Liu Chan and his party moved into a small town, which was almost twenty miles away from the county seat.
In the evening.
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang is in a good mood.
Farmers along the way have been busy preparing for spring plowing in the past few days. The people in Guanzhong have also become accustomed to the rice planting methods improved by His Majesty.
However, Emperor Liu Chan seemed to be in a low mood. He came to the yard and asked doubtfully: "Father, the plows used by the people are too heavy and laborious."
Zhuge Liang was stunned when he heard this.
This kind of plow has been used for generations, and no one thought it was bulky, so he asked: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Liu Chan had not noticed this before. This time when he came out of Chang'an and looked at the people in the fields plowing the land with straight-hook plows, he remembered that the tools used by the people today were still from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
So as soon as he returned to the guest house, Liu Chan came to Zhuge Liang to talk about the matter.
"Actually, this plow," Liu Chan said with a smile, "can make it lighter and more labor-saving, and more suitable for plowing the land."
"Oh???" Zhuge Liang asked: "Your Majesty, please make it clear."
If farm tools can be improved, this will naturally be a good thing for the benefit of the people, so Zhuge Liang has some expectations.
Liu Chan may not be that familiar with other farm tools, but this plow is not a problem for him.
"Father, please come with me."
Liu Chan seemed confident and led Zhuge Liang into the room. He immediately found paper and pen and started dancing again.
"Look, Mr. Liu," Liu Chan said while drawing: "Nowadays, people use straight-shaft plows, which are not only heavy and heavy, but also extremely inconvenient to turn around and turn over the soil."
"If this plow shaft is changed into a bow shape, it can be made into a curved shaft plow."
Based on his memory, Liu Chan drew on paper the appearance of a plow he had seen in the countryside when he was a child.
Zhuge Liang looked carefully.
The difference in appearance between this plow and the one used by ordinary people is actually not very big, just a few modifications have been made.
But Liu Chan was very satisfied.
Because he knew that what he painted was a curved shaft plow that had been used by later generations for more than a thousand years without much change. It was a plow that had been improved by the people of the Tang Dynasty and has been continued ever since.
If this curved shaft plow is not as good as a straight shaft plow, ordinary people will not be able to use it all the time.
"Father!"
Liu Chan said: "You can send someone to make one according to this pattern first, and let the people try it to see if it is suitable for use."
Although Zhuge Liang also worked in Nanyang.
But the so-called farming means that he watches his neighbors work, and from time to time he improves their farm tools, or teaches them some songs, etc.
"Okay!"
Zhuge Liang read it again and agreed with Liu Chan's opinion. After all, the emperor in front of him had already impressed him.
Do you still remember the three-bow bed crossbow?
That's what he created.
Although Zhuge Liang later modified and upgraded the three-bow bed crossbow, which greatly improved the power of the three-bow bed crossbow, no matter how he modified it, the creator of the three-bow bed crossbow was Liu Chan.
Zhuge Liang then had people rush to make a curved shaft plow overnight. In the morning of the next day, Zhuge Liang accompanied Liu Chan and Ma'e Wang Yuanji to the fields.
At this time, not far away, several people were plowing the fields. Naturally, they still used straight-shaft plows.
Watching a group of people walking towards them from a distance, they didn't pay attention, but when a few people came closer.
"Fellow!"
"Plowing the fields."
Liu Chan knew what he was asking, but just wanted to talk to them. When he heard the people coming to ask questions, a middle-aged man pulled the rope and stopped.
"Yes, plow the fields."
The middle-aged man said casually.
However, he was attracted by a plow carried by a person behind Zhuge Liang, because the plow looked strange and the shaft was not straight.
The most important thing is that only one person carried it.
"What is that?"
The middle-aged man pointed at the plow and asked deliberately.
"Qu Yuan Li," Liu Chan said, "fellow fellow, would you like to try my plow?" Liu Chan gestured to the man to put down the plow, and then he said, "This plow is definitely more convenient than the one you are using now." "Oh?"
The middle-aged man seemed a little unconvinced.
Liu Chan smiled again and said: "Your plow requires at least two people to operate it; but my plow can be used by one person without any effort."
"Young Master is joking."
The man smiled and said: "I have to plow the fields every year, but I have never met anyone who plows one person at a time."
While he was speaking, a young man in front of him also laughed in recognition.
"Fellow!" Liu Chan was not angry because of their teasing. Instead, he became interested and said, "Are you willing to take a gamble with me?"
"How do you want to gamble, Master?"
The middle-aged man could also tell that although he didn't know this group of people, he could tell from their temperament that they were definitely not ordinary people.
If Liu Chan was just an ordinary citizen, he would not pay attention to him now. These people are not someone they can offend.
"Let's do this." Liu Chan said with a smile: "I use this plow to plow back and forth, and I finish it by myself. If I can't finish it, I lose. If I lose your field, I will find someone to plow it for you, but
Good?"
Huh——
The middle-aged man was immediately happy when he heard this. If this man loses, he will find someone to help him plow the fields, and he can relax.
"Okay!" The middle-aged man responded immediately: "It's just what you want."
But at this moment, Zhuge Liang whispered: "Your Majesty, there is no need to demonstrate in person."
They were still some distance away from the man in the field. He lowered his voice, but the man didn't hear him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu," Liu Chan also said in a low voice, "I just think of it as flexing my muscles. Besides, I am the only one who is more familiar with how to use this plowshare."
This is true.
When he was a teenager, he actually plowed fields in the countryside, but of course there were adults watching.
"Husband!"
Wang Yuanji also wanted to stop her, but Liu Chan smiled at her and said he had no problem, and then said to the man: "Fellow, what should I do if I win?"
Hiss——
The man was stunned. He only thought that if the rich young man lost, he would find someone to help him plow the fields, but he never thought about what he would do if they did it.
Seeing his doubts, Liu Chan smiled and said: "You don't need to be nervous. If I win, you just need to share this plow with nearby villagers, so that more villagers can use this plow to plow the fields, okay?"
The man suspected that he had heard it wrong, and the condition was too simple. If this plow was really so labor-saving and trouble-free, the nearby villagers would follow suit without him having to publicize it.
"Okay," the man said with a smile: "If you can really cultivate the land with one person and one plow, I will thank you on behalf of the nearby villagers."
Of course Liu Chan didn't come here to ask for thanks, he just wanted to do what he could for the people.
Improving farm tools can also improve the farming efficiency of the people, which is naturally beneficial and harmless to the development of the Han Dynasty.
Because the country is strong, he, as the emperor, can be stable and gain the support of the people.