Chapter 1159 - Chapter 1159: A Visitor From Beijing!
Chapter 1159: A Visitor From Beijing!
Translator: Lonelytree
Lin Laosan and his family were chased out of the Lin Family Village because of the malice of a few children.
Even though the masterminds behind all of this were Little Green and Lin
Yuelan.
However, this was also their own sin. Now, they were only bearing the consequences.
Therefore, Lin Yuelan didn’t feel guilty at all. She felt at ease and was even happy to do whatever she wanted.
Two to three days of adjustment time, coupled with the blessing of the heavens, 500 catties of sweet potatoes produced more than 100 catties of starch, which was enough for the experiment.
According to Lin Yuelan’s calculations, if she had to use manual labor to make the paste and filter the powder, it would take at least two days to process than 100 catties of starch. The main reason was that it would take too much time to filter and shape the powder.
However, since the process was half-human and half-machine now, it would probably take half a day to a day.
Of course, this excluded accidents.
After the starch and the flour were ready, Lin Yuelan got someone to put one-third of the starch into the big bowl of the dough kneader. Then, she added a certain proportion of water. Then, she used her manpower to push the lever shaft continuously, causing the wooden stick in the big bowl to stir continuously. At least, the speed of stirring depended on the degree of kneading.
Lin Yuelan had been watching the kneading process from the side. When it was about to slow down, she would shout out an order.
This was indeed very efficient.
In less than an hour, the dough kneader had mixed more than 40 catties of noodles. Compared to the last time, she used three people for two hours to successfully knead the dough, which shortened the time by a lot.
This meant that the efficiency was three times higher.
Lin Yuelan was quite satisfied with this speed and efficiency.
After the dough was ready, it was time to shape the noodles.
This also required manual power to control the speed. After many experiments, the best strength and timing were grasped. Then, cattle, horses, and donkeys were trained for the process. This would save a lot of manpower, and at the same time, people would not be so tired.
This time, like the dough kneader, it took less than half the time compared to before.
And this was only the first experiment.
The next two experiments were really better than the previous one.
Lin Yuelan made a comprehensive comparison. This was indeed three times more efficient than making it by hand.
“Not bad!” Lin Yuelan thought that she was quite satisfied.
The others were also very surprised.
After all, whether it was purely handmade or half-artificial and half-machine production, they were involved. They did not expect that the things their master made would change the process so much.
Their master’s brain had been enlightened. She was like a god, becoming omnipotent. In front of her, no matter how big the matter was, it was not a problem. It could be easily resolved.
After the vermicelli machine was successfully made, Lin Yuelan made some more vermicelli.
Although they were both vermicelli, the taste and texture were completely different.
Then, Lin Yuelan used these two kinds of vermicelli to make all kinds of delicacies, such as hot and sour vermicelli, cold vermicelli, stewed vermicelli with various vegetables and meat, and so on. Every day, people in Lin’s Garden would drool.
The most anticipated and happiest thing every day was waiting for food.
Of course, in that era, most people were waiting for food, but the people of Lin’s Garden waited for delicacies. This was the difference.
It was something that people who worked in the Lin Family Garden did not dare to think about in the past.
As time passed, the weather became hotter and hotter. The ears of grain in the paddy field slowly bent down and turned golden.
That’s right, the busy time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the golden season for harvesting rice.
Regardless of whether it was the entire Lin Family Garden or the entire
Anding County when they saw the golden rice fields, they were filled with joy. Their smiles hung on their faces all day long.
“Look, this years harvest is much better than before.”
“That’s right!’
“I didn’t expect that when Lord Liu forced us to use this method to farm, the effect would be so good.”
“Yes. This year, the seeds planted on one mu of land were 70 to 80 catties less than before, but this harvest was obviously a few times more than before!”
In the past, they used the old method. They prepared at least 100 catties of seedlings for one mu of land. They sprinkled them into the field. Then, they let them grow naturally. When the time came, they would hoe weeds and apply fertilizer. This fertilizer was also made of human feces and animal feces, so there might be worms. Once they found any worms, they would immediately catch them. This way, they carefully took care of every mu of rice fields..