Grasp the farming script in the famous book

With the gold coins in the velvet purse, Paul Korchagin started recruiting people in the town.

Probably because the money in his pocket was too dazzling, all the craftsmen in the town came to obey Paul's orders.

Residents of the town who were originally engaged in weaving have also put down their work one after another. They said that the textile business has been slow recently and they can't make much money.It's better to change careers and hang out with the rich uncle.

There were even girls and aunts who came over to probe their brains, wanting to ask that decent-looking young man: Can women come to work together?

Paul politely declined the women's "job applications", after all, most of the early preparations were extremely heavy manual labor.

But Paul pointed out another way for them to make money: From then on, the men have to work hard every day. If they can bake delicious bread, fry two slices of bacon, prepare tea, and wait at the resting place, they must A lot of their wages for the day can be distributed from the men's pockets.

The grand project of building a house for "Master Andre" in the town began.

The first job is logging.

This matter seemed particularly simple-the woods around the town belonged entirely to Count de Raphael.The Countess nodded on behalf of the Earl, and the residents of the town were able to enter the woods to log.

But logging is not that simple.

Paul instructs the workers to specially pick up the big trees that have grown to the old age, with thick trunks and branches and leaves that block out the sky and the sun.When logging, it is necessary to identify the direction and calculate the angle to ensure that the trees will not crush other trees when they fall down.

Some workers found it troublesome and asked Paul: "Boss, why are you so troublesome? In fact, as long as you give an order, we will cut down the entire forest and clear a whole piece of open space for you."

Paul spread his hands: "The big and small trees are all cut down. When your sons and grandchildren need wood in the future, where will they find wood?"

The loggers looked at each other: where did they expect this?Anyway, it's all the Earl's territory, and the wood is also the Earl's.

"If you cut down the big trees now, the small trees around the big trees can get more sunlight and nutrients, and they can grow up faster and grow into big trees. This forest will always exist and can always supply us with wood."

"If you cut down all the trees now, it will be very difficult to restore a forest of this scale in the future."

Although the loggers all felt that Paul's words were reasonable, they were unwilling to think about such long-term things.But as long as they did what Paul said, they could get paid.

Thus, the vigorous logging campaign began.

Using the saw that Paul brought, the workers worked in groups of two to carefully bring down the pre-selected trees.

"Yo, this saw is too clever."

Once started, the workers felt the difference.

This saw cuts trees fast and well, and is less prone to damage.After cutting down several trees, I can see that there are not many saw teeth, and they are as good as new ones.

It used to take them half a day to fell a tree, but now it can be done in a short while.

Paul also taught people to put small rolling logs under the felled giant trees, and easily transport these giant trees to a mill near the town by the river.

This mill is also the Earl's property. In the past, barley and wheat were often brought here from around the town, and the wheat was ground into flour with the help of water power.

But then the earl ordered that if the mill is used to grind the flour, [-]% of the flour needs to be left as the price for using the mill.

Citizens: It’s too expensive, I can’t afford it...

The mill was abandoned.

But now, Paul has been authorized by the countess to use this mill——

He hired the only two blacksmiths and three carpenters in the town, and took them to work day and night near the mill.

The women of the town baked the bread and sent it to the mill, along with bacon and hard-boiled eggs.The men paid generously for the food, stuffed it hastily into their mouths, and went on with their work.

The women asked curiously, "What is this doing?"

A blacksmith said excitedly: "Master Paul said that he wants to change this mill into a 'planing workshop' specially for planing logs."

"Planing workshop"?

The women had never heard of such a thing, and they were all surprised.

"Yes," another blacksmith Shi Shiran replied, "Master Paul said, since running water can move the millstone to grind wheat into flour, why can't it move the plane to scrape off the bark?"

The women immediately looked at Paul with admiration: no wonder the workers began to call him "Master Paul".

Several other carpenters are assembling another piece of machinery according to Paul's request.

"Is this also used for wood shavings?" the women asked curiously.

"No," the carpenters scratched their heads, "Master Paul said they are used to cut wood."

These days, carpenters need to use a jigsaw for a long time if they want to saw a plank.But no one thought that such a machine that looked like a low single bed could actually cut wood instead of humans?

"By the way, Master Paul mentioned that this thing has a name, what is it called?"

Another carpenter answered: "It's called a 'lathe'."

Ladies: ...another strange and unheard-of name.

But they looked at Paul with more reverence: "Master Paul, how did you come up with this?"

Paul had a natural expression and didn't think it was any big deal: "In my hometown, people have already started using these machines."

