Chapter 541 Pedal threshing machine(1/2)
Please give me a monthly ticket and a reward!
It is extremely rare to steal half a day of leisure.
Li Shimin could not have really stayed in the bathtub and lived in a few days. There were so many affairs waiting for him to decide in Chang'an City. Even the prime ministers were the same, and the matter was all over there.
Eat and drink enough.
Li Shimin slapped his butt and left.
Because Li Chao provided news about Chameng rice and provided a good way to increase yield, Li Shimin was particularly kind and asked Li Chao to stay in Bashang for a few more days.
"Don't rush back to Beijing, stay for a few more days, and stay here with your wives, concubines and children. You are now the father of four children. These two concubines are going to give birth, so stay for a few more days."
Li Chao was a little moved when he heard it. His workaholic His Majesty Li Er was willing to give him a few more days off. It was really rare.
"It's three days, I'll give you three days off and have some rest. In three days, I'll rush back to Beijing. There are so many things left. You are the prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall now, and I still have a lot of things to rely on you."
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin's kindness was also reduced.
Li Chao's little touching also shrank.
Only three days off?
His Majesty Li Er, I want to take maternity leave. I have four children and I will have another child soon. I won’t give you a month off. What you said is over.
Unfortunately, Li Er is a workaholic and doesn't let others relax.
"I really envy you. You can enjoy the clear mountains and clear waters here and have a leisure and comfort. During these three days, you should hurry up and write the intensive cultivation method into a detailed memorial. I will hand it over to Sinong Temple for research and discussion. In the future, the charter will be formed to promote the world."
I only had three days off and had so many tasks.
Li Chao's little gratitude is gone.
Patting Li Chao on the shoulder, Li Shimin left proudly.
When I left, I didn’t forget to move things from the Li family.
The sandbag watermelon grown by the Li family in Bashang, fresh grapes just picked.
There are also fresh river fish from the bath ditch, and rice and flower fish caught in the rice fields, some are live and some have been marinated. Even the Li family’s ham, bacon, duck, smoked chicken, chicken, duck, goose eggs, all filled baskets after basket.
The Li family's long-eared rabbit and sheep
Just like the Japanese entering the village, they even hugged a lot of eels, loaches, crabs, and river shrimps.
What are pine flower eggs, salted duck eggs.
What are shredded white radish, carrot strips, spicy cabbage, soybean paste, camellia oil, rapeseed oil.
Li Chao's mouth was twitching.
The things Li Shimin took from the Li family were filled with eight major carts.
Including the other seven prime ministers, they loaded a car without hesitation, and Li Chao felt that his heart was bleeding.
These guys have enough food and drink, and have to pack a car.
I owe them really.
"Wen Yuan, remember that soft-shell crab caught it, and I will send it to me immediately!"
Before leaving, Li Shimin did not forget to turn around and shout.
The carriage and horses are tied.
Li Chao sighed and turned around in pain, and suddenly found someone standing beside him.
Li Chengqian.
"Prince, why are you still stunned here? Why don't you get in the car?"
"I don't want to go back to Beijing." Li Chengqian said shamelessly.
You don’t want to go back, and I don’t want you to stay. I don’t have the mood to serve you.
Li Chao turned his head and shouted at Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the prince is still here!"
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin turned his head and looked back, and then said slowly, "Let him stay here, Wenyuan, please give me some advice and teach him well. You are the Prince's Young Guardian, the Prince's Young Secretary, and the Prince's father-in-law!"
After saying that, Li Shimin laughed and left.
Leave Li Chao to the point of being stunned.
Li Chengqian is the prince, are you so confident to throw me away?
"Shaobao, let's catch soft-shell crabs, and you'll have fried crabs later." The prince pulled Li Chao's clothes while pulling out Li Chao's clothes and said with anticipation.
If you eat your sister, you will know how to eat, a foodie.
"Your Majesty asked you to stay, not to let you stay here to catch crabs, but to let you study hard with me. Prince, what books have you read recently?"
Li Chao was very rude to Chengqian.
No matter what, this kid is now the prince and his son-in-law.
