Ang Lee plans to produce 1,000 ploughing machines within three months, naturally to ease the pressure of spring ploughing in the coming year, reduce the dependence of ploughing people on ploughing cattle, and improve the efficiency of ploughing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But to completely replace the ploughing cattle, it is not realistic in the short term, after all, even if a ploughing machine ploughs the land for ten hours a day, it can only plough 200 acres, and a thousand vehicles working at the same time can only solve 200,000 mu of fields.

Datang has 600 million acres of land, and these cultivators are running day and night, requiring 3,000 days and nights of labor, that is, more than eight years, and the little devils have run away.

However, the efficiency of ploughing machinery is dozens of times that of ploughing cattle, which is currently subject to the limitation of resources, and naturally cannot replace ploughing cattle, but with the passage of time, the pressure that can be relieved will become greater and greater, and eventually replace ploughing cattle and become the main force of arable land.

On the premise of large-scale improvement in efficiency, many large aristocrats with tens of thousands of acres or even hundreds of thousands of acres of land can hire very little manpower to cultivate the fields, and in this way, many tenant farmers will inevitably be dismissed by the nobles, resulting in a large surplus of labor.

But the output of grain will not change, and the materials of the Tang Dynasty will not be reduced in the slightest, but some tenant farmers will not be able to survive, and these tenant farmers who cannot make a living, in order to keep themselves alive, will inevitably pour into the city and join the ranks of workers who produce machinery, so that the Tang Dynasty has enough manpower to carry out larger-scale industrial production.

To make an empire strong, it is necessary to liberate the agricultural population, and with the power of science and technology, a small number of people can be engaged in agriculture to feed everyone, so that the rest of the people can join the industry and handicrafts, so that the empire will have more and more wealth and become more and more powerful.

After explaining the assembly line of cultivators and the earth-shaking changes that may occur in Datang after the popularization of cultivators, Li Longji was very excited and ordered Li An to immediately start manufacturing cultivators and speed up the research and development of pumps and harvesters.

In order to see the pumping machine and harvester as soon as possible, Li Longji transferred a large number of craftsmen from the direction of Luoyang City and asked them to join in the production of cultivators, so that the freed up R&D craftsmen continued to develop new machinery.

The assembly line production of cultivators, the number of craftsmen required is really a lot, however, because Li An stipulates several common parts specifications, therefore, the core transmission parts of the cultivator, and the parts used in steam locomotives and steam ships are the same, are mass-produced things, only a small number of components are unique to the cultivator, need to open up an independent production line.

Under the premise that there is still vacant land left, the location of the cultivator assembly line is placed in the R&D center to facilitate management.

"Li Shilang, there are many people outside, saying that they have plans to buy a cultivator, so let's ask about the market first."

As soon as Ang Lee's steam engine production line began to work, many aristocratic housekeepers came to see the excitement.

These people are all human spirits, they all personally went to the twenty acres of fields tested by the cultivator to check, and asked the witnesses at the time, for this reason, they all know the details of the cultivator, know that the cultivator performance is reliable, and the efficiency is dozens of times that of the cultivator, after reporting to the master, let their master have the idea of buying, and they came to ask the price.

Since the invention and production of cultivators began, it was for spring ploughing services, and these nobles had a large number of acres of land, which was very suitable for the use of advanced machinery for efficient ploughing operations, and the nobles were also relatively wealthy and could afford these ploughing machinery.

Therefore, the initial popularization goal of Li An's invention of ploughing machinery was to let these big aristocrats who have more than 10,000 acres of fertile land taste the sweetness first, and then popularize it step by step.

The small nobles who own thousands of acres of land may be reluctant to spend money on a cultivator, but they can completely lease it from the big nobles, and the money can be calculated by days or acres.

