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"Really?" Marin was a little unconvinced. If the wheat samarium is so good, why didn't his family use this thing when he cut wheat for more than nine years in his previous life? He didn't have this thing in his childhood memory.

In fact, Ma Lin didn't know that this thing was generally popular in the Central Plains north of the Huai River. Ma Lin's hometown in the Jianghuai region in his last life was mainly planted with rice in ancient times, so naturally this kind of wheat cutting artifact was not popular.

But for Europe, which is basically a wheat plant, the significance of wheat samarium is too great. In these days, there are no tractors, and the role that wheat samarium can play is equivalent to that of a harvester. Moreover, Marin remembers that in the 19th century, the horse-drawn harvester invented by the American inventor McCormick was only three times more efficient than ordinary people, and it was not as good as wheat samarium.

It seems that Conté also guessed that Marin might not believe it, so at the end of the letter, Conté mentioned that he not only had people bring back samples of wheat samarium, but also a few poor peasants recruited from the Central Plains and the Netherlands, and they would show Marin how to use it in person.

Kong Tai emphasized that although Mai Samarium is efficient, ordinary people may not be able to do it. Because, it is very heavy, and the 1-meter-long samarium knife alone carries a lot of weight. Therefore, in general, wheat samarium needs to be manipulated by a man in the prime of life, and it requires a lot of skill. If you don't know how to do it, you can cut yourself with a samarium knife......

Hearing that someone could perform live, Marin went to the port of Emden with great interest, called a few farmers from the Great Netherlands in the Central Plains, and asked them to perform wheat samarium harvesting. Because he wanted to see the effect so much, Marin even wasted a few acres of rye land that was about to ripen for a few people to perform the wheat harvest.

The farmer who performed first gave an introduction to Marin. The wheat samarium they use, also known as the wheat samarium, is composed of three parts: the wheat samarium, the wheat samarium and the wheat cage, supplemented by wooden handles, sliding frames, drawstrings and other accessories. The so-called wheat samarium is actually a samarium knife, commonly known as a samarium blade, a sharp and thin blade more than two feet long, inlaid on the wheat knife, which can be freely disassembled and assembled.

And Mai Xuan, also called Mai Xuanzi, commonly known as the chicken nest cage, the upper part is round, the middle is woven into a net-like flower eye with fine bamboo strips or old rattan, the shape is like a dustpan but slightly larger, about three feet high, and plays the role of collecting wheat straw. The lower part is about two feet wide, and the samarium knife is mounted with a thin wooden board at the mouth of the kean. Samarium knives are a bit like the blades of the manual razors of later generations, very sharp and thin, which is conducive to quick harvesting. But at the same time, if you are injured by a blade, it is also very scary......

One end of the mouth is equipped with a wooden handle, and the other end is tied with a rope. The wooden handle is about 1 meter long, and the rope is a little shorter. There is a crossbar at the end of the wooden shank for easy grip. There are loops at the end of the rope for easy hand pulling. The outer side of the wheat should be bulging inward, so that the cut wheat can be gathered in the chicken coop when the knife is used to cut the wheat.

At harvest time, the farmer bows his right leg forward, his left leg is slightly bent, his right hand holds the wooden handle, and his left hand pulls the rope. First, throw the wheat skulls through the wooden handle to the back of the wheat in front of them, and then drop the samarium knife to the root of the wheat bush. Then, with a sharp force of both hands, the farmer pulled the samarium back. The sharp samarium knife slashed through the roots of the clump of wheat, and the wheat was cut off by the roots and poured into the wheat cage. The wheat plants in the cage are then gathered together in bundles, which are bundled by the women or children who come with them, ready to be transported back for threshing......

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Because the full set of wheat samarium is relatively heavy, the average woman cannot control it. Even men with less strength are a little difficult to promote. Of course, adult men who are used to farm work are generally fine. Only those noble children or scholars did not have enough strength to control the wheat samarium.

But even if you have enough strength, be careful. Because, when the wheat samarium pulls the wheat backwards to harvest the wheat, it is also taboo to use too much force. If the samarium knife had slashed McGan and continued backwards, it might have slashed into the leg, and it would have been over.

