The officials here were all senior and older. Although they did not cheer loudly, their lightly clenched fists, bright eyes, and raised corners of their mouths revealed the joy and excitement in their hearts.

"Great, great."

If you get closer, you can hear the murmurs from Eunuch Xie, Qi Xugu and others.

Although thirty strong men line up in a row to cut rice, they occupy a relatively wide area. The area of ​​the two-horse roller is limited, occupying only a quarter of the area where they line up. But just now the harvester started.

The momentum is slow, but the stamina is strong. If I surpass them now, I may be faster later.

As long as we move forward at this speed and go back and forth twice, in the end, even if it is slower than thirty strong men harvesting the rice field, it is still a win.

You must know that the strong men are just cutting the rice, and they need to gather and thresh it later. The slow process is behind. But the harvester has now completed the whole process of gathering and threshing.

Sure enough, after the strong man had been harvesting for a while, eight people stopped what they were doing and began to gather the cut rice in handfuls. The four people closest to the threshing bucket quickly gathered the rice nearby.

He began to thresh the rice and grains hard on the edge of the barrel.

They finished taking off the sheaves in their hands, stepped back from the threshing bucket, and trotted to collect the rice scattered on the ground. The other four quickly followed, not letting the threshing bucket rest, and using a tight rhythm to increase efficiency.

These eight people went to threshing, and there were only twenty-two people harvesting the rice. The horizontal area that each person had to cut was wider. The speed of the thirty people before was not as fast as the harvester, and now it was even more harvested.

The plane fell far away.

Although the harvester uses animal power, which is stronger than human endurance, rocking the rocker is also a manual job. However, the strong men there will make clever arrangements, and the same is true here.

After shaking for a while, the man sitting in the car and driving the horse jumped down and changed positions with the rocker to let him take a breath. When the man had rested, he jumped down and replaced with another one. Three

Taking turns was easier than the thirty strong men who never dared to stop and rest.

Their speed was already fast, and they didn't have to stop to rest. By the time the strong men were halfway through cutting, they had already turned around and started cutting on the other side. However, they also stopped midway because of the two sacks trailing behind.

It's full and it's time to change the sack.

The high-ranking officials here all work their way up from the lowest level. Even if they have not personally farmed, they are very sensitive to data. They don't need to see the end to know the value of this harvester.

Two horses, three men, and a roller cart could work for a day, at least as much as thirty men could work for a day.

Qi Xugu, the most economically minded, was the first to ask: "My dear, how much does this harvester cost? Can it be made smaller and be pulled by a cow?"

Zhao Ruxi knew why he asked.

Horses were not produced in the Jin Dynasty, so they had to be purchased from the northwest, so they were expensive. This is why only nobles could ride horse-drawn carriages, while ordinary people could only ride mule or ox-carts.

She explained: “The reason why I use two draft horses is that they are easier to control. The power and width they can pull are unmatched by one cow or one mule. They are cost-effective and save labor.”

Best deal.”

Afraid that everyone wouldn't understand, she briefly explained what cost-effectiveness was.

"The cost of building this harvester is not high. Most of it is made of wood. Only the cutting part is made of steel. The cost of building one machine is about eight taels of silver."

"Even if it is made smaller, the steel material in the cutting part cannot be saved, but only worthless wood. As the harvester becomes smaller, the harvested area is also reduced accordingly, and the efficiency is reduced a lot, but the people who need it are still there.

Three.”

Seeing Qi Xugu frowning and thinking, Zhao Ruxi knew that he was calculating the cost and said with a smile: "I also know Master Qi's concerns. He just thinks that the horses are not produced by Dajin and the price is too high. But don't forget that our Dajin

Jin won a great victory last year, and the two northwest countries need to pay tribute to a large number of horses to the court every year. With the tribute of horses every year, the price of horses should drop."

"Of course, if the court needs a harvester pulled by oxen or mules, I can improve it and make it smaller. However, I recommend making both models. After all, each family's needs are different, and some people prefer to raise horses."

While Zhao Ruxi was speaking, Qi Xugu was also doing some calculations in his mind.

