mtl008 Chapter 172 Harvest
Chapter 172 Harvest
"Let me do it!" Su Mu peeled a coconut egg for Zhou Ziyu, "Look!"
"Sumu, you are so awesome!" The last time he and his grandfather ate a coconut, they just opened a hole and poured out the water to drink. Unexpectedly, the coconut can be eaten this way.
Su Muyou cut a small hole for Ji Shiyan, inserted a bamboo tube and handed it to Ji Shiyan, "Here is one for you."
"Thank you, Mumu." Ji Shiyan took it with a smile.
"These few acres of rapeseed should be harvested today."
Several people watched as many workers in the fields were working hard to harvest rapeseed.
The harvested rapeseed is placed on a mat and aired for two or three days under someone's supervision until all the rapeseed pods burst open.
The farmer hit the rapeseed hard with the flail sent by Sumu, and the rapeseed inside fell onto the mat.
"Sumu, your flail is so useful. It can complete a task that would take several days in just one or two days." Zhou Ziyu exclaimed. He thought it would take ten days or half a month.
"This flail can also be used to beat wheat and other seedlings. You can keep it for future use."
"Yeah, okay." Zhou Ziyu was very happy. He was the first one to get this flail.
Farmers pour the harvested rapeseed into a grain blower to filter out impurities, and the clean rapeseed comes down in a rush.
"Let's go and see what the output is."
The rapeseed is put on a large scale and weighed basket by basket. One acre of land produces about 200 kilograms of rapeseed.
Several farmers whispered to each other, "What is this thing? The yield per mu is only 200 kilograms."
"I don't know. The particles are so small, I don't know if they taste good." Several people murmured in a low voice.
"Is this output a lot or a little?" Zhou Ziyu wondered.
"For rapeseed, a yield of 200 kilograms per mu is still acceptable."
"That's fine!" Zhou Ziyu was very happy.
"The yield per mu is 200 kilograms, which means 80 kilograms of oil can be extracted. You have ten mu of land, and you can get nearly kilograms of oil just by extracting oil." kilograms of oil is not a small amount.
"A thousand kilograms of oil!" Zhou Ziyu raised his voice, "So much!" Although their family is a duke, they have never seen a thousand kilograms of oil!
The farmers over there heard it and started whispering to each other, "Did you hear that? This thing can be used to extract oil! It can extract so much oil!" The eyes of those people became hot as they looked at the rapeseed.
"Sumu, thank you so much, this is great!" Zhou Ziyu was so happy that he didn't know what to do. "As for our share, I'll give it to you after I squeeze the oil, and I'll also give you a few barrels of oil squeezed from the rapeseed I grow myself."
"Well, then we'll wait for you." Su Mu smiled.
She thought the profit sharing was just talk. She sold rapeseed for a considerable sum of money, and she didn't contribute anything to the planting and oil pressing, so it was hard for him to still want to give her a share.
"Hahahahaha, from planting to harvesting, it's all managed by me, I'm so awesome!" Zhou Ziyu now feels a great sense of accomplishment, as if there are countless oils in front of him.
"I'll tell my grandfather this good news, and he will definitely praise me!" Zhou Ziyu put his hands on his hips and looked up with a very confident tone.
Over there, a group of workers were loading rapeseed onto a truck and transporting it to an oil press for storage and oil pressing.
"Take away everything I brought you this time, and let's go back."
"Okay! Wait until the oil is pressed, I'll bring you some oil!"
Ji Shiyan and Su Mu went back in the carriage.
"The rapeseed yield this time is still very high."
"Yes, we can produce about 800 to 900 kilograms of oil by pressing. Although not everyone can eat rapeseed oil, a small number of people can still eat it."
Su Mu also thought that corn could be used to extract oil, but the amount of oil extracted from corn was too small, with only a few percent of oil being extracted. There were no chemical agents here that could be used to extract the oil like modern ones.
When the two returned home, as soon as Su Mu entered the yard, he saw several great scholars and a group of people sitting in the yard chatting.
"The village master is back." Several people stood up.
"This is what you are doing?"
"We came to see Xiangjun. Since Xiangjun is not here, we can have a chat." The great scholar smiled and said, "Your brothers are all very spiritual."
"Master, you are too kind." Su said modestly.
"Those rooms have been cleaned up, and we plan to start teaching in a few days. During this period, we will notify each family's children." Advance notice will help students prepare.
"Okay, the tables, chairs and benches are all there." Su Mu nodded.
"How many children in this first batch went to school?"
"There are more than twenty!"
"So many." Su Mu thought that there could only be a dozen children at the beginning, which was already a lot. The children's school tuition, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, books, etc. all cost a lot.
"There are seven or eight girls in here."
The great scholar couldn't believe it. The people in this village had quite advanced ideas. Generally speaking, they would marry girls. Some families would not let girls go to school. They would either stay at home to work or be confined at home to do needlework.
Su Mu was very pleased. This was a very good start. He believed that many people were also watching.
"We must pay special attention to this woman." Su Mu warned.
Although reputation is not as strict as before, it is still very important. You can't just take good care of their daughter when someone sends her to you.
"We know that." Although farm children, both boys and girls, played together, they had to be extremely careful to protect the children when they came to school.
"I am purchasing some pens, ink, paper and inkstones for you to use as rewards for the top few children."
"Yeah." The country gentleman is really a kind person!
Colleges usually have ten-day, monthly and annual exams. The top few in each exam can be given some rewards, such as pens, inkstones, paper, pork, vegetables, cloth and cotton, which can be given to the children as rewards, which can also improve their lives.
"Mr. Xiang, these are the books we have sorted out in the past few days. Take a look." Master He took out a few books strung together with ropes.
Su Mu flipped through the book and realized that these great scholars were not just talking big. Even the basic knowledge of literacy was very interesting.
"I believe in you. You have arranged this course very well." Su Mu praised.
"Just do as you ask."
Su Mu then handed over the writing of numbers to the scholar, "These simple counting numbers can also be taught to children, but remember to learn both types of numbers."
Numbers are very convenient, but they are not yet popularized and can only be used privately. No one will be able to recognize them when you take them out. Only when they are popularized among the whole population will they be truly convenient.
"These numbers are very exquisite. Just one or two strokes represent a number." Master He stroked his beard.
"The rest of the professors will all rely on you great scholars." Su Mu was humble and polite.
"Okay, okay." Several great scholars took the number correspondence tables and left happily.
Before several great scholars even walked out of the door, they began clamoring to see what was written on the paper.