The days passed by in a hurry. Xie Rou and her friends' wedding was being prepared in full swing. All the procedures went smoothly. As the day of Xie Rou and Xie Lian's wedding was approaching, Xie Songmu finally came back exhausted. It was Old Zhao's men who drove him back in a horse-drawn carriage. He was still a little tired from the journey and didn't even have time to rest and catch his breath. He went straight to find Xie Songlin.

Xie Songlin was in the accounting office behind the cafeteria, doing the accounts with Mr. Lin. When he saw Xie Songmu coming, he immediately stood up and greeted him happily: "Third brother is back!"

Xie Songmu also looked excited: "Songlin! I have something to tell you!"

Xie Songlin nodded quickly and replied, "I know, I know."

Mr. Lin was a very smart person. Seeing the expressions of the brothers Xie Songlin and Xie Songmu, he knew that they must have something important to say and it would be inconvenient for him to stay there.

So he immediately stopped flipping through the account book in his hand, stood up neatly, and said respectfully: "Boss, I will leave first. I will report to you later."

"Okay, Mr. Lin, you've worked hard, let's go to the cafeteria and eat."

After Mr. Lin left, the accounting office suddenly became quiet. Only Xie Songlin and Xie Songmu were left. Xie Songlin gestured for Xie Songmu to sit down and asked, "Third brother, how are the new plows and harvesters doing?"

When Xie Songmu heard this, his face, which had originally looked a little tired from the journey, instantly glowed with excitement. He slapped his thigh fiercely, almost standing up from his chair in excitement. His voice unconsciously rose a few degrees as he praised repeatedly: "Good, great! Songlin, your thing is really great!"

Xie Songlin asked, "Oh? Are they all done?"

"We've made them all and have already tried them out." Xie Songmu became increasingly excited as he spoke, his eyes practically shining. He couldn't wait to share his experience with Xie Songlin. "That new plow is amazing! It's much lighter and doesn't even require an ox to pull it. I can pull it all day without feeling tired. Furthermore, the ground plowed with this new plow is much deeper than before. It plows deeper and turns the soil more thoroughly."

Xie Songmu added excitedly, "And the most important thing is that it can turn directly. Unlike the old plows, which required people to move them every time, now we just lift the front and the whole plow turns! I plan to replace this new plow with this one for my eldest and second brothers this year, so they can experience the power of this new thing. It makes the work so much easier."

Xie Songlin stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, does Mr. Zhao agree to take out this new plow now?"

"Well..." Xie Songmu felt like a deflated ball when he heard this. He scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I haven't asked Mr. Zhao yet, mainly because I haven't met him often. But shouldn't such a good thing be sold?"

Xie Songlin asked, "Where are you usually?"

Xie Songmu said, "I usually live and eat on a farm quite far from here. The craftsmen who work with me on farm tools are all there. Not many people come and go on this farm, and we eat our own chickens, ducks, and grains. It's quite self-sufficient, which is quite convenient. Actually, this plow is relatively easy to make. The main thing is the wheat harvesting machine. Even with the blueprints, we still studied it for a long time and put a lot of effort into it."

"How about the harvester?"

"This harvester is truly amazing." Xie Songmu was immediately filled with praise upon hearing this, gesticulating enthusiastically as he described it. "One person using this harvester can do the work of ten people. One person driving the ox cart in the front, we can't even keep up with him picking up the harvest from behind!"

"So amazing?" Xie Songlin's face was full of surprise. He felt very emotional. After all, these designs were made by his daughter. She was a medical student and she didn't specialize in this. She could actually draw such amazing things just by reading books and teaching herself. This really surprised and delighted him.

Xie Songlin continued to ask: "Those two things may have been mass-produced? How long does it take you to make one?"

Xie Songmu thought for a moment and said, "This new plow isn't difficult to make. An ordinary carpenter, once he's familiar with the craft, can make one in about half a month. After all, the structure of a new plow isn't that complicated. Once an ordinary carpenter has mastered the technique and follows the blueprint step by step, it won't take too long."

"But this harvester is much more difficult. Its structure is quite complex, involving many components, and the coordination between the components is also very demanding. Even two of our carpenters who are familiar with the blueprints will probably take about a month to complete it."

Xie Songmu gestured with his hands on the table while continuing to talk non-stop, "When we were trying to make it on the farm, we encountered many problems at the beginning. For example, the cutting part of the harvester had to ensure that the blades were sharp enough and could adapt to crops of different heights. This required repeated adjustments. And the conveyor belt part, in order to prevent the harvester from jamming during operation..."

"It takes so long?" Xie Songlin looked troubled. If he wanted to achieve mass production at this speed and reach a scale that could be widely used, it would take a lot of time and manpower. He really couldn't do it. He could only see if Mr. Zhao had any solution.

Xie Songlin frowned and pondered over and over again in his mind the issue of mass production of the new plow and harvester. However, after thinking about it, he really couldn't think of any comprehensive solution for the time being.

After all, this involves many aspects. We have to consider whether it can be successfully mass-produced, and we also have to calculate the required manpower, material resources, time costs, etc. It is really complicated.

Helplessly, Xie Songlin had to give up for the time being. He could not come up with the idea of promoting these two new agricultural tools on his own. He could only wait for Mr. Zhao to show up and then discuss it with him.

He reached out and gently patted Xie Songmu's shoulder, saying, "Third brother, why don't you go home and rest for a while? Look at you, you must be exhausted after all this travel. Besides, tomorrow is Rou'er and Lian'er's wedding day, so you've arrived just in time. Don't let this exhaustion ruin tomorrow's big event."

Xie Songmu nodded and replied, "Okay, Songlin, I'll go back and rest first."

After Xie Songlin finished chatting with Xie Songmu, he was still concerned about the mass production of the new plows and harvesters, but the most important thing at the moment was to finalize all arrangements for Xie Rou and Xie Lian's wedding tomorrow. So, he quickly stood up and hurried out to confirm the manpower arrangements for the wedding.

The Xie family is going to marry off two girls tomorrow. Now that the family is not short of money, it is natural that they want to make the wedding grand and lively. In this way, there will definitely be many guests coming to the house to congratulate them, so every aspect has to be arranged carefully and thoughtfully.

Fortunately, tomorrow was a day off for the academy. According to past custom, there wouldn't be a particularly large number of students eating at the academy on such days. This allowed Xie Songlin to confidently transfer some staff from the academy cafeteria to the kitchen, which should be enough to handle everything tomorrow.

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