In the morning, in the fields outside the village, farmers were busy. The half-old children followed their parents and family to the field, but because they could not do farm work, they played on the edge of the field.

A peddler walked slowly from the village with a load on his shoulders. Walking on the dirt road in the fields, the children came cheering and ran around the peddler for something delicious.

The peddler is in his early thirties, has a thin figure and dark skin. He is a regular visitor to villages and households in this area. He regularly brings all kinds of daily necessities and is very popular, so men, women, and young people in the village recognize him.

Seeing a group of children making noise around him, like a chirping sparrow, he couldn't resist and took out a few paper windmills to pay for "buying the road".

The little guys cheered and chased and scattered, but the peddler did not continue to rush, looking around, as if looking for something.

Just then, a roar broke out.

The peddler looked in the sound, but saw a huge monster turning out from behind the hills in front of the dirt road.

The giant is like a carriage, with a small front wheel and a large rear wheel. There is no horse in front of the car, but only a dark machine.

There was a tall chimney at the top of the machine, with thick smoke spraying in the chimney and roaring. The whole car trembled slightly and slowly walked towards him.

The peddler quickly carried the load and turned to the side of the road, watching the new steam machine approaching.

When a steam engine is equipped with a propeller, it can push the ship to sail in the river; when a steam engine is installed with a wheel, it can push the train to run on the rails, which is well known.

Now, after a small steam engine is installed on wheels, it can walk on hard ground, which is for a "steamer car".

Although the speed of this steamer is similar to that of a person walking, considering the heavy body, it is already valuable to be able to walk as fast as a person.

The peddler sat on the side of the road, with the children gathered around him, watching the steamed car dragging a small car forward slowly, the children kept shouting "The iron cow is here, the iron cow is here", and their excitement was beyond words.

Such shouts continued until the behemoth called "Iron Bull" stopped for about ten steps in front of them.

Two coachmen on the steamer jumped out of the car and unloaded the things from the car with a few men walking along the way. Farmers busy in the fields on both sides of the dirt road surrounded them.

The peddler also gathered with the children to watch the fun.

Another carriage pulled the coal slowly approaching, and the boiler on the steamer was still burning. A man occasionally shoveled coal from the carriage with a shovel and added coal to the boiler on the steamer.

Several men unloaded the iron plow and hemp rope from the small cart towed by the steam car, and after tossing, they arranged the thing called "steam plow".

Men, women, young and old gathered next to the steaming car, watching how the "steam plow" was going to plow the ground.

A man who came with the car introduced the method of using the "steam plow" to the village chief who rushed to the news, while others listened curiously.

The steam engine has a great power, much more powerful than a cow. It can not only pump water, make trains and steamships move, but also drive various machines.

So, can this machine replace cattle and drag iron plows to plow the land?

Of course, but it is important to the method.

The steam engine is very heavy. After all, the body, with boilers, water tanks, and coal silos, is not as light as possible. Even if it is equipped with wheels, it is easy to cause deep ruts in dry fields, making it very inconvenient to move, let alone move in paddy fields.

Therefore, if you want to plow the land with a steam engine, you cannot plow the land like you do when you drive a cattle. You need to place the heavy steam engine next to the field and then connect it to the iron plow through a winch and a long hemp rope.

When the steam engine is running, the winch rotates and then drags the iron plow through a hemp rope. In this way, no animal power is needed, human power can also cultivate the land (people need to control the direction of the iron plow), which is called the "steam plow".

Of course, in actual operation, some simple but necessary "standing pulleys" need to be set up so that the steam plow can adjust the direction more conveniently.

At this moment, the arranged steam plow began to work. Everyone listened to the roar of the steam car, watched the winch on the car slowly rotate, the thick hemp rope tightened, and the iron plow that was obviously moving at the other end of the hemp rope, couldn't help but be amazed at the "infinite power" of the steam engine.

