In order to meet the huge demand for reclaiming black soil in Northeast China, Li Zhi needed to mass-produce practical seed drills.
In later history, the seed drill was invented in the 18th century, and its structure was not complicated. However, because the seed drill plows the land deeply while sowing, it has certain requirements for the structural strength of the machine. At the same time, various pipe channels are interlaced, which requires
The smelting level has reached a certain level. In East Asia of this era, only Fanjiazhuang Factory like Li Zhi, which manufactures large quantities of steel forgings, castings and welding rooms, can produce drills on a large scale.
In the dry fields south of Fanjiazhuang, the first drill produced by Li Zhi was hitched to four strong oxen and began sowing in the fields.
As the wheels of the drill rotate, the opener opens a channel in front of the drill. Wheat seeds one after another slide out of the seed box, and fall from the slide of the seed delivery pipe under the drill.
Enter the channel in the field. Then the soil covering device pushes the loose soil on both sides of the channel back into the channel from behind. Finally, the compaction wheel presses through the channel to compact the soil.
Li Zhi stood aside and estimated the time, and finally found that this drill only took half an hour to sow five acres of land.
At this rate, two people and four cows can sow 400 acres of land in three days without any problem.
Li Xing was dumbfounded as he watched the seed drill moving forward in the field and completing a series of sowing tasks in the field quickly.
"Brother, this is amazing!"
Li Xing was a little excited. He grabbed Li Zhi's hand and said, "Brother, with this machine, these two people can do the farm work of twenty people!"
Li Zhi asked with a smile: "Is God a God?"
Before Li Xing could say anything, Zhong Feng shouted loudly: "God, you are so awesome. Commander, you are even more powerful than Lu Ban!"
The two farmers who operated the drill also admired Li Zhi immensely. After sowing the five acres of land, they returned to Li Zhi and knelt in front of Li Zhi respectfully, as piously as if they were seeing gods.
Li Zhi asked the two farmers to stand up, waved and said: "The Northeast is vast, fertile land and sparsely populated. With this planter and a harvester in a while, we can plant wheat all over the vast Northeast."
, turn the Northeast into our big granary."
Zheng Kaicheng thought for a while and asked: "My lord, if the entire Liaodong is planted with wheat, Tianjin and Shandong will probably not be able to finish it all!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
In fact, what Zheng Kaicheng said is not bad. In later generations, the cultivated land area of the three northeastern provinces was 390 million acres, and the grassland was even more. Even according to the yield per mu in the Ming Dynasty, it was enough to feed a population of 100 million. If Li Zhi had planted all the arable land in the northeast with wheat, Tianjin would
No matter what, the people in Shandong will never be able to finish it.
Li Zhi laughed and said: "If you can't finish it, sell it to Henan and Shaanxi, so that the hungry people in Henan and Shaanxi can also eat, and no one will follow Li Zicheng to make trouble."
Zheng Kaicheng flattered him and said: "The Duke is wise. I think this sowing machine is not an ordinary thing. Once this thing comes out, the whole Liaodong will be a big granary. By then, truck after truck of grain will be shipped out, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment and the thieves will be wiped out. This broadcast machine will be wiped out."
The weapon is better than a hundred thousand soldiers!"
Everyone laughed again.
Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou stood behind several division commanders, somewhat speechless.
Compared with these division commanders who can speak freely and express their opinions freely, staff officer Hong Chengchou and regimental commander Zu Dashou have lower positions and do not have the right to speak freely.
However, they were actually so shocked by this broadcast that they were speechless for a moment.
With this machine, one person can do the farm work of ten people. If it is applied to the vast land of Liaodong, how much food will be produced in the future?
Will the shortage of food in the Ming Dynasty be changed by this machine?
Tianjin and Shandong under the rule of the Duke of Jin were originally politically clean and orderly, the people were full of vitality, and the economy was booming. And the Duke of Jin was like Lu Ban, constantly coming up with new machines. Under this stimulation, the society of Tianjin and Shandong will develop.
To what extent?
Nowadays, more and more merchants come to Fanjiazhuang to do business. The main street of Fanjiazhuang is no less prosperous than the capital city. And new things are constantly popping up in Fanjiazhuang, such as flush toilets and clock towers. They are all practical and novel things. Yes.
He said that now the people in Fanjiazhuang can call the people in the capital the old people who have never seen the world.
Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou looked at each other and felt more and more that it was a wise decision for them to defect to Li Zhi. The future of the Duke of Jin would never stop here.
Li Laosi stood next to the seed drill and watched it for a long time. Finally, he sighed and said, "It's amazing!"
He quickly ran back to Li Zhi and said: "Boss, these two farmers farm 400 acres of land? How rich do these farmers have to be? Isn't it true that no one wants to be a soldier or a worker?"
Li Zhi said with a smile: "I have also considered this issue. After Liaodong is conquered, farmers who use drills and harvesting to plant large fields will become rich overnight. Of course, we cannot simply give precious fields to ordinary farmers. We have to use them in our system
Establish a merit system within the government to give points to every worker, soldier and administrator who follows us. The size of the fields will be determined based on the scores, and the fields we will conquer in Liaodong will be distributed to them."
Zheng Kaicheng's eyes lit up and he asked: "My lord, how do you score this?"
Li Zhi said: "The first is the length of service, that is, the length of time you have followed us. The earlier you join our system, the higher the score. For example, there were some people in the first batch of soap workshop workers and the first batch of servant team members.
They have never been able to lead, so we gave them higher scores so that they could allocate a large amount of black land in the Northeast."
"The second is contribution, and the contribution of personnel must be comprehensively considered. Hard work counts as contribution, and special achievements also count as contribution. Soldiers charge into battle, and their contribution is greater than that of workers. The confidentiality department has not leaked secrets in these years, and their contribution is greater than that of ordinary people.
The department is bigger.”
Zheng Kaicheng smiled and said: "The Duke's intention is to distribute all the land conquered in Liaodong to the people who have followed us over the years?"
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "Let's divide half of it first. The other half will be reserved for future meritorious personnel as rewards."
Everyone took a breath and felt fascinated. Liaodong is such a vast land, even if it is divided into half, it is an astronomical figure. The land outside the Northeast Pass is fertile, and if some water conservancy facilities are built, it will be fertile farmland. If half of the land is given to Li
If we plant more than 100,000 people in the system, won’t these 100,000 people become rich overnight?
These people will all become big landowners.
When Li Zhi recruits various personnel, he selects people who are honest and responsible. Most of these personnel in Li Zhi's system are people who abide by the rules. Those who are ambitious and rebellious have no place in Li Zhi's system. If Li Zhi
His subordinates have all become wealthy landowners. These people must be very grateful to Li Zhi and will do their best to defend Li Zhi's regime in the future.
If there are public officials who defend Li Zhi's new regime from the superstructure, these future big landowners will be the cornerstone of Li Zhi's regime at the grassroots level. Tens of thousands of capable Tiger and Guard soldiers will become landlords, and they will reproduce and become Prussia in the future.
Grassroots power like the Junkers.
Everyone was silent for a moment as they thought about Li Zhi's grand plan.
Finally Zhong Feng broke the silence and asked Li Zhi playfully: "Commander, how much land do you think I can share?"
