More than half a month has passed since the capture of the Changge Fortress, and the population and materials sent by the fortress and the five major families in the Western Region are all in place.
After the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture, the spring ploughing of the new year finally began, which was also the first step for Roland to explore farming techniques. The serfs saw the dawn of being promoted to free people, and they all worked hard. The scene of needing supervisors to urge the serfs to work with their whips has basically disappeared on the south bank of the Chishui River. Some serfs found that even if they were lazy, no one would control them - according to those city hall officials who were using strange tools to measure in the fields. It is said that the lord does not care about the harvest of one or two fields, and the serfs will be cultivating for themselves from now on, and those who cultivate more will get more.
It's not that the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture are of such excellent quality that they have fully understood the principle of distribution according to work, but that Roland asked them to keep repeating these contents to the serfs. In order to strengthen the indoctrination effect and satisfy the prince's own feelings, red flags were also planted on the banks of the Chishui River, and banners were pulled up, which said slogans such as labor is the only way to get rich, labor is glorious, labor leads to freedom, and labor changes fate.
Of course, it is not that no one has raised objections to these measures. For example, Barov was the first to stand up against it.
"Your Highness, what you are doing is meaningless. Most serfs are illiterate, so they don't care what is written on the banners. These people are stupid and ignorant. Sometimes whips don't work, not to mention some seemingly inexplicable. Word."
And Roland's answer was also very simple, "Those banners were not meant for them to read."
"Then why are you still doing these things?" The Assistant Minister's expression at the time seemed rather bewildered.
"To create a living example."
He never thought that serfs were stupid and immutable people. They didn't have education, which didn't mean they didn't have ideas. No matter how stupid people are, they will also be driven by desires and interests. This is human nature. The repeated indoctrination of the commissioner of the Ministry of Agriculture may seem to have little effect, but it will leave an introduction in their hearts, like a trickle, which will eventually converge. piece. When the first batch of serfs were promoted to free people, when they exchanged harvest crops for money, bought fine clothes, exquisite food, and even sturdy and warm brick houses, the slogans repeated over and over again would suddenly become reality. ingrained in their hearts.
As for the banners on the shore, they are for townspeople who have received universal education.
Relying on one's own hands to get rid of poverty, becoming an official member of Border Town, and possibly even surpassing himself as an aborigines, this is the power of hard work.
Only by comparison can we feel the difference, and only by actively pursuing, can the individual's efficiency be brought into full play.
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Tietou stood at the entrance of the mine, waiting for a new round of mining.
Since his face was scalded by the high-temperature steam during the Demon Moon, he has never dared to stand near this black machine.
Fortunately, there is also a kind-hearted and angel-like Miss Nana in Border Town. Tietou touched her cheek that was intact as before, feeling very emotional. It was a blasphemy to her that she still suspected that the other party was the devil's minions at the time. After winter was over, he went to Pine's house to apologize with two salted fish and a wild boar leg.
What surprised him even more was that although Tigu Pine was a viscount, he did not have the habit of aristocrats who like to look at people with their noses, so he generously accepted his apology. For the first time, Tietou felt that the nobles were not all ruthless guys.
"Old Tie," a miner covered in ashes ran out of the hole, "the rope has been tied."
"Well," he shouted, turning his head in the direction of the steam engine, "everyone stay away! Flack, lift the green lever, and press the red lever! If you make a mistake, I'll screw your head off!"
"Don't worry, Tie Lao, wrap it on me!" Flack responded loudly.
After sending Nails to join the town's First Army, Iron Head replaced the man to operate the steam engine. In the first few days, Flack often got the order of the pull rods wrong, causing the air supply pipe to burst, and he was not less than a fat beating. Fortunately, His Royal Highness did not care about this matter. Not only did he send someone to replace the damaged parts, but he did not fine them any money. Originally, Tietou had already planned that everyone would be fined for a month's salary.
With the opening of the air intake valve, the steam engine spewed out majestic white air, and the main wheel slowly ran, driving the winch to stretch the hemp rope straight.
"All cheer me up! Stare at the hemp rope and look carefully!" Tietou shouted.
In addition to the steam engine, the mining method of the mine has also changed.
His Royal Highness ordered the craftsmen to cut sections of wood into long strips, connect them end to end and lay them in the mining area, and then stuff the wooden squares under the two wooden strips. At first glance, it looks like a lattice composed of many woods.
His Royal Highness called it a wooden rail transportation system, a very convoluted name, and it doesn't look complicated, but with a special minecart, hey! That's really a quickie. Usually it takes three or four days to transport ore, and a few minecarts are connected together, and the steam engine can pull them all out in one go.
Tietou has specially observed this kind of four-wheeled trailer running on wooden rails. The key to being able to move on a narrow wooden bar without falling off is its wheels—each small iron wheel has an enlarged rim on the inside that keeps the minecart firmly bound to the wooden rails. A square iron basin is placed on the top of the wheel, with curved grooves at the front and rear, which can be strung in a row with hemp rope.
He couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of His Royal Highness the Prince. With such a simple design, it was so easy to transport mines. Before that, dragging these dead ores out of the mine was the most time-consuming and labor-intensive work.
However, this system is not perfect. For example, on the fifth day of use, two sections of wooden rails were crushed, and then several others were broken one after another. Later, His Royal Highness wrapped the tops of all wooden rails with a layer of iron, and the situation improved.
In addition, there was also a hemp rope breakage accident in the mine, and the iron axe still has lingering fears when thinking about it. Originally, according to the regulations, only four mine carts were to be pulled at a time when the mine was transported out of the cave. On the day of the accident, the miners were greedy and connected all six mine carts together. As a result, the hemp rope with a thick arm suddenly cracked and rebounded when it was pulled halfway. One of his sweeps hit a guy standing next to Tietou, smashing his arm in two and breaking several ribs. The minecart slid down the track, knocking over two people and crushing the legs of one hapless man.
Fortunately, Tietou knew what to do in such a situation, and he immediately organized people to transport the injured to Viscount Tigu's residence. As long as they didn't die on the spot, Miss Nana could restore them to their original state.
"Old Tie, the car is out!" shouted the man staring at the entrance of the cave.
"Flac, shut down the steam engine after ten breaths, pay attention to the order!" Iron Head ordered loudly.
"Okay!"
Four mine carts slowly stopped at the end of the wooden track, and he walked over to record the shipments and varieties. The stones of the first two carts are reddish-brown, which is also the most produced thing in the mine—iron ore. The third car was grey and yellow, and it should be a copper mine. When he saw the fourth car, he was stunned. There seemed to be no such stones in the previous records. Metallic luster.
It was an unknown mineral again, and Tietou shook his head. The tunnels in the mine on the north slope were crisscrossed, and inexplicable things could often be dug up. He drew a fork on the paper and asked people to send all the ore to the yard. As for whether this pile of black stones will be sent into the furnace, it has nothing to do with him.
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