Chapter 15 A curved shaft plow is definitely better than a straight shaft plow

Author: March

Chapter 15 A curved shaft plow is definitely better than a straight shaft plow

Zhao Si recalled the specific appearance of Quyuanli in his memory.

Start trying to sketch on the ground.

The rest of the crew concentrated on dicing potatoes and peeling corn.

Wang Li stood aside curiously and looked at the grain that was said to be 500 kilograms per mu.

It looks...a bit unremarkable.

The lumpy sweet potatoes and the golden corns don’t look particularly strange, nor do they shine golden.

Wang Li compared and studied the grains in his memory for a long time, and couldn't find anything strange about them. However, it is true that Wang Li had never seen these three kinds of grains in Da Qin.

"Can these grains really yield 500 kilograms per mu?" Wang Li, who has a rather out-of-touch personality, couldn't figure out the reason after studying for a long time and finally couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Si, who was recalling Quyuanli, looked up at the source of the sound and saw the young general who was leading his group to reclaim the wasteland. He was looking curiously at the sweet potatoes and corn in the hands of the crew.

"There shouldn't be that much corn, and there should only be a lot more sweet potatoes and potatoes." Zhao Si answered.

Wang Li nodded, but he didn't know which one was sweet potato, which one was potato, which one was corn. He was hesitating whether to continue asking questions when he heard Zhao Si continue to speak.

"This is a sweet potato, which tastes delicious when roasted. This is a potato, which can be eaten stir-fried, boiled, or fried. This is corn." Zhao Si introduced them one by one.

But Zhao Si had something on his mind. The general in front of him was young and did not look mature and steady.

Zhao Si didn't know the specific identity of the other party, but what was certain was that the other party's status was definitely not low.

After all, the young general in front of him exudes a second-generation demeanor in every aspect.

Zhao Si is thinking about how to recreate Qu Yuanli in this era. As a modern person, when he sees that he can change things that are beneficial to the future, he feels like a cat scratching his heart if he doesn't do it.

Things that we have obviously experienced, owned, or even discarded are extremely precious in this era.

But Zhao Si himself didn't know how to do carpentry. After drifting at sea for so long, it would be too much to say that he didn't have any hands-on skills, but he was limited to rough work. If he really wanted to improve farm tools, he would need a professional carpenter.

Currently, he is in the Lantian camp and will not be able to leave for a while. Moreover, Zhao Si does not have much money and cannot afford to hire a carpenter. If he wants to find a professional, he will need the cooperation of the young general in front of him.

After a few contacts and exchanges, Zhao Si was still very confident in his golden finger without any conflict of interest.

Except for people with weird personalities, Zhao Si can quickly become friends with someone as long as he thinks about it.

"There are quite a few sweet potatoes brought back. General, would you like to try some?" Zhao Si said with a smile.

When Zhao Si said this, Wang Li was really attracted to him. He had the nature of a young man, and he had been taken by his grandfather Wang Jian since he was a child. He had never experienced any severe beatings from his father, so his natural personality was that of a young man, and he was very out of touch.

But Wang Li still understood the importance, and after thinking for a moment, he waved his hand.

"The top priority is to sow seeds." Wang Li refused with a smile, but he was obviously curious about the taste of sweet potatoes.

After all, this is food I have never seen before. Young people always want to try something they have never seen before.

Zhao Si didn't try to persuade him anymore. After laughing, he continued to trace the structure of the curved shaft plow on the ground.

Don't rush things. Even if you have a golden finger, you can't become friends in one day. Anyway, you have a lot of time to farm, and you have plenty of time to communicate.

Zhao Si's drawing ability is quite good. He learned sketching when he was a child. It doesn't matter how beautiful his drawings are, but he can still draw specific shapes based on what he remembers.

After constant recall and drawing, it didn't take long for Zhao Si to have a specific model of Qu Yuanli in his mind.

The Quyuan plow in Zhao Si's childhood memory was an old item from the time when the People's Republic of China was just founded.

At that time, nearly a thousand years had passed since the birth of the Quyu plow. However, mechanical tools were not yet popular at that time, and steel production was not high enough. Many areas were still farmed by humans and animals.

Zhao Si took the broken wooden stick and started painting.

In some places, I felt that the proportions might not be right, so I erased and redrawn it, and then slowly and carefully compared it with my memory.

After waiting for a long time, it was finally done. Zhao Si looked at the simple diagram of Qu Yuanli on the ground with satisfaction. Wang Li also stood quietly behind Zhao Si at some point, looking at Zhao Si's drawing with curiosity.

Strange patterns on the ground.

"What is this?"

Zhao Si was still comparing with his memory to see if there was anything missing. Suddenly he heard a voice coming from behind. Zhao Si was frightened. He squatted and turned around to look. He saw the young general who had just spoken to him holding his back.

He leaned over and stared at the curved shaft plow he had drawn on the ground.

"Quyuanli!" Zhao Si stood up and said.

"What is a Quyuanli?" Wang Li continued to ask.

Before the curved-column plow was born, the straight-column plow was called a plow. After the curved-column plow was born, the straight-column plow was divided into curved and straight.

"A kind of plow, compared with today's plows, the plow shaft is curved." Zhao Si said.

“The current plow requires two oxen to carry it, and when it reaches the end of the field, it requires manpower to lift it out and reinstall it, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Compared with the current straight-shaft plow, the curved shaft plow is more compact, flexible and labor-saving, and only needs one person to do it.

It controls, turns and turns with ease." Zhao Si introduced.

When Wang Li heard this, he squatted down curiously and looked at the pictures on the ground.

"Is this Quyuanli?"

It can be seen that what is on the ground is indeed in the shape of a plow.

It's a pity that Wang Li didn't see the advantages of Qu Yuanli after looking at it for a long time.

"Is this thing really as good as you say?" Wang Li asked.

Although Wang Li couldn't understand it, he still knew the benefits of improved farm tools.

In this era, craftsmen had not yet been reduced to a lowly profession, and scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were not ranked in terms of status, but were an elaboration of the main body of a country.

As for the Qin State, although it was a country with a farming and warfare system, its support for craftsmen was extraordinary.

If you can design a device that gets twice the result with half the effort, you will often be rewarded with a lot of money, real rewards of real money and titles.

Under such a system, Wang Li would not underestimate the birth of new tools, especially new agricultural tools.

After Wang Li mentioned it, Zhao Si was a little unsure.

If you really want to say that a curved-column plow is better than a straight-column plow, that's what the book says, but what is the specific advantage? Zhao Si has never seen it, because he has never seen a straight-column plow, let alone a straight-column plow.

Comparison with simultaneous farming with curved shaft plow.

The most important thing is that he is not sure whether the curved shaft plow he drew is truly accurate and whether it needs to be adjusted.

He really didn't dare to guarantee it.

"It's hard to say, but when I went to sea, I passed by a place where all the plows with curved shafts were used, but straight shaft plows like this have been dug out long ago." Zhao Si thought for a while and changed his explanation.

"Then the curved one must be more useful than the straight one!" Wang Li said excitedly.

"Is it possible to do it?" Wang Li looked at Zhao Si with interest.

"I'm not good at carpentry." Zhao Si shook his head honestly.

"It doesn't matter, there are craftsmen in the army!" Wang Li straightened up, his voice full of vigor.
Chapter completed!