The spring breeze in February was warm, and after several days of continuous rain, it finally cleared up.Zhang He was tapping and assembling the transmission device of the pedal thresher in the backyard, while Little Peanut lay on the crib and looked up at the crabapple flowers blooming above his head.

A crabapple flower fell from a branch on her body, she threw the rattle in her hand, grabbed the crabapple flower and gave it to her mouth.Xia Jiniang who happened to come over saw this and quickly took the Begonia flower from her hand. She looked at Xia Jiniang with big black eyes, and instead of crying, she uttered a strange syllable with unknown meaning.

"You don't even have any teeth, so you can't put it in your mouth!" Xia Jiniang taught earnestly.

"Yeah~" Little Peanut waved his arms and kicked his calves, smiling at Xia Ji Niang.

Xia Jiniang felt that her heart was going to be soft like cotton. She picked up the little peanut, looked at Zhang He who was smiling at them, and asked, "What did Erlang make?"

"Not yet, there are still some things missing." Zhang He said.

"What's the matter?" Xia Jiniang simply hugged Peanut and went to Zhang He's side.

"It's short of a belt that can turn the two wheels." Zhang He pointed to the conveyor belt between the large sprocket and the small sprocket. Since the chain couldn't be built, she was wondering how to replace the chain with the tools she had now. .Because the relationship between the large and small sprockets can form a V-belt transmission, friction can be used to realize transmission, but the problem is that there is no good material for the transmission belt that can realize friction.

"Isn't the leather belt okay?" Xia Jiniang asked.

"Leather straps are too soft and don't have enough friction."

Xia Jiniang understood the five words "the leather belt is too soft", but she was at a loss for the next few words.Zhang He smiled and went over to tease Xiao Huasheng in an attempt to get away with it, Xia Jiniang asked: "Is the non-soft leather belt enough?"

Zhang He thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps it's not necessary to have a leather belt. If there are a few more gear teeth, it can be done." Although using gear teeth to drive is less efficient than a conveyor belt, it is also more efficient than manpower. Threshing is more than ten times more convenient.

Xia Jiniang was a little regretful: "If I can be as knowledgeable as Erlang, maybe I can help a little."

"There is a specialization in art, so why should Niang belittle herself?" Zhang He smiled and asked Little Peanut, "Peanut, am I right?"

"Yeah~" Little Peanut responded.

Zhang He said in surprise: "Look, Niang Ji, Peanut can understand me!"

Xia Jiniang knew it was a coincidence, but she didn't have the excitement to hit Zhang He.Although the two of them were often woken up by Peanut at night, they took turns taking care of Peanut tacitly, and Peanut was very close to them.

"Nurse is coming to bring milk, I'll take her to eat, and come over for lunch after you wash your hands later." Seeing that the time was almost up, Xia Jiniang urged her.

Zhang He responded, and watched Xia Jiniang carry the little peanut out. She moved the crib back to the house, took another sip of tea, and continued to build her thresher.

While Zhang He was pondering on the thresher, Qiu San used the same principle as the water turning dumper to create the water huller.

Water huskers are water-driven husks, and their construction is the same as that of stone husks pulled by donkeys, except that they are built beside the turbulent river, and the transmission mechanism is formed by wheels, shafts, gear teeth, etc., so that the stone husks on the land surface can be moved. Hydraulic propulsion.The water huller can also operate day and night, and the amount of grain it hulls is several times that of manpower and animal power.

The county magistrate recommended him to the governor of Fuzhou, and Tong Liyu recommended him to the imperial court because he did have talent in this area. Although the official selection system of "flowing from the outside to the inside" still exists, it rarely appears, and the imperial court made an exception and promoted it because of Qiu San's two developments of new agricultural tools and passing the performance appraisal.

He was promoted to be the supervisor of the Fuzhou Smelting Supervisor, one of the many smelting supervisors under the Shaofu Supervisory Office. He was assigned to various state capitals to cast weapons and agricultural tools for the use of soldiers and farming.As an official under Yejian and Cheng, the supervisor can only follow the ninth rank, but even if he is the lowest-ranking official, he is a natural moat with the subordinate officials.

