Little wealth

After this matter was settled, Mr. Fu sent his men back to the county government to inform all the carpenters to come to Sihe Village early in the morning.

The boy answered "Here", and then left to work for their master.

After having this threshing machine, it is not difficult for them to thresh the millet in this place. With the pedals on the feet, two or three people can thresh the millet at the same time, and the millet from the bottom will flow out quickly. One big basket is full, and another empty big basket is replaced to continue loading.

"I'll try."

"I am coming too."

Both the county magistrate and Mr. Xu have used this threshing machine for a while. After trying it, they all know that this threshing machine is really easy to use.

Even Xu Ren, a Beijing official who has never been to the ground, knows the benefits of this threshing machine after using it. Such a wooden frame can be controlled by only one person. Beat the millet on the top, step on the pedal with one foot on the bottom, and the millet can be beaten out.

After trying this threshing machine and knowing the benefits of this threshing machine, Mr. Xu ordered [-] threshing machines from this carpenter Zhao at one go, and planned to send ten of them back to their Zhuangzi. They are used by tenant farmers, and the remaining [-] units are taken back to their masters. Presumably their masters will like this thing very much.

Zhao He had just agreed to the county magistrate's [-] sets, but it was hard to refuse the [-] sets from this high-ranking official from Kyoto, so he had to agree to do it together.However, the schedule for the next [-] sets has to be pushed back. He made it clear in advance, "I'll do it for you after I finish the [-] sets for the magistrate. Do you think it's okay?"

"Hehe, of course it's possible. Everything should be first come first served, right?" Mr. Xu will not argue with Mr. Fu about this matter. After all, Mr. Fu is a good official who is always considerate of the local people. It is really worthy of praise .

Therefore, Mr. Xu naturally has no objection to this, so let's go slower, anyway, this time their master didn't stipulate when they would return to Beijing.After finally coming out of the capital, he also wanted to stay outside for a while, as if he had come out to help their master understand the people's sentiments. When he gave the twenty threshing machines to their master, their master would definitely not Will blame him for being late.

Thinking about it this way, Master Xu felt that his actions were really wise.

What's more, they brought a master Yan with them on this trip. Old man Yan is still lying on the bed in the inn at the moment, and I don't know if he has woken up.After Master Yan wakes up, he will definitely come to Sihe Village.At first, he thought that a carpenter in a small village could be a skilled craftsman, but after seeing him today, with this threshing machine, Xu Ren had to admit that this carpenter Zhao did have a real carpenter. A little skill, let alone a wooden cart in front of him.

Oh, they are here this time because of the wooden cart, but they will come to inquire about the wooden cart after Lord Yan wakes up.

After breaking out all the grain, Zhao He spent as much as 24 buckets of grain with buckets.

In the past, in their village, when the rain was the best year, the harvested grain was only eleven or twelve dou, and it was good for ordinary people to harvest seven or eight dou of grain, and even five or six dou was less.If it was a drought year, let alone, it would be good to have five or six buckets.

However, the Zhao family's one-acre land was as much as 24 dou.

"This... so much? Am I dreaming?" Even the village head's eyes widened this time. This one mu of land has collected 24 buckets of grain?If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it.

Mr. Fu estimated in his heart that one bucket of them here weighs about twelve catties, and after 24 buckets, it is estimated that there are more than 200 or nearly three hundred catties of grain.Moreover, the land near Sihe Village is not particularly fertile, so one mu of land can produce nearly three hundred catties of grain, which is indeed a lot.

He picked up the millet with his hands and looked at it. The grains are full, basically all good millet, and there are few dry millet.

"These millets are very good." Fu Wenqing subconsciously looked at Xu Ren, nodded to Xu Ren, and the two exchanged a look.

The reason why they all appear here today is mainly because of this new farming method, and now it has been proved that this farming method can really increase the grain in the field.This is more than doubled, which is enough to prove that this method is effective.

"I will tell the emperor truthfully." Xu Ren said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Well, I'll have a good talk with the Zhao family when I go back, ask about this matter, and write a new booklet for the emperor." Fu Wenqing couldn't help being excited in his heart, if the Anyang County under his rule All the land in the villages can produce so much food, will he still worry that the people in Anyang will go hungry in the future?

If this farming method can be implemented in the entire Daliang, do you still have to worry that the people in the entire Daliang will not have enough to eat?

