The wooden parts made by the carpenter are finished and have just been delivered.

A crowd had gathered in front of the gate, discussing what a threshing machine actually looked like.

The news that the scholar was going to make a threshing machine began to spread throughout the village, and people came one after another, some even abandoning their farm work to come and see how the threshing machine threshed grain.

In previous years, after the villagers harvested the rice, they would pile it up together and only start threshing it after the busy "double harvest" season was over. If the rice was piled up together and it rained, it would easily get moldy and spoil.

They hoped that the threshing machine made by the scholar could be used for their own purposes, just like when the scholar built a waterwheel some time ago, which benefited the whole village.

With the carpenter and blacksmith present, Zhao Xian didn't need to do the installation himself; he only needed to guide them.

This manual threshing machine is not complicated in structure. The two workers were skilled and quickly installed the machine.

The carpenter and blacksmith could hardly believe their eyes when they saw the threshing machine in front of them; they had actually made it themselves.

Zhao Xian inspected the assembled threshing machine. After confirming that there were no problems with its structure, he began to step on the pedal below. The gears immediately started to turn, driving the upper wheel to rotate at high speed.

There shouldn't be any problems; it should be usable.

To ensure the threshing machine operates efficiently, it is best to have four people operate it: two to thresh the grains and two to deliver them.

Zhao Xian had the threshing machine carried to the threshing ground and began to demonstrate it to everyone.

He first grabbed a handful of rice, then stepped on the pedal below. As the upper wheel spun rapidly, he placed the handful of rice on the wheel, and the rice on the straw was quickly knocked off and fell in front of the threshing machine.

The threshing process is very fast. The rice stalks swing on the wheel once, and the threshing is completed, turning the handful of rice in your hand into a handful of straw.

The crowd quickly understood what was going on, and they all stepped forward to try it out.

The threshing machine is operated by two people, with two others delivering the rice. If the four people work together well, the threshing efficiency is very high.

After going around in circles, many people tried it out and found it very easy to operate, with excellent results in threshing.

Seeing that everyone had tried it, Zhao Xian began the formal threshing process. Two people threshed the rice while stepping on it, and two others were responsible for handing over the rice. The four of them worked closely together, and in no time, all the rice had been threshed.

The threshing machine was so useful; in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a large pile of rice was threshed, and everyone was very excited.

Zhao Xian collected the harvested rice grains, wanting to know how much rice his family's less than one-acre paddy field could produce.

Soon the weight of the rice was found, totaling 580 jin. If the rice were dried and some impurities were removed, the net weight of the rice should be more than 500 jin.

In this way, we can calculate that the yield per mu of that paddy field is at least 600 jin. In ancient times, it would have been absolutely impossible for rice to have such a high yield.

This caused an uproar. In today's terms, this would be equivalent to a yield of 5,000 to 6,000 catties of rice per mu, which is like launching a satellite. No one would believe it if you told them. It was the same in ancient times; no one would believe such a high yield.

But all of this happened right under the villagers' noses, and there was no fabrication involved, making it impossible not to believe.

The crowd was abuzz with discussion. Zhao Xian felt he was a fraudster and decided he would no longer use chemical fertilizers in his rice paddies, letting nature take its course to avoid unnecessary trouble.

He looked at the carpenter and the blacksmith and asked:

"Calculate how much it will cost to manufacture these parts, and I will pay you."

In fact, the two had already calculated it. When Zhao Xian asked them how much they needed to pay, they immediately quoted a price.

Excluding the installation fee, you need to pay the carpenter fifty coins and the blacksmith eighty coins, which should add up to one hundred and thirty coins. If you take the installation fee into account, it should be around one hundred and fifty coins.

This price is reasonable, and most farmers can afford it.

The blacksmith and carpenter realized that business had picked up and estimated that they would make a lot of money in the near future.

"If the villagers want to make threshing machines, you can make them for them. But if people from other villages want you to make them, you must go through the village head," Zhao Xian instructed the two men.

The two nodded, took the copper coins from Zhao Xian, and left excitedly.

Since the rice harvest has begun and the villagers have some surplus grain, Zhao Xian has decided to stop buying barnyard grass starting tomorrow. He needs to inform the village head first so that he can notify the villagers as soon as possible.

Speak of the devil, and he appears! Just then, the village headman walked over barefoot, his face beaming with joy.

"I heard you made a rice threshing machine when I was harvesting rice in the field just now, so I came here to take a look."

"Uncle Village Head, this is the threshing machine. All the rice in our house has been threshed, and it works well. You can take it home and use it," Zhao Xian said with a smile.

The village head walked over to the threshing machine, looked at it closely, and quickly understood how it worked.

"Scholar, you're so clever! You managed to design such an ingenious device. Your brain works really well," the village head exclaimed, stroking the threshing machine.

The village head lifted the threshing machine and found that it wasn't heavy; one person could easily carry it.

"Oh, right, Uncle Village Head, there's something else I need to talk to you about," Zhao Xian said.

"Tell me what it is, and I'll do it for you."

"The rice harvest has started now. Starting tomorrow, I will stop buying barnyard grass. Please ask Uncle Lizheng to inform the villagers."

“That’s easy. I’ll have the night watchman walk around the village this evening and let them know,” the village headman said.

"There's one more thing. I've already told the blacksmith and carpenter who made the threshing machine that if anyone from our village wants one, just make it for them. But if someone from a neighboring village wants one, they must get the village head's permission."

"Okay, I know what to do. You've done another great thing for the village. I'm so happy today, I'm going to have a couple of drinks tonight."

After the village head finished speaking, he prepared to leave. Zhao Xian asked Zhao Xiaoshan to help him deliver the threshing machine.

Because people from neighboring villages were still clearing land on the other side of the wasteland, Li Guang was busy in the wasteland. When he finished work and returned home in the evening, he learned about Zhao Xian's manufacture of a threshing machine and immediately became interested.

"Brother Zhao, what does your threshing machine look like? I'd like to see it," Li Guang asked eagerly.

“Uncle Village Head took it home and used it; he should have been threshing the grain at his doorstep.”

"Then I'll go take a look." After saying that, Li Guang quickly walked towards the village head's house.

"You've had a long day, why don't you take a rest?" Zhao Xian called out from behind him.

"It's alright, I'm not tired. I'll go take a look first and come back later." Li Guang said and then disappeared.