Iron Dynasty

Outside the camp, the slogans of soldier training flew over Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming said to Niu Ben: What the governor of Niu said is very true, the Nanzheng army and the Dengzhou army conquering the city in the battle of Wei and land are like searching for something. Now we only need to continue to strengthen our armaments and diligently repair our internal affairs to find opportunities to break the situation and hold the northern country in our hands.

At the beginning of the war, the training and bravery of the armies of both sides may be fought, but as the war progresses, it is money, food and equipment.

Now Xiao Ming has the advantage of the army, and there is no shortage of money and food. After all, winning Weidi means he has an extra granary.

Generals are in charge of wars, officials are in charge of assisting His Highness in governing the feudal country, and with the benefits of fiefdom firearms, it is easy for His Highness to gain access to the north.

Fiji is also very confident now. King Wei is very powerful among many vassal kings. Now that Xiao Ming is so easy to win, he has to look at firearms differently.

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard the words, Fiji missed a word, he only needs to be responsible for climbing technology and it is enough.

Now that Wei Di has been taken down, he can also devote himself to climbing the science and technology tree with peace of mind. In the past few years, Qingzhou has reserved a group of technical talents, laying the foundation for the explosion of science and technology. Now is the time for him to participate. After all, the understanding ability of students who have mastered scientific and technological knowledge is not what they used to be, and he only needs to mention a little.

The three talked for a while in the tent, and Xiao Ming and Fiji returned to Qingzhou City.

The farming season is about to come, but he has something to deliver to the slave manor in Qingzhou, and he also plans to let the Fuya Fuya promote it.

When they arrived in the city, Xiao Ming and Fiji did not go to the government office, but went to the manor where Kui Wu was located. In the manor, he saw an excited Pang Yukun.

Originally, Pang Yukun was going to go to the Qingzhou camp with them, but when Lin Wentao brought something over, he couldn't walk, so he had to take such a machine to the field to test.

His Royal Highness, this animal-powered twelve-row drill is amazing. In just one morning, three people sowed seeds on twenty acres of land.

Seeing Xiao Ming and Fiji coming over, Pang Yukun trotted over from the field.

Xiao Ming glanced not far away. At this time, three slaves were planting seeds in the field. One of them was holding three cows, and the two slaves at the back were holding a long bar. This was sent by Lin Wentao. Animal powered twelve row drill.

In modern Europe, the first seeder was made in Greece in 1636. In 1830, the Russians added a seeding device to the animal-powered multi-share plow to make a plough. Britain, the United States and other countries began to produce large-scale animal power after 1860. Grain drill.

The structure of this type of planter is not very complicated, but even so, it requires a certain industrial base to be able to mass-produce it. Now Lin Wenyao can produce it not only because Qingzhou can produce the spare parts, but also because of the drawings provided by Xiao Ming.

Otherwise, they would not have the idea of ​​​​producing a drill by themselves.

In fact, the principle of the seed drill is very simple. The walking wheel drives the seeding wheel to rotate, and the seeds are discharged from the seed box above into the seeding pipe, and then fall into the opened groove through the opener, and then are suppressed by the covering soil. The device compacts the seed cover.

To put it simply, it is actually a long plough-shaped tool below, with a round-shaped seed box and a box on it. At the same time, there is a structure similar to a connecting rod on the walking wheel. Every rotation will make the seed box lower. The mouth is opened so that the seed falls into the ploughed furrow, and at the rear of the drill is a curved iron plate that flattens the soil after the seed has been sown.

What! Three people planted twenty acres of land in one morning! Fiji's jaw almost fell.

It's true, if you don't believe me, count it yourself. Pang Yukun pointed to the ridge. Now, in order to distinguish the size of each acre of land, a branch will be inserted into each acre of land.

Fiji counted it, and it was really twenty acres.

Fiji was really shocked at this time, he said: His Royal Highness, if this planting machine is popularized, the people will be able to plant more land. Now Youzhou has fewer people and more land, and Ryukyu is also waiting to be developed. This thing is here. It's just too timely.

After all, Fiji ran towards the slaves who were planting seeds regardless of the image.

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun looked at each other and both smiled helplessly. People living in Qingzhou are now used to new things appearing every once in a while.

But it's still a little shocking to foreigners.

Seeing Fiji walking between the fields carrying long gowns one deep and one shallow, the two also followed.

The three people stopped in front of the grain drill. At this moment, a stench came over the surface. Xiao Ming suddenly realized something, This Lin Wentao, he also added a manure trough on it.

Indeed, I was a little surprised when Xiaguan first arrived. This grain drill can plough, sow, and fertilize at the same time, and according to someone sent by Lin Wentao, everything on this drill can be disassembled, Pang Yukun said.

Fiji wandered around the grain drill. After reading it, he probably knew something, and he said, Isn't this a columbine?

Yes, it's a columbine, but it's an improved columbine. Xiao Ming laughed.

Fiji nodded. In the past, the common people used wooden columbine carts. This kind of columbine carts are very slow to spread seeds. This thing is made of steel much faster, and this thing is like twelve columbine carts trapped together. No wonder one morning It can spread twenty acres of land.

That's natural. How can an Aquilegia car be compared to such a large drill? Your Highness, let Lin Wentao mass-produce it now, and then let each production team buy one. Pang Yukun looked excited.

Xiao Ming shook his head, Well, not only must the production team be equipped, but also be used in the slave manor and the merchant's large farm, so that the money sold to the merchant can be used to subsidize the production team.

Fiji and Pang Yukun looked at each other and smiled when they heard the words. It was a wonderful idea, so that the common people could use seed drills cheaply.

Xiao Ming was also in a good mood today. He said, You guys will be happy in the future. This grain seed drill is just the beginning. This king and Lin Wentao will work together to build an animal power harvester before harvesting.

The harvester. The two were surprised again.

Xiao Ming nodded. In 1799, the earliest horse-drawn disc cutter harvester appeared in the UK. Like seed drills, these machines are not difficult to manufacture at present, only the mechanical structure is needed. After all, his lathe , steam engine, steelmaking technology has reached this level.