Datang Library

Chapter 545 Master Craftsman Bai Fan Farming Artifact
Seven days later, in Zhongnan Academy, Li Wanping came from Chang'an to look for Bai Fan.

"Husband, didn't you just play a prank on them once? You are so frightened, and you still hide in the academy and never go out again. Let's see what you have done?"

As he spoke, Li Wanping took out a handkerchief and went forward to wipe the dirt off Bai Fan's face. At this time, Bai Fan's face was covered with sweat and black soot, and his hair was messed up. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned for several days.

Bai Fan wiped his sweat with his handkerchief and said with a smile: "Where is it really necessary to hide from them? Isn't it because I want to plant fairy food? Seeing that the time for farming is coming, I need to urgently make an artifact, otherwise the breeding Things are not going well."

"What kind of artifact? Isn't it enough to find someone to breed and farm and just hand over the planting matters to them? What? Is there any special requirement for immortal food?" Li Wanping was puzzled.

Bai Fan laughed and said, "How many people do we need to farm the [-]-acre Chang'an County? If there are too many people, there will be no guarantee that there will be no enemy spies in it, so in order to solve this problem, we can only find ways to reduce labor.

As farmers, we only find 3000 reliable people to farm, and if we want [-] people to successfully cultivate [-] mu of land, we must rely on our magic weapon. "

"Oh? What kind of artifact is so powerful? 3000 people can cultivate [-] mu?"

"Hehe, in fact, with this thing, not to mention 3000 people, each person can take care of at least a hundred acres of land. The 3000 people are for intensive cultivation. After all, they are breeding for immortal grain."

Ah? ? ?
Li Wanping was frightened, and wanted to go to see what kind of treasure it was, but was told that the blacksmith workshop was dirty and messy, and the artifact hadn't been finished yet, and it would take three days.

It is no wonder that Li Wanping was surprised. Although the farmers in the Tang Dynasty were careful to take care of the fields, due to backward equipment and limited manpower, it was a great achievement for a strong laborer to be able to take care of five to ten acres of fertile land. For example, Bai Fan’s father Bai Da , It is said that it is [-] acres of fertile land, but how much can he plant?Many fields have been plowed shallowly, sowed with seeds, and waited for the next year to make do to recover the cost. The real food rations are only a few acres of land.

This is still Baida who was rewarded with land. Most common people in the Tang Dynasty did not have much land and were not rich. Many lands are still in the hands of various nobles. There is no harvest, and a few acres of wasteland cannot be opened up in a year, so the life of the people in Tang Dynasty is still relatively difficult.

"Ma'am, why are you free to come to the academy? The children in the family are pointing at you to discipline them."

Thinking of the four naughty boys at home, Bai Fan and his wife laughed at the same time. These four children are only three years old now, and they are already lawless in the White Mansion. However, Bai Fan dare not discipline them severely. The four boys are really Bai Fan Uncle Qi's darling, whenever he sees his father Bai Fan's expression is unkind, he will hide from Zhang Qi, Bai Fan will be reprimanded every time, and as time goes on, the children even take pleasure in playing tricks on their father.

"It's Yinger's sister's turn to discipline the children, and I can't stand being pestered when I come, so the two of us take turns taking care of them.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with coming to see you, but the father always comes to see you, but you have been absent, and I heard that it is because of the chili. "

Bai Fan was speechless, "Tell me about your father, you're too narrow-minded, shouldn't I just punish him once? As for complaining to you every day?"

Li Wanping smiled and said: "It's not because of this, you are too, the son-in-law punished the father-in-law, now this matter has been spread all over Chang'an, the father is ashamed to go out.

He came to look for you. I heard that it was the mother who learned about the delicacy of chili peppers from the second aunt, and pestered the king to ask you to make a meal. It just so happened that I wanted to have another meal of that fried noodles..."

"Well, I don't know you yet? In fact, it's my old father-in-law who is greedy and wants to take the opportunity to order me to take revenge. Go back and tell him. After I finish my work on breeding immortal food, I will serve him well for a few days and treat him as a month." The chef is ready, don't hold on to it all day long."

Bai Fan didn't know what Li Wanping said when he returned to his natal family, anyway, on the second day, Emperor Li Er and Jin Wang Li Jiancheng came together and plunged into the secret casting workshop of Zhongnan Academy.

