Chapter 407 Farm Notes
Not far from the farm, in a sunny mountain col, a three-entry house and a large greenhouse were built. Last year, Fang Jun summarized his experience in crop selection and seedling cultivation and bound it into a book. The experienced farmers in the farm each had a copy. They pondered over this new farming method in their spare time. Those old farmers who could not read even put down their dignity and studied it. When I went to school, I learned from a group of furry dolls that "in the beginning, human nature is inherently good"...
If you don't learn, you can't do it. There was a severe drought in Guanzhong last spring, and the grain production in Guanzhong was reduced by half. However, the farm's grain harvest was unexpectedly bumper. Instead of reducing production, it actually increased production by 10 to 20% compared to previous years. If it were placed in a peaceful year, it would have increased by half. It's possible! Although farm irrigation and water conservancy play a huge role in this, more importantly, it is the effect of farming methods such as seed selection and seedling cultivation.
After seed selection, each plant is a carefully selected strong seed, which will naturally become stronger when it grows into a crop. Seedling cultivation involves transplanting seedlings that are already several inches tall into the field. Although there is a time to slow down the seedlings, the plants are strong and more resistant to the environment than the seedlings. This is a magical method that leads to a bumper grain harvest.
Fang Jun did not keep these farming experiences that transcended the times completely secret. In fact, these things cannot be kept secret. At the beginning of spring, everyone still read Fang Jun’s jokes. This has been the farming method for thousands of years. You kid must Unconventional... But after the autumn harvest, I saw Fangjia Farm The grain output of the country was not reduced due to drought. Many people realized that this might be because of Fang Jun's ridiculous methods. After the autumn, many courtiers and nobles who were close to the Fang family began to Send the steward responsible for farming to the Fang family to "learn lessons"...
Faced with these guys who had previously laughed at the owner of the family for "making nonsense", the farm steward kept his chin proudly raised all day long, looking extremely arrogant. Didn’t you say that our family is unconventional? Didn’t you say that our family is trying to please others? Didn’t you say that our family is whimsical? Why, now that we know what our Erlang is capable of, we are all jealous and have come to ask for advice?
If Erlang hadn't told him earlier, no matter who came to ask for advice, he would tell them everything, and Fang Quan would never look at these snobs.
You must teach him. This is a good opportunity to spread Erlang's reputation. How could Fang Quan let it go? But a little arrogance in attitude is a must. Although Fang Quan has not studied for a few days, he still understands the principle of "cheap but not good". Being irritating will make these shallow-sighted guys understand that if the relationship between the two families is not good, this will not be possible. This is a craft that we actually don’t want to teach...
Of course, this new way of farming has greatly improved Fang Jun's reputation within a small and limited circle. In everyone's opinion, the willful and impulsive coward in the past is not without merit. At least this change in farming methods will bring a large increase in food production to each family. However, instead of cherishing these new methods, they teach them all. His behavior made everyone feel good about him.
In the final analysis, as long as you can bring benefits to everyone and take advantage of everyone, you are a good boy. As for fighting and so on, that is not a problem at all. Whose children don't fight? Noisy children, promising...
Dozens of greenhouses have been built, covering almost all the sunny slopes. Looking from a distance, the bright glass reflects the sunlight, and the light sparkles and the flowers bloom, which is quite spectacular. In fact, it can indeed blind people. His Majesty Li Er is even more of a miser. When the glass workshop was in his hands, he tried his best to raise the price, making glass now synonymous with the highest-end luxury goods, even if it is The dignitaries wanted to buy two pieces of glassware, and they felt very painful.
Although Fang Jun handed over all the glass workshops to His Majesty Li Er, he was actually still managing them. Who made all the craftsmen servants of the Fang family? Although Fang Jun would not secretly sell the glass at the risk of offending His Majesty Li Er, but it would not be a big deal to make more to use in his own greenhouse.
As a result, this greenhouse made of thousands of pieces of glass has now become a grand scene in Lishan Mountain. Whenever caravan travelers pass by the foot of Lishan Mountain, they will see this piece of shining glass from a distance. , sighed and praised, amazed!
