In the eyes of most of the farmers, although they had received money, they valued the crops in the fields more than money.
If this straight shaft plow was destroyed, the following autumn plowing would be troublesome.
However, due to the lack of power and influence, they could only watch.
There were even a large number of people who felt that this group of nobles had nothing better to do and had come to cause trouble for them.
"Don't worry. If I break this, I'll order someone to buy a new one for you.”
Ying Wei said confidently as he looked at the people around him who were so anxious that they were about to cry.
The farmers had never seen such a delicate doll before.
In an instant, under his smile, the restless hearts of many farmers were slightly relieved.
Not long after, under the old farmer's guidance, the plow arrow was removed.
Then, he tied the stone scythe up.
Soon, a nondescript "straight shaft plow" was born.
"Do you want to try pushing it?”Ying Wei asked with a smile.
The surrounding farmers looked at each other. No one dared to step forward.
In the end, the old farmer who spoke to Ying Wei at the beginning called his son from the crowd and took the strange-looking farming tool.
Usually, if one wanted to use this thing, they had to use a cow to pull it.
Now, the two of them who had nothing could only struggle on their own.
In front of a group of nobles, they were like two people who were forced to perform.
Especially the old farmer's son. He looked unwilling, but under his father's orders, he had no choice but to do as he was told.
The two of them grabbed the armrest and gritted their teeth as they began to push.
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For some reason, the straight shaft plow that they usually pushed until they were half dead tired was now so easy that it almost made the two of them fall down.
This was not the end. A very short trace of soil was pushed out on the ground, causing the two to be stunned on the spot.
Although it was a very funny scene, no one could laugh.
Even Meng Yi and the others didn't have the indifferent attitude they had at the beginning.
Meng Yi looked at the soil that had been loosened and was stunned for a moment. He then said,"Put this plow in the ground and try again!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the old farmer carried the plow and rushed into the field.
In the surrounding golden fields, there were also a lot of stubble left after the millet was harvested.
As the root of the millet, it had always been the target of burning by farmers.
However, because some of them were rooted in the soil, the farmers did not burn them cleanly every time.
The original intention of burning the millet stubble was to improve the quality of the soil and increase production.
In this era, due to the limited level of production technology, everyone would choose to burn wasteland if they wanted to open up a wasteland that could grow food.
As for the remaining plants after the burning, they would become natural fertilizers.
Burning the stubble was also the reason.
However, because a part of the roots of the millet stubble was buried deep underground, they had to dig out the roots of the millet stubble and burn them after being exposed to the sun.
However, this added another burden to their already tedious autumn harvest.
To them, the root of the millet stubble was like a duck skeleton. It was tasteless to eat and a pity to throw it away.
If they dug it out and burned it, it would waste time and increase their workload.
If they didn't, they would only get a thin layer of plant ash on the ground, which wouldn't have much effect on improving the quality of the land.
But today, everything was different!
The expressions of everyone present changed drastically when they saw the straight shaft plow with the stone sickle tied to it easily dig out the roots of the stubble.
How could the plow dig up the stubble so easily without the help of oxen and men?
Most importantly, the two of them didn't even need to put in much effort as they walked. It was no different from how they usually walked!
The Plow Arrow, which was now the stone scythe, did not come out of the ground!
At the moment, there were only two people pushing. If it was a cow, how much effort would it save?
It was less labor intensive, light in design, and greatly improved in ability to eat soil. They didn't even need to lift the plow to turn.
This was much more convenient than the previous two bulls bickering.
As they plowed, the old farmer and his son could not help but cry tears of joy.
The surrounding farmers also cheered and started to quarrel.
"This plow looks much easier to push than before!”
"Isn't that so? Look at the ditches that have been dug up in the ground. Good heavens, after planting for so many years, this is the first time this old man has seen a plow that eats so deep into the soil!”
"This stone is really too powerful. Who would have thought that tying a plow and a stone sickle together would have such an effect?”
“......”
No one knew better than them what this simple and time-saving method of plowing meant to them, who had been digging in the soil for their entire lives.
First of all, for the cow, the reduced load, besides the hard friction of the plow arrow in the ground, also saved the weight of a hundred jin person standing on the plow pole.
One had to know that they usually used two oxen to pull the plow. In other words, they needed two oxen to pull in front, two people to support them from behind, and one person to sit on the plow to weigh the weight.
In this way, every time they plowed the fields, they needed to rest for a period of time. Otherwise, the cows would not be able to take it.
In this era where resources were scarce, no one did not value the loyal and powerful farming partner of the cow.
Especially the farmers.
Due to the high price, coupled with the protection of the law, and the crucial role of cows in farming, many poor farmers treated Old Cow as family!
Sometimes, he would rather eat less than to let the cow be full!
After all, if a person was not full and did not have the strength to resist, but if a cow was not full, it would not have the strength to plow the land.
Once it couldn't plow the land, the farmers would lose their food and income. In this way, people wouldn't live long.
Of course, in this era, not everyone had the ability to buy cattle.
The reason why they could use oxen to plow the land was that this place was located in the Guanzhong area, not too far from Xianyang. There were more wealthy families in this area, which allowed them to have more spare money than other places to buy oxen.
As for other places, let alone a cow, he had probably never even seen a straight shaft plow.
The old farmer and his son laughed so hard that tears were coming out of their eyes. However, even so, their eyes were still fixed on the plow in their hands.
Especially his son, who was no longer as unwilling as before.
"Do you think this plow is good?"
"Good, this plow is great. It saves a lot of strength.”
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