When Jia Liping arrived in Quancheng County, he found that things were not as simple as he imagined.

Du Taiping's face was full of doubts: "You mean, the Kyushu Academy of Sciences has invented a tool that can be used for farming?" ”

"Yes, Son of Heaven."

"Is there a physical thing?"

"There are physical objects, in the Kyushu Academy of Sciences."

Du Taiping frowned: "Do you know how difficult it is to farm?" That's not something that machines can replace, farming is a craft. Machines can generate power, but how can they replace manual work? If you destroy the crops, do you know how much it will cost? ”

Jia Liping's brows were also furrowed: "In fact, the Kyushu Academy of Sciences has indeed developed harvesters and ploughing machines. ”

"Oh, the plough I believe. But where does the harvester begin? ”

"The harvester can complete the harvesting and separation of the stalk and the grain, all in one stop."

"Hahaha. Said laughed at Liping. Crops are very delicate, and they are harvested with a sickle. How can I use the machine? If the machine drives into the field, won't it destroy the crops? This harvester is a bit whimsical. ”

Jia Liping didn't know why Du Taiping didn't believe in himself.

In fact, to tell the truth, if Jia Liping hadn't seen the real thing, he himself wouldn't believe that there would be such a product as a harvester.

This is everyone's inherent thinking, thinking that crops are so fragile that the ground is overgrown. How can you drive a machine into the field?

When the crops planted by people are harvested, they have to lift their feet lightly, for fear of stepping on the crops. Now, however, it is necessary to drive a cart several meters wide into the field. This is pure fantasy in everyone's inherent thinking.

But Jia Liping was extremely depressed, the Kyushu Academy of Sciences even built an airplane, why didn't Du Taiping believe that a harvester could be built?

Du Taiping said: "And the Kyushu Academy of Sciences wants the state to vigorously support production, which is a big deal." If the harvester is useless, then when the time comes to vigorously produce a batch, won't it be a waste of money? And to provide a harvester for a state, how many factories have to work overtime? When the harvester is useless, how many things will have to be delayed? How much money is wasted? If the harvester is not only useless, but also destroys the crops, then will the people of Western State live? ”

Du Taiping was also very embarrassed: "Xiao Jia, it's not that the state doesn't support it. Your conditions are too strong for people to be difficult, and the Kyushu Party has not even seen the real thing. You didn't even carry out experiments, but the theory worked. Are you going to give me an approval and the government will support you? It's not a small matter. ”

Jia Liping is a smart person, and he never moved out of the sentence 'This is what Li Shi meant'.

And Du Taiping is also a smart person, and he doesn't mention Li Zhen at all. The two maintained the same tacit understanding, and both tried to avoid those two sensitive words.

Jia Liping said: "But time is pressing. It's already mid-May, and the whole country will start planting rice at the end of June. Hybrid rice only takes four months to mature, and if you have to wait for all kinds of experiments to be available, then the daylilies are cold. ”

"I also know that you are in a hurry, and the country is in a hurry. But such a big risk cannot be taken. ”

Jia Liping thought for a long time and said, "That's it." The harvester waited until October, and November was not ready for use. We can do the actual operation of the harvester first, and we will tell you the live data. But the ploughing machine must be on schedule immediately. All of them need to be in place by the end of June. ”

Du Taiping hesitated for a long time, but finally shook his head: "I can think of a plow, and the principle is actually not difficult." But there is a crucial question. ”

"Son of Heaven, please speak."

"From ancient times to the present, all the land has been ploughed by oxen, and the poor people ploughed the land. It is all inherited, it is inherited from thousands of years of experience, and in doing so, it will definitely be able to plant crops alive. However, now the plough machine suddenly came out, and it was to get the car off the ground. ”

"Yes, the principle of the plough is very simple, that is, the locomotive goes to the ground. The locomotive generates power, and the rake is ploughed on the street behind. The locomotive walks in front and the plough harrow ploughs in the back. ”

Du Taiping's face was full of embarrassment: "You haven't conducted experiments either, have you?" ”

"What kind of experiments do you need to do with the plow? The principle is the same, it is right. Jia Liping's face was stunned.

Du Taiping said: "This time, the statewide hybrid rice sowing in Xizhou is of great importance. How can you be sure that rice will grow from the land that has been plowed by the ploughman? Let me put it another way, your plough must be driven by wheels, right? If such a heavy car is driving in the field, will it damage the field? And what about cattle? The ox has four hooves on the ground, which is not the same as the wheel. ”

Du Taiping was also in a dilemma, took a sip of water and continued:

"Listen to me. This risk is really too great, and the stakes are high for sowing in Xizhou, and only success and failure are allowed. What if the plough machine breaks the field? What should I do if the rice doesn't grow? The machine is still the ingenuity of no one. You have to test it with two machines first, and the test is successful, so it's a big deal to push it to next year. Delay for an extra year to ensure that there is no risk this year and a stable autumn harvest. ”

Jia Liping is really tired: "Son of God." Four hooves to step on the ground, and wheels to run on the ground. What's different? No matter how the front side rolls through the field, there is always a rake behind it to turn the ground up, right? What are you worried about? ”

Du Taiping said with a serious face: "Don't forget, planting is very delicate." Some rice it recognizes the land. Different depths, different plants. You have plowed the ground so deep that the harvest will not grow? The plough is shallow, and it can't absorb nutrients? It's not that I don't approve it, but the main thing is that you have to give an experiment, right? You don't need to do a complicated experiment, you only need to experiment once, plough the ground with a plough to make sure that it grows crops, and I will approve it. The harvester is indeed capable of harvesting a day of rice, and I also approve it. But now it's all in the vernacular, everything is theoretical, how am I going to approve this? ”

Du Taiping is extremely cautious in life.

In everyone's eyes, the stakes are high for the full cultivation of hybrid rice in the western state. Success, not failure.

If it fails, Du Taiping may have to shed a layer of skin.

And at this tense juncture, even what Jia Liping said is out of the blue. As long as there is no experimental foundation, Du Taiping does not dare to take risks.

Even if he took a 1 percent risk and could reap 200 percent of the benefits, he was not willing to take the 1 percent risk. He only wants a stability, just hope that Xizhou can be stable. In this stable link, try not to make extraneous branches.

Jia Liping also knew Du Taiping's mentality, but he couldn't help it.

Now that Du Taiping is Wang Ba is hard-hearted, he would rather specially dispatch all the troops in Xizhou to help the people farm at that time. I don't dare to risk farming with a machine that has not yet been tested.

Caution.

Too cautious!

Jia Li said in his heart, what Li Shi once said was really right. Du Taipingcheng is also cautious, and defeat is also cautious. Prudence can make him stable, but prudence makes him destined not to have Xun Shifei's aggressiveness, and he does not dare to try new things, so he can't find breakthrough development.

It's just that what makes Jia Liping feel powerless is that this caution is too much!