July Bingshen, 11th.

Guo Zi came back alone. There were not many places involved in Zhongmu County. He didn't want to stay with a group of soldiers, so he went back to Xupingzhuang first.

When he arrived at the village, he asked the shopkeeper and said that Xu Ping was testing the machine in the field and was not in the village. Guo Zi was curious, so he brought it to the field by the shopkeeper.

It was still those people who last time. As Xu Ping tried the harvester in the sweet sorghum field, the sorghum grew taller and thicker than alfalfa and planted sparsely, so the speed of the cutting knife had different requirements. It is July now, and the harvest season is almost coming, and Xu Ping dared not delay the day.

Li Zhang followed him to the field, chewing sweet stalks to satisfy his cravings, so he found a small pond to catch fish.

When Guo Zi arrived at the field, he saw Xu Ping and others harvesting with the scalpers in the middle of the field. Two rows of cut sorghum fell into the harvested field.

When he bent down to see the sorghum cut on the ground, Guo Zi was also shocked. The improvement of agricultural efficiency is from relying solemnly on manpower to relying on animal power to using power to using power. Guo Zi has been an official in recent years, and most of the time he has been related to agriculture, and of course he also knows what this means.

Leaving the shopkeeper, Guo Zi rushed into the field and followed Xu Ping and his group.

When Xu Ping saw Guo Zi, he was surprised: "Why did the chief clerk come to the field? It is uneven, the sorghum stubble is extremely sharp and easy to hurt people. I'd better accompany you to the village to rest."

Guo Zi waved his hand and said, "No, I'm about to see how you farm."

Of course, Xu Ping didn't want to be seen by others, but he was not afraid of being discovered by others. To put it bluntly, from the principle, the harvester was not very magical, and it still imitated the movement of human crops and would not be regarded as a monster by the characters of this era. The real technology is actually in some inconspicuous places, such as the shape and speed of the knife, the angle of the blade, the conversion and transmission of power. These blurrings seemed to be traced in ancient times, but the specific data had to be practiced for a long time.

What Xu Ping mastered was precise data from these inconspicuous places. It was just right to say it, and it made people have nothing to say. In fact, Xu Ping brought new agricultural machinery to the countryside to promote it in his previous life. The farmers watching often said that it was the case, and even could say a lot of consciously and better solutions. Only when they were really used would find that it was always something bad. What really made farmers shocked at first sight was basically fully automatic control of drones. This was obvious at first glance, but in fact they couldn't use it.

People don’t think that things they can understand are magical, they just think that this thing is actually very simple, they just don’t think in that direction. Most agricultural machinery is like this, and it basically simulates human movements, because humans are naturally the highest-end technology in nature, and the best movements will naturally be found in production. Agricultural machinery only fixes a relatively good movement and continues.

If there weren't those piles of brass gears, let alone Guo Zi, even Gao Daquan and other shopkeepers would think that Xu Ping's mind was just turning faster, and the gearbox made them feel a little mysterious.

After walking back and forth in the field, he stopped at the site. Guo Zi asked Xu Ping: "This kind of farm tool is also made by the small owner? I have never seen it anywhere else."

Xu Ping said: "Yes, my farmhouse is too big and there are few farmers, so I have to make some farm tools to save manpower, otherwise there will be no place to grow it."

Guo Zi said: "Can the little owner let me take a closer look?"

How could Xu Ping say that it is not possible?

Guo Zi bent down, looked at the entire machine carefully, pointed to the sealed gearbox and said, "I can see the rest of this farm tool, but I don't know what the reason is in this iron box. It seems that the secret of the farm tool is in this iron box."

Xu Ping looked at his appearance and did not give up if he didn't understand the gearbox, so he asked Sun Qilang to come up and open it, so he just asked Guo Zi to see it at one time.

Sun Qilang took a wrench and raised the brass bolts on the box cover. He had a simple and skillful movement and was already quite like an old worker. He divided the work with Gao Daquan, and he did all these work, perhaps because of his natural temperament, so he also liked to do them.

The wrench and brass bolts made Guo Zi's eyes light up again, but he didn't say anything.

Looking at the yellow box of gears in the gearbox, Guo Zi was stunned for a moment and asked, "The iron box is made of tinstone?"

Xu Ping's face changed a little and said to Guo Zi: "The chief clerk will not say that I will privately control banned items."

Guo Zi smiled and said, "The court banned copper just to curb extravagance and ensure that there is no shortage of copper for minting. The owner of the small farmhouse used it to make agricultural tools. Farming is the foundation of the world, so who would say what? But I am curious, how did you think of using this for agricultural tools."

Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief: "Gears can be used on water mills, so why can't they be used on agricultural tools?"

Guo Zi stood up and sighed: "The little owner of the village is clever, but I can't do it."

Gears have appeared in China for a long time. By the Song Dynasty, even herringbone gears and gear trains were no longer uncommon. They were mostly made of wood, iron and copper, but they were basically cast. Guo Zi was good at inventions, and he saw a lot of these things, and he didn't think they were so magical. He just thought of Xu Ping's idea of ​​moving such institutions to farm tools.

The technical aspects of these gears in Xu Ping are not about the structure, but are precisely pressed with brass, making the transmission relatively stable, and the mechanical strength of brass can be used barely. Another method is lubricated with castor oil, which greatly reduces wear. You should know that castor oil is the best lubricant in nature. Most of the highest-end lubricants in Xu Ping's previous life still need to be added to different proportions, which has excellent lubricating effects.

In Guo Zi's eyes, he didn't think that this harvester was magical, and it did not exceed the times. But when combined together, it achieved an effect that he could not imagine. So although he couldn't say it, he always felt strange. After thinking about it, he could only come to a conclusion that Xu Ping, the little owner, was indeed exquisite in his mind and no one could match it.

Seeing that he had cut two rows, Guo Zi asked Xu Ping: "Little owner, your farm tools are so exquisite and save a lot of manpower. Have you ever thought of dedicating them to the court? Maybe you can get an official position!"

Xu Ping shook his head flatly: "I don't want to!"

If you get an official position, what kind of official position is changed? Class 3? Or is it an assistant teacher at Zhongmu? Needless to say, Li Yong and Xu Ping knew what a miserable appearance was when they first became an official. As for the assistant teacher, he is also considered an official? At this time, everyone who combs his hair and grinds scissors is called assistant teacher, which is not a laughing death!

When offering skills to the court, the Song Dynasty usually gives two rewards. One is to give money directly. One is to give money, and one thousand guan and two thousand guan is not enough, but Xu Ping won’t make it himself? What’s more, the court rarely gives money. When you want to pay money to the people, you mostly give an identity. When you have less money, you will give a few sets of blank official positions. This kind of official has been mentioned before, but it has no effect.

Unless otherwise noted, such as the one who offered the copper-soaked method to the court, gave the official position and asked their family to be responsible for the management and technology of copper mines. But this was not what Xu Ping wanted. If you want to become an official, you would be promoted to the Jinshi.

Seeing that Xu Ping answered firmly, Guo Zi knew that he was not determined, so he stopped talking. He was unwilling to offer farm tools, and the official would not force you. Naturally, there were other ways to make you work.
Chapter completed!