Chapter 602: Grain drill

Outside the camp, the slogans of soldier training were flying over Qingzhou.
Xiao Ming said to Niu Ben: "The Niu Dudu said that the Southern Expedition and Dengzhou Army's conquering of the city in the Wei Di battle is like trying to fetch things. Now that King Wei has been captured, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Jinling are joined together. Now we only need to continue to strengthen our armaments, and diligently repair our internal affairs, we can look for opportunities to break the situation and hold the northern countries in our hands."
The war may start with the training and bravery of the two armies, but as the war progresses, it is money and equipment.
Now that Xiao Ming has the advantage of the army, he is not short of money and food. After all, he has an extra granary if he wins Wei Di.
"The generals are responsible for the war, and the officials are responsible for assisting His Royal Highness in governing the confinement of the country. Together with the benefits of the confinement of the country's firearms, it is easy for His Highness to obtain the northern kingdom.
Fiji is also very confident now. King Wei is strong among many vassals. Now that Xiao Ming has taken it so easily, he has to look at firearms differently.
Xiao Ming smiled when he heard the words, and Fiji missed a word. He only needs to be responsible for climbing technology.
Now that Wei Di is taken down, he can also devote himself to the matter of climbing the tree of science and technology with peace of mind. In the past few years, Qingzhou has reserved a group of technical talents, laying the foundation for the explosion of science and technology. Now is the time for him to participate. After all, the comprehension ability of the students who have mastered the knowledge of science and technology is no longer what it used to be, and he only needs to mention a little bit.
The three spoke for a while in the camp, and Xiao Ming and Fiji returned to Qingzhou City.
As soon as the farming season came, he had something to deliver to the slave manor in Qingzhou, and he was also going to let the government office promote it.
When they arrived in the city, Xiao Ming and Fiji did not go to the government office, but to the manor where Kuiwu was located. In the manor, he saw Pang Yukun with a look of excitement.
Originally, Pang Yukun was going to Qingzhou Daying with them, but when Lin Wentao sent something over, he couldn't walk, so he had to bring such a machine to the field to experiment.
"His Royal Highness, this animal-powered twelve-row drill is amazing. In just one morning, three people planted seeds on twenty acres of land."
Seeing Xiao Ming and Fiji coming, Pang Yukun trot over from the field.
Xiao Ming glanced not far away. At this time, three slaves were planting seeds in the field. One of them was holding three cows, and the other two slaves were holding a long-shaped object. This was sent by Lin Wentao. Animal power twelve-row drill.
The first planter in modern Europe was made in Greece in 1636. In 1830, the Russians installed a planting device on the animal-powered multi-part plow to make a plow-planter. The United Kingdom, the United States and other countries began mass production of animal power after 1860. Cereal seed drill.
The structure of this planter is not very complicated, but even so, it requires a certain industrial foundation to be able to mass-produce it. Now Lin Wenyao can produce it not only because Qingzhou can produce the spare parts, but also the drawings provided by Xiao Ming.
Otherwise, relying on their own estimation, they would not have the idea of ​​producing drills.
In fact, the principle of the drill is very simple, that is, the walking wheels drive the seeding wheels to rotate, and the seeds are discharged from the seed box above into the seed tube, and fall into the opened trench through the opener, and then suppressed by the overburden. The device covers and compacts the seeds.
To put it simply, the bottom is actually a long strip of plow-shaped tool with a round-shaped seed box on it. At the same time, there is a linkage-like structure on the walking wheels. Each rotation will make the seed box underneath. Open the mouth so that the seeds will fall into the ditch that has been plowed, and on the back of the drill is an arc-shaped iron plate. After the seeds are spread, this structure will level the soil.
"What! Three people planted 20 acres of land in the morning!" Fiji's jaw almost fell.
"It's true. If you don't believe me, go and count it yourself." Pang Yukun pointed to Tian Long. Now, in order to distinguish the size of each acre of land, a branch is inserted at the top of each acre.
Fiji counted it, and it was really 20 acres.
Fiji was really shocked. He said: "His Royal Highness, if this planter is promoted, the people will be able to plant more land. Now there are fewer people in Youzhou, and Ryukyu is waiting for development. This thing will come. It was too timely."
After all, Fiji ran to the slaves who were sowing in spite of their image.
Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun glanced at each other, and both smiled helplessly. People living in Qingzhou are now used to new things appearing after a while.
But it was still a bit shocking for people from outside.
Seeing Fiji walking deep and shallow with long gowns among the fields, the two followed.
When the three people stopped in front of the grain drill, a bad smell suddenly spread over the surface, and Xiao Ming suddenly realized something, "This Lin Wentao, he added the manure trough to it."
"That's true. When the officials first came, they were a little surprised. This grain drill can plow, sow, and fertilize the land together. According to the person sent by Lin Wentao, everything on this drill can be disassembled." Pang Yukun said.
Fiji was wandering around the grain drill. After looking at it, he probably had a count. He said, "Isn't this a columbine?"
"Yes, it's a columbine, but an improved columbine." Xiao Ming laughed.
Fiji nodded. "In the past, people used wooden columbine cars. This kind of columbine cars was very slow to sow seeds. This thing is made of steel much faster, and this thing is like twelve columbine cars stuck together~www.mtlnovel. com~ It’s no wonder that 20 acres of land can be planted in one morning."
"That's natural. How can Aquilegia compare with this kind of large drill? Your Highness, let Lin Wentao mass produce it now, and let every production team buy one at that time." Pang Yukun looked excited.
Xiao Ming shook his head, "Well, not only must the production team be equipped, but also the slave manor and the merchant's large farm, so that the money sold to the merchant can be used to subsidize the production team."
Fiji and Pang Yukun laughed at each other when they heard the words. The idea was wonderful, so that the people could use the drill cheaply.
Xiao Ming is also in a good mood today. He said, "You will be happy in a few days. This grain drill is just the beginning. This king and Lin Wentao will build the animal power harvester before harvesting."
"Harvester." The two were surprised again.
Xiao Ming nodded. In 1799, the first horse-drawn disc cutter harvester appeared in Britain in 1799. Like drills, these machines are not difficult to manufacture at present, only the mechanical structure is needed. After all, his lathe , Steam engine, steelmaking technology have reached this level.