As time goes by, August is here in a blink of an eye.
In the crisp autumn weather, Chang'an is gradually getting quite chilly due to the westerly wind blowing due to its location in the northwest.
However, this chill did not dampen the enthusiasm of the people who were crouching in the fields at the foot of the mountain.
This is the south of Chang'an City, where the Shui River and the Luo River intersect, and it also happens to be the foot of Nanshan Mountain.
Of course, the villa will not be built in a dense mountain forest. The slope at the foot of the mountain is gentle. Under Zhong Yao's instructions, Yi Xiaotian bought all the land nearby at a very cost-effective price.
However, because the funds in the villa are currently tight, after enclosing the open space and building a few buildings, the subsequent projects are still being planned - the horseshoes have been sent to Master Hao. Yi Xiaotian believes that it will not be long before they are short of funds.
The situation will be easily resolved.
When the communication between Qin Ting and Bingzhou's merchants is completed, a business road spanning Yecheng, Bingzhou, and Chang'an will be quickly established, which will also give Yi Xiaotian the opportunity to develop together with the many industries of Jianshan Villa in the north.
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However, that is all for the future.
Now, during the short period of waiting for the infusion of funds and the approaching war, Yi Xiaotian had no intention of wasting this rare period of peace.
Speaking of which, he brought Ma Jun to the northwest because he was not only interested in the possibility of helping Huang Yueying make new and ingenious things, but also because Ma Jun was originally good at improving farming equipment.
With the support of Yi Xiaotian, Huang Yueying and many craftsmen in the craftsmen's workshops, Ma Jun became more and more relaxed. Regardless of Yi Xiaotian's presence or absence, he was relying on his own strength to constantly explore and perfect the application for farming.
equipment.
Huangtian paid off and got a suitable stage. Ma Jun seemed to have unleashed all his strength. It didn't take long before he created what Yi Xiaotian said was an improved version of the car.
Today is the first day that the overturned car officially goes into the fields and into the water.
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Because of Yi Xiaotian's name and extremely low taxes, Youjian Villa has attracted many farmers to seek refuge.
In less than two months, small houses were built in the deserted south of Chang'an City.
Starting from scratch is a very long process.
Especially for this piece of land that was rarely cultivated, without tools, even if Yi Xiaotian provided these farmers with many tools, cattle and horses for free, it would still be quite difficult to reclaim the wasteland.
Fortunately, these farmers who did not hesitate to abandon their former homes and join Yi Xiaotian were mostly smart and capable people. After the difficulty of cultivating the fields was overcome, the remaining difficulty to overcome was the problem of water collection for irrigation.
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As the saying goes, tools represent productivity.
Without advanced tools, we can only rely on the accumulation of low-productivity manpower to generate sufficient benefits.
But there is no one at Yi Xiaotian, or in other words, there is a serious shortage of manpower - although he is well-known and has done a lot of good things for the people of Chang'an City, compared to those big families who have strong financial resources and have been stable for decades.
It is said that Yi Xiaotian is inevitably a little too radical for those people who are used to living under heavy pressure.
Yes, radical is the most appropriate word to describe the attitude of the people around Chang'an towards Yi Xiaotian.
Some people may not understand that the taxes paid by Yi Xiaotian are basically less than 10% of those of the big households. As long as someone comes to join them, Yi Xiaotian can even allocate farmland that is several times larger than the fields they cultivated before.
For them to farm, but...the more this happens, the more those people hesitate to move forward and dare not make a decision.
This is strange.
But it was very realistic. After thinking about it for a while, Yi Xiaotian understood the thoughts of those people.
Because Yi Xiaotian's conditions were so generous, many people thought that Yi Xiaotian was deceiving them. In addition, recently, many people with ulterior motives have begun to walk around the city asking questions about Yi Xiaotian and Youjian.
There are rumors in the villa that he is a villain who eats people without spitting out their bones, and that his villa is a prison——
People are always led by rumors that seem impossible.
At this point, Yi Xiaotian will not criticize those innocent people. They are just used by people with evil intentions. The best way to solve this problem is time - time will take away all disputes.
What remains are the things that can truly stand the test.
However, before that, in order to ensure that these simple farmers who followed him could live a comfortable life, the overturning car in front of everyone was the explanation given to them by Yi Xiaotian.
"Master, is this thing called a rollover really as amazing as you say?"
A farmer with tanned skin looked a little confused.
Yi Xiaotian sat on a high field ridge and explained to a few people around him. The people sitting next to him looked young. It was precisely because of this that they abandoned those secular prejudices.
Choose to follow Yi Xiaotian to the fields under the mountain.
But despite this, they were still concerned about the large overturned car in the distance that was carried by several people under the command of Ma Jun and placed between the streams. Of course, on the other side, there was also a seemingly smaller version with a different shape.
The overturned car was placed on lower ground by several other people.
"This thing is actually from the Xiping period, and it has been around for twenty or thirty years. However, the person who was ordered to make it at that time did not think of using it for drawing water - and that person at that time
It is very difficult to operate a rollover without dozens of people operating at the same time."
"Just watch out. Once you learn how to use it, even the children around you will have the strength to draw water to irrigate the fields."
Yi Xiaotian smiled and pointed at the people in the distance who were about to start the experiment, and said to the men around him.
Although everyone didn't quite understand the meaning of Yi Xiaotian's words, they believed in Yi Xiaotian unconditionally. After all, how could someone who could plow fields and cattle for them be a bad person and come to harm them?
As he spoke, Ma Jun waved to Yi Xiaotian from a distance. After receiving Yi Xiaotian's confirmation, Ma Jun shouted to the barefoot men who were already standing on the overturned car:
"It's time to begin!"
"oh!"
With a shout, several people on the overturned beam began to step on the wheels under their feet. Along with the sound of the keel blades hitting the water surface, the gurgling water in the long rectangular groove was magical.
began to flow backwards along the trough road——
Wow——
Just as dazzling as the waves caused by the blades hitting the water, is the gurgling river water flowing from the heights... In the shocked eyes of many farmers, the river water flew into the fields and splashed mud spots——
In a short time, this dry land was filled with mud and puddles.
But no one thinks that this is a bad thing.
The men's souls, like fields, seemed to be nourished by the river water. After a long drought, the first water came, and in an instant they were nourished with fresh tears.
They rushed into the fields desperately, picked up the dirty muddy water, threw it into the sky, cheered, howled, cried, and jumped.
