At this time, Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling took Zhang Dazhuang's curved shaft plow, led Cun Zheng's farm ox, and walked to an open space by the Wei River.
"Don't tell me, this Quyuanli looks much lighter."
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling carried the Quyuan plow, and one of Li Shimin's servants led the ox. They briefly understood how to use it with Zhang San. Seeing that it was similar to the original plow, the two excitedly went to experiment first.
Let’s see if the efficiency of using this plow is good.
Zhang San was busy instructing the villagers to assemble the water drum cart and had no time to pay attention to them, so he just let them play.
As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was very keen on farming. Every spring plowing, he and Empress Changsun would do it personally and set an example. Although it felt like it was more of a show, he was really no stranger to these farm tools.
When they came to an open space, Fang Xuanling replaced his servant Qian Niu, and Li Shimin helped the plow behind and started working.
The cattle walked leisurely and leisurely in front, feeling very comfortable.
With the work of plowing, a line of deep marks was left on the ground, and the new soil dug out on the side exuded the fragrance of soil.
Li Shimin stopped and picked up a piece of soil with Fang Xuanling. Looking at the depth of the plow, they were very satisfied with the new plow.
In particular, this kind of plow is lighter and easier to operate than the original one, and its efficiency is estimated to be more than twice that of the original one.
So Li Shimin called a servant and asked him to rush back to Chang'an. He asked Sinong Temple and the officials who would serve as supervisors to send people here to learn how to make the new plow and start promoting it throughout the country.
As soon as the instructions were given, people on the riverside were heard shouting slogans, and a waterwheel was pulled up with a set of small wheels and erected on a prepared foundation in the water.
When Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling saw that the waterwheel had been built, they handed over the cattle to the servants and walked towards the water.
Zhang San asked people to connect the prepared bamboo tubes and extend them to a field near the river.
So along with the washing of the water, the water wheel started to rotate on its own. The wooden barrels tied to the water wheel were immersed in the water in sequence, and then were turned out of the water. When they were transferred to the slot of the bamboo tube link, the water flowed along the bamboo tube.
It flowed out and reached the farmland in the distance.
"It's done, the young master is so awesome." On the shore, the villagers shouted excitedly when they saw this magical scene, praising Zhang San for his ability, but he could only express it in the simplest words because of his lack of language.
Zhang San also wiped his sweat and was very happy. Later, he would arrange for the villagers to dig a pool at a higher place and lead the water to the higher pool and then follow the reserved canals to the farmland that needs to be irrigated.
Zhang San turned around and saw Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling standing on the shore with everyone. He smiled and waved to them. He looked at Zhang San standing by the water, rolling up his sleeves and grinning with his white teeth exposed.
Both of them showed knowing smiles, and Zhang San's status in their hearts was once again elevated.
Capable, ambitious, pragmatic, and concerned about the sufferings of the people, Li Shimin felt that as long as Zhang San devoted himself to the Tang Dynasty, his background and origins would not be that important.
Zhang San came to the two of them and said with a smile: "How about it? My water tanker and that plow are good, right?"
"It's indeed very good. Our agriculture in Datang will develop faster in the future." Li Shimin replied sincerely.
"The men of Zhang County are really ingenious. With these two sharp tools, the prosperity of agriculture in the Tang Dynasty is just around the corner." Fang Xuanling also praised.
Listening to the compliments of the two people, Zhang San felt very happy: "Now the water truck is just the first step. Next, I will build a reservoir at a high place and dig a canal covering the entire village's farmland, so that in the future, the villagers will have access to water for irrigation."
It’s very convenient and saves a lot of time.”
Zhang San slowly told the two of them his plan, which made Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling's eyes light up. Although Zhang San's idea was limited by natural conditions and could not be promoted throughout the Tang Dynasty, it could be gradually promoted in places with conditions.
The development of agriculture also played a huge role in promoting the development of agriculture in Datang.
Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling said to Zhang San: "Your idea is very good. The emperor is going to let Sinong Temple and the officials who will serve as supervisors come to you to learn how to make plows and waterwheels, and then gradually promote it throughout the country."
Li Shimin also said on the side: "Sinong Temple and the officials and craftsmen who will serve as supervisors will arrive soon. Remember to make arrangements when the time comes."
Hearing what the two said, Zhang San wailed deep in his heart: "Damn, you two are really empty-handed. We were so busy that you just took it away with just one mouthful. Although I also wanted to promote these things.
Go out, but why don't you guys give me some funds?"
