Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176 [Lu Bu's Pigeon Domestication Plan]

Qin Yun looked at Nongzao Linggong Shuming and Nongxuanling Baiji, and ordered: "It's time to start, let's start with the Fenggu cart."

Gong Shuming arranged for people who already knew how to use the Wind Valley Car to start preparations, and Bai Ji stepped forward to the front of the crowd, raised his voice, and said loudly:
"I know everyone is curious about what this strange thing is. I'll tell you now, its name is [Wind Valley Car], and it can also be called [Windmill]."

"What it is used for, you will definitely not be able to guess it. Now we will show it to you. Keep your eyes open and look carefully."

Bai Ji didn't have much knowledge, but his words were very down-to-earth, especially the peasants felt a kind of kindness.

As the Agricultural Proclamation Order of the Department of Agriculture, he is responsible for the promotion of new agricultural tools and new technologies. He wants to directly contact farmers. Knowledge is not the most important thing. What is important is that he understands what farmers think, and he can do it Get twice the result with half the effort.

Beside the three wind valley carts, there are large cloth bags filled with grains, including millet, wheat and rice.There are baskets made of bamboo on the front and rear of the wind valley cart, which are convenient for catching the grains and let everyone see clearly.

Bai Ji ordered people to take out a bag of each kind of grain, then opened it, poured it into three different dustpans, and said to everyone:

"Everyone can see clearly that there are many husks, empty husks and other sundries in these rice, wheat and millet grains."

"Now, we are going to use the windmill to separate the leather shells, empty shells and debris from it. Look carefully, don't blink."

Everyone's eyes fell directly on Fengguche's body, and saw that the three men beside Fengguche untied the sacks beside them.

Then the millet, wheat, and rice were poured into the big buckets on the three wind valley carts, and other people began to shake the wind blades, making a buzzing sound.

Open the valve of the big bucket on the wind valley car, and the grain starts to leak down.

Immediately, from the three openings of the wind valley cart, clean and plump grains came out from the front, and shriveled grains came out from the opposite side, and the air outlets of the wind valley cart basically showed empty grains Or leather shell.

It didn't take long for each of the Wind Valley carts to process five stones of grain, and then carried the processed grain to the front for everyone to watch, touch, and take a closer look.

"Really, you have no husks in this rice, and there are no empty husks. The grains are full, which is incredible."

"The corn valley here is the same!"

"The husks and sundries in the wheat are gone!"

"It takes so much grain to be cleaned up in a short time. This windy grain cart is really amazing. If you use this windy grain cart during the harvest season, it will be so convenient and easy."

"This Fenggu car seems to be quite simple to use, it's really a good thing."

Many people are moved, especially big households and some businessmen, this thing can save them a lot of labor, that is to say, it can save them a lot of money.

"Everyone be quiet, everyone has seen the amazing effect of the Wind Valley car. Next, there is something that will shock you even more."

As he said that, Bai Ji led everyone to the three water milling rooms, and introduced: "This thing, we call it [Water Milling Wheel], is used to pound rice. How fast and how good it is for pounding rice, everyone can immediately See you."

Gong Shuming on the side immediately arranged for people, and at the same time added rice or millet to the milling tank on the water mill.

Boom, boom, boom.
The noise and the sound of water are not small.

On the water mill, one person is responsible for adding grain, and the other is responsible for cleaning the pounded grain in the mill tank into wooden barrels.

The speed is fast, dozens of times that of a human stone pestle, and more than ten times that of a water pestle.Moreover, the pounded rice is more complete and has less powder than the rice pounded by the other two methods.

The pounded rice is put into the wind valley car, and the rice grains, chaff and powder are separated.Both chaff and powder can be used to feed livestock and are not wasted.

Everyone was stunned. They couldn't believe the speed and cleanliness.

Some of the grain merchants couldn't bear it and asked, "Excuse me, can the wind valley cart and water mill cart be sold? We want to buy some."

Qin Yun and Jia Xu on the side listened to this, Qin Yun smiled with satisfaction, Jia Xu said calmly, "Unexpected, profitable."

According to Lu Bu's intentions, Qin Yun and other talents tried the water mill and wind valley cart with such great fanfare, just to take the opportunity to earn some money from the pockets of big households and grain merchants, so as to subsidize the expenditure of the Agriculture Department.

Regarding the questions of these grain merchants, Bai Ji replied according to Qin Yun's instructions in advance: "Whether to sell or not still needs to be discussed. However, if there are many buyers, the chance of selling will be great."

"These two things are not easy to make. If there are fewer people who want to buy them, and the price is too expensive, you don't want to."

"In this way, you also go down to discuss and discuss. It is best to gather all those who want to buy together, and then report the purchase quantity to the Department of Agriculture in a unified way, so that we can make a decision as soon as possible."

Bai Ji's words made sense, and the grain merchants present could understand, so they agreed to contact other people to buy together after returning home.

The headquarters of the Department of Agriculture has moved to Panyu City. The reason why they came to Guangxin City to make windmills and water mills is because there are many rivers and convenient timber, and most of the carpenters and blacksmiths of the Department of Agriculture are here.

Therefore, they plan to make wind valley carts, water mill carts, boat reins, boat mills, etc. at Guangxin, and then promote them to the counties of Jiaozhou.

Everything is going smoothly, and it won't take long for today's incident to spread quickly throughout Guangxin City, and then the entire Cangwu County, and finally the entire Jiaozhou people will know about it.

Compared to the busyness of the Department of Agriculture, Lu Bu of Nanhai County, Panyu City, and the General's Mansion seemed quite leisurely today.

At the moment, he is playing with the "bird" in the yard.

"Father, these little birds are so cute, how about giving one to my daughter?"

Lu Lingqi at the side carried a birdcage and kept feeding the birds, which she liked very much.

There were only Lu Bu and Lu Lingqi in the courtyard, Diao Chan was not feeling well today, so Lu Bu went to see it, and it turned out that the aunt came, boiled ginger soup and sent it to her, and asked her to stay in the room to rest.

Later, Zhou Zhang came to the mansion and reported on the brewing of baijiu, [Drunken Immortal Wine House] and the chamber of commerce. By the way, he brought some of the birds that Lu Bu had asked him to look for.

As for the matter of the chamber of commerce, Lu Bu did not come forward, and Zhou Zhang handled it well, so Zhou Zhang was given full responsibility for the time being.

"Little girl, these little birds are not simple. They are not ordinary birds. They can send messages thousands of miles away, and they fly away very quickly."

Lu Bu touched Lu Lingqi's head, smiled and said.

"It can still send letters, thousands of miles away? Fly away? It flew away, can it fly back?" Lu Lingqi was curious about the appearance of the baby.

Lu Bu said: "They will never abandon their homes. No matter how far they fly, they can fly back. And they have a nice name: pigeons."

(End of this chapter)