Chapter 230 Beasts ploughing the fields
Although it is very tiring to plow the fields, it is amazingly fast.
Lian Gu and five men could get two acres of land in less than half a day, which was much faster than using wooden hoes and stone hoes. Relatively speaking, these men prefer this kind of barbaric way of working.
Several people saw Xu Chen go back for a long time and get another strange thing that looks like it is covered with teeth. Curiously, they threw the wooden plow and ran over to see it.
Tian Rai was placed on the ground, but Xu Chen did not explain, but asked the two of them to put on shoulder straps and pull them on the soil after the plowing like a wooden plow.
This kind of square field rake is specially used for dry land. Xu Chen remembered that when his elders used cow rakes when they were young, people could stand on it and press the field rakes so that they could scatter the soil rakes and pull out the grass roots.
However, when you stand on the field with a person, you will definitely not be able to pull it. Fortunately, the rake uses solid materials and is half-dry and undry wet wood, which is not light in weight. In addition, the wooden plow is not too deep. Therefore, after a simple raking, not only does the soil look much looser and flatter, but a large amount of grass roots are also cleaned out of the soil by wooden teeth.
Each time you rake, lift the rope slightly and let the wooden teeth sway in the air for a few times. These grass roots will be loose and fall into the middle of the farmland, and just let someone pick it up.
"Wow, so fast..."
Gu and a few men who were cows and horses were excited and started to scream again.
The field raking speed was very fast. Several people worked hard to plow two acres of land in a long time, but Xu Chen only raked half of it after just a few times.
Moreover, the raked farmland looks extremely flat, not only can we clean up grass roots, but even many undigged stones are exposed on the surface, making it much easier to clean.
With the shouts of several people, people from the farmland in the distance were attracted again.
When everyone saw this strange and simple and convenient way to clean up the farmland, everyone was excited again.
Especially a group of men and women in the Fire Tribe, their eyes were filled with incomparable awe.
In their eyes, Xu Chen was almost the same as Shen.
After more than a month since they came to the Ba tribe, while they are familiar with and accustomed to everything that is unique to the Ba tribe, they are also becoming more and more aware of Xu Chen's identity and status in the Ba tribe.
This magical boy is the most powerful core figure of the Ba tribe, even more powerful than the witch.
He possesses unparalleled wisdom and creativity.
No difficulties can defeat him.
He can create objects that people cannot imagine as he wishes.
The Great Witch's Scepter, the magical horn, the dragon-toothed scimitar, and even the sharp bronze sword that he himself looked useless, all of which are amazing and urge to worship.
Although he has innovated one after another, every time he creates something new, he always looks depressed and depressed, as if he is dissatisfied with himself.
It's like the wooden plow in front of you and this strange tool for cleaning weeds and stones with wooden teeth.
The tilling process was amazing, but he still looked unhappy and kept muttering.
It seems to be communicating with the gods.
But what did the god named Dog offend him?
It took only half an hour before Xu Chen raked all the plowing areas. When he returned to the field to rest, a large group of people instantly surrounded him.
"Moxie Gaga?"
Mother Ba grabbed Xu Chen's arm tightly.
"Tian Tu!" Xu Chen explained.
"Tianlaoga, Duoga!" Moba gestured excitedly.
Xu Chen could only smile bitterly and nodded.
The field rake is much faster and much simpler than the wooden plow, but it is also easier to break because the tied wooden teeth are not firm. I raked two acres of land back and forth in the soil. Most of the wooden teeth have been loose and a few have been removed. It is basically scrapped. All the wooden teeth have to be re-tied, which will take at least an hour.
But no matter what, the emergence of this new large-scale farm tool has greatly increased the speed of farmland cleaning, and the requirements for labor have been reduced a lot.
It’s not that the raking field is not fast enough, but that the ploughing field cannot keep up.
In addition, whether it is raking or plowing the fields, it requires high manpower and consumes a lot.
After raking two acres of land, several men were almost exhausted, before they were domesticated...
Hey, don't I have a horse?
Xu Chen suddenly remembered that he was already a horse, so his bitter face turned into nothing in an instant, and he said to the proud look standing beside him: "Go and bring the horse!"
He nodded and turned around and ran away. Xu Chen told Gu to go back and find a few ropes and a piece of cowhide, and at the same time he also took the two copper knives placed in his room.
The two of them soon returned.
The little horse has now grown into an extremely handsome semi-adult horse. Its four-hoofed slender back is almost level with Xu Chen's forehead. It has been trained to carry goods all year round. Now it has no resistance to heavy loads. Xu Chen made a simple saddle with rattan and animal skin, and occasionally rode on the river beach. The tribe members are already familiar with it.
But what are you doing when you rake the fields and lead the horses?
Everyone onlookers didn't understand, so Xu Chen was too lazy to explain, so he directed Gu Heju to help, and quickly modified the traction rope on the wooden plow. After gestured on the horse's neck a few times, he cut the chin from the cowhide with a copper knife, surrounded the belt on the horse's shoulder blade, and then tied two long ropes on the wooden plow to the belt.
