Chapter 121: They Truly Have a Tacit Understanding!
The Emperor glanced at him, this confident and calm appearance, making him very satisfied. The Emperor deliberately put on a calm facade and said: “Then let’s try it! Let me see the effect.”
Chu Tiankuo glanced at Songbai.
Songbai immediately walked to the foot-pedaled threshing machine and picked up a bundle of rice stalks. The rice ears on the stalks were plump, weighing down the stalks so much that they bent over.
Seeing the rice ears, the Vice Minister of Revenue’s eyes lit up: “Crown Prince, are these the high-yielding grain seeds?”
Chu Tiankuo nodded.
Prime Minister Liang’s eyes flickered: “. . .”
Such a big bundle?!!!
He originally thought that Chu Tiankuo had deliberately found a well-grown plant in the field to fool everyone, pretending to have cultivated high-yielding grain seeds. First, he would take credit, and then smoothly hold the investiture ceremony.
Now with such a big bundle,
there’s a feeling of disillusionment.
Could it be that he really cultivated it?
How is this possible???
The Vice Minister of Revenue ran over, picked up a bundle of rice stalks lovingly, and looked at it with joy: “Haha, this is the real high-yielding grain seed, look at how lovely and heavy it is. I’ve never seen such a bountiful rice ear in my life! Compared to this, the high-yielding grain seed from Zhao Kingdom is really nothing! Haha, this is the real high-yielding grain seed! This heavy feeling is the feeling of a great harvest.”
The Emperor looked at the pile of rice stalks, his eyes crinkled with laughter: “Good! Haha.”
Reward, he must reward the person who cultivated this high-yielding grain seed handsomely! Grant him a high official position!
The ministers all looked over. In fact, many couldn’t tell the difference, they only had a superficial impression of what rice ears should look like, but since the Vice Minister of Revenue said so, it couldn’t be false!
Therefore, another round of loud cheers rang out: “The Emperor’s blessings are boundless, the Crown Prince brings fortune to the world, surpassing all four kingdoms, the people of Chu are blessed!……”
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Chu Tiankuo raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, “My lords, let’s first take a look at these three farming tools.”
The Emperor nodded with a smile: “My beloved officials, take a look at these three farming tools that the Crown Prince is talking about.”
Hearing this, everyone immediately quieted down and looked at Songbai.
Songbai held a bundle of rice stalks and stepped on the pedal with one foot, and the rotating cylinder inside began to turn.
All the ministers watched curiously. They saw the cylinder inside spinning faster and faster. Songbai stuffed a bundle of rice ears into it, and with a “crackling” sound, all the rice grains were instantly threshed!
Songbai was worried that these armchair strategists wouldn’t know how fast this was. He picked up another bundle of rice stalks, went to the primitive threshing basket, and beat it hard.
After a long while, he finally threshed all the rice grains, and even then, he had to pick a few grains off by hand!
One was effortless, threshing all the grains from the rice ears in the blink of an eye, the other took so much effort and time to thresh all the grains.
How stark was the contrast?
Many ministers finally understood the wonder of this threshing machine!
The Vice Minister of Revenue praised: “Your Majesty, this foot-pedaled threshing machine is ingenious! This speed is definitely not just saving half the time and effort. The Crown Prince is too modest, the threshing speed is as fast as lightning! From now on, the people of our Chu Kingdom are blessed. During the double rush season, the people will no longer have to work so hard that they can’t straighten their backs. The Crown Prince has given Your Majesty a great surprise this time! He has given Chu a great surprise!”
Many ministers nodded in agreement: “It’s simply a threshing artifact! With this threshing machine, even children can thresh grain in our Chu Kingdom! It looks so effortless.”
“This foot-pedaled threshing machine is truly ingenious. This farming tool is the first of its kind in the four kingdoms!”
Chu Tianyu glanced at Prime Minister Liang and Yao Yilan with displeasure. How did his maternal grandfather and the Yao family handle things?
Chu Tiankuo cultivated high-yielding grain seeds under their noses, and they didn’t know? He invented three huge objects, and they were also unaware?
Prime Minister Liang, the Minister of Works, and others had extremely ugly expressions.
How could this be? How were these three things made? Why didn’t they know anything about it?
The Emperor was very happy, he said excitedly: “Try that manual reaper! And that winnowing fan!”
Songbai said: “Your Majesty, the true effect of the manual reaper can only be seen in the field, but I can push it around, and Your Majesty can understand the principle behind it.”
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“Good! Push it around! Let me see!”
So Songbai pushed the manual reaper. The people saw that when the manual reaper moved forward, the iron plates clamped, and the rotating blade turned.
Anyone with a little imagination could figure out how it worked!
Everyone praised it.
“Wonderful! Haha. Excellent! Haha.” The Emperor laughed loudly.
Then Songbai and other guards poured a bag of rice grains into the newly invented winnowing fan and the old-style winnowing fan to try out the effect.
The effect was also obvious!
“Good! Haha. Excellent!” The Emperor was very pleased.
The smile on his face hadn’t faded all morning! It had been a long time since he felt this way!
The ministers also praised endlessly:
“Your Majesty, these three farming tools are simply wonderful! Looking at the four kingdoms, they are definitely the greatest farming tools! The Crown Prince has truly benefited the people this time!”
“Your Majesty, these are simply farming artifacts! With them, one person can do the work of ten! The people of the world are blessed! The Crown Prince has truly made a great contribution this time!”
“Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune, nurturing such an unparalleled Crown Prince. These grain seeds and farming tools will surely become famous throughout the four kingdoms! Such achievements will surely be recorded in history! Under Your Majesty’s rule and the Crown Prince’s assistance, Chu will surely become more and more glorious!”
Wen Ruiqing was also very excited: “Your Majesty, these three farming tools save time and effort, as if aided by the gods. Aren’t the envoys from Zhao Kingdom arriving soon? This time, we can definitely show off in front of the Zhao Kingdom envoys! The Crown Prince has made a great contribution!”
The Crown Prince has made such a great contribution this time, it seems that his position as Crown Prince is secure!
He also generously praised the Crown Prince a few words, laying a good foundation for their future monarch-subject relationship.
Also, these high-yielding grain seeds, these three farming artifacts, he needs to plan carefully how to negotiate with Zhao Kingdom and the other two kingdoms!
Maximize Chu’s interests!
Let Chu hold its head high among the four kingdoms!
Haha, he could almost see himself being able to be arrogant and domineering in front of the envoys from the other three kingdoms from now on!
His, Wen Ruiqing’s, era is finally coming!
The Emperor nodded happily, “That’s right, the Crown Prince has made a great contribution this time! Today’s morning court session is adjourned, we will discuss other matters tomorrow. Crown Prince, come with me!”
After saying that, the Emperor strode away.
He couldn’t wait to find out who had cultivated the high-yielding grain seeds.
“Yes!” Chu Tiankuo responded, glanced at Xingnong, signaling her to wait obediently for him to get her rewards.
Xingnong quietly made an OK gesture.
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Chu Tiankuo didn’t understand.
What does a circle with three fingers mean?
Does it mean a super big reward with three big rewards, not missing any kind of reward?
Hmm, he had the same intention.
They truly have a tacit understanding!
Chu Tiankuo glanced at Songbai again, signaling him to take good care of Xingnong, and then followed the Emperor and left.
All the civil and military officials knelt down: “Farewell, Your Majesty, farewell, Crown Prince!”
