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Chapter 143 Another Great Harvest Horse Push Harvester

March 1591, 8 AD.

The sky was clear, and the whole Wuzhai Fort was immersed in the joy of harvest again. The golden ears of wheat reflected everyone's smiling faces.Compared with last year, the grain growth in Wuzhaibao is better this year, and it is foreseeable that this year's harvest will be even more gratifying.

In the No.20 farm in Wuzhaibao, there are golden wheat fields, Tunding Guzi Da and Guzi Xiao father and son, are busy in the field, Gu Zida is waving the scythe in his hand, and his movements are fast.His son, Gu Zixiao, followed behind him, tying bundles of straw.Looking around, the fields near the farm are full of busy people.

Although the land in the No.20 farm was reclaimed at the beginning of this year, the golden wheat ears in front of us show that a bumper harvest is certain.This kind of bumper harvest has already shocked the villagers.However, I heard that the growth of wheat ears in these [-] farms is still average, and the growth of wheat ears in those old farms in Wuzhaibao is better.Hearing these aborigines, all of them were speechless.Over the years, they have been used to growing two or three crops every year in their hometown, and they have never seen such a bumper harvest.

Gu Zida always sighed with his eldest son Gu Zixiao, if the fields in his hometown had such growth, why bother to flee famine.However, after fleeing from famine to Wuzhaibao, it was a blessing in disguise.Gu Zida is very satisfied with the current Wuzhaibao farm life.His father and son are busy farming in the farm fields every day, while his wife, Mrs. Zhou, washes and cooks on the farm to earn some monthly money. The family can be said to be harmonious and beautiful, and life is more hopeful.

After several months of rearing, the wrinkles on Gu Zida's face have been stretched, and his face has become more rosy.As for his son, Guzi, who was young, his body grew and became stronger.

Although it is difficult to leave his homeland, Gu Zida decided not to go back to his hometown. He decided to take root in Wuzhaibao and live a peaceful life. His family also agreed.In the eyes of more and more people, the current Wuzhai Fort has become a place of Taoyuan. People from all over the world are scrambling to come here. If they want to leave, they will be really stupid.

The joy of harvest spread from Wuzhaibao No. 30 Farm to Wuzhaibao No.[-] Farm, and laughter was everywhere.

On the 22nd, a group of people surrounded a field in Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm. Among these people were He Deli, the head of Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm, Huang Tingshou, the supervisor of the farm, and Wuzhaibao Gu Shibao, the deputy head of the food group, Sun Tianzheng, the steward of Wuzhaibao Minqifang, Huang Laifu, the commander of Wuzhaiwei, Ma Jiuying, the supervisor of Wuzhaibao, and some followers, and a large group of Wuzhaibao No. The tintins of a farm.

The reason why this place is so lively is that in Wuzhaibao Minqifang, in addition to the horse-drawn plow and double-horse columbine cart, a new labor machine has been developed, which is being used in the first farm of Wuzhaibao. Fields.This new machine, Huang Laifu named it Wuzhaibao Harvester, is a horse-drawn harvester specially used for harvesting wheat.

Harvesting wheat with horse-drawn things without people is a new thing, no wonder everyone crowded to watch the excitement.

Amidst the wheat waves in front of him, Eunuch Ma Jiuying was talking to Huang Laifu with a blushing face. No wonder he was happy. This year, Wuzhaibao is sure to have a bumper harvest.Moreover, this kind of harvest was unprecedented in the entire Ming Dynasty.After receiving the food and reporting to the emperor, why don't you give yourself a big reward?In addition, all the workshops and mines in Wuzhaibao are going well, and by the end of the year there will definitely be a lot of money, no wonder Eunuch Ma is happy.

Soon, there was a commotion in the crowd, and many villagers whispered excitedly: "The harvester is here."

Soon, I saw a few workshop workers, driving horses and pulling something.Everyone gathered around to watch, even Eunuch Ma Jiuying's eyes widened.

I saw that this harvester is like a carriage, with two wheels on both sides, connected by a shaft, this shaft has a bevel gear, the latter is supported by a toothed frame, and the frame is close to the ground, and has several horizontal rotating wheels. The knives are connected by means of two pulleys and a gear on the coaxial pinion. In the front, there is a cutting disc that rotates close to the ground.

Everyone looked at it curiously, and there was a lot of discussion, but except for Huang Laifu who knew something, no one knew how to use it.

After obtaining Huang Laifu's permission, several workshop workers pulled the horses behind the harvester and harnessed them, and came to the front of the wheat field.When the horses pushed the carriage forward, the straws were constantly cut off by the rotating blades in the cutting disc, and then fell into the carriage.

It was fast, convenient, and quickly cut a large area. For a while, all the onlookers let out bursts of exclamation.
Huang Laifu was also watching excitedly. According to his estimation, the speed and efficiency of this horse-pushed harvester were several times higher than that of manual wheat harvesting.And this kind of harvester is also Huang Laifu's reference to the horse-pushed harvester developed by the British Smith in 1811.Of course, the specific manufacturing is still made by Wuzhaibao Minqifang. Huang Laifu only mentioned some ideas and details.

