Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 207

Soon, the match started amidst Chai Gang's hysterical roar, and it became intense from the very beginning.

The donkey stretched its neck and pulled the plowshare to plow the land with all its hooves.The ox mooed and shook its horns.

But there is no suspense anymore, the mule won No.1 with its excellent strength, speed and skill.The ox came second, the horse third and the donkey fourth.

It stands to reason that the horses should be second. The horses plow the land very fast, but the judges think that the two horses are obviously novices. OK, so the ratings are a little off.

The reward was cashed immediately, and the recipient happily took the things.Those who did not receive anything also had a participation award, two catties of salt per person.Salt is a good thing, and ordinary people can buy official salt at least 25 yuan a catty.

Chai Gang said: "Next is the time to watch the plowing. There are [-] mules with tall heads and [-] acres of plowing. Let's see how long it takes to complete it. Next, we invite the good guys from our village to come in."

More than a dozen men were beating small drums, and behind them was a majestic and mighty team of mules.This is a mule from the Chaijiazhuang caravan and supply camp. Chai Lin bought a horse mule from Zengtou City at a high price. The so-called horse mule means that the father is a donkey and the mother is a horse. This is called a horse mule.Horse mules are powerful and majestic. On average, a mule weighs [-] catties. They are strong, with thick limbs, and they walk fast and eat less.

Two hundred mules make one hundred plows.Mules are good mules, and those who plow the land are all skilled hands in the village.

An old man said to Chai Lin: "Villager, it's only the fifth day of the first lunar month. It's still early for planting. If it rains early for plowing, the land will tend to harden and there will be a lot of grass."

Chai Lin said: "Thank you for your concern, old man, but don't worry, I grow greenhouse vegetables."

The old man was a little dizzy, he had never heard of any greenhouse vegetables, and thought that the young people were just messing around.

"Owner, don't be foolish. Your [-] mu of land is a good place to grow wheat." The old man said.

Chai Lin said: "Old man, don't worry, I will plant it well and will not waste the land." Regarding the words of the elders in the village, no matter whether they are right or wrong, Chai Lin will listen to their opinions, and if there is something wrong, he will encourage him .

Hearing what Chailin said, the old man was relieved.

One hundred groups of plows are already in place, and a lot of plows are ready.With a flick of the whip, there was a crackling sound.The mule scrambled away.

A skilled man can operate two mules, and a well-trained mule can understand the password. It is completely voice-activated, and turning and turning are effortless.He can read the mule's mind and know whether the mule is hungry or thirsty.

On the contrary, unskilled people will only say that the mule is not good. The mule is obviously hungry, but he still doesn't understand it, so he has to use a whip, and the more he whips, the less he can work.All of this requires skills, so that farmers understand the importance of skills and learn farming skills. This is what Chailin has to do.

Special personnel from Chailin compiled the precautions for donkeys, cattle, mules, and horses from breeding to use into books, and used them as textbooks for elementary schools, so that children can understand them from an early age.Because most of their parents were illiterate, if you read books to them, you would have to go to the toilet. After all, book paper is much better than tree leaves.

Under the watchful eyes of these thousands of people, the mules plowed the land very quickly, with an average group of plowing only three acres, and it was done in one afternoon.

This kind of collective labor scene is also uncommon in rural areas, plowing a field with two hundred mules together, this battle is also rare.

The main reason is that the greenhouse will be built in the past few days. After the greenhouse is built, it will be inconvenient for cattle, horses and mules to enter the greenhouse to cultivate the land, so it is better to plant vegetables in advance after the greenhouse is closed.

It's afternoon, the sun is westward, the temperature is cold, everyone is ready to go home.

Suddenly, the childish singing of children resounded:

Qi said that he has no clothes, and the same robe with his son.

Don't you say that there is no food, and you eat with your son.

Qi said that without cattle, he plowed with his son.

It turned out that Kong Xiucai led dozens of children to sing together. The lyrics are simple and clear, and they all understand.

In the winter of the previous year, Chai Lin distributed leather jackets, quilts, and emergency food to the poor people in the village. This corresponds to the first two lines of the lyrics, but the third line obviously has ulterior motives.

How can you say that there are no cattle? I will plow the land with you.

What does this mean? If you don’t have cattle at home, don’t worry, I’ll help you plow the land.

Chai Lin said: "This spring, we will continue to repair the river, build canals, plant willows along the river, and open up wasteland to plant mulberry. Although there is not much plowing, it will delay some farming. In order to take care of farmers without large animals, I will mobilize at that time. The mules of the village soldiers and caravans came to plow the land for the farmers who had no livestock."

After Chai Lin finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar.Farming has always been a big event, the most important thing for farmers.One mule can plow two mu of land a day, but if two mules form a team, then one plus one equals two. Two mules can plow at least six mu a day, and eight mu is not a problem, because it is easier for two mules to plow together , so the power is more durable.

The news blew up, and the tenants without large animals cried excitedly, the farmers cried, and the farmers without animals suffered even more.If one mu of land is plowed manually, it will take several days to complete, which is very inefficient.

In fact, after [-] large animals arrive in a few days, there should be enough animals in the village.Families with strong labor force raise prairie horses, because horses consume a lot of energy and tend to be irritable.Families without a strong labor force raise adonkeys. Adonkeys are large donkeys that can work hard as well. They can plow land and pull carts, and they are also convenient to use.

The [-] black-headed donkeys in Zengtou City were delivered around the tenth day of the lunar new year, and they were basically booked up by the farmers in the village.Although horses are good, not everyone can raise them.

The Lan family's thousand iron-hoofed horses were slower, because the snow on the grassland was still knee-deep at this time, and the goods would not arrive until the end of January at the earliest.However, the Lan family was also in a hurry to pick up the goods. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, they came to Chaijiazhuang to pick up [-] mouthfuls of medium-sized iron pots, [-] mouthfuls of small-sized iron pots, matching wooden pot lids, iron cooking spatulas, and so on.

These few days have been busy enough, Dian Zhengnan and Xie Bao have also been tired, running around.

Chai Lin arranged for Dian Zhengnan and Xie Bao to go back to the camp to rest, and go home to rest by themselves. There are many soldiers at home, so there is no need to worry about safety.

After walking two steps, a craftsman from Tiangong No. [-] Battalion stopped Chailin.

"My lord, our camp has improved the short-fire gun, please go and have a look." The craftsman said.

Chai Lin said: "Okay, you go back first, I'll be right there."

Chai Meng is the one who likes firecrackers more in Chaijiazhuang. Chai Lin and Chai Meng came to Tiangong No. [-] Battalion, which is protected by layers.

As soon as he entered Chai Lin, he jumped. Geng Gong and other five or six craftsmen were all disheveled and ragged, just like beggars.

Chai Lin asked: "What happened, what happened to these people?"

The craftsman said: "On Chinese New Year's Eve, we have a holiday. The six of them said that they would not have a holiday, and retreated to study firecrackers. They will be like this when we come back to work. Obviously, they haven't had a good rest these days."

Chai Lin looked at Geng Gong, who was always making mistakes, loving and laughing. This guy made good things when he was serious, but he was terrible when he was messing around. He asked him to develop a grenade, which turned out to be a smoke bomb.

(End of this chapter)