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Chapter 48 Liu's Plough

The county government paid Ye Xianglang a monthly fee of eight ceremonies. After Liu Yi took over, he added another ceremonies to his original place. Each person had nine ceremonies, and there were thirty-eight Ye Xianglangs in the county. After one month, Liu Yi would need to pay 342 ceremonies.

Liu Yiuan thought about it in his mind. In a year, he needed to pay 38 Yexianglang's four stakes and 176 stakes, 158 farmers' nearly 19 stakes, and with the taxes he had to pay to the court every year, he would have to spend about 30 stakes.

Thirty hectares of land, two harvests a year, and each mu can earn about 40 to 45 cents. If the year is good, there will be more. In this way, the annual income will be 120 cents. Moreover, the fields are constantly nourished by farm fertilizer, and the crop yield will definitely increase again. It is not impossible for a mu to reach 180 cents in two years.

Although it is not much, it is enough to save up for decades.

"If you sit at home without moving in a year, you can get 180 trump cards. The local owner is indeed very promising." Liu Yi's lips slowly curled up. No wonder so many people want local owners. The profits in the land are really considerable, especially in this era of agriculture-based.

After Liu Yiuan returned from the county, he went directly to Yuan Fang's house in Xiaer Village.

Now he has everything, only the Quaru Plow is left. Whether the Quaru Plow can be made is directly related to whether his spring plowing can proceed smoothly. As time gets closer, and in more than a month, the weather is warm and the earth is melting, he can start plowing. We need to remove weeds from wasteland, roll down the deposited land, and then fertilize and sow seeds. It is not possible to have no easy plowshares.

In the backyard of Yuan's family, Liu Yiu saw Yuan Fang who was concentrating on carving the plow frame.

The plow frame already has a basic model. The plow shaft, plow bed and plow tip have been framed and formed. Yuan Fang is now carving the most complex parts of the curved plow, plow construction, plow review and plow arrow. These three places are the most different places from other plow species, and are also the most difficult to carve. The three components are just rightly combined to form a small mechanism that can be manually adjusted. After touching, you can adjust the depth of the plowshare under the ground.

Liu Yiuan was watching from the side. Although he didn't know carpentry, he had seen the appearance of the Quyuan Plough. With him on the side, he could remind Yuan Fang from time to time. After all, he was the only person in this era who knew the rough structure of the Quyuan Plough.

The main thing that started was Yuan Fang, and Yuan Pei helped him. Basically, there wasn't much work. So he was responsible for accompanying Liu Yi. Liu Yi was their boss this time. Although Old Yuan said that it was made for Liu Yi for free, Yuan Pei knew in his heart that the benefits of the Yuan family gained much more than those who had the plough this time.

As a carpenter who often makes furniture and farm tools for farmers, Yuan Fang and Yuan Pei can certainly see the value of the curved plow. This is a plow that is more advanced than all plows now. It is exquisitely made and farmed quickly. What is more important is that its raw materials and labor costs are only twice as high as ordinary straight plows. However, its plowing speed is two to three times that of straight plows.

If such plowshares are placed on the market, a large number of farmers will definitely be willing to pay for them. As the only carpenter who can make such plowshares, the future life of their Yuan family can be imagined.

Yuan Pei brought a chair for Liu Yi and signaled Liu Yi to sit by and watch. When Yuan Fang started working, he would usually not stop to rest for one to two hours. If ordinary people stood aside to watch, they would definitely not be able to bear it after a long time.

But who is Liu Yi, a farmer who has practiced Cunquan. Standing on horse stakes is a side dish to him, let alone standing on the ground. And letting the older Yuan Fang and Yuan Pei stand, but he sits, is a very rude behavior. So he shook his head and refused.

Seeing that Liu Yi refused to sit, Yuan Pei nodded and smiled, "Since Doctor Liu doesn't want to sit now, then sit when he is tired. Haha, don't worry, with my father taking action, Liu's plough will be made soon."

"Liu's Plough?" When did this name come from? Liu Yiu said in surprise: "Why does Uncle Yuan call it that way?"

Yuan Pei smiled and explained: "It is precisely because everyone doesn't know what this plow is, that it is extremely inconvenient to call it, so my father took one of the names of Doctor Liu. After all, Doctor Liu brought the picture of this plow here. It is very appropriate to use this title."

"I'm afraid this is something wrong, right?"

"It's okay, it's just a name between us. Mr. Liu, don't care too much." Yuan Fang put down the carving knife and stood up. He said, "When you know the name of this plow in the future, you'll make a mistake."

"Old Yuan," Liu You stopped when he saw Yuan Fang, stepped forward and bowed, handed over the chair beside him, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sit down and rest."

"No need," Yuan Fang waved his hand and said, "When I put these parts together, the plow frame of Liu's plough will be formed. After a while, Mr. Liu will have a glimpse of the whole picture of Liu's plough."

"Really?" Liu Youxuan said happily: "Didn't it meant it would take three days? Why is it so fast?"

Yuan Pei explained to Liu Yi: "The three days I said before were conservative estimates. When I was actually making it, my father discovered that the structure of the Liu family's plough was not as complicated as I imagined. Therefore, it was advanced."

"Pei'er, go and bring the plowshares from your home." Yuan Fang ordered Yuan Pei at this time, and smiled and pulled Liu Yian, pointing at the curved plow he had just installed: "Mr. Liu, please see, this is the skeleton of the Liu family's plow drawn in the picture. After the plowshares and tillage cables are installed, they can be used directly for tillage."

"I have ready-made oxen at my home and I have to snare it. After it is installed, Mr. Liu can try it in this backyard." Yuan Fang said confidently: "I can guarantee that the farming speed of Liu's plough will be twice as fast as the current plough, or even more. It can definitely meet Mr. Liu's needs."

Liu Yi turned around the plow frame twice, and secretly praised in his heart that Yuan Fang's craftsmanship was really not a cover. The plow he made was almost the same as the curved plow, whether it was a large frame or a small part. He really deserved to be the best carpenter in several nearby villages. He bowed to Yuan Fang and said, "Old Mr. Yuan's craftsmanship is superb. This plow looks almost the same as the one drawn in the picture. I admire you!"

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