"Mr. Lang is different from the rich men I have seen before!"
Zhou Changming was holding a steaming bowl of mutton soup, sipping the oily chopped polygonum on the surface of the soup, and looking at Li Tai, who was sitting in a pile with his colleagues, chewing on the leg of mutton, he couldn't help but say.
After hearing this, Li Tai chuckled: "It's true that I don't look good when I eat, but every time it's time to eat, the crowd is as hungry as tigers. I'm afraid I won't be able to drink even if I pay attention to my manners!"
When the surrounding troops heard this, they all winked and laughed, and chewed their food faster.
"It's not just about appearance and manners. Take the plow as an example. There is nothing new like this in Kansai, but the husband doesn't hide his secrets."
Zhou Changming took a sip of soup and his expression turned to reminiscing: "I was living in my family for three years. My eldest brother died at a young age and my second brother barely grew up. When I was a child, I was a glutton and loved to hang out outside the wall of the big house next door, hoping that he would come back inside the wall.
When you pick up a fallen apricot and take a bite, you feel that it is a delicacy in the world. One day, my second brother saw it and couldn’t bear that I only eat rotten apricots, so he climbed the wall to pick them, but they ended up in someone’s yard..."
"When I saw my second brother again, he was already a corpse, with his belly cut open!"
As he spoke, Zhou Changming lowered his head and made gestures on his belly, his eyes were already red: "From then on, I realized that good things hurt people! That family was well-fed and well-fed, and they didn't want to give up a few apricots, but they were afraid of my second brother.
He swallowed the apricots in his belly and took them out, so he opened them up and examined them. It turned out that the overripe apricots I picked up outside the wall had already been punched through by his family members..."
When Li Tai heard such a story, he was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. Just because he was afraid that people who had swallowed apricot kernels would spread, would they arrest and disembowel them?
He opened his mouth and said harshly: "Then, after that..."
"After that, there were no more Hexi apricots in Shangyuan. The strongest old plant was cut down and made into a coffin for my brother!"
Zhou Changming wiped the wet corners of his eyes, smiled at Li Tai, and then said: "I don't ask where you are coming from, Mr. Lang, and where you are going. I only rely on your willingness to give good weapons to my countrymen. Although Wednesday is only a source of talent from the country, but
I will keep this kindness in my heart for the rest of my life!”
When Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. Originally, he thought that if he dedicated Qu Yuanli directly to Daxingtai Yuwentai, he might be able to get an official title, but when he saw Zhou Changming's dark and sincere expression
On my face, I suddenly felt that this was not a bad idea.
"Love must be dangerous, and I am not a good person who is as good as I am on the outside. The clever plow saves labor and improves farming. The more people use it, the more success is seen, so I dare not hide my secrets. But if I have other private affairs, I will not
I am willing to teach the countrymen, so don’t blame me for being unjust, Lord Zhou garrison!"
Feeling the heavy atmosphere, Li Tai smiled again and said.
Zhou Changming also laughed when he heard this: "Of course, of course. If you manage your business well, you should be rich!"
After dinner, it was already getting late, and everyone went to their tents to rest. Li Tai also returned to his small tent where he lived alone and lit an oil lamp.
Back in ancient society, the most unbearable thing was the boring nightlife.
If in a peaceful world, Qinhuai and Qinhuai could be peaceful and beautiful, and the red sleeves could add fragrance to while away the long night. But now he has to cut through the thorny road and overcome thorns, and he really doesn't have the conditions and mood. He directs construction during the day and plans the big plan at night.
Holding the bamboo ruler he made during the day in one hand and the sharpened charcoal strip in the other, Li Tai drew the structure of the large spinning wheel in detail according to his memory, and began to draw and mark the shape and proportion of the components next to it.
He stopped writing. Occasionally his ideas got stuck and he had to think back for a long time. It was true that he had a deep memory of the structure of the big spinning wheel, but the specific dimensions of the components gradually became blurred over time, and he could only half-guess and fill in the details first.
, make adjustments in practice.
The oil lamp smoke was so strong that after staying up for a few days, Li Tai's eyes were red from the smoke. During the day, his vision was a bit blurry and photophobic, but he finally restored the structural sketch.
After a few days, the open fields have been plowed and millets have been planted. While the seedlings are growing up, we still need to be diligent in weeding to prevent the new crops from being competed for nutrients by weeds.
Li Tai saw all the tedious work in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel that it was not easy for the ancients to survive. Even if there was no force from war, they still stopped talking.
After the sowing was completed, the garrison leader Zhou Changming led his troops to leave, leaving only a dozen village carpenters here. Li Tai also fulfilled the agreement and disassembled the functions of each component of the curved shaft plow and explained them in detail.
In addition to the necessary personnel for hoeing and mowing the fields, other tribesmen were also busy cutting down trees, setting up stakes, and building shacks. Within a few days, rows of shacks were erected along the fence. Although their shapes were still rough,
But it also temporarily meets the housing needs.
There were many people in the camp, so Li Tai circled a pass in the valley and built a wall with newly fired green bricks, and no other people were allowed to enter at will.
Just as he said to Zhou Changming, he was not a good person on the outside, and he also had his own calculations. He was willing to share the curved plow with the masses, but not so much the big spinning wheel, a tool that directly improves textile efficiency.
"A small household can use the windmill plow, but a large spinning wheel requires many people to work together. If it is dispersed, it will only benefit the big households with many private companies. I am not stupid!"
He thought to himself that whether it was the drawings or the construction of components, he would only leave it to his confidants and try to assemble it in the blue brick courtyard.
