"Dad, how many rice transplanters did you make in total?"

“Ten units are fully functional, but eight more haven’t been installed yet,” Li Erhan said, taking a puff of his tobacco.

"Big sister, is it time to plant rice seedlings?" Li Xishui asked her when she heard this.

"Yes, I just came from the rice seedling field. We can transplant the rice tomorrow."

"Big sister, no problem. We can work overtime tonight and still make a few more."

The young men standing in the yard all said they would come and work with them after dinner.

After he finished speaking, the young men all gathered around Li Xishui to learn how to operate the rice transplanter.

Everyone was full of energy, dreaming of pulling a rice transplanter through the paddy fields tomorrow, watching the green seedlings being planted in the fields by the machine in their hands. Just thinking about it was wonderful!

Li Lanzhen ignored them and looked down at the rice transplanter she had just pushed over.

Although they are all made entirely of wood, they are very exquisite.

Two handlebars connect to a carriage, and the top is a rice seedling tray for placing rice seedlings.

There are four duckbill-shaped rice planting arms below, which allows four rows of rice seedlings to be planted at the same time.

The long rice-planting arm has a duckbill at the front and a strong, powerful arm at the back, through which a horizontal bar connects two gears of different sizes.

When a person pulls this rice transplanter forward, the two gears mesh to generate power, driving the long transplanting arm. The duckbill clamps four rice seedlings, and the transplanting begins, simulating a human hand.

Li Lanzhen pushed it twice and felt it was very light and agile; it should be quite fast in the paddy fields.

He looked up and chuckled at Li Erhan.

"Dad, thank you for your hard work. You and Xishui are both wonderful!"

I just looked at the picture and figured it out after a few tries!

Praised by his daughter, Li Erhan proudly raised his head, put his hands behind his back, and laughed heartily.

"My daughter is really capable; she can even come up with the idea for this kind of machine and draw its design."

Fatty Pang surrounded Li Lanzhen from all sides.

When he saw the rice transplanter, he really wanted to open his eyes wide and widen them again, and just put the rice transplanter inside.

At this moment, seeing that Li Lanzhen had pushed the rice transplanter twice and then stopped, he quickly took over the task.

While pushing it slowly, I bent down to observe it.

He raised his head, his face beaming, and said to Li Lanzhen.

"Auntie, you are truly talented!"

This is truly one of a kind in the world!

Li Lanzhen waved her hand and said, "No, I just drew a simple diagram. It was my father and brother who were very skillful and experimented again and again before they were able to make it."

Fatty Pang immediately showered Li Erhan with praise.

Li Er was beaming with joy. Today, he not only received praise from his daughter but also from court officials.

Pang Pangzi pushed the rice transplanter over and placed it down, looking at Li Lanzhen.

Li Lanzhen knew that what was bound to happen would happen eventually.

"Auntie, look, can I make a copy of this rice transplanter design and submit it to the imperial court so that farmers all over the country can use it?"

Li Lanzhen glanced at him and said, "Don't rush this. Now it's spring planting, summer is for farmland management, and autumn is for the harvest."

It's unknown whether any farm tools were made during this period.

So we'll talk about it when you leave. Of course, we need to give you a proper explanation first; I can't just hand you this blueprint and let you take it with you after a few words.

The chubby man nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's exactly right. I'll go back and report to the Vice Minister of Revenue."

Li Lanzhen had already come up with a solution: the best thing to do was to spread advanced agricultural tools, which would not only reduce the labor intensity of farmers but also increase their speed.

If these methods were handed over to the imperial court and managed by the Ministry of Revenue, they could also bring benefits to the Ministry of Revenue.

However, these things must never be in the hands of certain powerful families or high-ranking officials.

They profit from this, so these farm tools not only fail to serve their intended purpose, but also impose an unnecessary burden on farmers.

She brought this up today to see how the imperial court would handle the matter.

Since the Crown Prince and the Vice Minister of Revenue are both here, and they have their own channels for transmitting messages, we might as well go and report it.

Since the Crown Prince awoke, Li Lanzhen noticed that pigeons had been flying in and out of Peach Blossom Spring for a period of time.

She knew this must be a carrier pigeon, and likely a communication tool used by the Crown Prince to communicate with the outside world.

While having dinner in the dining room, Han Shunde arranged the rice planting work for the next day.

The number of people in the team reclaiming wasteland was reduced by half.

Work in other areas continues as usual.

The rest of the people will gather at the paddy field tomorrow.

According to the method that Li Lanzhen had told them in advance.

The rice seedlings were mostly grown in fields where children were around thirteen or fourteen years old.

Their job is to pull up the rice seedlings according to a certain row spacing, bundle them up, and then throw them out of the field.

People standing on the paddy field ridges put rice seedlings in baskets and carried them to the paddy fields in the main field.

The remaining able-bodied men were all concentrated in the large paddy fields.

The adults and children were incredibly excited after hearing the village chief's arrangements!

This is the first time they've planted rice since they came here, which means they'll be able to eat white rice in the fall.

I've never seen so many rice paddies even in my original village.

I had already seen the young men operating the rice transplanter in the woodworking shop during the day.

At this moment, he was excitedly describing to everyone how wonderful the rice transplanter was.

This further fueled people's desire to hurry to the rice paddies the next morning to see the rice transplanter.

The next morning, after breakfast, people dispersed and went about their own business.

The young men had already pushed 20 rice transplanters to the edge of the paddy field.

Each of them gripped the handle of the rice transplanter tightly, refusing to let go.

Anyone who wants to see it can only look; they cannot touch it.

They all wanted to be among the first to use rice transplanters to plant rice seedlings in paddy fields.

The water in the paddy field, even after being drained, was only up to the ankles.

The first group of people to carry the lush green rice seedlings from the paddy fields where they were being cultivated were, of course, the able-bodied laborers.

They first went to the rice seedling cultivation field, thinned out the seedlings, bundled them up in bunches, and then carried them over in baskets.

The rest was left to the children to do.

Five rice transplanters were arranged in one mu of paddy field.

The rest of the people were manually transplanting rice seedlings in the paddy fields behind.

Each rice transplanter is accompanied by a person who loads or replaces the seedlings.

Li Lanzhen, Han Shunde, three officials from the Ministry of Revenue, and Crown Prince Bai Houpu all stood by the paddy field, watching the use of the rice transplanter.

In this field, Zhang Songshu is pushing a rice transplanter, with Han Youliang beside him.

They worked in pairs to take charge of the first rice paddy.

With a loud shout from Zhang Deshui, "Time to transplant the rice seedlings!"

Everyone sprang into action.

Han Youliang and Zhang Songshu lifted the rice transplanter into the paddy field, placed it with their hands facing forward on the edge of the paddy field near where Li Lanzhen and the others were standing.

Han Youliang skillfully placed the seedlings he had just picked from the nursery into the seedling tray of the rice transplanter.

The two checked the rice transplanter again. Zhang Songshu turned around, gripped the handle of the rice transplanter tightly, leaned forward slightly, and pulled the rice transplanter forward.