Warring States Eagle

During Zhengliang's inspection along the way, some leaders who were farming in the fields saw Zhengliang and his party, immediately thought they had encountered a big man, and they all knelt down on the ground in panic.

Zheng Liang has long been accustomed to the reactions of these people.After all, hundreds of years of cultural accumulation, these common people's sense of fear towards the samurai clan cannot be changed instantly, and Zheng Liang doesn't want them to change, but he hopes that they will use these fear and respect only to face the Luo family. At that time, there is no need for other powerful warriors who are not from the Luo family.

Because these leaders saluted in a hurry, Zheng Liang saw a lot of farming tools scattered in the field in a panic along the way.Compared with the tools in other daimyo countries, these farming tools have obviously been greatly improved.

For example, the hoes commonly used by the people in farming.In the past, there was basically only one kind of hoe used by the common people, and that was the stick hoe.This kind of hoe has a narrow body and is used for deep excavation in a small area. It is often used in places with firm soil, and it is also often used to dig out tubers buried in the soil, such as the unique crops of Luo's family, such as magic melons and yams.This kind of hoe is widely used, but it is very in line with the local product environment of the Japanese country (because of the lack of iron ore, the less iron material used to make hoe is naturally the better, which leads to blacksmith houses generally only forging less materials hoe. Some places even use stone hoe).

Since the Luo family completely occupied Matsuura County in the Hizen Kingdom, Masara built an iron workshop at the foot of Mount Nogao to coordinate all iron materials in the territory.This workshop is different from the weapon workshop in the Gianyue mountain range. Although this workshop is also under the overall control of the Cabinet, it only produces ironware needed for the daily life of the people.It is also responsible for the management of the blacksmith workshops established by the local people throughout the territory (with the development of agriculture and commerce in the territory, the demand for farm tools has increased. In various towns and villages, full-time blacksmiths and casting craftsmen have emerged. These craftsmen got rid of the shackles of the lords, owned their own workshops and tools, or received orders from the society to charge processing fees, or produced goods for sale in the market.)

At this time, blacksmith houses independently distributed in the territory of the Luo family have appeared one after another, responsible for making farm tools for the residents. In order to strengthen the management of these blacksmith houses, on the one hand, prevent them from violating the laws of the territory to build weapons, and on the other hand, they can They serve as logistical branches in wartime.That's why they will be managed in a unified way (these blacksmith houses built by the citizens themselves can't be managed, because all the iron materials in the territory are controlled by the Luo family. Before they build blacksmith houses, they must first go to the local cabinet Registration information, after obtaining permission, they can start to build craftsman houses. And the cabinet will distribute iron materials to various places one by one according to the demand for iron materials in various places. Afterwards, there will be investigations on these blacksmith houses from time to time monitoring, monitoring the end use of iron material).When necessary, according to the needs of the territory, the Zonggong workshop in Ye Gaoshan will issue temporary iron making tasks assigned by the Cabinet to the people's workshops in various places in the territory.

After Luo’s family set up this workshop, they followed the structural diagram provided by Zhengliang (Zhengliang was also a white-collar worker from the countryside in his previous life, and he also plowed and farmed in the countryside when he was a child. Naturally, he is very clear about the structure and function of these farm tools) Produce some new farming tools.And here today, Zheng Liang finally saw these new farm tools.They are the board hoe, the hoe, the engineer shovel, and the plow.

Board hoe.About twenty centimeters to thirty centimeters wide, slightly longer than wide.It is mainly used for shallow excavation in large areas.For example, loosening the soil and replanting the land.

The hoe has a wide and sharp blade, and some are slightly curved and crescent-shaped.Some have no radian, and the cutting edge is straight.Its height is smaller than its width.Slightly lighter and thinner than a board hoe, it has an iron handle for connecting with a long wooden handle.It is mainly used for shoveling and digging on the surface.Such as eradicating weeds on the ground, gathering scattered grains or sand on the ground, etc.

The above three kinds of hoes can weed and turn the soil. No matter what kind of crops are to be planted, they must be used to loosen and turn the soil before planting crops. Therefore, hoes are very important to the local people. No hoes Being able to turn the soil is equivalent to being unable to grow crops.Hoes can also weed. For example, grass grows every season. Weeding is necessary every season. Especially in spring, the grass grows profusely, so it needs to be cleaned more. The most important tool.With these kinds of hoes with different characteristics, the efficiency of the leader's farming has been greatly improved.

Zhengliang was a little surprised to see the engineering shovel here (of course, the engineering shovel is not a tool that cannot be sold to the citizens).After all, in the current territory of the Luo family, only the logistics team can see a large number of engineering shovels.These engineering shovels are useful tools for building fortifications when marching, and can even be used as weapons when fighting. They are currently the most popular logistical tools within the Luo family's army.

As for the last plow, it has also been improved under the joint research of craftsmen and farmers.The main improvement is to use iron shafts instead of plow arrows, dig holes in the middle of the plow tips, and use wooden wedges to fix the iron shafts and adjust the depth. The plow is stronger and more durable, which not only prolongs the use time, but also saves production costs, which is also an improvement.

The appearance of a large number of folk blacksmith houses and carpenter houses indicates that the territory of the Luo family has developed to a relatively complete and developed level.The widespread use of these tools also indicates that territorial agriculture has been greatly developed.

In addition to seeing these tools, Zheng Liang also saw a leader carrying two dung buckets preparing to fertilize the crops in the field.Speaking of manure, I have to talk about a habit of the people in the territory in the past.

