Siheyuan: I am protecting Shazhu, who dares to object?

Chapter 289 Overcoming the difficulties together and welcoming the dawn

The countryside in the 60s was like an inspiring and progressive piece of music, and the promotion and application of green agricultural machinery was the most gripping melody.

Although difficulties keep appearing like the noise between notes, people rely on their tenacious perseverance and the spirit of unity and cooperation to always keep the melody playing in a beautiful direction.

In a water town in Asia, called Lotus Village, there are crisscrossing rivers and large tracts of farmland on both sides of the river banks.

The alliance's technical team brought an amphibious rice transplanter to this unique village, hoping to bring new vitality to the farming here.

As soon as Chen Lei, the head of the technical team, transported the amphibious rice transplanter to the dock at the entrance of the village, he attracted a large number of villagers to watch.

Village chief Zhao Shuisheng paddled his boat to the shore and looked at the novel rice transplanter with curiosity and doubt in his eyes. He asked, "Technician Chen, our village is full of rivers and the fields are all by the water. In the past, everyone would roll up their trousers and go into the fields to transplant rice slowly. Although it was hard work, we have gotten used to it over the years. Can your machine be used in our fields in the water?"

Chen Lei pointed at the rice transplanter with a smile and patiently explained: "Village chief, look at this rice transplanter. Its bottom design is very special. It has adjustable floats and special tracks. When it is in the water, the floats can provide buoyancy to keep it afloat, and the tracks can ensure that it can move smoothly in the soft mud. When it is on land, it can also work in the fields on the shore like an ordinary rice transplanter. Moreover, its speed and uniformity in transplanting rice are much better than manual labor."

Grandpa Li, an old hand in the village, has worked in the paddy fields all his life. He rowed his boat over, looked around the rice transplanter, and said with a skeptical look on his face: "Young man, this machine looks quite new, but the water in our paddy fields is deep and shallow, and the mud is soft and hard. If it gets stuck or fails to operate properly, the rice seedlings will be ruined. Our harvest this year depends on these rice seedlings."

Chen Lei hurriedly said, "Uncle Li, I understand your concerns. This machine was designed with different paddy field conditions in mind. The buoyancy of the float can be adjusted according to actual conditions, and the grip of the tracks has also been strengthened. Let's go to that paddy field and try it out. You'll see how powerful it is at a glance."

So, everyone rowed a small boat and carried the rice transplanter to a paddy field.

Chen Lei and several technicians carefully pushed the rice transplanter from the boat to the paddy field, and started the machine after adjusting various parameters.

I saw the rice transplanter moving slowly in the paddy field, and the tender green seedlings were like obedient little soldiers, being inserted into the mud neatly and evenly. The speed was several times faster than the villagers' manual transplanting.

The young villager Shuisheng shouted excitedly: "Oh my, this is amazing! In the past, we had to bend over all day to plant rice, and our waists were almost broken. Moreover, the rice was planted crookedly. This machine can plant such a large area in just a short time!"

But just when everyone was immersed in joy, an accident happened.

When the rice transplanter was passing through an area with deep water and soft mud, suddenly the float on one side sank into the mud, the machine tilted, and the rice transplanting action was forced to stop.

Chen Lei's heart tightened and he quickly turned off the machine and jumped into the water to check the situation.

After some inspection, it was found that one of the connections of the float had become loose due to long-term impact of mud and water, resulting in imbalance of buoyancy.

While Chen Lei was repairing the machine in the water, he said to the villagers who had gathered around him, "The environment of the paddy field is indeed complex, and the damage to the machine is quite large. But don't worry, I will reinforce this joint and check other places that are prone to problems. In the future, if we regularly maintain the machine, it will not be so easy to have problems."

Uncle Li shook his head and said, "Alas, this new thing is really troublesome. It takes so much trouble. It's not as good as working by ourselves."

Chen Lei responded while tightening the screws: "Uncle, it will be a little troublesome at first, but once we are familiar with its behavior and master the maintenance methods, it will be much more convenient to use in the future. Just think about it, transplanting rice will be easier in the future, everyone will be less tired, and they can plant more fields."

After this failure, Chen Lei led the technicians to conduct a comprehensive inspection and reinforcement of the rice transplanter, and explained to the villagers in detail the key points of using and maintaining this machine in paddy fields.

