Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

When the officials of the Ministry of Works heard the praises from their colleagues, they all showed proud expressions on their faces, and they all held their heads high and straightened their backs.

A few days ago, the people from the Water Resources Department made a new plow, but they tested it in public without adjusting it properly, which ultimately resulted in poor plowing results.

At that time, officials from other ministries all laughed at the Ministry of Works, saying that they followed Minister Du and made a big joke.

Now, after seeing the effect of the new plow, the sneer on their faces finally turned into shock.

In the dragon chariot.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and said, "Du He is a really capable guy. The new plow he made is so useful!"

"The oxen save energy and can plow more land."

Just now, under his careful observation, Li Shimin discovered that the new plow made by the Ministry of Works not only had a better effect in plowing the soil, but also plowed the soil faster.

The oxen carrying the new plow were obviously a lot more relaxed.

When Li Zhi heard his father praising Du He, he also turned his gaze to Du He who was talking to Li Chengqian.

Thinking that a talent like Du He was wholeheartedly supporting the prince, Li Zhi felt envious in his heart and a hint of desire on his face.

If he can get Du He's support, will Du He be able to recruit more talents for him?

In Li Zhi's opinion, Du He's greatest ability, apart from his extraordinary personal intelligence, is his ability to identify talent.

People like Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai and Pei Xingjian will surely become the backbone of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Li Zhi echoed in a low voice: "Father, what you said makes sense. With the new plow made by the Ministry of Works, the people of our Tang Dynasty are blessed!"

"Du Shangshu is indeed a great talent. Anything he does seriously is good for the country and the people."

When Li Shimin heard his beloved son's evaluation of Du He, he nodded in approval.

At first, he didn't think Du He could innovate a good new plow. Even the big joke made by the Ministry of Works a few days ago confirmed his inner thoughts.

They never expected that this brat Du He would give them a huge surprise today.

Beside the crop fields.

After the people from the Water Resources Department took down the new plow, the people from the Military Farm Department immediately put their new plows on the oxen.

Li Chengqian was talking happily with Du He. After seeing the people from the Tuntian Division ready the new plow, he quickly walked over with the help of his personal guards.

"Drive~"

Li Chengqian waved the rope that tied the cow's nose and plowed the land with ease.

The result this time was the same as last time. It returned to the starting point a long way ahead of the straight-beam plow, and the soil turned up was better.

Soon after, the people from the Ministry of Works also replaced the new plow, and with the ox driven by Li Chengqian, they plowed back and forth quickly.

"This new plow is really useful!"

"I didn't expect that changing the straight shaft to a curved shaft would improve the efficiency of plowing so much."

"It is said that it was Du Shangshu's idea to change the straight shaft to a curved shaft?"

If it was just a new plow that worked well, the civil and military officials could still use the excuse of chance.

But after three consecutive tests of the new plow, its effect was better than that of the straight-beam plow, which shows that the new plow is really effective.

Just as the people from Yu's department were quickly replacing the new plow, Du He saw Li Chengqian breathing slightly heavily, so he walked over and asked in a low voice.

"Your Highness, do you need to rest for a while?"

Although Li Chengqian was supported by two personal guards, he had been walking on one foot and also needed to use force to hold the new plow, which consumed a lot of energy.

If it were a person with healthy limbs and no labor, he would be exhausted after holding the new plow and plowing three times, let alone Li Chengqian, a prince with injured legs and feet?

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "No problem!"

"I still have enough strength now. I will finish testing the new plow of Yubu Si in one go."

Today's test was divided into two rounds. In the first round, he compared the new plows from the four departments of the Ministry of Industry with the straight-beam plow.

The purpose was to demonstrate that the new plow could till the soil better than the straight plow that had been introduced.

How much reward the Ministry of Works can get this time depends entirely on this competition.

In the second round, people from the four departments of the Ministry of Works drove the new plows themselves. Each department plowed one acre of land to see who could finish plowing the land first and turn the soil the best.

This round of competition was an internal affair of the Ministry of Works, and its purpose was to select the best new plow made by the four departments, and then take 40% of the reward.

Du He nodded and said, "Okay."

Just then, Xiao Kai came running over to report with an expectant look on his face.

"Your Highness, Minister Du, we are ready."

Just now, after Xiao Kai saw the new plows from the other three divisions, he already had an idea in his mind that the new plow made by their Yubu Division was the best this time.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Let me go and test the new plow made by Yubusi."

Just as the guards helped Li Chengqian to test the new plow, Du He saw Xiao Kai looking around as if he was looking for someone.

Du He asked curiously in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, who are you looking for?"

Xiao Kai put his head close to Du He, winked and whispered.

"Brother Du, I'm looking for my father."

"He has been mocking me these past two days, saying that I am fooling around with the people from the Yubu Division and that I am embarrassing him."

"Later I want my dad to have a good look at how good the new plow his son has made is!"

In fact, his father was laughing at him for following Du He in fooling around, but Xiao Kai would not be so foolish as to say these words directly, otherwise he would offend his brother Du He.

This was also why Xiao Kai wanted to urgently prove to his father that he was not fooling around with Du He making the new plow these days.

Hearing Xiao Kai's words, Du He's face suddenly showed an expression of absurdity.

Du He laughed and cursed in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, don't be so cocky, be careful of capsizing in the ditch."

"If your new plow doesn't win first place in the competition with the other three divisions later, you will regret it."

Then Du He turned his gaze towards the dragon chariot where Li Shimin was, and then signaled to Xiao Kai with his eyes and said.

"Duke Song is ten steps to your left, and he is staring at you right now."

Xiao Kai looked in the direction Du He pointed out, and sure enough, he saw his father squinting at the fields, and suddenly an extremely horrified expression appeared on his face.

Before Xiao Kai could guess what his father saw, a huge noise sounded all around again.

"This new plow is actually faster than the previous three new plows!"

"Your Highness has already plowed the field back and forth, and has only reached the other end of the field with a straight plow!"

"This new plow works so well!"

Du He and Xiao Kai heard the huge discussions around them, and they quickly raised their heads. It turned out that Li Chengqian had returned to the starting point.

Although the people from the four departments have not yet competed, the winners seem to have been decided.

Even Li Shimin, who had been sitting in the dragon chariot, couldn't help but walk quickly to the edge of the field, squatted down, and stared at the new plow with wide eyes.