Villager of Daming

Chapter 929: Charges must be compensated by money

"Each has its own merits, it's hard to choose." He took the black vinegar and put it on another plate. Everyone tasted it back and forth. Magistrate Guo shook his head and said he didn't know which one to eat.

"Dui, plate, one, um! Hey hey hey..." Zhu Wentian mixed the vinegar in the two plates together and then picked up the dumplings for dipping.

Magistrate Guo: "..."

other people:"……"

So everyone mixed the vinegar and then dipped it into the dumplings to eat. It tasted really good, so there was no need to worry about which one to choose.

In addition to vinegar, they also need to be dipped in soy sauce. There is little salt in the dumplings. In order to take care of children and the elderly, it is not good to eat too much salt.

Therefore, the dumplings themselves are lighter, the heavier ones are dipped in soy sauce and pickles, and the lighter ones are only dipped in vinegar.

People eat very slowly, including children. The dumplings have a lot of meat. If you take one bite, they will be satisfying, but they will not fully taste the meat.

Everyone ate in a tacit understanding, dipping a bite in vinegar, eating a dumpling and taking a sip of soup.

The wheat harvesting machine is always running. Someone eats first and then takes over for the person on the other side after eating. A lot of money will be collected if a meal is wasted.

Chickens and ducks were released from the field where the wheat ears had been gathered. They quickly rushed in with their legs flying to catch the little grasshoppers.

The little grasshoppers have just come out not long ago. They are about to grow up and reproduce again. The offspring will go into the soil and wait to come out next year.

As a result, we encountered natural enemies. Not to mention that there were no wheat grains left. Even if there were, chickens and ducks would not eat them. How can fresh meat be as delicious as wheat in the shell?

The chickens and ducks without their babies rushed in front. They were not in a hurry to eat and continued to move forward. Behind them were the hens and ducks with their babies.

The chickens and ducks squealed and somersaulted back and forth as they came out of the furrow where the wheat had been harvested. They turned sideways as they ran. Some jumped sideways on the furrow and even rolled forward.

……

After finishing the dumplings for lunch, everyone continued to watch the excitement at the edge of the field, watching chickens and ducks eating grasshoppers.

"This grasshopper looks pretty big now. It seems good to catch and fry. The field is clean."

The fifth child, Zhu Ru, was greedy when he saw the chickens and ducks eating there, even though he had just finished eating.

When Wang Yiqian heard this, he took a few steps back, beckoned two clever young apprentices to come over, and after giving instructions, the two teenagers ran away.

This is the service staff specially arranged for him. The two young men's families are craftsmen for generations. They have been exposed to it since childhood, and at the same time they have to study hard.

They were the best among the children of their generation and had solid basic skills, so they were chosen to accompany Wang Yiqian.

The other apprentices did not come, for fear of delaying things. When working together, an accident may occur if they are not careful.

About ten minutes later, the two men came back, each holding a bundle of small cloth bags with poles, the kind used to catch dragonflies and butterflies.

It took ten people and ten people to make it in ten minutes, including the time of running back and forth. It was so fast, and the materials were all ready-made.

When everyone saw it, they suddenly understood.

The local magistrate Guo Lingzhong went to the side and asked the government officials to call for people, calling for children, twenty of them, who were smarter, and came to get tools to catch grasshoppers. Your Highnesses wanted to eat them, the fried kind.

Not long after, a group of children came over and smiled instantly when they saw Budou, they had something to play with.

One child at a time, no matter what, the child took the initiative to rush into the field that had just been harvested next to it. There were no chickens or ducks there.

"Your Highnesses, these wheat harvesters are really useful. The flatter the ground, the faster the harvest will be."

The county magistrate Guo Lingzhong stepped forward and said "Harvester" with emotion. Zhu Ming glanced at him and nodded slightly: "We have to take away the rest this year. We don't have many in Ming Dynasty. What we can transport will all be transported to the place where winter wheat is grown.

But when the sorghum and soybeans are harvested in the fall, new ones will be delivered here. The quantity is still small, so we'll make do with it.

You should build the steel factory here quickly, and then you can manufacture the same machines here.

In this way, the local area is close to the water, first come first served, saving manpower, and then doing other things, the income will increase. "

He said on behalf of his brother that the county magistrate just wanted to keep good things.

But it is impossible. Harvesting is continuous for 24 hours. After harvesting in Qingyuan County, it is immediately transferred to other places to continue harvesting.

In fields where there are no harvesters, it takes people ten days and a half to harvest manually. If the land is large, it is not uncommon to harvest in twenty days.

Under normal circumstances, a person cuts wheat at dawn in the morning, then when the sun is higher, he eats and rests, and then continues to cut until he eats at noon, and then stops cutting wheat in the afternoon.

One cannot bend down all the time, including when planting paddy fields.

The wheat harvesters finished harvesting in the morning and went to the fields with their poles in the afternoon to pick up the harvested wheat and dry it in the sun. After doing so, their whole bodies ached.

Especially on the second and third days of harvesting wheat. On the first day, the body is very strong and the muscles are tired. The soreness starts on the second day and becomes more serious on the third day.

This thing does not depend on will, it is the same for everyone, and if there is no one who specializes in cutting wheat, the wheat harvest will be just one crop.

Working hard, one person harvests an acre a day, and the prerequisite is that he has enough food, and it is best to have some oil, water, and enough salt.

The onlookers can naturally see the benefits of the harvester. One harvester can support dozens of people. The key is that it consumes coal and water and does not consume grain or oil.

"Thank you, Your Highness King Qin." Guo Lingzhong was not embarrassed by having his thoughts read. He was not doing it for himself, and he did not farm.

The director looked at the hope in the eyes of the people around him and sighed: "Oh~! If I have to suffer and endure for a few more years, things will get better in the future."

Just when everyone was happy, he changed the topic: "But...it won't be free for everyone to use by then! These equipments have a cost.

Regardless of the technical cost, the material cost and labor cost must be allocated, and calculated based on the service life and the value of replacement parts.

When the time comes, it can be converted into time, or converted into acres of land. It depends on how much is appropriate.

Anyway, it’s cheaper than harvesting it yourself. You can save energy to do other things, and the money you earn is enough to pay for the equipment to harvest wheat. "

The mayor raised the issue of money, which was very vulgar, but it had to be said.

Zhu Fan, who was standing next to him, saw the local officials dumbfounded and said, "It's actually not much, it's basically just the money for normal people to work and eat.

What else do you need this machine for? The more you work, the more you pay! Relax, it really doesn't work. We can't control other places. We are responsible for Taiyuan Prefecture. We will subsidize the people and pay for it.

Anyway, in the end, the food is used for the people. We can't eat it all by ourselves, and we are not short of money. "

"Thank you, Your Highness!" All the officials shouted at the same time, how neat it was!

They feel that the sky is bluer and they have no worries. It seems that the entire Ming court is helping the people here.

"When we arrive in Pak Parallel Province, we will tell the people the same thing. I used to think it was difficult to make money, and there is a fixed amount of money in the world. But now I understand that people in the past didn't know how to operate it."

Zhu Di looked at the officials and planned to go to his own fiefdom and enjoy it as well.

　Death

　　

　

(End of this chapter)