July is Renchen, the seventh day of the first lunar month.

Today is "Qiqiao Festival", also known as "Daughter's Day". After breakfast, Xiuxiu ran to Lin Suniang's house. She and Lin Suniang and Suer were busy preparing for the evening festival. This was the first time she had passed this festival exclusively for girls in her life, and she was more serious than anyone else.

Yesterday afternoon, Xu Ping brought the shopkeeper to build a "begging for skills" in the Lin family courtyard. As for the decoration on the shed, three girls took it upon themselves, and a group of big men neither understood nor could they do it.

It was the hottest time of the year. When the sun rose, it was like burning the things on the ground. It was not as hot as it could be.

Taking advantage of the cool morning, Xu Ping called Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang and several other shopkeepers to go out and test the newly made harvester in the field outside the village.

Stepping on the morning dew, Xu Chang led the yellow cow and accompanied Xu Ping in front, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang were walking behind, carrying the harvester, and Sang Yi was holding it.

After a few months, Sang Yi's patience was gone. He no longer paid attention to the alchemy silver burning and Ke Wulang and his gang, but focused on these strange new things on Xuping Village. He had asked someone to take them back to Longxing's home when Xuping sent him. The effect of using it was very pleasant.

Ruzhou is also part of the poverty belt around the two capitals. The wasteland is everywhere, otherwise Sang Yi would not have been so easy to open up land in Longxing. Moreover, Ruzhou is not affected by the flooding of the Yellow River, and the land is much better than here. With these new agricultural tools, I worked hard for two years and opened a farm. Sang Yi also took the title of a Jinshi Jinshi, becoming a small rural tyrant, and lived a peaceful life.

When they arrived at the alfalfa field, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang put the harvester on the ground. Xu Ping came up to debug it and asked Xu Chang to lead the scalper into the ground.

Following Xu Ping's instructions, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang opened the field, placed the harvester in the field, and hung it on the yellow cow's cover.

Xu Ping wanted to see the effect on the side and said to Sun Qilang: "Qilang, hold the machine, pay attention to your eyes and look ahead, walk straight, and never go astray!"

When Sun Qilang got the order, he stepped forward and held the handle with a serious look on his face, staring at the butt of the scalper in front of him, for fear that he would be taken a detour if he accidentally.

Seeing that everything was ready, Xu Ping said to Xu Chang of the Niu: "Everything is in charge, take two steps to see!"

Xu Chang shouted at the scalper, walked slowly, tightened the rope, and the cutting knife on the harvester buzzed and rotated rapidly. Sang Yi and Gao Da were all shocked when they were watching.

It took not long to walk, and after passing the field, the harvester entered the alfalfa field. The yellow newbie paused for a moment, tightened the rope tightly, and mooed twice, and his pace suddenly became faster.

As the harvester passed, the two rows of alfalfa were cut and fell in the ridge beside them, which was even more neat than human beings cut. Moreover, the cutting was neat and uniform, which was pleasing to the eye.

Sang Yi followed behind and was jealous.

As long as there is a cow, if you have this thing, you will probably work faster than ten or eight strong men and the effect will be better. Now there are many lands in the countryside around the two capitals, but people are short of people. With this machine, even if you open the land, it will be no problem to have a lot of fields and fields in just a few years.

Unfortunately, although this thing is good, it is not something Sang Yi can have now. Even if Xu Ping is generous, he would not dare to ask for it if he wants to give it to him.

In this era, there was no engine, and it could only rely on the power of large animals. The specific structure of the harvester, whether it was the rotating type of grass harvesting or the reciprocating type of grain harvesting, Xu Ping was familiar with it. The difficulty was the power and the transmission mechanism.

The power of this harvester comes from the traction force of the big scalper. The traction force is converted into rotational power through the two special large iron braking power wheels at the back. How fast is the scalper? The rotating cutting knife installed on the harvester can rotate one or two thousand revolutions in one minute.

This depends entirely on the transmission conversion speed connected in the middle.

Even Xu Ping was unable to make steel gears in this era, so he had to press them with brass. The mechanical properties of brass were just that, so he had to be big and bulky. Although the cast iron-cast gearbox was lubricated with castor oil, it could not reduce much volume.

That was a box of golden brass! What was the price of brass in this era? It was so precious that the imperial court wanted to sell it exclusively! In order to refine enough brass, Xu Ping bought all the calamines in the Zhongmu County pharmacy shop, and it was not enough to find a pharmaceutical store in the capital to solve the problem.

Sang Yi guessed that he had to work honestly for many years before he could buy that iron box.

After walking fifty or sixty steps, Xu Ping asked Xu Chang to stop and look at the big yellow cow. He was relieved before he was sweating. What he feared most was that a yellow cow could not pull the machine to harvest two rows. That machine would have to be equipped with a few cows, and the machine would also be enlarged, and finally become a giant, which would be annoying.

Remove the scalpers and everyone gathered to see the harvest effect.

I looked back and forth, and I kept saying "tsk tsk" and couldn't think of any language to describe the scene I saw.

Finally, Sun Qilang said: "A few months ago, the little official took us to plant a thousand or hundreds of acres of land in one go. I thought that when we were about to harvest, we all turned into cows, and I was afraid we wouldn't be busy. Now with this machine, I feel no fear of anything in my heart!"

Everyone laughed at each other.

As Xu Ping did a lot of work, they also learned to use the word machine, and deeply realized that as long as they use machines, the more work they do, the better.

