Chapter 224 This is just the beginning
"Zhuzi, Zhuzi, how about your house?"
"Uncle, at the beginning, be careful, I'm going to work..."
"Ergou, Ergou, go quickly. It's going to rain. Why are you carrying a bundle of rice? Haven't you eaten?"
"Uncle, have you forgotten that my foot was dropped the day before yesterday? I can't walk fast, don't urge me, don't urge me, can't I endure the pain and hurry up..."
"Luo Zhang, why are you putting on the ground with a big belly? Hurry up and go home to stay for me. Is your guy so mean you? It's okay, I'll go to your house to beat him tonight. It's a bad thing. I don't care if my wife has such a big belly."
"Missary chief, there is nothing to do. I'm not in a hurry, so I went to the field to take a look. It's okay, look, I didn't even get anything. Besides, walking more is good for the children, not that it's not that it's not that."
"Those two kids over there, yes, you two, don't play with mud, go and help, look at it, do you think I dare not hit you? There is no one in the village who I dare not to smoke!"
“Wow wow wow wow…”
At the entrance of Linbian Village, the old village chief was so anxious that he had to ask a few questions when he met everyone.
The weather was not good, and it was likely to rain heavily, but the crops in the village were not taken back. He was so old that he couldn't get down to the ground, so he could only stare at him, and his mouth was so anxious that he almost blistered.
A villager carrying a bundle of rice stopped and turned around and asked him in a tangled manner: "Uncle, do you want to collect the mosquito coils in the village? If it rains, it will be completely ruined."
"When is it still thinking about mosquito coils? The most important thing now is to take back the crops in the field. Have you heard it?" The old village chief suddenly glared at him in anger.
The villager touched his sweat and said, "But mosquito coils are also very important. It's a lot of money, especially one of the mosquito coils, which was ordered by the Liu family shop in the town. They added blue-green mosquito coils, and a plate of forty copper plates!"
"Don't you go through money? You've just been a few days old and you've forgotten your foundation? Do you remember the days when you couldn't eat before? Mosquito coils can be made at any time, and crops? Once the heavy rain comes, it's in vain to work for a year. What's the matter? Go and do it quickly." The old village chief roared as if he was about to hit someone.
The villagers did not dare to respond and could only carry the rice and leave in shame.
There was no one around. The old village chief patted his chest and breathed smoothly. He looked at the sky with a sad face. He saw a young man out of the corner of his eyes and immediately said loudly: "Who is your stroll? Have you been hiking? Have you been slapping before? Go and help... Well, Mr. Liu, why are you here in the village? Why don't you say it in advance..."
After shouting for a few words, the old village chief saw clearly that it was Liu Xiu, and he immediately changed his tone and smiled gently.
Liu Xiu came over to support him and said, "Old village chief, are you in good health? I'm looking at the weather is not good. Come and see how the crops in the village are harvesting. Now the farming is busy, how dare you disturb everyone."
"What are you talking about disturbing or not? Mr. Liu, you have great kindness to our village. If you come, it is not an exaggeration for all our village to come. As for crops, there is no way to do this. Let's see when it rains, how much can be snatched back. Our village is fine. Although the mosquito coil business has been snatched a lot, many people have recognized the old-fashioned mosquito coils in our village, but the impact is not great. How much crops are recovered back will not affect livelihoods, but other places are hard to say. Alas, if a heavy rain, I don't know how many people will suffer from disaster." Facing Liu Xiu, the old village chief said in another tone. Although he was still a little worried, he was not as anxious as before. In short, just one word, and he felt very stable.
Nodded slightly, Liu Xiu looked at the villagers who were sweating profusely in the fields in the distance and said, "It's good, but the crops in the fields are the result of hard work for a year. If they are washed away, it is not a happy thing."
"What can I do? The village has so many people. In previous years, the crops will take at least half a month to recover. Now it will rain heavily at any time. Let's leave the will of fate," the old village chief said with a wry smile.
After hearing what he said, Liu Xiu said at the right time: "Old village chief, I have a tool that can greatly improve the harvesting speed of rice. In terms of efficiency, it is ten times higher than when you cut the rice and then drop the particles a little bit, but there should be three or five times. It is easy to use. I wonder if you want to try it?"
Liu Xiu was talking about a human-powered rice harvester. Last year he made one. He used the thing for two years of rice harvesting, so the efficiency is naturally much faster than that of the villagers.
If the color is not good today, it may rain heavily at any time. He proposed it in time, which can help villagers harvest rice faster. Another way, his promotion plan for agricultural tools and agricultural planting can also be carried out quietly.