Not only did His Majesty Li Er not take it seriously, but he was even extremely happy about Fang Jun's behavior of "stuffing his own pockets and stealing from others". Fang Jun spread the art of raising seedlings, and all the big families basically learned it. But if you want to raise seedlings, you need a greenhouse. If you want to build a greenhouse, you have to buy glass. As a result, the supply of flat glass in the workshop exceeds the demand. Copper coins flowed into His Majesty Li Er's internal funds like water...
Before Fang Jun had time to inspect his "territory", his interest was piqued by another thing.
After vigorous research at Fang's blacksmith shop, the four-wheeled carriage finally rolled off the production line...
The most special thing about the four-wheeled carriage is its unique steering device. You only need to change the suspension of the front wheel to a large disc, and then the part where the shaft and the body are connected can be combined with the front wheel suspension, so that when the horse turns, the front wheel The suspension also follows the overall steering.
The difficulty of this kind of design is conception and creativity, but there is no difficulty in craftsmanship.
Of course, the four-wheeled carriage is actually not perfect. This suspension method cannot make small-angle turns or sharp turns at too fast speeds. It also requires high structural strength for the suspension of the front wheels and the entire transmission system.
However, Fang Jun did not intend to drive the four-wheeled carriage onto the battlefield, so these problems were not a problem at all.
In the final analysis, he just wanted to get the four-wheeled carriage out to show off. What did it matter if it was slower and less flexible?
As long as the high-end atmosphere is upscale...
The most difficult part of the entire carriage is the wheel bearings. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the bearings of carriages were all made of wood. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they were gradually replaced with cast iron bearings. However, cast iron bearings are not ideal. They are easily broken by slight bumps. Without suitable lubricating oil, the wear resistance is also extremely poor.
However, the iron-making furnace can now refine high-quality high-carbon steel, which is barely enough for bearings.
The spring is still in the development stage, but using a set of thin steel sheets tied together as a shock-absorbing system is not difficult at all.
Therefore, not long after Fang Jun returned to Chang'an, the first four-wheeled carriage in Chinese history was released...
Looking at the two carriages in front of him that were built according to the drawings of the later Queen of England's "Golden Carriage", Fang Jun had a blinding feeling.
Of course, he couldn't make the entire carriage a golden color, otherwise His Majesty Li Er would have to hurry with him, because it represents the royal color; nor could he get a piece of Scotland's national sacred stone and put it under his buttocks to sit on; It is even less possible for him to get the wood from the apple tree where Newton discovered gravity...
Even so, the design, construction and decoration of these two carriages perfectly fulfilled Fang Jun's purpose of "showing off his wealth".
Carriages made of golden nanmu wood, wheels forged from the finest steel used to forge magic weapons, curtains made of gorgeous Sichuan brocade, crystal clear glass inlaid on the windows, Oriental silver ornaments, gems from the Western Regions...
Almost everything the Fang family had, they tried their best to install on these two carriages.
A dazzling aura of local tyrants soared into the sky!
Without asking, Fang Jun knew that the cost of this carriage was definitely comparable to that of a moving palace, and what he wanted was this kind of overbearing and unreasonable luxury!
Wang Erxiao, the head blacksmith of the Fang family, has been very proud of himself recently. Not only is he in charge of the entire iron-making furnace of the Fang family, but he also personally built these two luxurious four-wheeled carriages. An old face full of ravines and wrinkles seems to be Guang asked slightly reservedly: "Are Erlang still satisfied?"
"Satisfied!"
I am so satisfied!
Fang Jun felt itchy and ordered the soldiers around him: "Send the one on the left to the house, and select a few Western Region war horses with the same coat color to send over together."
During this western expedition, not only many heads were beheaded, but hundreds of high-quality war horses were also captured.
Fang Jun was so impatient that he no longer bothered to inspect the greenhouses. He ordered his soldiers to bring the horses and the craftsmen to harness the carriages. He had to take the extremely gorgeous carriage for a stroll in Chang'an City. Presumably when the princes and grandsons saw this carriage, they would be so jealous that they vomited blood?
That's good, not only can I act cool, but I can also bring back a few orders. There is no need to deny that Fang Jun's pricing will definitely make those guys who covet this carriage really vomit blood... (End of Chapter)
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