The two adults have their own thoughts in their hearts, Xu Ren naturally thinks about the emperor who is far away in the capital, but as the emperor's bodyguard, what he thinks is naturally very different from what magistrate Fu thinks.

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Some people nearby also noticed a strange wooden frame in Zhao's house, and they beat the grain with a clatter, but they didn't get the millet out after beating for a long time.They looked at such a strange wooden shelf, and some people felt curious, mainly because they wanted to ask the Zhao family if they could lend it to them, so they walked over here.

It happened that the Zhao family was measuring grain, and saw that they had harvested a full 24 buckets of grain on this acre of land, but they were so surprised. The Zhao family’s one acre of land was harvested more than their two mu of land. There is more food.Many people's faces were surprised and happy. They were surprised that the Zhao family could grow so much grain on one mu of land, and happy that the Zhao family could grow so much grain. family is willing to tell them.

Their family's land is all near the Zhao family's land, and they are all the same land. If the Zhao family's land can grow so much food, then their family must be able to do so.

Moreover, they haven't seen how the Zhao family came to work in the field this year. They ran to the town to do business all day long. They couldn't figure out how the millet grew so well.

At first when I saw the Zhao brothers spraying these strange things in the field, some people asked what it was. Later, someone imitated what the Zhao brothers said, sprinkled the rice with soaked plant ash water, and found There are really fewer bugs.Now these people think about it and talk about it, "I found that the millet in our family this year is indeed better than the year before."

"Yes, I also found that the millet in our family is growing better than in previous years."

Everyone was discussing this in a low voice, and found that the water they sprayed was really useful.

Seeing people staring at the threshing machine in their house, with a look of hesitation, Zhao He knew that these people wanted to ask him to borrow the threshing machine but were too embarrassed to ask.Originally they planned to work in the field all day long, but when the county magistrate came, they couldn't really drag the county magistrate to help them harvest the crops in the field, so they were ready to go back.

After they went back, the threshing machine was left empty.

But before Zhao He opened his mouth, the village head discussed with Zhao He, and after asking Zhao He's meaning, he said to the few people standing here watching the fun: "The Zhao family has no time to collect grain these days, you guys It depends on which of you are brothers and sisters, if you are willing to send someone to help the Zhao family collect grain, you can use this threshing machine first, and return it when it is used up."

"Village chief, I will do my own thing. There is someone from our family." As soon as he heard the village chief's words, someone who reacted quickly replied. There are many brothers in their family, and there are brothers and sisters who work. If they can use this It's not a big deal for their family to spare a man to help the Zhao family collect food on a wooden shelf.

The person who reacted a little slower listened and said he could.

However, there are some people who are hesitant. Most of these people do not have many people in their families, and some people are unwilling to send people to help other people's homes. They have not harvested the grain in their own fields, so they need to spare a person for whatever they do. Help other people collect food.

So these people first agreed to move the threshing machine away for use, and the village head asked them not to use it up, and to return it to the Zhao family in the evening.

"All right, I will return it to Brother Zhao in person at night." The kid who said first that he could come to Zhao's house to work called his brother, and the two brothers happily carried away the wooden frame of Zhao's house. They saw it just now, the Zhao family beat out the millet with a bang, and now it's finally their turn.

Those who agreed a little slower just now will queue up at the back.

After lending the threshing machine to others, Zhao He called his younger brother Zhao Hu to carry the millet they threshed into the cart.There is no road in the field, and their carts are parked on a slope, and they have to carry the millet up to put them on the cart.

The county magistrate and the old village head also wanted to help, but were stopped.

"Let's go, Mr. Fu, take a break." Mr. Xu stopped Mr. Fu from going to help carry things, what a joke, if he asked a civil servant to do this kind of physical work, where would he lose his face as a general? Yes, if you say it, you can't make people laugh at him to death.

"Then please trouble Brother Xu." Fu Wenqing was really tired this time, so he didn't refuse Master Xu's kindness.

"Don't be polite to me!" Master Xu waved his hand casually, not taking it seriously, and went to help carry the millet with his subordinates, without any effort.These warriors are not as good at reading as Mr. Fu, and they can also take the exam for the number one scholar. They probably have such a strength left to help with work.

If he can't compare to Mr. Fu in this point, then don't be a military commander.