After the seeds are planted, some dry powder is also dropped in another set of boxes, and finally the combination plow will turn the soil up to cover the seeds.
The 200 meters passed in four to five minutes, and then the people on the plow came down and put the wheels on again.
The steam engine reversed, and the plow was quickly pulled back 200 meters away.
The plow was moved laterally to the side that had not been plowed, that is, six meters and fifty centimeters.
"Why is the next one empty?" Cui Yingying didn't understand, so she asked in a low voice.
At that moment, a guard was standing by and explained: "Leave a path that can be compacted with a wide wheel so that people can walk on it. It will be more convenient for watering and fertilizing."
Neither Li Er nor Li Yuanxing spoke. They both did the same thing, which was to keep time with their watches.
Li Yuanxing used a watch, and Li Er used a pocket watch.
After the plow moved horizontally, the people preparing on both sides began to load seeds and dry powdered fertilizer inside, and then released the wheel buckles to allow the plow to touch the ground again.
The steam engine is much heavier. There is a small gear set. After conversion, the power can be transferred to its own wheels, which translates six meters on the rails, because the wheels are on the wheels, and the gear set only borrows some cable rolls.
The power of the wheel is not enough, so the speed is not fast.
Six meters takes one minute.
But this minute is just enough time for the plow to move horizontally and load materials.
It starts again...
"Wu Lang can work nine to twelve times in about an hour. The average number is calculated as ten times. That is fifty acres per hour. The manpower required is three people for the steam engine, twelve people for the plow, and eight people for auxiliary work, a total of twenty-three people.
People. Twenty-three people, one bull for every four people, and one more person, can be divided into six groups!"
Li Erzai and Li Yuanxing made calculations.
Emperor Li Er did not grow up in warm and fragrant jade. He knew both military and farming.
"A group of four people, one acre a day is considered a hard-working people. If there are no oxen, relying on manpower to pull the plow. Half an acre a day is hard work. From this plowing depth, I am afraid that five oxen will not be able to plow such a deep ground.
Calculated at four hours a day, that’s 200 acres. At five hours a day, these four machines sent from Yaozhou, plus a hundred people working on them, can plow a thousand acres in one day.”
Li Yuanxing was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Er's calculations.
It only takes one thousand acres a day. So how long does it take to complete one million acres? In other words, to finish the work within ten days, 400 such machines are needed. And during this period, no machine breaks down, or there are big holes in the soil.
Stones can only be used on pure soil. If there are big stones, the pulling force on both sides is unbalanced, and the machine will fall over.
Besides, things like steam engines won’t break if used every day.
If it's left for ten days and a half, there might be something wrong there.
Four hundred steam engines, let’s not talk about how much it costs to make them, but what is the utilization rate of these steam engines after farming? Just for these few days of farming, it is of little significance.
"Wulang, you seem to be dissatisfied with this speed!" Li Er asked softly.
Li Yuanxing nodded.
"Wu Lang, you are thinking too much. You know that when it comes to the unity of the army and the people, you still know that you should do it step by step. But as for this machine, you want it to be extremely practical immediately. The craftsmen who can do this should be rewarded!"
"What the emperor said is true, but my brother is a little anxious. I think that there will be millions of acres of fertile land in Huazhou, and there is not enough manpower to cultivate it. It is really a waste. But my brother is also thinking, just for farming
Producing hundreds of such machines will be a huge waste after they sit idle."
Li Er nodded: "Wu Lang is right, but the craftsmen's efforts should be rewarded!"
"Your Highness, this steam engine is prepared for the mill." Shui Siyuan reported quietly from the side.
Mill, this is too wasteful!
A steam engine with such power is only used for mills, so how much flour does it need to grind every day?
Li Yuanxing said to himself that it would be better to leave a few for the mill and the rest for the marble workshop.
"Okay, I want a reward, I want a big reward!"
Li Er doesn't care what Li Yuanxing thinks. In Li Er's eyes, Li Yuanxing will never be satisfied with the development of machines. Now Li Er has seen the benefits of machines, one thousand acres a day. This speed is really gratifying.
"If we add another five thousand acres of corn, the military camps in Huazhou will have enough rations!" Li Er gave another order.
"Going back to Chang'an?" Li Yuanxing suddenly asked.
"Not going back!" Li Er and Li Jing replied at the same time. There was still a lot to see here, and they finally started to study Li Yuanxing's management methods of Yizhou. Naturally, they had to look at it thoroughly.
Li Yuanxing took a long breath: "Then I'll go back to Chang'an!"
"No!" Li Er and Li Jing refused at the same time.
Li Yuanxing whispered: "Ming Yue returned to Chang'an, and she didn't come here. Instead, she actually went to Qinwangzhuang. I was really scared. She has been living in Yaozhou recently, and she just unpacked things in my Qinwangzhuang, so I want to
Go back and watch."
"Ming Yue worked hard in Yaozhou, why should we be nervous after taking away some belongings?" Li Er was talking about Li Yuanxing's mistake.
Li Yuanxing had no choice but to nod silently.
What was Li Yuanxing nervous about? He wasn't nervous about anything, but there were letters written by Li Lanshan to several princesses in his study. It was better not to let Wu Zhao see this to avoid trouble.