These men who operate steam trucks and steam plows belong to a trading company, which is now selling steam plows (for rent) in the surrounding areas of Chang'an. In recent times, they have shown the "power" of steam plows here.

The effect is of course good. The plowing speed is much faster than that of a cow, and the plowing depth is also very deep. Therefore, this kind of steam plow is also called "Iron Ox", which means...

I just want to burn coal, and I think the expense is quite high.

Faced with the village chief’s doubts, the shopkeeper who led the team laughed: “It’s better to buy than to make, it’s better to rent than to buy. Now it’s just renting. How much can it cost? How much can the entire village raises money and spreads it to each household?”

"Let us come and help. In just a few days, we can plow the land in the village. The money we spend is not too much... We go to Chang'an City to work and earn it back soon."

"Hey, now that the train is open in Chang'an, the coal price has dropped sharply. No matter how much we eat, the coal money is not much."

"You don't need to operate this iron cow. If there is any fault during use, the village does not need to be responsible. Old man, you can rest assured one hundred!"

While speaking, the steam plow quickly plowed acre of land. When the village chief saw the villagers looking at him with a gaze, he raised his hand and slapped his thigh: "Ma Zhangkeeper, then as I said yesterday, our village has hired this iron cow!"

The shopkeeper agreed and called on the guys to start work.

The steam engine that was fully activated, the roared louder. The villagers were a little afraid and couldn't help but stay away. Only a few bold ones, and the peddler, were still standing next to the giant and looking carefully.

According to the introduction of the Mashangkei, this thing is not convenient to move because it is heavy, so at the beginning, the steam engine is equipped with wheels and dragged it away with a horse.

Later, everyone thought that since the train could run and replaced the horse-drawn carriage, it would be better to let the steam engine drive the wheels and save the energy.

Therefore, with continuous improvement, the steam engine of the steam plow has become a dynamic steamer. Although it moves slowly, it is much more convenient when plowing the ground.

When you arrive at the place, after stopping, switch the transmission, and turn the steam engine from a drive wheel to a drive winch, so you can drag the iron plow to plow the land.

The illiterate villager was confused by the introduction of Ma Zhangguan, but the peddler nodded silently and looked at the moving iron plow in the distance, feeling a little lost.

Steamboats, steam trains, steam pumps, steam cranes, and this steam iron cow are very strong, just eat coal, and don’t eat food and grass, and you won’t get sick.

When using oxen to plow the land, you usually have to eat and drink to serve the oxen. If the ox is sick, you have to worry about it. However, it takes several years for a cow to be raised from a calf to being able to work, but the iron cow is different.

According to the Mazhangkeeper, a iron cow was made in the factory, but after a few months, the failure rate was low. If you have any problems, just change the accessories. In addition, the coal price in Guanzhong is extremely cheap now, so using iron cows to plow the land is more cost-effective than using live cows to plow the land.

Of course, iron ox can only plow flat land with large areas, and the terrain requirements are relatively strict.

However, it is very convenient to use in the Great Plains. For example, in Hebei and Henan, new farms use horse pulley plows and this kind of iron ox to cultivate the land, and the efficiency of the cultivated land has been greatly improved.

Horse-drawn plows can only plow dry land, while iron ox can also plow paddy fields. In the future, iron ox will be promoted in more places and will save a lot of trouble.

As he thought about the hilly hometown, the peddler couldn't help but sigh.

He carried the load and was about to continue his journey. A trading company clerk who was chatting with him just now followed and asked, "Old Li, when will you come again? I've been here these days."

The peddler replied: "I will come the next day, and I will come the next day."

"Okay, bring me something."

"Well, what do you want?" asked the peddler kindly.

"Come a few kilograms of salted eggs."

The peddler nodded: "Okay, I will......."

Before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly, and then sweat came out from his forehead.

The last sentence of the trading company's man said in Goguryeo, and he answered directly.

The peddler threw the load away and ran forward.

Seeing this, the guy sneered.
Chapter completed!