Da Qin: From a disciple of Fusu to a generation of imperial masters

Chapter 384 Shocked people, the curved plow appears!
After a while, the pedestrians at the city gate reacted. Some of them looked at each other and their throats moved slightly.

The new notice posted on the city wall today brought them too much shock. First, the Huns were driven out of the plains.

Then two new kinds of grains and potatoes appeared in Daqin. Now the old man told them that they could grow corn and potatoes.

"Old man, corn and potatoes are indeed better than rice and millet."

"But if we plant corn and potatoes, can we get more food than rice and corn when they mature?"

A passerby looked at the old man and expressed his thoughts. The passersby around him nodded slightly when they heard what the old man said.

They now believe that corn and potatoes are superior to rice and millet.

But the issue of production is very important to the people.

After all, they don't have to fight on the battlefield, and they are superior to corn and potatoes.

People still value yield more. If the yield is not as high as that of rice and corn, planting corn and potatoes is just empty talk.

The old man nodded slightly when he heard what the passerby said. He understood what the passerby was thinking.

For the common people, the output is more important. The old man looked at everyone and said:

"Corn and potatoes are more useful in the military than rice and millet."

"In terms of yield, it is not inferior to rice and corn, and is even better than rice and corn."

"I'm telling you the truth: corn and potatoes can mature twice a year."

"That means we can plant corn and potatoes twice a year and harvest mature corn and potatoes twice."

"My fellow villagers, this is something that rice and corn cannot do."

The old man looked at the passers-by at the city gate and pointed out the advantages of corn and potatoes.

He was also very shocked when he learned the news.

He also didn't expect that these two new crops could mature twice a year.

Once people grow corn and potatoes, they can get plenty of food.

This way, you don’t have to worry about having no food at home.

As the old man finished speaking, the city gate became quiet again and many passers-by were stunned.

They didn't expect that these two new crops, corn and potatoes, could mature twice a year.

In this way, the same amount of land can produce more food than rice and corn.

“I never thought corn and potatoes were so good that they ripen twice a year.”

"Then I must plant corn and potatoes."

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Some pedestrians had excited looks on their faces and expressed their thoughts.

The old man looked at the passers-by who were eager to try and had excited expressions on their faces, and continued:

"Corn and potatoes have another advantage that rice and millet cannot compare to."

"The thing that mature rice and corn fear most is being soaked by rain."

"Once it gets wet, it will get moldy, which will reduce the amount of rice and corn that can be eaten."

"Corn and potatoes are different, even if they get wet from the rain."

"As long as there is sunny weather, the water marks on the corn and potatoes will be dried out, and there will be no impact on the corn and potatoes."

"This time, Lord Meng was transporting new food corn and potatoes to the border, and it rained twice on the way."

“The corn and potatoes were soaked by the rain, but there was no damage to them when they reached the border.”

"That's the power of corn and potatoes."

The old man looked at the passers-by around him and pointed out another advantage of corn and potatoes.

He specifically mentioned that Meng Fang was transporting food so that passers-by around would believe it.

When the pedestrians at the city gate heard the old man's words, they showed excitement on their faces.

The old man has just mentioned so many advantages of corn and potatoes, and they are already prepared to grow food.

Choose to grow corn and potatoes, no one can resist the benefits that corn and potatoes bring.

"I have decided that this time I will plant corn and potatoes."

"Me too. Such good food must be grown."

"The soldiers on the border have already let us know the advantages of corn and potatoes. It would be a shame not to grow such good food."

Some pedestrians spoke up and expressed their thoughts.

Although the other pedestrians didn't say anything, they nodded in agreement.

The old man saw the expressions of the people around him and a smile appeared on his face.

My mission for today has been completed, and soon the news of corn and potatoes will spread throughout Xianyang City.

The people of Xianyang City who know about corn and potatoes will choose to grow them.

Naturally, other cities also had notices and people like him who read them.

The old man believed that the people in other cities would also choose to plant corn and potatoes after knowing the contents of the new notice.

In this way, the entire Daqin will choose to grow corn and potatoes.

The middle-aged man who first asked the old man looked at the old man and said, "Old man."

