I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

When Gong Shucan was in Chang'an, he once heard that during the spring hunting, the king of the northern realm just rode in front of the iron-eating beasts on horseback, and all the iron-eating beasts bowed their heads. I took one of my favorites away and made it a pet.

When this rumor spread in Chang'an City, Gong Shucan didn't take it to heart when he heard it, thinking it was exaggerated.

You must know that it is an iron-eating beast, a beast among beasts, how could it bow its head when it sees a person?

Before, he also heard that the King of the North kept an iron-eating beast in captivity, but these days the nobles have all kinds of beasts for viewing.

He originally thought that the king of the Northern Realm had captured the iron-eating beast for viewing, but what did he just see?

The iron-eating beast was allowed to be rubbed by the king of the northern realm, and it only hummed and didn't fight back!

For a moment, Gong Shucan doubted whether the iron-eating beast was real, but when the iron-eating beast spit out the skin from the bamboo shoots and glanced at him, Gong Shucan suddenly felt chills all over his body.

Well, this iron-eater is not fake.

Liu Tan looked at Gong Shucan standing there very stiffly, as if he was frightened and didn't dare to speak, so he simply stood up and patted the dirt on his body and said, "Go, go to the study and talk."

If he didn't take Gong Shucan again, he would probably be scared to death by Gun Gun.

Although he thinks Gun Gun is very cute and naive no matter what he does, he doesn't want others to think the same as him.

Seeing that Liu Tan was about to leave, Gun Gun hugged Liu Tan's leg very reluctantly: Twolegs hasn't played with it for a long time.

Liu Tan rubbed its head and said, "Good boy, your father has business to do, so he will play with you later."

Gun Gun hummed twice, and Liu Tan comforted it for a long time before letting go.

Gong Shucan waited beside him, not daring to vent his anger. After talking about the study with Liu, he said, "Your Highness, the columbine you brought out earlier has been installed."

Liu Tan asked, "How did you do it?"

Gong Shucan immediately took out the blueprint and said: "I have thought about what your highness said before, and added a horizontal plate at the bottom of the columbine. If you don't need to sow, insert the baffle into it, and if you need to sow, just insert the baffle." When it is removed, the hole at the bottom of the columbine is not big, and it can be planted little by little by walking and vibration, without the need for other mechanisms to control it."

After hearing this, Liu Tan asked, "Have you tried it?"

Gong Shucan immediately said, "I tried it, and there is no big problem."

Liu Tan nodded: "Well, let's get ready, I will use it when I try the plow on the second day of February."

Gong Shucan calculated the time and found that there were only three or four days left, so he said immediately: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will check carefully when I get back, and there will be absolutely no mistakes."

Liu Tan nodded, this time he didn't reward too much, but gave Gong Shucan two pieces of Linzhi Gold.

However, Gong Shucan was very excited after getting the Linzhi Gold.

This is equivalent to the affirmation from the royal family. There are very few people who can get the Linzhi Gold these days.

But after being excited, Gong Shucan put the Linzhi Gold back on Liu Tan's desk and whispered: "Your Highness, I am ashamed of accepting it."

Liu Tan looked at him in surprise: "Why?"

Gong Shucan said earnestly: "The northern border plow was designed by His Royal Highness. Although I have made improvements during this process, if I don't have His Highness's blueprint, I may not be able to make it if I ask you to do it. Your Highness has already given this minister a huge reward before. I am grateful in my heart, but I feel ashamed to take it now.”

After hearing this, Liu Tan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll keep these two for you, and wait for you to get them by yourself."

Originally, Liu Tan just wanted to encourage Gong Shuchan, but at the same time, he also conveyed a signal: as long as the things you make are useful, the king will not be stingy with rewards.

But now when Gong Shucan said it, he also felt a little inappropriate.

Gong Shucan was so knowledgeable, Liu Tan couldn't ignore them too much, he turned his head to Zhu Shanzhang who had been pretending to be dumb and said, "Go and call Si Nong here."

Zhu Shanqiang got up and repeated what Liu Tan said, and after making sure there was no problem, he went to call Si Nong Linxiu over.

As soon as Lin Xiu came in and found that Huo Guang wasn't here, he couldn't help but feel a little confused, for fear that Liu Tan would make him do something embarrassing. This...he couldn't handle it without the Prime Minister here.

After seeing Lin Xiu, Liu Tan asked, "How much money is there in the treasury now?"

Lin Xiu tightened his mind and said, "It's not a lot. The Prime Minister said that His Royal Highness will divert water to repair canals. That part of the money cannot be moved. What does His Highness want money for?"

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then realized: "Yes, it's time to repair the canal, um, how much more is there besides this?"

"The rest is used for disaster preparedness. The Prime Minister said that when it comes to spring and summer, the Yellow River is easy to change course or the precipitation is easy to cause disasters. Although there is not much precipitation near the capital, the northern border country has a vast territory, and there are other places that need attention. "

After hearing this, Liu Tan asked, "So you still don't have much money?"

Lin Xiuxin raised it immediately: "There are still more, but not many, what is His Highness going to do?"

Liu Tan said, "It's nothing. I just plan to buy some cattle and rent them out when the spring plowing season begins. I also plan to make more and rent them out when the time comes."

After hearing this, Lin Xiu was slightly relieved. It was for spring plowing. He immediately smiled and said, "Why should your Highness ask us to do it? You can just send someone to buy it."

This kind of business is still profitable in other places, but the most important thing is to have a good reputation. According to Lin Xiu's idea, the king of the northern border can do it himself, and the court does not need to intervene at all.

Liu Tan glanced at him: "I do it myself to make money, and the court makes money for the court. Now that the treasury is empty, can't you think of ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure?"

Lin Xiu didn't dare to show his anger at once. Liu Tan glanced at him and said, "Don't leave everything to the Prime Minister to worry about. He is doing all of your affairs by himself, so what do you need to do? Do odd jobs? Can you?" There are too many miscellaneous people, and when I go back, I will write a report on increasing income and reducing expenditure, and if I can’t write it, don’t blame me for replacing people.”

Lin Xiu's heart tightened immediately. Although he was sent by the imperial court, logically speaking, neither the princes nor the prime ministers have the right to appoint or dismiss him. At most, he can only submit a request to Chang'an. If the central government agrees with it, that is another matter.

But the King of the Northern Territory... It's different in the whole big man. This person's letter probably just goes through a process. As far as Lin Xiu knows, as long as it is proposed by this person, the supreme father and son will never disagree. Even they He will do more, such as the original normal transfer, maybe when he returns to Chang'an, he will be charged with more crimes.

Lin Xiu was sweating all over his head and said, "I will write when I get back."

Liu Tan nodded and let Lin Xiu go away, feeling very dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that this matter still needs to be discussed with Huo Guang, the people under him are really faulty, and they need to continue to train them.

While thinking, he grabbed a blank letter paper and prepared to write a letter to Liu Che.

I still have to tell his father about the new farm tools.

It's just that he didn't send the letter in a hurry, but waited until after the second day of February.

Liu Tan originally thought that the so-called plow trial was the day, and he went to the field to drive the cattle once or twice, and it was enough to put on a show.

As a result, on the 27th of the first month, Liu Tan received the entire process arrangement for the trial plow.

It was easy to talk about the front, but when Liu Tan saw the back, he was stunned for a moment: try the plow, why do you have to sing and dance on the spot?