Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 28 No Contrast, No Harm
Royal Garden.

Rumbling sounds one after another, mixed with the sound of pounding rice spread here.

The rumbling sound was naturally the loud noise made by Tian Feng pounding rice with a treadmill.

As for the chattering, the rice is pounded manually, and the corn is quickly smashed with a small stone pestle.

The people around looked at the scene in front of them dumbfounded.

The person who manually pounded the rice raised the stone pestle high and dropped it heavily into the stone mortar.

This person's name is Liu, and he is an old Qin native born in the Guanzhong area.

The old Qin man was born with brute strength, especially for rice pounding. He was clean, quick and agile, and soon surpassed Tian Feng who pounded rice with tools.

Looking at Tian Feng who was slowing down in front of him, Liu couldn't help sneering, thinking that the treadmill was just a useless tool.

Liu tightened his strength, exhausted all his breastfeeding strength, and pounded rice back and forth in the stone mortar.

However, artificial rice pounding also has inherent disadvantages. If it is too fast, rice will splash out from time to time.

However, the manual pounding of rice on the treadmill seldom yields corn.

After all, the stone pestle of the treadmill is much larger and can stop the cheap corn.

Qin Wangzheng looked straight at Liu, his eyes full of evil spirit.

It doesn't matter if it's fast, there's a lot of cheap corn produced.

Isn't this a waste.

But Qin Wangzheng did not dissuade Liu's enthusiasm, and allowed Liu to speed up the speed of pounding rice.

At first, the flow was very fast, but after a quarter of an hour of repetition, he began to sweat, and even a little out of breath, it seemed that his physical strength was about to be exhausted.

But Liu still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Perhaps it was the unyielding spirit of the old Qin people that inspired him.

After all, the people of Qin have an unshakable drive, and they even have an earth-shattering slogan: "Join the old Qin, and go to the national crisis together."No blood shed, no truce.

Relying on perseverance, the speed of the flow remains unabated.

And Tian Feng looked much more relaxed.

He only needs to step on the other end of the treadle with his feet to drive the head of the treadle up.

Raise the legs, and the stone pestle will fall down.

So repeated ups and downs, the speed does not decrease.

From the looks of it, it doesn't take much energy.

This is the second disadvantage of manual rice pounding. Human strength is limited, and the speed of pounding rice may be very fast at the beginning.

But with the consumption of strength, the speed of pounding rice will be greatly reduced.

Even with perseverance, it consumes much more energy than pounding rice with tools.

Watching the rice slowly husking and turning white, Qin Wangzheng already knew it.

Just now, Qin Wangzheng was still worried about the treadmill, but as time went by, the two men pounded rice at almost the same speed, and even the treadmill was faster.

It seems that Xiao Zhinu did not deceive the lonely king.

In the beginning, the grains that the two huddled were almost the same.

but gradually
stream over there.

The sound of rice pounding slowed down, and the rhythm became slower and slower.

It looked like he was exhausted.

Sometimes even stop to rest for a while, take a few breaths.

Qin Wangzheng was a little relieved to see the sweaty and quilt.

Although a lot of food was wasted.
But it is also to be able to highlight the effect of treading, so as not to die.

And Tian Feng here.

The speed remains unabated.

After all, pounding rice with tools does not even consume a quarter of the physical strength.

But the amount of pounded rice is more than [-]% more than that of the stream.

There is still a quarter of an hour before half an hour.

If you are too tired, slowly put down the stone pestle in your hand and move your wrist.

It seems that the continuous high-intensity pounding of rice has almost exhausted Liu's strength, and his arm is so sore that he almost broke his arm.

Holding the stone pestle with both hands, Liu kept hammering, the speed getting slower and slower.

But Tian Feng didn't panic, if one foot was tired, he could change the other foot.

This is the third disadvantage of manual rice pounding.

Tian Feng's feet can be freely exchanged, and the speed remains unabated. He can also use the gap to move his other foot.

If the two feet are exchanged, the speed of pounding rice will not be reduced.

Liu, on the other hand, can only mechanically pound the rice with both hands.

