Chapter 264 (1/2)
Chapter 264 bumper Harvest
Border Town's finally welcomed its first day of harvest
Braving the hot sun, the serfs cut the straw stalks with their sickles and tied the batches of wheat into bundles so that they could move them to the other side of the river at a later time
Roland knew that freeing the wheat grain from the wheat kernel was a very cumbersome process, and the mechanical farm tools and harvesters also aren't invented yet, so for now they will still have to use their hands to separate, clean, dry, and screen the wheat
After the stalks of grain had been round to dry in the sun and gathered several kinds of tools - whichthat they could lay their hands on: wooden sticks, stones, or rakes They used these tools to repeatedly strike the wheat stalks and ears, trying to free the caryopsis from their hull, a process which often lasted for three to four days
In Roland’s memory, the rural areas would often use cows and donkeys to pull a stone roller which pressed the grains out of their shell Not only did it save a lot of labor, but it also re it
Roland had no other choice but to accept Border Town's backward standard of agriculture
After the striking, the serfs again used anything they could to turn over the wheat, even using wooden sticks if they didn't have any forks Those who had nothing else even used their hands to directly grab the wheat stalks and throw the stir-fry over in a pot After going through the first striking, rains should already be broken, this process should allow the fruits to separate from the ear of wheat
In fact, after threshi+ng the re crushed, it could be returned to the fields or could be used as bedding for livestock, it could also beHowever, Roland didn't have enough tireen industry at the ht those wheat straws to the river-side and burned them In the days that followed, Border Town's sky was covered with a dusky smoke which was comparable to the time of the former cement powder pollution
During this tie’s two spindly type islands had also been finished, with the construction of the concrete walls having also gone according to plan For the base of the bridge pier they had used the sa the steel and concrete into trenches to forht and lift the walls in place Finally it was Lotus’ turn, she was in charge of sinking the walls into the earth until only a section of the steel plate was still exposed, to which they would later connect the bridge to
While handling these two projects, Roland spent this whole week traveling between the Redwater Bridge and the fields; which ended up giving him quite the tan
By the tirain and their husk was still left in the grain-yard
The serfs then swept it all together, and piled it into small hills They then stepped on top of those hills, and used their shovels to throw the grains and husks into the air Because the husks were so hter than the fruit, they were bloay further by the wind As a result, the grain was still left at the foot of the hills, while the empty shells and debris laid at a distant location - by using this kind of rains
Of course, wanting to completely clean up the husks was irain with the ravel Thus Roland decided that by next year's harvest, he would need to have prepared a sufficient batch of far a harvester wouldn't be possible, but the sheller machine should still be easily to realizeHe e the stone roller with a millstone, furthermore he could also install a sieve beneath it and use an air blower to separate the grain from the chaff
When the plurains were evenly spread over the whole valley, it looked like as if the entire northern shore of the Redwater River was covered by a golden layer Looking at these golden fruits, Roland's heart was filled with a sense of accoh to fill the bellies of ten thousand people, at least for Border Town, this counted as a memorable day
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