Hearing this, Fang Jun was surprised, thinking that there was something really wrong with the Quyuanli he drew.
After checking carefully, Fang Jun found nothing wrong and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Uncle Zhong, what's wrong?"
The Quyuanli is known as "a must-have artifact for time travellers". It would be a tragedy if we get it wrong!
Lu Zhong looked depressed.
Where is wrong?
Everything is wrong, okay?
This drawing is completely useless!
Lu Zhong endured it and did not dare to say anything.
After all, this Erlang's temper is really explosive.
If he offends him and scolds himself, will he still want this old face?
"Besides building this plow, does Erlang have any other requirements?"
Let the carpenter tell you what's wrong with this plow later, Lu Zhong thought to himself.
Fang Jun said with a smile: "First find someone to build this plow. In addition, ask someone to recruit the tenants on the farm. I have something to say!"
"promise!"
After a while, Lu Zhong called the carpenter from the village and told the tenants that someone else would naturally do it.
The craftsman brought by Lu Zhong was named Wang, and was known as Wang Ergou. He had no name since he was a child, and everyone called him that.
Wang Ergou is only in his forties this year. His burly body is a bit stooped, and his face is covered with wrinkles. He looks very old, but he walks steadily and has bright eyes.
"This is our best carpenter in Zhuangzi. His name is Wang Ergou. He has been with our Fang family for more than 20 years. His craftsmanship is not to mention. It is said that his ancestors also served as craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry."
Lu Zhong gave a brief introduction and told Wang Ergou's qualifications.
The meaning is obvious, that is, Wang Ergou is very good at carpentry and other things. If he says that your drawing is wrong, then don't mess with it.
On the way here, he had already told Wang Ergou.
I just want to take this opportunity to advise Erlang not to lose one's ambition by playing with things and act willfully.
When Fang Jun heard this, he said politely: "Uncle Ergou, I'm asking for your help..."
Unexpectedly, this greeting immediately frightened Wang Ergou. Hearing a thud, he knelt down and said in a panic: "Prince-in-law... you are so old and old. You should never be called an uncle... "
"..."
Fang Jun was speechless!
We are just being polite, do you still take it seriously?
Besides, you are indeed more than twice as old as you are, so it’s not a big problem to call you uncle...
But Fang Jun completely ignored the era he lived in.
Of course, Wang Ergou would not think that calling Fang Jun "uncle" would mean he really regarded him as an elder.
But he was panicked because of Fang Jun's attitude.
Throughout the ages, craftsmen have always been a term for the absolute bottom, a group of people living at the bottom of society.
why?
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce constituted the social hierarchy in ancient China.
Scholars are the social elite and occupy the highest status in society.
Agriculture is vital to the country and society. Farming, reading and passing down family traditions are a good thing to talk about. Caring about agriculture will be respected morally.
A craftsman is a craftsman who has the roles of both a laborer and a craftsman.
Most of them have been working hard for generations, have no chance to learn culture, live at the bottom, are bullied, and their work is regarded as vulgar and dirty.
The dignified second son of the prime minister's family and future prince-in-law was so polite to him, why didn't he feel frightened?
Fang Jun touched his nose and figured this out. He patted Wang Ergou on the shoulder and said, "Ergou..."
"Alas! Just tell me what you want, sir. I don't have any skills. I only have these skillful hands. As long as it's reasonable, there's nothing I can't do!"
Wang Ergou was obviously more accustomed to being called Fang Jun, and his expression relaxed.
Lu Zhong was speechless and glared angrily at Wang Ergou, who had a flattering look on his face. Have you forgotten what I just taught you?
But now is not the time to discuss this. He just hopes that Wang Ergou will not deliberately flatter Fang Jun because of his identity.
Fang Jun didn't think so. He showed the drawings on the table to Wang Ergou and said, "Come and see if this plow can be made."
"well!"
Hearing this, Wang Ergou quickly rubbed his hands on his pants before carefully picking up the drawing.
"Huh? This plow stick looks a little strange...Why did the plow stick become curved? A curved shaft plow?"
Wang Ergou frowned and looked at the strange guy on the drawing. He was sure it was a plow stick, but it was different in many places.
He is an old carpenter and his craftsmanship is very good.
Not only Fangjiazhuangzi, but also the people nearby would occasionally ask him to help make and repair plow sticks.
He had been making plow sticks for most of his life, but he couldn't understand the thing on the drawing.
However, the dimensions of the lines in this drawing have been marked, so it is obviously not a mistake.
Wang Ergou felt a little guilty and glanced at Fang Jun secretly.
I thought to myself, could it be that my second son is just doing nothing, drawing something blindly to amuse himself?
However, this should not be possible!
My husband-in-law is a high-ranking nobleman, so what do I do to entertain myself, a rotten carpenter, when I have nothing to do?
Is it possible that this strange-shaped plow stick can really plow the ground?
Wang Ergou felt that Fang Jun would not amuse himself for no reason, so he calmed down and looked at the drawings carefully.
Thinking about the purpose of each scattered component.
As an experienced carpenter, Wang Ergou immediately saw some clues.
"Oh, the plowshare is curved. Doesn't it mean that the center of gravity is firmly fixed on this curved shaft?"
"In this case, doesn't it mean that only one plow can pull the plow to plow the land? Oh my God, this second master's design is simply ingenious!"
Wang Ergou was impatient.
He wanted to know how useful the plow stick in the drawing would be once it was made.
The simplest thing is if you can turn the two oxen pulling the plow into one.
This means that with the same time and the same number of plowing cattle, the plowing speed will be doubled!
The number of farming cattle in ancient times was extremely limited.
Even a prominent family like the Fang family only has ten cattle, but has more than 3,000 acres of fertile land.
According to the past use of straight-wheel plows to cultivate land, half of the land would be uncultivated every year.
Even if manpower is used to cultivate the land, only about two-thirds of the total amount can be cultivated.
If this kind of curved shaft plow is used to cultivate land, wouldn't it be possible to use oxen to cultivate more than two-thirds of the land?
If the remaining one-third is cultivated manually, all the land can be cultivated!
From now on, the grain output per mu will increase by at least 30%!
What if everyone in the world uses this kind of curved shaft plow?
hiss!
Wang Ergou didn’t dare to think about it!
He just felt that the blueprint in his hand was simply a priceless treasure.
If this drawing is really what I think it is, once it is presented to the court, it is very likely that His Majesty will reward him with a count.
Seeing Wang Ergou's body shaking non-stop, Fang Jun couldn't help but be frightened.
Is there something wrong with this carpenter?
Just as he was about to ask, he saw Wang Ergou making a loud noise, kneeling directly on the ground, holding the drawing above his head with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Ergou begs the consort to give me this thing!"
"I asked you to do it, otherwise why would I ask you to do it?" Fang Jun was speechless.
"Thank you, Master!" Wang Ergou was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
He is knowledgeable and naturally understands the meaning of this thing.
This thing was painted by the second young master, and he did not dare to take it as his own.
Even an old carpenter like him didn't dare to think about being granted a title or title.
But once this thing proves to be as convenient as I suspected, it will be spread all over the world.
And as the first person to make this thing, wouldn’t he also be able to leave his name in history?
"In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Wang Ergou made the first curved shaft plow to benefit the people..."
Just thinking that this sentence might appear in a certain history book made Wang Ergou almost crazy with joy.
