Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 408 Farm Notes
Not far from the farm, in the sunny hillside, a three-entry house and a large greenhouse were built.Fang Jun summed up his experience in crop selection and seedling breeding last year, and bound it into a booklet. The experienced old farmers in the farm handed one copy. In their spare time, they pondered this new farming method. Those old farmers who could not read even put their heads down to drill. When I went to the school, I learned from a group of furry dolls that "at the beginning of human beings, nature is inherently good"...

I can’t do it if I don’t study. Last spring’s severe drought caused half of the grain production in Guanzhong, but the farm’s grain harvest was unexpectedly bumper. Not only did the production not decrease, but it increased by [-]-[-]% compared to previous years. It is possible!Although there is a huge role played by farm irrigation and water conservancy, more, it is the effect of the cultivation method of selecting seedlings.

After selection, each plant is a carefully selected strong seed, which will naturally become stronger when it grows into a crop.And seedling raising is to transplant the seedlings that are already several inches high into the field. Although there is time to slow down the seedlings, the plants are strong and more resistant to the environment than the seedlings.

Fang Jun's farming experience that surpassed the times has not been completely kept secret. In fact, these things can't be kept secret. When spring begins, everyone still sees Fang Jun's jokes. This has been the way of farming for thousands of years. Unconventional... But after the autumn harvest, seeing that Fangjia Farm's grain production did not decrease due to the drought, many people realized that this may be because of Fang Jun's ridiculous ways, after the following autumn , many courtiers and nobles who were close to the Fang family sent their own farm stewards to the Fang family to "learn scriptures"...

In the face of these guys who joked about the "nonsense" of the owner of the house before, the farm steward kept his chin up all day with pride, and he was so arrogant.Doesn't it mean that our family is unconventional?Doesn't it mean that our family is grandstanding?Isn't it that our family is whimsical?What's the matter, now that I know our Erlang's ability, I'm jealous, and ask for advice?
If it wasn't for Erlang's explanation, no matter who came to ask for advice, he would know everything, and Fang Quan would never catch these snobbery.

If you teach it, you must teach it. This is a good opportunity for Erlang to spread his reputation. How could Fang Quan let it go?However, it is necessary to be arrogant in attitude.Although Fang Quan hadn't read the book for a few days, he still understood the principle of "cheap is not good". If he likes to ignore it, it will let these shallow-eyed guys know that if the relationship between the two families is not good, this is the case. We are actually unwilling to teach the craftsmanship...

Of course, this new way of farming has greatly improved Fang Jun's reputation within a limited circle.In the past, the willful and impulsive swindler was not useless in everyone's opinion. At least this change in farming methods will bring a large amount of grain production to each family, and these new methods have not been treasured, but have been taught. behavior makes everyone feel better.

In the end, as long as you can bring benefits to everyone and let everyone take advantage, you are a good boy. As for fighting, that's not a problem at all. Whose children don't fight?Noisy child, promising...

Dozens of greenhouses have been built, almost covering the hillside of Xiangyang. From a distance, the bright glass reflects the sun, and the rays of light are dazzling and blooming, which is quite spectacular.In fact, it can really blind people. His Majesty Li Er is even a miser. The glass workshop was in his hands, and he tried to raise the price so hard that glass is now synonymous with the highest-end luxury goods, even if it is The dignitaries want to buy two pieces of glassware, and they all hurt a lot.

Although Fang Jun handed over all the glass workshops to His Majesty Li Er, he actually managed it. Who made all the craftsmen be servants of the Fang family?Although Fang Jun wouldn't take the risk of angering His Majesty Li Er by secretly selling the glass, but it's not a big deal to build more and use it in his own greenhouse.

As a result, the shed made of thousands of pieces of glass has now become a grand scene of Mount Li. Every time a caravan traveler passes by at the foot of Mount Li, they will see this piece of glittering glass from a distance. , sigh in admiration, astounding!

