Chen Xu had breakfast with Shui Qingrou and was busy all the time. After feeling that everything was arranged today, he rode his horse to the wooden workshop.

The autumn harvest is approaching. In addition to the plough rakes being made and distributed, we must also remind each village to inspect and repair the damaged threshing machine, and he must also make the sowing rakes first as soon as possible.

The drawings have been drawn long ago, but to make them into real objects that can be sown in the ground, they have to make samples and observe the effect. After all, he has only seen this thing, never carefully studied it, but just remembered the style. Daqin was not a later generation of more than two thousand years, and all kinds of tools were lacking. Even a small funnel switch was designed several times. After modification, he still felt that it was not very satisfied. It was too exquisite and complicated. It was basically impossible to make it.

"I have met Lord Lidian!" Seeing Chen Xu coming, Liu Erwa and several apprentices who were working in the woodworking workshop stopped to salute.

"No gifts, how much has the plow rake been made recently and how much has it been distributed?" Chen Xu nodded and asked after dismounting.

"I have been stepping up production every day recently. More than 20 sets have been completed and all of them have been sent. However, the wood suitable for making curved shafts is difficult to find, and they are all wet materials. I am afraid it will be the same as a thresher. It will crack and damage over time!" Liu Erwa said quickly.

"It's okay, I'm in a hurry this year. Let's do it first. After the autumn harvest, more people will go up the mountain to cut down suitable bends and dry them. Then process them in winter. During spring plowing, you must strive for at least one set of plows and rakes for both households. Today I'm going to make a plow!" Chen Xu walked into the shed and said.

"Lidian, what is the rake?" Liu Erwa followed and asked.

"I have drawn the drawings for sowing. Come and see!" Chen Xu took out a few pieces of hemp pulp paper from his pocket and spread them on a wooden table with the other party's tools in the middle of the shed.

"Sow seed?" Liu Erwa was surprised, "Don't sowing seeds be done with your hands. Just dig a small hole and throw the wheat seeds in and cover them!"

"The speed of using artificial means is too slow. Three people can sow two or three acres a day. I made this rake and could sow hundreds of acres a day by one person and one horse!"

"Puuu~" Liu Erwa, who was following behind, almost pierced his head onto the carpentry table. The knives and axes in the hands of several apprentices fell to the ground with a bang, and they all looked at Chen Xu with disbelief.

Liu Erwa trembled and got up, his beard and eyebrows were trembling, and he stammered: "Don't talk big, how can one person and one horse sow hundreds of acres in a day? This... this is completely impossible!"

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. The rake is a sowing artifact that I have been studying for a long time. If you can make this thing, I recommend you to the county magistrate to be a master in the county town!"

"Really...really?" Liu Erwa was so excited that she almost hit the ground.

"What a lie to you? Once this thing comes out, if it is transmitted to Xianyang, maybe His Majesty the First Emperor will summon you and even sign you to be a high-ranking official in the craftsman's mansion!" Chen Xu continued to increase his quota.

"Okay, okay!" Liu Erwa's face turned red with excitement, and several apprentices also turned red. They gathered around to look at the design drawings.

"You see, the rake is actually a simplified plow. It is very shallow in the soil, and it is enough to only use three inches deep. Three force columns support three plowshares, and the spacing between the plowshares is five inches. There is a hollow tube behind the plowshares. I temporarily designed it to be made of bamboo. A funnel on top is used to hold seeds. When sowing, you only need to place the seeds in the hopper, then pull the piston away, and walk forward. The seeds will enter the three bamboo tubes along the funnel and fall into the plow mud trench. There is a wooden board behind it. After the seeds fall, they will push the turned up mud back into the mud trench to cover the seeds. After sowing or resting, just close the piston of the funnel. The latter one plays a balance and stabilize role..."

Several drawings were drawn with analytical drawings of the entire picture and complex parts, and various data were marked clearly. Chen Xu spent four nights just drawing these drawings a few days ago.

At this time, as he kept explaining, Liu Erwa and several apprentices all opened their mouths wide.

In fact, when he saw the full picture, Liu Erwa's heart began to pound. After Chen Xu explained, he had no doubts in his heart, but instead started to stir up like a storm.

