To make a zigzag plow, you need to find a carpenter.

It just so happened that the original owner had a small man named Shao An, and his family was in the carpenter business.

After breakfast, Chen Gengnian followed his memory and rushed to Shao's house.

After chatting with my dad last night, he probably knew the current situation in Jiang County's officialdom, and he simply didn't go to the county office today.

Therefore, a group of people who rushed to make trouble pounced in the county office.

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Jiang County is too poor, and there are very few people willing to make furniture.

The Shao family's carpenter shop business was very bleak.

Fortunately, the Shao family still has a few acres of land.

The Shao family and his wife were busy hoeing, leaving their son Shao An to look after the shop.

Early in the morning, Shao An sat at the door and took a nap.

When he looked up and saw Chen Gengnian, he woke up instantly, and said embarrassedly: "Why are you here, my father said that he wants to mess with you again and break my leg." ”

Although the original owner is a gangster, his little Shao An is an honest child.

Therefore, Shao An's father is often afraid that his son will be taken badly.

"Don't worry, get down to business."

Chen Gengnian handed over the drawings of Quyuan plough and said, "This object, you can see if you can hit it." ”

Shao An breathed a sigh of relief.

He took the drawing on the table and looked at it for a while, his expression a little surprised, but he still said, "It looks like a plow, but it doesn't look like it." If you can fight, it is estimated that it will take three or four days. ”

Chen Gengnian nodded: "Okay." ”

Last night he inquired with his father that there were plows in this era, but because of the clumsy turning, laborious lifting of the soil, and low efficiency, people were reluctant to use them.

Especially in the northwest, the northwest is arid and the soil is dry.

It is not as good to use a plow as a hoe.

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The structure of the curved plough is not complicated, but it is fine.

It consists of 11 parts, except for the ploughshare, which is cast in iron, and the rest of the parts are made of wood.

Wood is not valuable, it is iron that is valuable.

This era was too backward, and iron smelting was very laborious, and it was necessary to use firewood and charcoal to burn all day and night to melt some iron pieces and cast them into the desired shape.

Chen Gengnian estimated that the cost price of building a curved plough was about 150-200 yuan.

It's a little expensive, but compared to a hoe, this thing can save a lot of time and effort.

Shao An's father, who has been a carpenter for almost 30 years, has very good craftsmanship, and is nicknamed 'Shao Qiaoshou'.

But Shao An is more beautiful than his father when he does his work.

Routing, throwing, sawing, drilling, skillful and fluent movements.

Chen Gengnian watched and marveled in his heart.

In fact, Shao An was also amazed.

Intuition told him that the 'plow' brought by Chen Gengnian was very unusual, he didn't understand design aesthetics, but the smoothness and precision of this thing were beautiful and almost perfect.

"Where did you get this drawing?"

When he was working, Shao An couldn't hold back and asked.

Chen Gengnian said vaguely: "I found it in the county treasury." ”

Profound.

Shao An nodded, didn't ask much, and continued to work with his head.

Chen Gengnian glanced at the other party and walked over to help.

He is small, although he has few words, but he looks very reliable, and his name is the same, and his work is reassuring.

Therefore, Chen Gengnian was ready to pull him.

Shao An is 17 years old this year, down-to-earth and hardworking, and his appearance is not bad, but he has never been able to say that he is a daughter-in-law.

Because the family is too poor.

After Quyuan plough is promoted in Jiang County, with Shao An's good skills, he will definitely be able to make money.

Skilled jobs are popular in any era.

In the evening, the Shao family and his wife returned.

Shao An's father hoeed for a day, tired and had a sore back, and when he saw Chen Gengnian, his face suddenly fell.

Hearing Shao An say that he was here to 'plow', he didn't say anything.

Because Chen Gengnian paid 300 yuan.

Shao Anniang didn't want to see Chen Gengnian, but in the end, she was kind-hearted, even if she was disgusted, she still served Chen Gengnian a bowl of wheat soup.

Chen Gengnian happened to be hungry, and he was not polite: "Thank you, auntie." ”

The aunt ignored him.

Shao An's father sat on the threshold and said in a muffled voice: "Hurry up and get out after eating." ”

"Okay uncle." Chen Gengnian took a sip of wheat soup and said with a smile: "Roll after eating." ”

Shao An's father suddenly twisted his eyebrows and glanced at his face.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Shao An, who was drinking soup next to him, laughed quietly.

