This is a large room, empty, facing the door is a snow-white wall, with a pair of white silk hanging on the wall, and a picture is drawn on the white silk.

The picture was skewed and distorted, like a child's random graffiti, but for some reason it was painted on expensive silk cloth and was respectfully hung on the wall.

There was only one thing in the room, and everyone's attention was unconsciously focused on this picture.

The official pointed to Tu and asked, "Gao Giant, can you tell what this is?"

Gao Laowu and Li San stretched their necks to look at them. Li San said, "This picture is too rough. It's a pity that such a good piece of silk is simply..."

"Stop!" Before he could speak loudly, he suddenly heard the Taoist officer shouting loudly: "Don't comment on it, this is painted by His Majesty the current emperor himself, this is written by the emperor!"

When the two of them heard this, they were so scared that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times at Tu.

The official said, "Just kowtow what to do? Take a look, can this thing be made?"

The emperor's handwritten picture should be treated with different eyes. Gao Laowu got up and looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "Official, this is a plow, but why is the plow crook?"

Although the picture is clumsy and the plow looks strange, it can still be seen as a plow for plowing land.

This plow is different from the long straight plow commonly used at that time. The plow body is short, the plow shaft is curved and there are round plow walls on it.

Gao Laowu looked at him and wondered why this plow looked so strange.

He murmured, "Your Majesty, why did Your Majesty draw a plow picture?"

Li San interrupted from the side, "Master, I heard that Your Majesty is born to herding cattle..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" The official shouted: "You only talk about this, can you make a Quyuan plow? I can tell you that there are dozens of craftsmen making this plow now. Your Majesty said that in ten days, he will come to the Hundred Works Department to personally test the Quyuan plow. Who made the plow that meets the standards of His Majesty the Emperor, and rewards 100,000 yuan!"

"100,000?" Gao Laowu was so shocked that his chin was about to fall off.

At that time, an ordinary farmer was exhausted and his annual income was only 10,000 yuan. As long as he built this plow, he could get 100,000 yuan. That was the income of a farmer for several years!

"Ten days, it's a little tight, but it can be done!" Gao Laowu said tremblingly: "Li San, go home quickly and bring our guys with you. Let's start doing it now! By the way, call Xiaojun too. Although he is not doing his job properly, he can still fight for it. Ten days..."

Gao Laowu immediately took action, measured it with a ruler on the map, and cut the material according to the size, while muttering from time to time: "Why did Your Majesty make such a strange plow?"

Soon after Li San and Gao Jun came back, Li San immediately helped the master to fight, but Gao Jun stood in front of the silk map and just looked blankly without saying a word for a long time.

Gao Laowu cursed: "Did this kid make you dazed? I don't know what to do for help, I just care about watching it? Come and work!"

Gao Jun responded, but his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and did not move at all.

Li San smiled and said, "Master, don't worry about him, Xiaojun is in a daze again."

Gao Laowu shook his head and said, "If I had known that I wouldn't have asked him to come over, I would have been helping with nothing. I'm such a waste! Alas, my ancestral craftsmanship passed down by my family will be broken in my hands."

Gao Jun didn't talk, just staring at the silk map in a daze. He saw it from morning to night, and he was muttering in his mouth, holding a wooden stick in his hand, drawing it on the ground, without eating it, as if he was crazy. Until it was dark and the pictures on the wall could not be seen clearly, he was still standing there blankly.

Gao Laowu felt sorry for his son and came to ask him to eat and sleep, but he heard Gao Jun murmur: "It's amazing! This is really a wonderful design. The curved shaft is of course labor-saving than the straight shaft. This plow wall is round, and can push the dirt out to both sides to reduce the resistance to progress. This plow, this curved shaft plow, must be faster than the straight shaft plow. Why didn't I think of it?"

He finally turned his head, focused his eyes on his father's face, and said excitedly: "Father, if this plow is made, it will save effort and quickly plant it. This person who draws pictures is really a genius!"

"However," he said, "this man looks like a genius, but he doesn't know anything. The size of the shaft is completely wrong, and the structure of the plow review is also wrong. If it is made according to this picture, I'm afraid the plow cannot be pushed."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Gao Laowu whispered: "This is a picture drawn by His Majesty the Emperor. If you talk nonsense, be careful of being caught!"

Gao Jun said: "But, this is indeed wrong! But if the basic structure is drawn, as long as you adjust the size and correct some components, it will definitely be a unique and good plow in the world. Just change the straight shaft to a curved shaft, and the force is completely different. It's that simple. Why can't I think? Your Majesty, Your Majesty is really a genius!"

"That's the true dragon emperor, how can we ordinary people compare to? Your Majesty has drawn the picture, we can just make it according to the size, don't make random changes, be careful to cause trouble!"