But even so, it still surprised the craftsmen of Minqifang, but fortunately, in the past two years, Huang Laifu's inventions have emerged one after another, and everyone has long been familiar with it.Since the manufacturing began a few months ago, Wuzhaibao Minqifang has also produced nearly five horse-twisted harvesters.Using it for the first time today, it showed its talents.

"Sharp weapon, what a sharp weapon!"

Eunuch Ma Jiuying sucked in the air-conditioning and murmured beside him.

Huang Laifu was very satisfied with the final practical effect. He called Sun Tianzheng, the steward of Wuzhaibao Minqifang, praised him a few words, and asked him to make persistent efforts to manufacture more Wuzhaibao harvesters in the future. In various farms, the use is more popular.As for the cost of production, it is not a problem. Huang Laifu will make up for the shortage.

For autumn harvesting, harvesting one day earlier will make people feel at ease one day earlier and avoid losing one day less.Wuzhaibao harvester has obvious advantages in terms of labor.Moreover, this kind of harvester does not have the contradiction between technological improvement and workers' jobs in Wuzhaibao or Shenchibao workshops and mines, and can be widely used in various large farms in Wuzhaibao.

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Soon, the Wuzhai Fort harvester, this new mechanical gadget, spread inside and outside the Wuzhai Fort, and became a hot topic among everyone.

And the wheat harvest output of each farm is also continuously counted up.The result of the final estimate is that the average yield of wheat per mu in the 10 old farms in Wuzhaibao is as high as two stones and five buckets, while in the 20 new farms, the average yield per mu has also reached about two stones. Among them, the total grain output reached an astonishing 40 shi.
The average yield per mu is two stones and five buckets, that is, the yield per mu is 470 catties. Although it cannot be compared with later generations - in 08, the average yield of wheat in Tengzhou Gao, Shandong Province reached 502 kg per mu, and some high-yield demonstration fields reached 700 kg.However, compared with the average grain yield per mu in the states and counties in northern Daming at this time, which is only a few buckets, which is hundreds of catties, this kind of yield is already very terrifying.

After the news came out, this achievement shocked the whole country again. The grain produced by a mere Wuzhai Fort can feed tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire Shanxi Town.Especially after this news spread quickly to various states and counties through Daming's well-developed residence newspaper system.For a while, everyone who heard it, whether they were officials, gentry, or merchants, felt incredible.As a result, Wuzhai Fort ushered in a new wave of investigations.

In Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu has been honored as the "God of Grain" by the military households in Tunting. Many military households in Wuzhaibao have begun to set up longevity cards for Huang Laifu.Moreover, the title of "Food God" has a tendency to spread rapidly.

No matter what everyone thinks about Huang Laifu, whether it is praise or jealousy, Huang Laifu is good at farming, and this advantage is affirmed by everyone.

According to Huang Laifu’s summary of Wuzhaibao’s grain team and agricultural technology team, the main reason for Wuzhaibao’s high grain production is that it operates like a large farm, and can invest a lot of material and funds to build large-scale and good irrigation and water conservancy. A lot of fertilizer, using a lot of good seeds, scientific management, using various horsepower machinery.With all these measures, it will be difficult for Wuzhaibao not to have a good harvest.

In particular, Huang Laifu also learned from the experience of later generations and established "ten, hundred, thousand" high-yield creation demonstration fields.It is divided into [-] mu of high-yield research fields, [-] mu of high-yield demonstration fields, and [-] mu of high-yield demonstration fields.In these fields, there are a large number of personnel from the grain team and the agricultural technology team. They usually invest a lot of money and introduce improved varieties to increase the average yield per mu.Once the effect is achieved, it will be used in various farms in Wuzhaibao.

In short, Huang Laifu's experience is high investment and high rewards.However, this experience may not be reproducible in the current Ming Dynasty. After hearing the introduction of Huang Laifu and others, many officials from other places were speechless. With such a large investment, which state or county has the financial resources?Even if the experience is introduced to those small farmers, those who can't even afford a water tanker, many of them don't have oxen when plowing the fields, and they want to use their wives as oxen, how much can they do?
However, there are also some gentry from other states and counties who, after hearing the introduction of Wuzhai Fort, thought deeply.These people are all big landlords from all over the world. It is not surprising that they have tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in their hands, and they have a lot of manpower and financial resources. It is not impossible to learn from the successful experience of Wuzhai Fort. It depends on their ability. If you can't break through the concept, you won't be willing to pay this huge sum of money.

Of course, at the same time, they also have to solve a problem. These big landlords usually rent their fields to some tenants. If they use large farms, they will not need so much manpower. Where do the remaining tenants come from?Will it add more refugees to Ming Dynasty?

You know, these big landlords don't have the kindness of Huang Laifu, nor do they have as many handicraft workshops as Wuzhaibao, which can meet the needs of surplus labor.However, Huang Laifu couldn't control the flapping of the butterfly's wings.

(End of this chapter)