delicious little cook

Chapter 1054 Double Grab
Shi Tianqi wrote a letter to decline the cousins' request, Shi Tianmin also wrote a letter to inform Gu Yun, and told him clearly that the two county magistrates of King Yu had thought about him. Gu Yun should be more careful and keep a distance from the people in Prince Yu's Mansion.

Gu Yun had a headache after reading the letter, but fortunately he has never had direct contact with Prince Yu's mansion. King Yu's eldest son is younger than Gong Yueyun, his first-in-law Minghui is even younger, and among Concubine Zhao's descendants He is also the most familiar with Shi Tianmin. If the two older daughters of King Yu want to come to him directly, they can only do it under the guise of business. If they want to do business, they have to go through Bai Kou first.

Thinking of Bai Kou, Gu Yun hurriedly forwarded Shi Tianmin's letter to her, reminding her to be careful, the proud descendants of the Tian family have never pretended to be grandsons in a low voice, it is difficult to predict their behavior, so be careful. wonderful.

Bai Kou, who was busy arranging the affairs of the factory and preparing to go to the farm to supervise the double-robbing, took time out of his busy schedule to read the letter, curled his lips, took the letter paper and pen to write to Hua Qingyu, and attached a bank note , Ask him to check the trend of Prince Yu's Mansion, whether the Lingyun sisters really intend to come out to do business to revive the family business, what preparations are being made for doing business, and how many assets are available.

These two young ladies are worthy of encouragement to come out and do things for their families, but whether they know how to bow their heads and beg for help is another matter.

Before Hua Qingyu replied, Bai Kou packed her bags and went to the farm to supervise the double grab.

The palace chief built a large boat, and took them and the entourage and guards of the princess and the emperor's grandson in one boat. After a guard of honor, the surrounding ships gave way to the ship, allowing the ship to pass unimpeded. On the smooth sailing, the men get together to brag about the scenery on the water, and the women get together to play horse cranes.

This time, none of the shareholders was absent, and even Gu Hui went out. There happened to be four women, and the four of them took turns sitting in the bank. The house was under siege.

After the big ship left the main stream and turned into a tributary leading to the farm, the river channel narrowed, the speed of the ship dropped, and the ship slowly docked on a pier converted from a sandbar. Their ship was too big, in this shallow place Inappropriate, after everyone changed to a light boat, they arrived at the passenger terminal of the farm at sunset. From here, they can go ashore directly to the inn area where the merchants stay. The last time the prince came to live here, in order to welcome the shareholders and the princess With so many grandchildren, the farm has already made preparations.

The merchants looked at so many princes and grandsons from a distance, and they were very excited. Last time it was the prince, and this time it was the princess and the emperor's grandson. If they want to make money in the future, they have to hug the thighs of these princes and grandsons, especially Mr. Bai , can be called a strange woman, seeing her left-handed princess and right-handed grandson, talking and laughing happily, without any timidity.

After a lot of busy work, everyone settled down, and the steward in charge of farming came to report to the shareholders. The preparations for the double grab were also made. The manpower and the venue were properly arranged, and the rice harvesting could start as planned tomorrow morning.

Everyone rested overnight, got up and had breakfast the next day when the sky was slightly bright, and went to a temporary high platform next to the farmland to watch the whole process of the double robbery. Merchants were also allowed to stand on the sidelines from a distance. It is a large piece, covering as much as [-] mu. Many people came to see the double-grab farm that started today, so the route was drawn with lime, and no one is allowed to mess around.

Everyone who participated in the double grab was in place. Looking from the high platform, there were many carts wrapped in tarpaulins. You could only see the oxen and draft horses pulling the carts, but you couldn’t see what was under the tarpaulin. There were many men and women behind the carts. , holding a shoulder pole and a basket, no one takes a sickle.

At this time, it was broad daylight, and the stewards below kept telling her that the preparations were completed. Bai Kou picked up a trumpet-shaped tin tube, took a deep breath, and the deep breath brought her voice, which was amplified by the horn. spread far away.

"Double snatching begins! Let's go!"

Hearing this order, the tarpaulins on the oxen and carriages were immediately pulled off, and the crowd of onlookers cried out in surprise, unable to tell what the iron things behind them were.

The driver of the car sat in the parking space and drove the cattle and draft horses to the farmland. The rice was immediately caught under the iron claws of the iron guy, and then the bundled rice was spit out. The men with poles followed the car, With a hook on the shoulder pole, two bundles of rice are picked up and placed on the cart outside the field, and the woman with the basket behind is responsible for picking up the fallen rice. It will germinate and grow, and it will grow one plant to the east and one plant to the west.

Relying on the harvester pulled by oxen and horses is much more efficient than relying on manpower to wield a sickle in the sun. This is the secret weapon that Bai Kou has been carefully preparing for double-grabbing. She never expected to rely on four thousand officials and servants to harvest rice from the beginning. .

"My goodness!"

These four words kept ringing in Bai Kou's ears. Looking at their dull eyes, she felt elated in her heart.

Seen from the high platform, these iron guys are lined up, harvesting rice ridge by ridge, walking from one end to the other, and walking back from the other end after turning a corner. Men and women just follow behind and divide the work. Clearly, the speed is astonishing. Occasionally, there is an iron thing that gets stuck, and the driver can fix it immediately. It is nothing more than a rice jam or a glitch in the strapping machine. The drivers are actually the mechanics and technicians who make these machines, with Lao Sha as the leader , led his team and the masters of the smelting workshop to work together to achieve this amazing scene at this time.

"Look at the speed! Didn't it be harvested in a few days?!" Gong Zhenghui pointed at the rice field and exclaimed.

"Up to three days." Bai Kou replied calmly.

"Where are those full carts going now?" The princess pointed to the carts leaving the farmland.

"Threshing and drying in the sun."

"I want to go see it!"

"Let's go, the threshing should have started over there."

Bai Kou walked down the high platform first, followed by a group of people. No one had seen this new thing before. Bai Kou hid it too tightly. She didn't reveal this secret weapon last time when the crown prince came. Both Yun and Gong Changji didn't know about it, even though there were stewards sent by them on the farm, no one passed on the gossip to them, and the stewards only listened to Bai Kou now.

A large group of people followed the carts to the sun-drying field on hard ground. Three large carts with chimneys were parked beside the field. The people sent the rice up, and the people above did not know how to do it. After a while, they saw the grains spit out from a big iron mouth, and the people on the cart threw down the bare straw.

The carts full of rice were parked beside the three chimney carts and waited in line, and the threshed rice was spread out to dry in the open drying field.

Except for the triumphant Bai Kou, the onlookers were all speechless.

"Bai Kou." Gong Zhenghui tugged at her sleeve, "Your pair of guns really opened our eyes, it saves so much effort."

"Of course, our basic policy is to do everything with the least effort as the highest purpose. Now we still rely on crowd tactics to engage in double grabs, which is too backward."

"So, there are new iron guys in the back of the plowing and sowing?"

"Yes, I copied it from an ancient book. Do you know that there are patterns in ancient books? It's easy to restore. The only difference is that we are all cast iron now. There are not many iron parts in ancient books, and the wooden components are easily damaged. Probably This is the reason why it was lost, if it is not cheap to build one, and if it is easy to break, no one will use it.”

"Writing has been handed down from generation to generation, no wonder you require all officials and servants to be able to read and write!"

Bai Kou laughed loudly, and slapped Gong Zhenghui on the back hard.

"There will be more exquisite good things in the future, just wait and see!"

"I'm going to leave after watching the sowing!"

"no problem!"

"I want to find out other secrets you are hiding!"

"That won't work!"

(End of this chapter)