Chapter 126 The skill of carving insects is enough!
"Sir, how can this plow be used without oxen?"
Li Er felt that this matter was too outrageous.
The reason why farm cattle are farm cattle, and the strict laws of the Tang Dynasty prohibit the killing of farm cattle, is because cattle are irreplaceable.
No matter how strong a person is, the workload cannot be compared to that of an ox.
Thinking about it this way,
Then the labor-saving effect of this curved shaft plow is extremely exaggerated.
The area of cultivation that could only be accomplished by oxen can now be accomplished by manpower.
The difference between this...
Li Er looked at Li Sheng blankly, "Sir, this matter... is it absolutely true?"
"Old Li, it should be true..."
Wei Zheng waved his hand directly and told Li Er that there was no need to ask.
Do you need to ask a specific question about the matter before you?
In fact, Wei Zheng was really shocked. This Quyuan plow... could be used for farming without the need for oxen. This seemed like a trivial matter, but Wei Zheng, who had read ancient history, knew that it was definitely not that simple.
Nowadays, Li Er relies on his strong military leadership and combat capabilities to promote equalization of land across the country.
Let all the people and the tillers have land!
Countless aristocratic families did not dare to object, so they could only try their best to reduce their losses and at the same time seek the secret privilege of exchanging their fields for other places.
This is the background of countless aristocratic families' opposition to the imperial examination system. The imperial examination system was to eradicate the root causes, while the previous land equalization system was to set fire to the grass and cut grass on a large scale!
and……
Wei Zheng, who was familiar with history books, knew that in the early Han Dynasty, the Gao Emperor Liu Bang had done the same thing - for this reason, after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, even the foreign emperor Shi Le became Liu Bang's fanboy.
However, the fate of the Han Dynasty became known to everyone later. As time went by, it returned to a situation where powerful people were everywhere, there were many vassal kings, the people were in dire straits, and the imperial power was on the decline.
The imperial court became a vegetable market for the powerful, and the people were like fish and meat on the chopping board.
Wei Zheng once carefully analyzed this process, and later discovered that even with the equalization of land, as time goes by, due to various factors such as natural disasters and man-made disasters, many people will occasionally lose the ability to farm, or the complete output of cultivated grain.
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Without the ability to survive, we can only sell our fields for temporary survival.
Later, they gradually became tenant farmers, and those who exchanged grain for fields in disasters and accidents gradually developed into wealthy families, and finally became feudal kings.
Of course, there are still some variables, but this is the macroscopic dynamic that can cause the Han to lose control of the entire world.
However, if the common people can farm without oxen,
Then things would be delayed a lot. If there was such a thing in the Han Dynasty, the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion would have been at least two to three hundred years later.
The meaning of this,
Wei Zheng is not the only one who knows?
In an instant, Du Ruhui and Li Jing's eyes turned red.
There are countless living people, extending the Tang Dynasty for two hundred years!
This achievement is probably not even matched by the three of them combined!
The three of them dispersed and bowed to Li Sheng with great solemnity!
"Young Master is the most talented in the world, and his virtue has been praised by all generations. I will pay homage to you!"
Li Sheng went numb on the spot. Is it such an exaggeration?
Wouldn’t it save some effort in cultivating the land?
Li Er knew what was going on and was silently sighing.
Empress Changsun didn't understand politics and economics as well as them, so she asked curiously, "What are you..."
So Wei Zheng talked about the impact that Quyuanli would have.
Empress Changsun took a breath and covered her mouth in shock.
If you think about it this way... then it is true that virtue will be forever!
Li Sheng was stunned when he heard Wei Zheng's twists and turns.
Go ahead, is this an exaggeration?
But then I thought about it... The invention of this thing is said to have appeared in the late Tang Dynasty, and it is said to have been invented by Zhao Gou, the underworld emperor of the Song Dynasty... that is, Zhao Gou, who called himself "Chen Gou" to the Jin Dynasty.
Which of the two statements is true or false? Li Sheng is a science student and has not done any research, but generally speaking, the approximate time of its appearance is correct, which is the period of the late Tang and early Song Dynasties.
Thinking about a dynasty like the Song Dynasty in the underworld, and facing powerful enemies that kept coming back and forth, this thing... think about it carefully, it must have contributed a lot!
However, Li Sheng still felt that it was nothing to exaggerate.
"Harm...you are exaggerating."
"There are countless things that can change the fate of the world. Don't talk about me. When I finish the teaching materials in the future, all the children in the Tang Dynasty will read them to me. There will be countless more in the future! Everyone is like a dragon, do you know?
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When Li Sheng said these words, Li Er and others suddenly looked surprised and suspicious.
"Too many? Everyone is like a dragon?"
"How can this be?"
Du Ruhui shook his head directly, "Young Master's learning is close to the way of heaven. How can it be understood by everyone?"
Li Jing also nodded.
"Yes, when it comes to studying, talent is highly valued. The more difficult and obscure something is, the more likely most people will not be able to understand it."
Li Sheng was speechless.
Isn’t this all elementary school stuff?
But the other party didn't believe it, and Li Sheng couldn't show up to explain.
Believe it or not!
Everyone shook their heads for a while, not believing it or not.
The young master is obviously too modest, ridiculously modest!
How is it possible that everyone can learn it? That would not really be a fairy trick.
Compared with this, Quyuanli was more exciting to them.
With this rare treasure, not only can people now cultivate land, but the people's ability to resist disasters and changes has been greatly increased.
What’s even more exciting is that,
Starting from the Yellow Turbans at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and throughout the Three Kingdoms War, China's population was directly wiped out by half.
So far it has experienced repeated wars in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Many places directly echo Wei Wu's poem:
One of the hundreds of things left behind by the living people will break people's hearts just thinking about it!
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is really sparsely populated. People in many parts of the Tang Dynasty are also used to riding horses and nomadic animals. Firstly, it is because the barbarians have taken advantage of the situation and poured in over the years, which has exerted a subtle influence on the customs of China. Secondly,
… In many places, no one is farming at all.
Coupled with the constant war, life and death are unpredictable.
Farming the land honestly is not as good as letting horses go, and the life of half people and half bandits is much more nourishing.
As time went by, the land was abandoned and weeds grew wildly... The cost of re-cultivation was too great. Even if people were likely to starve to death if they herded horses and sheep, no one would cultivate it anymore.
And now...
With this curved shaft plow, the difficulty of reclaiming wasteland has been greatly reduced.
Looking at the countless people working in the fields, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng calculated in their minds,
If this thing is popularized, the area of cultivated land in the Tang Dynasty will double in a few years!
Combined with high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes.
I dare not think about it!
"Alas, the young master is very clever and quick, and I am really not as good as me."
After walking around for a while, Wei Zheng still sighed.
Each of them was reincarnated by the common people as a certain star. As a result, they could not think of anything that could really significantly improve the people's livelihood.
The truly powerful one is Young Master!
However, after this sigh, Li Sheng chuckled.
"Everyone... you are very ignorant, right? What is a mere curved shaft plow? It's nothing more than an insect's skill."
