The next day, early in the morning.
Zhang Haiyang was pushed by his secretary in a wheelchair and walked through the streets in person, calling on the people to start fighting for a better new life.
'Boom'
Gongs sounded.
The people from the government shouted loudly: "It's the sowing season. Today, three months from now, will be the time of great harvest in Jinchang County."
"All the people should report to the government immediately. To apply for fields, those who have fields should apply for plows and rice seeds. Those without fields should apply for fields immediately. Men under sixty years old must plant at least one acre of land each."
"If you plant the land today, you will be rich tomorrow."
“If you plant crops this year, you will be blessed next year.”
“…”
Government officials walked through the streets and alleys.
The policies offered are simply extremely generous.
All fields are leased to ordinary people for farming, and the free period is one year. The crops grown will be halved even though the existing agricultural tax is already extremely low.
And all rice seeds are free. Not only that, the government provides agricultural machinery and equipment free of charge. You don't need oxen to plow the land, let alone people to plow the land. You just need to report it to the government, and a plow machine will plow the land for you.
But the rigid condition is that every man under the age of sixty must cultivate one acre of land. Except for those with physical disabilities.
Generally speaking, all the people were excited and ecstatic.
Is this free farming? No rent
Those who have no land at home can grow crops without spending any money at all.
And those who have land at home are even more excited. This is equivalent to asking for more varieties and collecting more for no reason. ,
"Excuse me, where can I apply for land?"
"Now the applications around Jincheng County have been completed. If you look at the map, the areas not marked in red are vacant lands."
"Ah, the nearest one is Gela Village, which is so far away. It takes more than half an hour to walk."
"You are really lazy. What are you afraid of if you walk for half an hour? The government will give you free land for you to plant, but you are still too far away? Three thoughts are to get rid of your lazy thoughts. There will be no good end for lazy people."
"No, I'm not a lazy person, I'm just complaining. Then I'll be in Guela Village. There are three people in my family, and they applied for a total of three acres of land."
"Three people? Where are the people? Ask the person applying for the place to bring their household registration and come in person. Eating money is not allowed. It is not allowed to lie in order to avoid labor."
"I did it by myself."
"That won't work. We won't give it until someone comes."
“…”
Early in the morning. There was an endless flow of people in front of the official gate, and a long queue formed.
All the people's eyes were shining and they came here to apply for crop land.
People in nearby villages and counties naturally go to the local county government or village government to apply. You can apply wherever your household registration is, and black households are not counted.
In just one day, 5,000 acres of grain fields were applied for.
Zhang Haiyang was cruel. He was so poor that he had no food to eat. Let's just let everyone worry about happiness that time. It's best if you can't finish the rice.
On the same day, technicians sent by the Kyushu Academy of Sciences also began to help people reclaim wasteland.
"What the hell is this?"
"Excuse me, did you just say that this thing can plow dozens of acres of land a day?"
"Just such a gadget?"
“…”
The technical staff of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences were too lazy to pay attention to these curious people. They just sat on the plow machine with white gloves and explained to the study personnel sent by the government:
"The depth of the plow's rake is adjustable. The width of the plow is also adjustable. You can make appropriate adjustments based on the local soil structure, rock divisions, and sandy conditions."
A student from the 'Agricultural Machinery Bureau' established by Xizhou specifically for the Kyushu Academy of Sciences asked curiously:
"How much oil does this thing need to drink a day? How much does it cost?"
The technician smiled awkwardly: "I don't know. They didn't provide fuel consumption data, so you can figure it out on your own."
How do the technicians at the Kyushu Academy of Sciences know the cost of your fuel consumption? In their inherent concept, fuel consumption? Doesn’t gasoline cost money? Anyway, I use it casually every time, and I can’t finish it.
No one took the issue of fuel consumption into consideration either.
That is to say, the people in the Automobile Institute knew these specific data, but the Automobile Institute only measured these data and didn't take it seriously. I'm too lazy to tell the people below.
The staff of Xizhou Agricultural Machinery Bureau looked helpless: "Yes. Then let's explore it ourselves."
The wilderness outside Jinchang County is now divided into squares with red circles. There is a sign in the middle of each square with the name of the person written on it. And each of these squares represents the responsibility field of every common person.
At this time, countless people were already surrounding the edge.
Everyone braved the scorching sun and rushed to look into the fields, sweating profusely. Because people from the Kyushu Academy of Sciences said that they have a farming tool that can replace cattle and even more people.
"Tsk, tsk, I don't know if it's true or not."
"This guy can plow dozens of acres a day."
"If this is really useful, that kind of land will be the easiest job, right? You can just drive a car around in the field and plant it without exerting any effort at all."
"Rumors say there will be rice transplanters and harvesters by then."
"What kind of rice transplanter? Can it also help you insert rice?"
"Harvester? How is it possible? I believe you when you say rice transplanter. How is it possible for a harvester? The rice is grains one by one. What kind of machine can complete such delicate work in motion?"
“…”
It’s no wonder that ordinary people can’t understand this. In fact, the principle of the harvester is much simpler than that of the rice transplanter.
They think rice transplanters are more reliable, but harvesters are unreliable. Quite the opposite.
The rice transplanter is the thing that really requires technology, and the Motorized Institute has not yet conquered it.
'buzz'
At this time, the onlookers heard the sound of the engine.
But I saw black smoke rising from the fields in the distance, and dozens of study personnel from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau were playing around the plow machine.
After a while, the plow started moving. Just started driving in the wilderness.
The wide off-road tires stepped on the uneven ground and kept moving forward. As they continued to move forward, the plow behind them penetrated into the soil and kept flying up and down, turning up pieces of soil and garbage.
The first cut was a large piece of dirt.
The plow machine plows in a straight line, then returns and plows again. Those large pieces of dry and hard soil immediately became broken into pieces and became very neat and orderly.
The first plow is finished. The operator switches to the second line and continues.
A group of people from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau gathered around the plowed trench and observed it.
"Wow. This is much more comfortable than the ox plow."
"The soil is really broken up by plowing. It's easier for rice to grow."
"It's too fast. It's a hundred meters long, and it's over with two cuts and one repetition. The distance of one hundred meters would have taken at least half an hour if you relied on oxen. The plower was done in a minute or two with a roar."
"too fast."
: "This efficiency..."
“…”
The people in the distance were also shocked. They rushed over to take a look, squatted on the ground and looked at the trough where the plow machine went, and exclaimed again and again. ,
Isn't this a good plow
(End of chapter)