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In order to be able to resist those forces that are malicious to him, Luo Yong has also seriously thought about the issue of his own development in recent days.

Although there are a lot of materials in his space, Luo Yong believes that in this era, agriculture is the most fundamental, which is also the common cognition of most people.

In the case of extremely low productivity and underdeveloped transportation in various places, once a famine occurs, the consequences must be unimaginable.

Therefore, before moving to other industries, it is best to improve the current agricultural production methods. The general structure cannot be changed, and it is always possible to come out with a few convenient and easy-to-use tools.

Then Luo Yong immediately thought of a foot-operated threshing machine. He wanted to make this thing last year, but was delayed by other things. This year can no longer be delayed. This threshing machine must be made before the summer harvest.

It just so happens that Hengyu's second son, Hengzhi, is also here in Xipo Village recently. Hengzhi is not as good at management as his elder brother Henghuai. The track has also trained a group of technicians, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Some time ago, I heard that Luo used to teach geometry here, such as squares, triangles and circles. When he heard it, he felt that it was very useful for him, and then he came over and lived in the yard next to Luo's house, with Feng Cobbler and his son. As neighbors, Feng Cobbler and the others make boots all day long, and Hengzhi not only attends lectures in Xu's guest house, but also practices arithmetic or does carpentry here. After all, they are both craftsmen, and the two sides can still chat a few words.

Luo Yong didn't have the blueprint of the foot-operated threshing machine, and he could find related pictures in the space, but he couldn't show the picture directly to Hengzhi, so he had to take out a pen and paper to draw a picture. .

For this painting, I made Luo Yongji one head and two big ones. I wasted several sheets of hemp paper but could not draw a decent threshing machine. It is still a bit difficult to draw this with a brush. There is a ready-made ballpoint pen in the space, but he can't take it out and use it.

Speaking of this brush, it seems that the brush brush has been used in ancient China. After thousands of years of use, brush calligraphy is not only a carrier, but has even been developed into an art.

The West is relatively simple, and the threshold for scholars is not so high. There are only so many letters in the composition of characters, which is much easier than Chinese characters. Easy-to-use tools.

There is no way to use a ballpoint pen now, but he can definitely make a quill pen. There are ready-made goose feathers at home. I bought a goose to eat during the Chinese New Year. The largest feathers on the wings were taken by the children at home. I kept it, and now I'm tired of playing, so they randomly placed it on the windowsill.

Luo Yong picked a few feathers from the left wing of the big white goose. After soaking, steaming and cleaning them, he inserted them one by one on the sand and baked them. After the roasting and cooling, the goose feathers could be trimmed with scissors.

The trimming method of this quill pen has been seen by children who have used pens in later generations. The pen was originally evolved from the quill pen.

Luo Yong first used scissors to cut a bevel on the goose feather head, and then carefully cut it in the middle with scissors at the most prominent position of the bevel. The content can be written and drawn on the paper.

In the 21st century, Luo Yong and his generation lived under the red flag and grew up in New China. They were accustomed to using pencils, pens, and ballpoint pens since they were young. At this time, they didn’t have these pens, so they thought it was good to make a quill pen for use.

Sometimes Luo Yong can't help but wonder whether he has been influenced too much by the West.

However, historical development and cultural exchanges have never affected such things unilaterally. Just like the Hu people at this time learned various agricultural and handicraft techniques like the Han people, the Han people also bought horses like the Hu people and learned how to raise and train them. technology, and even wear their clothes to mimic their living habits.

This is not something to be ashamed of. Learning from others' strengths, allowing more things to enter your own life, for your own use, to facilitate your own life, to develop your own country, to enrich your own culture, this is a growing and powerful process.

There have been several very closed dynasties in Chinese history, but this kind of closure did not appear from the very beginning.

At least at this time in the Tang Dynasty, no matter in terms of national politics or social atmosphere, everyone was still full of curiosity and desire to explore foreign things, and they didn't want to sell all foreign things just because their country was strong. considered dross.

When Luo Yong came up with this kind of quill pen, the gentlemen who lived in Xu's guest house quickly discovered the convenience of this writing tool. With the goose feather dipped in ink, they could easily write characters like this. The paper is so small that you can't write a few words, but with this kind of pen, you can almost write an entire article.

Moreover, using this kind of pen dipped in ink to do arithmetic problems on the hemp paper will not make your hands full of dust like the gypsum blackboard used before. Those who love cleanliness think that the quill pen is better than gypsum .

The only troublesome thing is that if the quill pen wants to dip more ink, it is best to put the ink into a small bottle first, and then dip the tip of the quill pen in it, so that the ink needed is just There are quite a lot, and if the ink ground out that day is not used up, it will be easily dried out if it is not stored properly.

