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Ying Zheng was a little disappointed with Fusu's answer, and then said: "I have seen the ship sill, and then follow me to see the water sill and the stone sill."

Immediately afterwards, the group of people first went to see Shui Dui.

Water turrets are similar to ship turrets. They both use water power, but one is on the shore and the other is on the water.The water bucket is set in a place where the water flow is more turbulent, and the water flow drives the wooden gear, drives the mill, and pounds the rice.

For a water hump, the speed of pounding rice is not as fast as that of a boat hump, but the difference is not too big.

Then there is stone mortar, which is also used for pounding rice, but instead of using water power, it uses manpower or horse power. Compared with traditional hand pounding, it is more labor-saving and faster.

Of course, without the ship and water, the speed is slower.

However, stone pelt can be used in places not close to the river.

Although boats, water, and stone are more time-saving and labor-saving for pounding rice, Zhao Gao, Fusu, Xiao He, Meng Yi and others do not know why Ying Zheng seems to value them.

Grinding rice tools are nothing more than trivial matters and should not be made in a big way.

I think it is not worthy of Yingzheng's attention.

"This object, called a windmill, is used to separate the chaff and rice grains."

After seeing the boat, stone, and water, Ying Zheng and others came to the courtyard where the "Agricultural Research Institute" was located. Ying Zheng looked at the windmill and said.

windmill?

Separate chaff and rice grains?

Fusu, Xiao He, Meng Yi and others looked curiously at the one-meter-high windmill in front of them.

The windmill, except for an iron rod at the fan, is entirely made of wood.

On the top is a big funnel into which the millet or rice that has just been pounded is put into it. There is a switch at the bottom of the big funnel to control the falling amount of the millet and other things.

Right in front, apart from the fan's shaking hand, there is a hole for rice grains.

On the back, there is also an exit from which the middle chaff will come out.

On the left side of the windmill is an air outlet, which is where most of the chaff is separated.

The personnel of the Agricultural Research Institute began to demonstrate. The millet that had just been pounded was poured into the big funnel, the fan was shaken, and the big funnel switch was turned on.

I saw that the millet, husk and rice grains that were originally pounded were blown by suitable wind.The rice grains are heavy and appear from the front opening. The heavier chaff or lighter grains come out from the rear opening, and most of the chaff falls to the ground from the air outlet on the left.

In a quarter of an hour, the millet that had been pounded by several stones was separated by a windmill.

Compared with the traditional separation method, which is to separate the pounded millet with dustpan and fine bamboo sieve.

The use of a motor car saves much time and effort, and the separation effect is stronger.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, I dare not careless."

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu and the others, and said solemnly: "I am afraid I don’t care much about the farm tools such as boat, water, stone, and windmills I see today. However, I want to tell you that farming is nothing small !

Don't think that these new farm tools are just convenient for pounding rice, making them more time-saving and labor-saving.You know only one, but don't know the other!

With farm tools such as boats, windmills, and pounding rice, you can save at least half of your time and manpower.

I have learned that a family of one hundred surnames often spends a lot of manpower on pounding rice.Especially for women, pounding rice is a daily affair, and it is also a labor and time consuming task.

After a person has pounded rice for many years, he will often lose strength in his hands and suffer pain.

Nowadays, with farm tools such as boats and windmills, the people can save at least half of their time, and at the same time save more effort, so that the root of the disease will not fall in the future.

By saving more than half of the time from pounding rice, more time can be spent on farming or weaving.

This is not only good for the health of the people, but also promotes the development of farming and increases the output of food, so that the people are richer than the country!"

After listening to Yingzheng's explanation, Fu Su, Xiao He, Meng Yi, Zhao Gao and others were suddenly surprised.

"The father, Shengming, is dull, but he didn't realize the deep meaning and good intentions of the father."

Fusu was very ashamed.

"Your Majesty Shengming is always worried for the country and the people, and the ministers are ashamed."

Xiao He, Meng Yi, Zhao Gao and others respectfully said.

Yes, they didn't think that the farm tools used for pounding rice had such a deep meaning.

Greatly liberate labor and increase agricultural production!

They did not expect this layer.

"You should pay attention to farming in the future, and everything that is conducive to farming should be paid attention to."

Ying Zheng was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, and said: "I believe that the new farm tools such as boats, windmills, etc. I see today will definitely benefit the people, farming, and Qin Dynasty!"

The staff of the Agricultural Research Institute on the scene felt very positive about this, especially those of a few farmers who regarded the new farm tools such as boats and windmills as treasures.

He was even more in awe of the Qin Shihuang's victory in bringing these new farm tools.

In the courtyard of the Agricultural Research Institute, there are other farm tools besides windmills and stone studs.

"This thing is a plough, which is different from the plow of Daqin. It is pulled by cattle and is more conducive to arable land."

The leader of the Agricultural Research Institute introduced the new plowshare made based on the principle of "curved plow".

"This thing is a stone mill."

At this time, a person from an agricultural research institute was pushing a stone mill to grind wheat into powder.

"Mai, the taste of wheat rice is not good, but after grinding it into wheat flour, that is, flour, it can be used to make noodles and noodles. The taste is much stronger than wheat rice."

In Daqin, flour is used in less than half of the places, and wheat is mostly used in other places, especially in Guanzhong and Longxi in the north, where wheat is used as coarse grain.

The so-called wheat rice is to use wheat as rice for cooking, which is really hard to swallow.

"With a stone mill, wheat, corn, etc. can be ground into flour to make noodles, noodles, etc. The treasury stocks a lot of wheat, which is made into flour, and then the method of making flour, noodles, etc. is passed on. In this way, the wheat can play a greater role."

Ying Zheng looked at Xiao He and said, "This matter, Xiao He, I leave it to you."

"Lead the minister!"

Xiao He respectfully said.

In the past two years, with the progress of recuperation and the promotion of corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, the grain output has greatly increased and the national treasury has become abundant.

However, wheat has become increasingly unpopular and has been stocked in the treasury, which is worrying.