Chapter 312: Iron Bull Monster

This news caused a lot of uproar among the cadres of the Hong Army, and Ye Mengchu, the newly established deputy company commander of the second battalion of the dragon spear, said: "I originally wanted to rest for a few days, but I didn't want to kill Lin Daguang first, and then fight Zhao Qi, when will these 50,000 people fight!" ”

He is not the basic cadre of the Dragon Lance Battalion, he is a small leader of the regiment who only served when he fought Huangyan, although he is a little clever, but he is obviously too frivolous, but it is not very consistent with the tradition of the Dragon Lance Battalion, it is only because of the rapid expansion of the army that he was promoted to deputy company commander, but as soon as he said this, someone over there said: "How can there be 50,000, let's check and seal this Zhao Qi a battalion commander, a battalion commander can pull up 50,000 people?" It would be nice to have five thousand! ”

"That's right! It's a group of local chickens and dogs, and it's good to be able to withstand a wave of attacks from our dragon spear regiment! ”

"Such a team, if there are really 50,000, our dragon spear regiment is not afraid!"

Middle and senior cadres are also discussing this issue, although Qu Jie is a mediocre material, but in the past few years, he has traveled south and north, and he has also gained a lot of knowledge: "If he can mobilize 50,000 people, Ye Niangniang will only give him a battalion commander!" ”

"Whether it's Lin Daguang or Zhao Qi, we have to solve it within a week!" Juton was already there shouting, "Just for a week!" ”

Qu Jie was not in a hurry: "It's okay to win, I heard that the previous inspection point was deployed in Bao Village?" What I have now is time, and striving for total victory is the key, I don't believe that Zhao Qi can set off any waves! ”

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The only problem was that four infantry battalions had previously been sent to capture Fuding County, and now that Zhao Qi was rebelling in Binh Duong, these troops were cut off.

In Panshi Village, it was even more hot, Duncan personally operated his newly made pot camel machine, and shouted to the onlookers farmers and townspeople: "OK! ok！ ok！ ”

Now it's harvest season, but in the past, for farmers, husking and rice milling was an extremely complicated process, and they had to grab the mills every day, and the family had to be tired to death.

As for a water-powered mill, it can be passed down for three generations, and even so, the farmers have to waste a lot of manpower and material resources on it.

But in the eyes of the peasants, all this has become so magical, this whistling monster emitting black smoke, is so magical, the rice poured in, you can complete the whole process of hulling, milling rice, the milled rice is white and good. update

What's more, the labor is extremely low, Duncan's 2.5 horsepower pot camel machine is a small pot camel machine in the pot camel machine, but the job of rice milling is almost free.

In fact, the people who work in the Panshizhai Arsenal, whether they are masters or ordinary workers, and even informal small workers, now enjoy free rice milling, and of course they have to go out with their families to help Duncan boil water and carry straw.

This time, the farmers in Panshi Town thought that Duncan, a foreigner, was crazy, but now they watched the non-stop whistling pot, looked at the black smoke coming out, and watched the snow-white rice separate, and everyone let out an exclamation.

Ma Qianzhu glanced at Duncan, he was an extremely studious and lover of steam engines, but looking at such a magical scene, he also felt incredible.

It was such a pot camel machine, using the most worthless straw in the countryside and the boiled river water, to evolve such a miraculous change, he felt a deep fear.

He is like this, not to mention the most ordinary peasants, they can't understand such a monster, if this is not a heavily guarded rock village, if it is not for the fact that the Rainbow Army has performed such a miracle to them before, they simply dare not believe that there is such a miracle. …,

It's a good thing, as long as Duncan pays so many tens of dollars and some firewood and grass, the whole family can be liberated from tedious labor, which is incredible.

It's not just these farmers who find it incredible, even the local officials of the Hongjun feel incredible.

Lu Ping felt that he was well-informed, in his early years, he ran to Shanghai and saw foreign steamers, foreign guns and cannons, as well as all kinds of gadgets brought by foreigners.

Therefore, when he heard that Duncan was going to use a steam engine to mill rice in Panshi Village, he thought that this foreigner was talking nonsense, he had seen real foreigners, and he had also seen steam engines, how could there be such a thing.

But more and more news reached Lu Ping's ears, and there was even a miller owner who accused Duncan of using monsters to mill rice and compete with the people for profit, so he couldn't sit still.

Compared with the county lords of the former Qing Dynasty, Lu Ping was relatively simple, and he only took one squad of infantry on the road.

Although there was an incident in which Zhao Qi launched a rebellion in Pingyang, but the rebellion with Zhao Qi, in addition to some of his sworn friends, was a part of the former Red Turban Army who were dissatisfied with this adaptation.

