Chapter 11, what bike do you want with a harvester
The first thing on the list is two logging axes.
This immediately made Zhao Xiangdong, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.
This is not because he is ill, but in this era of this small plane, all products related to steel are not cheap.
After that, there are iron materials, sandpaper, etc. and two pieces of soap that Fang Xiaoyue added privately.
No way, in the village, Fang Xiaoyue could only use soap locust to bathe and wash her hair, but if the soap locust was not cooked slowly in a large basin, its effect would definitely be far inferior to that of scented soap.
Of course, the most important things here are the logging ax and iron bars.
Logging axes are used to cut wood, and wood is used to make the main body of human harvesters. Iron bars are naturally used to make harvesting gears and transmission devices, etc.
After getting Fang Xiaoyue's purchase list, Huang Lao Yao took two strong puffs on the cigarette until he could no longer smoke it. Then he reluctantly threw away the butt of the cigarette, stamped it out, and then led Zhang Daniu towards the back door of the supply and marketing cooperative's office building.
Go.
Fang Xiaoyue couldn't see the whole process, but the final result still met his general expectations.
I got the wood-cutting ax, but there is only one.
However, one is enough. The reason why Fang Xiaoyue lists two is to prevent damage and replace them.
After all, he didn't want to repair the ax while chopping.
The iron material is not the qualified iron material that Fang Xiaoyue imagined, but the quality is much worse than that of floor steel.
According to Huang Laoyao, it was the product of large-scale steel smelting in Japan Cao Town in the past, and it has been accumulated in the warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative for many years.
Fortunately, although the quality of the iron material is not good, the portion is very sufficient.
Probably the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, thinking that it was rare to find someone willing to take over, sold all the more than 300 kilograms of iron in stock to Zhang Daniu.
As for sandpaper, soap and other small items, they are all in place.
When everyone drove the bullock cart back home, Fang Xiaoyue also borrowed a set of carpenter's tools from Cheng Dashui.
On the way back, everyone was full of joy and elation, except the accountant Zhao Xiangdong, who looked as if his father had just died.
The 150 yuan he brought out now had very little left, which could be called his Waterloo after taking charge of the brigade's finances.
Compared to when we came here, the way back is much slower.
Even though the big buffalo was well-raised, more than 300 kilograms of iron materials and other items were piled on the cart, making it not easy to pull.
This made Fang Xiaoyue not dare to sit for a while when she was tired from walking, for fear that the big buffalo would fall down from exhaustion, and then the sky and the earth would stop working for the rest of her on the way.
Of course, the most important thing is that this big buffalo is a bit old and not as strong as those young and strong bulls.
The team leader Zhang Daniu was thinking about buying another cow last time to prevent insufficient power for spring plowing.
However, he counted the savings of the Eighth Brigade and finally gave up this plan.
The group returned to Forsythia Village and got busy.
It was impossible for Fang Xiaoyue to cut down the trees by himself. He needed to hurry up and beat the iron materials for a long time. This was not a job that could be done in a short time.
Zhang Daniu thought for a while, selected two old villagers, and sent eight male educated youths to attack the old villagers.
In short, the Eighth Brigade formed a temporary logging team with a total of ten people around the logging axe.
During this period of labor, Zhang Daniu finally figured out that those educated youths were all pampered. They were not diligent in their limbs and did not distinguish between grains. If they didn't take advantage of the opportunity to exercise while cutting trees, would they all have diarrhea during the summer harvest?
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As for the female educated youths, they didn't have any time to spare. They were all sent by Zhang Daniu to Fang Xiaoyue to take action.
I have to say that Zhang Daniu's move made Fang Xiaoyue a little stunned.
Five pretty girls were ordered to report and obey the command of repairman Comrade Fang.
This made Fang Xiaoyue, who was hammering the metal with his bare arms, almost drop the hammer and smash his own foot.
"Well, why don't you help me tidy up the thatched cottage?"
Fang Xiaoyue felt a little embarrassed and waved the hammer subconsciously and said.
Compared to his embarrassment, these girls were much more generous and went to deal with it happily.
Of course, this process goes without saying.
Although Fang Xiaoyue is not considered an unhygienic person, given the conditions of the thatched cottage, it is impossible to make it as clean and comfortable as possible.
So those girls soon started covering their noses.
However, as soon as the girls left, Fang Xiaoyue returned her attention to the anvil and started beating hard again.
After repeatedly hammering a piece of iron until it became wrought iron, he fashioned it into an axe.
This is also a helpless matter. It is impossible to cut down enough trees in a short time with just a logging axe.
After the ax was beaten and the ax handle was installed, Fang Xiaoyue chopped a few pieces of firewood and tested it.