"The excellence of corn and potatoes is known to me and others. Such excellent grains will certainly be chosen for planting."

"I want to know if I need to till the soil before planting corn and potatoes?"

As the middle-aged man finished speaking, the pedestrians who were excited just now also turned their eyes to the old man.

The middle-aged man's words reminded them that whether or not to grow corn and potatoes required arable land was very important to them.

The old man took a deep look at the middle-aged man and said, "This is exactly what I was going to say."

"Since you have brought it up, I will talk about this matter."

"If you want to grow corn and potatoes, you really need to till the land and renovate it."

“The more carefully you till the land, the better the food you will get from growing corn and potatoes.”

He looked at the people around him and said what he wanted to say.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly when he heard the old man's words. Just as he thought, if he wanted to grow corn and potatoes, he needed arable land.

The other pedestrians' faces turned pale, for growing food was the last thing they wanted to do, which was to till the land.

Plowing the land is not only laborious, but also causes some trouble.

"I just thought that growing corn and potatoes didn't require arable land, but it seems I was overthinking it."

"The old man just said that if you want to produce good food from corn and potatoes, you need to cultivate the land carefully."

"The plow is too heavy. If you want to plow the land, you need the help of an ox. I bought an ox with several other neighbors."

"Every time the land is plowed, there will be a big conflict over who gets to use the oxen first."

"My neighbors and several other people had an argument and even a fight over who should use the oxen first."

Some pedestrians looked at each other and complained to each other.

What they disliked most was plowing the land, because the plow was not something that could be pulled by humans.

If you want to plow the land, you have to use oxen, but not every family can own an ox.

The old man looked at the pedestrians around him who were complaining and said, "Fellow villagers, are you going to give up growing corn and potatoes just because they need arable land?"

When the old man finished speaking, the pedestrians around him looked at each other.

"I have oxen at home, so I will not give up growing corn and potatoes."

"I can't afford to buy a plowing ox. If this is the case, it will be very difficult to grow corn and potatoes. I'd rather grow rice and corn!"

"I don't want to give up growing corn and potatoes, but unfortunately there is no way to solve the problem of arable land. After all, this time we need to cultivate the land carefully to make corn and potatoes produce more food."

Some pedestrians expressed their ideas one after another, and most of them chose to give up. A small number of people agreed to plant corn and potatoes because they all had oxen in their families.

Since we have oxen for plowing, we don’t have to worry about the problem of arable land.

The old man smiled when he heard what the passers-by said, "I know what you think."

"If the problem of arable land can be solved, the villagers will still choose to grow corn and potatoes, am I right?"

The old man looked at the people around him and asked.

"You are right, old man. If it weren't for the trouble with arable land, everyone would want to grow corn and potatoes."

"that's right!"

Several pedestrians spoke up to agree, and they were also worried about the arable land problem.

The old man nodded slightly when he heard what the passers-by said, "Growing corn and potatoes requires arable land. The villagers don't need to worry about this problem."

"Prince Fusu presented His Majesty with a good thing, which can help the villagers cultivate the land."

The old man looked at the passers-by around him and mentioned Fusu's name.

When the pedestrians at the city gate heard Fusu's name, they looked at each other. They knew Fusu's name.

These people also very much agree with Prince Fusu.

Just now the old man said that Prince Fusu recommended to Your Majesty a good thing that can help with farming.

Some passers-by were puzzled. Did Prince Fusu also know how to farm?

"Old man, what good thing did Prince Fusu present to Your Majesty?"

"Yeah old man, what's the good stuff?"

Several passers-by with anxious looks on their faces looked at the old man and spoke.

The old man smiled when he heard what the passers-by said and looked at the soldiers beside him.

The soldier nodded slightly and turned away. Soon the soldier came back with a huge piece of paper.

The soldier unfolded the paper and stuck it to another city wall.

"Look, folks. The pattern on this piece of paper is called a curved plow."

"The curved plow is a gift from Prince Fusu to Your Majesty."

The old man pointed at the huge piece of paper and said the name of the pattern on it.

The pedestrians around looked at the pattern on the city wall in front of them, and the entire city gate became quiet again.

