Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 74
Fang Jun showed Liu honestly the blueprint on the table and said, "Come and see this plough, can you make it?"

Liu Honestly heard the words, and quickly rubbed his hands on his trousers. Just now, he was repairing farm tools at home, and his hands were stained with a lot of dust, and he was scared a lot by Fang Jun's "Master". Sweaty, sticky hands.

After cleaning up a bit, he respectfully took the blueprint handed over by Fang Jun and watched it carefully.

"Huh? The appearance of this plough stick is a bit strange... The plough is straight, how did it become curved? Qu Yuan? Qu Yuan..."

Liu honestly frowned and looked at the strange guy on the drawing, sure it was a plow, but it was different in many places.

He is an old carpenter, and his craftsmanship is very good. Not only Fangjiazhuangzi, but also a few noble farms nearby, he is occasionally asked to help make and repair plough sticks. There is not a single plough stick made in his life. There are also eighty in one hundred.

He couldn't understand the thing on the drawing, but although the lines on the drawing were slender, they were clearly distinguishable, and it was obviously not a mistake.

Liu Laoshi felt a little guilty, and glanced at Fang Jun secretly, thinking that it was Erlang who had nothing to do and drew something to amuse himself?
But it shouldn't be possible, Erlang is a noble person, and he has nothing to do with himself and the muddy carpenter?

Could it be that this strange-shaped thing is really a plough?

Liu honestly felt that Erlang would not entertain himself for no reason, so he calmed down and looked at the drawings carefully, thinking about the use of each scattered component.

After all, he was an experienced old carpenter, so he could see some clues immediately.

"Curve... oops! Since then, wouldn't the center of gravity be firmly fixed at the top of the arc of this bend? No matter how the ox pulling the plough moves, the center of gravity will not shift in the slightest. In the past, in order to ensure the plough. The center of gravity of the rod enables it to move forward in a straight line. It uses a straight yoke, which requires two oxen to drive the plough pole at the same time. Cultivating the land with a stick? My God, this design is simply ingenious!"

Liu Laoshi was shocked, and immediately saw how much significance it would have once the plough on the drawing could be made.

The simplest point is that it can turn two oxen that pull the plough into one.

what does this mean?
It means that under the premise of the same time and the same number of cattle, the speed of farming will be doubled!
The number of farming cattle is extremely limited. Even a prominent family like the Fang family has only a dozen cattle and more than 2000 mu of land.According to the past using the straight shaft plow to cultivate the land, two-thirds of the land cannot be plowed every year.What to do with the uncultivated land?Very simple, use human power to plow the land.

But manpower is limited, and even if all the old, young, women and children go into battle, they can only complete about one-third of the total.

What about the remaining third?
Because I didn't have time to cultivate the land, I simply used a plough stick to draw a ridge, and I planted some seeds at will, and I could imagine how the yield would be.

If this kind of curved plough is used to cultivate the land, wouldn't it be possible to use oxen to plough two-thirds of the land?The remaining one-third can be cultivated manually, and all the land can be cultivated!

This year's grain output will increase by at least [-]%!
The most serious thing is, what if the whole world uses this kind of curved plow?

my goodness...

Liu Honestly held the blueprint in his hands, trembling all over his body, and felt that the blueprint in his hand was a priceless treasure. If a commoner offered this thing to the imperial court, it would not be too much for His Majesty to reward a marquis. ?
Fang Jun looked at Liu honestly with a sluggish expression and his body kept shaking, and couldn't help but startled. Could it be that this old carpenter has a stroke?

"puff"

Liu Laoshi knelt down on the ground, raised the blueprint with both hands above his head, and said in a trembling voice, "This old man begs Erlang!"

Fang Jun was inexplicable, why did he kneel down again?

"Get up quickly, Lao Liu, why are you doing this? What's the problem, but it's okay to say it."

Liu Laoshi raised his head, the old face with wrinkles like chrysanthemums was full of tears, and he said in a harsh voice: "I just ask Erlang to entrust me with the making of this curved plough, three days, give me three days, I will definitely Make this plow!"

Fang Jun was a little speechless, and said, "I originally asked you to do it. If you don't do it, do you want me to do it?"

Liu honestly was overjoyed.

He is a man of knowledge, and naturally knows what this thing represents.This thing was drawn by Erlang imaginatively, and he dared not take it for himself. No matter the morality in his heart and the laws of the world, it is impossible for him to do that.

Even an old carpenter didn't dare to think about the title of the marquis and the title.

But once this thing proves to be as convenient as I guessed, it will be passed on to the world, and the first one to make this thing, wouldn't it also be remembered in history?

"In the winter of the 11th year of Zhenguan, the carpenter Liu Laoshi made the first Quyuan plow..."

Just thinking about the possibility of this sentence appearing in a certain history book, Liu Honest was so happy that he was almost crazy, like holding a rare treasure, holding the blueprint with great importance, saying goodbye, and going straight home. .

Who would have thought that he had just turned a corridor and was stopped by someone.

A lithe and beautiful woman stood in front of the corridor with a smile.

Liu honestly didn't know this person, but the gossip spread in Zhuangzi let him know that this person must be the concubine, the Wu family, who was bestowed by His Majesty to Erlang.

"Liu honestly has seen the noble person, please give your respect to the noble person..."

Liu Honestly saluted respectfully, holding the blueprint in his hand.

Wu Meiniang smiled softly and said softly, "Master, you don't need to be too polite."

His tone is soft, his manners are elegant, and he is dignified and virtuous.

Liu Honestly shivered again, why are the people in this village so strange, they all call me "Master"...

Wu Meiniang's beautiful eyes turned slightly and she asked, "Master, do you know what you have in your hands?"

Liu Honestly was a little strange, and replied: "If you say back to the noble, it's the blueprint..."

Wu Meiniang covered her lips and chuckled: "I know it's a drawing... I mean, do you know your duty as a servant?"

Liu Laoshi was startled, and hurriedly bowed and said, "The old man knows that he will never dare to do anything to harm the master's family... But, I don't know what your nobleman ordered?"

Wu Meiniang looked at the blueprint held high in his hand, and said softly, "This thing was created by Erlang, I can't say it, it will become a family heirloom in the future, and I hope the old master will handle it with care and not be stolen by others. past."

Liu Laoshi's heart froze, and he said quickly, "Please rest assured, the old man, although he is stupid, he also knows how precious this thing is. He must strictly abide by the drawings and not be coveted by others."

Wu Meiniang smiled and shook her head. A golden step was inserted into the bun made of blue silk like clouds. It swayed slightly with her movements, reflecting a halo in the sunlight.

"Since this thing is named plow, it is used for farming. If it is really beneficial to farming, it will spread all over the world sooner or later, and it will not be able to cover it. Just remember, before Erlang discloses this thing, it must be kept secret. It's done."

I just went to Fang Jun's study and overheard a few people's conversations. The intelligent Wu Meiniang knew how valuable this thing was. Seeing that Fang Jun didn't care much about this thing, she deliberately stopped Liu Honestly here and asked her.

I sighed in my heart that this Fang Erlang really didn't know whether he was smart or stupid.

Call him stupid, but he can come up with something so ingenious.

But if he is smart, he has no idea how this thing will affect the Tang Dynasty.Although this thing cannot be kept secret for a long time, once it is used in the field, it is inevitable to leak it out, but before that, there are too many ways to obtain more benefits with this thing.

Wu Meiniang stood quietly in the yard, looking at the direction of the study, her mind was complicated.

This room two is really a strange person...

(End of this chapter)