Steel Dynasty - Chapter 816

[Chapter 815 Horsepower Harvester]

The wind on the grassland made Dorgo’s golden tent rustle.

The words of the Golden Horde Nageltu were agreed by most of the banner leaders. Continuous failures have caused them to lose confidence.

They can no longer bear the loss of tribal cavalry. After all, in addition to the Great Yu Kingdom, they also face the threat of the Ottoman Empire in the Western Region. There are also some small tribes in the north of the grassland that covet the grassland. They are called Tatars. The ancestors of these people come from Persia. Has always lived near the North Sea.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Dorgo gradually calmed down. Although he hated Gertu very much, he admitted that Gertu’s words were right.

It was impossible for them to capture the city occupied by Dayu State, and when they lost the city, they also lost most of their slaves and tribesmen.

He believed that the Dayu National Congress would take advantage of this great victory to continue to conquer the remaining three cities before winter, and with the current strength of his troops, he would be unable to stop them.

What’s more, for him, a person who is more threatening than the Emperor of Chongqing appears, this is Geertu.

They can recapture the city if it is gone, but if the Golden Horde is internally divided, their glory will be a thing of the past.

Obviously, Gertu is now challenging his authority. If he puts his tribe into the war with Dayu again, Gertu is likely to rebel and seize his throne.

After all, all the sons who were qualified to inherit his throne were dead.

So for him, the most important thing now is to win over the leaders of these tribes, and to win over them, he must follow their wishes.

After pondering for a long time, Dorgo said: “You are right, I will not send my people to die anymore, but now that the Chongqing Kingdom is pressing hard, what should we do?”

“Move westward, now we should move westward. “A banner leader said, “Next, Dayu will attack Raozhou. Shengdu is too close to Raozhou. Now we have to move west. The grassland is our hometown.”

Dorgo sighed. In fact. The nomadic tribes on the grasslands have never looked down upon the tribesmen who farmed in the six cities.

In their opinion, life on horseback is noble.

“Let all the tribesmen in Raozhou, Jianzhou, and Yingzhou evacuate the city and burn the city to the ground. Nothing can be left for Dayu.” Geertu said sternly.

Dorgo nodded, without the protection of the cavalry, these three cities were unable to withstand the attack of Great Yu.

Continuing to resist will only allow Dayu to gain more tribesmen and slaves. He knows very well what Dayu has done to their tribesmen after occupying the city.

“Dolan, you go to Jianzhou immediately, Balu, you go to Yingzhou immediately, Wutuo, you go to Raozhou immediately, tell the tribesmen to burn the city, kill the slaves who refuse to leave, and don’t give anything. Da Yuguo stayed,” Dorgo said bitterly.

The three Golden Horde soldiers responded and left.

The flag leaders nodded with satisfaction after hearing this. Although this was a result that none of them wanted to see, it was obvious that they no longer had the ability to stop the Chongqing army from attacking the three cities below them.

On the grassland, they live in pursuit of water and grass. They can move at any time when faced with threats, but the city is different. They cannot leave with the city.

Geertu originally wanted to use this matter to unite the banner leaders against Dorgo, but now Dorgo’s decision left him no excuse. He snorted softly and looked at Dorgo, with unwillingness in his eyes. .

In his heart, the current desperate situation that the Golden Horde is facing is all caused by Dorgo, and he is no longer worthy of being the Heavenly Khan of the Golden Horde.

It’s just that there are still many banner leaders supporting Dorgo. There is no benefit in directly confronting him now, but he will not give up. On the grassland, their Goshawk tribe is strong.

…

Qingzhou.

After three days of continuous drizzle, the weather gradually cleared up, and the people who were worried that their food would rot in the fields finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the Qingzhou government also issued orders to the production teams in various states and counties, asking them to harvest quickly to avoid unnecessary losses.

Although the imperial court has now opened up private trade to the people, the supervision of all walks of life in the Chongqing Kingdom has not been relaxed. Freedom needs to be restricted, otherwise endless freedom will only cause disaster and national turmoil.

Xiao Ming sees this very clearly, so the current economy of Great Chongqing is not a completely free capital economy. Behind the free circulation, Xiao Ming has always kept a secret.

In addition to industry and commerce, Xiao Ming naturally did not allow agriculture to grow wildly. The current situation in Chongqing is not suitable for the people to do whatever they want. In fact, during the country’s difficult times, the country pursued a planned economy. Roosevelt’s New Deal during World War II fully demonstrated this point.

During this period, the United States abandoned its previous liberal economic policies and began to intervene in some areas of the market economy in a planned way. At this time, the centralized economy exerted its powerful advantages.

Because of this, Xiao Ming believes that the most important thing at present when Great Yu is in desperate need of development is to combine the centralized economy with the free market, and then gradually let go after Great Yu can achieve initial prosperity like Europe.

“Your Majesty, I have to say that this machinery workshop was established too timely. During the spring plowing this year, we first had this horsepower drill, which increased the cultivation efficiency of the plantation twenty times compared to before. Now we have the horsepower harvester. The spared slaves can be used to open twenty more plantations.” Zhan Xingchang accompanied Xiao Ming for a walk in the fields.

June is coming soon, which is the season for wheat to mature. When we leave Qingzhou City, we can see the golden waves of wheat, and many people are already harvesting in the fields.

Every year during the harvest season, Xiao Ming would visit the farmlands and plantations around Qingzhou City. Every time he saw the grain, he would feel calmer.

According to contemporary standards, most areas of Greater Chongqing are below the poverty line. These areas are very fragile. Once a natural or man-made disaster occurs, production may be reduced or even no harvest, which would be a disaster.

Looking at the horse-powered harvester pulled by three horses in the field, Xiao Ming said: “So I often say that technology is productivity. Work that used to require twenty people can now be completed by only two people.”

As he spoke, Xiao Ming Ming and Zhan Xingchang went down to the fields.

This is a plantation of the imperial court. The early horse-drawn disc cutter harvesters are now used in the fields. Compared with the common people who use sickles to cut the wheat with one cut.

This horse-drawn disc harvester can cut the wheat piece by piece, and the people behind only need to bundle the wheat and pull it back to the threshing floor.

For this kind of harvester, the time it takes to harvest one acre of wheat is often the time it takes for a horse to move back and forth, which is about an hour.

But if the common people are allowed to harvest, it would take fifty people to achieve this effect.

(End of chapter)