Although he is a foodie and is often arrogant, he is only seven years old. Li Chao feels that he can save him again. Or teach him carefully, Li Chengqian will not go astray.
It would be good to be the emperor's father-in-law and let his daughter be the queen in the future. If Li Chengqian really could inherit the throne, then the Li family on the Bashang could go further, and maybe they would jump into the wealthy family in one fell swoop.
Even in the long run, if Li Zhi had not been the emperor, would there be no Emperor Wu Zetian?
Li Chengqian couldn't accept Li Chao's change.
I was fishing by the river in the morning and catching fish and eels in the fields at noon. Why did I turn around and ask about my homework?
"I am in the third grade of elementary school in Chongwenguan this year." Li Chengqian was actually a little afraid of Li Chao. He was not afraid of other ministers, and he was not afraid of the three teachers of the Eastern Palace, Li Gang, Pei Ju and Ma Zhou. But he was afraid of Li Chao. When he thought that Li Chao might complain to his father and then cause him to be beaten, he became much more honest.
The only time I was beaten in my life was in front of so many people, but it was because of Li Chao.
"I'm in the third grade of elementary school, it's great. How did you read that three-character classic?"
Li Chengqian said proudly, "I have already recited the Three Character Classic in a slight way!"
Yohe.
The boy is quite angry.
"Since that's the case, then you can write your reading notes and write down your thoughts on reading the Three Character Classic. You must have a profound thought, at least one thousand words of content. Go and write it, when will you finish writing and when will you bring it to me to read it."
Li Chengqian curled his lips.
"Young Master, don't you teach me? What are you going to do?"
"Me? Why do you care about me? Write your reading review carefully!"
Li Chengqian still wanted to act like a prince. Li Chao's eyes rolled, and Li Chengqian had goose bumps, so he hurriedly went to write his reading notes honestly. He walked along the way, mumbling all the way, secretly cursing Li Chao.
Li Chao heard it, but ignored him.
A little brat can't handle it?
If Li Shimin really was willing to teach the prince to him to discipline him, he would guarantee that he could correct all the bad things of the prince.
Throwing the prince aside, Li Chao returned to the tool room on the side.
Seeing that the rice was about to be harvested, Li Chao was preparing to build a black technology harvester.
Nowadays, rice cultivation is very simple and backward to harvest and thresh. The rice in the Li family’s terraced fields is at the harvest season.
The family of farmers went to the fields to harvest rice.
Cut the rice and tie it handfuls one by one, and then the young man was responsible for picking them up. He carried the rice connecting rods and ears back to the village.
There is a special drying yard there.
Dry the rice.
Then start threshing.
Rice removal is a very hard job, unlike wheat, which is crushed and threshed with wheels.
The Li family’s farmhouse household made a large wooden barrel that was one person tall, with a hole in the upper half of the side.
When using it, put a circle of mats on the top of the bucket and then put a wooden ladder in the bucket.
The man held the dried rice in his hand, stood in front of the gap, and beat it hard. The rice ears hit the ladder in the bucket, and the rice grains took off.
The rice is quite spectacular when threshing.
Last year, in the Li family's drying yard, there were large buckets lined up, and then a large group of men stood in front of the bucket. They shouted horns and beat the threshing, shouting, "Oh hey," then the rice ears slapped heavily on the bucket.
One or two.
An experienced man plays very rhythmically, and in just two or three strokes, he can usually remove all the rice grains without any retention and waste no effort.
The harvested rice must be dried first, so that it will be easy to fall off after threshing and falling. However, it cannot be dried. After being dried, the rice stalks will become soft and it is difficult to use force.
Of course, there are also some places where you just make a square bucket like a big bucket and then carry the bucket directly into the field. Several people directly circle the harvested rice in the bucket.
In some places, people will just cut the rice ears, take them back to dry, dry them, and then slapped them.
But no matter what the method is, threshing is a very troublesome thing.
This year, the Li family has 3,000 acres of rice. They are all beaten like this. When will they go? Especially in summer, we have to grab time. If we have a good sun, we have to rush to make the rice and dry it. If we miss a good day, the rice will fall off and not be sunny, but it will easily germinate and become moldy, and the harvest of the year will be lost.
To be continued...