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Different from previous years, starting from the third year of Taixing, Youyan Land should adjust its agricultural policy and increase the proportion of machinery in agriculture.

Therefore, Wei Shuo first took people to the major machinery workshops in Youzhou to inspect the production of agricultural machinery.

Nowadays, there are several important agricultural machinery in Liaodong, but there are only two most important ones, namely wheeled heavy plough and light plough; The seeder of the Han Dynasty - the three-legged cocoon; It is mainly responsible for plowing land and sowing seeds.

Among them, the wheeled heavy plough is a tool developed by Weishuo with reference to the medieval European heavy plough, so that the craftsmen combined with Chinese technology to develop a ploughing tool, which requires four to eight oxen or horses to pull.

Because it is inconvenient to turn around when ploughing the land with eight oxen and horses towed together, the heavy plough is useless in traditional Chinese small-scale farmers.

Therefore, this kind of wheeled heavy plough is generally used in those large farms, and the furrow of the large farm is generally as long as two or three hundred steps, which is very suitable for the wheeled heavy plough to exert its power.

Often, a family will choose a light plough with less than three oxen/horse-drawn horses, which is very popular with farmers because of its lightness and low price, although the area under ploughing is much smaller than that of heavy ploughs at one time.

In addition to the plough used for farming, the three-legged cocoon used for sowing seeds is also one of the important agricultural machinery.

Huaxia had seeding machinery during the Warring States period.

During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Guo created and invented a three-legged cocoon that could sow three rows at the same time on the basis of a one-legged cocoon and a two-legged cocoon.

A cow pulls, a cow pulls, and a person supports the cow, and one can sow one hectare of land in a day, which greatly improves the sowing efficiency.

After getting the three-legged cocoon, Wei Shuo was like a treasure, and he wrote to the local government many times, asking for the promotion of this advanced seeder in Liaodong.

The structure of the three-legged cocoon is very complex, with the cocoon foot ditching, three hollow cocoon legs, the lower end is embedded in the cocoon ploughshare, and the upper end communicates with the sub-grain groove. The lower part of the grain trough is connected to the front of the cocoon bucket by a rectangular opening, and there is an opening below the rear part of the cocoon bucket, and a ram is installed alive, which is tightened with a wedge.

In order to prevent the seeds from blocking the opening, hang a bamboo skewer on one of the pillars of the cocoon handle, the front end of the bamboo skewer extends into the lower part of the cocoon bucket and tie it firmly, and a piece of iron is tied in the middle. There are two sides of the cocoon, which can accommodate a cow at a distance, and finally there is a cocoon handle.

Before sowing, according to the type of seeds, the size of the seeds, the dryness and wetness of the soil, etc., adjust the gate of the cocoon opening, so that the amount of seeds flowing out at a certain time is just right.

Then put the seeds to be sown into the cocoon, and pull them with oxen, one person leading the ox, and one person supporting the cocoon.

The cocoon controls the height of the cocoon handle to adjust the depth of the cocoon's feet into the soil, and also adjusts the depth of the sowing, shaking while walking, the seeds automatically flow out of the cocoon, and are divided into three strands through the cocoon legs and then sowing into the soil through the bottom of the cocoon ploughshare.

On the wooden frame behind the cocoon, hang a square wooden stick with two strands of rope, put it horizontally on the wall of sowing, and as the cocoon advances, automatically rake the soil flat, and cover the seeds under the soil, so that the task of ditching, planting and covering is completed at one time.

Even the full function of the modern latest seeder is only to complete the four processes of ditching, planting, mulching and compaction, while the three-legged cocoon more than 2,000 years ago has already connected the first three processes together and completed by the same machine.

Although the last procedure, compaction, is done by means of a hammer, this does not negate the greatness of the three-legged cocoon.

As soon as the Spring Festival ended, the pastoral government placed huge orders with major machinery workshops, requiring a large number of agricultural machinery to be produced before spring sowing to supply the needs of various places.

In the afternoon, Wei Shuo, accompanied by Huangfu Zhen, went to inspect the largest agricultural machinery production workshop in Jicheng. The workshop is located on the banks of the Yongding River and still employs hundreds of workers despite the extensive use of hydraulic machinery.

The owner had already received the news that Da Sima had come to inspect, and was looking into the distance on tiptoe.

After a while, he saw that Da Sima was flying horses towards the workshop, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led people forward to greet him.

"Greetings to Da Sima!"

