Orion's pretty daughter-in-law

Chapter 80 New Farm Tools

"A new farm tool." Luo Jinxiu pointed to the blueprint and said, "This is a new type of plow, called a Quyuan plow. It can be used without livestock and manpower, and it is very convenient. This is a columbine cart for sowing."

Luo Jinxiu briefly explained to him the production methods and usage methods of these two agricultural tools, their advantages and disadvantages, etc. As expected, Yun Jinghao's expression changed.

Agriculture in this era is not very developed, and the tools we have are only the most basic, such as shovels, hooks, and rakes, etc., such as waterwheels, which may be useful in the south of the Yangtze River, but not in the north, and there is only one plow. Not to mention a simple straight plow that must be driven by livestock, it is also quite inconvenient to use.

To plow the ground and sow, either use the plow that must use livestock, or use a hoe to plow the ground manually. It is very laborious. If you have a Quyuan plow and a columbine cart, at least in spring sowing, it can greatly reduce labor and improve efficiency.

If you ask her, the people in the village habitually borrow cattle from two or three families with cattle every year, and he thinks it is not a good idea.

My family can't afford it or is reluctant to spend a lot of money to buy cattle, but I have to use it in order not to delay the spring sowing, so I can only borrow it. After a long time, some people will inevitably feel that anyway, they can borrow it from others, and the cost is only to spend some fodder. Buy it on purpose, and pay for an extra ration when you don’t need it?

It's not true that there are only two or three families in the village who can afford cattle, but it's because they all live in the same village and are related to each other, and it's hard to refuse to borrow cattle.

If there is a plow that can easily plow the ground without livestock, is there no reason to borrow other people's cattle?On the other hand, it will be much easier for them to dig the land in their own home in the future. They don't have to call out all the staff every time, and they can set aside some people to do other things at home.

"How do you know about these new farming tools?" Yun Jinghao was amazed and confused, his daughter-in-law, like him, came from an ordinary farmer's family, knowing some food recipes, and researching a muscle cream was enough to surprise him, and then In addition to this new farm tool that he had never seen before, but he could imagine how much it would have a great impact on the agricultural development of the farmers and even the entire country, he couldn't help shaking again in his heart.

"I know a lot, so you just say, with these things, can you avoid people coming to borrow cattle as much as possible in the future?" Luo Jinxiu snorted twice.

Yun Jinghao was taken aback for a moment, and belatedly understood what she meant by taking out the blueprint, and was immediately amused. How dare she take out such an astonishing thing just to prevent people in the village from borrowing their cattle again?

Yun Jinghao couldn't laugh or cry: "Do you know how much shock these new agricultural tools will cause once they are taken out, even the people in the government will be alarmed."

Luo Jinxiu said nonchalantly: "If you're alarmed, it's OK to be alarmed. I didn't want to hide it. It's best for everyone to use these things. Zhang Zhixian is quite kind. Let's just present the blueprints. I'm not stupid , I don’t know the significance of this thing, why should the superiors be able to give more rewards this time?”

Not only can it solve the immediate problem, but also get a large amount of reward money, um, not a loss!
Yun Jinghao took a deep look at her, and said in a deep voice, "Aren't you afraid that not only will you not get the reward, but you will cause disaster because of the importance of this thing?"

Luo Jinxiu raised her eyebrows, but she didn't show any signs of fear. She spread her hands and said, "Why, we farmers are too tired to plow the land. Can I come up with a tool that saves labor and break the law? The farm tools we use now, All the objects are not thought up by the ancestors for the convenience of life, and what is the difference between me and those people, they are all for the development and progress of society, why should I be troubled by others?"

She has been here for a long time, and she didn't mention it when she was in the Yun family. Later, she paid more attention to the situation in the country she is currently in. The current emperor is a wise emperor. It is beneficial to the common people. If someone puts forward a good suggestion, they should be willing to adopt it.

If she was really targeted by someone, I'm afraid it's only possible that some thoughtful people under there are doing things secretly, for example, trying to grab credit or something.

But she didn't expect to take credit for herself, as long as those people don't get too greedy and even give a little reward, she is quite satisfied.

"If someone doesn't have eyes and wants to trouble me, wouldn't it be you." Luo Jinxiu hooked his neck and kissed him with a smile, "It will be up to you to protect me then, I believe you I won't let anyone bully me casually, right?"

Yun Jinghao's eyes deepened, and when she wanted to retreat, he held the person in his mouth and took a bite of her half-open lip, then leaned against her lips and whispered: "Of course, with me Now, no one can touch you."

Luo Jinxiu smiled, "Then this farm tool?"

Yun Jinghao paused for a moment, "I'll take it to Zhang Zhi County next year."

