The Princess of Northern Land

"What is this?" Since one of Lin Changshu and the old man has been busy in the bean product workshop, and the other has been watching the shipment in the greenhouse, the two of them have never come to the yard where Lin Ziyin assembles the machine. After seeing it, when Leng Buding saw the iron lumps assembled in front of him, they all spoke in surprise.

"This is a hand-push weeder, and it can also loosen the soil." Lin Ziyin replied with a smile, and demonstrated to them on the spot, "Grandpa, brother, you see, one person can easily weed seven or eight acres in one morning. .”

"It's really good." Seeing the effect with their own eyes, Lin Changshu and the old man became more interested. They are also farmers, so they naturally know the amount of labor involved in farming. If they rely on manual weeding, they can only use more than one acre of land in a day. I didn’t expect that this lawnmower can be pushed so easily. It can remove weeds and loosen soil without damaging the roots of plants.

"This is a hand-pushed multi-functional sowing columbine. One person can easily sow beans or corn on five or six acres in one day without getting tired, and the sown crops have even row and plant spacing." Lin Ziyin asked Lin Changshu to try it himself. try.

"It's really easy." Lin Changshu was overjoyed. The old man was also eager to try, so Lin Changshu stepped aside and let him go over and try too.

"These are all good things."

"I also modified the waterwheel so that I can use the height difference between the river and the dam to drive the waterwheel to rotate. This will definitely save a lot of labor when watering in the future." Lin Ziyin said with a smile.

"Okay, everything is okay." The old man touched various gadgets with his hands, and his heart was filled with joy.

"What is this big iron lump?" Lin Changshu looked at the strange-looking tractor for a long time but found no use.

"This is called a steam-powered iron ox. It can be used for plowing in the future. It can be used as ten oxen at the end of the day. They will not be tired." Lin Ziyin jumped on the seat and said, "But the food they want to eat is quite special. For the time being, the prince does not have it." Send it here, so Tieniu can’t move.”

"How can it eat without a mouth?" the old man asked in surprise.

"Why not?" Lin Ziyin said with a smile, opening the front flap, "Isn't this just its mouth."

The old man and Lin Changshu climbed up and searched again and again, but they didn't find that the big hole was the cow's big mouth. I really couldn't understand it, so the grandfather and grandson were not willing to embarrass Lin Ziyin, and finally simply stopped asking.

Lin Ziyin was not a capitalist. When Lin Changshu and the old man came over and mentioned the holiday, she immediately became upset. She was so stupid that she actually confused ancient times with modern times. In ancient times, there were no refrigerators or anything like that, let alone online shopping. Moreover, in her workshop, there were only two days of holidays a month. The villagers were always busy going to work and really didn’t have much time to buy New Year’s goods. Fortunately, there were still three days before the New Year. Time, if there is a holiday tomorrow, the villagers still have two days to be busy during the New Year.

"Grandpa, starting from tomorrow afternoon, all workshops will be on holiday. I inform everyone to finish what they are doing as soon as possible. They will be paid wages and bonuses in the morning, and some new year's goods will also be given out." Lin Ziyin patted his head and said.

"Okay, I'll inform everyone right now." The old man left happily.

Some anxious workers heard that the old man announced that they would have a holiday tomorrow, and everyone became happy. Many people took the initiative to work overtime in the evening, because the main business of the Lin family's workshop was eating, and the workshop that originally prepared more raw materials would not be completed on time. , the prepared beans are wasted.

Lin Ziyin was indeed very generous. Not only did he give every penny of his wages to the villagers who worked there, but everyone in each workshop also received a year-end bonus based on the profit. The amount of bonus will be determined according to the share.

Many people actually got five taels of silver. For example, the oil shop and the soy sauce and vinegar shop got the most bonuses.

The New Year's goods are sufficient, one person has twenty eggs, six pounds of tofu, and the other family has a roast duck, six pounds of meat, one chicken, two pounds each of leeks and bean sprouts, and two boards of white jade cakes. Those who come to work just don't go. By buying New Year goods, you can almost have a very rich New Year.

Villagers who go to work have a holiday, and schools also have a holiday.

Children on vacation ran around the village like crazy, clamoring to go to the market with their adults to buy new year's goods.

The villagers had money, so they would not be stingy with their children. After discussion, they took the initiative to find Lin Ziyin, borrow the ox carts and mule carts of the Lin family and the Li Zheng family, and went to the market collectively.

Lin Ziyin was not stingy. Except for leaving a mule cart for Lin Changshu and his wife to take to her parents' house to give gifts, they lent out all the cars at home.

The people of Shili Village are busy celebrating the New Year happily, but the life of Ling Wang Chu Suifeng has not been going well recently.

The last batch of grain and military pay in the capital did not arrive on time. The emperor just issued an imperial edict and hastily ignored it. The excuse was that there was a drought in Daqin today and crop production in many places was reduced.

"The Qin Dynasty has a vast territory. Every time there is a drought or flood in one place, the imperial court will make excuses to deduct Fengcheng's food and military pay. They are clearly deliberately trying to embarrass the prince." A general said angrily in the study.