His Majesty Li Er not only did not care about the behavior of Fang Jun's "enriching his own pockets, guarding himself and stealing", but even extremely happy.Fang Jun spread the technique of raising seedlings, and the major families basically learned it, but if you want to raise seedlings, you must have a greenhouse, and if you want to build a greenhouse, you have to buy glass. As a result, the flat glass in the workshop is in short supply. The copper coins flowed like water into His Majesty Li Er's inner pocket...

Before Fang Jun could inspect his "territories", he was aroused by another thing.

After Fangjia's blacksmith shop's great efforts, the four-wheeled carriage finally came off the assembly line...

The most special part of the four-wheeled carriage is its unique steering device. It only needs to change the suspension of the front wheel to a large disc, and then the part where the carriage and the body are connected can be combined with the suspension of the front wheel, so that the front wheel can be turned when the horse is turning. The suspension also follows the overall steering.

This kind of design is difficult to conceive and create, but there is no difficulty in craftsmanship.

Of course, the four-wheeled carriage is actually not perfect. This type of suspension cannot be used for small-angle steering, and it cannot perform rapid steering that is too fast. It also requires higher structural strength for the suspension of the front wheel and the entire transmission system.

However, Fang Jun did not intend to drive the four-wheeled carriage into the battlefield, so these problems were not at all.

After all, he just wanted to get the four-wheeled carriage out to pretend to be aggressive. What does it matter if he is slow and not flexible enough?

As long as the high-end atmosphere is high-grade...

The hardest part of the whole carriage is the wheel bearings.During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the bearings of the carriages were all made of wood, but in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they were gradually replaced with cast iron bearings.However, cast iron bearings are not ideal, and they are easily broken if they are bumped a little. Because there is no suitable lubricating oil, the anti-wear performance is also extremely poor.

However, the iron-making furnace can now produce high-quality high-carbon steel, which is barely enough for bearings.

The spring is still in the development stage, but using a set of thin steel sheets bundled together as a shock absorber system is not difficult at all.

Therefore, not long after Fang Jun returned to Chang'an, the first four-wheeled carriage in China's history was freshly released...

Looking at the two carriages in front of him, which were built according to the drawings drawn by the later Queen of England's "Golden Carriage", Fang Jun had a feeling of being blinded.

Of course, it is impossible for him to make the whole carriage a golden color, otherwise His Majesty Li Er will have to worry about him, which is the color of the royal family; nor can he get a Scottish national stone to sit under his buttocks; He was even less likely to get the wood from the apple tree where Newton discovered gravity...

Even so, the design, construction and decoration of these two carriages perfectly achieved Fang Jun's purpose of "showing off his wealth".

The carriage made of golden nanmu wood, the wheels forged from the best steel used to forge the sword, the curtains made of splendid Shu brocade, the crystal clear glass inlaid on the windows, the silver ornaments of the East, the gems of the Western Regions...

As long as the Fang family has, almost all of them are installed on these two carriages.

A dazzling local tyrant's aura rose to the sky!

No need to ask, Fang Jun knew that the cost of this carriage was absolutely comparable to a moving palace, and what he wanted was this domineering and unreasonable luxury!
Wang Erxiao, the blacksmith head of the Fangfu, has been very proud recently. Not only is he in charge of the Fang's entire iron-making furnace, but he has also personally built these two luxurious and peerless four-wheeled carriages. Guang, slightly reserved, asked: "Is Erlang still satisfied?"

"satisfy!"

I am so satisfied!
Fang Jun's heart was itchy, and he instructed the guards around him: "Send the one on the left to the mansion, and select a few other western war horses with the same coat color and send them over together."

In this westward expedition, not only were many heads beheaded, but hundreds of high-class war horses were also seized.

Fang Jun was so impatient that he didn't even bother to inspect the greenhouse. He ordered his personal soldiers to bring horses and ordered the craftsmen to set up a carriage.Presumably, those princes and grandsons who saw this carriage couldn't help but vomit blood with envy and envy?

That's good, I can not only pretend to be coercive, but also bring back a few orders along the way. There is no need to deny that Fang Jun's price will definitely make those guys who covet this carriage really vomit blood...

(End of this chapter)