"Soga!"
This simple structure made many people understand it, and some even screamed in excitement.
"There are ancient times palm plows!"
Xu Chen asked Gu to help the wooden plow, and then he walked to the front of the pony, took the reins, gently touched the horse's neck to soothe it, and then led the pony forward. Gu quickly pressed the pony's arm, and as the pony moved forward, the wooden pony quickly turned over the soil, and plowed out a long mud ditch.
"Wow, it's easy to use!"
In an instant, the crowd burst into cheers.
This is another amazing creativity.
Although everyone is already familiar with Xu Chen's endless inventions and innovations, using horses to plow the fields makes them feel excited for the first time.
Since ancient times, human beings have always relied on their own strength to survive in nature.
More than a year ago, they could only make some of the most humble tools such as simple spears and stone swords and axes.
But at present, the various tools in the tribe have long been diverse in form. Although stone swords and stone axes are still one of the most important tools, their practicality has been greatly reduced. Wooden hoes, stone hoes, stone shovels, bows and arrows have become the most common labor tools, not to mention other more magical equipment such as bows, arrows, leather armor, rattan chairs, pottery and other pottery.
But no matter what kind of tool it is used, it depends on manpower.
Even if you use a horse to carry things, it is just used as an auxiliary.
Everyone knows that Xiaoma is Xu Chen’s baby and she loves it like a baby on weekdays.
No one thought that horses could be used to plow the fields.
Although the plow has just been invented in the past few days, it is obvious that using horses to cultivate fields is much faster than using people.
Under the excitement of hundreds of people, they saw two people controlling the wooden plow with one horse, and the soil kept rushing like a wild beast, and the speed was much faster than that of humans.
Seeing the little pony walking effortlessly, everyone felt the blood flowing in their bodies, as if they had seen a completely different new world.
Xu Chen likes to tame wild animals. Although his tribe members have always been tolerant, they really feel that it is useless in their hearts. Especially the pony, which started with a foal that was only three feet tall, and had been raised for nearly two years. It requires careful care and feeding all year round, and almost every day, it has to be taken out for a walk.
But the so-called raising troops for a thousand days is used for a moment.
At this moment, everyone suddenly understood Xu Chen's far-sighted wisdom, and the careful care of the past two years has not been in vain.
The speed of plowing the fields alone is enough to completely impress everyone.
If there are more than ten horses and more than ten wooden plows, these hundreds of acres of land can be quickly plowed and leveled.
As for farmlands that remove weeds and stems, you can imagine how strong and tall the oats and wild beans will grow next year.
"Chenga, Maduogaga!"
Seeing Xu Chen and Gu Geng return to the edge of the field, a large group of men and women surrounded him excitedly again. Many people were drooling and stroking the pony, just like a group of old clients stroking the girl's tender skin, and their eyes were glowing green.
Horses can carry goods, ride and plow the fields. The more treasures and beasts there are, the better.
Xu Chen really could only smile bitterly this time.
He also wanted Maduogaga.
But this thing is really hard to do.
A group of horses living in the valleys all year round lively and freely under his appeasement policy, without any harm.
But these Mustangs are too fast to catch them at all.
After winter, these horses migrate to mountains and forests for most of their time, and it is even more difficult to catch them. Since the river has stopped flowing, these wild horses have not known where to go.
Therefore, from beginning to end, he only had this precious horse.
Although horses can plow the fields, he will definitely not use them to make them hard for these savages.
Compared with farming, he attaches more importance to the riding function of horses.
In this era when he basically depends on leaving, he has been unable to bear the hard work of rushing out several times and has been waiting for the pony to grow up.
He would definitely not want to be able to ride but used to plow the fields.
Therefore, facing a group of noisy men and women, Xu Chen carefully reminded everyone to cherish the ponies and that they can only use them to plow the land for half a day at most. After plowing, they must feed some oats and wild beans to ensure that they cannot lose weight.
After obtaining the consent of Moba and others who did not understand but could understand it, Xu Chen once again carefully reminded him not to be too tired, and he must stop and rest for every half acre of land, drink water and eat grass, etc.
After obtaining Gu's guarantee, Xu Chen solemnly handed the reins to Gu's hands.
“南~~”
The little horse seemed to sneer at Xu Chen's mother-in-law and mother. After sniffing and arching him with his head a few times, he shook his shiny and smooth mane, and raised his head and embarked on his journey to plow the fields again.
In the next few days, Xu Chen brought a group of tool people to make several wooden plows and gradually plowed the farmland. There was only one pony and it had to be used as a treasure, so most of them were still tilled by manpower.
However, with the put into use of these wooden plows, the cleaning speed of farmland has accelerated a lot. The newly reclaimed 300 acres of farmland have become decent, while the 100 acres of mature fields planted last year have all been plowed and raked.
Because of the sufficient manpower and the rapid damage of the field rake, Xu Chen also instructed several men to start making wooden-toothed rakes.
With this simple artificial raking tool, more than half of the newly reclaimed farmland was quickly cleaned.
Chapter completed!