In Liaodong, with the arrival of spring, the ice and snow begin to melt a lot, but there is still a trace of cold. It is the time for spring plowing in Liaodong area again.
In Tieling Nanshan Village, the bones of the villagers who had been chatting about Maodong all winter were about to loosen up. Throughout the winter, they had almost nothing to do, and of course there was nothing they could do.
The winter in Liaodong is really too cold, especially now that it has slowly entered the Little Ice Age, Liaodong has become even colder.
The weather was tens of degrees below zero, and the water turned into ice, so there was no way to do anything.
The only thing that the cat can do is stay at home, lie on the kang, chatter and brag, and it stays like this all winter.
Fortunately, the land in Liaodong is fertile. The immigrants in Liaodong had a bumper harvest last year. In addition, they did not have to pay the imperial grain in the first few years, so every household had their barns filled with food, enough to last for several years.
Coupled with some meat that is usually hunted and stored, and the cabbage stored in the ground, this is how we deal with it throughout the winter.
There was food and drink, life was carefree, and there was no need to do anything, so that everyone was so idle that they became restless.
After finally waiting for spring, the weather began to get warmer, the ice and snow melted, and the villagers began to be busy with spring plowing.
The same is true for Li Damao and Ding Dazhu. Both of them are hard-working people. They waved hoes on their fields and began to till the land. At this moment, they only have one word to describe it, and that is pain and happiness.
I was so happy when I occupied the land last year, but now I feel so painful. After swinging the hoe a few times, I stood up and looked at my huge field, and my whole brow furrowed deeply.
The land is so big that every household occupies hundreds of acres of land, and there is simply no way to plant it.
Last year, only a few dozen acres of land were cleared, and most of the area had not yet been reclaimed. Naturally, we should not panic this year, but when we looked at the soil under our feet, we suddenly felt even more worried.
There is so much land, but I feel worried because I simply cannot plant so many fields.
"Oh~ How long will it take to finish plowing the ground like this?"
Li Damao sighed. After resting for a few months, he became lazy. When he started working, he felt tired after a few times. He also gained weight and gained weight.
"Fellow fellow~fellow fellow~"
At this time, a voice came, and Li Damao quickly looked over. It turned out to be a young man with short hair walking towards him.
"Who are you?"
Li Damao looked at the other party and asked.
"I am Yan Song, a salesman from Jingcheng Machinery Factory. This is my work ID~"
Yan Song smiled and took out a small book. The cover had the words and logo of Jingcheng Machinery Factory. The logo was two gears coupled to each other. When he opened it, it read, Yan Song, Sales Manager of Liaodong Distributor Bank of Jingcheng Machinery Factory.
"Jingcheng Machinery Factory?"
When Li Damao heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Is it the Beijing Machinery Factory co-founded by the Marquis of Liaodong Liu Jin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Yes, yes, it's this machinery factory."
Yan Song nodded repeatedly.
"I know your machine factory. Some of the things produced by your machine factory are quite useful and of excellent quality. I heard that the quality of the four-wheeled carriages produced by your machine factory is the best. I was thinking of looking for you.
I want to buy a carriage."
Li Damao smiled and said.
The industries under Liu Jin's command are well known throughout the Ming Dynasty. They are of good quality and very practical. The key is that there are always some new gadgets coming out to facilitate everyone's life and production.
"Of course the four-wheeled carriage is the best from our Beijing Machinery Factory, but it is not easy to buy because the supply exceeds the demand. I can help you reserve one first, and you can pay for it when the goods arrive."
Yan Song smiled and nodded.
"Okay, book one for me."
"My name is Li Damao, and I live in Nanshan Village."
Li Damao nodded and said, in this era, business still pays great attention to credibility. Just make a reservation when you say it, just one sentence.
"Brother Da Mao, I'm here to sell you a new machine this time. It's a very easy-to-use machine. You will definitely like it when you keep it."
Yan Song took out his notebook and wrote it down, then took out a promotional poster and said, "This is the machine I want to recommend to you, a big guy, a steam cultivator!"
"Steam cultivator?"
When Li Damao heard this, he was slightly startled. He took the poster and looked at it. The poster not only had words, but also pictures on it. However, Li Damao was illiterate and could only look at the pictures.
"What is this steam cultivator?"
Li Damao looked at the picture. In the picture above, you can see a big thing like a four-wheeled carriage. There is a plow behind its butt. The plow is turning over the soil. It looks like it is very powerful.
"This steam cultivator is a machine specially developed by our Jingcheng Machinery Factory for plowing. It is driven by a steam engine."