If you pound the rice with one hand, the pressure of the stone pestle will be greatly reduced, and the skin of the corn is difficult to smash, which is far inferior to pounding the rice with both hands.

The combination of the three disadvantages makes it difficult for Liu to win.

This also made Qin Wangzheng see that the method of pounding rice with a tool such as a pedal is much faster than manual pounding.

The game is not over yet.

The winning side has been directed to Tian Feng.

Liu was panting, watching Tian Feng's repeated movements in the mechanical version.

Although Tian Feng also consumed a lot of strength and his speed was somewhat weakened, it was obviously faster than Liu pounding rice, and pounding more rice.

This made Liu no longer dare to underestimate Tadu, and suddenly felt that Tadu was a magic weapon for the convenience of the people.

Putting down the heavy wooden pestle in his hand, he felt as if his hands were not his own, his forehead was covered with sweat, and even his back was wet.

Liu had nothing to say, so he could only silently praise Ta Dui.

However, Tian Feng's face was only ruddy, and his complexion did not change much.

One hour time said.

at last
Liu couldn't bear it any longer, and collapsed to the ground.

Qin Wangzheng immediately ordered the imperial doctor to drag Liu down for treatment.

And Tian Feng also honorably completed the task, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have done my best!"

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly.

Then, he ordered someone to measure the amount of pounded rice.

Still using the old tool: Shang Yang Fang Sheng.

After measuring, the eunuch Ling Xi truthfully reported: "The rice in Liuchong is less than [-]% of that in Tianfeng."

increased by nearly [-]%.

If it is less than expected, but the effect is good.

A thin young man can still pound out the rations of more than a dozen people, and his efficiency is not inferior to that of an eight-foot man.

Tian Feng said to Qin Mo who was around him: "Now do you know the benefits of stepping on the dirt?"

Qin Mo nodded lightly: "This thing is of great use! It should be extended to the whole county, and even the whole country."

Compared with the wooden pestle, it is less tiring to pound rice with the pedal.

If you can use this thing to pound rice, pound the family's daily ration every day, I'm afraid it will save a lot of time!
The point is, it's not easy to get tired.

It doesn't require too much energy. Maybe a ten-year-old child can use a pedal to pound rice.

For a while, Qin Mo and others praised the tadpole as a magic tool for pounding rice.

Qin Wangzheng didn't laugh immediately, but ordered people to write down the production process and the results of the tadui in documents and send them to the counties and counties.

It is hoped that it will be popularized throughout the country and benefit the people.

With the use of treadmill, the efficiency of pounding rice is significantly improved.

The little childish slave helped the lonely king again.
After finishing all this work, Qin Wangzheng smiled heartily, looking forward to the return of the little childish slave even more.

At the same time, I also look forward to what effect can be achieved by pounding rice with a pestle?
Could it be the same as Qu Yuanli, who achieved remarkable results and increased the harvest by four times.

Treadmill
Qu Yuanli.
Men plow and women pound.

Xiao Zhinu is assisting Qin Wangzheng step by step, changing the Great Qin, making food and grass abundant.

And these will be prepared as the capital to conquer the six countries and dominate the world
The ambitious hegemony to annex the world is just around the corner.

The little childish slave is really a divine beast, help me, Daqin, to ventilate heaven and earth, and connect all nine states!
While Qin Wangzheng was happy.
A mechanical sound came from Qin Wangzheng's mind.

Just when Qin Wangzheng was about to fall into a deep sleep, a mechanical sound came again.

[Ding, the little boy travels back! 】

Qin Wangzheng was about to show a smile.

But the next system prompt made his smile gradually fade away.

[Ding, reminder: The little slave is in danger! 】

Little childish slave.
If anyone dares to hurt you, the lonely king will tear him to pieces.

Qin Wangzheng shouted, "Come on!"

"I am here"

The Zhonglang guards rushed into the door and said in unison.

Qin Wangzheng loudly said: "Send the order! Looking for the little childish slave, if you want to see a frog if you live, if you want to see a corpse if you die!"

(End of this chapter)