Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 921, The Autumn Harvest of Ming Dynasty: Liaodong Chapter 1 (additional meals)
Nanshan Village, Tieling, Liaodong.

With the arrival of autumn, the entire Liaodong region has also entered a busy autumn harvest season.

The same is true for Nanshan Village. All the men, women and children of Nanshan Village went into battle, all busy in the endless wheat fields.

Thanks to Li Damao in the village who bought a steam tiller at the beginning of the year, the land of every household in the village has been plowed by the tiller, and this year they are all planted with wheat.

Every household in this family has hundreds of acres of land, and some are diligent and even reclaimed more land. Like Li Damao in the village, because he has a steam tillage machine, he has reclaimed more than a thousand acres of land. In total, Li Damao's family has nearly [-] mu of land, which can compete with the landlords in the pass.

There is no way, the land in Liaodong is sparsely populated. Even if there are a large number of immigrants, there is still a lot of land that no one cultivates. Every household has a lot of land, so much that there is no energy to cultivate it, so this land, As long as you have the ability, you can reclaim and cultivate, and the reclaimed land is yours.

Every family has a lot of land, and it is very happy at this time, but after this year, everyone is exhausted, and the family can't keep up with hundreds of acres of land.

Therefore, in many cases, it is only possible to use extensive farming methods, and there is no way to do intensive farming like Guannei.

Fortunately, the land in Liaodong is fertile black soil. In Liaodong, it snows heavily in winter, the weather is very cold, and there are fewer pests and diseases. So in autumn, the harvest is quite good.

It's just that now every household is looking at the endless wheat fields, with smiles on their faces, and at the same time, everyone is frowning. Hundreds of acres of land, when will it be received.

If the harvest is not completed in time, the wheat will rot in the field, what a good wheat, that would be a pity.

In the wheat field of Ding Dazhu's family, Ding Dazhu was so tired that his waist was so sore that he couldn't help standing up and looking around. The family had already harvested a large wheat field, but looking at their own wheat field, there was still much to be desired. harvest.

The wheat has been harvested and needs to be stored, but the warehouse at home is already full of wheat, and he can't let go of his worried brows.

"Where's Li Damao?"

Soon, when he looked in the direction of Li Damao's wheat field, he couldn't help but wonder.

The wheat field of Li Damao's family is adjacent to theirs. Yesterday, I saw Li Damao's family harvesting wheat, but today I didn't see anyone.

"Who knows, he has a lot of fields, maybe he went to collect other fields."

Ding Dazhu's daughter-in-law said, and then looked at his wheat field and said: "Master, we planted too much wheat this year, and we must not be able to harvest it all. Why don't we go to Tieling to see if there are any Koreans? Why don't we go out?" For some grain, hire them to harvest the wheat.”

"North Koreans are very popular now. I have already inquired. The asking price of those North Koreans this year is much higher than last year. One person needs a hundred catties of wheat for a day's work."

When Ding Dazhu heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "In our hometown, how can there be such an expensive labor force, and it takes a hundred catties of wheat to do a day's work."

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

Ding Dazhu's daughter-in-law also nodded and said.

"You still think it's expensive. I don't know how many people hired them. They didn't come over if they didn't greet them in advance. We want to hire people, but there is no room."

Ding Dazhu shook his head helplessly and said.

Every household in Liaodong has a lot of land, and the wheat harvest is so abundant that they are too busy. This year, more Koreans have come to work in Daming, but it still cannot meet the huge demand.

The emergence of steam tillage machines at the beginning of the year, coupled with the use of a large number of cattle and horses, also made the land cultivated in Liaodong this year more than ten times that of last year.

Even though a large number of North Koreans came to Daming to work, they still couldn't meet the demand of the market. The Koreans also raised their wages again and again, but they were still too busy.

"Woooo~woooo~"

At this moment, a siren sounded from the road between Nanshan Village and the outside world, and a huge monster was slowly driving towards Nanshan Village.

"Why is Li Damao driving a steam tiller?"

Hearing the sound, Ding Dazhu immediately thought of Li Damao's steam cultivator, and looked over it quickly.

"That's not a steam cultivator. The steam cultivator doesn't seem to be that big."

Ding Dazhu's daughter-in-law looked at the huge monster walking on the road, and said with some doubts.

"I'll go and have a look~"

Ding Dazhu put down the tools in his hand and hurried over.

