After comparison, the working efficiency of the human thresher was obviously much higher than that of the stone grinder.
The officials were convinced of Zhao Ziliang's talent.
Although the manufacturing skills were generally regarded as a strange skill by the rulers in this feudal era, but Technology that can increase production speed will be valued in any era.
So Zhao Ziliang ordered carpenters and blacksmiths to work together to make a thousand human-powered threshing machines, and then harvest and thresh the crops after they were mature.
In addition to the manual threshing machine, Zhao Ziliang also drew a drawing of a short sickle, called a short sickle.
This short sickle not only has a short handle, but also a short and thin blade, and the blade is all sharp and thin.
The teeth are most suitable for harvesting grains such as rice, wheat, highland barley and millet, because there is a The process of dragging, and the stems of these grains are hollow soft fibers, so the stems of wheat and rice can be easily sawed off, but this short sickle cannot be used to harvest soybeans and other crops such as soybeans.
When the stem matures, it becomes dry and hard.
It is difficult to cut with a short sickle and must be chopped with a sickle.
In addition, Zhao Ziliang drew the drawings of the single-person plow of later generations.
The so-called single-person plow is an iron plow that can be pulled by just one person without the help of oxen and horses.
A person pulls a single-person plow to move backwards. way to farm, since it is a single person The weight of the plow should not be too heavy, otherwise it will be difficult for one person to operate it, but it should not be too light, because it will not be able to plow the land.
This kind of single-person plow can only be used to cultivate fields with relatively loose soil, and it can only be used for plowing.
Shallow plowing, not deep plowing, and can only be used for Dry fields cannot be used to cultivate paddy fields.
Where can there be paddy fields in this great northwest region?
Moreover, the wind and sand here are relatively large, the sand content in the soil is high, and the soil quality is relatively soft, so it is most suitable for one-person plowing.
However, its work efficiency is relatively low.
Not high, for The applicability of large-scale planting fields is not high, but it is suitable for the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Central Plains and Jiangnan areas.
However, this single-person plow is very suitable for farming small fields, especially for farmers who do not have cattle and horses and do not have much land at home.
Most practical.
Although the adaptability of a single-person plow in Xilin is not very high, Zhao Ziliang decided to order the blacksmiths to build a hundred plows in case of emergency needs.
After all, not everyone will drive cattle and horses to plow the fields.
During the busy farming season, especially During the rush to harvest and plant, a large number of people are mobilized to remove the mature crops as quickly as possible.
After the crops are harvested, the fields are plowed again, and the seeds are sown immediately after fertilization.
As long as the seeds for the second season are sown at a specific time, the sowing time will not be delayed.
During this period, the work of threshing and drying the grains must be carried out.
After drying, it needs to be packed and stored in the warehouse.
Only when the granary is full can people feel at ease.
After Zhao Ziliang ordered the construction of a one-man iron plow, the master craftsman supervisor of the blacksmith workshop reported with a grimace: "General, it's not that the officials and others are unwilling to build it.
We have used up all the pig iron and there is no iron to build this kind of iron plow." , we can only think of ways to start from Tingzhou bought iron ore to make iron, but Xiaguan and others only knew how to make iron.
Now that there is no pig iron, they can no longer make weapons such as swords and guns.
If the soldiers' weapons are lost or their armor is damaged, they want to make more iron.
It’s very difficult to replenish and repair.”
The iron and steelmaking technology of the Tang Dynasty far surpassed that of the previous dynasties, which is why the Tang Dynasty was able to forge two extremely lethal weapons, the horizontal sword and the grinding sword.
Zhao Ziliang looked a little sad after listening to the words of the master craftsman supervisor.
Weapons and equipment are the basis for the army to survive on this land.
If the weapons, equipment and arrows cannot be replenished and repaired, they will only become less and less.
This place is far away from the center of the Tang Dynasty. , it is almost impossible to find supplements from the court.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang told the master craftsman: "In this case, don't make the iron plow.
In addition, you go to Mr.
Zheng and ask him to send someone to clean the weapons warehouse and remove the seriously damaged weapons, armor, I leave the crossbows and arrows to you.
You can put these useless iron tools back into the furnace and forge a batch of weapons."
The master craftsman immediately agreed: "Promise" The next day, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to find Zheng San, Gao Shi and others, and said, "Mr.
Gao, although there are many people here now, they are all soldiers.
Those blacksmiths, carpenters and tailors have all worked in the past and have great skills."
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Not very good, that is, we are still in urgent need of production talents, especially talents in smelting, forging, ore prospecting, etc.
Can you think of a way?"
After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, Gao Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "General, it's freezing here, the wind and sand are strong, and there's nothing.
It's not easy to get the people you need to come here from the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty.
People don’t want to.”
