Chiiik!
Oooh.
Chiiiiiik!
Ooooooh...!
"Ne-Nemo...? Is it supposed to move like this..."
Chik! Chik! Chik! Chik! Chik!
"AAAHHH!"
"WOOOOAH!"
"It-it's moving! It's really moving!"
They say when the first steam-powered car appeared, people were terrified and ran away.
But our settlers have experienced monstrous-sized excavators, and Hijet and Porter trucks that moved at speeds incomparable to the first steam automobiles. They rely clapped their hands and rejoiced.
Except for Oitotan, who was directly riding on it.
And especially the craftsn were displaying their emotions of gratitude with tears in their eyes.
Of course, that's natural. The cars I've been riding around in must have seed like sothing belonging to the heavenly realm, but now they've created sothing similar with their own hands.
That feeling must be incredible.
To exaggerate a bit, perhaps it's similar to how people felt when humans first went into space and landed on the moon?
"Ne-Nemo, we really did it...!"
"Good heavens, to recreate the power of heaven with human hands! Oh my goodness!"
Everyone ca to with happy faces, throwing a word or two my way, so I also threw back so encouraging words to celebrate this monuntal mont.
A portable steam engine created by adding various devices to an existing steam engine...!
Although it's a result slathered with 21st-century resource cheats, this will go down in history.
Most of the technological developnt process consists of unnecessary trial and error. That's natural since we're fumbling into unexplored territory.
It's like the process of evolution. Nurous random mutations occur, and only a few survive.
The species that survive evolution aren't necessarily the most flamboyant, the strongest, or the largest. The evolution of organisms and technology isn't like Poké-mon or Digi-mon evolution.
What's most suitable for the situation survives well. Or what rides various coincidences well.
Originally, the technological developnt schema of history didn't match us. We didn't need looms and spinning machines, railways and steam locomotives.
The existing developnt schema is a reflection of what people needed in existing history.
That's why I didn't follow that schema. I first presented a tractor that was most suitable for us.
Of course... since this is the result of direct intervention by , a person from the future, it's a bit off to talk about evolution, but...
This technology will likely survive and develop as long as the nature of this community doesn't change.
"We really did it. Watching the test run today, I feel renewed."
Who is it? Ah, it's White.
"Ah! Mr. White! No, I wanted to give you a ride as the first agricultural equipnt operator..."
"Not at all. Ha ha, I'm now too old to even think about riding such a thing."
"..."
"..."
...What's this?
He's looking around hesitantly as if he has sothing to say.
I quietly pulled him to a corner and nodded, signaling him to speak his mind.
Then White whispered in my ear.
"I... heard that you'll be farming with 'that'..."
"Ah, yes. That thing is called a 'tractor'."
Right. To exaggerate a bit, a tractor is the root, flower, alpha, and oga of modern agriculture.
Isn't there a saying that farming without a tractor is terribly difficult (though I was an exception as I practiced facility farming), and practically impossible?
"That tractor is not just sothing used to load and carry things like my Hijet. It's closer to a Porter, but even the Porter has limited uses."
The Porter at least has a PTO (Power Take Off) that allows the engine's power to be used elsewhere, but as the Porter is not fundantally an agricultural machine, it has structural limitations.
You can't plow a field with a Porter, after all.
But you can with a tractor.
So ignorant city folk think a tractor is just a noisy, rumbling car.
But calling a tractor 'just a noisy car' is like... calling a smartphone 'just a phone that breaks easily'.
Just as a smartphone can be used for gaming, as an exercise aid, for listening to music, watching movies, or social networking depending on which apps you install, the sa applies to tractors.
A tractor also changes completely depending on what implent is attached to it.
If you attach a plow, you can overturn hard soil; if you attach a rotary, you can break up the clumps of soil left after plowing.
With a seeder, there's no need for manual seeding, and with a harvester, crop harvesting becos much simpler.
In other words, it can handle almost all farming operations.
Of course, the first steam tractors probably didn't have such power take-off shafts, but we added an axle that could hold belts to connect with implents at the rear or front via belts.
Yes. This tractor is far superior to the first tractor that would have appeared in the 18th century.
Yes. This tractor is a chanical god that has appeared in the 16th-century agricultural world...!
"You can probably do everything you imagine with a tractor. If you design the implents to connect to that shaft well, that is."
And naturally, I'm familiar with the structure of simple tractor implents.
Of course, although this steam tractor might be toy-like compared to 21st-century tractors with dozens of horsepower, it's a trendous innovation right now.
So I proudly explained the above contents to White.
Ah, do people of this era not know yet? That right there is a [tractor]. With just that, farming becos easy.
And with a aningful gaze, I nodded while looking back at my steam tractor.
Since we couldn't make rubber tires suitable for wheels with increased surface area to prevent getting stuck in mud, for now, we attached anti-vibration rubber plates cut to fit the large wheels to increase friction and absorb shock.
The chanical devices covered with rain shields continuously make chik-chik sounds as they move, and pipes entangled all around transmit the powerful pressure from the cylindrical steam boiler to each component.
The power unit, placed outside for easy maintenance, continuously moves pistons and gears, making it look like a squirming, living tal organism.
"...What do you think?"
And then, expecting a reaction like 'Whaaaat! I've never heard of such a thing! Kin Issei, you're amazing!', I stood there proudly...
"Well, I already know about those aspects from when you explained them last ti I asked."
"...Is that so?"
My pride deflated at the less enthusiastic reaction than expected.
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