Chapter 183 Draw a big scallion pancake
On the last Sunday of March, many citizens of Weissenburg City rushed to the manor outside the city early in the morning.
Everyone saw from yesterday’s newspaper that the master had built a new machine and was currently plowing the land in the manor, so they went to watch the fun.
Among the crowd, Metzger, who was wearing a gray military uniform, stood out. What stood out even more was the stroller he was pushing.
This stroller is made of wood, with railings on all sides. There is a padded horizontal board as a stool, and a liftable board on top as a tabletop, with four corners inserted. The sticks set up a small awning. The wheels underneath were wrapped with a ring of elastic slime glue for shock absorption, and the front wheels could rotate 360°.
From time to time, people came over and asked where they bought the car. Metzger replied proudly that it was a gift from the commander.
Just after winter, Richard Nall sent someone to deliver the news that Katie had a younger brother and younger sister.
Katie decided to go home after a while, but Frederick couldn't leave, so she prepared some gifts, including a stroller.
Frederick wanted to see what the sword master looked like pushing a stroller.
With new products, there will naturally be new industries, so he asked the castle's carpenter workshop to make a batch for people to try. Anyway, the carpenters there usually don't have much work. If the market responds well, then Let them do this.
Metzger and his wife Rhea kept talking and pushed their son, who was not one year old, to the manor.
A lot of people gathered next to a farmland, and they kept talking about the machine in the field.
This steam tractor is almost a person tall, excluding the cab ceiling, and about 3 meters long. It has a steam engine in the front and a cab in the back. The water tank is under the cab and has four iron wheels.
The two power wheels at the back are 1 meter in diameter and are made of 30 cm wide steel plates rolled and welded with "eight" shaped anti-slip strips welded on the outside and several spokes in the middle.
The two guide wheels at the front are half a meter in diameter and 20 centimeters wide. There is a raised guide bar welded in the middle of the outside of the wheels to facilitate steering.
The front wheel is connected to the water cylinder through a strong shock-absorbing bogie. When the cab turns the steering wheel, the steering wheel drives a winch to rotate through the connecting rod and gear, and then the chain on the winch pulls the axle of the front wheel to rotate.
This kind of wheel is very simple and can only be walked on dirt. If it is walked on a stone road, it will be seriously worn.
The piston of the steam engine is in front of the top of the boiler, and drives the crankshaft to rotate through two connecting rods. The flywheel is on the left, and the gear and clutch that drives the rear wheel are on the right.
There is a plow hanging on the back of the tractor. It can move almost as fast as an ox or horse, but the dirt it turns out is very deep, which makes the knowledgeable people next to it marvel.
Metzger didn’t know anything about farming, he only knew how to raise and kill pigs. He couldn’t help but said to his wife: “If you put a car on the back, you can pull several pigs at a time.”
Leya said expectantly: "Then you have to save more money. If you become a knight, you will have money to rent a manor, and then you can raise a lot of pigs."
Metzger said the year before last. She was extremely worried when she was about to join the army. Now that her husband had made great achievements, she felt that it was not impossible for her to become a knight's wife.
At this time, someone next to me said: "Then Metzger must study hard."
As soon as Metzger heard this voice, he immediately turned around and stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, Commander!"
After returning the favor, Frederick went over and pinched his son's face, making the couple laugh from ear to ear, so they could brag in the future.
The child in the stroller laughed loudly, and Metzger asked tentatively: "Commander, he seems to like you very much, why don't you give him a hug?"
Frederick just smiled and helped him in the first place. A colleague hugged his daughter and ended up being peed all over her body, which caused a psychological shadow.
He asked Metzger: "I'm going to leave in a few days. Is your family settled in?"
Metzger immediately replied: "It's all arranged, Leya. She and the child have been staying at her parents’ house, no problem.”
Frederick nodded, and then began to draw the fragrant scallion pancakes: “Go to the north and work hard this time. Your name is in the Ministry of Military Affairs. Those who have passed the exam will expand the army next year, and when they come back, they can become squad leaders. "When the military academy is established, it depends on you whether you can become an officer and whether you can be called a knight."
"When you become a knight, rent land for 99 or 499 years so that you can leave a share of property to your children."
His words did not avoid the people around him. A circle of people watching the tractor looked at Metzger with envy.
Metzger was already so excited that he was so excited by the scallion pancake. If he was given a butcher's knife now and asked to kill the king, it would be no problem.
After chatting with him for a while, Frederick came to the field and easily found the Minister of Agriculture, Matthias.
The sun was a bit strong today, so Mathias planted a few vines on the edge of the field, and the vines grew into an awning.
Frederick went over and stared at him deliberately and said: "Planting here will suck up the nutrients in the field!"
Matthias smiled and replied: "I let the roots go to the side. The bottom of the road is long and does not affect the fields.”
Frederick was speechless and gave him a thumbs up.
Matthias said without waiting for him to ask: "This machine is good. It can plow so deeply. The Elizabeth potatoes planted on this land will definitely yield more harvest this year. It's just that there are fewer plows and more Just a few.”
Frederick replied: "Don't be in a hurry, take your time, this one alone is enough, and there are a lot of problems that need to be solved to enlarge it."
Matthias didn't know much about machinery, so He changed the question and said: "It would be better if I could go faster."
"No rush." Frederick said the same as before, "Take your time."
"By the way." He remembered something, "How is the situation with sweet radish this year?"
The sugar content of Mathias' fortified beetroot last year was close to 10%, which can be used Let’s extract some white sugar, now all of it is used to make happy water.
Matthias replied: "It will definitely be better. This year many new villages will start using the six-year rotation method, and the yield will be much higher."
Frederick nodded and occupied the newly occupied land. We rely on various high-yielding crops to stabilize people's hearts, so he said: "The cultivation of seeds must be strengthened, and the agricultural college must also be strengthened."
Matthias said that the current seed strengthening work Encountered a little problem: "There is not enough farmland. The land in this manor is indeed limited."
Frederick smiled slightly and said: "That's easy. If you like the land around you, just tell me directly. . ”
The landowners are firm in their words. The land belongs to them and they can be used as they wish.
Matthias had also been a landowner, but the manor on the other side of Constantbul was gone. When he was rewarded for his merits after the Sixth Day Defense War this year, he also got a village, and he said: "Take the neighboring villages to the east. If the whole village is used for breeding, consider my selfishness, including my village.”
Frederick nodded and asked Matthias to arrange for the seed seller to go through the process. , from now on the tenant farmers in those villages will become employees of the chamber of commerce that guarantees harvests during droughts and floods.
Then he wanted to take a look at the tractor. At this time, someone came to report that there was a foreigner who wanted to receive a bounty. Ogilvy had already made a preliminary assessment and it seemed that there was no problem.
"Reward?" Frederick didn't react at once, "We don't have any wanted criminals who are causing such a big fight, right?"
The visitor replied: "Professor Omet Say, that’s a machine for sewing clothes.”
Frederick's eyes lit up and he rushed over immediately.
(End of this chapter)