It's just that he has never read the books of sages, and he is considered to be of low moral character. Perhaps he can only serve as a low-ranking official throughout his life.Even so, Qiu San was very satisfied, and it was already his greatest honor to get rid of his status as a subordinate official.

And after Qiu San entered the Fuzhou Smelting Prison, he was able to get in touch with more exquisite instruments. He did not forget Zhang He's kindness, and on the premise of not violating the rules of the smelting prison, he would occasionally bring some exquisite instruments to Zhang He to ponder.With his help, Zhang He didn't have to worry about running out of spare parts.

Shi Qing's performance evaluations in recent years are also good. He already has a Jinshi background and has served a full number of terms.Although it will be difficult for him to meet Zhang He and others after he is often transferred to other places, Zhang He will still feel happy for him.

Shi Qing was also a little bit troubled, if he was transferred too far away, without Qinghe Dao, his performance evaluation would be hard to say.It’s just that he also asked Zhang He if Qinghe rice could be grown elsewhere. Zhang He took Huang Hehe as an example and told him that rice might not be suitable for other places, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​bringing Qinghe rice to other places.

But Zhang He said again: "But as far as I know, potatoes and sweet potatoes can be cultivated and cultivated in various places. Brother Qingshan may wish to think about how to cultivate sweet potatoes and so on."

How did Zhang He know that potatoes can be grown in various places? Shi Qing didn't ask, and even if Shi Qing asked, Zhang He could say that Zhang Tingxuan had tried planting potatoes in Luoyang, so Shi Qing would definitely not doubt it.She also doesn't have to worry that potatoes and yams cannot be grown in Luoyang.

Shi Qing's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Qing'an gave me a good idea, after Wu Yue decides where to go, I will come to bother you again."

Potatoes happen to grow in April and May, if Shi Qing's place is not far away, you can send someone here to find her to buy potato seeds in the future.And the sweet potatoes will not grow until July, so she can also hand them over to Shi Qing for promotion.

As for Zhang Tingxuan, in his reply to Zhang He, he said that he had tried to plant some in the vegetable garden at home according to her method, and at the same time told her a news about Xia Luojin.Xia Luojin failed the Jinshi examination in the Chunwei Provincial Examination, but he was eligible to enter Taixue as a Taixue student. As long as he passed the long-term inspection within three years, he could be directly promoted to an official, so he decided to stay in Taixue.

Xia Luojin traveled thousands of miles from Fuzhou to Luoyang, and out of consideration of saving money, he chose a very noisy mansion to settle down. No matter day or night, he was so noisy that he couldn't concentrate on preparing for the Chunwei exam.In addition, thousands of people competed for the [-] places, which was very fierce, and his failure was also expected.

He was hesitating whether to go back to his hometown or stay in Luoyang to enroll in the Taixue according to Old Man Xia’s words. Already!"

Only then did Xia Luojin know that it was Zhang He who wrote to Zhang Tingxuan. When Zhang Tingxuan received the letter, he had already passed the provincial examination.But Zhang Tingxuan didn't find his name on the list, so he concluded that he had failed the list, and asked his son to look for him and ask him about his next plan.

A few years ago, Zhang Guangqun was able to enter the Taixue as a student by virtue of Zhang Tingxuan's official shadow. If Xia Luojin can pass the make-up examination of the Taixue, he can enter the Taixue, and Zhang Guangqun can give him some support.Xia Luojin thought about it for a while, and then agreed. Although the life of common people's children in Taixue was not very good, this is also a way to become an official.

When Xia Jiniang learned that Xia Luojin failed the ranking, she was also a little disappointed, but fortunately, he had Zhang Guangqun to take care of him in Taixue, so he would not be bullied by the rich and powerful children.

On a scorching summer day, in Fuzhou’s official farmland where he was trying to grow potatoes, the tenant farmers carefully dug up a few bunches of potatoes the size of half a palm and gave them to Liu Canjun.

He asked people to weigh it, and found that there were 24 stones in one mu, which was much higher than the output of rice.The tenant farmers are also happy, and their careful care these days is not in vain.

