Beloved Plantation King

Hu Baoshan's family also just finished eating, and they are gathering together to warm up and chat.

Wu Lin was very happy to see the two people coming to the door so quickly, and he brought them into the main room to talk about things.

On one side of the main room are Hu Baoshan’s carpentry tools. The columbine bucket, seed bucket and columbine handle of the columbine cart have been completed, and the other parts can be assembled in a few days.

Wu Lin picked up the piece of wood with the drawing from the wall, and said to the two with admiration in his eyes, "This columbine is absolutely perfect. How did you come up with it?"

Naturally, it was all thought up by the ancestors of Huaguo.

Yin Peinan didn't answer this question, and said with a smile: "Brother Ang, this is not the best one. After we make it and try it out, we have to replace our plowshares with iron ones. It will save time and effort at that time." .”

"That's right, it's better this way." Wu Lin's eyes lit up, and then he looked at them and asked, "Have you come here, have you got any results?"

Zuo An nodded and said, "Yes, but we want to ask first, what is the court's reward?"

Wu Lin said, "Silver."

The two looked at each other, and Yin Peinan asked, "Can I change it to something else?"

Wu Lin was puzzled, there are people who don't want money?"What do you want in exchange?" he asked.

Yin Peinan: "Field."

Wu Lin frowned and said, "As far as I know, there is no such precedent. Besides, we have to wait until it is confirmed that this is really useful."

Yin Peinan was very confident, and said: "It must be useful. Brother Wu, don't you think so too?"

Wu Lin smiled, he really believed in his own vision, this car, he thought it was very useful the first time he saw it.

Yin Peinan said: "Brother Wu, in this way, anyway, it will take two or three days to make this columbine car, so you should first tell your father about our idea. In fact, this is also easy to operate. When the time comes, we will convert the silver into fields." The land is fine, and we can buy it. But among them, I hope that the county government can be more flexible and give us a little convenience, and we will be more active in improving and creating new farm tools in the future, right?"

This operation is indeed feasible, but Wu Lin can't guarantee it, so he can only say: "I will try my best to tell you. Do you have other new ideas for the new farm tools you mentioned just now?"

Zuo An nodded, and said slowly: "There are one or two, but they haven't formed yet."

Wu Lin glanced at Zuo An, and knew that he was the young master of a high official's family in Beijing, and he had a lot of experience.Wu Lin pondered the meaning of his words, and felt that he had understood correctly. If the county government could not meet the conditions, the new idea could only mean that the idea would not be given to the county government.

He said: "I see. After a few days, it will be finished. I will ask my father to come over to see the effect."

After talking about this, the three of them chatted for a while, then Yin Peinan and Zuo An went back.

A few days later, during the peak period of visiting relatives, on the sixth day of the lunar new year, Uncle Daqiang started work on time with his staff, and Hu Baoshan also stepped up to make the car.

On the seventh day of the lunar new year, Wu Lin brought his father to the village, and together they took the columbine to test.

Yin Peinan made a plot of land in the open space of his house, specially used for experiments.

After the land preparation, Yin Peinan put peanuts in the columbine bucket of the cart, Hu Baoshan and Zhao Xiu'e pulled it in front, and Yin Peinan supported the handle of the cart behind.

This columbine car is a three-legged columbine, that is, it has three share heads and can sow three rows at the same time.

Following the uniform pace of the two people in front, the columbine car moved forward slowly, and the share head broke through the soil to form a small ditch; the peanuts in the columbine bucket fell from the sowing hole into the lower seed tube, and then dispersed into the three columbine car The seeds are planted in the legs of the columbine, and then dropped into the soil ditch; then, the Laomu behind leveled the soil on both sides of the small ditch to complete the soil covering work.

Because of the poor walking speed, the peanut seeds form a certain distance, which just meets the requirements of sowing.

This is a demonstration of manpower pulling a columbine cart.Later, Yin Peinan put the columbine cart on the donkey and the ox again, and asked a person to pull the donkey and ox in front to control the speed, and also completed the sowing task well.

Sow three rows at a time, and cover the soil with ditch sowing

One-time completion, greatly improving the speed of sowing.

Wu Lin and his son couldn't help nodding their heads and praised.

There are villagers on the side watching, and they are also very interested in seeing this method of sowing, so they say it is good.

"It's very convenient. You don't need to drive by yourself, plant some plants, and you don't need to cover the soil. It can be done in one step. This thing is very useful."

"I can see that the distance of the seeds is not bad, not worse than the ones we planted."

"Yes, if there is such a thing, it used to take a day to plant an acre of peanuts, but now it can be done in half a day."

A villager asked: "Hey, Nan, what's your name, can you sow other things besides peanuts?"

Yin Peinan replied: "Peanuts and soybeans are all acceptable. If you live in the north, sorghum, wheat, and corn are all acceptable."

"Oh, this thing, can we make it and use it? I want to make one too."

