Chapter 119 Doubt
Chapter 119 Doubt
Yaoguang didn't tell anyone at home about the emperor's coming, especially her aunt, because she was afraid she would worry.
As for her uncle and Wei Shiyuan, they were still reading in the room. Yaoguang felt that since the prince came to find her, she could handle it by herself.
When they arrived outside the courtyard, Yaoguang went straight up and said calmly, "You're here."
Hearing this, Cai Fan began to sweat. Miss Yaoguang was too direct. After all, they were the prince and the emperor!
Prince Hua Zhuoyu had heard Yaoguang's name countless times before, but this was the first time he saw Yaoguang.
At first glance, she was just a little girl of about ten years old, dressed in ordinary clothes and with an ordinary appearance. He would not even look at her twice even if she was in a crowd of people. However, everything she did was of vital importance to him.
The emperor thought that he was visiting incognito today, so he didn't take Yaoguang's failure to greet him seriously. Now he just wanted to know how these things in the yard were used!
"Little girl, come here to grandpa and tell him what these things are..." Hua Xiaoxian pointed to the huge waterway.
It's so big, it must be very useful.
Yaoguang Luoluo walked forward generously, led a group of people to the waterwheel, and started to step on it without saying a word.
As her feet began to move, the waterwheel slowly began to turn, and the water in the river was brought up by the wooden boards one by one and brought to the bamboo channel next to it.
Look at the place where the bamboo channels connect!
Oh, it turns out to be used for watering! Everyone suddenly realized!
At present, the folks still use a very simple method of watering, which is to directly use buckets to draw water.
Yaoguang didn't hesitate and called them over to work, "Come and step on it, I'll take you to see other things."
The emperor immediately randomly selected a lucky official to step forward and step on the waterwheel.
Although the prototype of the waterwheel already existed in the Jin Dynasty, this was the first time they had seen such a huge one. However, when the official stepped on it, he was even more shocked.
He thought it would take a lot of effort to pedal such a huge thing, but it was extremely easy to pedal, and he could even pedal very fast.
Yaoguang here was like a teacher taking the children on a sightseeing trip. She took a group of people down the waterway to see how the water entered the farmland.
The water truck for spreading fertilizer and pesticides was also demonstrated.
Because the vegetables in the field do not need to be sprayed with pesticides at present, Yaoguang used an open space for the demonstration.
With the operation of the convenient tool, a pile of turbid water poured evenly onto the ground.
It didn’t seem important at the moment whether pesticides were used or not. The emperor saw that the watering tool in Yaoguang’s hand was quite convenient.
At the back, it was the most important iron plow. Since there was a ready-made cow in the house, she operated it briefly and then gave the freedom to the people next to her, letting them play by themselves.
Of course, there are some other gadgets.
For example, if you want to husk the husked rice directly, pour the rice into a wooden box with two outlets, one for the husked rice and the other for the rice bran.
Just like a waterwheel, you can just step on it with your feet.
The emperor looked around and, under Yaoguang's guidance, was full of curiosity and kept asking questions. Later on, he simply stopped talking.
He looked at whatever Yaoguang showed him and nodded after seeing it.
Until Yaoguang said: "No more, that's all."
Although they don’t know what’s so good about these backward tools, they will take a closer look at those they like.
Although farm tools are important, the emperor cares more about fertilizers and pesticides.
"Can this fertilizer really increase farmland production? How much?" the emperor asked cautiously.
Looking around at the vegetables in Yaoguang's field, I found that each one was growing very strong, much larger than ordinary vegetables, and with lush leaves.
He mostly believed in the usefulness of agricultural fertilizers, but he did not rule out the possibility that Yaoguang used something else, such as some other fertilizers, instead of the ones she made.
"It's hard to say how much the yield will increase. It's better to improve varieties and cultivate high-yield crops than to rely on agricultural fertilizers to increase production. No matter how useful agricultural fertilizers are, they are limited by the genes of the crops themselves and cannot play a big role..." Yaoguang talked a lot about how to increase production and so on.
The emperor and his ministers could only understand a little bit, which was roughly: Fertilizer is only one of the factors, and the yield can only be increased by cultivating good seeds and combining them with fertilizer. Is that right?
"Little girl, can you breed?" Hua Xiaoxian asked, unsure of the answer.
"Some, but not much."
The main brain's knowledge base contained some information related to planting, and she had read some of it. Breeding would take quite a long time, but she had special abilities, so it wasn't a big problem.
The emperor was overjoyed: "Then I will..."
Hearing this, the prince hurriedly stopped him, "Father, wait, this matter needs to be considered carefully."
In the prince's opinion, some of the farm tools and other things provided by Yaoguang are indeed useful, but as for the fertilizers and pesticides, there are still doubts. They have to use them themselves to know whether they are true or not, and they cannot make a direct judgment.
After being stopped by the prince, the emperor suddenly stopped being so excited. But looking at the fields around him, he still couldn't stop fantasizing and praised: "The fields in this house are really good and well managed. If all the people in the world can do the same..."
The emperor spoke eloquently, and the court officials beside him could not help but nod in agreement.
Compared with the emperor's satisfaction, the prince's biggest doubt was that all he saw along the way here were iron tools, and there seemed to be quite a lot of them.
So I asked directly, how come Yaoguang has so many irons? Is it registered in the book?
You have to know that these iron farm tools are extremely sharp and can be used directly as swords. If ordinary people have so many iron tools at home, they must report it.
Even families of officials are no exception.
Didn't this little girl just come to Beijing? How could she get these? The important thing is that the ironware is under his control. His father may not care, but he cannot turn a blind eye.
Yaoguang's eyes flashed past Cai Fan and she said casually, "I don't know, Cai Fan gave it to me!"
Cai Fan shuddered, with a flattering smile on his face. "Your Highness, I forgot about this. I'll remember it when I get back."
It turns out that the house was robbed!
The prince's eyes fell on Cai Fan, and the meaning was self-evident.
Go back and settle accounts.
Salt and iron are major national affairs. Although his subordinates can seek some convenience in it, the prince does not want them to cause any trouble for him in private.
However, making agricultural tools is indeed beneficial to the country and the people.
He is clear about rewards and punishments.
Just as the ministers and the emperor were exploring farm tools in the fields in groups, Wei Qiye walked in under the gaze of several guards.
As soon as he entered the yard, Wei Qiye saw Yaoguang standing beside him.
As for the group of people standing on the ground, he simply ignored them.
After hearing the descriptions of the people in the mansion and seeing the similarities between Yaoguang's eyebrows and those of the Wei family, Wei Qiye immediately came up and shouted, "Yaoguang, is that you? I am your sixth uncle."
Yaoguang had already discovered Wei Qiye a long time ago. She expressed her disapproval of Wei Qiye's behavior of making random connections.
"I don't have a sixth uncle. You've got the wrong person."
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