At this moment, these nobles were impatient to send housekeepers over to understand the market, which naturally hit Li An's hands, so that Li An did not have to worry about the sales of the cultivator, of course, the research and development and production of the cultivator used the money of the treasury, and it was sold to make money, and it was also the treasury, Li An could not get the slightest, but seeing that the treasury was full, he was happy.

"Give the order down and let them line up to come in and visit."

Ang Lee gave the order softly.

"Li Shilang, there are many secrets in the R&D center, how can idle people enter casually."

The subordinate opened his mouth to persuade.

"These butlers are all human spirits, but they are not proficient in machinery, they can't steal anything, the official has permission, just let them in."

Li An said undoubtedly.

Let future customers inspect the factory, which is very common in later generations, which can not only reflect their sincerity, but also allow customers to better understand the performance of products, and through this behavior, let customers see the strength of the company.

Of course, the cultivated machine workshop established by Li An is supported by the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court, and the strength of the company is the entire Tang Empire, and its natural strength is undoubted.

"The villain meets Li Shilang."

A large group of housekeepers of aristocratic families all saluted Ang Lee.

"Haha! You're welcome, I heard that you have the intention of buying a cultivator, right? ”

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

"This ...... The villains just came to learn about the market. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, ask the price first, whether to buy it or not, I can't be the master of villains!"

"Li Shilang, I have seen the power of the cultivator, but I don't know the price?"

The stewards answered.

Now that they know the details of the cultivator, they can naturally guess that the price of the cultivator will not be cheap, after all, such a big iron guy, just iron can be worth a lot of money, of course, its actual price will be much higher than the price of iron, and for how high the price is, they have no ability to predict.

"Haha! You don't have to worry about the price, the official will sell at cost price, and now the price is still being calculated, so let's go and see the production line first! Since you come in, you can't come in vain! ”

Li An said politely.

Of course, Li An will never really sell at cost price, these big families are very rich, at least two or three times the cost price, in addition, there is no machine that is not broken, especially those parts that are easy to wear, more likely to be damaged, in the future, in terms of repairing parts, you can also make a lot of money.

These housekeepers have never entered the R&D center, and when they heard that they could visit the cultivator assembly line, they naturally did not refuse and visited all the way.

After visiting the craftsmen to make all kinds of complex parts, they all looked at each other, thinking that such a complex processing process, so labor-intensive, but only one inconspicuous part can be produced, so the price of the whole cultivator must be very expensive.

Of course, the cultivator is still mainly made by manpower, and the price will not be cheap, but his efficiency is dozens of times higher than that of the cattle, even if the price is higher, but the price of dozens of cattle is not cheap, and it takes more manpower to manipulate and spend more labor costs.

These aristocrats have an account in their hearts, as long as the price of ploughing machinery is ultimately less than the use of ploughing cattle, they will definitely choose to buy, of course, the reliability must also be within their acceptable range, if it keeps breaking, they will not have the idea of buying.

After these housekeepers visited, Li Ang gave a price, only twice the cost price, which was very polite, at least Li Ang didn't think it was very expensive.

When the housekeepers heard this, some of them were overjoyed, and some of them showed distressed expressions, but the manufacturing of cultivated machinery is so complex, it requires so much manpower and material resources, and it is normal for the price to be higher, and they can understand it.

But they are still a little too confident about the reliability of the ploughing machinery, after all, if it keeps breaking, they will lose a lot after they buy it.

Seeing that some of these housekeepers still had doubts, Li An said: "You don't have to doubt, the cultivator produced this time can be sold or rented, if you rent it, you will calculate the money according to the number of acres of cultivated land, and the rent is eighty percent of the price of an acre of cattle ploughing, which is very cost-effective!" ”

After Li An said the rental plan, all the housekeepers talked about it, they felt that this method was very good, at least in terms of risk than direct purchase of insurance, and because the increase rate of ploughing cattle could not keep up with the speed of annexation of land, some large households had to ask people to help plough the land when it came to spring ploughing, and they were paid according to the number of acres, this phenomenon lasted for many years, and even some people who had a heart bought a large number of ploughing cattle, especially in the spring ploughing, to do such a business, but it became a means of making a living.

