industrial lord

Chapter 183 Draw a Big Scallion Pancake
On the last Sunday in March, many citizens of Wessenburg rushed to the manor outside the city early in the morning.

Everyone saw from yesterday's newspaper that the master has made a new machine and is now plowing the land in the manor, so go and see the excitement.

Among the crowd, Metzger, who was wearing a gray military uniform, was particularly conspicuous, and what was even more conspicuous was the baby carriage he was pushing.

This stroller is made of wood, with railings on all sides, a horizontal board with cushions inside as a stool, a board that can be lifted up as a table top, and sticks inserted into the four corners to support a small baby carriage. A small awning, the wheels underneath are wrapped with a circle of elastic slime rubber for shock absorption, and the front wheels can turn 360°.

From time to time someone came over and asked where the car was bought, and Metzger replied proudly that it was a gift from the commander.

Just after winter, Richard Nall sent a message that Katie had a younger brother and younger sister.

Katie decided to go home for a while, and Frederick couldn't leave, so she prepared some gifts, including a stroller.

Frederick wanted to see what a generation of Juggernauts looked like when they were pushing a stroller.

With new products, there will naturally be new industries, so he asked the carpenter's workshop in the castle to make a batch for people to try. Anyway, the carpenters there usually don't live much. If the market responds well, let them do this.

Metzger and his wife Leia kept talking, and pushed their son who was not one year old to the manor.

A lot of people gathered beside a farmland, talking about the machine in the field non-stop.

This steam tractor is about the height of a person, not counting the roof of the cab, and is about 3 meters long. The steam engine is in the front, and the cab is in the back. The water tank is under the cab, and there are four iron wheels.

The two rear power wheels have a diameter of 1 meter and are welded with 30 cm wide steel plates. There are "eight"-shaped anti-skid strips welded on the outside and several spokes in the middle.

The two guide wheels in front are half a meter in diameter and 20 centimeters wide, and a raised guide strip is welded in the middle of the outside of the wheels to facilitate steering.

The front wheels are connected to the water cylinder through a strong bogie with shock absorption. When the steering wheel is turned in the cab, the steering wheel drives a winch to rotate through connecting rods and gears, and then the iron chain on the winch pulls the axle of the front wheel to rotate.

This kind of wheel is very simple and can only be walked on muddy ground. If it is walked on a stone road, it will be severely worn.

The piston of the steam engine is in front of the top of the boiler and drives the crankshaft through two connecting rods. The flywheel is on the left, and the gear and clutch driving the rear wheel are on the right.

A plowshare is attached to the back of the tractor, and it can go as fast as an ox and a horse, but the soil dug out is very deep, which amazes the knowledgeable people next to it.

Metzger doesn't know how to farm, but only knows how to raise pigs and kill pigs. He couldn't help saying to his wife: "If you hook up the car behind, you can pull several pigs at a time."

Leiya said expectantly: "Then you have to save more money. If you become a knight, you will have the money to rent a manor, and then you can raise a lot of pigs."

The year before last, when Metzger said that she would join the army, she was very worried. Now that her husband has made great achievements, she feels that it is not impossible for her to become the lady of the knight.

At this moment someone said: "Then Metzger has to study hard."

As soon as Metzger heard the voice, he immediately turned around and stood at attention to salute: "Hello, Commander!"

After Frederick returned the salute, he went over and pinched his son's face, which made the husband and wife laugh from ear to ear, and they could brag in the future.

The kid in the stroller laughed, and Metzger tentatively asked, "Commander, he seems to like you very much, why don't you give me a hug?"

Frederick just smiled. When he helped his colleague hold his daughter, he was peed all over, and he was psychologically disturbed.

He asked Metzger, "I'm leaving in a few days. Are you settled at home?"

Metzger immediately replied: "It's all arranged, Leia and the child have been living in her parents' house, there is no problem."

Frederick nodded, and then began to draw delicious scallion pancakes: "This time I went to the north to do a good job. Your name is registered in the Ministry of Military Affairs. Next year, the army will expand. You can be a squad leader after you finish your work." .”

"When the military academy is built, it's up to you whether you can become an officer and let others call you a knight."

"When you become a knight, you will lease a land for 99 or 499 years, so that you can leave a property for your children."

He didn't avoid the people around him, and the people watching the tractor looked at Metzger enviously.

Metzger's face was flushed with excitement from the scallion pancake. If he was given a butcher's knife now and asked him to kill the king, it would be no problem.

Frederick went to the field after some nonsense with him, and he easily found Matthias, the Minister of Agriculture.

Today's sun is a bit big, Mathias planted a few vines on the edge of the field, and the vines grew into a sunshade.

Frederick stared at him deliberately and said, "Planting it here will suck up the nutrients in the field!"

Mathias replied with a smile: "I let the roots grow down the side road, and it didn't affect the field."

Frederick was speechless and gave him a thumbs up.

Mathias said without waiting for him to ask: "This machine is good. It can plow so deep. This field will definitely harvest more Elizabeth potatoes this year. It is just that there are fewer plowshares, and a few more will be fine. "

Frederick replied: "Don't rush, take your time, this one alone is enough, and there are still many problems to be solved to enlarge it."

Mathias didn't know much about mechanics, so he changed the question and said, "It would be better if we could go faster."

"No rush." ​​Frederick said the same as before, "Take your time."

"By the way." He remembered something, "How is the situation of sweet radishes this year?"

Last year, the sugar content of Matthias's fortified beetroot was close to 10%, which can be used to extract a little white sugar, which is now used to make happy water.

Mathias replied: "It will definitely be better. This year, many new villages have started to use the six-year rotation method, and the yield will be much higher."

Frederick nodded. The newly occupied land relies on various high-yield crops to stabilize the people's hearts, so he said: "The cultivation of seeds needs to be strengthened, and the agricultural college should also be strengthened."

Mathias said that the current seed intensification work has encountered a problem: "There is not enough farmland, and the land of this estate is really limited."

Frederick smiled slightly and said, "That's easy. If you see a piece of land around you, just tell me."

Landlords are stubborn when they speak, and the land is their own, so they can use it however they want.

Mathias was also a landlord, but the manor on the Constantbul side is gone. This year, he also got a village when he was rewarded for his merits after the [-]th Defense War. All the villages should be used for breeding, it’s also my selfishness, so let’s count my village too.”

Frederick nodded, and asked Matthias to arrange for the chamber of commerce that sold the seeds to go through the process. From now on, the tenant farmers in those villages would become employees of the chamber of commerce that ensured their harvest during drought and flood.

Then he wanted to go to the tractor to have a look. At this time, someone came to report that a foreigner said that he wanted to receive a bounty. Ogilvy had preliminarily assessed it, and it seemed to be all right.

"A reward?" Frederick didn't react immediately, "We don't have such a big battle with wanted criminals, do we?"

The visitor replied: "Professor Ogilvy said that it is a machine for sewing clothes."

Frederick's eyes lit up, and he rushed over immediately.

(End of this chapter)