Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1390, very hard

In the field of the farm, Emperor Hongzhi drove the steam harvester back and forth among the wheat fields, and the wheat fields were harvested quickly.

"It's really good~"

"With such a machine, it's not a problem for one person to harvest hundreds or thousands of acres of land easily."

Emperor Hongzhi lamented the power of the machine.

I personally harvested the wheat in the morning, with a sickle, bent over, and tired for an hour or two, it would be better to drive the machine and walk back and forth between the wheat fields a few times. Even the wheat has been threshed and put into bags.

The power of the machine has greatly improved the efficiency of the work. The key is to sit in the steam harvester and operate the machine without being tired at all.

"Your Majesty, it's time for lunch~"

Xiao Jing looked at the watch on his wrist, it was 12 o'clock, and looked at the concrete road side, he had already prepared the lunch for Emperor Hongzhi.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and looked at the ten-acre wheat field he was in charge of. It was almost harvested, and he could finish it casually in the afternoon.

After stopping the harvester, Emperor Hongzhi came to the concrete road and looked at the wheat fields of the ministers.

Those harvested with harvesters are basically almost harvested. As for those harvested with sickles, even the fastest ones only harvested a small horn. Some lazy ministers even only harvested a small horn. A beginning, and then just sit there and think about life.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the wheat fields of Xu Heng, Hanlin of the Imperial Academy, Li Renjie and others, all of whom had just harvested a little bit, and some of them had already sat on the old man's chair on the cement road, eating Raisin, enjoying the pastoral scenery leisurely.

"Hmph~ How can this be reasonable~"

When Emperor Hongzhi saw it, he became angry immediately, and walked over with anger.

"Xu Aiqing, Li Aiqing, you two are having fun."

When Emperor Hongzhi walked over, Xu Heng and Li Renjie hurriedly straightened their clothes and stood respectfully.

Looking at the wheat fields harvested by the two, they only harvested a small piece in the morning. It can be seen that most of the time, they are resting and lazy.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are just resting for a while."

Xu Heng and Li Renjie looked at each other and quickly replied.

"Take a break?"

"In one morning, the two of you have already harvested, how do you order the wheat?"

"I remember, you said over and over again in the court that people should not be lazy and work hard, but people must be diligent, but are the two lovers so diligent?"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, pointed to the wheat field in front of him and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister is old and has bad hands and feet. It is normal for the harvest to be slower."

Xu Heng was old, and he said it confidently.

"You are a little older, and you are a little confused."

"I can't even tell the difference between good and bad. Tell me, is the machine invented by this new study a Kit Kat?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xu Heng, who was in a state of embarrassment. His beard and hair were all white. As a good emperor who loves his subjects, Emperor Hongzhi decided to spare him this time. As long as he changed his words, he would let someone arrange a steam harvester for him Wheat is coming.

"Your Majesty, this machine is Kit Kat's secret technique. The new learning is all third-rate stuff. Only what I teach from Confucianism is the right way, the real way to govern the country and secure the country. Your Majesty, please strictly prohibit new learning."

I never thought that this Xu Heng is also very hard-headed, and he still criticizes the new learning in a serious manner, does not see the good side of the new learning, and still insists on his own opinion.

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Xu said is true. The new teachings are all dirty things. If they are widely spread, they will inevitably bring disaster to the country and the people. All kinds of ingenious tricks will only make people discouraged from making progress, stealing rape and playing tricks. Being lazy and hardworking is not good for the country or the people."

Li Renjie on the side was also very tough.

"Okay, very good~"

"Since you have all said so, I have nothing to say."

"You two have to remember your own words. People must not steal, rape, play tricks, or be lazy."

"You two have harvested the ten acres of wheat, dried it and ground it into flour. You two can go back anytime."

Emperor Hongzhi laughed immediately, these two people are really cheap, smelly and hard, the key is that their eyes are white.

They can't see the high efficiency of the steam harvester at all, or even if they see it, they still oppose it, because the land in their respective homes is uncultivated, they oppose new learning, and they also oppose the emerging capitalism. I want everything to go back to how it was before.

Go back to the time when the peasants were tightly bound to the land, they planted the land and paid rent for generations, and they only needed to be noble scholars. Back to such an era.

After leaving such a sentence, Emperor Hongzhi left angrily, no longer caring about the lives of these people, and shouting every day to be hardworking, don't be lazy, I want to see how hardworking you can be.