People: Oh, got it.It turned out that this is imported technology.

Sure enough, the priest from outside can preach.

Three days later, Roland came to "inspect" the Earl's property.The "workshop" converted from the mill has begun to take shape.

Paul demonstrated the use of water power to wood shavings in front of Roland.

Hearing the rumble of water, the blades of the waterwheel were pushed, and then the gears and bearings were driven, and the planes that had been set up on the surface of the wood started to move one after another, scraping off the bark on the surface of the log bit by bit.

During this period, only one person is required to watch and adjust the position of the wood in time.No extra physical effort is required.

Even the bark and shavings will automatically fall into a large dustpan, and no one needs to clean it up-you know, these shavings are also very useful.

Not only the people in the town, but even Roland himself was amazed when he saw it.

Since modern energy sources cannot be used, Paul chose to use water power to transform the abandoned mill, so that the logs harvested from the forest can be planed into "logs" with smooth surfaces and uniform shapes and specifications without requiring extra labor.

The "lathe" beside Paul does require some labor to use.

Paul had told Roland in advance that the exact name of this machine was "rotary cutter", and it was a sharp tool for processing logs into plates.

He took two workers to demonstrate how to use the "rotary cutting machine"——

Two people lift the sawn log into the lathe, and fix it in the slot. The other person shakes the handle on the other side, and the cutter slowly cuts into the wood. After several rounds of back and forth movement, the wood is " "Piece" became two halves.

Repeatedly, in about two hours, a piece of log can be cut into planks of exactly the same thickness, and then the width of the plank can be trimmed to cut out pieces of wood with the same width.

Not just wooden strips, as long as the lathe is adjusted, it can cut out other shapes of wooden products: wooden columns, wooden strips, wooden boards...

Roland was fine. The mayor and the townspeople who accompanied Roland saw that within a short time, the huge log had turned into neat planks.People couldn't help being dumbfounded.

This speed, this craftsmanship...

The mayor was shocked, and finally sighed: "In this way, our town can build a house for Mr. Andre within a month!"

It seemed that he had long forgotten the real purpose of building the house—he originally thought that building a house for Andre was just the attitude of the countess, and it was just a cover.

Roland was also very satisfied: building a house for Andre was indeed just a cover.

What she really needs is to build a house for more and more "spectators" who are pouring into the plane, so that they have a place to stay - so that she can retain all kinds of talents.

Paul's arrival added the most important boost to her plan.

But at this time the mayor asked an important question: "Paul, where did you come from? Where did you receive your education? Where did you learn these complicated tools and machinery?"

In the heart of the mayor, the division of occupation and class is deeply rooted.He would not have called Paul "Monsieur Paul".No matter how amazing he is about this technology, he still treats Paul as a "craftsman"-after all, he is a mayor.

In this society: priests, nobles and commoners, the hierarchy is very strict.

Although in fact the mayor himself has to be classified as a "civilian", but he claims to be an "official" accepted by the nobles, so he naturally has to draw a clear line from ordinary craftsmen like Paul.

Now the mayor has adopted such an attitude: Although you have brought us so many tools and equipment, I also have the right to ask the bottom line and ask you what your background is.

Now it was Pavel's turn to scratch his head.

He glanced at Roland, not quite sure how to answer.

He could say that he came from near St. Petersburg or Moscow, but in this era, the level of local development in Russia may be slightly inferior to that in France.

If he had said that, in case anyone around here really knew what was going on in Russia, Paul would have revealed it immediately.

Roland was calm and relaxed. Anyway, no matter what Paul said, she had to be responsible for helping him.

Unexpectedly, someone interrupted at this time: "These are nothing? When I was in the Netherlands, I have seen these tools and workshops. It is not unusual."

The voice was familiar, and Roland was surprised and delighted. When he turned his head, he saw a hat with feathers. When the hat was lifted, a young face was immediately revealed.

"Cousin Peter..."

Peter Pan, who was sent by her to inquire about news a while ago, has finally returned.

"In the shipbuilding workshop, carpenters have to cut wood into long keels every day, use wood chips to make panels, and stick them to the hull-how can it be done without machinery? Do you use hand saws every day?"

Peter Pan knew something about the European countries of this era.As he spoke, Paul echoed him.

The mayor listened, his face turned slightly red.

According to Peter Pan, he is indeed a bit rare and strange.

But Peter Pan didn't care what the mayor was thinking at all. Once he finished speaking, he turned to greet Roland:

"Mileddy, Peter Pan is fortunate enough to have brought you some important news."