Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1839, Believe in the power of machines

Thinking of his uncle, Li Er shook his head helplessly.

The children who came out of this big mountain held some money in their hands tightly, and they were not willing to spend money at all, let alone take out loans to buy machines.

Hearing that it costs more than 100 taels of silver to buy a farming machine, he refused to buy it.

As a result, when the fields were cultivated, the two husband and wife worked so hard that they only cultivated dozens of acres of land. They were exhausted when planting, and they were exhausted when harvesting.

Looking at myself again, because of the land cultivator, thousands of acres of land have been reclaimed easily, and I have helped people reclaim the land, and easily earned back the money for the land cultivator.

He also has money to sell harvesters. After the thousands of acres of wheat are harvested this year, if they can be sold, it will bring in a few hundred taels of silver. How comfortable this little life is.

The two couples took care of the thousands of acres of land with ease.

"Well, next year I can learn from my brother and raise more cattle, sheep and pigs. Anyway, there is plenty of food."

Li Er was silently calculating in his heart, when Lin Wusi, Ma Youtian, and Chen Dashan walked over together.

The three of them are Li Er's neighbors in Xiaofeng Town, and they usually communicate a lot.

"It's still comfortable for you, kid. It's fast and easy to harvest wheat with a harvester."

Lin Wusi touched Li Er's harvester, his eyes were red.

Like Li Er's uncle, Lu Da, he was reluctant to buy a machine. He would rather be a little more tired than to hold the money in his hand rather than spend it.

The result is that not only only 200 mu of land has been reclaimed, but it was only reclaimed with the help of Li Erkai's plowing machine.

More than 200 mu of land is placed in his hometown, which is a big landlord, but here, it is nothing at all, let alone compared with Li Er in front of him, there is not even a fraction of his land.

By autumn, Li Er's family could no longer hold the grain, and they were all preparing to build a grain storage on their own land.

As for myself, with more than 200 mu of land, although I can receive a large amount of food, I can't finish it, but I feel uncomfortable when I compare myself with others.

What's more, my husband and wife are busy day and night in order to harvest wheat. Every day before dawn, we get up to prepare a day's meals and take them out directly, and then we spend the whole day harvesting wheat in the wheat field.

He was so tired that he couldn't straighten his back, but the speed was still very slow. It seemed that there was no way to finish harvesting more than 200 mu of wheat. He had no choice but to see how Li Er's harvest was going.

Seeing this made her even more jealous.

The more than [-]-mu wheat field of Li Er's family is almost finished. Looking at Li Er, he didn't even break a drop of sweat, and he was sitting and resting leisurely with his daughter-in-law.

"I asked you to buy the machine with me a long time ago, but you just didn't listen, do you regret it now?"

Li Er looked at the three people in front of him, he knew with his feet what they were doing here, he just wanted to help him harvest the wheat.

I helped them reclaim a lot of land, and let them plant wheat. Every household has more than 200 mu of wheat fields. If they use sickles to harvest, it is estimated that they will not be able to harvest when the snow is heavy.

"We are all poor people. We are afraid of being poor. We have a few coins in our hands. How can we be willing to spend them, let alone take out loans? The money in this bank is not so easy to borrow."

Ma Youtian said helplessly.

This is also the heart of most ordinary people. They are timid and afraid of getting into trouble.

The money in the hand is so tight that it can be squeezed out of the water, and it will never be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Yeah, we don't know how powerful this machine is."

"I've never seen something before, who knows what it is, why would I spend so much money to buy it?"

Chen Dashan followed suit.

"Do you want me to help you harvest the wheat?"

Li Er looked at the three of them. They came to look for him in this busy farming season, and they must have helped harvest the wheat.

"Yes, yes~"

"You are almost finished collecting it, can you lend us the machine?"

Lin Wusi nodded quickly and said: "Our fields are small, and we can harvest almost all the wheat in one day, and we can harvest the rest by ourselves slowly."

"Yes, yes, just one day, just one day."

Ma Youtian and Chen Dashan also nodded and said.

The three of them were naturally reluctant to spend money, and they just wanted to see if they could borrow Li Er's harvester to harvest wheat.

Harvesting the wheat by myself is really too slow and tiring, and my waist is about to break from the tiredness of the day, but it still takes many days to harvest all the wheat.

Ordinary people harvest wheat with a sickle, and they can harvest about 2 mu of land in a day. The husband and wife work hard for a day, and you can harvest [-] mu of land a day.

It will take at least 200 days to harvest the wheat in these 40 mu of fields. It is estimated that it will snow in 40 days.