Seeing other villagers whispering, Yin Peinan looked towards Zuo An, saw him nodding, and raised his voice, "Yes, but Uncle, this thing took us a lot of thought. If you want to use it, you can use it a little." Give us a little hard work."

"Hey, you brat, you've got money in your eyes."

"Abbe, that's not what you said. This thing was made by me and An Geer's family. It will be noted in the county government at that time. It is the patent of me and An Geer. You know the patent, It’s the exclusive rights and interests of me and An Ge’er, whoever wants to use it. Even if the imperial court wants to use it, they have to give us money to buy it.”

"Is the imperial court paying you back?"

"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask Uncle Wu, he is a clerk in the yamen, and he came here for inspection. If he passes the test, the yamen will give us money."

That uncle turned his head to look at Wu Lin's father, Wu Ming.

Wu Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but now he could only nod his head in agreement.

Abo was a little embarrassed, but this coupe car really saves a lot of effort, he really wants it.He asked Yin Peinan: "Then how much do you sell?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said: "The people in our village must be cheaper. I will discuss it with Brother An and tell everyone later."

After the experiment, Wu Lin and his son went to Yin Peinan's house together with Hu Baoshan.

Wu Lin and his son wanted to take the car back to the Yamen, but Zuo Anduo was careful.

"Uncle Wu, it happens that we are going to the city to do some business tomorrow, so let's take it to the yamen. The yamen will start working tomorrow, right?"

Wu Ming had been immersed in the yamen for many years, and instantly thought of Zuo An's concerns, and he said without saying anything, "That's fine. Then you go to the yamen tomorrow morning to find me, and I will take you to see the magistrate?"

Zuo An was satisfied, and said: "That's very good, please trouble Uncle Wu."

After Wu Lin and his son left, Hu Baoshan also planned to go home, but was stopped by Zuo An.

Zuo An: "Uncle Dashan, this car will be delivered to the county government tomorrow, and we still need to ask you to help us make another one."

Hu Baoshan agreed, "No problem, I'll finish it for you in three days." He has already mastered the first time and the second time.

Zuo An said again: "Uncle Dashan, what Pei Nan said in the field before is true. If someone comes to ask us, we will have to pay. If someone asks you, you must not give it away in vain. "

Hu Baoshan was quite honest, and said: "Okay, I know. This is your stuff. If someone asks me to make it, I will ask them to ask you first. That is, Ange, Anan, can I make it for myself? Make one at home? You tell me how much it will cost, and I will give it to you.”

Yin Peinan looked at Zuo An and said with a smile: "Uncle Dashan, you don't need to give us money, as long as you don't give the blueprints to others, in exchange, you can help us make a car."

Hearing that his family didn't need to give money, Hu Baoshan was very happy, and said repeatedly: "Okay, I won't give it to others."

That afternoon, someone came to ask Yin Peinan to buy blueprints.

Once this thing is in hand, it can be imitated very quickly.Yin Peinan and the others don't expect this to make much money. The bigger purpose is to promote this farm tool.

However, the concept of intellectual property rights still needs to be conveyed to the villagers to let them know that any invention is valuable, and there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to use the fruits of other people's labor, you must pay patent royalties .

Moreover, they will have to improve the seeds in the future, and it is impossible to give them to others in vain, so they should lay the foundation first.

They only received a symbolic fee of [-] Wen, and then did not give the drawings, and asked them to go to Hu Baoshan's house to make a custom order. As for the custom-made material and labor costs, Hu Baoshan set the price himself.

Hu Baoshan didn't charge too much either. Those who brought their own materials only charged [-] yuan for the manual fee;

And those who were kind to Yin Peinan's family in the past, they only accepted [-] Wen, not only repaying the favor, but also selling the favor, and sending a message to other villagers-whoever treats them well, they will also treat them Others are kind; if anyone treats them badly, they are not polite.

Because the price is still cheap, most of the villagers are willing to spend some money to buy peace of mind.After all, everyone heard in the morning that even the imperial court had to spend money to buy it, and it was not cheap. They only cost [-] Wen, which is already the price of a villager.

But there are also some people who want to wait for other people's home to do it before doing it.But Yin Peinan told Hu Baoshan that all the custom-made columbine carts will be delivered at the end of next month when the peanuts start to be planted.

Now, the remaining few who want to take advantage of it have no choice but to plant peanuts and soybeans in three or two strokes, and the family will have to work hard for two days to finish planting.

After weighing it, it only costs [-] yuan, and it will not be so tiring to sow seeds every year in the future, so it is worthwhile.

Even if they were unwilling, they had to go to Yin Peinan to pay the money, and then brought the materials to Hu Baoshan's house to pay the custom-made money.

Hu Baoshan was very happy to be able to collect manual fees, but there were too many people and his family couldn't do it, so he asked Yin Peinan and the others for their consent, and found another two to share the work, so that they could be in time before the peanuts were sown. Finish all the columbine carts in the village.