Chapter 256 Observing the Straight Shaft Plow

At that time, Wang Ge couldn't even deal with a local salesman; Huan Lang's status in Linshui Pavilion was similar to that of Wang He now. After finishing his chores every day, Huan Lang shamelessly followed Ren Pavilion Chief to investigate the case, and at the same time imitated his example.

How to deal with affairs and arrange the affairs of the pavilion.

In just one year, some people became famous, and some brave men became cowards, and their work was in vain. How could Huan Lang be willing to admit defeat?

The wheat grinding field is located on the northeast side of Wei Pavilion and is very simple.

There are two utility rooms in the due north. A low fence is built from the outside of the west wall. It is made of thin wooden boards of different widths. The fence only encloses a small half circle and borders a large area of ​​thatch.

Wang Ge came in and took stock of the layout at a glance.

The small stone mill is driven by human power, and a man in the pavilion is pushing it. The large stone mill is pulled by a donkey, and the donkey driver is a woman, nearly fifty years old. The donkey's mouth is covered with a chewing cage, and a stick with bean cakes hanging on its head is tied to its head.

There is a thatched mat spread in front of the west room, and A Shu, Lady Wu, and Lady Guan are making shoes on the mat.

"Sister Cong is here." Wang Shu stood up.

Wang Ge: "Continue making shoes."

Wang Shu obeyed and got busy quickly.

Madam Wu and Madam Guan were frightened. The news spread throughout the pavilion that Wang Shu’s sister was admitted as a craftsman. Master craftsman! She is an official, are you here to check them? What should I do? The two of them were panicked and their hands were

Panic, I can’t even rub the miscanthus warp rope well. Fortunately, Master Wang went to see the donkey pulling the rope.

This time it was the woman's turn to panic and explain with a grimace: "Is it Master Wang? I steamed the bean cakes myself. This donkey is very docile. The whip was to scare it, not to beat it."

"A Shu, I'm going to look at the wasteland and I'll come find you at noon. No need to send me off." Wang Ge smiled at the woman again and left the wheat field.

Alas, she realized that her identity had changed. She was no longer an ordinary peasant queen, but a master craftsman king! How many people who had never traveled far away could distinguish the ranks of craftsmen? Including herself, who was taking the exam as a craftsman child.

, until she took the craftsmanship test, she thought that all craftsmen were officials. Even if the official position was small, ordinary people would not be afraid of it. They would avoid it if they could, for fear of offending them. For example, the county capital pavilion asked her to feed pigs.

She also disliked the postmen who were not doing their jobs well, such as Youyou who lingered during the craftsmanship test. Now that Wang Ge thought of that Youyou, he could not completely shake off his fear and anger.

In this atmosphere, wouldn't it be bullying to test Mrs. Wu's ability to make shoes? This matter is not urgent, let's go to the wasteland first.

As the weather gets colder and the soil hardens, it becomes increasingly difficult to pull a plow and shovel the soil. You have to cut the grass before shoveling the soil. There are not so many iron sickles in Weiting, so the children can only use clumsy methods, either pulling by hand or cutting with stone knives. No matter what

Whatever method you use, be sure not to pull out rotten thatch leaves, because there are straws to harvest the green grass, and ten bundles can be exchanged for one liter of old grain.

The grass is so dense and tall that even a child as young as Wang Peng can't even show the top of his head when he squats in it.

Wang Ge called Adi, and the little guy immediately stood up, waved his arms together, and smiled at her.

She came wearing gloves, and Wang Peng gave her the stone knife: "Sister, use the knife to cut."

"You use... I am strong."

The family's iron farm tools, except for the bamboo strips, were all given to the Ting Shu. What the eldest father meant was that the Ting Shu took care of the family if they were not assigned to open up wasteland. People should appreciate their kindness. The hoe has to dig the ground, and the iron shovel has to turn the soil.

, the sickle must be used to cut the grass, and if farm tools become rusty when idle, it is called a sin!

At that time, Apeng immediately asked: "Why don't you also hand over the bamboo pole knife? The bamboo pole knife can also cut grass."

The eldest father rolled his eyes, and the eldest mother gave the child the answer with a broom.

"Sister, what are you laughing at?" As soon as Wang Peng finished speaking, a child next to him sat down on his haunches because he was pulling weeds too hard. After laughing at the child, Wang Peng forgot his previous question.

After pulling it out for more than half an hour, Wang Ge asked: "Are you tired?"

"Hehe, tired."

"Does your hand hurt?"

"Well...it doesn't hurt if you don't want to."

Brother, Wang Ge felt distressed and touched his forehead with his head.