"The artifact? Where is the artifact?" Li Er started to shout before entering the door.

Everyone inside is busy forging iron and forging, who has the time to care about him?

The brothers of the Li family saw that the casting workshop was already filled with all kinds of iron objects, large and small, and they were surprised to pick them up one by one and examine them carefully.

"Here, is this thousand-refined refined steel? Are they all thousands-refined refined steel?"

"This thing is a farming artifact?"

The Li brothers exclaimed in surprise, causing everyone in the foundry to burst into laughter.

Qin Qiong, who was in charge of pulling the bellows, said with a smile: "It's just various parts. In short, it will eventually form a huge mechanism beast. It can be used with the strength of at least fifty horses. The advantage is that there is no need to stop and rest."

"Really?"

"If there is such a thing, how many acres can be cultivated in that day? Son-in-law, seeing that you are so confident, you must make more, which can greatly alleviate the problem of the lack of cattle in the Tang Dynasty. Great joy, great joy!" Li Jiancheng also nodded.

It's no wonder that the Li brothers rushed here excitedly. You must know that the number of cattle and horses for farming in ancient times was limited, and war horses were not used for farming. The only ones used for farming were cattle, horses, mules, and donkeys, and these were also very expensive. However, the current economic situation in the Tang Dynasty, although there are cattle imported from Shiwei, it still cannot be popularized to the extent that one household has one cattle.

Even if there is only one cow in the family, it is a great achievement for one cow to plow two acres of land a day. Because cows are livestock, they have to rest, pant and graze. This event greatly limited the development of agriculture.

It is conceivable how many people are needed to cultivate [-] mu of land?How many cattle are needed?So how much investment is needed to solve the problem of plowing the ground and breeding fairy food?

But Bai Fan's requirements are even higher. When breeding immortal grains, the fields must be plowed deeply, which is twice as deep as that of ordinary people's fields, because the people in the Tang Dynasty plowed the land and the soil is too shallow, only five fingers deep. How is it possible to double the depth of the soil?Wouldn't it be exhausting to death?So in the end, Bai Fan had to figure out a solution by himself.

Bai Fan kept dropping the hammer while explaining: "Father-in-law, please forgive me. This thing has thousands of parts. I originally planned to wait until the Datang blast furnace was built to produce refined steel." At that time, it was mass-produced, but [-]% of the blast furnace was still unfinished, and it would take at least three months.

So helpless, I have no choice but to use the ancient casting method to make a set by hand for the time being. If ordinary blacksmiths make it, although the parts have the same shape, the texture will be much worse. I am afraid that it will break after use. This is Ouye Casting Forged with advanced technology, the strength of each part can rival those legendary magic weapons.

No, it takes ten days to build it. On average, several of us need to make hundreds of parts around the clock every day, and they need to be accurate. Unless I have this vision, no one else can do this task. . "

Bai Fan didn't talk nonsense on this point, because he has the ability to measure and measure. If these parts are made to meet the specifications and whether they can be used, you can tell at a glance, and it is absolutely impossible to replace them.

And for this thing, Bai Fan recruited a lot of helpers, all of them are masters, Ziyang Zhenren, Li Yuanji, Qin Qiong, Li Yuanba, and Yuchi Baolin. Among them, only Bai Fan and Li Yuanba are proficient in hammering, and Yuchi Baolin Threatening to inherit his ancestral business (Yu Chigong was born as an ironsmith), he wanted to learn casting from his master Bai Fan. Bai Fan saw that he was born with great strength, so he simply passed on Ouye's casting skills. As for the others, they all helped, after all, ten days Hard work is not something ordinary people can bear.

Li Er nodded in admiration and asked: "Well, the artifact is naturally not so easy to make, by the way, what's the name of this thing?"

Bai Fan laughed and said, "He has a simple name called 'Tractor', which means a machine specially used for pulling, and his nickname is Iron Bull."

　Yes, you read that right, it is a tractor. The times are developing and the country is progressing. Datang is about to start a wave of black technology era. Don’t say that the starting point is too high. We need to start with a steam engine. Tractors are nothing. With the library in hand, why not build a strategic location, so stay tuned~
　　
　
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