Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 24
Chai Jin pointed to the cow and said: "These cows are all strong and good cows, but there are still individual differences. For the sake of fairness, I asked someone to write the serial numbers of the cows on these cards, and I took the method of drawing lots to catch the cows." You can get as many cattle as you want.”

Someone went over with a number plate and asked fifty guards to draw lots. After a while, everyone received a number plate.

Then, everyone went to lead their own cattle according to the number plate, let alone the happy guards, beautiful, as if they had eaten ice cream in summer and hot pot in three or nine days.

"The guards still have to perform their respective tasks. Now hand over the cattle in your hands to your family members." Chai Jin said.

The family members of the guards rushed up one after another. Yes, they rushed up to pull their own cattle. The moment they held the cattle, they felt that others were superior.

He is also a tenant and has cattle at home, which means that farming is less laborious, the income is higher, and it is easier to find a wife for his son, and he instantly becomes the most beautiful boy in the village.

Chai went in, and went on patrol with his guards. It was their responsibility to protect the safety of Chaijiazhuang.

Chai Gang stepped onto the stage and said, "Don't leave the households who have received the cows first. I'll tell you the precautions."

Most of these people do not have cattle. How to raise cattle and how to raise cattle well is a technical task. It seems simple, but in fact it is a little complicated. The details determine success or failure.

Chai Gang explained the precautions for raising cattle in detail. When you go home, you must first build a stable cowshed for the cattle. You don’t need to ask for much, but if you want to be able to keep out the wind and rain, you can’t just think that cattle are resistant to diseases leave it alone.There is also grass fodder, which must be clean if it is delicious or bad. Moldy and deteriorating grass must not be fed to cattle. A small amount of concentrate and salt are essential things.

Chai Gang talked about it briefly, and finally said: "Anyone knows how to raise a cow, but the problem is whether it can be raised well. If it is raised well, it can not only work, but also give birth to a calf a year, which is equivalent to a cornucopia. Not good, the cows are skinny, and the work is boring. Starting tonight, we will open a breeding training course in the East Village, and the lectures are free. Those who want to learn can go by themselves. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. Usually you have to think about it Masters ask for advice, I am afraid that people with good wine and good food may not pay attention to you."

Chaijiazhuang is now a huge construction site. After dredging the river, Chai An led 500 people to start building the reservoir.There are many small rivers in Chaijiazhuang, and there are tens of thousands of acres of land in the mountains and hills.

Mountain streams are different from big rivers. During the rainy season, mountain torrents break out, the floods are extremely fierce, yellow waves are surging, and the water volume is very large.But in the dry season, the farmland needs water to irrigate the land. Sorry, the water in the small stream is crystal clear, and it’s okay to carry it with a bucket. As for large-scale irrigation, don’t even think about irrigating the wheat field.

In order to alleviate this situation, Chai Jin asked someone to plan six small reservoirs, each of which is only a dozen acres in area.Why build such a small reservoir? First, there are no professional workers, and they are all driven by Zhuang Ding.The second is that there is no large-scale machinery, and all rely on manpower and animal power.

The small dam in front of me is only more than 200 meters long, but there are many people, at least 300 people, and there are more than a dozen mules and donkeys.Moving earth and rock back and forth to build dams.

Looking at the construction site in full swing, Chai An was both happy and sad.Happily, Chai Jin finally calmed down and did something practical.Although the construction of this reservoir cost a lot of money in the short term, it will start to see benefits next year. The most basic reservoir of this size can irrigate three to four hundred acres of land. With water sources, the harvest will be greatly improved. The important thing is to save the lives of crops in drought years, and the lives of crops are the lives of farmers.

Fish can be raised in the water, and there is no problem at all in harvesting [-] catties of fish a year. Although these profits are small, no matter how small they are, they are still profits.

What is worrying is that the money left on Chai Jin's account is equivalent to only 1 taels of cash. The recent construction is too crazy. There are ten pig houses, each with hundreds of sows.Horse farms, donkey farms, and the money, food, and labor consumed by the project are worthless.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chai came in and drove over with several large carriages, which were pulled by twenty small iron carts.

"Uncle An, how is the progress of the project?" Chai Jin asked.

Chai An said: "The six reservoirs will be built at the same time, and it will be completed in ten days. After the earth dam has experienced a winter of rain and snow, it will be rested and compacted after the busy farming season in the next spring, and the water can be stored in the rainy season. What kind of wheelbarrow did the owner make?"

"Yes, this is called a construction wheelbarrow. The frame, box, and wheels are all made of steel. It is sturdy and durable. It can push [-] kilograms of weight. It saves energy and should speed up the work." Chai Jin said.

Chai An looked at it, and found that the workmanship of this unicycle was exquisite, and almost every detail was perfect.

"Tsk tsk, it's good, but I'm a bit reluctant to use it. This unicycle is many times more expensive than a wooden one," Chai An said.

Chai An called two men over to try pushing a cart of about [-] catties of gravel. It was very easy for one person to push [-] catties on flat ground without any help.When going uphill, you need someone to pull the rope in front of you.

"Let me try it." An old man walked up, in his 60s, and it is normal for people in their 60s to work in rural areas, nothing unusual.

A few people helped, and shoveled a bucket of soil for the old man. Seeing that he was too old, he didn't dare to shovel more, and he looked like more than 100 catties.Unconvinced, the old man added a few more shovels, pushed up and left, quite briskly.If you use a load, an old man of this age can weigh up to sixty or seventy catties, and he can't handle it anymore. It's much easier to have a wheelbarrow, which is more flexible than a big carriage and more suitable for the environment on the construction site.

"This wheel is so easy, it seems to be very smooth inside." Chai An couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, that's what I wanted. Uncle An numbered the wheelbarrow and distributed it to special personnel for use, and returned it to the warehouse for maintenance after completion." Chai Jin said.

Chai An wrote down one by one that Chai Jin was cruel this time, and built [-] wheelbarrows for construction sites, and [-] elite pickaxes, which were distributed to the six reservoir construction sites to speed up the construction of the reservoirs. .

Chai An pulled Chai Jin to the side and said, "Owner, I want to tell you some bad news. The money in the treasury has bottomed out, and there are more than 1 taels left. Recently, I have to spend another five hundred for Shi Xiu." The money for a prairie horse is more than 7000 taels. Zengtou City will send hundreds of donkeys here one after another. In addition to the oil workshop you arranged to set up, I am afraid that the money will not last for half a month. Selling wheelbarrows and pickaxes to outsiders can also earn a lot of money.”

Chai Jin said with a smile: "Uncle An, don't worry, there is still 1 taels. What you want now is to spend the money. The more you spend, the more money you spend, and it will not increase at home. Remember to come to me when you run out of money. Then I have a big surprise for you."

　This book has been signed, please support us a lot.The update is stable, twice a day.Count the votes with votes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)