In the past, there was no real "toilet" in the territory, and it was impossible to buy a toilet to use like those rich people.Therefore, many people will build a simple "toilet" on the bank of the creek (dig a hole by the river, then put a plank or tree trunk on the hole in the ground, and then surround it with thatch), and the excrement will pass through the hole. It fell and was washed away by the river.However, these toilets are usually surrounded by thatched walls, and the top is open to the air.So when it rains, it is almost unusable.When Zheng Liang first came to this world.I have encountered the embarrassing situation of going to the toilet in rainy weather.

Later, after Zhengliang became the lord and completely controlled the territory.Only then began to gradually promote the use of manure in the territory.Now, Luo's family territory has formed a good manure application system.Residents usually build a manure cellar in their homes to store manure, and are also very good at using manure, river pond silt, rotted plant stems and leaves, plant ash, rotten waste, village ditch sewage, and crop rot, etc. as fertilizer.

In order to provide the residents with the ability to use manure, the Cabinet also specially taught the residents how to make manure. The specific method is to cut corn, reeds and other straw into small pieces, and then pile them up and down in a latitude and longitude shape. For a stack.Splashing the excrement and urine water must achieve the effect of retting after soaking for a long time, and then let it ferment. You can also add plant ash or charcoal rich in potassium fertilizer after burning, and it will be retting in the next spring. Small pieces of gray-black fertilizer or gray-black fertilizer water with water quality are called manure; manure can also be made from wheat haystacks.In the process of making manure, add stems, vines and leaves of other plants to the straw pile or dead tree branches picked up by cleaning the yard.

What I want to mention here is that the local people have developed to the point of using everything to collect manure.Among them, there is mainly a relatively special method.

The first is to pick up cow dung.At present, the number of farm cattle in the territory is far from the level of one head per household, so in most villages or towns, all the people in the territory cooperate to buy several cattle from the cabinet as public property for use.

However, disputes over how to use cattle once disturbed the Cabinet of Ministers.Under normal circumstances, it is reasonable for each household to be responsible for adopting cattle for a few days.But when it comes to the busy farming period, this problem starts to become acute.In the end the Cabinet had to decide.Every year, the Cabinet of Ministers will announce a farming period, within this period.It is stipulated that each household should allocate farm cattle on time according to the number of farm cattle and the area of ​​the field in their area.When the lords hand over the cattle, the local town head or village head must act as a notary to check the physical condition of the cattle once, and confirm with the village head, the previous user of the cattle and the user who is about to accept the cattle The handover of cattle can only be completed after there is no problem.

Only after this regulation was promulgated, new problems emerged soon.

The problem arises in the timing of the handover of cattle.Generally speaking, it is most appropriate to set the handover time as the day after the previous leader finished using the cattle.But the leaders don't think so. Instead, they think it is most appropriate to receive the cattle on the day when the previous leader has run out of use.There are two reasons:

One is, in the process from receiving the cattle to using them, the people who use the cattle are naturally very strict with the cattle (after all, do you want to use them? Of course, I hope the cattle are in better condition), but when During the time when the cattle are used and the cattle are ready to be handed over to the next leader (usually at night), no one knows what the leader will do.

The so-called human heart is selfish.Anyway, from this moment on, the cattle will no longer be used by him. In this case, he may not even bother to do the feeding of the cattle (according to the regulations of the territory, on the day when the cattle are plowing, they must Feed them some miscellaneous grains and rice. Fadu stipulates this to ensure the survival of the cattle. If all the people use these cattle as tireless god cattle and do not provide enough nutrition in time, these cattle will They will soon be unable to support themselves and get sick, or even die. Such a result is a loss to the people, the Cabinet, and the territory of the Luo family. In order to avoid this situation, the Cabinet had to organize This ordinance was added to the Act on Farming).

Anyway, I have fed tonight, and tomorrow I will do my best for others.Why waste food?Even the miscellaneous grains specially supplied to cattle (mainly husked rice and miscellaneous grain rice made from the skin of miscellaneous grains, which are generally called bran in later generations) can be reserved for future use when cattle are used again. .So it was this problem that led the people to think that it was most reasonable to carry out the handover on that night.In this way, the people who have newly obtained the right to use the farm cattle will naturally treat the farm cattle well in order to let the farm cattle have the strength to work tomorrow.

As for the other reason why the leaders asked to hand over the cattle that night, it was because of the cow dung.For the citizens, cow dung is the most fertile fertilizer.In order to collect cow dung, when they usually adopt these cattle, they will send their own children to take care of the cattle full-time (that is, to pull the cattle to eat in the fertile grass).And these cowboys usually bring a dustpan (a shovel-shaped tool made of wood and bamboo, which is often used in rural areas to transport materials), and they will immediately take it with them as soon as the cattle excrete the manure. The dustpan saves the cow dung, and puts the cow dung in his manure cellar when he returns home at night.

Even some experienced cattle watchers will immediately put the dustpan in the predicted position when it is obvious that the cattle are about to defecate, and let the cattle discharge the manure into it.If the farm cattle had the same intelligence as humans, it is estimated that they would be flattered at this time.Damn, this is simply five-star service.Of course, there may be Miss Niu who will call you a pervert.

And now the second reason why the lords ask for the handover of the farm cattle that night is precisely to get more cow dung (experienced people naturally know that the night is the time when the farm ox excretes the most, after all Are you full during the day).However, there were also people who were the previous users of the farm cattle and saw the cheapness, so they naturally disagreed.This problem naturally became a big dispute, which directly affected the spring plowing work.In the end, the Cabinet of Ministers had to clearly stipulate in the Agricultural Law that the time for exchanging cattle was set at the evening of the day when the cattle were used up.Anyway, as a user, the leader will one day become a handover, and there will always be a day when he picks up cow dung.

Disputes like this will always emerge in the territory. As the village head and the officials of the cabinet, they often have to be the adjudicators. Sometimes it is really hard, but it is because of them that the various internal affairs of the territory can be achieved. It's going well.They really have worked hard.

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