Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 121

Li Ye walked out of the Yanying Hall, and only then did the ministers react.

Zhang Jun stepped forward and said, "Duke Kong is in trouble. If there is no good strategy, why should he respond!"

Kong Wei said: "I can't bear your Majesty's reputation for tyranny. This is not the way of a minister."

Sun Kui shook his head and didn't speak. He was the governor of Jingzhao Mansion and the house of Chang'an City, and now he is also in charge of the household department. Of course he knew that he was asking for money everywhere.

Why do you have to return the things you call back? I don’t understand, I don’t understand.

Liu Chongwang looked at Kong Wei, but he still stepped forward and said: "The imperial court is difficult, so this policy has to be done as a last resort."

Kong Wei shook his head and sighed: "The sage said, don't do it because of the smallness of the evil. When Taizong swept the Turks and Tuyuhun, he just moved their people, allocated land and attached them, and sold them as slaves. It was my first act in the dynasty. I don't know what the consequences will be!"

When Kong Wei said this, Liu Chongwang also pondered.

Seeing this, Niu Hui shook his head, and said: "One moment is the other, and at the end of the day, he shows his strength and the imperial court demonstrates. If Liangzhou is restored, the imperial court can also be gentle. This is the combination of kindness and power. The situation is different, so how can we follow the old ways? Keep the law and stick to the old!"

Kong Wei waved his hand, and displeasure appeared on his face. Kong Wei boasted that the two dynasties had re-executed him, and although Niu Hui had a poor reputation, he was still a newcomer, and he dared to disobey him in public. Naturally, Kong Wei didn't have to give him face, and shouted: "You must be the one who messed up the Tang Dynasty." After speaking, he strode out of the Yanying Hall.

This is a serious word, Zhang Jun looked at Niu Hui, saw the suffocated red on his face, shook his head, let out a long sigh, and followed Kong Wei out.

And Liu Chongwang looked at the backs of Zhang Jun and Kong Wei, then at Niu Hui, lowered his head, and followed them out.

Sun Kui went to Niu Hui's side and said: "In the past, when Duke Kong was slaughtered, there was a wild boar named Shi, an actor, begging for rewards. Duke Kong thought there were ten people, so he told him that his family was very poor, so he could not give generously. To the wild boars, fortunately, don't say anything."

Niu Hui's stern face instantly loosened, and he said with a smile, "You and I are both the emperor's prime minister, so Meng Lang is so decent!"

Sun Kui said with a smile: "It is rumored in the market that people laugh and say that Kong Gong is a man who sits high in the hall. He is not familiar with world affairs, but he can know it."

Although Niu Hui felt that it was inappropriate for Sun Kui to speak behind his back, he still nodded at this time.

He said in his heart: "I don't have a strategy in my chest, I have no good plan in my belly, and I am in a high position, I don't know if it is possible."

Niu Hui has always looked down on Zhang Jun and Kong Wei. Of course, compared to Kong Wei, he hates Zhang Jun even more.

Kong Wei has nothing to say about his personal virtues. After he became the prime minister, many people asked him to be an official, but Kong Wei refused one after another.

Niu Hui still admires this.

As for Zhang Jun, Niu Hui couldn't figure out how he got in touch with the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty...

……

Just as Niu Hui walked out of the hall, Li Ye, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, had already arrived at Linde Hall.

It's very relaxing for Li Ye to look at the progress of the loom and spinning machine.

The craftsmen are busy day and night, and the craftsmanship of the spring is becoming more and more perfect. The shuttle is added to the loom, which not only saves one person in weaving, but also makes the weaving speed ten times faster.

The benefits are not limited to these. Originally, the silk of the Tang Dynasty was only three feet wide (a Tang ruler is about 30cm, and the width of the silk cloth is three feet, which is 90cm.)
With the shuttle, the width of the cloth can be significantly increased. Now it can weave five feet (150cm) of cloth, which is exactly the height of an adult.

Of course, the cloth width is not as wide as possible. Five feet is the ideal width after measurement. There is no need to overlap fabrics to make clothes, which saves the most fabric.