In Yongjia and Yueqing counties in Jiangbei, there are only a very small number of bandit gangs of less than 20 people who take the opportunity to make trouble, but with an infantry squad of the Hongjun, it is enough to walk safely in Yueqing County.

Along the way, it was the crowd of the brigade who walked towards Panshi Town, and when Lu Ping asked, he said that he was going to Panshi Town to see the iron bull monster grinding rice, and as a result, Lu Ping, the magistrate, was given a lecture: "In the autumn harvest season at night, you are not in a hurry to grab the harvest, but also go to Panshi Town to see the excitement, go home and collect the grain!" ”

But such an iron bull monster has brought too much impact to the countryside that has been closed for decades or even hundreds of years, and before Lu Ping arrived at Panshi Village, he had already seen that the entire Panshi Village was crowded with people, and some even picked rice and straw to come over.

There were crowds of people watching the excitement everywhere, everyone shouted about the Iron Bull Monster, and people with insight would tell him: "That's the pot camel machine, not the Iron Bull Monster!" ”

Even if a Western cargo ship comes to Panshi Village, it will not be so lively, but fortunately, someone knows Lu Ping, so he led him over, and said while walking: "Lu Zhixian is here, Lu Zhixian is here!" ”

Seeing such a noisy scene, Lu Ping believed a little, and he asked Ma Qianzhu, who came to greet him, "What kind of pot camel machine is this, can it really grind out rice?" ”

"It's true!" Ma Qianzhu said: "Duncan Deng Yang said that there is a two-.5-horsepower machine there, but in my opinion, such a machine can withstand a stone mill pulled by hundreds of mules!" ”

The efficiency of the machine is sometimes not simply described by numbers, Lu Ping was taken aback: "It's really so amazing? Then now our mills in Yueqing County are not mixed! ”

"Don't mix it, don't mix it!" Ma Qianzhu said: "Although our pot camel machine can be moved, it is only the people who are willing to come over thirty or fifty miles near this Panshi Town, and it is not possible to be far away!" ”

Lu Ping thought about it, but he sighed again: "This year, our mill in Yueqing may not make as much money as in previous years!" That's fine, that's fine! ”

For ordinary farmers, the appearance of this thing can allow them to leave a few more extra money, but Lu Ping thought again: "I'm afraid we will be shocked even more in the future!" ”

After all, the efficiency of manual shelling and rice milling is very low, and the efficiency of machine shelling and rice milling has gone up all of a sudden, and the defect of the pot camel machine is that the start time is slow, but the husking and rice milling have hardly stopped. ..., Duncan has already come over over there: "Lu Zhixian, you came just in time, there are too many people coming to watch now, you can think of a way to let them disperse!" Otherwise, something will definitely happen! ”

Duncan initially wanted the mill to be distributed to the factory workers in Rock Town as a worker's benefit, and to earn a few extra money, but he apparently underestimated the impact of a machine in the traditional countryside.

In the crowd of onlookers here, I don't know how many people have changed their life's ambitions like Ma Qianzhu, and how many rural children, because of the power of this machine, decided to sign up for the Yipeng Military Academy and become the first batch of real skilled workers in the empire.

Lu Ping also understood that there were so many people outside, and any spark could be lit, so he had no choice but to ask tentatively: "What is the use of your pot camel machine besides rice milling?" ”

"It's so useful!" Duncan replied: "It's only two and a half horsepower, but it can pump water, it can be irrigated, and it can be ......."

"Can you pump water?" Lu Ping had already asked for the first time: "Pumping, irrigation?" ”

"That's right!" Duncan replied, "Such a machine works well in the countryside and in the mines!" ”

"There it is!" Lu Ping had already thought of it: "When I post a notice and go out, I will say that I am willing to borrow a pot camel machine to pump water and irrigate next year, and hurry up to the county seat to report." ”

"Is that okay?" Duncan stretched out his hands and said, "Impossible! ”

It turns out that this is really no problem, when the notice is posted, most of the crowd disperses after a while, and everyone is concerned about whether this iron bull monster can be used to pump water and irrigate.

Water use, which was the biggest problem in rural society throughout the feudal period, was particularly prominent in the Qing Dynasty society, and often every county had to fight for water every year and hundreds or even tens of thousands of people fought for clans.

It is important to know that too little or too much water can lead to the danger of a bad harvest for the year, which is an unbearable burden for farmers who rely entirely on agricultural crops.

Although the water conservancy facilities in Yueqing County have a considerable foundation, but the dry fields that depend on the sky to eat are still countless, in this case, the farmers have not cared whether the pot camel machine is a monster, they are concerned about whether the iron ox can pump water and divert water, if it can, it may be a revolution!

It turns out that this is the so-called real industrial revolution of the world.

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