Soon, as Emperor Hongzhi began to eat, officials and officials who were in charge of everyone's meals also began to distribute meals to the ministers who had worked all morning.

After eating, there is no rest, after all, farmers are racing against time during the autumn harvest.

Emperor Hongzhi drove the steam harvester to harvest wheat again, and soon finished harvesting his ten-acre wheat field, and then carried bags one after another to the cement road, and carts and carts transported them to the place. The farm is here for drying.

Those who use the steam harvester basically completed their tasks quickly, and transported the carts and carts of wheat to the farm. The next work is much easier. They are dried in the drying field of the farm and wait for the next one. Grind it into flour with a steam mill.

When the wheat was drying, Liu Jin and Zhang Mao mentioned it, and everyone played farmhouse fun and barbecue on the farm again.

Going to the farm to pick vegetables by yourself, go to the farm to catch chickens, ducks, geese, etc., and then cook here on the farm, have barbecues, etc., which is also a rare time for leisure and entertainment.

On the wheat field side, as more and more ministers used steam harvesters to complete their tasks, they left the wheat field and went to the farm to participate in the activities of the farmhouse.

In the entire wheat field, there are only those sour and rotten scholars who oppose the new learning. Some sour and rotten scholars saw that there was a free steam harvester and wanted to use it, but the people ordered by Liu Jin ruthlessly drove the steam harvester away. , not for these people to use.

"Too much deception, too much deception~"

"Why can they use harvesters, but we can't?"

A minister angrily threw away the sickle in his hand, and went directly to Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin.

"Your Majesty, why can everyone use this harvester, but we can't?"

"Didn't you all keep saying that the things invented by this new school are ingenious tricks, which will make people cheat and cheat, and make people lazy?"

"I think, since you are all hard-working people, and you hate new learning so much, you also feel that this harvester is useless and can cause harm to others."

"That's why I ordered you not to use harvesters. After all, you are all hardworking people, and you can harvest the wheat with your own hands."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at these ministers, and immediately wanted to laugh.

"Your Majesty, this new learning is not completely useless. There are still merits. We are too blind to see the advantages of the new learning. This harvester can greatly help farmers harvest wheat. This is a good thing and should be worth it. affim."

A wise minister suddenly understood the meaning of Emperor Hongzhi. This was to punish himself and others on purpose. Others can use the harvester, but he cannot use the harvester. This is not deliberately targeting himself and others, but also What?
As the saying goes, a good man does not suffer immediate losses, and some ministers quickly turned around, affirming some newly learned things.

"Yes, yes~"

"The new learning still has its merits. All kinds of machinery greatly reduce the hard work and improve the efficiency of labor. This is worthy of recognition. I just think that if this machine is too powerful, People will be idle and have nothing to do.”

"Yes, yes~"

The others also hurriedly said.

"Haha, since you all think these machines are useful, let's use the harvester to harvest wheat, feel the convenience of the harvester, compare it with harvesting wheat with a sickle, and think about it carefully."

"Carefully feel the hard work of the peasants, know the hardships of the common people, don't be high in the temple, shouting about the country and the world, but don't even understand the most basic things."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction after listening to the words of these ministers.

"Yes, yes~"

"The ministers really don't understand the hardships of farmers, and they don't understand the convenience of these machines."

"The minister must reflect on it."

These ministers nodded quickly one by one, and then hurriedly learned to drive the harvester to harvest their own wheat as if they were relieved.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, a day passed, and it was almost sunset.

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Liu Jian and others who had a good time at the farm also came to the wheat field for a walk and looked at the wheat field in front of them.

It was still golden in the morning, but now, with the use of a large number of harvesters, the entire wheat field has basically been harvested, and only the two wheat fields that Xu Heng and Li Renjie are responsible for are still there.

The ministers came to the wheat field of the two men, the wheat field of ten mu of land, after a day, they only harvested a very small piece.

As for Xu Heng and Li Renjie, they were sitting on the concrete road next to them at this moment, staring at the wheat field in a daze. They didn't seem to move a bit throughout the afternoon, and the harvested wheat was not tied up.

"Master Xu, Master Li, people must not be so lazy and work hard, you must hurry up, ten acres of wheat, why do you only harvest a little, can you finish harvesting in the year of the monkey?"

Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Liu Jin couldn't help laughing immediately.

(End of this chapter)