Chapter Eighty-Three: The Harvester

After doing this, Peng Daniu rode a horse to Pingzhou Mansion and asked people about the location of the immigration department. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After someone told him, he went straight to the immigration hall. He said that he had come to the immigration department to ask for something, and it was better to have someone to call the shots. Someone took him directly to the person who was said to be the biggest official here, called Director Li.

Director Li sat politely behind the office chair and listened to the introduction. Nodding with a smile on his face, he said to Peng Daniu: "Mr. Peng, you have worked hard from afar, please sit, please sit." ”

Peng Daniu saw that this Director Li was polite, and he didn't feel afraid, so he sat down directly.

Director Li said: "Mr. Peng came to Pingzhou last year, how is his family in Pingzhou?" Still used to it? How was this year's harvest? ”

Peng Daniu said: "Everything is fine, the harvest is not bad, there are two stones of harvest in one acre of land." ”

Director Li smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Peng is an old crop, and it is not easy to harvest two stones in the raw land, it seems that there is no lack of effort." Mr. Peng, what are you asking about? ”

Peng Daniu said: "Director Li, I have some friends who have been implicated by Zhai Yi and other traitors at home. If you stay in Handi for fear of being affected, and want to come here, you can ask Director Li, will we trouble him? ”

Director Li said: "You can rest assured of this, as long as he has not committed a crime and is implicated by others." We welcome people who are truly honest and responsible. Just take them. ”

Only then did Peng Daniu tell the story of Lao Zheng and the others, and Director Li listened carefully and nodded with a smile. After Peng Daniu finished speaking, Director Li said: "Mr. Peng, a benevolent heart, thinking about the difficulties of others is commendable. It's also that we don't do our job well, which makes it difficult for some immigrants to resettle. We will definitely settle these people like Lao Zheng you are talking about, and then see if there are any people like them, and they will also be settled. You see, winter is coming, and maybe many people don't have houses, clothes, or food for the winter. You're here to help us, and you're helping them. ”

As Director Li spoke, he turned his head and called a yellow-faced man, and instructed him to go back with Peng Daniu and properly settle Lao Zheng and the others. Then he sent someone to investigate how many people were similar to Lao Zheng, and placed them in detail.

Director Li personally wrote a large plaque of "Righteous People" and gave it to Peng Daniu to reward him for his righteous deeds and presented a lot of harvesting utensils. There is also a threshing machine, which is said to have just been made, and the immigration department gave it to Peng Daniu as a reward. Peng Daniu said, this thing is a good thing, but it's a pity that it's a little late, but it can still be used next year. Immigration officials were all faceless and accepted Mr. Peng's criticism. Later, someone reminded Peng Daniu that this was just done, no one had used it yet, and he would be the first to use this thing, and he knew that he seemed to be a little inappropriate, and he didn't dare to talk anymore.

Peng Daniu and the yellow-faced man went back with the plaque and the threshing machine. Peng Daniu took him to find Lao Zheng, arrange a new residence, arrange wasteland, etc., and so on, in short, Lao Zheng and others were properly resettled.

Another month passed, and heavy snow covered the entire land of Pingzhou. He had recently reorganized the unregistered ones, and the number of people exceeded his imagination, and there were 50,000 people. Of course, there are various reasons, some immigrants are illiterate and do not know how to deal with people, and others are also interested in taking advantage of them so that they can do this and that with peace of mind. There are also some people who are indeed wanted by the imperial court, and have committed many evil deeds, and want to escape punishment here. There are many more who are implicated and who are not guilty of evil deeds in themselves. But I was afraid that the government would know, so I was a little worried.

The Immigration Department tried its best to find out them, and the resettlement of those who should be resettled, and those who committed many crimes were also not spared, and those who should go to dry salt were let go.

The immigration matter is on the right track in all aspects, and Li Xiaowen is handling it step by step.

When Jiang Hexing saw Li Xiaowen's report, he was greatly comforted and summoned Wang Ke to ask about the harvester. Wang Ke said: "He Wang, we have been studying this harvester for a long time, and we have also found a lot of skilled craftsmen, teachers from agricultural schools, and teachers from engineering schools, and we have also consulted them." Some people think we're whimsical, that our scythes are fast enough, so why need faster harvesters. Some people think it's impossible, and they sneer and so on.

Jiang Hexing is not a mechanic, but he knows more than them, he asked Wang Kedao, "What is the most difficult thing in your design?" ”

Wang Ke said: "We always want to make a big sickle, pull it with a horse, or push it with something, so that the rice or wheat in front of us will not fall." ”

Jiang Hexing thought about it, this misunderstanding of thinking had to be solved by himself, he drew a simple harvester pattern, and handed it to Wang Kedao: "You can refer to this." ”

Jiang Hexing roughly explained the principle, using a horse to drive the wheel, and the wheel drove the blade, and then put the rice or wheat

Wang Ke said excitedly: "He Wang, why don't you say it earlier, we seem to have gone the wrong way." I'll go back and design it as soon as possible and see how it works. ”

Jiang Hexing said: "I ignored it before, so you take the research people and horses to Phoenix Island, where there is still a lot of grassland, you find some deep grass, as high as rice, and strive to make it as soon as possible, and strive to use it in a large area next year." ”

Wang Ke said: "Okay, okay, I must make this harvester and not delay next year's autumn harvest." ”

Jiang Hexing sent Wang Ke away, thinking that his harvester pattern was drawn too late, if there was earlier, the arable land here could be opened by at least half, because many people divided a lot of land, and in the end it was really impossible to plant. In the end, rice and soybeans were planted separately, and many people planted spring wheat, so that the harvest season could be separated and more grain could be harvested.

Jiang Hexing analyzed the affairs of Pingzhou, there is no need to worry about army construction, agriculture should be able to come up slowly, and the commercial development is also good, due to the restriction of iron tools out of Pingzhou, it is difficult for industry to have great development in a short time, after all, there is no big market, and it is difficult for various businesses to have great development. If the horse-drawn planter and horse-drawn harvester are made, and the technology is given to the two merchants, they can at least go up the next level. It can also lay the foundation for future development.

At present, the most anxious thing is the lack of talents, and school education is slow and urgent, and there is nothing to be done. Jiang Hexing approved 5,000 acres of land to the agricultural school, so that they could do more comparative tests, how to fertilize, how to select seeds, how to breed, etc., he taught some methods, and the "Book of Bisheng" for reference, and asked to write the "Pingzhou Agricultural Book".

As for engineering schools, it is more about practice, and it is also necessary to summarize all aspects, such as the steelmaking method, and they should at least understand its principles from books. The study of textiles is also the focus of their learning, from the study of textile machinery, from the principle to the practice, let them explore it first.

The military academy is better, now Hao Zhan is also the principal, Hao Zhan himself has gone through several wars, and his brain is also alive, so it should be no problem for training officers.

Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, teach them the right way, let them explore it themselves.