'Boom Boom'

The roar of the engine was heard. But I saw a behemoth driving to the edge of the field and parked.

This big guy is about five meters tall, and a row of large wheels looks particularly hideous.

In particular, the two openings in front of them are like big pincers, and the 'fangs' that open to both sides are even more shocking.

Li Zhen's eyes lit up: "Harvester?" ”

Tao Ming nodded: "We finally decided to adopt a modern mechanized production model. Now that the Agricultural Machinery Bureau has been established, it can't become a cold yamen, right? It has to come in handy. After the governance of Prime Minister Xun and many demonstrations in the countryside, the common people have basically recognized the efficiency of modern machinery. With the addition of agricultural machinery, Xizhou can save more than half of the manpower to do other things. This is the most scarce thing in Xizhou today. ”

Li Zhen said: "It's good that you can have such an understanding. Do the people approve of it? ”

"Recognized. Recognition too. The Agricultural Machinery Bureau has adopted a way of paid labor, which is the human heart. Originally, the national policy was to vigorously support and provide free of charge in all directions. But the common people don't admit it, they think that there is no good thing if it is free. As a result, after the Agricultural Machinery Bureau issued an order for paid labor, everyone began to scramble and queue up to reserve the harvester. ”

"That's right, and the rice huller is also scrambling to use it. The cost is actually not very high, but it is still very humane. The harvester harvests one acre of land, and the payment is settled with grain. For every acre of land, pay ten catties of millet. The price of ten catties of millet was sky-high for the past, and no ordinary people were willing to pay for grain. But now the fields are full of grain, so everyone can accept this price. ”

Li Zhen asked: "What does the Agricultural Machinery Bureau want grain for?" ”

"The Agricultural Machinery Bureau doesn't want food, it's mainly to find a reason to charge. After all, no one uses free stuff. As for the grain, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau accumulated it and handed it over to the Western State Government, which was at the disposal of the Finance Bureau, sold, or hoarded. The accumulated benefits are used to improve the road transportation facilities in the western state, as well as some other welfare facilities to use the expenses. ”

Tao Ming said, his eyes showing a touch of pride.

Obviously, this method was thought up by Tao Ming. He is also proud of his mind.

A few hundred kilograms of grain per acre of land and ten catties of grain are handed over, which is completely acceptable to the common people. In fact, there used to be a very heavy agricultural tax, and the agricultural tax was higher than this. Now the agricultural tax is exempted, and the western state is completely exempt from agricultural tax. The price of these ten catties of grain is regarded as a tax burden.

Li Zhen nodded: "I very much agree with the decision and face change of your Western State Government. How many people are registered to use the harvester now? ”

"The number of harvesters is too small, and there are only 200 harvesters in total. There are so many places in the West State. Therefore, when there are more monks and less porridge, only one county can be arranged to ensure the number of three harvesters, and one more in larger counties. In some places, two or three counties share. So there are more people in line. The statistics are from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, I can't remember. But as far as I know, the harvester next to it is full. In terms of time, it will be 24 hours a week without rest. ”

"Even so, there are still 70 percent of people who don't use a harvester. It's also thanks to the fact that it's a machine, and if it is harvested by manpower, I'm afraid that the fields in Xizhou will be panicked, and there will be insufficient manpower to harvest them at all. Alas, let's see when the time comes, I'm afraid that the high-intensity work will make the harvester scrapped. ”

Fang Hanxian, who also came to Xizhou, thoughtfully: "It can only work twenty hours a day, and it has to rest for four hours every day no matter what." Couldn't be more. Otherwise, the harvester will really have to be scrapped. The heat of the diesel engine is too great, and the engine will burn red after about ten hours of continuous work. Twenty hours is the limit, and a four-hour rest is to let it cool naturally. At the same time, the most important thing about the harvester is the 'knife', and such a large workload must be maintained every day. Check that the blade is changed where the blade should be changed, and the chain should be changed where the chain should be changed. Otherwise, I am afraid that there will be a scene where the harvester has passed and the rice stalks are still growing on the ground. If you can't harvest it cleanly, you can't cut it, and this situation may occur. ”

Tao Ming was stunned, and a look of fear appeared in his eyes: "No one said it...... I thought it was a machine, and the difference between it and people was that it didn't need to rest. ”

Fang Hanxian shook his head: "No." The machine also needs to rest. You're going to die of exhaustion after three hours of non-stop work. Unless it's a little dry, a little rest, some food, and some water. This can work for up to 10 hours at a time, more than 10 hours. But as for the machine, it does not rest in the middle of the process, and it works continuously and at high intensity. There are a lot of gears in the machine, and if you think about it, a lot of metals rubbing together, rubbing for more than ten hours, twenty hours, what kind of concept is that? ”

"What is the concept of the blade of the rice stalk installed in front of the harvester, which cuts continuously for more than ten hours? The blades all collapsed, and the engines burst their cylinders. Anything can happen. So your continuous work is very unscientific. I think it is still necessary to reduce the workload, and it is necessary to have people from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau to carry out maintenance every day. Otherwise, you will pick the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon. ”

Tao Ming Zhengse said: "I have been taught." I'll get it to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau right away. ”

Li Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard them chatting. There were many obstacles to the promotion of harvesters before, and many people were reluctant to use this thing, thinking that the machine would destroy the aura of the crops. Now it is not enough, one is used as two or three. Scrambling to grab not enough.

So, anything is subject to change. It depends on the perspective from which the person's mentality is thinking and thinking.

After wandering around the fields until about 8 p.m., Li Zhen found that the fields were still brightly lit, and many villagers were living in tents on the fields.

In fact, they mainly prevent hares and animals from spoiling the crops, and a few scarecrows are enough, but there are still many people who are not at ease. Add to that the atmosphere throughout the state, and it's no surprise.

If there are young people in the family, young people become a new force.

There were no young people in the family, and basically all of them were civil servants sent by the government, as well as people from the Xizhou army to help harvest the crops.

Agriculture is the foundation, and it is important from top to bottom.

Li Zhen naturally attached great importance to it, but naturally he would not stay in Tiankan, so he left Jinchang County by car overnight that night and arrived in Xiping County at about two o'clock in the morning.