What's more, farmers have a lot of things to do, not just harvesting wheat, but also a variety of things to do. The vegetables in the vegetable field also need to be taken care of, and the onions and potatoes planted also need to be harvested. , Don’t you want peanuts?
Calculated in this way, the time is very tight, even if you are exhausted, you probably won't be able to finish it.

"Go, go~"

"What do you think?"

"When I bought this harvester, it cost more than 200 taels of silver. How can I lend it to you for a day? What's more, you don't know how to operate this machine. What if it breaks?"

As soon as Li Er heard this, he waved his hands again and again. Although he said that neighbors should help each other, he would not do such things that take advantage of him for nothing.

This harvester can be used casually to help people harvest wheat, and you can earn a few taels of silver a day. It is free for you to use for a day. How can there be such a good thing in the world.

Don’t think that I’m younger than you and I’m easy to be fooled. I’m not willing to spend money to buy a machine, and now I still want to use my machine for nothing. It’s just a dream.

"No, no, I think this machine is very simple to drive."

"Do neighbors help each other?"

When Lin Wusi heard this, he smiled again and said.

"Yes, yes, help each other."

Ma Youtian also followed suit.

"Supposedly, the neighbors in this neighborhood need to help each other. If I don't have a machine, the harvest will be over ahead of schedule, and it's nothing to help you harvest for a day."

"However, I bought this machine for more than 200 taels of silver, and I still owe the bank. How could it be possible for you to use it for nothing?"

Li Er looked at the three of them and said.

"OK, OK~"

"Why don't we hire you? How about giving you 100 taels of silver for the 2 mu of land?"

Chen Dashan saw that Li Er was not easy to fool, so he said helplessly.

"100 taels of silver for 2 mu?"

As soon as Li Er heard this, he silently calculated that his harvester was busy all day long and harvested more than 100 mu of land. At this price, he could not make much money.

Not to mention the wear and tear of the machine, gas money, and my own labor. After all this is calculated, I estimate that I will still lose money.

"No, no, I won't do it at this price~"

Li Er shook his head again and again, what he was thinking, he didn't understand at the beginning, not to mention the higher efficiency of cultivating machines, and this harvesting machine is more expensive, he still wants to use his own machine at this price, it's a dream.

"That's the price when you helped us plow the land~"

Lin Wusi hastily emphasized.

"We were just here when we were plowing the land, and I didn't understand the market. Besides, I'll help you along the way. How could it have been at this price?"

"The wear and tear of my machine, as well as oil money and my labor money, 2 taels of silver, I only charge you about 100 mu a day, and if you charge you 2 taels of silver, I will lose money to my grandma's house." .”

Li Er repeatedly shook his head.

"I can't put it into words, right? Your machine is idle when it's idle, and the oil is not expensive. How much is this labor worth? In our mountains, a few dozen pennies a day is considered a high price."

Chen Dashan said with a smile.

"That's right, I just helped out at that time."

Ma Youtian also spoke.

"No, no~"

"If it's less than 5 taels of silver, I won't do it."

Li Er shook his head again and again, silently calculated the price and said.

"5 taels of silver, why don't you go grab the money!"

"This is too expensive!"

"That's right, what's the difference between you and stealing money? Your harvester can harvest more than 100 mu of land in one day, and you have to earn 5 taels of silver in one day. It's too expensive. You have to know that working in the city, A month is only five or six silver."

"The big deal is that we can harvest the wheat slowly by ourselves."

"That's right, it's too expensive, too expensive."

When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help shouting out.

"Then take it easy and collect it yourself."

"This is a machine that costs more than 200 taels of silver. It also requires labor and gas money. The price is already very low. If you don't believe me, go ask and see how other people's harvesters charge money."

Li Er said indifferently, anyway, he has plenty of work to do, and there are many people who come to him to help harvest wheat. Most of the immigrants are like them. They are not willing to spend money to buy machines. It's not over, and I'm too tired, so I can only hire a harvester to help me harvest wheat.

"Okay, okay, five taels of silver is five taels of silver!"

The three of them looked at each other, and in the end they could only nod helplessly in agreement, because they had already inquired clearly before they came. If they were to find someone to harvest wheat with a harvester, the 100 mu of land would cost at least 6 taels of silver. There is no one at this price. The key is that the harvesters are very busy now, and even if they have money, they may not be able to hire people.

There is too much land here in Black Soil Province. Everyone has planted too much land. The harvesters are very busy, and few people are free.

(End of this chapter)