'Boom boom boom'
The roar of engines came. But I saw a huge vehicle driving to the edge of the field and parking.
This big guy is about five meters tall, and its row of big wheels makes it look particularly ferocious.
Especially the two 'fangs' that open to both sides like big pliers are even more shocking.
Li Zhen's eyes lit up: "Harvester?"
Tao Ming nodded: "We finally decided to adopt a modern mechanized production model. The Agricultural Machinery Bureau has now been established. It can't become a cold yamen, right? It has to be put to use. And after Prime Minister Xun's governance, As well as many demonstrations in the countryside, the people have basically recognized the efficiency of modern machinery. With the addition of agricultural machinery, Xizhou can save more than half of its manpower to do other things. This is what Xizhou is most in need of now. ah."
Li Zhen said: "It's good that you have such an understanding. Do the people agree with it?"
"Approved. Approved. The Agricultural Machinery Bureau has adopted a paid labor method. This is the people's heart. Originally, the country's policy was to strongly support and provide all-round free services. But the people did not accept it. They felt that free products would not be good. As a result, agricultural machinery After the bureau issued the order for paid labor, everyone started scrambling and lining up to reserve the harvester."
"By the way, there are also rice shelling machines that people are vying to use. The cost is actually not that high, and it is still very user-friendly. The harvester harvests one acre of land, and the payment is settled in grain. Every acre of land ”
Li Zhen asked: "Why does the Agricultural Machinery Bureau need food?"
"The Agricultural Machinery Bureau does not ask for grain, it mainly just finds a reason to charge. After all, no one uses the free things. As for the grain, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau accumulates it and hands it to the Xizhou Government, which is controlled by the Finance Bureau and sold or hoard it. The accumulated profits will be used to improve the road transportation facilities in Xizhou and some other welfare facilities for expenditure."
As Tao Ming spoke, there was a hint of pride in his eyes.
Obviously, this method was thought up by Tao Ming. He was also proud of his brains.
For an acre of land with several hundred kilograms of grain, it is completely acceptable for ordinary people to hand over ten kilograms of grain. In fact, there used to be very heavy agricultural taxes, and the agricultural taxes were even higher than this. Nowadays, agricultural taxes are reduced and exempted, and Xizhou is completely exempted from agricultural taxes. The price of these ten pounds of grain is regarded as a tax burden.
Li Zhen nodded: "I very much approve of the decision-making and changes in the face of your Xizhou government. How many people are registered to use the harvester now?"
"The number of harvesters is too small. There are only 200 harvesters in total. There are so many places in Xizhou. Therefore, when there are many monks and few people, we can only arrange to ensure the number of three harvesters in one county. The larger counties Just one more. In some places, it is shared by two or three counties. So there are more people queuing up. The statistics are in the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, I can’t remember them. But I know about the one in Jinchang County. This harvester next to it It's fully booked. Calculated based on time, it will be non-stop for 24 hours a day for the next week."
"Even so, there are still 70% of people who cannot use the harvester. Fortunately, it is a machine. If human power is used to harvest, I am afraid that the fields in Xizhou will be in panic. There are not enough manpower to harvest at all. Come on. Well, let’s see then, I’m still afraid that the high-intensity work will cause the harvester to be scrapped.”
Fang Hanxian, who also came to Xizhou, said thoughtfully: "It can only work twenty hours a day, and it has to rest for four hours every day no matter what. No more. Otherwise, the harvester will not be able to work properly." It needs to be scrapped. The heat of the diesel engine is too great, and the engine will burn red after working continuously for about ten hours. Twenty hours is the limit, and a four-hour rest is to let it cool naturally. At the same time, the most important thing about the harvester is its knife ', such a large workload requires daily maintenance. Check where the blade should be changed and change the blade, and where the chain should be changed, change the chain. Otherwise, I'm afraid the harvester will pass by and the rice stalks will still grow on the ground. It’s a scene. If we can’t clean it up and cut it off, this situation may happen.”
Tao Ming was stunned for a moment, with a hint of fear in his eyes: "No one said anything... I just thought it was a machine. The only difference between it and humans is that it doesn't need to rest."
Fang Hanxian shook his head: "No. The machine also needs to rest. If you work continuously for three hours, you will be exhausted. Unless you work for a while, rest for a while, eat some food and drink some water. In this way, you can work at most once Ten hours, more than ten hours. But as for the machine, it does not rest in the middle. It works continuously and at high intensity. There are many gears in the machine. Just imagine, there are a lot of metals rubbing together, and there are more than a dozen of them rubbing continuously. Hours, twenty hours, what’s that concept?”
"What's the point of cutting rice stalks with a blade installed on the front of the harvester, cutting continuously for more than ten hours? The blades have broken, and the engine has exploded. Anything can happen. So you guys are constantly The work is very unscientific. I think it is better to reduce the workload and have people from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau perform maintenance every day. Otherwise, you will pick the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon."
Tao Ming said seriously: "I have learned the lesson. I will convey it to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau immediately."
Li Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard them chatting. The promotion of harvesters encountered many obstacles in the past. Many people were unwilling to use this thing, thinking that the machine would destroy the aura of the crops. Now it is not enough, one can be used as two or three. Fighting for enough is not enough.
So, anything is likely to change. It just depends on the perspective from which people think and think.
After wandering in the fields until about eight o'clock in the evening, Li Zhen found that the lights were still bright everywhere in the fields, and many villagers were living in tents on the ridges of the fields.
In fact, their main purpose is to prevent rabbits and animals from damaging the crops. In fact, a few scarecrows are enough, but there are still many people who are worried. Coupled with the fact that the atmosphere in the entire state is like this, it makes sense.
If there are young people in the family, young people will become the new force.
If there are no young people at home, basically civil servants sent by the government and people from the Xizhou Army come to help harvest crops.
Agriculture is the foundation, and everyone from top to bottom attaches great importance to this.
Li Zhen naturally paid great attention to it, but naturally he would not stay in the field. That night, he left Jinchang County by car overnight and arrived in Xiping County at about two o'clock in the morning.
(End of chapter)