I haven't caught a suitable cow yet, and the kind of cattle I've seen before are tired like North American bison, and they are not easy to tame, so we have to continue to look for them. Therefore, only horses can be chosen as livestock for ploughing.

"Drive!"

Ding Qi inserted the ploughshare into the soil, controlled the depth, and then drank lightly, and the little Erhei in front of his head flicked the horse's tail excitedly, and walked forward by himself without running and pulling, and Ben only needed to control the direction.

With a bang, the plough was pulled by Xiao Erhei and slid forward, and the ploughshare easily broke through the soil and turned to the right under the action of the ploughshare mirror. As Xiao Erhei advanced, a new mud turned over appeared in the eyes of everyone behind.

Everyone let out exclamations and shouted excitedly, they knew how hard it was to turn the ground with a shovel.

There were five or six people around who followed Ding Qi and trotted all the way, observing Ding Qi's movements.

The most critical person to plough is the person who supports the plough, he wants to maintain the depth of the ploughshare into the soil, neither the water can be too shallow nor too deep, so he must use his strength to maintain a balance with the power of Xiao Erhei's pulling. And the five or six men were there to learn how to harness the plough so that when they ploughed the ground, they could turn the ground smoothly.

"Phew~"

"Slightly~slightly~"

When he got to the ground, Ding Qi commanded Xiao Erhei to stop and turn to the left, and Ben also pulled Xiao Erhei to turn left at the right time and came to the other side of the plot.

Dingqi follows the common ploughing method in the countryside, always starting from the right side of the plot, so that the soil from the left can be turned to the right. At first, it was a little jerky, firstly because he hadn't operated it for a long time, and secondly because Xiao Erhei pulled the sleeve for the first time, and the cooperation between the two sides was a little rusty. As Xiao Erhei's pace became more and more steady, Ding Qi gradually grasped the rhythm and felt more and more familiar.

"Phew~"

"Oh~Oh~"

Back at the starting point, Ding Qi instructed Xiao Erhei to turn right. For the two words "slightly" and "oh" to command the cows, horses and mules, they represent the two meanings of turning left and turning right respectively, which can be regarded as the method of controlling them in Ding Qi's rural hometown.

On the second trip, Ding Qi became more and more relaxed, which was very easy for him, who had personally operated the wooden plough and ploughed the ground before, and naturally said the order to control and command the cattle before.

After walking back and forth six or seven times, and making sure that the people around him could also understand, he handed the plow in his hand to one of the five or six people, and taught him by his side. After a while, half a day passed. Fortunately, the results were good, and at least those six people learned how to plow.

It's just that Xiao Erhei was bitter, looking at Ding Qi's eyes full of grievances and resentment, he lowered his head and didn't look at Ding Qi, he sulked there. Ding Qi had to quickly prepare some salt water for it to drink, and the guy immediately became energetic.

After the observation, the six men began to plow the land in different plots. Tinch also gave up his plow to Ben, who replaced him with another stallion. Xiao Erhei is only able to command Ding Qi, and the others, hum, will give the other party a kick.

The six of them gradually began to get started, turning up the dirt like waves in the plots they were responsible for, turning over the manure and plant ash on them under themselves, revealing more moist soil, waiting for the next wave of mud.

Ding Qi doesn't care about them anymore, teach them these things, they will explore it on their own, understand the reason, and control the process. And he himself had just come to the ground that had just been plowed on, and there was a stone stone at the head of the field, which was to be used for grinding.

A member of the group of stonemasons from the 21st century instructed them to do stone work faster and faster, and their skills gradually matured.

After telling them about the shape and function of the stone, they quickly found a suitable bluestone, took out an axe and chisel, and cut it to make a cylinder one meter and a half long and forty centimeters in diameter. Then on the left of the cylinder

A round hole with a diameter of 10 centimeters and a depth of 10 centimeters is chiseled in the center of the plane on the right side, which is the position used to install the frame.

The frames are made by carpenters to the size of the stones, and thanks to the various carpentry chisels that are made, it is not too easy to do these tasks. The frame is in the shape of a zigzag II, with two shafts stuck in the middle, and the upper and lower sides of the zigzag are tied with two ropes, and they can be used if they are tightened.

In fact, there are many functions of stone stone, including wheat milling, wheat grinding, ground grinding, which is an indispensable agricultural tool for farmers, as well as stone mills for grinding corn and wheat.

Ding Qi pulled Xiao Erhei over again, put it on the cover, and led it along the ploughed ground just now. The main purpose of grinding is to crush some large or hard soil to make the whole ground flat, so that it is convenient to use a nail-toothed rake (ba, fourth sound) to rake the ground.

The creaking sound sounded, attracting everyone's attention again. It's just that I looked at the unremarkable stone stone that rolled up and down, and after looking at it for a while, I turned my attention to the people and horses who were plowing the land.

After running back and forth a few times, and after smoothing out part of the plot, Ding Qi taught Ben the work of grinding the ground, and Ben continued to grind the ground, while he put Xiao Erhei on the newly made nail-toothed rake and prepared to rake the ground.

The construction of the rake is equally simple, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of farmers and laborers from ancient times to the present. The rake can be seen as a "me" shape, made of wood, one meter fifty or forty centimeters long, with four horizontal logs in the middle, so that people can step on it. Six holes were cut into the wood at equal intervals on the left vertical side, and a square nail was inserted into it, and the wedges were tightened.

The square nails are made of bronze, about 20 centimeters long, three centimeters long and wide at the thickest point, and suddenly taper and sharp at the bottom two-thirds. The main reason for making it so thick is that the nail teeth are made of bronze, which is thin and not strong.