And now, the price of ploughing an acre of land given by Li An is only eighty percent of the market price of an acre of land ploughed by cattle, these housekeepers are naturally very happy, and after seeing the effect of cultivating the land with a cultivator, they feel that the effect is much better than that of cattle ploughing, and renting a cultivator is more cost-effective.

Some said that it was cost-effective to buy, and some felt that the rental was more safe, and the opinions of the housekeepers were not consistent, of course, as stewards, they did not have the right to decide to buy at all, and they still had to go back to greet the master, and then they could make a decision, but fortunately, the price of the rental and sale was told to them, and after they went back, it was easier to make a difference.

After sending these customers away, Ang Lee ordered the samples of the cultivator that had been built to go to the farmland every day, so that more and more people could see the true power of the steam engine with their own eyes and make correct judgments.

After all, after ploughing the land, the pests and insect eggs hidden in the soil will be turned over to the surface, so as to be completely frozen to death by the coming cold, especially a large number of insect eggs, will definitely be frozen to death, so as to reduce the pest in the coming year.

The talents of the R&D center, according to Li An's order, rest after plowing 20 acres of land every morning and 1 hour in the afternoon, and plough 40 acres a day, every day, never stopping.

And there are more and more people who come to see the excitement, not only the people in the vicinity often run over, but the nobles of the capital will also ride horses to see the excitement, the servants and housekeepers of the major wealthy families, not to mention, every time the onlookers have reached the level of three layers inside and three layers outside, and the scene is particularly lively.

In order to test the effect of cultivated land, many people will personally go to the field, grab the cultivated soil with their hands, and check the effect of cultivated land on the spot.

Of course, there are some people who often come to see the cultivated land, have learned to operate the cultivator, with the encouragement of the R & D personnel, many bold and loud, like to show off the man, have also personally experienced it, and told others that the operation of the cultivator is very simple, just control the direction.

In this way, the reputation of the cultivator is even greater, and the mood of some big nobles who want to get the cultivator is naturally stronger.

After half a month of continuous testing, the test cultivator did not have a single failure, and such a strong reliability surprised many nobles, and they made up their minds to buy, and even bought many units.

Orders are like snowflakes, flying into the R&D center, a few days of work, a thousand pre-sold cultivators were snapped up by the wealthy families, so that Ang Lee's plan to rent out was completely bankrupt, many aristocrats who started a step late, can only wait for the next batch of pre-sales, and with the current production capacity of the R&D center, the next batch of products will come out after spring ploughing.

These nobles who successfully ordered cultivators, their hearts were naturally very happy, some of them ordered up to ten, a day can plough up to 20,000 acres, a few days to complete the cultivation of the land they own, and the rest of the time, they can help people who need to plough the land, and according to the number of acres to charge commissions, moreover, they will not be as kind as Li An, with the price of eighty percent of the cattle, under the premise that the ploughing machine ploughing effect is better than the ploughing cattle, they do not increase the price is good, how can it be a twenty percent discount.

Since it is an order, of course, it is necessary to pay a part of the deposit in advance, so that the money of the treasury has increased a lot again, which allows Li An to continue to develop advanced machinery, no worries, and the research and development of pumping machinery has also entered an accelerated stage.

A month after the successful research and development of the ploughing machinery, the pumping machinery was successful, and it was first applied to the 500 acres of vegetable greenhouses where Li An was located, thus eliminating the two large water wheels that originally stood here.

Through the irrigation of his 500-acre greenhouse, Li An calculated that the efficiency of a pumping machine is more than 100 times that of a large water wheel, and the pumping efficiency crushes the large water wheel.

In order to save costs and reduce the difficulty of research and development, the pipes for pumping and drainage are made of thick bamboo in the middle, with a diameter of more than three inches, or even as high as four or five inches.