Yan Song began to introduce the pictures in detail.
"What is this steam engine?"
Li Damao looked at the picture and said with little doubt.
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bsp; "This steam engine is a machine that relies on steam to provide power. When we boil water, when the water boils, a stream of steam will rush upward. This is the principle of the steam engine, which uses steam to drive the machine."
Yan Song was very patient and introduced in detail.
"Can steam drive machinery?"
Li Damao was very confused, thought for a while and said, "What can that little steam bring? A kettle lid?"
"Haha, of course it's not enough to rely on the little steam from a kettle. The steam engine manufactured by our Jingcheng Machinery Factory is larger in size and has better sealing. When there is more water vapor, the power is very powerful. Now the largest steam engines can already do
It’s up to 12 horsepower.”
"12 horsepower?"
"It's almost equivalent to the power of twelve horses."
"My dear, your strength is incredible."
When Li Damao heard this, he couldn't help but marvel. There is no doubt about the power of horses. This machine can actually achieve the power of twelve horses. This power is really great.
"Of course, how else would you plow the land? Look, our steam engine cultivator can drive several plowshares at the same time, plowing out several feet of land at once, and it can plow very deep.
A few inches, so that you can dig out all the insects in the field and freeze them to death, so that you can have a good harvest."
Yan Song said very patiently.
It took more than a day or two to promote this. I met many people, and like Li Damao, they all had many, many doubts, and they all needed to be explained in detail one by one.
"Really?"
Li Damao looked at the poster, and then at the field he had dug up all morning. His eyes couldn't help but widen slightly, looking unbelievable. Is this machine really able to turn over the ground?
He didn't believe it.
"Of course you can~"
"You can't believe it without seeing the real thing. Tomorrow, several steam cultivators will be delivered to Tieling. We will have a plowing demonstration at that time. You might as well come and take a look."
"If you think it's okay, you can come to me to buy it."
"You can now enjoy bank loan discounts when purchasing a steam cultivator, and you can pay in installments."
“What is installment payment?”
Li Damao asked again doubtfully.
"This installment payment means repaying the money in many installments. For example, if you borrow a hundred taels of silver and pay it back in one hundred installments, you only need to pay back a little more than one tael of silver in each installment."
Yan Song said patiently, "Nowadays, when buying a house in a big city, you basically pay in installments. In this way, you can first get a loan to buy what you need, and then pay back the money slowly."
"This installment payment must require interest, right?"
"Otherwise, no one in the world would lend you money easily. It might be a loan shark."
When Li Damao heard that, there would be no pie in the world, and he quickly said vigilantly.
"There is definitely interest, but it is not a loan shark. You must know that the First Bank of Ming Dynasty knows that the interest rate of the loan from the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty is very low, and it is definitely not a loan shark."
Yan Song said helplessly that it was really tiring to sell things to them, especially selling such a large machine would require too much capital and would definitely involve bank loans.
What everyone is most afraid of is loan sharking, because loan sharking, interest compounding and the like have killed countless people and forced many people to sell their sons and daughters to pay off their debts.
"The pie won't fall anyway."
Li Damao curled his lips slightly and said, then thought about it and asked, "How much does this steam cultivator cost?"
"This machine is not cheap. It costs more than one hundred taels of silver each."
Yan Song replied.
"More than a hundred taels of silver each?"
When Li Damao heard this, he immediately opened his mouth and said, "Brother, see if you can get a hundred taels of silver if you sell me."
"Brother Da Mao is joking~"
"You get what you pay for. The things our Jingcheng Machinery Factory has always produced are good things. The price is expensive, but if you come and take a look tomorrow, you will feel that it is well worth the money if you keep it."
"Here, I told you this. You can come over tomorrow and take a look. If you think it's suitable, you can buy it. After you finish plowing your own land, you can help others plow the land. With this machine, you can have this little land.
It won't take half a day to plow the land, and then you can help others plow the land."
"This hundred acres of land is not expensive for a few taels of silver. It won't take long to get back the money."
Yan Song looked at Li Damao and sighed in his heart. Every time he talked about the price, he knew that what he said before was useless. He couldn't afford to buy a farming machine for one hundred taels of silver.
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He has told them countless times, called so many people to watch the steam cultivator plowing the fields tomorrow, and calculated many financial accounts for them, but so far no one has the intention to buy, or even agreed to go.
No one looked at the steam engine.
"Okay, I'll go see what your steam cultivator looks like tomorrow."
Li Damao thought for a while and actually agreed to take a look at this machine.
