It's July, and although the sweltering heat has subsided, the temperature is still quite high.
Wang Xiao, a worker at the ironworks, had just stepped out of his house when he spotted a group of people gathered in the alley and quickly walked over.
"Hey, hey, hey~, don't rush, kid brought a lot of newspapers this time, there's enough for everyone!!"
Surrounded by the newspaper boys, they shouted excitedly as they collected money and sold newspapers.
Before long, the crowd surrounding the newspaper buyers thinned out, and Wang Xiaoye stepped forward and skillfully took out two copper coins.
"Hey kid, give me one, please!!"
"Alright!"
The newsboy happily accepted the copper coin, then took out a newspaper and handed it to Wang Xiao.
Picking up the newspaper, Wang Xiao hurried back home. Although Wang Xiao's house was low, it was clean and tidy, and the house was fully furnished with various household items. The aroma of food wafted from the kitchen.
Smelling the enticing aroma of the food, Wang Xiao smiled and then walked towards the kitchen.
Inside the kitchen, on an altar facing south, is a longevity tablet for the current emperor.
Wang Xiao's wife was busy at the stove with a smile on her face, preparing breakfast for the family, while Wang Xiao's daughter was sitting at the wooden table with yesterday's newspaper, loudly reading its contents.
"On that day, the Han envoy Chu Qian, with the imposing gait of a dragon and the tiger, stepped into the Xianbei's tent..."
Wang Xiao, standing at the kitchen doorway, looked at the peaceful and harmonious scene inside the kitchen and a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Huh? You bought the newspaper?"
The youngest daughter, who was reading the newspaper, saw Wang Xiao at the door and ran over happily, her eyes fixed on the newspaper in Wang Xiao's hand.
"Yes, I've bought it. Quickly read it to your father!"
Wang Xiao chuckled and ruffled his daughter's hair, handing the newspaper to his wife as he spoke.
"Oh dear, Father, your daughter doesn't even know many words yet, how could I read the newspaper to you...?"
"Uh~, weren't you reciting it just now? How come you can't recite it now?" Wang Xiao looked at her daughter in astonishment.
"My daughter read it to her husband all day yesterday and memorized it... There are so many words on it that she's never seen before!"
Looking at the dense, unfamiliar characters on the newspaper, Wang's youngest daughter was immediately at a loss.
"Hey~, it's okay, just read the ones you know!"
Wang Xiao smiled and waved her hand, then pulled her daughter to sit down at the wooden table.
"Oh well!!"
Then the little girl sat down beside Wang Xiao with a serious air and began to recite:
"Yesterday, Your Majesty... civil and military officials... experimented... and the yield per mu increased by 40%... enough to feed... 20 million people!"
Listening to her daughter stammering as she read the newspaper, Wang Xiao finally managed to understand the gist of it by the end.
The newspaper contained a lot of content, describing not only the benefits of increased grain production but also methods for proper planting.
"If that means we can grow more and more grain, then we won't have to go hungry anymore! That's wonderful!"
Although Wang Xiao didn't farm, he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
Like Wang Xiao, many people cheered after learning about the contents of the newspaper, thinking that even an extra pound of grain per acre might save their lives.
In no time, the reputation of Grand Minister of Agriculture Cao Song and several agricultural officials spread far and wide among the people, and they were widely praised.
It's July now, the sweltering heat has passed, but the temperature remains stubbornly high.
A heat wave swept through, and the floating wheat in the countryside outside the city ripened overnight.
Countless people and farmers happily picked up their sickles, drove their carts to the fields, and began to harvest the fruits of their year's hard work.
In the west of the city, Mo Shang led more than a dozen disciples from the Research and Manufacturing Division to a field.
Beside them were a harvester that the Research and Development Department had painstakingly developed and perfected, as well as a threshing machine.
"Begin harvesting!!"
After Mo Shang shouted, two disciples pushed the harvester into the field, one on each side.
As the wheels at the bottom of the harvester were driven, the gears inside the harvester also started to turn, and the two rows of sharp saw teeth at the front began to swing from side to side.
"Click~ Click!"
The wheat that was blocking the harvester was cut off by the sharp saw teeth, and then moved aside by a conveyor belt above the saw teeth that resembled a waterwheel.
Mo Shang and the others followed closely behind the harvester, meticulously recording its harvesting speed and operation.
"One harvester can harvest five rows, making two people equivalent to five people, and it's more than twice as fast..."
However, the transmission is not very secure, and occasional omissions occur, requiring someone to pick up and organize the data from behind...!
Under normal circumstances, these three can harvest at the speed that ten people usually do!
As Mo Shang spoke, the disciples behind him nervously took notes.
Several farmers nearby stared in shock at Mo Shang and his group, as well as the combine harvester that was constantly reaping the floating wheat with a "clack-clack" sound.
"Is...is that a divine artifact?"
"Of course! Two people pushing a cart and harvesting the wheat so quickly, what else could it be but a miracle...?"
The farmers were also discussing it. They had worked on the land all their lives and never imagined that wheat could be harvested without a sickle, and so quickly at that.
Mo Shang then went to the side of the harvester, his eyes fixed on the harvesting process.
About half an hour later, the saw teeth on the front of the harvester suddenly stopped swinging, and the two disciples pushing the harvester also stopped.
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