"Impossible? Why is it impossible? I asked eldest grandson Sikong for advice." Li Ke cupped his hands and sneered.
"These ministers in the current dynasty are all those who have made great contributions to His Majesty, so it is understandable to reward them with titles. However, these craftsmen are just ordinary workers. How can they win this honor?" Changsun Wuji took a deep breath. Tone, first tie up all the ministers in the court before talking.
"Then I'm asking for advice. Excuse me, if an ordinary person saves my father's life by chance one day, then this person can only give him some money? In other words, my father's life will be lost. Not as good as a title?" Li Ke asked rhetorically.
Li Shimin: "..." Do you believe that I will beat you in front of all the court officials?
"Your Highness, don't force your words. Your Majesty is a man of ten thousand gold. How can you say the same thing as these things? Your Highness's request is for these craftsmen, not these special circumstances." Changsun Wuji would not be fooled.
"Okay! Let's not talk about my father then. Let's talk about other things, Su Guo Gong Cheng Yaojin." Li Ke pointed at Cheng Yaojin next to him.
Cheng Yaojin, who was leaning on the chair and watching Li Kefan and Sun Wuji with great interest, was immediately stunned. What does this have to do with me?
"He has defeated Song Jingang, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others successively, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. He has made many military achievements, so he is granted the title of Duke of Su. Do you deserve this credit?" Li Ke asked.
"Of course I deserve it!" Changsun Wuji nodded and said simply.
"Very good! I have a craftsman under my name who has improved the plowshare commonly used by farmers. I named it the curved shaft plow. It can improve farming efficiency and save animal power. The cattle that usually have to rest when farming one acre of land can now farm three acres of land! Moreover, the deeper the land is cultivated, it means that the probability of food disaster is smaller, and the production can be greatly increased in the coming year.”
"Taking the data from the eight years of Zhenguan as an example, the number of households is about 3 million, the population is about 15 million, and the average farmland granted to 100 acres per household is about 300 million acres. The reason why there are so few farmlands is not that there is not enough arable land in the world. Now the Ten Paths of the Tang Dynasty Almost all the land is vast and sparsely populated, although the actual population is larger than the registered population. But the reason for limiting the number of fields granted is that one household cannot plant more fields!"
"After using the curved shaft plow, taking into account the need for other work, the amount of land cultivated by each household can be at least doubled, that is, 200 acres of land." Li Ke's number is not random. One acre of land in Datang is 540 square meters, and 200 acres of land. Mu converted into modern terms is 162 acres, and Li Ke remembers that he was at his grandfather's house in his previous life when he was a child, because his hometown in Hetao, Inner Mongolia, is a vast area with sparsely populated areas.
Therefore, there is a lot of arable land per capita. His parents only farm more than 50 acres of land, so they can keep busy. When he was a child, he did not have any machinery, so he relied on mules for farming, and he also had to plant a lot of cash crops. Summer was very busy. In this era, the main focus was on growing grains, which was actually not as busy as when he was a child.
On average, a household in the Tang Dynasty had five people. The five people here refer to strong laborers, and children are not counted, because when children grow up, they will continue to divide the family and continue to divide the fields.
So 162 acres of land can definitely be cultivated.
"This means that Datang has 300 million acres more arable land. Last year, Datang's average yield per mu was between one and a half to two stones. Calculated based on the smallest land, that is to say, 300 million acres is enough for Datang to have 450 million more acres of food! Do you know what the concept is?!”
"This means that in the second year of Zhenguan and the third year of Zhenguan, the extra food from a few roads that were not affected by the disaster was enough to relieve the victims of the world! This means that if this weapon had been available during the Wude period, the Tang Dynasty could have supported it. If more troops were stationed at the border, the Weishui Alliance would not have happened. This means that if there had been it during the Wude period, the world would have had so much food that even if there was a disaster in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, the people would not have to stay away from home. Saving food is enough to get by!”
"This also means that Tuyuhun dared to make a mistake a few years ago. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had enough food reserves to kill Murong Fuyun without having to marry the princess or wait until last winter!"
"This means that just this one craftsman has hundreds of millions of people alive! He has accomplished many feats that even Duke Su might not dare to compare with. So, is he enough to be knighted?" Li Ke asked lightly.
The court was silent.
Changsun Wuji opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute for a moment! In this era, there are some things that no one mentions openly, and many reputations are silently taken away by family members, and some people who have made contributions have no chance to speak out at all!
Of course, Li Ke also secretly changed the concept, because even if he invented the Quyuan plow and the Tang Dynasty fully promoted it, it would not be popular within a year. It would take at least seven or eight years, because the iron-making technology of the Tang Dynasty was not that developed and the plow The head requires iron, and it is made of iron rather than steel, so it is easily damaged and requires a blacksmith to repair it.
What's more, the Tang Dynasty also needed iron tools to make armor and weapons. Iron tools were very scarce, and even fewer could be used for people's livelihood.
"Seriously?!" Li Shimin spoke. He was just stunned by the data in Li Ke's mouth and couldn't react for a while.
"I don't dare to say anything false. You can test this Qu Yuan Li yourself!" The Qu Yuan Li in Li Ke's hand is not a historical one, but a Qu Yuan Li that has undergone countless improvements in later generations. It is more advanced and more effective. better.
"Erchen hasn't finished speaking yet." Li Ke continued, "Erchen also has several craftsmen under his name. They have improved papermaking and printing techniques, allowing a newspaper like Datang Weekly to be reduced to 12 words. , that is to say, a book like Thousand-Character Essay, including binding and other costs, can definitely be purchased with 15 essays using better paper!"
"Then, the books of the Tang Dynasty can be popularized all over the world, so that all people in the world can read and be literate. If the Tang Dynasty widens the imperial examination system and allows scholars from poor families to participate in the imperial examinations, this means that there will be millions of scholars in the Tang Dynasty. And millions of scholars select the best among the best, and the selected talents can help the Tang Dynasty expand its territory and dominate the world!!"
"Excuse me, is a craftsman who can create millions of scholars worthy of a knighthood?" Li Ke asked again.
The court was silent.
And Li Ke's words have shocked everyone, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't say it, but if he says it, no one dares to refute it. The family members definitely don't want this to happen to him, but if Li Ke makes it clear, If this matter was publicized, who would dare to stop it? !
"The world is booming! Millions of scholars mean tens of millions of people, and the power of tens of millions of people. They want to study and get ahead. Who wants to stop it? Who dares to stop it?!" Li Ke smiled again. asked.
shock!
All the ministers were shocked and broke into a cold sweat.
Don’t worry about the world, there are millions of people in Chang’an. If they know this news and hundreds of thousands of people ask for help, who dares to stop it? ! Whoever stands in his way will die!
Some things cannot be clarified, and if they are clarified, it means there is no solution.
"Excuse me, Changsun Sikong, is such a craftsman worthy of a knighthood?" Li Ke asked softly.
Changsun Wuji was speechless, he couldn't answer these words... He didn't dare to answer it, mainly because could he say no? You say give it a try.
Ha ha ha ha! Li Shimin, who was sitting in the upper seat, wanted to laugh three times at this moment! Cool!