Coupled with the increase in cloth width and labor savings, the speed of weaving has increased by thirty times.

Concubine He Shu tried the loom tested in Linde Hall, but her little mouth never closed.

"Your Majesty, my concubine also wants a loom like this."

Li Ye looked left and right, but still felt something was wrong. Could this beat-up rod be made into a lever to save effort, and would it be faster to use the pedal lever to drive the beat-up?
Add some heald rods and set them under the spinning bed, and the winding shafts are led by ropes, so people don’t need to run around all the time?
"He Aifei, take a look at this change, isn't it better?"

"This……"

Isn't thirty times faster enough?
"It feels a lot more convenient to change it this way, and it's not easy to get tired!"

"Your Majesty, please wait and try again."

Li Ye was in a great mood, and said: "It's already a great achievement to make it like this. I said that I will reward you, so how can I break my promise. The master craftsmen Huang Songru, Wu De, and Zhang He have contributed to changing the loom, and I awarded you as the county. Man, as for the title, it will be decided after the discussion of the chiefs."

"This, this... Your Majesty... Slave..."

It was really conferred, at this moment, Huang Songru still couldn't believe it.

In Datang, no matter how high your official position is, if you don't have a title, you will still be far behind.And even if you don't have an official, you have a title, even a small baron, you have stepped into the noble class with one foot.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Li Ye said: "Spinning, weaving, and iron smelting, all kinds of industries, whoever has a breakthrough, I will definitely reward you, and you should continue to work hard and make meritorious deeds. Even if you are a county king or a duke, I will allow you! "

"His Majesty!"

Everyone is excited.

Li Ye was so excited that he hurriedly asked people to spread out the paper, and took up a pen to write: "One skill is worth a million troops."

"Post this adverb in this hall, and I will watch it every day!"

"promise!"

The emperor's imperial brush once again made Huang Songru and others full of energy.Before Li Ye had gone far, they began to discuss the emperor's improvement ideas just now. Some people had already picked up tools to make them, and some people were making calculations.

And Li Ye came to the field, and personally carried water from the Taiye Pond to irrigate the ground. For Li Ye, it was also a rare leisure time.

"Chuan Jingxiang and Sun Kui come here!"

"promise!"

While busy with farm work and thinking, Li Ye felt refreshed all over.

Jing Xiang had seen it more than once. When he came to the field, he picked up the bucket to carry water consciously, but it was the first time for Sun Kui to come. Although he had heard of it, it was the first time he saw the emperor planting the land.

What an eye opener.

How did Sun Kui know about farm work, since he was a child, he never touched the spring water with his fingers. Now in the field, he was very embarrassed. He wanted to pick up a water ladle to water, and even stepped on a few seedlings.

"Your Majesty... my minister..."

Li Ye smiled and said, "How does Mr. Sun look at the land I plant?"

"Eh!" Sun Kui looked around and said, "It seems to be a little thinner, but it grows stronger!"

Li Ye poured another row of water, and said: "My business is farming, and Kong Gong once advised me not to neglect my duties. I wonder what Sun Shilang thinks about this matter?"

"Isn't it just not doing business properly!" Sun Kui thought, but he didn't dare to say it, his face turned red, thinking about how to play it right.

Seeing this, how could Li Ye not understand.Standing up, pointing to a large field behind him, he said:

"Look at the rare combs in those fields. I want to know how to comb the seeds, how much to water, when to water, how to apply fertilizer, and how to do it to get the highest yield. However, no one can tell me the answer. I can only come by myself."

"Besides, in my field, the time to sow wheat is different. It only takes half a year to plant in winter and harvest in summer. I want to try to see if autumn sowing can yield spring harvest, and whether I can plant two crops of wheat a year."

Li Ye remembered that in Guanzhong, there could be two seasons a year, or three seasons in two years, one season of spring wheat and one season of winter wheat.Li Ye doesn't know if the current seeds can do it, but he has to try.

If two seasons of wheat can be planted, the entire land under the imperial court will no longer have to worry about food shortages.

(End of this chapter)