He nodded in agreement and said, "It's Xiaguan who is overly worried. I think the empress is a good student, and she has already considered it before Xiaguan in terms of cost-effectiveness. If both models are made, that would be the best."

While the two were talking, others were also listening with open ears. After hearing Zhao Ruxi's explanation, everyone nodded secretly.

Gong Cheng directly educated the officials of the Ministry of Industry: "Did you hear clearly what the empress just said? When you make things, you only care about whether they are easy to use and whether they can be used, and you don't consider the 'cost-effectiveness' factor."

If something is expensive and impractical, who will use it? Isn’t that a waste of time and money?”

The officials from the Ministry of Industry nodded vigorously and did not dare to refute, but they all complained in their hearts: Isn’t it because we don’t have enough brains to make things that are expensive and impractical? If we are like Princess Qi, we can think of a new farm tool.

We have a new farm tool in our brains, and the arithmetic is also very good. How can we only be a small official now?

Gong Cheng's words were very loud, and Zhao Ruxi was not far away, so he naturally heard them.

She touched her nose and said to Eunuch Xie and Qi Xugu: "How about everyone sit over there. This rice field covers ten acres. We have to wait until one side wins and harvests it. It won't be over for a while.

The servants moved the tables and chairs, and we sat there drinking tea and waiting."

Eunuch Xie and Qi Xugu looked back and saw that the rice fields behind the ridges had been harvested. Although there were short rice stubbles inside, the land was dry. Their shoes would not get wet or stained when they walked in.

How much soil.

Five tables and many stools had been placed there at some point. There were also tea and snacks on the tables.

The two of them looked at the harvester that had gone far away, nodded and said: "Okay, then just sit back and wait."

When Xiao Ge thanked his father-in-law for returning to the palace the next afternoon, Xiao Ge was already waiting impatiently.

When he saw Eunuch Xie, he hurriedly asked: "How?"

"Back to the emperor, good, very good." Eunuch Xie gave Xiao Ge a reassurance first, and then said, "Thirty strong men competed with a harvester to harvest rice from a ten-acre field. The harvester took an hour.

After harvesting and threshing the grains, thirty strong men only harvested most of it."

Then he described the appearance and composition of the harvester, and recounted the conversation between Zhao Ruxi and Qi Xugu. Then he knelt down and saluted Xiao Ge: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, with this artifact of farming, a prosperous and prosperous age is just around the corner."

"Hahaha..." Xiao Ge laughed out loud and signaled to Eunuch Xie, "Get up quickly."

As he spoke, he paced back and forth in the hall, his face full of excitement: "What do you think I should give Zhao Zhiwei as a reward?"

Whether it was status or money, Zhao Ruxi had everything she needed when she married Xiao Lingyan and became the Princess of Qi. As for the official position, she had only been promoted half a rank after becoming an official again. If she was promoted again, she would have to work hard every day to go to court.

Not willing.

"How about I give Uncle Suiping another promotion?" he said.

Eunuch Xie's eyelids twitched and he quickly said: "Why don't the emperor ask His Highness Prince Qi to ask the princess what she wants?"

Xiao Ge knew it was inappropriate as soon as he said those words.

Although Zhao Yuanxun has good character, his ability is really average. Being a general judge in Gusu is already the highest level. If he gets promoted further, I am afraid he will not be able to shoulder such a heavy burden. Not only will it not bring glory to Zhao Zhiwei, but it will

To bring trouble to her.

At this time, hearing Eunuch Xie's suggestion, he nodded in approval: "Okay."

In the evening, this question was asked to Zhao Ruxi.

Zhao Ruxi shook her head: "No, I don't want anything."

She patted Xiao Lingyan on the shoulder: "Prince Qi, we are officials of the Jin Dynasty. We should make some contributions to the Jin Dynasty. What kind of reward do we need? Our ideological consciousness must be higher, you know?"

Xiao Lingyan raised his eyebrows: "It's too late for you to pretend now. Your image of loving money is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the emperor knows it well."
Chapter completed!