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After the mid-spring ancestor worship and outings, the main activity after March is to start spring ploughing.

And Qin Xin's side also saw Zheng Qing's brother very quickly.

And......

Zheng Qing is the huge 'family' behind his brother.

There were more than thirty or forty people.

Including old, young, male, female, but most of them are still between ten and twenty years old, both male and female, are very young.

Hearing that his uncle was coming, he was greeted by Zheng Li, the head of the family, outside, and the rest of the young people were curiously hiding in the corner of the wall and behind the door to watch.

When Qin Xin came, the family was actually preparing to go out.

After all, the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning.

"Uncle, this is my younger brother, Zheng Li."

Under Zheng Qing's recommendation, Qin Xin unconsciously stretched out his right hand forward, and then retracted it awkwardly when the opposite side was completely confused.

"Hello."

"Auntie, aunt is good."

Zheng Li is a young man who looks a little strong and burly on the surface, I don't know if it is because he usually exercises, or because he is made of farm work, anyway, although it is not a tiger's back and a bear's waist, iron arms and beards, but the visual effect of that muscle is still a little shocking.

It's just that now he is such a strong and burly person, and when he sees Qin Xin, he has to behave a little sincerely.

Qin Xin then went straight to the topic and asked Zheng Li, what are you going to do today, did your eldest brother tell you?

Zheng Li nodded.

And seeing Zheng Li nodding, Qin Xin didn't say much. After that, he set off with Zheng Li's family.

A group of more than 20 people, set off mightily.

On the way, I happened to meet Zheng Hai who came to deliver the goods - two big shovels, Qin Xin only had two shovel heads when he gave Zheng Hai before, but now, Zheng Hai has asked people to install the wooden handles.

With these two artifacts, the efficiency should be much faster when you get started. After all, Qin Xin didn't want to waste too much time from other people's families to help him, for fear of delaying other people's spring ploughing time.

In this era, one husband has a hundred acres, and an adult has to cultivate a hundred acres of land, and the amount of tasks is very heavy, Qin Xin naturally can't let his game work become a burden for others. In that case, he will not be happy in his heart.

But the others hadn't seen these two shovels before, so they didn't have that kind of mental preparation at all. Now I suddenly saw the two shovels that Zheng Hai handed over to Qin Xin, especially the sharp blades on those two shovels.

"Uncle! Can you let me see it, old servant? ”

"You want to see it? Then look, it doesn't matter. ”

After Zheng Qing got the shovel, he looked at it carefully and touched it. Sensing that the blade of this thing was thin, it was extremely tough, and he asked in shock.

"Uncle, this is ......"

"Rak-hun." Qin Xin replied.

Indeed, according to the words of this era, shovel and plowing are the same kind of thing. They are all stepped on, the tip is pierced into the soil, and then the lever principle is used to turn over the soil. Qin Xin understands very well the truth that if he wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools, if he doesn't buy two shovels, with the wooden and stone rakes in everyone's hands now, when will he dig the soil and ditch. However, the history of iron smelting cost 38 yuan, the history of the development of Chinese agricultural tools cost 25 yuan, and the two shovels cost 36 yuan with postage. The most puzzling thing for Qin Xin was that these two shovels actually asked him to pay for postage! This is the most infuriating!

"This thing ......," Zheng Qing muttered. Zheng Li next to him was also looking at this thing.

Zheng Qing quickly tried it.

I came to the softer dirt on the side of the road, poked it into the ground, and easily got three points. Then the sharp-eyed Zheng Qing saw the slightly curled edge at the end of the shovel again, "That one is for stepping on." Qin Xin reminded. It was also this curl that even charged Qin Xin an extra dollar. Zheng Qing stepped on it hard, and the whole shovel was easily halfway in. However, this is not a paddy field, if the soil is softer, then it is conceivable, maybe the head of the entire shovel will be submerged in the soil. And...... It's also too labor-saving!

Pull it out, Zheng Qing looked at the entire shovel surface again, wooden, stone rakes have the possibility of breaking, at the beginning, Zheng Qing was still a little worried, this thing looks so thin, will it break, so when he just warped the soil, he didn't dare to use too much force, but now when he looks at it, it is unscathed, and he knocks it with his hand, and it feels so solid.

"Uncle, this thing ......" Zheng Qing.

"Iron." Qin Xin said, "Wait for the next person to dig in front, and one person to shovel up the soil in the back." If the two of them work together, the efficiency should be much faster. ”

Zheng Qing heard Qin Xin say that it was made of iron, in this era, most people still don't know what iron is, because although there is a lot of iron in nature, it often exists in the form of ore, and it is difficult to see pure iron in nature. Perhaps, as early as tens, or even hundreds of years ago, a certain wise ancient man had smelted iron by mistake, but those would only be an example, and it may have been used as an ornament by the nobles and brought into the tomb after refining only a finger. In the "Shangshu Yu Gong" chapter of Qin Xin's time, that is, in the Xia Dynasty, iron appeared as a tribute, and its status was second only to gold and before silver, which proves that iron was precious at that time. In addition, after archaeological discoveries, the discovery of iron by the ancients is probably due to the use of malachite mixed with hematite in the process of copper smelting, and when they were smelted together, they gradually began to understand iron.

But no matter what, at this stage, especially here in the Zheng family, it is estimated that there are not many people who have too deep understanding of iron. Not to mention, when Qin Xin said the word 'iron', he still used Mandarin, and these people were even more confused about iron. This is not to blame Qin Xin, after all, on weekdays, everyone doesn't talk about iron, how does he know what the pronunciation of 'iron' in this era is.

In this era, the ancient Chinese is still used, if you have to compare it, it can be regarded as Xinjiang dialect, it can also be regarded as Hokkien, etc., in short, if you want to go back to this era, what you hear is a mess of pronunciation that you don't know what it means. This also explains why Qin Xin is stunned for a moment after listening to other people's words, after all, the ontology is still him, and he has always used Mandarin as the main language, and when others use ancient Chinese to talk to him, he must call the knowledge base of the original owner to deal with it. It's like doing an English translation.

"Uncle, what is this 'iron'?"

It is estimated that Zheng Qing also saw that this did not look like it was made of copper, so he asked.