Regarding promoting these things, Liu Xiu was preparing to subtly integrate into this world, and was not prepared to make a big fuss. Linbian Village is a point, promoting it bit by bit. Any good thing will naturally be learned when others see the benefits and will be popularized. There is no need for Liu Xiuhua to do anything about leaving and promote it, just like the mosquito coils that year.
People in this world are not stupid, they are just limited by their vision and cognition. Of course, good things can be seen. The human-driven rice harvester can greatly improve efficiency. When people see the benefits, they will naturally spread all over the world quickly.
When the old village chief was stunned when he heard Liu Xiu say that there was something that could improve the harvesting efficiency, he was stunned for a moment. It was not that he didn't believe it. After all, Liu Xiu brought them too many surprises, and he just couldn't react.
Taking a deep breath, the old village chief looked at Liu Xiu and asked seriously: "Mr. Liu really has something like that?"
"Well, there are, but there are only one finished product. Of course, it is not difficult to make. With the cooperation of a skilled carpenter and blacksmith, many can be created in a day. The most important thing is that two sets of gears are difficult to build. After all, it requires fine running-in. However, I have already solved the problem, which is casting molds. After this problem is solved, everything else is not a problem," Liu Xiu thought about it and replied.
If you want to promote the rice harvester, Liu Xiu of course thought about the key points and thought about the solutions.
When the old village chief heard Liu Xiu say this, his inner surprise and excitement were beyond words. He looked at Liu Xiu with a burning look and said with a trembling voice: "There is such a thing, of course we are willing to try it. This is a great thing. After years, the crops have matured, and a heavy rain and hail have fallen into pieces without harvest. I don't know how many people starved to death. There are many people who hang themselves in despair. If there were such things earlier..."
Liu Xiu interrupted the old village chief who was talking nonsense and said, "Since everyone is willing to try it, I will bring the finished product. You can find a few blacksmiths and carpenters in the village, and then quickly make it and put it into use. What do you think?"
"Okay, there are carpenters and blacksmiths in the village. I'll go find them now. They must be made as soon as possible and you can ignore other things!" Although it was interrupted, the old village chief was not annoyed at all. Instead, he left with a word. His actions did not match his age at all.
Liu Xiu immediately started to go back to the mountain. It took about half a month for ordinary people to go back and forth. He came back in less than ten minutes. This was on the premise of carrying a rice harvester. After all, no matter how fast the harvester was, the harvester would have to fall apart halfway.
When Liu Xiu brought the rice harvester to the village, the old village chief was already waiting with a few blacksmiths and carpenters. Not only did they bring all the things, but the materials were also prepared. I don’t know how the old village chief urged him in such a short time.
In front of the big guy, Liu Xiu said at the moment of the rice harvester: "It's this thing, it's very simple to use, you see..."
As he said that, Liu Xiu demonstrated it and used the teaching to step on the pedal. The pedal drives the gears to rotate. This wheel drives the drum to rotate, and the n-type iron nails on the drum can stir the particles on the rice.
Without any effort, a handful of steps would take off the grains from the rice, and all the grains would fall into the harvester's bucket.
During the demonstration, the old village chief and several craftsmen widened their eyes, and they were all excited after watching it. The efficiency of the harvester was more than ten times faster than before. Liu Xiu had a conservative estimate before.
"This thing...this thing is simply a gift from God to the farmers in the world. No, it is Mr. Liu's gift from the farmers in the world. With this thing, the food in the future can be quickly taken back home. If you move faster, you will not be afraid of a heavy rain that will waste the work of the year..." The old village chief finally got so excited that his eyes turned red, and he reached out to touch the harvester. His movements were so gentle that he seemed to be afraid of breaking it.
He interrupted him with a gentle cough, and Liu Xiu said: "Old village chief, now is not the time to be excited, but how to make it and distribute it to the villagers. The situation is urgent. After all, heavy rain will come down at any time."
"Oh yes, make it, then what, iron pillar, punzi, come here and see if it can be made? Mr. Liu is here, ask him if you don't understand." The old village chief was shocked and immediately shouted anxiously at the craftsmen next to him.
Several craftsmen surrounded him, all of whom had many years of craftsmanship. With the finished product in front of you, you will understand it after a little thought.
One of the blacksmiths hesitated and said, "The others are all easy to say, but these two gears are not easy to use. One tool requires two pairs. If I do it myself, I guess I can only get two pairs a day."
"I have considered this issue. Use a mold to pour the melted molten iron into the mold and pour it into mold. The subsequent grinding will be almost done. This will also be standardized and the subsequent replacement will be simple," Liu Xiu explained with a smile.
After he reminded him, the blacksmith understood it in a second and immediately promised: "In this way, it will not be a problem for me to create ten pairs of gears a day. It will be faster after getting familiar with it!"
"Then there is no problem, let's start next." Liu Xiu nodded and said.
Chapter completed!