Apeng pursed his little mouth and stretched his neck forward like a monkey. He was so shy and so happy. Wang Ge looked in the distance and saw a few middle-aged pavilion residents coming to the place where the children had finished cutting the grass. They were using grass to remove the roots of the grass.

After shoveling the soil with grass, you still have to dig deeply to remove as many grass roots as possible from the ground. Finally, you use an ox-drawn plow to loosen and break up the soil.

Alright.

Wang Ge went to the field to pull the plow.

Weiting is poor. Currently, the most common straight-shaft plow has an extremely simple structure. It only consists of a plow base, a plow tip (handrail), a plow shaft, and plow arrows. The plow arrows are fixed, and the plow shaft is very long. It is pulled in front by manpower or oxen.

Another person is behind to steady the plow tip and control the plowshare to break the soil. This type of straight-shaft plow has no plow wall structure on the iron share at the bottom of the plow. This is the type of plow that Wang Ge's family used when clearing wasteland on the slopes.

She went to another field.

There is only one straight-shaft plow with the most complete structure in Weiting. At this time, it is being pulled by two oxen. The long and thick crossbar is the plow scale, which is placed on the shoulders of the two oxen. The three pavilions work as a group to plow the soil. This kind of equipment

Although the large straight-shaft plow plows the soil deeply, it is not easy to turn the direction when reaching the end of the field. Moreover, one plow requires three manpower, which is not cost-effective.

Wang Ge was waiting at the head of the field. The man operating the plow was nearly forty years old, panting heavily from exhaustion, and sweat dripping from the top of his hair. "Uncle, uncle, uncle." She greeted each one with a smile.

"Which little girl comes here?"

She said bluntly: "I am a carpenter."

The three princes looked at each other and saw that she was the eldest daughter of the royal family, Queen Ge? She was too young.

Wang Ge asked: "Can I help the plow to turn over the soil once?"

Who dares to refuse? The people in the pavilion holding the plow reminded: "It takes a lot of effort. If you can't push it, shout quickly."

When the plow turned around, three people had to work together to lift the plow, and one of them had to yell at the ox to turn around. It was embarrassing. This was Wang Ge's first time controlling the plowshare. There were obviously two oxen pulling it, but she still exerted all her strength.

The depth of the plowed land and the width of the plow were all controlled by people holding the tip of the plow. When the plow was more than ten paces away, Wang Ge observed that the soil was half shallower than the soil plowed in the previous trip.

"Uncle, don't let the ox move." She squatted at the bottom of the plow and looked carefully at the plowshare. Then she stood to the side, away from it, and then came closer to see where the pulling force was. Then she went to the side of the ox's shoulder and looked at the shaft, which seemed to be "raising the bar."

The method of tying cattle.

The three gentlemen looked at each other suspiciously again. Master Wang was definitely not just plowing the fields for free. What did she want to do?

At this time, the people in the nearby pavilions who were watching the excitement got out of the way and said, "Look, Chief Huan Ting is here, and Chief Cheng Ting is here too."

"Don't talk nonsense. It turns out that it was Chief Huan Ting who went out to compete in martial arts, so he let Cheng Qiu take charge of Wei Ting."

"Oh, did Chief Huan Ting win the martial arts competition?"

"Bullshit! I must have won. I am the director of the pavilion, how can I still wear all my happiness on my face?"

Wang Ge bowed and said: "Head of Huan Pavilion."

Huan Zhen returned the gift: "Master Wang."

The people in the pavilion looked at Wang Ge with even more respect. The Wang family did not brag, this little lady was indeed a master craftsman!

Huan Zhen heard from Cheng Shuang that Carpenter Wang had been looking at the plowed fields in the field for half an hour, and he was still looking at it, so he came over together. "Is there something wrong with the plow?"

"yes."

He knew that Wang Ge would never look at a plow and try it out without any reason. "What's the problem? Is it serious?"

"Serious, there are many problems."

Cheng Shuang walked around the plow and wondered. There were so many problems? Why...he didn't see any of them? The plowshares and plowboards were not broken, and the plow tips and plow shafts were also strong.

"Uncles, let's continue plowing." Wang Ge no longer delayed the people in the pavilion from working. Huan Zhen and Cheng Shuang followed her. As she walked, she talked about several problems with the plow.

In the back, Huan Zhen’s face was bright, and Cheng Shuang’s face was even brighter! Tsk, tsk, tsk, what he was scolding was not about the iron plow just now. What Craftsman Wang was scolding was about all the iron plows in the Jin Dynasty!

Lei Chu (leǐ sì): an ancient shoveling tool.
Chapter completed!