In fact, the principle is not complicated at all, but to imagine such a thing out of thin air, you must rack your brains. At this moment, his respect for Chen Xu was raised by dozens of feet again, and he felt that he needed to raise his head to see this little Lidian's chin.

He knew in his heart that if this thing was really successful, even if two people didn't have livestock, they could sow more than twenty acres a day.

"Good things are definitely good things. This...this...this...this is incredible!" Liu Erwa's dark face was so excited that she was about to swell and bleeding, and she was holding the drawings and slamming her whole body.

As a carpenter, although he was also a craftsman who was recognized by the Qin Dynasty and the county magistrate issued a license for practice, Liu Erwa's status in the town was not high. Compared with the potter Gaohe, the blacksmith Gushan, and the doctor Xu Ye, he was completely dispensable, and he was not even as good as a bamboo craftsman who was not recognized by the Qin Dynasty. Because the profession of carpenters was not very needed in this era. The villagers were good at building houses, and they built them after they cut down trees. As for the common furniture in later generations, well, there are not now, and almost everyone

No need, eating, sitting and sleeping are basically on the ground. Ordinary people don’t even have beds. They just use bamboo, wood, stones and lay millet and grass. He usually makes some bamboo and wood slips to meet the needs of the town. The recent improvement of his status is entirely because of Chen Xu. The curved plow, horizontal rake and threshing machine designed made him a celebrity in the town. Almost every household asked him to make these necessary farming tools as soon as possible. Therefore, whenever he appears in the town recently, everyone will respectfully salute him when they see him.

And it wasn't long before this was pleasant, Xiao Lidian actually designed a more amazing farm tool.

Once this kind of rake is involved, even if the soil is not plowed deeply, it can still sow seeds. After all, it comes with three small plows, which can also be plowed through the soil, and sowing and applying soil at the same time. It is definitely the best choice for farmers who have not had time to plow the fields.

It doesn't matter whether you can be a master craftsman. Anyway, you are already an old man, but in this life you can meet Lord Xiao Lidian. When you are buried in the soil, you can still make so many incredible novel and convenient farm tools. Liu Erwa instantly felt that he was surrounded by an incomparable happiness, his head was dizzy, and his ears seemed to have various immortal sounds played.

"How is it? It's a bit difficult to make it, but you can try the effect of making a single plowshare first. If there is no problem, three plowshares should be able to solve it. If you use a double horse, it is probably not too difficult to make a six-to-eight-head rake!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Lidian, don't worry, even if I don't eat or sleep these days, I will make this rake!" Liu Erwa said excitedly and almost said that she would not shake.

"Well, the soil that has been deeply plowed is soft, and the plowshare can be used as hardwood. If the plowshare is not plowed, you must use metal plowshare. You can discuss with the blacksmith shop's hemp rod to see how big it is. After all, with the experience of curved plows, it is easy to solve..."

"I know, these are all easy to solve. The only thing is the number and speed of the seeds falling, as well as the switch control of the funnel. Don't worry, I will definitely come up with a solution!" Liu Erwa nodded repeatedly while pinching the drawings.

"Okay, I want to see the sample as soon as possible. Thank you for your hard work in the past two days!" Chen Xu said.

"No, no, no, three days... no, I can make a single plowshare rake in two days!"

"Okay, let me know when it's done!" Chen Xu nodded and left the wooden workshop, rode his horse to the blacksmith shop again.

He also wanted to create two sets of carving knives and seal knives. Last night, Shui Qingrou told him that as long as she had carving knives and seal knives, she could slowly carve the engravings, so Chen Xu did not plan to find other crappy engravers.

Shui is gentle and good at martial arts, has clear eyes and steady hands, and is also careful enough for women. There should be no problem in carving a few wooden boards.

"Master Lidian!" The thin and tall young blacksmith in the blacksmith shop looked at Jiang Chenxu and greeted him with three apprentices from a distance.