……

After buying the homestead behind the compound and getting the title deed, Yun Jinghao first sent the drawings of farm tools to the county government, and then recruited a group of workers to quickly build a workshop there.

Unlike our own house, the internal structure of the workshop is much simpler, and we don’t pay much attention to decoration design. It is just a long row of identical ordinary brick houses with no extra design, and the building is strong enough to shelter from the wind. It will rain.

The people in the village are very curious about what they are going to build. No one in the village has ever built a house like this. Luo Jinxiu didn't hide it from them, and said bluntly: "Grease will increase production in the future. As the finished products become more and more The more I have, the more I can’t do it at home, so I just build a workshop alone, and recruit more helpers to help process raw materials in the future, and make grease in batches for sale.”

The villagers were surprised at first, and then the clever one found the point, "You said that after this workshop is built, helpers will be recruited? This helper...where are you going to find it?"

"If possible, of course I want to recruit interested people from the nearest village, mainly for women. As long as they are not too young or too old to work, they are all under consideration. Specific requirements, I haven't figured out the details yet, and I have to wait until the house is built, and then I will talk to Uncle Lizheng and let everyone know."

After getting this news, many people became excited. Those aunts and even some young women rushed to ask her what kind of treatment she was going to give, how much she would pay per month, and how long she would work every day. What to do when the family is busy with farming and so on.

But Luo Jinxiu always said to wait until the workshop was built, leaving these interested parties scratching their heads in a hurry. During the spring sowing, they kept discussing this matter, and the whole village seemed to be in commotion.

Even Mrs. Zhao Chen didn't know where she got the news and came to check on her, and she didn't know what she wanted to do. It couldn't be that she, a mother-in-law, wanted to 'condescend' to come to work for her daughter, right?

After Luo Jinxiu dismissed the person with a few casual words, she didn't pay any attention to it. Anyway, no matter what the other party's idea was, she couldn't possibly agree to it.

Three days after the news of the workshop opened, Luo Jinxiu wondered why there was no movement at all in the Yun family. With so many female relatives in the Yun family, even if at least two of them went to town every day to manage the hot and sour noodles business, the others would not Too likely not to have an idea on the matter?
As a result, as soon as this idea came up, the Yun family came over the next day.

And among the people who came, there was someone she didn't expect, Yun Chengyao.

"Cheng Yao, is the academy on vacation again?" Luo Jinxiu asked casually after pouring tea for them, but the tone inexplicably gave people the illusion that the academy was particularly busy, and that it was on vacation every three days.

The old lady and Mrs. Zhang also came together, and both of them were a little stiff and unhappy because of her words, but Yun Chengyao, the person concerned, did not change his face, and politely nodded to Luo Jinxiu in greeting, and then said: "Because Recently, all the students in the academy have started to prepare for the exam, so the academy is on holiday."

take an exam?Luo Jinxiu paused for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Yun Jinghao, who also had a look of surprise and bewilderment on his face, and said two words to her silently.

Court exam!

It was only then that Luo Jinxiu realized that, yes, Yun Chengyao was studying for the imperial examination, right? It's already spring, and the time for the college examination is indeed not far away.

In the past few days, she has been staring at Gai Workshop, because of the recruitment of workers, which is what the village is talking about recently, and she really completely ignored it, so these people are not here today to find out about job recruitment. The tone of voice, is it for Yun Chengyao?

The old lady Li Shuxiu is impatient, and she didn't bother to waste her words when facing the two juniors, and said directly: "Although when the family was separated, the written record only said that you should give the family a little money to honor the elders, but Cheng Yao's exam is a test for the entire Yun family. The most important thing is that other people in the village should pay attention to it when they get the letter. As the big brother, Jing Hao is living a better life now than at home, can't he show it at all?"

Zhang said: "To take the college exam, you have to go to Fucheng, and the exam takes a long time, and it takes a lot of time before and after, and I heard that the people in their academy will leave a few days in advance to communicate with other students. If you go to Fucheng, you will have to spend a lot of food, lodging and travel expenses."

Yun Chengyao didn't speak at this time.

Scholars, when it comes to such vulgar things as money, it's better not to say anything, so as not to tarnish their reputation, even though they came today to ask Yun Jinghao for money.

Anyway, Luo Jinxiu couldn't understand this kind of hypocrisy and hypocrisy.

"Cheng Yao has a great talent for reading. He has been a scholar after the academy test this time. Not to mention our Shangxi Village, I'm afraid there will be no second one in Furong County. Our Yun family will no longer be a mud-legged scholar." Son, if you help Cheng Yao, Cheng Yao will naturally repay you in the future."

(End of this chapter)