Liu Canjun didn't care about other things, and rushed to report to Tong Liyu. Tong Liyu learned that the trial planting of potatoes was successful, and he went to the field to inspect it himself. "According to Zhang He, as long as they are stored in a dry and unventilated place, they can be stored for a longer period of time. They will be germinated in June and July, and cultivated again in August.

When Sun Ning learned that the potatoes in Guantian had grown well, he came to Tong Liyu to buy potatoes. He said: "Mr. Zhang's family once said that these potatoes can only be stored for a few days in the hot summer. Brother-in-law, why don't you sell me some? If you don’t have enough leftovers, you can ask Mr. Zhang’s family to buy them, he will always have a way to store them for a longer time, right?”

So Tong Liyu decided to sell a lot of potatoes to Sun Ning, and Sun Ning sold them to rich and powerful families in Fuzhou for food, for which he made another fortune.However, most of the government's potatoes still had to be kept as seeds, and Sun Ning's potatoes were in short supply, so he approached Zhang He as usual.

Zhang He planted ten acres of spring potatoes, and the yield per acre was more than 600 kilograms, and ten acres was about 280 shi.Compared with the last time, the production has increased, but it is far from reaching the production of later generations.

Moreover, her potatoes are larger than those grown in the official field, and have less pest damage. She guessed that maybe her potato seeds have been systematically raised, and they grow better than those in the official field.

Even though she provided Sun Ning with a lot of potatoes, it was still enough to plant a hundred acres in autumn.Rice was still planted in her [-]-acre field, so she naturally wouldn't really plant [-]-acre potatoes, so she sold a lot of potatoes to people in Qinghe Village.

Zhang Chun from the main store of Zhangjiayuanzi also knew that the potatoes were produced by Zhang He.While buying white-skinned eggplants from her, he also bought some potatoes. Although he couldn't become the first one to make a fortune like Sun Ning, he could also attract more business for her restaurant.

At the same time, potatoes have sprung up like mushrooms after the spring rain. The Zhang family also has potatoes, but they don't sell any of them. They only keep the potatoes grown as new species in autumn.The rest of the Zhang family also slapped Liu's sideways, and finally Liu gave them more than half an acre for the sake of the clan and asked them to try planting.

Some merchants from other places were also very interested in tasting potatoes at Sunning Zhengdian or Zhangjiayuanzi Zhengdian, and wanted to take some back to plant.But they didn't know how to farm, and they came to visit after they found out that it was cultivated by Zhang He in Qinghe Village.

They asked Zhang He, and their attitude was very good. In order to make Zhang He willing to teach them how to grow potatoes, they specially prepared generous gifts for them.Some directly sent jewellery, silk and satin, and some directly gave Jiaozi and money strings. Some asked that Zhang He didn't have ice, so they sent several carts of ice over.

The Zhang family's mansion was cooler than in autumn immediately, but after the ice melted, Zhang He and Xia Jiniang had to spend a lot of effort to deal with it.

Zhang He was not stingy about teaching them how to cultivate, but she didn't want to copy so many instructions, so she simply taught them orally, and she didn't care how much they could remember.And if they really want to know how to grow potatoes, they won't come just once.

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Wen Shande entered Sinong Temple as Prime Minister of Sinong, and his superiors and subordinates all looked at her suspiciously: Can a woman be an official?She is so young and thin, what can she do?It's better to get married early!

later……

Boss: Taicang is going to be empty, Xiao Si Nong, please help!

Subordinates: Fruits and vegetables are not fresh, please help Xiao Sinong!

General: Food and grass are about to run out, Xiao Si Nong, help me!

Officials: The Empress wants to reduce her salary, Xiao Sinong, please help!

The Queen: The national treasury is empty, Xiao Sinong, you can figure it out!

Little princess: Shanshan, I want to eat...

Wen Shan: Princess, wait a moment, I'm coming!

Well, adhering to the landlord's consistent style: daily farming, super sweet pet articles; hard-working Sinongcheng X small princess with low sense of existence;

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