Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

In a short while, several villagers came carrying a curved plow, a threshing machine and a seed drill.

The first one is a curved plow. You can see that this should be a plow for cultivating the fields, but why does this plow look completely different from the ones they use?

The Tianqi Dynasty had plows, but their plows were all straight-shaft or long-shaft, and the villagers of Guangming Village also used them.

But the plow that Shi Anan showed them not only changed the straight shaft into a curved shaft, but also changed the long shaft into a short shaft. How should it be used?

As if seeing everyone's confusion, Shi Anan explained, "This is called a curved plow. In addition to changing the straight and long plows into curved and short plows, a freely rotating plow disc is installed at the plow head. The purpose of this change is not only to make the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also to make it easier to turn around and turn. In addition, the curved plow can freely control the depth of the soil, which is suitable for intensive farming. The operation will be more flexible, saving manpower and energy."

"I know that this doesn't make sense to anyone. So, who wants to try out the curved plow right here in the field?"

Although the villagers didn't understand, they were still very interested in this new thing. The strong man who had supported Shi An'an in opening up the wasteland at the village chief's house was the first to stand up again: "Miss Shi, let me do it, I'm strong."

Shi Anan knew this villager. His name was Tie Niu. He looked very anxious, but he was actually only eighteen years old, unmarried, and had a widowed mother at home.

If Tie Niu hadn't had to take care of his widowed mother, a strong young man like him would have found plenty of work after leaving Guangming Village. But now he no longer had the idea of ​​leaving Guangming Village. He saw that since the arrival of Shi An'an and others, Guangming Village had not undergone tremendous changes, but it was indeed developing for the better. If possible, who would want to leave the home where they grew up?

"Tie Niu, you will demonstrate it to me." Shi Anan motioned him to come forward and hold the curved plow, told him the key points of operation, and then asked the person leading the ox to hang the plow behind the ox. Tie Niu was also an experienced farmer, and he mastered the use of the curved plow in a short while.

I saw him holding the plow with one hand and driving the ox with the other. It seemed like he plowed out a ridge of land without much effort. In just one hour, he had plowed out an acre of land.

"Miss Shi, this curved plow is so easy to use!" Tie Niu, who had experienced it, was the first to feel the charm of the curved plow.

"Tie Niu, Tie Niu, how does it feel? I see you don't seem to be using much effort, how come you are so fast? In the past, at your speed, it would take at least three or four hours to plow an acre of land!" The villagers chattered and surrounded Tie Niu, wanting him to tell them about his experience.

It's no wonder they made such a fuss. Normally, ploughing the land is tiring and slow. Only people with good physical strength like Tie Niu can plough the land faster. The slow ones may take a whole day to plow one acre of land.

But now, Tie Niu used this curved plow and plowed an acre of land in just one hour. Moreover, from their point of view, the depth of plowing was just right and it was definitely not just a perfunctory plowing of the surface.

Even if there was an ox pulling the plow in front, it wouldn't be so easy. Look at the iron ox, it doesn't even take a breath, it seems like it can still plow a few more acres of land.

"This curved plow is really easy to use. I didn't have to put in much effort just now. I just held on and followed the ox as it pulled. It can even turn by itself, which makes it very convenient!" Tie Niu was also very excited. With this thing, his family could open up a few more acres of land for planting!

"Really? Let me try!" Another young man pushed the iron ox aside and wanted to try the curved plow.

Others also became anxious when they saw this: "Let me try first, what can you do with that little strength!"

"What's wrong with me not having enough strength? Didn't you hear the girl and Tieniu say that this thing is very labor-saving?"

Seeing that the villagers were about to scramble for the plow, Shi Anan quickly stopped them: "Don't worry, every household will be able to use this curved plow in the future. We can use it during the spring ploughing. Today is just a test."

It would have been fine if she didn't say anything, but as soon as she spoke everyone's attention was drawn to her again.

"Ms. Shi, can you make a few more of this plow now?" asked one of the villagers.

It's not that Shi Anan didn't want to do more, but she didn't have enough iron now. In order to turn over the hard soil, the plow shovel is usually made of iron. The plow shovel of this curved plow was removed by Xiao Yi from a straight plow.

Iron is a scarce material, so this curved plow is also made now.

What? You said she had iron ore.

She hasn't let anyone start mining yet, and iron ore is iron ore. It needs to be refined before it can be turned into iron.

"We only have this one for now, but don't worry, we will increase production soon, and strive to ensure that every household can have a curved plow in the future." Having said that, she had to speed up the mining of the iron ore, and would go to the village chief to ask for people soon!

After the incident of the curved plow, everyone looked at the Maishan. As for the curved plow, everyone could still tell that it was a plow, but although the Maishan had a simple structure, people didn't know what it was used for.

Shi Anan explained at the right time: "This is called a wheat sledgehammer, which is mainly used for harvesting wheat. Compared with manual harvesting, it is faster and can harvest a large amount of wheat quickly. It does not require bending over all the time, which saves manpower. However, the wheat sledgehammer is difficult to use and requires a certain degree of flexibility and strength. Now is not the time to harvest wheat. Those who want to try it can test it on the weeds over there. Others should stay away to avoid being injured by mistake."

It was Tie Niu who came out to test the Mai Shan again. Tie Niu was not used to it when he first used it, but he soon adapted and his speed became faster and faster. Wherever the Mai Shan passed, the tall weeds fell down obediently.

After trying it out, Tie Niu told the villagers about his experience: "It is very easy to use and convenient, but as Miss Shi said, if you are not strong enough, you may not be able to use it."

This time, before the villagers asked, Shi Anan continued, "Don't ask. I only made one wheat sledgehammer. When the wheat is harvested, I will try to have more made."

"Oh..." The villagers lowered their heads in disappointment.

Next is to see the seed drill, which should be called a plow cart strictly speaking. After all, there is no modern mechanized agricultural equipment here. The plow cart is an agricultural sowing tool used in ancient times to dig furrows, sow seeds, and cover the soil.

Since it is a one-stop service, it must be able to save sowing time and improve sowing efficiency. Not only that, using a plow for sowing can also reduce seed waste and achieve more accurate sowing.

You should know that the quality of sowing will also affect the probability of crop germination. The plow can maintain the sowing depth and row spacing more evenly, which is more conducive to the germination of crops.

After hearing Shi Anan's explanation, although there are still some professional terms that they don't understand, the villagers now have their own understanding. Anyway, no matter what, this is a good thing!

Without waiting for An An to call for help, Tie Niu took the initiative to step forward and prepare to test the plow cart.

Shi Anan looked at him with a smile and said, "It's not time to sow seeds yet. Let's test this when we sow seeds."

Tie Niu scratched his head and stepped back embarrassedly.

Shi Anan's purpose of coming here has been achieved. First, it was to test whether these tools are really easy to use. Second, he wanted to motivate the villagers and let them know that they have better tools and that clearing land is no longer a difficult task.

Fortunately, these tools are really easy to use. Just a curved plow makes everyone want to plant a few more acres of land.

Reclaiming wasteland is a very tiring job. If you don't want the land to become barren, you have to take good care of it every day. In the past, villagers were afraid to reclaim too much wasteland due to insufficient labor, but now it's better. With extra energy, everyone naturally wants to grow more food.

After the experiment, Shi Anan had the instruments moved back to her yard. In order to prepare for farming next spring, more of these things had to be produced as soon as possible. Mining iron ore was also an urgent matter.