In order to solve this problem, Luo Yong first asked Cui Weng from the pottery workshop to make a batch of small ink bottles with twisted mouths, but they were not made of coarse pottery, but porcelain bottles. Cui Weng and the others can also make this porcelain bottle, that is, It is not exquisite, and not many people buy it in their local area.

After Cui Weng placed the order, Luo Yong and his disciples worked out the molds for the bottle caps, and finally made a batch of ink bottle caps with the Eucommia gum produced by him.

Because the production process is still very immature, many of the bottles and caps that were made in the end did not match, but I managed to scrape together more than 20 ink bottles. Luo Yong sold these ink bottles in his own shop for [-] yuan each. It was divided up by people.

In fact, this bottle costs two hundred Wen, mainly because the bottle cap is valuable. At this time, Eucommia gum is still very expensive.

Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor has been short of money recently, he really can't wait until the summer harvest, so he made a deal with the Persians, exchanged a lot of real money with them for a batch of rubber-soled leather boots, the boots The price is so high that it can scare people to death.

So relatively speaking, it seems very kind of Luo to use the ink bottle of [-] Wen here. If you use it in the future, if the bottle is dropped or you don’t want it, the bottle cap can be recycled and reused. Collect more The bottle caps are melted to make a pair of shoe soles.

Melting bottle caps to make shoe soles sounds ridiculous, but in this day and age, it’s not a big deal at all. Everyone is raising silkworms, reeling silk, kneading hemp and weaving cloth by themselves, and they have to pound their own rice to eat at home. .

Now that the ink bottle is available, even if the ink has to be grinded by yourself, these rich men know how to enjoy life. Now that they have such an easy-to-use bottle, there is no fear that the ink will be wiped out if they are not used up for the day. Well, they naturally don't plan to grind the ink every day as before, they can find someone to help them grind it, and grind a little more at a time.

So the children in Xipo Village have a place to earn pocket money this spring. If they have nothing to do, they will go to Xu's guest house to help those gentlemen grind ink, and help them grind a bottle of ink. Get some food.

Feng Gou'er from the village has been in Xu's guest house all day recently, not only grinding ink for people, but also helping the guest house to wash vegetables. Because he is willing to work and does not cause trouble, the Xu family never drives him away. I also helped him take a bath a few times. With his original appearance, it is really not suitable to come in and out of this guest house. Even if the host doesn't mind, he has to consider the feelings of the guests.

When Luo Yong went to give lectures every afternoon, Feng Gou'er sat in the corner and listened. Seeing that he listened carefully, Luo Yong gave him a small blackboard. As for the plaster, it was everywhere in the guest house, and it was nothing. Very valuable things, some lords bought them, and put them on the counter for everyone to take and use as they please.

Recently, many gentlemen have switched to quill pens, and the plaster in the store is more abundant. There are more than half of the baskets on the counter, and few people will use them. two pieces.

Luo Yong felt that Feng Gou'er's calculation ability was not bad, better than his Goro's.

Goro: ...

To be honest, among the brothers and sisters of the Luo family, at present, only Si Niang stands out a little bit, and that girl has an aggressive spirit, maybe she can really do something in the future.

Like Da Niang and Er Niang, they are quite satisfied with their current life, and they don't seem to have any ambitions to strive for more.It's not that there's anything wrong with such a mentality, but the vast majority of success in this world is achieved by people fighting for it themselves, and those who haven't fought for it don't have a chance.

Goro's personality is very different from Siniang's. Siniang is the type who will make people treat her as an opponent or a leader. She will really talk to her, and there are probably very few people who walk side by side with her.

Goro is just the opposite. This kid gives people the impression that he is very easy to get close to. Although he doesn't think he is a capable person, he is still willing to make friends with him and is willing to help him and protect him when he encounters difficulties. Probably Goro's strengths.

And from Luo Yong's point of view, Goro of their family is not bad at all. He is about the same age as Siniang, and Siniang has always been outstanding. Is he really willing to play the image of a useless younger brother all the time?

He should be under some pressure, maybe he hasn't noticed it yet, but he doesn't want to be an incompetent person, doesn't want to make himself appear too mediocre, such a thought that is still vague, maybe It is the driving force for his continuous growth in the future.

As for the two little ones below, I still can't quite figure out what's going on. Those two haven't suffered much since they can remember. Treat them better, such an environment is actually not conducive to growth, Luo Yong only hopes that they will not grow crooked in the future.

Therefore, compared to Siniang Wulang, Luo Yong treats them both a little more severely and controls them more.

I was drawing a picture in my hand, and while I was drawing, I thought of my brothers and sisters again.

In fact, no matter whether their future life is ordinary or extraordinary, for Luo Yong, they are the most important people in this world.