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On the other side, the group of troublemakers did not find Chen Gengnian, and shouted at the gate of the county government.

When Chen Shen went out, he was ridiculed by a friend for a while, saying that his son had aroused public anger and would be ousted sooner or later.

Master Chen, who had suffered a stomach, wanted to ask Chen Gengnian what was going on.

But the rebel went out early and returned late for three days in a row, and he was stunned that he didn't block anyone.

Chen Gengnian did not know what was happening in the outside world.

He's been crazy these days.

The structure of the Quyuan plough is exquisite, even if it is Shao An, he has to explore it for the first time.

Shao An did the technical work, Chen Gengnian started, and the two tossed for four days before the finished product was made.

"Shao'er, what you did this job is absolutely amazing!"

Chen Gengnian looked at the Quyuan plough in front of him and exclaimed: "You believe me, after a while, you will definitely be the sweetheart of the entire Jiang County." ”

Shao An was only joking.

He was a little embarrassed to be touted, and said with a smile: "This plow, I'll help you send it home?" ”

The curved plough is too heavy and has to be pulled by a cart.

Chen Gengnian thought for a while and said, "Send it to the yamen." ”

After the things are made, the next step is to promote them, and it is more convenient to put them in the county government.

So, the two of them used a cart to pull the Quyuan plow and rushed to the county office.

It's also a coincidence that the group of troublemakers are here again today.

The person who took the lead is called Xing Huzi, who is from Xingjia Village, leading a group of dark and thin fierce men.

They have been blocked here for four days, and they have long been impatient, and finally when Chen Gengnian is reached, a group of people immediately surround him. With the support of the county behind them, they are very confident.

"After hiding for so many days, I finally showed up!"

"The people are tired and tired, and they don't have much food to come up, and they have to pay such a high grain tax, and they usually count the wheat particles in the pot when they eat, so how can we live!"

"Now that the weather is getting drier, we see that this summer planting is going to kill a lot of crops. You become the county magistrate, you have to do something practical for the people, you really can't return our tax grain! ”

As soon as there was a commotion here, it immediately attracted many onlookers.

Shao An nervously protected Chen Gengnian behind him.

Chen Gengnian frowned and looked at the troublemaker in front of him.

His intuition told him that the situation was not quite right, but he still reassured him: "Everyone be calm and don't be impatient, you have something to say." ”

"Say it well? How to say it well! This year's drought is so serious, we still have to grit our teeth and rush to plant in the summer, if the drought continues like this, we will not be able to harvest food in the autumn, and we will have to starve to death in the winter, what do you know about the second ancestor? With an official like you, the life of the people of Jiang County will only be more difficult, so step down quickly! ”

Xing Huzi had someone behind him to support him, and he spoke wildly.

But he was telling the truth.

The surrounding people listened to it with a sour heart, because the drought has become more and more serious recently, and it is extremely difficult for everyone to rush to plant in summer. There are even people who keep swinging their hoes because of hoeing, which makes them sore and tired.

But even if you know that the harvest is destined to be bad, you still have to hurry up and plant the crops, because if you miss the summer planting period during this time, the grain harvest will only be worse.

Even if you are tired and injured, you have to grit your teeth and work.

The people are living so hard, but seeing a second ancestor as the county magistrate, can they not feel angry in their hearts?

This is the purpose of Xing Huzi and others to make trouble, to provoke public anger and force Chen Gengnian to step down.

At the critical time, it was Zhao Qiang, Li Quan, and another tall official who rushed to barely control the situation.

Chen Gengnian had a chance to speak.

He pointed to the curved plow on the board cart and quickly said: "Folks, this is a curved plow, which can replace a hoe to turn the ground, and it should be able to plow an acre of land in about three hours." With this plow, it will be much easier for everyone to plant in summer. ”

After saying this, the surroundings were instantly quiet.

Shao An stretched out his hand and quietly pulled the corner of Chen Gengnian's clothes, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

And a group of people led by Xing Huzi burst out laughing.

An adult man can hoe an acre of land in a day and a half at the earliest.

