On the other side, in Qin Mansion's future cotton base, there were more than three hundred people working in the fields at the same time.
After Qin Ming arrived at his destination.
First, Qin Da and others from the house were divided into ten groups, each consisting of three people, to demonstrate to the more than 300 tenant farmers in the house how to use the Quyuan plow.
Wait until all the tenant farmers have mastered the use of the new farm tools.
Qin Ming divided all the tenant farmers into one hundred groups according to groups of three or four.
After being divided into groups, Qin Ming asked Qin Da and others to distribute to these groups the Qu Yuan Li that the Qin Mansion had just completed!
Then following Qin Ming's order, hundreds of people standing in a row beside the field started to act almost at the same time!
The scene looked quite spectacular!
Even though Li Yuan was used to big scenes, he was shocked and speechless when he saw the scene in front of him.
After all, in this day and age, it is impossible for even aristocratic families to gather a hundred cows at once to carry out spring plowing on the same farmland!
Li Yuan obtained the news from Si She three days ago that the Qin Mingming Research Institute had developed a new type of plow that could be pulled by human power!
So Li Yuan learned yesterday that Qin Ming would bring new plows this morning to start spring plowing.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to have dinner with Qin Ming in the evening, he proposed to follow Qin Ming to the fields to participate in Zhuangzi's spring plowing!
Qin Ming had no objection to Li Yuan's request and immediately nodded in agreement!
.....
It took Qin Ming half an hour to return from the other end of the field with the plow!
Li Yuan immediately walked to the edge of the farmland, waved to Qin Ming and said:
"Brother Ming, come up here. Grandpa has something to ask you."
Qin Ming raised his head when he heard this, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, and said to Jin San on the field ridge:
"Jin San, come and replace me."
Upon hearing this, Jin San cupped his fists and bowed:
"Yes, sir."
Then Qin Ming stepped onto the muddy path in the field and came to Li Yuan.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Qingwan and Si She took out brocade handkerchiefs from their arms and walked quickly to Qin Ming, helping him wipe the sweat from his body.
Qin Ming smiled at the two women, then took the brocade handkerchief from their hands, then bowed to Li Yuan and said:
"grandfather."
Li Yuan nodded slightly, hummed and said:
"Wipe the sweat off your body first!"
"It's grandpa."
After saying this, Qin Ming wiped the sweat off his face and neck.
Li Yuan pulled Qin Ming to sit on the bench next to the carriage, and then asked seriously:
"Brother Ming, tell me the truth, how long will it take to build such a batch of plows, and what is the cost?"
After hearing this, Qin Ming lowered his head and thought for a while and said:
"The plow factory has just been established, and there are only thirty craftsmen! With the current manpower, up to twenty curved shaft plows can be made in a day!"
"As for the cost, the batch of curved-column plows currently used in the fields use some special materials, so the cost is a bit higher. Each curved-column plow costs almost the same amount of money."
"If it were replaced with ordinary iron materials, the cost would be very low, almost down to about 100 yuan!"
Li Yuan frowned when he heard this and hesitated for a moment. Li Yuan, you continued to ask:
"Then if I replace the special material you mentioned, will it affect the use of the curved plow?"
"Will one person be able to pull it off by then?"
Qin Ming glanced at Li Yuan in surprise when he heard this, wondering why the old man suddenly became concerned about this.
What's even more strange is that this old man can grasp the key points at once.
However, Qin Ming still answered honestly:
"The plow that I just used with Qin Da is made of ordinary materials. It is just more laborious to pull than the plow made of special materials, but it does not affect its use!"
"Grandpa doesn't have to worry about that."
Li Yuan was relieved after hearing this!
Although he has "retired to the second line" now, he was the one who conquered the Tang Dynasty after all!
The people of the Tang Dynasty are still his people!
As the founding emperor, how could he not care for the people!
Having seen the effect of the Qu Yuan Plow with his own eyes, he naturally understood that if the Qu Yuan Plow could be implemented throughout the Tang Dynasty, it would definitely allow the Tang Dynasty to produce a lot more land and food out of thin air.
So what he is most worried about now is its cost.
After all, no matter how good something is, if it’s too expensive and people can’t afford it, it’s all in vain!
Now that Qin Ming has a way to reduce costs, it is a great blessing for Datang!
The future of Datang is promising!
Just when Li Yuan was about to say something else, the field path couldn't help but shake.
Feeling the vibration under his feet, Li Yuan frowned slightly. After thinking about it, he turned his head and looked at the path a hundred feet away.
Three carriages made by Qin Ming have arrived!
Li Yuan rubbed his eyebrows, leaned against Hu Deng, and said:
"Brother Ming, someone is coming."
Qin Ming turned around and saw at a glance who the three carriages belonged to!
A few moments,
The carriage of Li Shimin and his party stopped on the field road.
As the people on the carriage got off, Qin Ming quickly walked to the carriage and stood there, bowing to the group and saying:
"Qin Ming, Director of the Road and Bridge Department, is here to see Your Majesty."
"See the Queen, see Princess Changle..."
Then Qin Ming stood up and bowed to Fang Xuanling and said:
"I'm going to pay my respects to the Prime Minister."
Li Shimin hummed, and then there was a red figure with short legs, jumping all the way to Qin Ming's legs, not caring about the mud on Qin Ming's calves.
"Brother Ming."
Qin Ming smiled and picked up the little bean-like Si Zi, narrowed his eyes and asked:
"Sizi, do you like the carriage that brother Ming gave you?"
Si Zi raised his head, pecked Qin Ming on the face and said:
"Sizi likes it very much. Thank you brother Ming for the gift."
At this time, Li Yuan on the side lowered his head and coughed.
Li Shimin came back to his senses, bowed to Li Yuan and shouted:
"Mr. Li."
Everyone who came with Li Shimin immediately understood.
Queen Changsun was the first to react. She gave Li Yuan a blessing and said with a smile:
"I have met Mr. Li."
Li Lizhi, Li Lixian, and Li Xiyao followed Wanfu and said respectfully:
"I've met Mr. Li."
At this moment, Si Zi, who was holding Qin Ming's arm without letting go, rolled his eyes and jumped out of Qin Ming's arms.
He walked up to Li Yuan and gave a standard Wanfu blessing. Then he walked up to Li Yuan and whispered in a sweet voice:
"Grandpa, why haven't you entered the palace to find Si Zi for so many days?"
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