The traditional large water-spinning wheel consists of four parts: a water wheel, a conductive belt, a spindle and a twisting wheel. However, Li Tai wanted to modify the water wheel, the most important source of power, and replace it with an ox-pulled grinding wheel.
Add one or more sets of wheel and axle structures.
The spinning and twisting parts are basically an enlargement of the traditional spinning wheel. Although the components are a little more complicated, it is not difficult to make and assemble. It can be completed after a few attempts.
"With so many spinning spindles, how much force can be used to make them spin?"
Seeing more than twenty spindles on the spinning wheel, Li Xiaoyong, who was in charge of assembling it, clicked his tongue. His widowed mother was no stranger to spinning wheels. Hebei Wudeng's pedal spinning wheel had already consumed a lot of energy. When he saw
After spinning for a long time, Grandma was so tired that she could no longer walk.
"That's why we have to drive harder!"
Li Tai answered casually, squatting aside and fiddling with several small models. Because there was not enough water power available and animal power was needed instead, these spindles had been reduced.
His idea was to replace the water wheel with an ox-pulled millstone, which would require a set of kinetic energy conversion from horizontal to vertical, which could be accomplished with bevel gears. The structure was not difficult, but the materials were a bit troublesome.
At present, there are no conditions for making cast iron and steel, so it needs to be replaced by wood with fine, tough wood and sufficient oil content. Otherwise, no matter how delicate the structure is, it will be troublesome to replace parts with wear and tear every three days.
Although his family's manor has two hills, because it was previously part of public land, the good timber on the hills has been cut down countless times, and there is not much suitable wood.
When he made this request, Li Yantou, the oldest but also the liveliest man, raised his hand and said: "The day before yesterday, I and some of my disciples were hunting wild beasts in the mountains. We strayed into Yuandong Yuanye and saw a man at the head of his house.
This is a thick and oversized Thuja tree. This tree is tough and not inferior to gold and iron. Do you think it is suitable for your use?"
"Thuja?"
Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this term. It was a good thing. Later, a fan of his gave him a half-meter-long Thuja cane. It was really beautiful when coiled, and some related knowledge was popularized.
As the name suggests, wild Thuja cypress mainly grows in the mountains with solitary cliffs, such as the Qinling Mountains and Taihang Mountains. Li Tai did not expect that it also grows in low mountains and hills like Shangyuan. Perhaps the ancient Thuja cypress was not as good as that of later generations.
It’s scarce, but why doesn’t it grow on my mountain?
"Is it really true that blessings are so great that they bring prosperity to the mountains?"
To the east is the manor of Dugu Xin, the most awesome father-in-law. After Li Tai traveled here, he did not dare to say that he was not superstitious. Thinking of how wealthy Dugu Xin's family would be in the future, he made up his mind.
"Is the Thuja cypress being carefully taken care of? If not, dig it out at night!"
He probably couldn't count on the buff from Wang Fu of the Dugu family, so he simply dug up his Feng Shui tree!
After Li Yantou heard this, he chuckled: "Alang, just wait. I remember the location clearly. It's inaccessible. I'll cut it back tonight!"
Before dawn the next day, Li Tai was drowsily asleep when he heard Li Yantou whispering outside the tent. He quickly got up and walked out of the tent. Li Yantou came up and whispered: "We got it.
Alang!"
Those who didn't know thought that the two were conspiring to assassinate Dugu Xin. Li Tai was so happy that he lost sleep and walked straight to the Nanpo compound.
This thuja has indeed grown for many years. Although the branches are curved, it can still be harvested vertically because of its thickness. The wood is not as good as Li Tai imagined. After all, it needs a little more tempering than the good wood from the cliff, but it is still far better than the good wood from the cliff.
Common pine and cypress have excellent wood.
The tribesmen were busy processing accessories, while Li Tai was digging a hole in the yard with a hoe, inserting the pruned thuja branches into the soil one by one. Even if the Dugu Xinjia buff is not added, it is still a good idea to steal some Feng Shui to soak up the glory.
better than nothing.
After the important power parts were chiseled and polished, Li Tai began to try to assemble the spinning wheel. His large spinning wheel was mainly used for spinning flax, so the structure was taller, several times larger than the average pedal spinning wheel.
As the oxen pulls the wheel and the power is transmitted, the more than twenty spindles on the spinning wheel also rotate simultaneously. Several tribesmen around them suddenly widened their eyes in surprise: "With so many spindles, no matter how much hemp is, it's not enough!"
"Add hemp stuffing and give it a try!"
Li Tai had already asked someone to collect dozens of kilograms of soaked and degummed linen material. When he saw the machine turning, he excitedly asked someone to add the materials.
As the machine rotates, more than twenty strands of hemp fiber are pulled and twisted together, and are gathered into a thread at the other end. Everyone, including Li Tai, all hold their breath and concentrate, fearing that the loud breathing will blow the hemp thread.
But even so, as soon as the twine was pulled out for a few meters, it snapped and snapped.
Everyone felt sorry again and again. Li Tai bent down and picked up the broken thread and looked at it carefully. He walked around the spinning wheel for a long time and looked at the broken gear teeth before he concluded: "There is something wrong with the new wooden wheel."
During the running-in process, the cattle force is not uniform enough and the thread thickness is uneven. But the path is feasible. If you continue to debug, you can always do it well!"
Even so, he was secretly melancholy. After all, the model was different from the real thing. If it was just a large water-spun spinning wheel, the current materials would be enough. However, because a transmission device needs to be added, the wood material is still not suitable.
The more than 400,000 yuan of waste money at home can be put to good use!