This seems to be an age of steel.
As if overnight, the world familiar to the people in this land has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Last year, people were still living a life that hadn’t changed for hundreds of years. The civilians worked in the mud, and the sun rose and the sun set. There are feasts day and night in the castle, while the taverns in the country are full of absurd stories about black magic, wizards, monsters and warriors. People live step by step in their own places. It was like this a century ago, two It was still like this century ago.
However, one day suddenly, the nobles and lords ordered troops to go out. The mighty and high-spirited knights left the territory neatly dressed, and the noble lords also left the castle. The mighty army brought the collected food and colorful flags. After leaving, the old people said that this kind of thing will happen several times in a lifetime. The knights who went out will return to the territory with a lot of gold and silver and groups of slaves after a year or so. However, those knights who went out Never came back, nor did the nobles in those castles.
The old people have never encountered such a thing.
There is a new master in the castle, the lord is abolished, the lord's laws are also abolished, a new and powerful lord has made new rules for the entire south, the government office has replaced the lord and advisor, and the clerk has replaced the tax collector With the steward, the rules of the whole world have changed drastically, and the changes have been thrilling.
And then, the Age of Steel came, as described in last week's newspaper.
Sam, who lives in the villages surrounding Housman, thinks this description is very appropriate, and it really deserves to be a term that a cultural person can think of.
The rising sun dispelled the water vapor accumulated at night, and there was a refreshing morning in the early summer of the northern country, and the temperature was neither cold nor hot, which made people feel relaxed and happy. Sam came out of the house, wearing the linen clothes he bought last year, with a water bottle on his waist, shoes on his feet, and holding the pancakes he was going to eat on the road because he didn't have time to eat breakfast, facing the yard of the "Agricultural Machinery Management Office" go.
There were seventeen Sams in the village, and most uneducated country people couldn't think of any other name, either Sam or George, or John and Tom, but since the evening school last year, everyone has learned more or less, There were ten Sams who changed their names, but that didn't include him.
It's not that he likes his name, but that he has been used to it after half his life.
He just changed the name of his son "Tom" to "Parney". The night school teacher said that this word is a noun in the magic industry, which means "motivation". He thinks that his son is his motivation .
The yard of the Agricultural Machinery Management Office is in front.
Sam quickened his pace, feeling a little expectant.
Agricultural machinery was brought by the government affairs department, just like the arable land distribution and measurement bills, they are all new things promoted by the new lord. As a farmer who has just learned a few words in night school, Sam doesn't understand the principles of those machines, just like he doesn't understand why the lord wants to move people from remote villages to Horsman City and the surrounding villages and towns Same, but that didn't stop him from figuring out one thing: farm machinery is a good thing.
Those rumbling machines are so powerful that they can withstand the power of several people and several cows. With them, plus cheap druid potions, and re-planning and measuring the integrated land, this year The harvest of grain is simply unbelievable.
The door of the Agricultural Machinery Management Office was open, and Sam walked in cautiously. He glanced left and right, but he didn't see anyone who had arrived earlier than himself, and then he saw the machine made of steel, which was quietly parked in the yard.
It has rigid lines, like a large iron box, with rows of wheels and metal belts wrapped around the wheels on both sides, and at the front of the machine is a frame with gear teeth, chains and rollers. Machinery.
A young man was busy around the leaden gray machine, as if he was checking the connection of the mechanical device at the back of the machine for baling and throwing straw. When he saw Sam, he raised his finger not far away. The small house: "Go there to register, I will be ready in a while."
Sam nodded quickly to the young man, and walked quickly into the hut in the yard.
A government affairs clerk in a white shirt was sitting in a hut, flipping through a newspaper. When Sam came to the table, he saw a black and bold headline printed on the newspaper. After he barely recognized it, he understood it was What content: "The Pioneer sailed to the coast of the Carroll area and the citizens cheered"
On the next panel, he saw another line of headlines with a slightly smaller font size: "The banditry in Crushed Stone Ridge has subsided, a total of seven Forsworn Knights have been recruited."
"Can you read?"
The clerk behind the desk raised his head and looked at the farmer standing in front of him while talking. This is a typical farmer, stooped, dark, with thick hands and feet, and wrinkles crawled up his face early. He looks like An old man, but should have just reached middle age.
Sam woke up with a start, and nodded hurriedly: "Ah, yes, yes... I'm sorry master, I'm just..."
"It's okay, it's a good thing to know Chinese characters, and the reporter laughed when he knew more, "Don't be so nervous, I'm not a nobleman, I'm just like you, I'm a commoner. "
"Hey," Sam nodded a little flusteredly. The gentlemen and ladies of the Government Affairs Office are all kind and good people, at least much kinder than the previous tax officials and stewards, but he was still very friendly when facing these people. Subconsciously tense up, "I... I'm here to borrow a harvester and tractor, and I'm the number three days ago."
While talking, he took out the note that was next to him. It was the number he got in this yard three days ago. Since he got it, he didn't dare to put the note in the distance for three days. The place where I am more than one meter away: There is only one harvester and one tractor here, and they were transferred from Hossman City not long ago. This new machine is as precious as a magical vehicle. Opportunities... are equally precious.
