Countless people already regarded Li Zhao as a god at this moment.
The sky was dark, and countless people went home happily with smiles on their faces.
The common people who had just obtained the new land today were smiling from ear to ear, and the smiles on their faces were like the sun in midsummer and July.
The first thing they did after leaving Prince You's Mansion was not to go home, but to see their precious fields.
Before Li Zhao came, they had no land, and they might have to eat grass roots and bark after a while. If they ran out, they would have to sell their sons and daughters or sell themselves into slavery.
Now, they own land, a joy that ordinary people cannot experience.
"have a look?"
"have a look!"
All of them ran to the fields to patrol the fields in unison. When they saw each other, they subconsciously raised their chins, looking like they were showing off.
Obviously there is no difference between this field, but in their eyes it is like a treasure.
The market is also being re-expanded and renovated, with more things on sale.
Li Zhao specially asked the market to prepare a large number of dishes today, just to allow this group of people who got the new land to go home and celebrate.
In the camp.
Li Qingwei still made a sumptuous meal, of course, for the people of Prince You's Mansion.
There will be no meals at the camp tonight, so they will be allowed to celebrate at home.
Li Zhao did not receive any special treatment and lived and ate with the soldiers.
Everyone doesn't know how to communicate when eating, and they pay attention to eating but not talking and sleeping.
After finishing eating, everyone took their own rice bowls to wash up and then put them back in their original places.
Li Zhao wiped his mouth and took Wu Diao Si and Li Zhong to the construction workshop.
The common people have left, but top researchers like Long Carpenter have not left.
"Old dragon!"
Long Carpenter is more energetic than before, and his body and bones are getting stronger, which shows how nourishing the food in Prince You's Mansion is.
A large group of craftsmen were still working. Li Zhao took Carpenter Long aside and said, "How is it?"
"It's been built, but I don't know the specific effect." Carpenter Long pointed to the distance.
The huge waterwheel that has been assembled is brand new and is being filled with tung oil for the third time.
Once it dries tonight, it will be ready for use tomorrow.
They used a small water tanker before and they tried it and it was no problem at all.
But because it is autumn and winter now, although the upstream regulates the water source, the water flow is still not as good as in spring and summer.
Therefore, large waterwheels are very important.
Li Zhao immediately brought people forward to take a look. Many times, Li Zhao only gave a rough model. God knows how many times Long Carpenter and the others failed before they succeeded.
Thanks to the craftsmen of this era who were very skilled and good-tempered, otherwise, every time Li Zhao would throw over a rough drawing, everyone would go crazy.
Waterwheels of different sizes are placed here to adapt to different river sections.
Under the guidance of Carpenter Long, Li Zhao walked to the waterwheel and looked at it carefully. Someone was applying tung oil. The tung oil was to protect the wood of the waterwheel for a longer period of time.
Otherwise, if it is soaked in water for a long time, it will be easily corroded and damaged.
With the protection of paint and tung oil, the service life is very long.
"How many were made in total?"
"15!" Long Carpenter said: "This is the current limit."
Now their construction workshops are becoming more and more standardized and strict. The orders for threshing machines and windmills have not yet been completed, although they have officially entered the free stage.
But everyone knows that when the court promotes it for free, it will not be known that it is the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
We really can't afford to wait for such a long gap.
Therefore, Li Zhao's business here is still very good, and the order volume is still large.
Threshing machines and windmills received the most orders, followed by rice mills and curved shaft plows.
Among them, the demand for rice mills is not large. Although it can indeed save a lot of manpower and time, the workmanship conditions required are also relatively harsh.
Therefore, many villages share one unit, and you just need to pay the wages every time you need to use it.
Although Qu Yuuli has become popular across the country, Li Zhao has set the threshold.
Those who did not buy threshing machines and windmills were not even qualified to buy them.
Therefore, Li Zhao can produce with ease.
In addition, many people have cows at home, so when customizing, the quantity can only be arranged according to the number of cows or mules at home.
Of course, the price of Quyuan plow is also the highest.
"It's okay!" Li Zhao patted Carpenter Long on the shoulder and said, "Prioritize the threshing machine, windmill and curved shaft plow. This waterwheel is for our own use for the time being. It should be enough."
Long Carpenter also nodded.
"There are no hard requirements for land reclamation, so you don't have to go!" Li Zhao reminded again: "You are making a lot of money now, so you can just buy it when the time comes. It's very cheap."
"How much?" The other craftsmen were all moved when they heard this.
"Three to one acre!"
hiss!
The eyes of these craftsmen instantly lit up.
Li Zhao rewarded them more than ten times each time, and this was only the reward money, not counting their own wages.
In other words, each person can purchase at least three acres.
"I know what you are thinking. In fact, I don't recommend that you participate in land reclamation!" Li Zhao said: "Even if I prepare a lot of tools, you know better than me how difficult it is to open up land."
"Work hard here, and the money you earn will be enough for you to buy a lot of land."
"Besides, you are all specially hired by my palace now. Who will you give so much land to in the future?"
"The situation needs to be opened up. From now on, no one will be hungry and there will be food everywhere, do you understand?"
Li Zhao can persuade once or twice, but there are some things he will only say once.
Anyway, he will not restrict the freedom of this group of people. If this group of people really wants to open up three acres of land, that's okay.
Anyone who knows a little bit about accounting should understand that it is really not that easy to open three acres of land.
With this time and energy, he might as well complete the tasks he set, and then the wages and rewards will come.
Li Zhao turned around and walked towards the construction workshop: "How's the situation at the blacksmith workshop?"
At this time, Li Dongqiang from Lijiazhai came out and said: "Your Majesty, according to your instructions, various farm tools are being reforged, but the quantity is definitely not enough."
"It doesn't matter!"
"Is there still a shortage of iron ore?" Li Zhao asked.
Li Dongqiang hesitated and said: "Que, although there are a lot of iron ores here, mining is still too difficult. The main reason is that the forged tools wear out too easily!"
Although Emperor Wu also gave Li Zhao the right to mine, the collection of iron ore has been a big trouble since ancient times, and the iron forging technology is immature, so many iron tools are only slightly durable.
"I'll figure this out."