Therefore, Sun Er, a big Dutch farmer who demonstrated to Marin, emphasized that the offspring who had never touched this thing must practice for several months before they can use it. How to practice? Of course, I practiced after removing the sharp samarium knife. Only when you practice without a blade can you get started. And, be careful at first, too. Otherwise, if you cut off your leg, you will be crippled. If you cut the artery, you will die directly......

Ma Lin looked at Sun Er's dazzling performance and felt that he had a very good kung fu foundation. Could it be that this is the so-called crop handle?

Actually, Marin guessed correctly. Skilled farmers who use wheat samarium are very stable. And holding the wheat samarium for a long time, the strength in his hands is not small. Moreover, the Greater Netherlands region has been the home of kung fu since ancient times. Just like Sun Er, he has a few crop handles.

Of course, there are only a few hands, after all, they are not professional, and they can't compare to professional martial arts. Moreover, ordinary farmers do not have enough meat to supply the nutrients needed to practice martial arts. However, if it is said that the center of gravity of these farmers who are good at using wheat samarium is very stable and it is not easy to overturn......

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Actually, there is another use of samarium. It is two people who manipulate Mai Samarium, and one person pulls aside. The person on the right pulls the handle, and the person on the left pulls the rope. Of course, the wheat samarium should also be changed, at least, the wooden handle and rope should be changed to be longer, suitable for two people to pull with both hands. In addition, the width can be appropriately increased to improve harvesting efficiency.

If the two of them use both hands to pull together, one person can stand on one side, and you can also avoid hurting yourself with a samarium. After all, when the two work together, they are both standing on the side of the samarium.

Moreover, if the two of them work together, the two-handed pull is more powerful than the one-handed pull, not to mention, the impact of the total weight of the wheat samarium on the person should be further reduced. After all, the two shared the weight of the samarium. In this way, the staying power of the two of them is also stronger when working. Unlike one person who manipulates the samarium alone, the weight of the entire samarium is borne by one person, and it is inevitable that he will have to rest when he is tired. For two people, the interval between breaks is much longer.

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Then, in a manor house under Marin's name outside Emden, several farmers from Greater Holland showed Marin the use of a single and a double use of a samarium. Among them, the wheat samarium used by the double is wider, and the harvesting width is larger.

Although harvesting wheat was boring, Marin watched them harvest it with great interest. Of course, he ordered people to bring tables and stools and sit in the fields to watch the use of wheat samarium. On his head, he also had a parasol......

At the end of the day, when several big Dutch farmers couldn't do anything, Marlin sent someone to count them! That's right! The single one, harvesting more than 6 acres in one day, more than an acre! And the double one is even more powerful, it really harvested 20 acres!

"What an artifact!" Marin stood up excitedly.

If wheat samarium can be promoted, then there is no fear that the autumn harvest will be too slow and encounter rain.

What is the concept of 20 acres a day? You can harvest 100 acres in 5 days! According to the calculation that the autumn harvest lasts for more than half a month in this era, two strong men can complete the harvest of 300 acres of land! Then, on average, the number of farms that each household can farm can reach 150 acres! With a little effort, 200 acres can be solved!

Why do the ancient Chinese people say that "a cow on thirty acres of land, a wife and children are hot on the kang"? Isn't it because you're too busy? If you can only harvest one or two acres a day, the husband and wife add up to harvest more than three acres a day. Then, 30 acres of land can be harvested in ten days. Any more, it's a bit overwhelming.

But with wheat samarium, it's different, double wheat samarium, ten days can harvest 200 acres! Even if there is only one male in a household, that's fine. It's a big deal, help each other with your neighbors and cooperate in harvesting. In this way, it is not a problem for a family to harvest 100 acres at all!

Previously, for the autumn harvest in the North Sea Country, because of the lack of labor, Marin had to send troops to help with the harvest. Otherwise, it is easy to delay the autumn harvest. But now, with the wheat harvesting artifact, the wheat samarium, Marin no longer has to worry about the delay of the autumn harvest......

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