Of course, Zhang San was just complaining in his heart, "Don't worry, you two, when I handle things, I'll make sure the arrangements are done properly." Zhang San replied.
What Zhang San said was very interesting. Since I got to know Zhang San, I have found that everything in Zhang San's words is weird.
"Zhang San, are you interested in going to Sinong Temple to practice?" Fang Xuanling suddenly asked from the side.
"Ah, not interested." Zhang San was stunned for a moment and flatly refused.
Are you kidding me? I'm just thinking of staying away for a while. Last time I went to court, I saw the partisan disputes and intrigues in the court, but Zhang San wanted to stay away.
Now that he has a small title, he is no longer a white knight. In the Tang Dynasty, it is not that anyone can be bullied. Zhang Sanle is free and easy on his own three-acre land in Zhangjiacun. When the Tang Dynasty is completely destroyed,
Now that I have a deeper understanding and have some ability to protect myself, let’s talk about it.
"Why, you don't want to serve the imperial court?"
Li Shimin agreed very much with Fang Xuanling's statement. Zhang San was much more capable than those officials at Sinong Temple. At least he was not a freeloader. How many people wanted to beg Fang Xuanling to recommend him? What could Zhang San do?
He refused without asking, which was beyond Li Shimin's expectations.
"Um, no, I am a brick of Datang. I can move it wherever it is needed. It's just that I am young and have little qualifications and lack of experience. I am afraid that I have more ambition than strength."
"Besides, thanks to the emperor's appreciation, I was granted the title of Founding County Prince. I saw that there were many people in the court last time who were dissatisfied with this matter and impeached me. I wanted to do something good instead of eating steamed buns to fight for my reputation.
So that I can repay the kindness of your Majesty, Mr. Cheng and Fang Xiang for knowing me. Before I have any achievements, it would be better for me to do this first."
Zhang San talked like a machine gun for a long time, just one central idea, which was obscenely developed.
Hearing what Zhang San said, Li Shimin hummed: "Don't think that I don't know, you are just afraid of those aristocratic families making things difficult for you, right?"
Seeing Li Shimin's sudden change of expression, although Zhang San didn't quite understand the depth of the conflict between Li Shimin and the family, he was definitely at odds with each other.
In this world, no one can be offended but Li Shimin!
So he quickly replied: "I'm not talking nonsense, I really don't care about those people from the aristocratic family. If they dare to bully me again, I will definitely let them have a taste of my power."
Seeing Zhang San's vicious reply, Li Shimin couldn't help but be happy: "Oh, do you think you have any trump cards?"
As a new member of the powerful class, Fang Xuanling naturally had many conflicts with the aristocratic family, but he couldn't even fight with the aristocratic family. How could Zhang San have such great confidence?
Out of appreciation for Zhang San's talents, he couldn't bear to have a big conflict between Zhang San and the aristocratic family. Fang Xuanling said on the side: "Those aristocratic families control most of the world's knowledge and are arrogant. Now there are a large number of civil servants in the court.
You come from a noble family or because you rely on a noble family to enter the temple. What can you do?"
As Fang Xuanling, who started his career following Li Shimin's rebellion, he knew very well how much Li Shimin wanted to eradicate those aristocratic families. Li Shimin, who had great talent and great strategy, hated the scabies disease among the aristocratic families, but he was unwilling to have a direct conflict.
Zhang San did not expect that the aristocratic family was so powerful in the early years of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, but thinking of the development trend of the times, Zhang San said to the two of them: "It doesn't matter, as long as they know the reason, they can come up with a solution. They control the knowledge
, wouldn’t it be great if we also controlled knowledge.”
"You put it lightly, just take the paper you use for writing and the books you use for reading. Most of these are in the hands of aristocratic families. Yu Shinan wanted to produce an engraved "Beitang Shuchao" and begged the Zheng family for a long time."
Li Shimin looked at the Weishui River, watching the villagers packing up their tools in twos and threes and going about their own business, and said to the side.
"Um, is this difficult?" Zhang San knew that paper had been invented in the Western Han Dynasty, and there was engraving printing in the Tang Dynasty. Why is it so troublesome to publish a book?
Hearing Zhang San ask this, Fang Xuanling next to him said angrily: "What do you mean this is difficult? There is no paper to write on, and there is no engraving printing, so you have to write word by word, if you want to write, learn, and dream.
Go ahead."
"Well, if I say that I can solve this problem, would you believe it?" Zhang San's abrupt words confused the two of them.
