly different from the one in front of him in terms of specific small parts. But generally speaking, there shouldn't be much difference. After all, curved shafts, curved shafts, changing the long straight shafts to short curved shafts is the biggest improvement.

What's more, it's still a rough product. If those skilled craftsmen in Shaofu improve on this basis, it will definitely become more useful, and the efficiency of cultivating land may be further improved.

Zhao Tuo thought that if this thing could be extended to the entire Qin State, it would definitely speed up the spring plowing speed of the Qin people, which would free up more manpower, animal power and time to do other things.

This thing is a military weapon!

"Very well, it is a great achievement for you to make this thing, and I will definitely ask for credit for you in front of the king."

Zhao Tuo was very happy, and he patted Heng on the shoulder and praised him non-stop.

Heng hurriedly said: "This thing is the gentleman's idea. Without the sketches and ideas drawn by the gentleman, there is no reason for this thing to be born. Everything is the merit of the gentleman. If you can do things for the gentleman, you will be satisfied. I can let the gentleman do it for you." I beg for credit."

Both Zhong Limei and Lu Wan were taken aback. They had already seen the function of Qu Yuanli and knew that it was very useful for farming, so they were secretly surprised that Qin State had such a sharp weapon.

Listening to that "horizontal" now, it turned out that Zhao Tuo thought of this thing, and the two looked at Zhao Tuo with more surprise and admiration.

This Zhao Jun is not only good at fighting, but also good at farming?

Facing the humility of Heng, Zhao Tuo laughed: "I don't know if you have any credit or not? Don't underestimate this thing. Once this thing is produced, if it is popularized in the world, its effect will be no less than that of the past. method."

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo couldn't help raising his head, looking up at the sky and smiling.

What Zhao Tuo is most proud of when he came to this world is not to speed up the unification process of Qin, nor to change the original historical trend, but the advanced technologies he brought.

The method of retting.

Qu Yuanli.

Increase grain yield per mu and improve production efficiency.

In the next year, ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years, countless people will benefit from the technologies he brought, and it is unknown how many people in this world will have a chance to live because of this.

Zhao Tuo thought of the famine he experienced while fleeing when he first came to this world.

Eating bark and grass roots, digging soil to fill their stomachs, and even many people looked at the corpses of the same kind with their sinful eyes.

"May people in the world never suffer from hunger again."

Zhao Tuo muttered, this is his wish.

...

In Xianyang City, after Zhao Tuo came back, he immediately reported the matter of Quyuanli to Qin Wangzheng.

Unlike his previous report on the method of fertilization, which required the princess to speak for him, Zhao Tuo now, as a middle and higher noble, not only has the right to discuss state affairs with the court, but also can directly communicate with the King of Qin without having to go through the mouth of others.

Qin Wangzheng really paid attention to this, and when he saw Zhao Tuo's letter, he immediately called him into the palace.

"You said that the Quyuan plow produced is more efficient than the Qin plow? Can it speed up the cultivation?"

"only."

Zhao Tuo responded, and then began to explain the role of Qu Yuanli.

As for the origin of the plow, Zhao Tuo blamed it on the old farmer as usual.

He said that he had seen a farmer use it before, and vaguely remembered the general appearance, so he asked his subordinates to make and research it. It took a whole year to get Qu Yuanli out, and he dared to give it to the king only after he was sure it was effective.

Of course, he did not forget to praise Heng's achievements in front of the king.

"farmhouse?"

Qin Wangzheng stared at Zhao Tuo with a half-smile: "The first is the public transport equipment, and then the farmer's technique. The method of retting, Quyuanli... Hehe, Zhao Tuo, you remember things when you were young very clearly."

Zhao Tuo was embarrassed.

Fortunately, Qin Wangzheng did not pursue this matter. What the king cared more about was whether the things Zhao Tuo offered were useful or not.

As long as it is beneficial to Qin, no matter where it is obtained, it is a good thing and a credit.

"Send that thing to the Shaofu. After it is confirmed that it is useful, let the Zhisu Neishifu promote it. At that time, you, Zhao Tuo and that Heng will have a lot of credit."

Qin Wangzheng spoke lightly.

Zhao Tuo hastily bowed and withdrew.

He didn't pay much attention to the merits of this thing.

After all, Zhao Tuo's title has already reached the middle level, the title is too high, and it is no longer enough for him to be promoted with a Qu Yuanli. If he wants to be promoted quickly, he still has to rely on meritorious service on the battlefield.

The biggest use of this thing is to enhance the national power of Qin.

Watching Zhao Tuo's figure leave, Qin Wangzheng thought of something and asked Yao Jia to be recruited.

"King."

After Yao Jia entered the door, he hurriedly paid homage to see him.

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly, without talking nonsense, and asked directly: "How is Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi's affairs going?"

Yao Jia smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, counting the time, the rumors should spread in Chu soon. Under the deliberate push of people from Qin, the whole Chu will know that Xiang Yan has Zuoli Xiongqi's heart, At that time, it will depend on how that negative cud responds."

"good."

Qin Wangzheng smiled coldly.

He looked in the direction of Jingchu in the south, and whispered: "Xiong Qi, Xiong Qi, do you think that you have betrayed the widow, and you can live in peace when you return to Chu?"

"Let Chu let you know that in this world, there is no king who can trust you more than the widow."

"You will regret this……"

"Bamboo Slips from the Qin Tomb in Sleeping Tiger Land · Miscellaneous Copy of the Law of the Qin Dynasty": There are ten big cows and ten females, the six of them have no (no) sons, and a shield for each of the cowards and assistants.

"The Bamboo Slips of the Qin Tomb in Sleeping Tiger Land · Stable Garden Law" uses April, July, October, and the first month to skin field cattle. At the age of death, take the first month's big lesson, and at the end, give the field stingy husband a pot of wine (wine) and a bunch of dried meat, except for one watch for those who are dry (soap), and give cattle a long day for thirty days; Soaper February. It uses Niu Tian, ​​Niu?絜, to rule (whip) the master by an inch or ten. There are (and) lessons in it, and the most important one is to give Tiandian Day Xun Palace, and cure (cane) thirty.

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