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Chapter 54 Tractors are also Black Technology (Second update, please recommend,)
In the warehouse at the dock, all kinds of materials are piled up like a mountain.

In addition to agricultural tools, the materials in the warehouse also include some simple mechanical machine tools and several steam engines, all of which are packed in huge wooden wooden boxes.

But even so, when Zhu Xianhai entered the warehouse, he still saw a large wooden box with a length of seven or eight meters and a height of three to four meters.

"Could it be this!"

Following Zhu Xianhai's order, the wooden box was opened, and what appeared in front of his eyes was a huge black monster.

"that's it!"

Staring at the guy with the black yo-yo, Fang Zhanbo wondered.

"My lord, what is this thing? It looks like a steam engine in a sawmill."

The steam engine used in the sawmill was brought by Elizabeth earlier, and it is also the earliest "industrial machinery" in Nanhua.

"This one……"

Zhu Xianhai laughed.

"It's almost like a steam engine, but it's a steam tractor!"

Almost as soon as he saw a "steam tractor" in the "Life Mall", Zhu Xianhai immediately chose to order it.

Tractor!

The symbol of agricultural mechanization!
No way!

Of course, this is steam, the kind that burns water and coal, not oil, and uses a steam engine.

"Tractor? What is a tractor?"

Fang Zhanbo was puzzled.

"It's what plows."

"Can it plow?"

"How can such an iron lump plow the ground?"

"How many cows would it take to drag it?"

Zhu Xianhai didn't bother to explain to them, but directly ordered them to bring firewood. After purchasing the steam tractor, he had the skills to operate the steam tractor in his mind.

"Go get some water, fill it first..."

Compared with the tractors of later generations, the operation of steam tractors is extremely cumbersome, even this kind of tractor equipped with a miniaturized steam engine was invented by Alabart in France as early as 1856.

After years of improvement, the technology of this steam tractor has been very mature, and it has more horsepower and slower speed.However, steam tractors in this period were still bulky and expensive, inconvenient to use, and often required several people to operate. They were only suitable for farming on vast fields, and it was difficult for individual farmers to afford them.Therefore, it was not popularized soon, and farmers had a small calculation, and it was more cost-effective to use horse-drawn plows.

However, that is for ordinary individual farmers. Zhu Xianhai’s side is different. There are no individual farmers on his side. After leaving Nanhua, it is the vast Pampas Plain, where tractors can exert their capabilities.

From filling the water tank, to adjusting the instrument, to lighting the firewood to heat the water and pressurize it, it took nearly an hour of preparation before the steam tractor could be put into use.Zhu Xianhai personally took control of the tractor, said to Wang Anning on the side.

"You will be in charge of burning the boiler later."

"okay!"

Wang Anning responded, and looked curiously at Dong Jia standing aside, watching him pull the operating lever.

"Boom..."

Accompanied by the roar of the machine, under the gaze of everyone, this steam tractor moved!

"He moved, moved..."

Listening to the roar of the drive shaft, the onlookers all opened their eyes wide in surprise.

"The speed is still a bit slow!"

Turning the steering wheel vigorously, Zhu Xianhai said to himself.

But even so, he also knows that steam tractors are definitely the "black technology" of the first industrial revolution. Historically, they have not received much attention because ordinary small farmers cannot afford them.But if it can be used properly, it will definitely become a booster for large-scale agricultural reclamation.

"My God, it, how can it run away?"

Open your eyes wide, Fang Zhanbo and the others are all dumbfounded, not to mention them, even William Hansen, Brian, Leonardo and others are also dumbfounded.

Steam tractors... are definitely "black technology" for these old hats in South America.

"beep!"

When the whistle of the steam tractor blew in Nanhua, Zhu Xianhai, the first tractor driver in Nanhua, looked at the people who were attracted by the whistle. Gravel road, all the way to the ground, and then ordered.

"Hang up the plow."

Iron plows are specially designed for tractors. Unlike horse-drawn wheel plows, this kind of iron plow has a total of eight iron plows, which can clear land nearly three meters wide at a time.Previously it had been loaded on a carriage and pulled,

"Can such a heavy guy move?"

In the eyes of everyone, the huge eight-shared iron plow was soon hung on the steam tractor, and there was a person standing on each plowshare.

"Boss, this, can this work?"

Zhu Xianhai, standing on the steam tractor that was nearly as high as a house, smiled at others' doubts, and blew the whistle again instead of speaking.

"beep……"

The long sound of the siren echoed, just like the sound of a train starting, and the black smoke from the chimney rushed towards his face. Although the smell of the smoke was very choking, Zhu Xianhai still seemed very proud. Man, the power of machinery is always There is a kind of admiration for fame.

Perhaps, this steam tractor is not as good as those crawler tractors of later generations, but it is big enough and complicated enough to operate.

Finally, the tractor moved.As it pulls the share of the iron plow, it cuts through the ground as easily as cutting butter.The black slaves, who were driving the poor horses to reclaim the land, watched in amazement that the giant was slowly catching up with them. Its speed was neither fast nor slow, but it could easily reclaim a large area of ​​land. .

"Have you seen..."

Looking back at the nearly two-kilometer-long land plowed behind him, the land covered with weeds was turned over by the plow, and those horse-drawn plows had been thrown to nowhere. The people following this tractor were amazed looking at the plowed black soil.

This is too fast!
"This is a tractor. As long as there is water, firewood, and coal, it can work day and night, plow the soil, loosen the soil and sow seeds. It can do anything. It is a machine! This is the power of a machine!"

Compared with ordinary steam engines, the shock brought by steam tractors to people was unprecedented. Looking at the stunned looks of the onlookers, Zhu Xianhai knew that they were shocked, and this was exactly the effect he wanted!

Jumping off the tractor, looking at Zhu Xianhai whose face was blackened, a Chinese laborer patted the huge iron guy vigorously and said.

"Boss, there is an iron guy. I'm afraid we don't have enough land in Nanhua for him to plow in a few days. That horse, everything is useless..."

His words made Zhu Xianhai laugh out loud.

"Not enough land? How could there not be enough land? Let me tell you, Nanhua doesn't have a lot of land, it just has a lot of land!"

(End of this chapter)