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Without these talents, our army's weapons and equipment will only get worse and worse.
Weapons will always be rusty, worn, and chipped, and armor will sometimes be gnawed by insects and ants.
If we don't find them, they can be forged."
Heng Dao, Mo Dao, Spear Head, the craftsman who makes crossbows, the army will gradually lose its combat effectiveness without the supply of weapons.
Moreover, we have no pig iron.
Even Tingzhou will not be able to obtain a large amount of pig iron or iron ore, so the source of iron is another big problem. " After hearing what Zhao Ziliang said, the officials also realized the seriousness of the problem.
Beiting was not as rich as Anxi.
Anxi had much richer materials, including mountains and rivers.
However, although the area under Beiting's jurisdiction was vast, it found fewer resources, and Most of them are still in the hands of barbarians.
If you want to snatch resources from those barbarians, I'm afraid they won't agree.
At this time, Cen Shen made a suggestion: "General, gentlemen, I have a suggestion.
We might as well write to the court, saying that we are short of people to colonize the land and guard the border, and request the court to send all the prisoners or death row prisoners to us.
Come here to be received and managed by us, those who were exiled There must be many talented people among prisoners and death row prisoners.
We can treat these prisoners differently, and let those prisoners without skills work in farming or join the army.
But in this way, we need to feed more people.
Now, the pressure will be even greater.”
This method was used by Zhao Ziliang before when he was in Suiye Dudu Mansion, but there were too few prisoners assigned by the imperial court, so it was not very effective.
Now that Cen Shen mentioned it, he also thought this method could be tried.
Therefore, Zhao Ziliang told Gao Shi: "Mr.
Gao, I think this method is feasible.
All the prisoners and death row prisoners who are not wanted by other frontier garrisons can be sent to us.
You can give as much as you want to the imperial court, Anxi, Hexi, A letter was sent to the Jiedushi Mansion of Shuofang, Hedong and Longyou respectively. , if they don’t want to be convicts or prisoners on death row, they can be sent to us.
We will accept them all, and we can even buy them with money.
After they are officially accepted by us, each prisoner will pay two thousand dollars, and they will get money.
I've got rid of the baggage again, I think someone will be happy."
Marching Sima Chen Qing couldn't help but asked: "General, it's okay for me to accept the prisoners who were surrendered to the army, but what do you want the death row prisoners to do?
Those people are not easy to manage, and they will run away if you don't do it well."
Zhao Ziliang said: "This general is planning to form a death-defying army.
Those death row prisoners are about to die anyway.
If they can survive, I think they will be very willing to join the death-defying army."
Gao Shang said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy to handle at this time.
It's hard to say whether the court will allow it."
"Then give it a try."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "One more thing.
Nowadays, our place is vast and sparsely populated.
Apart from food, no one provides us with daily necessities.
We want to buy cloth, lamp oil, It is very difficult to find flint and other living materials.
My idea is to send people to Datang Recruit landless farmers in the hinterland to open up wasteland, raise silkworms, and grow hemp.
If there are more people here, the daily necessities we need will be abundant.
In addition to farming, the people will also grow hemp and raise silkworms.
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These are all It is possible to weave cloth, and if there are some people, they will create more daily necessities."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, saying that this method was good.
"Okay, General" Gao Shi agreed, and then asked: "What are the conditions for recruitment?
It's no good.
I'm afraid those landless farmers won't come.
This journey is thousands of miles long and difficult.
It costs a lot, and there are dangers when passing through the desert."
Indeed, there are not enough benefits.
Who is willing to travel thousands of miles across mountains and rivers across the desert to come to this place where birds don’t poop?
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Let’s do this.
All the expenses on the road will be borne by the government.
If anyone is willing, collect hundreds of Every family comes together and is escorted by a special person, so you have to send some people there.
As long as you come here, each family can get one hundred acres of land permanently.
The property belongs to them, and they do not have to pay land tax for the first three years.
The government also sends seeds, farm tools, two cows and two horses to each household, and sends troops to help them build houses.
However, if the cows and horses give birth to calves, they must be handed over to the government. , until the two calves and two ponies are handed over, the land tax will be paid in the fourth year, and the land tax will be 10%, which means that each mu of land must be paid 10% of the harvest of that year.”
"Okay," Gao Shi agreed, and then said, "It's just that the land tax is too low."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "It's not low.
Only with enough benefits can we attract people to come.
Without benefits, who would be willing to come?"
"clear" Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San again: "There is no pig iron and iron ore.
It seems that we can only find iron ore ourselves.
You can send some people to the surrounding mountains to check.
If iron ore is found, I will give you a reward.
If anyone If you provide information about iron ore veins, I will also reward you heavily."
Zheng San quickly agreed: "Yes, I will arrange it immediately":