Steel Dynasty - Chapter 606

[Chapter 606 Grain Drill]

Outside the camp, the slogans of soldiers training were flying over Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming said to Niu Ben: “What Governor Niu said is absolutely true. In this battle of Wei, the Southern Expeditionary Army and the Dengzhou Army captured the city like searching for something. Now that the King of Wei has been captured, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Jinling City are connected together. Now we only need to continue to strengthen our armaments and work hard on internal affairs to find opportunities to break the situation and hold the northern country in our hands. “

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

Now that Xiao Ming has the advantage of the army, he is not short of money and food. After all, taking the land of Wei means he has an extra granary.

“The generals are responsible for fighting the war, and the officials are responsible for assisting His Highness in managing the feudal country. Coupled with the power of the feudal country’s firearms, His Highness can easily conquer the northern kingdom.”

Fiji is also very confident now. King Wei is powerful among many vassals, but Xiao Ming is now so easy After taking it down, he had to look at firearms differently.

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard this. Fiji missed something. He only needs to be responsible for improving technology.

Now that Wei Di has been captured, he can devote himself to climbing the technology tree with peace of mind. In the past few years, Qingzhou has accumulated a group of technical talents, laying the foundation for the explosion of technology. Now is the time for him to participate. After all, students who have mastered scientific and technological knowledge have different understanding abilities than before, and he only needs a little refresher.

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

The farming season is coming soon, and he has something to deliver to the slave manor in Qingzhou, and he is also planning to let the government government promote it.

When they arrived in the city, Xiao Ming and Feiji 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 Qingzhou Camp with them, but when Lin Wentao sent something over, he couldn’t walk and had to take such a machine to the field for field testing.

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

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

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

In modern Europe, the first seeder was made in Greece in 1636. In 1830, the Russians installed a seeding device on an animal-powered multi-share plow to make a plow. The United Kingdom, the United States and other countries began to mass-produce animal-powered plows after 1860. Grain drill.

The structure of this kind of seeder is not very complicated, but even so it requires a certain industrial foundation to be mass-produced. Now Lin Wenyao can produce it because Qingzhou can produce the spare parts and also has the drawings provided by Xiao Ming.

Otherwise, they probably would not have the idea of producing a seed drill on their own.

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

To put it simply, it is actually a long plow-shaped tool underneath, with a round-shaped seed box mounted on it. At the same time, there is a connecting rod-like structure on the walking wheels. Every time it rotates, the lower part of the seed box will move. The mouth is opened so that the seeds will fall into the furrows that have been plowed, and at the rear of the drill is a curved iron plate. This structure will level the soil after the seeds have been spread.

“What! Three people planted twenty acres of land in one morning!” Fiji’s jaw almost dropped.

“It’s absolutely true. If you don’t believe me, count it yourself.” Pang Yukun pointed to the field ridges. 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 now. He said: “Your Highness, if this seeder is popularized, 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 coming It’s just too timely.”

After that, Fiji ran towards the slave who was sowing 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 is still a bit shocking to people from out of town.

Seeing Fiji walking in the fields holding a long gown, the two of them followed.

The three of them stopped in front of the grain drill. At this time, a stinky smell suddenly came from the ground. Xiao Ming suddenly realized something, “This Lin Wentao, he also added a manure trough on it.”

“That’s true, next. When Guan first came, he was a little surprised. This grain drill can plow the land, sow seeds, and apply fertilizer at the same time. According to the people sent by Lin Wentao, everything on this drill can be disassembled.” Pang Yukun said.

Fiji walked around the grain drill. After looking at it, he probably had an idea in his mind. He said, “Isn’t this just a columbine?”

“Yes, it’s a columbine, but it’s an improved version.” Xiao Ming laughed.

Fiji nodded. “In the past, people used wooden columbuses. This kind of columbine spread seeds very slowly. This thing is made of steel and is much faster. Moreover, this thing looks like twelve columbines are trapped together. It’s no wonder that one morning It can sow twenty acres of land.”

“That’s natural. How can a columbine compare with such a large seed drill? Your Highness, let Lin Wentao mass-produce it now, and then let each production team buy one.” Pang Yukun. Looking excited.

Xiao Ming shook his head, “Well, not only must it be equipped for the production team, but it must also be used in slave manors and merchants’ large farms. In this way, the money sold to merchants can be used to subsidize the production team.”

Fiji and Pang Yukun heard that Yan looked at each other and smiled, this idea was a great one, so that the common people could use the seed drill cheaply.

Xiao Ming was also in a good mood today. He said: “You will be happy in a few days. This grain drill is just the beginning. I will work with Lin Wentao to build the animal-powered harvester before harvesting.”

“Harvester.” The two of them were surprised again.

Xiao Ming nodded. In modern times, the horse-drawn disc cutter harvester first appeared in England in 1799. Like the seed drill, these machines are currently not difficult to manufacture. All they require is the mechanical structure. After all, his lathe , steam engines, and steelmaking technology have all reached this level.

(End of chapter)