The clerk sent by the government affairs department to manage the agricultural machinery glanced at the contents of the note, compared it with the registration book in hand, and nodded: "Sam, right? I have your name and resident number. Rent it for half a day, harvest Lucidi The land in the second district."
"Yes, yes," Sam nodded repeatedly, "Second District, Second District."
"Your certificate, the mechanic is in the yard, you should have seen it just now, just give it to him. The tractor went to the town to pull goods, and I will be back in a while, I will let the mechanic find you," said the man in a white shirt The clerk took out a printed card from under the table and handed it to Sam, "In addition, there is no need to pay, your family is the first batch of activists who responded to the land replacement, and the compensation for the mechanics has been paid by the government affairs department. gone."
"thanks, thanks."
Sam took the voucher, thanked him again and again, and then left the house quickly.
The clerk in charge of managing the agricultural machinery watched the simple farmer go out, then lowered his head and looked at the registration book in his hand.
The names were lined up one by one, which made him laugh.
When the first tractor was transported to Hossmann, that clanging, powerful, and mighty machine scared away half of the onlookers, just like the first magic car entered the city and the first water pump was turned on Same, causing quite a bit of confusion.
But in such a short period of time, so many people have come to borrow harvesters and tractors.
This should be attributed to the several machine demonstrations organized by the Government Affairs Department a while ago. In front of the public, the Government Affairs Department showed people how effective agricultural machinery can be, which dispelled everyone's doubts. After all, for farmers, how much can they do? Hitting food is more important than anything else.
The harvester is a new thing, it only appeared after the appearance of the magic vehicle. It is said that the magicians in Cecil City were conducting research on agricultural machinery as soon as they built the magic vehicle. Just this spring, a series of incredible machines were built.
Regardless of any new technology products, they will first be applied to the military to ensure the safety of their homeland, and then try their best to use them on the civilian side to ensure the prosperity of the people. The enjoyment of the upper class will always be at the end of all applications. This is the most different between Cecil and other places. The place.
The clerk sorted out the records of the rented harvester for the past week, lamented the rapid development of this new gadget of Magic Industry, and also lamented the bumper harvest this year.
Since the implementation of the New Deal, Hosman has been the most rapid and thorough transformation of the area. With the efforts of the Daedalus Consul, the Government Affairs Office has used Cecil's successful experience on this land. Facts have proved that this borrowing is very effective. , especially in the field of agriculture.
A large number of farmers in remote villages have migrated to the periphery of the city and several key satellite towns. The old noble fields and knight manors have been remeasured and allocated to become contracted land for new immigrants. Relying on the distribution of grain seeds, the sale of druid potions at low prices, and unified agricultural training, coupled with appropriate incentives and punishments, the originally disorganized traditional farming was quickly replaced by Cecil's "planned agriculture", and now , all the results have come to people
A predictable harvest.
In the yard, Sam handed the card to the mechanic who was in charge of operating the machine, then grabbed the armrest on one side of the machine and climbed to the seat next to the mechanic, took a deep breath, trying to calm down his nervous mood.
He glanced down at the shoe on his foot, and he was relieved to make sure that it hadn't been damaged while climbing the tracks and pedals.
This is his first new pair of shoes in recent years.
The machine started, and driven by the magic power, there was a sound of parts running in its "belly" made of steel. When it just started to vibrate, Sam subconsciously grasped the handrail at hand, and a layer appeared in the palm of his hand. He was sweating, but when the machine drove smoothly through the gate of the yard, his beating heart had calmed down.
He saw the endless land outside, the land waiting to be cultivated, and one of them belonged to him.
It calmed him down more than anything.
Sam sat on this mechanical monster, watching the machinist skillfully manipulate the levers, pedals and steering wheel, directing this heavy steel creation to move forward with some tricks he couldn't understand, and suddenly felt a little envious.
He didn't know if he would have the opportunity to touch those tie rods and pedals with his own hands. He felt that he probably had no chance. He was too old to learn such a complicated thing, but Parney... he is still young, he might can do.
That kid learned a lot in school, he was the smartest kid the whole family ever had, let him keep on learning, maybe he could become a "mechanic" smart guy who specializes in operating machines.
The machine made of steel drove towards the field.
The knights who put on their armor and showed off their power in the towns and villages are gone, and the nobles who feasted all day in the castle are gone. In the taverns in the countryside, the group of people who discuss black magic and wizards have now learned to hold newspapers and talk to each other. Acoustic commentary, while Sam...
Sam sat on the machine driving towards his farm, feeling the vibration and strength of the steel beneath him.
This is probably the so-called "age of steel".
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Cecil City, Machinery Manufacturing Institute - In the agricultural machinery workshop, Gawain was filled with emotion as he looked at the rough and simple but full of power colossus in front of him.
This thing... Sure enough, it was finally built in the tractor assembly workshop.
A white knight from the Holy Light Church is praying for this behemoth: "... Holy Light bless its road wheels and tracks, may it never capsize, bless its barrel, may it never overheat, bless its Engine, may it always be full of power..."
Amidst the pious and solemn prayers of the white knight, the young knight Philip stepped forward and knocked on the shell of the steel chariot. Feeling the coldness and hardness of the metal, the knight turned his head with a smile on his face: "My lord, I think I finally understand what you mean by the 'age of steel'. As you say, this is indeed an age of steel."