While being happy here, Gao Daquan suddenly said, "Hey, look at it, there are a few officials from the government there, I don't know what to do in our field!"

Xu Ping stood up at the ridge of the fields and looked up. He saw that not far from the reservoir he built, three horses were tied to the side of the road. After a distance, there were two servants protecting an official in a green robe. He was bent over in his own field, looking at something carefully.

Different backgrounds will lead to different personalities. Xu Ping traveled through time and always stayed away from the governments of this era, and it would be best not to interact with each other until he died. Now suddenly someone from the government came to his own field and felt a little uneasy and felt uncomfortable.

After hesitating for a while, Xu Ping decided to go over and take a look. What should come is always coming. Since this person has arrived in the field, he cannot be avoided by shrinking his head.

Staying behind Sun Qilang looking at the machine, several people walked towards the three of them along the path in the fields.

When they walked nearby, the three of them also found Xu Ping and others, stood up and waited on the ground.

When he walked forward, Xu Ping saw a greeting and said, "I am here to see Xu Ping, the owner of this Zhuangzi. I wonder where all the officials came from? What kind of teaching do you have to come to my Zhuangzi?"

The man in green robe walked forward, looked at Xu Ping, and asked, "You are Xu Ping?"

Xu Ping paused, and his face showed a look of vigilance. How did this person know his name? He said, "Xiaomin is Xu Ping. I don't know that the official is--"

The man in green robe smiled and said, "I am the chief clerk of Zhongmu County, Guo Zi. When I walked on the road, I saw that you had methods to cultivate the fields here and the dams and ditches were very organized. I was happy for a moment, so I stopped to take a look."

He paused and said, "Your name was heard from Li Tixia from the grassland of Tijucang. We will do some things together around the neighborhood these days, and he said you can stay in your village."

After hearing this, Xu Ping felt relieved. Li Yonghe had been in love with his family for more than ten years and would definitely not harm him. He introduced this person, so it must be reliable.

Guo Zi turned around and looked at the field and said, "The milime planted here is no sign of hoe. There are no weeds in the field. I looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. Looking at the field, I thought it was done with a shovel, but I don't know if it was right or not?"

Xu Ping said: "The official is clear about it, that's exactly what it means."

Guo Zi said appreciatively: "You are so coincidental. By the way, I see that you have built a dam next to your land and opened a ditche. Why do you still plant valuable things like Milime, not rice and wheat?"

Xu Ping replied honestly: "I originally wanted to grow rice, but unfortunately, even the farmers in my village have never planted it, so I had to use Milo to transition to one season. After the Chinese New Year, I hired people who know how to grow it."

After hearing this, Guo Zi laughed: "Why are you stumped by this kind of thing? This official is the chief clerk of this county, and he is in charge of supervising farming and sericulture. If you come to the county to find me early, I will naturally help you hire people. Besides, the fields will be rewarded by the court, so you are too honest."

After hearing this, Xu Ping didn't know how to answer. He never thought that there was such an official in his place. In this era, there were really people who worked hard for the people.

This can only be blamed for Xu Ping not being familiar with history.

The person who left a name in history in this era is Guo Zi. It is said that he only learned to speak when he was eight years old. He became extremely smart after speaking. More importantly, this guy was a rare inventor in ancient China.

Guo Zi is good at improving tools, improving weapons, bows and crossbows, and is more proficient in calculations. He can match the land and land. If Xu Ping knew about Guo Zi's life, he might have other small plans in his heart. This brother is incompatible with his contemporaries and can only speak so magically at the age of eight. Could it be that he has traveled through time?

After Guo Zi became a Jinshi, he first went to Tongli Army to serve as a military officer. At this time, he was transferred to Zhongmu County to serve as the chief clerk. During the Song Dynasty, the county chief clerk was a very unpopular small official. Generally, he would not let the Jinshi be wronged as such an official, except for Kaifeng Prefecture. Most of the chief clerks in Kaifeng Prefecture require a Jinshi, but also had to be a staff officer with practical experience. Of course, the level of the chief clerk here is also unmatched by other places. After one term, the exile was the chief magistrate of a large county, and he took a key step in his career. Guo Zi still performed well in the position of the officer in the military and got this opportunity.

Seeing Guo Zi's expression was kind, Xu Ping slowly let go and asked him: "Is Li Tie coming too?"

Guo Zi sighed: "Yes. The army of the group shepherd's department in the south of the Zhuangzi has had a lot of trouble recently. The court sent Li Taiwei, deputy envoy of the group shepherd, to rectify. Li Tixia and I were sent to assist us. Speaking of which, Li Tixia was asked to come in person, but I was sent by my superiors."

Seeing Xu Ping's face was confused, Guo Zi asked, "Don't you know about Taiwei Li?"

Xu Ping shook his head.

Guo Zi said: "Master Li is currently the Jeju defense envoy and is actually the deputy envoy of the group shepherd. As long as you know one thing, his mother is the current eldest princess of the Hubei Kingdom and has a noble status. If you meet, don't be abrupt!"

After hearing this, Xu Ping suddenly realized.

This is because some big shot in the court dislikes the Ma family and wants to deal with him.

As a relative of the queen mother, no one dares to provoke her, so I will send a more cruel relative. The eldest princess is the daughter of Emperor Taizong and the sister of the emperor. The queen mother herself should respectfully see her. She will not give face to the Ma family at all if she sends her son out.
Chapter completed!