As for the plough, everyone has heard of it, it is not easy to use, and it has to make oxen, and it is good to be able to turn two acres of land a day.

Turn over an acre of land in three hours, dream!

Chen Gengnian is really a straw bag second ancestor, and he doesn't understand anything.

With the protection of the officials, this matter can't go on today.

Before Xing Huzi left, he laughed loudly: "The county lord loves the people like a son, and he invented a plow that turns over an acre of land in three hours, and everyone will help you publicize it, but I'll see which fool will be willing to use your broken plow." ”

After their deliberate publicity, within half a day, the people of Jiang County heard that the county magistrate claimed that one acre of land could be ploughed in three hours.

This kind of straw bag is the county master, which makes people laugh off their big teeth.

When the man who was hoeing in the field heard this, he scolded angrily: "Straw bale dog officer! ”

After hoeing an acre of land in three hours, the gods can't do it!

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Jiang County, county government.

Xing Huzi and the others left, but the atmosphere here was a little awkward.

"Geng'er, your boasting has to be changed."

Shao An said helplessly: "How can a plow turn over an acre of land in three hours." ”

But in fact, Chen Gengnian was even more helpless.

He felt he had been conservative enough.

It's a terrible thing to be backward in the times, and people's cognition is so shallow that it makes him a little powerless.

However, Xing Huzi and these people are obviously not good, and behind them is the county Cheng who is playing ghosts.

After chatting with my dad last night, Chen Gengnian also had a general understanding of the current situation in Jiang County.

It's just that he has a bad reputation now, and there is no one available in the county office, which is equivalent to an empty shell. It's better to wait for Qu Yuanli's name to be played, and then find a way to clean up these people.

At this time.

One hand was raised, and he asked tentatively: "County master, can you try this plow you said in my field?" ”

It's Li Quan.

A few days ago, after the sow delivery incident, Zhang Ahua praised the county master when she met people.

Chen Gengnian's official uniform was washed clean by her and sent to the county government through Li Quan.

Li Quan was influenced by his own mother, and inexplicably trusted the county master very much.

What if, what if you can really plow an acre of land in three hours!

Chen Gengnian looked at Li Quan, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go now." ”

The main task of the stage is to [help at least one village in Jiang County increase grain production by 30%].

Lijia Village is quite suitable.

Shao An, Zhao Qiang, and another tall official named Niu Tianming, the three of them looked at each other.

But in the end, they all decided to go along.

Especially Shao An, he himself didn't believe that the Quyuan plow he made himself could plow an acre of land in three hours.

But for some reason, it's a little heartbeat-fast for some reason.

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Chen Gengnian took Qu Yuan to Li Quan's house.

Zhang Ahua is a big speaker, and as soon as the county magistrate came, the whole village knew about it.

"It seems that the county magistrate has developed a plough and wants to do experiments in Zhang Ahua's field."

"I heard that you can plow an acre of land in three hours!"

"What are you kidding, it's simply impossible!"

It was said that it was impossible, but everyone rushed to join in the fun.

Zhang Ahua's family had no cattle, and Li Fu, the head of Lijia Village, lent her cattle very generously.

Of course, this is not Zhang Ahua's face.

Because Li Fu has several pigs at home, he wants to take advantage of this relationship to get close to the county master!

"Li Quan, you are responsible for driving the cattle, and I will hold the plow! Do you hear it, don't embarrass the county master! ”

In the fields.

Zhang Ahua, who was watched by a group of people, was very excited, her feet were much better, and she was a thief in her work.

She held the Quyuan plow, looked curiously, and when Li Quan was ready, she turned around and shouted at the handsome Chen Gengnian on the ridge: "County master, it's started!" ”

Chen Gengnian waved his hand from afar.

So, Li Quan drove the ploughing oxen, and Zhang Ahua supported the Quyuan plow, and officially began to plow.

The moment Qu Yuan's plow moved, the mother and son were stunned.

The villagers of Lijia Village who came to watch around also stared in unison.

"This plough is so fast!"

"It's very deep, much deeper than a hoe, and you see, the soil is wet!"

"Zhang Ahua's legs and feet are inconvenient, but she looks completely effortless to control the plow, walks very steadily, and turns flexibly!"

"Oh my God, what kind of plow is this!!"