Chapter 189: Plunder
Chapter 189: Plunder
If other people knew why Ji Shiyan invited the imperial physician, Ji Shiyan would be too ashamed to face anyone, and the emperor would not know how to laugh at him.
"When will Grandpa Ji Shiyan come back?" She wanted to show him the blueprint to see if the blade could be made.
"He will be back in these two days." The emperor was somewhat relieved that Su girl actually took the initiative to ask about Ji Shiyan's news. This was a big improvement for Ji Shiyan!
When I got back, I sent a message to Ji Shiyan to come quickly. Su Yatou was looking for him!
When Ji Shiyan received the news, he saw that Su Mu actually missed him, so he rode over on his horse in a very happy mood.
"Mumu, is there anything you want to talk to me about?" The next day, Ji Shiyan appeared at the door of the Su family.
"You're back so soon?" I just mentioned him yesterday, and today I saw him in person.
"Mumu, doesn't he want to talk to me about something?" So he came.
Su Mu felt a little touched. Just because he said something, he came straight over. Moreover, he had no idea what Su Mu wanted to ask him. What if he just asked casually?
If Ji Shiyan knew what Su Mu was thinking, he would definitely say, "Then I will come over. The appearance of my name from your mouth means that you think of me. If you think of me, I will appear in front of you the first time and will never let you wait for a moment."
"Come in, have you had breakfast?" Su Mu smiled gently.
"No." Ji Shiyan answered honestly. He just wanted to see Mumu as soon as possible.
"Come and eat with us."
Seeing Ji Shiyan wanted to refuse, Su Mu pulled him in and said, "Why are you being so polite here?"
"Then I'll bother you."
"Come on, let's eat together." The family members also warmly invited Ji Shiyan when they saw him.
The Su family’s breakfast was also very sumptuous. The family sat together, eating delicious food, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very warm.
"Ji Shiyan, come here, I'll show you some drawings." After dinner, Su Mu talked about business.
"Okay." Ji Shiyan followed Su Mu into a study.
"Look at these two drawings. Can his blade be made?" Su Mu placed the two drawings in front of him.
"What is this?" Ji Shiyan took the blueprint and looked at the shape drawn on it. "Is this a weapon?"
As expected of someone who has been on the battlefield, if you give him a modified blueprint, you can tell that its original form was a weapon.
"The original form of this was a weapon, but now the blueprint shows it as an improved farm tool for harvesting wheat."
Su Mu took another piece of paper and drew the style of the original weapon, "This is the style of his predecessor's weapon." Su Mu took the long sickle again, "This is the improved sickle style."
"These two are indeed somewhat similar, and both look good." That weapon must have great lethality. According to this specified length, it would be easy to break the shield and besiege the enemy's warhorse.
"You can also use the weapons to test whether they can be used." She didn't know much about these weapons and didn't know whether they could be used, but these things existed in history and should be very useful.
"In addition to that weapon, these two objects are sickles for harvesting wheat. One is a long-handled sickle, and the other is a scoop."
This long-handled sickle is easy to understand. It is a long stick with a protrusion in the middle which should be convenient for holding, and the sickle body below is long.
"How should this lance be used?" This object looks a little complicated.
"This looks complicated, but it's actually very simple." Su Mu explained each part to Ji Shiyan one by one.
"The overall shape of the blade is similar to a widened 'J'. Look here." Su Mu pointed to the curved part.
"Below this is a large net bag similar to the shape of a dustpan, about three feet six inches long, with a sharp blade installed on the edge and a rope on the other side.
This reaper can easily harvest the wheat, and all the harvested wheat is collected in this net bag."
The wheat in the net bags made it easier for people to bundle it into bundles and transport it to carts.
"I roughly understand." Ji Shiyan nodded.
"And the most important thing is that compared with a sickle, this reaper is much more efficient and won't hurt your waist. Its harvesting speed is five or six times that of a sickle." Su Mu said.
"So many! This means that if a person can harvest two acres of land with a sickle, then he can harvest ten acres with this hoe." This is a significant improvement, and the speed of harvesting wheat is very fast.
"If we use this to harvest this year, it will be very convenient for the people." Mu Mu is really amazing and he can always give himself unexpected surprises.
"This method is very simple and easy to use. You can learn it in no time. Hold the long pole in one hand and the direction rope in the other. Use your left and right hands to control it. Pull and release and you can easily cut down a large field of wheat. The width is about the width of two outstretched arms."
Her family has a lot of land, and using a sickle to cut the land is not only labor-intensive but also very slow. The making of this sickle not only makes things convenient for herself, but also for the people. Why not do it?
Ji Shiyan already understood everything. "The plunder is quite easy to use. It just needs to be made and sold quickly before the busy farming season. This way, it can be sold in time for the wheat harvest."
"Yes." Su Mu agreed.
"And the long sickle is very convenient for cutting grass, but it should not be as useful as a scythe for cutting wheat for ordinary people." Su Mu compared the difference between the two.
The wheat cannot be gathered together and needs manpower to be sorted out, which is an extra step, but it is very convenient for harvesting tall grass.
"This long sickle is also very useful. I'll take it and try to make a weapon to see how effective it is." If it is useful, then there will be one more powerful weapon on the battlefield.
"Okay, the drawings are given to you anyway, so it's up to you to decide how to do it." Su Mu said with a smile. After working together so many times, he still trusted him very much.
"When this weapon is made, Mumu will be the first one to be notified." If that place wasn't closed to others, he would have wanted to take Mumu with him.
Mumu can go with us to make the loot!
"Mumu, will you come with us to make the loot?" Ji Shiyan asked with great anticipation.
"Then I'll go with you!"
Su Mu thought that he had nothing to do in the past few days, so he joined in the production and saw the plunder come out, which gave him a sense of accomplishment.
"Then I'll pick you up."
If he had a tail, it would probably be shaking out a shadow at this moment.
"That's fine, let's go together."
Su Mu copied down the drawings and the methods of use.
Ji Shiyan was surprised when he saw Su Mu's handwriting, "Mu Mu, your handwriting has improved a lot!"
Last time I could only write horizontally and vertically, but this time my writing strokes, font structure and strength have improved tremendously!
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