Compared with specialized logging axes, the blade of this ax is somewhat softer. After all, the blades of those logging axes are specially mixed with carbon and are harder.
But as it is, it is enough for use. If it gets chipped, just take it back and repair it again.
After that, Fang Xiaoyue asked the girls who were working very slowly to get axes to support the logging team, thus getting rid of a lot of trouble.
To be honest, he didn't hate those girls, but he was worried that they would accidentally burn down his thatched cottage, especially when they had to boil water to wash their hands, which worried him extremely.
While waiting for the wood, Fang Xiaoyue forged all the iron materials. With the +2 effect brought by the specialty of making items, these low-quality iron materials were upgraded to a big level.
After the logging team panted and pulled the wood back from the mountain one by one, Fang Xiaoyue sawed and peeled the wood, and began to make the main body of the human harvester according to the drawings he had drawn.
To put it simply, this human harvester looks like a tricycle with several wooden boxes on it.
But for those wheels, Fang Xiaoyue had neither finished products nor rubber, so he had to use wood instead.
Well, the wooden wheel is not that innovative.
This thing has been used in human society for more than a thousand years. It was not until the advent of rubber and steel that wooden wheels were withdrawn from the transportation industry.
Now, Fang Xiaoyue has dragged the wooden wheel out of the long river of history again.
During the production process, he discovered that there was a big difference between the wooden main body and the steel main body of this manual harvester.
If steel is used as the main body, the entire machine only needs three wheels, while for the wooden main body, the stability of the material and structure needs to be considered. In addition, Fang Xiaoyue does not have time to let the wood dry naturally in the shade, so he can only dry the wood over a low fire.
Next, it is necessary to install five wheels on the machine.
Time passed bit by bit. It took two days to dry the wood, five days to modify the design and manufacture the main body of the wood, a week to modify the design and manufacture various mechanical parts, and the last day was to assemble the machine.
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Fang Xiaoyue spent a total of half a month to build a human harvester.
When they got the news, all the cadres of the Eighth Brigade and even some villagers rushed to the field where the machine was tested, and everyone looked at the human harvester with great curiosity.
In their eyes, this human harvester was full of mysterious industrial atmosphere, which made them afraid to discuss it loudly.
"Here comes someone to cooperate."
Fang Xiaoyue originally designed this human harvester to be operated by one person.
But he soon discovered that it was difficult for one person to have enough power to make the machine move forward and harvest at the same time.
After all, although this human-powered harvester is like an enlarged tricycle, just sitting on it and pressing the pedal to move it forward is very strenuous. If part of the power is transferred to the harvesting part, even a strong man will not be able to hold on.
how long.
So he later changed the manual harvester into a two-seater, with one person stepping on the pedal that supplies the forward power of the machine, and the other stepping on the pedal that supplies harvesting power.
Of course, in the initial practical test, Fang Xiaoyue will definitely try the harvesting power pedal. Compared with the simpler forward power part, the harvesting part is undoubtedly much more complicated.
"me!"
"Fugui, I'm coming!"
"Wealth! It's me!"
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Upon hearing Fang Xiaoyue's words, the villagers who were originally in awe of the human harvester suddenly became restless and rushed over.
Perhaps in their eyes, being able to operate this human harvester is undoubtedly the same as flying a plane into the sky.
That kind of novelty is completely unmatched by other things, just like the feeling of a child when he sees bumper cars for the first time in an amusement park.
In fact, not only the villagers gathered around him, but the educated youth also gathered around him involuntarily.
Compared with the villagers, they are more curious about how the machine they have contributed to will operate.
"Don't squeeze! Don't squeeze! Send them all back! If the machine is damaged by the squeeze, I will deduct your work points!"
Seeing so many people gathered around him made the captain Zhang Daniu very anxious.
After shouting and scolding, everyone was driven away.
But after Zhang Daniu drove the people away, he sat on the machine first and kept urging Fang Xiaoyue: "Fugui, tell me how to do this thing?"
Seeing Zhang Daniu's impatient look, Fang Xiaoyue was speechless and had to point to the pedal under Zhang Daniu's feet: "Uncle, have you ever ridden a bicycle?"
"It's the kind of bicycle sold in the county supply and marketing cooperative? Where have I ever ridden one?"
Zhang Daniu was stunned, but he had never ridden a bicycle and had seen bicycles running, so under Fang Xiaoyue's guidance, he quickly got started.
After all, pedaling is easier than riding a bicycle.
As Zhang Daniu stepped on the pedal, the human harvester slowly moved forward, while Fang Xiaoyue controlled the direction of the harvesting gear to aim at the nearly mature rice.
As Fang Xiaoyue also started to step on the pedal, the harvesting gears started to rotate, and each crop of rice was cut at the waist and fell into a special wooden box one by one.