When Gao Laowu was a disciple of the government, the government would specify what he would do. If he did something wrong, he would definitely blame him for the disciple of the disciple and would be punished. Now this picture is hanging brightly on the wall. If you do it in a straightforward manner, you have to make changes from one thing to another. If you do it in a non-compliance with the rules, wouldn’t that cause trouble?

With Li San taking action, Gao Laowu's curved plow progressed very quickly, and it would be no problem to complete it within ten days. After reading the silk map for two days, Gao Jun finally started to take action.

He did not help his father, but started to do it again and started to do it himself. His father scolded him many times, but Gao Jun just refused to listen. Gao Laowu had no choice but to go with him.

On the eighth day, Gao Laowu's plow was almost done, and it looked exactly the same as the silk map of His Majesty the Emperor. He is worthy of being a craftsman who has been passed down from generation to generation. His size is not bad at all, and his workmanship is very exquisite. Even the officials said that he was well done when they met him.

Because he wanted to present it to His Majesty, Gao Laowu was very careful and painted the plow carefully. He just waited for it to dry and installed a plowshare, which made him look like a brand new and beautiful plow.

Gao Jun's plow didn't look like yet, but he had made the curved shaft for several days and had scrapped several pieces of good materials. If he had been beaten at home, he would have been supplied by the government here, and there was no limit on the materials so that he could waste it at will.

On the ninth day, Gao Laowu had already made a pair of shining plows. Gao Jun's plow was still piled up with a pile of parts on the ground. Gao Laowu said, "If I had known that I wouldn't ask you to come over, I wouldn't be able to help at all, so I would only make trouble! With your skills, I won't be able to eat enough in the future! Alas, it's a pity that my skills are so bad that I have such a bad son like you?"

Gao Laowu sighed with regret, and Gao Jun was still thinking about his bend plow as if he hadn't heard it.

Li San couldn't bear it after seeing it, so he came over to help him. The two of them worked all night and finally got ready on the 10th morning.

When Gao Laowu saw this, he angrily scolded: "There are no shaved on his face, there are burrs everywhere. If you take it out, it will be embarrassing to my Gao family!"

Compared with his father's glittering plow, Gao Jun's plow is indeed a bit unstoppable. It looks sloppy and rough, and there is no way to do it. He reworked the shaft a few times, either because he felt the length was wrong or the arc was not good. He finally made a frame within the time limit and finished assembly, so there was no time to polish it carefully.

Gao Jun was not discouraged and said, "The plow is used to turn the ground, not to look at it. What's the use of being smoothly scattered?"

The official sent a notice that he would send all the plows to the ground, and His Majesty the Emperor would arrive in a short time.

The craftsmen were very excited. Their handmade craftsmen were all untouchables, ranking third among the "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" and their status was not as good as that of ordinary farmers.

These people never thought that His Majesty the Emperor would come to the Hundred Works Agency to test their works, which was a great glory and grace.

Liu Yu, in his previous life, had seen the Quyuan Plough in the countryside. Later, when he went to a museum, he also saw the Quyuan Plough of the Song Dynasty. After carefully comparing it, he felt that the ancient and modern Quyuan Ploughs were not much different. It can be seen that in ancient China, agricultural technology was very mature.

The invention of the curved plow was in the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the bulky straight plow, the curved plow had several major improvements. First, the straight plow and long plow were changed to curved and short plows, and a free-turn plow plate was installed on the shaft head. This not only made the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also facilitated turn and turn, flexible operation, saving manpower and livestock. Secondly, the plow review and plow construction were added, which could adapt to the different requirements of deep or shallow plowing and easy to cultivate carefully.

Although His Majesty remembers the general structure, he does not remember some details completely. In addition, he cannot draw, so he is unable to draw precise pictures.

However, he believed that the craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen and the craftsman spirit formed by thousands of years of history have created countless skilled craftsmen who can make various exquisite utensils that later generations cannot imagine. Given the low status of craftsmen, ancient Chinese inventions and creations were often not valued, which greatly affected the progress of science and technology.

If Liu Yu wanted to change this situation, he would first start by improving the status of craftsmen and paying attention to their labor.

He came in person not only to test the curved plow, but also to make a gesture, so that the craftsmen feel that they are valued, stimulate their enthusiasm for work, and increase their motivation to create and invent.

Dozens of craftsmen made more than twenty curved plows, all of which were placed on the ground, each of which was smooth and shiny, and placed with a straight plow that was common at that time.

Several scalpers were driven over, each of which was put on a plow, and the farmer waved his whip and the scalpers began to move forward.

Nearly half of the curved plows could not be pulled at all and were directly eliminated. Although several plows were pulled away, they were twisted and erratic and in full condition. Some fell to the ground halfway, some suddenly broke, and some walked halfway, and the plow was filled with soil and could no longer move forward.

Liu Yu shook his head repeatedly when he saw it. It seemed that he had overestimated the craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen. He even made pictures, but he still couldn't make a decent plow.
Chapter completed!