When he got close, he saw that it was really Li Damao, and he was driving a brand new machine towards Nanshan Village.

"Big Mao~"

"What kind of machine are you driving?"

Ding Dazhu looked at the machine curiously and asked, this machine is a bit different from the steam cultivator, the steam engine is at the back, and there is a strange roller-like thing in front.

"Haha, this is a steam harvester, produced by Jingcheng Machinery Factory. I also ordered one with them in advance. No, it just arrived today, so I hurried to pick it up, just in time for the wheat harvest."

Li Damao said with a smile.

He is now obsessed with all kinds of machines. At the beginning of the year, he first rented a steam cultivator. After tasting the sweetness, he bought it directly. He made a lot of money, not to mention reclaiming more than a thousand acres of land for his family.

After planting nearly [-] mu of land, Li Damao was thinking about harvesting from the beginning. After talking with the salesperson of Jingcheng Machinery Factory, he learned about the steam harvester.

He ordered a steam engine harvester from the Jingcheng Machinery Factory early on, and now it has finally arrived.

"Can this machine harvest wheat?"

When Ding Dazhu heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and looked carefully at the big guy in front of him again.

"Haha, of course, it is said that this steam harvester was invented by His Royal Highness, and it was used by someone in Beizhili last autumn. Now this is the second generation product, which has been improved a lot and is more reliable. , more stable, more powerful, and faster."

Li Damao patted his steam harvester and said, and then drove the steam harvester to his wheat field.

Like Ding Dazhu, after hearing the news, the villagers of Nanshan Village rushed to Li Damao's wheat field to watch the excitement, wanting to see how the machine harvested the wheat.

"There are machines for harvesting wheat?"

"Isn't it? Why can't harvesting wheat be possible if there are machines for plowing the land?"

"I've heard that there is still a machine that can be used to pound rice. Maybe this wheat will not need our hard work to shell in the future. There are even machines for grinding flour."

"Well, wouldn't it be easier to work in the future?"

"That's right, haven't you seen how fast the steam cultivator plows the ground?"

The villagers of Nanshan Village gathered together and discussed non-stop while watching. Although they were very busy, everyone was curious. Many villagers came to watch and wanted to see how the steam harvester harvested wheat. of.

On the steam harvester, Li Damao and his wife are busy, preparing for the harvest.

"Big Mao, hurry up and start to see if this machine works, don't ruin your wheat."

"That's right. If you can use a machine to harvest wheat, let me tell you first. I will hire you to help my family harvest wheat. I will give you fifty catties of wheat per mu."

"Fifty catties of wheat per mu, thank you for being able to say it, this North Korean needs a hundred catties of wheat a day."

"Haha, the price can be negotiated, negotiated~"

Everyone waited, and soon Li Damao also completed the preparations.

"I'm going to start harvesting wheat~"

Li Damao shouted to the village, and slowly drove the machine into the wheat field.

With the movement of the machine, the rollers in front of the harvester are constantly turning, and the wheat is drawn into it, and the blades are constantly cutting the straw and sending it over.

At the exit, Li Damao's daughter-in-law is holding a cloth bag. As the machine starts, wheat will flow out continuously at the exit, and a big bag will be filled very quickly, and the bag will be given out very quickly. Tie it well, and then push it lightly, and the bag full of wheat falls into the wheat field.

The machine is constantly advancing, and the wheat in the wheat field is disappearing with the movement of the machine, and behind the buttocks of the machine are neatly arranged straws and bags of already packed wheat.

The speed is very fast and the efficiency is very high. The villagers in Nanshan Village who watched it couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"My darling, this machine can really harvest wheat, the speed is too fast, just go through it like this, and the wheat will be harvested?"

Some people opened their mouths and eyes wide, and said in disbelief.

"This, this, can really harvest wheat!"

Ding Dazhu couldn't believe it. He entered the wheat field, looked carefully at the straw, and then at the wheat in the bag.

"This saves the need to throw the wheat, and it has already been threshed from the straw?"

He carefully looked at the wheat in his hand, and then at the stalks. The threshed ones were relatively clean, and only a small amount of wheat remained. Harvesting wheat was hard work, and the harvested wheat had to be dried before being thrown vigorously. , Threshing the grains from under the straw.

Now this steam engine harvester is so miraculous, it not only harvests the wheat, but also directly threshes it into a grain of wheat and puts it in a bag, saving too much, too much time and energy up.

(End of this chapter)