In more than a month, the valley has changed drastically. The newly built villages are neat and orderly. Some are based on abandoned villages and some are newly built. Li Shan's house is located slightly behind the center, with two entrances.
Well, the area is not small.
Li Shan sat lazily on a roughly made bamboo couch, touched a few burrs, and couldn't help but cursed a few times. This was Qi Laosan's craftsmanship.
"Langjun." Zhu Ba's voice came from outside.
"Let them in."
When we were in Sun Moon Lake, because Su Dingfang became an official and General Wang Junhao was in charge of the bodyguards, Li Zhai's bodyguards had always been Qu Silang and Zhang Zhongjian. However, now in Longzhou, these two are much more capable than ordinary bodyguards, so
They were all put in charge, leaving only Zhu Ba and Zhao Da to lead the team.
On the one hand, it was because these two people were the first old men to follow Li Shan, and on the other hand, they were injured in the battle in Guji Town. Zhu Ba lost his left arm and Zhao Da had trouble walking.
It was the old man and He Fang who entered the door. As soon as they entered, they fell to the ground defeated.
"Meet Your Highness."
"Get up." Li Shan said with a smile: "Now you don't suspect that Gu Lei deceived you?"
He Fang looked a little ashamed, "Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, a villain should not be suspicious."
"During the Yan-Huang period, there were no farming tools, let alone oxen, but thousands of years later, it would be harsh to use manpower to plow the fields." Li Shan laughed and scolded: "I just said there was a way back then, but you still don't believe it."
The old man smiled bitterly and said: "Since ancient times, cattle have been used for plowing. Who would have thought that His Highness could use horses to plow the fields..."
Li Shan spent a lot of energy to win over these two thousand refugees, and it can be said that he was careless. But until today, when he used the newly made plows and yoke to drive the horses to plow the fields, the other party really returned to his heart... They were worried that Li Shan would really use manpower to plow the fields.
"Oh, He Fang has a straightforward temper. It seems that you are suspicious?" Li Shan laughed and sighed: "It's a pity that it is difficult to promote it."
The old man nodded in agreement. Although it was feasible for horses to replace oxen, there was really no way to promote it.
Last year, when Ashina Sheer escorted tens of thousands of young men and women from the Han family, he also brought hundreds of cattle. As a result... Zhang Gongjin, who was stationed in the field, first asked for a batch. After the news was leaked, Li Daozong, the general manager of Bingzhou
He went north in person and snatched away everything that was left. After all, Shi Doujing, the governor of Bing Dynasty, was about to march to the camp at that time.
In ancient China, no matter the north, south, west or east, cattle were used to plow fields. The status of cattle in agricultural society is unimaginable to future generations. They have become almost as irreplaceable means of production as fields.
But Li Shan didn't see it that way. He knew that at this time, horses were used to plow fields in the West, and the key was plows. At that time, there were many bad horses in Shizhou that could not be used in battle. Li Shan asked Qi Laosan to recruit some craftsmen and old farmers.
Study.
It was not until the end of last year that Qi Laosan, who returned to Sun Moon Lake, finally succeeded after hundreds of experiments. One of the keys was indeed the plow, but the most important thing was the yoke, because the two sources of traction were different.
The traction force of cattle comes from the shoulders, while the traction force of horses comes from the chest and front legs, so the yoke needs to be modified.
However, after the test was successful, Li Shan was not very excited, and he did not even think about promoting it. China has always used cattle instead of horses, largely because of cost.
The price of cattle cannot be compared with that of horses. Even inferior horses are much higher than cattle... Even if they are not selected as war horses, they can still play a role in transportation that other large livestock cannot.
Generally speaking, Guanzhong is short of cattle, but it is also short of horses... Because there are not enough cattle, horses are used to plow the fields. Most people really don't think of this method.
Moreover, if horses are used to plow fields, they can only be limited to the north. Parts of the Central Plains are already paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, and horses are of little use... There are buffaloes in the south, so how can we still have water horses?
That is because Li Shan relied on Xia Shi and the trade routes to obtain a large number of horses in recent years, so he was qualified to use horses to plow the fields... Even Zhang Zhongjian, who had always been taciturn, said privately that it was too much of a waste of natural resources.
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For example, you want to hit someone hard on the back of the head, but you can't find a brick, so you take out the brand new mobile phone you just bought for a lot of money from your pocket. It's not a Nokia, but an Apple...
After smashing them, everything is still intact. There are still thousands of heads placed in front of you. How many apples can you buy in your pocket?
Regarding the reform of plows, Li Shan was also a little disappointed. When he was preparing to march to the army in Daizhou, he made a curved shaft plow, only to find that...it had been available for a long time. Although the efficiency was not very good, it still had a curved shaft plow.
But it’s really a quyuanli.
In the long history, there are always some people in all walks of life who can innovate, but due to restrictions on information dissemination and confidentiality, there is no way to promote them.
After several disappointments, Li Shan had to think about what he was best at...it was also something that had never been widely spread in this era and contained high technical content, retting.
Farmers also fertilized during this era. Every day after nightfall in Chang'an City, people were not allowed to move around in the various buildings, but a group of people could move around at will, and they could also leave the city...Ye Xianglang, who specialized in collecting excrement.
However, fertilization is all done directly. If the fertilizer can be retted, the fertility will be stronger... Well, although Li Shan was a farmer in his previous life, he often went to the fields, but because he had to go to school on weekdays, the most he did was to collect manure and retant it.
But retting... Li Shan doesn't dislike the smell, nor does he dislike others looking at him strangely, but the reputation is really a bit unpleasant.
Li Shan thought to himself that in the future, in addition to "The God with the Lamp", he would also be nicknamed "The King of Fei County" in future generations, right?
That would be too fucked up.
After discussing with the old man that it was difficult to promote horse plowing, Li Shan changed the topic, "I will wait for you to have cloth to keep out the cold, I will wait for you to have grain and rice to fill your belly, and I will wait for you to have a house to live in... It seems that you don't believe what Rigu said that day.
of."
"You think I have other motives for recruiting you?"
"Are you going to be used as dead soldiers?"
"Or lead you to rebel?"
Li Shan stretched out, sat cross-legged on the bamboo couch, and said with a smile: "I am alone in Chang'an, and I have gained the trust of the saint. I am on good terms with Princess Pingyang. I am not attached to the East Palace, and I am not of the same lineage as the King of Qin."
The old man was a little stunned, not because of the information Li Shan revealed, but because of the way Li Shan spoke... it was a bit unscrupulous.
"I heard it mentioned by a man from Leshou County before." The old man said cautiously: "Your Highness is here for us and the manager..."
"The quarrel with Chang Da, the general manager of Longzhou, is not a big deal." Li Shan said nonchalantly: "Actually, Gu Ye knows that horses plowing the fields is just an excuse... Tell me, what is the reason?"
The old man was still calm, but He Fang's eyes flickered.