"You've done a great job!"

Wei Shuo smiled and said to the owner: "I came here today mainly to inspect the production of the workshop, and I don't need to alarm the production personnel in the workshop later, let them continue to produce, just need the owner to take a certain visit." ”

"Obey the orders of the Great Sima!"

After speaking, the owner led Wei Shuo into the workshop, and as soon as he entered the workshop, he was full of neatly arranged timbers, and from time to time hired workers transported the timbers one by one, and then sent them to the processing place, and then turned into the required shape after primary processing. Thanks to the promotion of waterwheels, hydraulic applications can be seen everywhere in the workshop, saving a lot of manpower.

Looking at the hot situation in the workshop, Wei Shuo couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the owner, how many three-legged cocoons can you produce in this workshop in a month?" ”

The owner of the workshop was very well prepared, and in the face of Wei Shuo's inquiry, he blurted out: "With sufficient supply of raw materials and abundant human resources, at least one hundred and fifty three-legged cocoons can be produced a month." Nearly 300 three-legged cocoons have been stored in the workshop, and it is estimated that at least 500 three-legged cocoons will be produced at least before spring sowing begins. ”

"Five hundred! Well, it's quite a bit, plus the output of machinery workshops elsewhere, it's enough to meet this year's demand. ”

Wei Shuo was very satisfied with the production volume of the workshop, and then he pointed to the busy hired workers around him and deliberately asked, "You didn't squeeze the hired workers, did you?" ”

"Oh, how dare the little one? Not to mention that there are pastoral workers Cao **** staring, and people from the Supervision Office come to inspect, and even people from the newspaper come to collect wind from time to time. Unless the little ones are impatient, who dares to withhold and oppress the hired laborers? ”

"Hahaha, there is no best, these hired workers are all people living at the bottom, and they all rely on this little salary to support their families. As a person in charge of the workshop, you should not say that you treat each other as relatives, but at least respect the fruits of other people's labor. As long as the hired workers do their jobs well, don't oppress them at will. ”

"Please rest assured, no one in Liaodong dares to oppress the hired workers!"

This is not a beautiful thing that the owner said to please Wei Shuo, but there is a factual basis. In Liaodong, there are many laws and regulations to ensure the interests of the people at the bottom, and once someone breaks the law, it is easy to be sued by the government. Coupled with the ubiquity of newspapers, almost no one dares to defy the law.

"This year, the agricultural policy of Youyan Land will be significantly adjusted, and the demand for various agricultural machinery is very strong, and your next task is to ensure smooth production, and there must be no shortage of supply, which will affect the spring sowing event!"

"No!"

……

After inspecting the workshop, Wei Shuo returned to the house, but when he returned to the house, he found that Pei Yinger, who had gone south to Jianye, not only returned to Jicheng smoothly, but also brought back a heroic little lady.

"Father, father......" As soon as Wei Zheng and Wei E saw Wei Shuo, they hurriedly ran towards Wei Shuo.

Wei Shuo hurriedly bent down, picked up a pair of children, and asked with a smile, "Do you miss Daddy?" ”

"Yes!" The two children replied in milky voices.

"Hahaha! Daddy misses you too! ”

Saying that, Wei Shuo turned his head to look at Pei Ying'er next to him and said distressedly: "Madame, it's hard to go to Jianye!" ”

Pei Ying'er replied with a soft smile: "It's not hard, in fact, I didn't do anything to go to Jianye as a concubine, everyone kept complimenting me in front of my husband." ”

"Hehehe, Madame is modest. By the way, my husband heard that you took your mother-in-law to Jicheng? ”

"Yes, the current political situation in Jiangdong is unstable, and the concubine is worried that the Pei family will be affected, so she has to take her mother to Jicheng. Originally, I wanted to bring my father too, but my father didn't want to leave Jianye. Speaking of Pei Dun, Pei Yinger couldn't help but worry about his safety.

"Madame, don't worry, my father-in-law insists on staying in Jianye, he must have his own ideas. Moreover, he is the head of the Pei family, and under normal circumstances, no one dares to touch him at all, let alone that I am still his son-in-law, unless someone is impatient. ”

"By the way, husband, I'm going to Jianye, and the concubine will bring back a little lady! I saw that she liked to dance with knives and guns, and admired General Shao Yuniang very much, so I agreed to worship General Shao as a teacher. ”

"What's her name?"

"Xun Guanniang!" (To be continued.) )