Then five holes are also chiseled out in the wood on the right vertical side and inserted into the square nails, and these five nail teeth are just in the middle of the six nail teeth on the left, the spacing between the two sides is relatively narrow, the soil breaking ability is better, and some weeds and plant rhizomes can be removed together.

Raking the ground with nails, like grinding the ground with a stone stone, only one person is needed. However, Ding Qi needs a long rein to control the direction of the horse. Because when raking the ground, it is necessary to rake it in a straight line in the plot at first, and then rake it in an S shape in the plot. If you look at it from a distance, you will see the rake ground S-shaped and straight cross, which is quite beautiful.

At first, no one watched him grind the ground, but he began to rake the ground, which attracted a lot of people to come and watch.

Ding Qi stood on top of the rake, stepped on the two square beams with his front and back feet, shook the reins, and shouted at Xiao Erhei to go forward. The body constantly switches positions, switching the center of gravity back and forth between the front foot, the middle foot, and the back foot, exerting different pressures on the rake body.

Due to the stone crushing, the current field is relatively flat, so it is easier to rake, especially after Xiao Erhei walks more smoothly, the rake is better, and Ding Qi stands on it more and more steadily.

Every once in a while, Ding Qi would put his weight on his back foot, and his front foot would keep stepping up and down, shaking off the weeds and rhizomes that were wrapped around it, and then he would stop and get the things off and continue to rake the ground.

After a long time, a lot of weeds were piled up on the ground that had been raked, and Ding Qi asked people to clear them out quickly, so as not to be blocked when the rake got there.

For the tribesmen, they were amazed by the miraculous sight that the weeds that spread all over the fields could be gathered together from all corners and automatically harvested into piles, they thought it was incredible. Moreover, it is very rhythmic to see the leader stepping back and forth on the thing called a rake.

Now ploughing, grinding, and harrowing are assembly operations, and after such a long time, there is only a small piece of land left in the field without ploughing. As for the stone stone, two more were added by the other two

People help grind, Ben has been handed over to others to do, and he will be fresh. The main thing is to learn some technical work, such as the current raking.

Ding Qi handed the nail tooth rake to Ben, and the other two people also took out the rake prepared at the head of the field, put it on the horse, and the three of them began to rake the ground according to Ding Qi's demonstration. The whole scene was so lively that even the tribal elders and the sorcerers who rarely went out came to watch.

Ding Qi wiped his hand, shook off the sweat on his face, looked at Ben Haha who fell to the ground in front of him and laughed, and was about to wipe the sweat again, when a white and tender hand next to him reached over and handed him a deerskin scarf.

Ding Qi saw that it was the deer standing beside him, holding a deerskin towel in one hand and a bowl in the other, which was filled with warm dandelion tea.

Ding Qi smiled slightly, first took the deerskin towel to wipe off the sweat on his head and neck, and then picked up the bowl of water and drank it in one go, the sweet tea made him feel comfortable.

Recently, the relationship between Ding Qi and Lu has been a little close, especially after Ding Qi punished himself, the relationship between the two has developed relatively quickly, and the relationship between the two is closer than the relationship between sitting on the big stone in front of the yard before.

Ding Qi didn't know why, could it be because the performance of the group of animals after the group wedding stimulated him? He couldn't figure it out, so he just let it be. Although he has a five-year appointment with Lu, Ding Qi doesn't want to refuse at this ignorant age when love is just beginning to open and love is budding, he wants to experience this pure and beautiful love. If you can achieve positive results in the end, this is also a pretty good thing!

In the field, people are also familiar with the process of plowing, grinding, and harrowing, and improve their proficiency in coordination with horses. Nothing can be achieved overnight, only by continuous training and running-in can you master a certain skill.

Primitive people are not intellectually deficient, on the contrary, they are very intelligent, they just have not been exposed to or imagined, but as long as they know what it is, they will show great interest, pay attention to and learn this new thing. Of course, the premise of all this is that you can eat enough, and you can only think about other things when you have a full stomach. If you can't eat enough on your stomach, how can you focus on such a puzzling thing?

While! While! While!

Suddenly, an alarm bell rang from the city, and it was urgent!

Ding Qi frowned, according to the latest alarm requirements, this voice was particularly urgent, obviously a large number of unknown people rushed over. The rumbling of horses' hooves on the stone pavement could be faintly heard in the city, and at least two squads of soldiers had set off.

Since the tribe already has a dragon flag, the warriors of their own tribe will display the flag to indicate their identity when they travel. The white fangs and rats who set off two days ago were the same, and they would all wave the dragon flag, one was to show their identity, and the other was to promote the Ding tribe.

looked up at the sky, but didn't find Xiao Jin's figure, so he must have run somewhere to play by himself. But the little cutie has been following her, and when she is plowing the land, she stays in the tree at the head of the field, which can be said to be inseparable.

Everyone just watched and then turned their attention to the cultivated land. Although it was outside the city, everyone did not worry about the threat to their safety, and the soldiers on duty in their tribe were able to respond to the attacks of unknown people at the first time.

Just when Ding Qi and Lu turned their heads and walked towards the east gate of Ningcheng, there was another horn sound from the southwest of Ningcheng, two long and one short, the long lasted for five seconds, and the short lasted for three seconds, which could make people clearly distinguish. This means that there is no hostility towards the people who come, but there are more than 200 people. If it's just a long voice, it means that the other party is an enemy, and you don't need to tell the quantity, just do it!

In that meadow, a group of people were standing in two groups on either side of a road that had been stepped out of, and two big men who seemed to be the leaders of the crowd were standing on the dirt road, talking to a man on a horse ten meters in front of them.