After a while, some pedestrians reacted with surprise on their faces.

It was the first time they had seen such drawings, and today they were once again amazed.

"The curved plow on this piece of paper looks very different from the plows we use to plow the land."

"The shape of the curved plow is very strange. This is the first time I have seen such a plow."

Some passers-by looked at the drawing of the curved plow on the city wall and expressed their ideas.

"Old man, tell us what the difference is between this curved plow and an ordinary plow."

"Can the curved plow solve the problems encountered in farming?"

A young man looked at the old man and expressed his thoughts.

The other pedestrians nodded slightly when they heard the young man's words and looked at the old man.

They had the same idea. Why did the old man say that a curved plow was so powerful?

The old man walked towards the city wall with the curved plow drawing on it, and the pedestrians around him stepped back a few steps to let the old man get closer to the city wall.

The old man pointed to the drawing of the curved plow and said, "Fellow villagers, we use the plow to cultivate the land."

"It was so heavy that it needed oxen to pull it, and the curved plow reduced a lot of weight."

"Even without oxen, people can still plow the land by pulling the curved plow."

"If there were oxen pulling a curved plow, the land would be plowed faster than if the oxen were pulling an ordinary plow."

"This way, people who don't have oxen to plow the land won't have to worry about not being able to plow the land."

"Several people can use one ox, and there is no need to quarrel or even fight over the order of priority."

The old man looked at the people passing by and pointed out the advantages of the curved plow over the ordinary plow.

When the passers-by heard the old man's words, they looked at the drawing of the curved plow again.

Now they understood why the pattern of the curved plow looked so strange.

It turned out that the curved plow reduced the weight, so that even without oxen, people could plow the land.

"I never thought the curved plow was so powerful. With it, I can still plow the land even without oxen."

"This way, I and other neighbors won't have to argue over the order in which to use the oxen."

"Master Fusu is really amazing. He can actually come up with such an amazing curved plow."

Passersby who heard the old man's words began to praise the curved plow.

The emergence of the curved plow solved the problems they encountered in farming.

The old man looked at the excited pedestrians around him and spoke again: "The advantage of the curved plow over the plows that the villagers are using now is not just its weight."

"The plowshares we use nowadays are made of wood, which creates a lot of resistance when plowing the land. The wooden plowshares will also corrode if they are in contact with the ground for a long time."

"This will slow down the plowing process."

“The plowshare of the curved plow is not made of wood, but of iron.”

"This will make plowing the land easier and we won't have to worry about the plow head getting corroded by the soil for a long time."

The old man pointed to the pattern of the plowshare on the drawing and talked about another advantage of the curved plow while looking at the passers-by around him.

The passers-by at the city gate looked at the pattern of the plowshare on the drawing with surprise on their faces.

They didn't expect that the plowshare of the curved plow was made of iron.

It would naturally be very easy to plow the land with such a plow.

The old man looked at the stunned pedestrians and spoke again: "The curved plow has another advantage."

"That is, the plowshare of the curved plow can be moved at will, so that when plowing the land, it can be used more easily."

"The curved plow can be adjusted in direction and turn at will, which can save some time and effort."

"It can also complete the plowing process faster. This is the power of the curved plow."

The old man had a proud look on his face as he explained the curved plow to the passers-by around him.

The passers-by around were stunned when they heard the old man's words. The advantages of the curved plow were beyond their expectations.

A small curved plow could actually solve the problems they encountered in plowing the land.

With the curved plow they could plow the land with confidence and then grow corn and potatoes.

The notice posted on the city wall today brought them three pieces of good news.

The first good news was that the Huns were driven out of the plains, and the second good news was that new food crops, corn and potatoes, could be grown.

The third good news is the new farming tool: the curved plow.

The pedestrians at the city gate had smiles on their faces; today was a happy day for them.

"Old man, a curved plow is so good that it must be expensive to make, right?"

A man dressed in businessman's clothes looked at the old man and asked.

Hearing the merchant's words, the passers-by around also looked at the old man.

The merchant's words reminded them that the curved plow was praised so highly by the old man.

Such an excellent farming tool must not be cheap.

(End of this chapter)