Qin Qiong is back.
Li Jing went over to ask the sergeant what he was doing, but Qin Qiong said to Li Yuanxing: "Wu Lang, please return to Chang'an as soon as possible!"
"Go back to Chang'an immediately!" Li Yuanxing was overjoyed.
But I heard Qin Qiong continue to say: "Something big happened. Someone in East Turkestan secretly sent 30,000 kilograms of fine steel to Goguryeo. The person who bought the goods was the Yuangai Suwen you mentioned, Wulang, and the person who shipped it was Turli Khan.
Subordinates, it has not yet been found out whether Turli Khan knows about this deal!"
"One stroke, or several strokes?" The smile that just appeared on Li Yuanxing's face sank.
"I don't know!" Qin Qiong had just received the urgent message.
Li Yuanxing's eyes turned to Li Er, and when he was about to speak, he saw Li Er wave his hand: "Brother, I don't care, there are too many things in the Tang Dynasty that need to be dealt with by me. Now I have to care about the lives of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Regarding the moral character of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, Wulang can handle such trivial matters as a little fine steel on his own!"
"Brother Imperial, I will go to Chang'an immediately!"
A trivial matter, could this be a trivial matter? Li Yuanxing's face turned dark, and he and Qin Qiong took two personal guards and flew away to Chang'an on Pegasus.
After Li Yuanxing left, Li Jing asked: "Your Majesty, do you really don't care? This is not a trivial matter!"
"I know, but do you know, Medicine Master, that the second step of the Wulang Sheep's cannibalistic plan in the grassland was supposed to be launched in April, but now it is already June, and it will soon be July, but it is still not started?"
Li Er asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
Li Jing understood it.
Li Er is complaining, not only complaining about Tianying Pavilion, but also complaining about Li Yuanxing.
Because of the amazing cooperation in the past six months on the grassland, everything went according to the Tang Dynasty, so both the Qin Palace and Tianying Pavilion postponed their plans. There are two reasons. One is that there are still many internal problems in the Tang Dynasty, and Tianying Pavilion
I think internal problems should be solved first. And another reason lies in Li Yuanxing.
Li Yuanxing believed that since the Eastern Turks showed their intention to surrender, they should not push the people on the grassland to a dead end.
Thirty thousand kilograms of steel would be equivalent to forty tons in later generations. This quantity may not seem like much, but its properties are extremely bad.
Li Yuanxing's face was really dark. He couldn't help but curse while riding on his horse: "A bunch of bastards, they have only been relaxed for a few days, and their courage is boundless!"
Qin Qiong didn't say anything, but felt secretly happy.
Naturally, the great Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty was also secretly happy. He asked Li Yuanxing to be more murderous towards the Turks. If the life of the Turks was difficult, the life of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be easier.
"This is a trap!" Li Er touched his beard and whispered to Li Jing.
Li Jing also nodded: "Your Majesty, some dogs who don't know the power of whips still have wolfish nature."
"Don't underestimate Wu Lang's whip!" Li Er smiled with satisfaction, and Li Jing also laughed with him.
Li Yuanxing rode back to Chang'an quickly. Even the straight-line distance from Huazhou to Chang'an was eighty miles, and it would take at least one hundred miles to walk by road. The longest distance Li Yuanxing rode on horseback was thirty miles before, but now he rests for twenty miles.
Ten minutes, and it took two hours to rush back to Chang'an City in one go.
Sitting in the main hall of the Security Department of the Tang Empire, Li Yuanxing felt like all the bones in his body were falling apart.
Qin Qiong is fine, and the two personal guards are even finer.
The first thing Qin Qiong did after entering the room was to ask someone to bring over the original copy of the information and the translated part.
However, Li Yuanxing did not read this information. Instead, he ordered someone to go to General Tiance's mansion to find Wei Zheng. He sat on a cushion beside him and asked the clerk here to make him a cup of tea, and then ordered a few things.
The dim sum at a famous restaurant in Chang'an City begins to rest.
"Wulang, I received another piece of information. Eight days ago, it was sent from the Wu brothers in Gao Nei City, Goguryeo. Ten thousand kilograms of fine steel was shipped to this city. The steel ingots have the logo of Qin Wangzhuang, and they are placed on three places in the city.
Then, most of it was loaded onto a ship and shipped away, and about two thousand kilograms were sold privately to the nobles in the city!"
Li Yuanxing nodded slightly: "Brother Shubao! Is the quantity of 30,000 kilograms reliable?"
Qin Qiong was also thinking, and after a while he replied: "It should be reliable. One ingot weighs ten kilograms, which can be counted in quantity, and the Security Department has regulations for a certain spy to inquire about this kind of information. If it is not confirmed,
If you want to know the quantity, then report a guessed figure, but be sure to state that it is a guess!"
"Brother Shubao means that if the accurate quantity is reported, then it is what was actually found. Even if there is a difference, it won't be much!" Li Yuanxing asked.
Qin Qiong nodded: "That's exactly the truth!"
"Wait for Wei Changshi to come over. There are many doubts about this matter." (To be continued...)