Before going to the fields every day, the villagers will check each part of the machine as required, and will carefully clean the mud and water on it after use.

Gradually, this amphibious rice transplanter operated more and more smoothly in the paddy fields of Hehua Village. The villagers' efficiency in transplanting rice has been greatly improved. Looking at the paddy fields filled with neatly planted seedlings, everyone's hearts are filled with anticipation for a good harvest.

Village chief Zhao Shuisheng said to Chen Lei happily: "Technician Chen, thanks to the good machine you brought, our paddy field farming in Hehua Village has a great helper. It feels like those hard days before are slowly passing."

Chen Lei smiled and said: "Village head, this is the result of everyone's joint efforts. As long as we treat it with care, this machine will definitely make our village more prosperous."

In a village on the edge of a rainforest in South America, called Rainforest Village, the climate here is humid and the soil is fertile, but it also faces frequent rainfall and a hot and humid environment, which poses a severe test to the storage and use of agricultural machinery.

The alliance's machinery support team came here with a batch of green agricultural machinery that had been specially treated to prevent moisture and rust, hoping to help the villagers better carry out agricultural production on this special land.

Wang Tao, the head of the machinery support team, had just placed the machinery in the village warehouse when the village chief Carlos came over with a worried look on his face. He looked at the machinery and said, "Comrade Wang, it rains very quickly here and the air is full of moisture. In the past, some farm tools rusted and broke down after being stored for a while. Although your machinery looks sturdy, can it really withstand the harshness of our environment?"

Wang Tao patted a tiller beside him and introduced: "Village chief, don't worry. When these machines were manufactured, the outer shells were painted with special moisture-proof and rust-proof paint, and the key internal parts also used special rust-proof materials and were sealed. Even in our humid environment, it can ensure normal use for a long time. However, daily maintenance is still very important."

Antonio, an old farmer in the village, touched the machines and said doubtfully, "Young man, it sounds good, but once the rain starts, it won't stop. No paint or material can withstand it. If the machines break down, we won't be able to till the land, and we won't be able to grow crops. We'll all go hungry."

Wang Tao patiently explained: "Uncle Antonio, we have also considered this. So we will teach you some simple moisture-proof maintenance methods. For example, after each use of the machine, you should wipe the machine dry, put it in a well-ventilated place, and regularly apply special anti-rust oil to some key parts. Now I will show you how to do daily maintenance on the machine."

As he spoke, Wang Tao picked up the tools and began to demonstrate on a seed drill.

He first carefully wiped the water droplets on the surface of the machine with a clean cloth, then opened some protective covers of the machine, took out a small brush, dipped it in anti-rust oil, and evenly applied it to the gears, chains and other parts prone to rust. While operating, he explained to the villagers the key points and precautions of each step.

The young villager Raphael asked curiously, "Brother Wang, how often do we need to do maintenance? It seems quite troublesome. We are busy enough with farming."

Wang Tao smiled and replied, "Brother Rafael, at the beginning, because our environment is special, it is best to do this kind of maintenance every two or three times. After using it for a long time and the machine has adapted to it, the maintenance interval can be appropriately extended. However, although this maintenance is a bit troublesome, it is much more cost-effective than delaying farming because of a machine breakdown."

However, even with so many protective measures, problems still occurred.

One day, after a rare rainstorm, when the villagers were preparing to use a tiller to plow the soil, they found that the tiller could not be started.

After receiving the news, Wang Tao rushed to the scene immediately. After careful investigation, he found that it was because of the heavy rain that rainwater seeped into the circuit system through some gaps in the machine, causing a short circuit.

While dismantling the machine to check the circuit, Wang Tao said helplessly to the villagers: "This rainstorm is really too heavy. I didn't expect that it still couldn't completely block the rain. But don't worry, wait until I fix the circuit and make the machine more waterproof, and this situation should be avoided in the future."

Uncle Antonio grumbled, "Oh, this machine is so expensive. It's really hard to use it in our place."

Wang Tao said quickly: "Uncle, this environment is indeed a bit challenging for the machine, but as long as we take good care of it, it can bring us real benefits. You see, the efficiency of this machine is much higher than our manual labor. Once the land is planted, the harvest will definitely be good."