This young man was the apprentice of the original blacksmith Gushan. After Gushan plagiarized Chen Xu's improved bronze hand saw, he was promoted to the craftsman of the county government by the county magistrate and transferred to Wancheng to guide the creation of the improved bronze saw. Later, because Qin Shihuang specifically advised him to give a heavy reward in the court, he was directly transferred by Shang Tu, the Zuozhong Cheng of the craftsman's Shaofu, and went to Xianyang to become an official of the craftsman's Shaofu. At the same time, he was transferred to two other apprentices. However, Gushan is still squatting in the prison of the Xianyang Tingwei Mansion, and the two apprentices were also implicated. Because he did not report it, he was demoted to a work slave and sent to the north to build utensils for the six countries who were surrendered to the Great Wall. Whether he could come back depends on his luck.

Gushan was not originally from Qinghe Town, but a craftsman who was uniformly assigned to Qinghe Town in Zhi County. He brought both apprentices from his hometown, so he didn't care much about his stay or life or death. Ma Gan was from Qinghe Town, but he was not very popular with Gushan. He usually didn't let him use hammers to make things. He helped blow the wind every day, and was completely a helper. However, after watching for two or three years, he basically learned what he should learn. Therefore, after becoming a Lidian, Chen Xu directly recommended him as a blacksmith in Qinghe Town. Not only did he repair and expand the scale of the blacksmith shop, but he also recruited three apprentices in the town.

In this era, the status of craftsmen is still very high. Because craftsmen do not have to farm, every craftsman recognized by the court does not have to pay land tax, nor is he required to perform labor service or military service. However, he still needs to obey the dispatch of the court to build equipment. Once he encounters war or needs to build tools like the last time civilians need to build tools, these craftsmen must serve, and they cannot be ruled, otherwise they will be stripped of the craftsmanship and become civilians. If the equipment produced has serious quality problems and leads to serious consequences, they may also be imprisoned, exiled or even beheaded. Apprentices can also pay for labor service and half of the land tax. They are semi-formal craftsmen in the Qin Dynasty. They also need to register in the county government. When collecting craftsmen, apprentices must also participate in some auxiliary work together.

Last time Ma Gan stammered and told the story of Gushan plagiarizing and improving the bronze saw, Chen Xu did not blame him, and he did not even mention it again.

Because in Chen Xu's view, improving a copper saw is a completely slag. His goal is to refine steel to make gunpowder, and push the Qin Empire into the era of industry and firearms thousands of years in advance, so he naturally would not take this matter seriously.

Therefore, Ma Gan was grateful to Chen Xu, and he wanted to kowtow to thank him every time he saw him.

"No need to be polite. Here are a few tools. You have taken the time to help me create them recently, and you also need to polish them sharply!" Chen Xu handed the two drawings to Ma Gan.

"Don't worry, Lidian, I will do it as soon as possible!" Ma Gan took the drawing with respect and looked at it, then replied.

"Well, was the secret toothed sickle you made last time?" Chen Xu walked into the blacksmith shop and asked.

"Create two samples, but the dense teeth with the edges are difficult to make, so you can take a look first!" Ma Gan quickly took two meniscus knives about two feet long from the wooden stand and handed them to Chen Xu with both hands.

These two sickles look similar to those of later generations of sickles that cut wheat, but because they lack high-strength equipment tips, the saw teeth of the blade are very thick and large, which looks similar to a saw, so it is definitely not suitable to harvest wheat millet.

A burning torch suddenly popped up in Chen Xu's mind and a huge sculpture represented by the strong workers and peasants holding the Red Book in his hand.

Without a sickle, the armed revolution of workers and peasants with sickle and axe shining on the earth will not appear for the time being! Chen Xu twitched his face and said, "Do it slowly, don't worry, help me build this set of carving and seal swords first, remember to use the best copper ingots."

"Yes!" Ma Gan agreed quickly.

Next, Chen Xu rode his horse and headed towards the ink making workshop.

In order to develop Qinghe Town's industry as soon as possible, he now needs to carry out all kinds of work that can be carried out and tested, and all the things that can be verified must be reserved in advance. Moreover, Qinghe Town is a place with a small population and is not complicated. He can do it without any scruples. Once he leaves Qinghe Town, many things are restricted, especially when he jumps to Xianyang one day, there are a row of great gods squatting in the court. Some things are not as easy as imagined. You must take out convincing things. You must use the thunder to make everyone look at them with admiration, otherwise you will be speechless and have no extra energy to verify these things.

I only regret that I only have few books when I use them!
Chapter completed!