Chapter seven hundred and seventy seventh harvester
In fact, in successive wars, technology spread very quickly. For example, in the original history, after the Minie rifle was used by the French Army in Africa in 1846, it was imitated and equipped by the British in 1851 five years later.
Another example is the breech-loading gun. After the breech-loading gun appeared in the Civil War in 1861, only three years later, in 1864, the British began to learn to equip it.
In the continuous war, if any country reveals a new weapon, as long as the industrial technology of other competitors is at the same level, they will quickly learn how to manufacture this new weapon. For Li Zhi in the 21st year of Chongzhen, the Netherlands
Man is such an ambitious competitor.
The scope is not a high-tech thing. When Li Zhi installed the scope on the Huben Army rifle, he thought that this weapon would be imitated by the enemy. In the 21st year of Chongzhen, 1648 AD, at this time, Europe
Telescope technology is already mature enough to produce rifle scopes comparable to Li Zhi's.
The Dutch saw Li Zhi's scoped rifle on the front line in Huai'an, and it was not difficult to imitate it.
In the process of the Dutch winning over the Japanese, this new rifle imitated by the Dutch was undoubtedly a key item.
Kuyt said: "If Japan is willing to form an alliance with us, we will teach you the production technology of this new rifle."
Doi Toshikatsu looked at the sniper rifle on the tatami, his face uncertain.
Kuyt grabbed the rifle, looked at it with his eyes on the scope, and said: "Sir Doi, this rifle is basically the same as Li Zhi's rifle. It can shoot targets at a distance of 580 ell. That is to say
It can hit a distance of 1,380 feet."
After hearing Kuyt's words, Doi Toshi's face gradually calmed down.
If Doi Toshiki was planning to kidnap Kuyt to see Li Zhi just now and would rather be severely punished by Li Zhi than fall to the Dutch, the appearance of this rifle suddenly changed Doi Toshiki's choice.
If they get the same weapons as Li Zhi, the Tokugawa shogunate will certainly no longer be afraid of Li Zhi. Japan can mobilize more than 200,000 troops. If the same weapons as Li Zhi are used, Li Zhi's 100,000 troops will not be enough.
For fear.
In this way, Doi Toshikatsu recalled the humiliation Li Zhi had given the Tokugawa Shogunate over the years.
After thinking for a while, Doi Toshikatsu asked: "So what do the Dutch need?"
Kuyt smiled and said: "What we need does not harm the interests of the Tokugawa family at all. We only ask that the Tokugawa family grant the East India Company exclusive trading rights."
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Li Zicheng stood among the fields in Dongming County, Shandong Province. Looking at the fertile fields around him, he felt as if he was not in the Chongzhen period.
After the Chu army was defeated by the Huben army in Henan, Li Zicheng retreated to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He originally thought that Li Zhi would pursue him relentlessly, but he did not expect that the Huben army stopped advancing after occupying Tongguan.
Li Zicheng organized the remnant troops in Xi'an. After waiting for two months, he still received no news about Li Zhi's army attacking Xi'an, so he sent a large number of agents disguised as refugees to Shandong and Tianjin to find out the news.
In the end, Li Zicheng was really curious about Li Zhi's strength, so he disguised himself as a merchant and went to Shandong to take a look at Li Zhi's territory.
As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
However, once he entered Shandong, Li Zicheng was shocked. Shandong's wealth and comfort made Li Zicheng unbelievable.
The disaster years in Shaanxi and Henan were too terrible, while the countryside in Shandong was so rich. The contrast was too strong.
In this chaotic world, the people of Shaanxi followed Li Zicheng in killing people and setting fires just for a bowl of gruel. But it turned out that in Shandong, Li Zhi actually built a paradise that benefited the entire province.
Li Zicheng and his three followers stood on a small mound by the river, looking at the golden wheat fields in the western suburbs of Dongming County that could not be seen from the camera, and were speechless.
Dongming County is located on the plains, and all Li Zicheng saw on both sides of the road were continuous wheat fields like this. The continuous wheat fields were like a golden ocean, rising and falling in the breeze of late spring and early summer.
Bare land is almost invisible on both sides of the road.
Song Xiance disguised himself as an accountant and followed Li Zicheng. He looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "King Chuang, the fields within a few miles are irrigated by water trucks. The water trucks are right next to the river, where those
Hut. Look, King Chuang, the water pumped out by the waterwheel flows into the fields along these straight canals to irrigate the crops."
"I just went to see those water trucks. They are very labor-saving. A few dozen water trucks can irrigate thousands of acres of dry land."
Li Zicheng sighed: "Li Zhi's waterwheel turned wasteland into fertile farmland. It is really amazing. No wonder people in Henan say that Shandong is extremely wealthy." After a pause, Li Zicheng said curiously: "It's just that people in Shandong have developed so much dry land. Where can I find it?"
How many hands are there to farm the land?”
Li Zicheng was sighing there, but he saw Song Xiance pointing to a place a mile away and said: "King Chuang, look over there, it seems that wheat is being cut over there."
Li Zicheng took a closer look and found that there was a huge machine pulled by four cows moving forward in the dry field. Li Zicheng was stunned and said: "Let's go! Go and have a look!"
Li Zicheng was wearing silk clothes at this time, looking like a businessman, and he was not afraid of being discovered by local farmers. He walked to the animal-powered harvester with three followers to take a closer look at how Shandong people harvested crops.
Walking to the harvester, Li Zicheng only saw wheat stalks flying around and crackling sounds in the harvester. Four bullocks drove the harvester forward. There seemed to be extremely fast knives in the closed harvester.
Continuously cut off the wheat stems. The rich wheat enters from the harvester, and when it comes out from the other side, only the wheat stalks on the ground are left.
Of course, harvesting by machine is not as precise as manual labor. The machine will always leak some wheat in the corners. So there is a woman next to the harvester holding a sickle to cut the missed wheat.
Li Zicheng looked at this strange machine and was speechless for a moment.
Song Xiance spoke with his Henan accent and shouted to the farmer next to the harvester: "Brother, what kind of machine is this? Why is it so powerful?"
Henan is now Li Zhi's territory. Among the farmers operating the harvester, Li Zicheng and others looked like Henan businessmen. They were not suspicious. They just laughed and said: "You don't know this? This is a harvester!"
Song Xiance asked curiously: "Brother, how many acres of wheat can this harvester harvest in one day?"
The farmer heard Song Xiance's thick accent and said with a smile: "Fellow, do you want to buy a harvester and go to Henan?"
Song Xiance nodded and said, "I do have this idea. I just don't know if it will work or not."
The farmer wiped his sweat with a towel, walked to Song Xiance and said: "Fellow, this harvester can harvest thirty acres of dry land in one day. Three people can harvest three hundred acres of dry land in ten days."
"But a harvester alone is not enough. You also need to buy a seed drill invented by the prince, and use it with a dragon-tail truck for irrigation, so that one person can plant a hundred acres of dry land."
Li Zicheng's eyes widened when he heard the farmer's words.
Three people harvest 300 acres of wheat fields? One person cultivates 100 acres of dry land? Li Zicheng has also cultivated fields, and his parents have cultivated fields all their lives, but he has never thought that this field can be cultivated like this.
Li Zicheng's parents farmed more than 20 acres of dry land, which was already very hard.
This machine is truly amazing.
If one person cultivates so many fields, how rich will the farmer be?
If all the people in the world were like Shandong, how could anyone follow him in rebellion?