In the warehouse at the dock, all kinds of materials are piled up.
In addition to farm tools, the materials in the warehouse also include some simple mechanical machine tools and several steam engines. These equipments are all packed in huge wooden boxes.
But even so, when Zhu Xianhai entered the warehouse, he still saw a large wooden box that was seven or eight meters long and three or four meters high.
"It can't be this!"
Following Zhu Xianhai's instructions, the wooden box was opened, and what appeared in front of him was a huge black object.
"that's it!"
Staring at this black yo-yo guy, Fang Zhanbo said doubtfully.
"Lord, what is this? It looks like a steam engine in a sawmill."
The steam engine used in the sawmill was brought over by Elizabeth earlier, and it was also the earliest "industrial machinery" in South China.
"this……"
Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"It's similar to a steam engine, but this is a steam tractor!"
Almost as soon as he saw the "steam tractor" in the "Life Mall", Zhu Xianhai immediately chose to order it.
Tractor!
A symbol of agricultural mechanization!
Can’t do without!
Of course, this is steam, the kind that burns water and coal, not oil, it uses a steam engine.
"Tractor? What is a tractor?"
Fang Zhanbo said doubtfully.
"It's what plows the ground."
"Can it plow?"
"How can such a lump of iron be used to plow the ground?"
"How many cows would it take to drag it?"
Zhu Xianhai didn't bother to explain to them, but directly ordered them to get firewood. After purchasing the steam tractor, he had the skills to operate the steam tractor in his mind.
"Go get some water and fill it first..."
Compared with later tractors, the operation of a steam tractor is extremely cumbersome. Even this tractor equipped with a miniaturized steam engine was invented by France's Alabart as early as 1856.
After years of improvements, the technology of this steam tractor has become very mature, with greater horsepower and slower driving speed. However, the steam tractors of this period were still heavy, expensive, inconvenient to use, and often required several people to operate, and were only suitable for use in
Farming in the vast wilderness was difficult for individual farmers to afford. Therefore, it was not popularized quickly. Farmers calculated that it would be more cost-effective to use horse-drawn plows.
However, that is for ordinary individual farmers. It is different here with Zhu Xianhai. There are no individual farmers here. Beyond Nanhua, there is the vast Pampas Plains, which is where tractors can exert their capabilities.
From filling the water tank, to adjusting the instrument, to lighting the firewood to boil water and pressurizing it, it took nearly an hour to prepare before the steam tractor could be put into use. Zhu Xianhai, who personally controlled the tractor, told Wang who was standing beside him.
An Ning said.
"You will be responsible for burning the boiler later."
"okay!"
Wang Anning responded, looking curiously at his boss standing aside, watching him pull the operating lever.
"Boom..."
Accompanied by the roar of the machine, and under the gaze of everyone, the steam tractor moved!
"He moved, moved..."
Listening to the roar of the drive shaft, the onlookers all opened their eyes in surprise.
"The speed is still a bit slow!"
Turning the steering wheel hard, Zhu Xianhai said to himself.
But even so, he also knows that steam tractors are definitely the "black technology" of the first industrial revolution. Historically, they have not been taken seriously because ordinary small farmers cannot afford them. But if they can be used properly, they
It is bound to become a booster for large-scale agricultural reclamation.
"Oh my God, it, how could it run away?"
Opening their eyes wide, Fang Zhanbo and the others were all dumbfounded, not to mention them, even William Hansen, Brian, Leonardo and others were also dumbfounded.
Steam tractor... is definitely a "black technology" for these old-timers in South America.
"beep!"
When the whistle of the steam tractor sounded in Nanhua, looking at the people attracted by the whistle, Zhu Xianhai, the first tractor driver in Nanhua, was proud of himself, driving this clumsy-looking tractor to crush the people.
The gravel road went all the way to the end of the field, and then he gave the order.
"Hang up the iron plow."
The iron plow is specialized for tractors. Different from the horse-drawn wheel plow, this type of iron plow has eight iron shares and can cultivate nearly three meters of land at a time. Previously, it had been mounted on a horse-drawn carriage and pulled.
"Can such a heavy guy be lifted?"
Under the gaze of everyone, the huge eight-share iron plow was soon hung on the steam tractor, with a person standing on each plowshare.
"Boss, is this okay?"
In response to other people's doubts, Zhu Xianhai, who was standing on the steam tractor that was nearly as high as a house, smiled and sounded the whistle again without saying anything.
"beep……"
The long whistle echoed, just like the sound of a train starting up, and the black smoke ejected from the chimney rushed towards his face. Although the smell of the smoke was very choking, Zhu Xianhai still seemed very proud. As a man, he always appreciates the power of machinery.
There is a kind of admiration.
Perhaps, this steam tractor is not as good as those crawler tractors of later generations, but it is large enough and complex enough to operate.
Finally, the tractor started to move. As it pulled the iron plow's share, it cut through the earth as easily as cutting butter. The black slaves who were driving the horses to reclaim the land looked at the giant tractor in astonishment.
Wu Ba slowly caught up with them. Its speed was neither fast nor slow, but it could easily reclaim a large area of land.
"Have you seen...?"
Looking back at the nearly two kilometers of land plowed behind me, the land covered with weeds was turned over by the plows. Those horse-drawn plows had long been thrown to an unknown place. The people who followed the tractor were surprised.
looking at the plowed black soil.
This is too fast!
"This is a tractor. As long as there is water, firewood, and coal, it can work day and night, plowing the soil, loosening the soil, and sowing. It can do anything. It is a machine! This is the power of the machine!"
Compared with ordinary steam engines, the impact that steam tractors bring to people is unprecedented. Looking at the stunned expressions of the onlookers, Zhu Xianhai knew that they were shocked, and this was exactly the effect he wanted!
Jumping off the tractor and looking at Zhu Xianhai whose face was blackened, a Chinese worker patted the huge iron guy vigorously and said.
"My boss, if we have a strong guy, I'm afraid our land in Nanhua is not enough for him to plow for a few days, and the horse and everything else will be useless..."
His words made Zhu Xianhai laugh out loud.
"Not enough land? How can there not be enough land? Let me tell you, there is not much in Nanhua, but there is a lot of land!"
This chapter has been completed!