Everyone rode to the farm, where She Xin had been waiting for them for some time. He had known Luo Chong would definitely return.
"Chieftain, all five Grain Harvesters are ready. They're warming up now." She Xin came over of his own accord and took Luo Chong's reins.
"Mm." Luo Chong answered and swung down from his horse.
The vehicles in the Han Tribe all used Steam Engines as their power source. Everything about them was good except that they started far too slowly. A Steam Engine could not be started without firing up its boiler for at least an hour.
After handing his horse to the guards behind him, Luo Chong followed She Xin to several harvesters that were warming up. The harvesters were among the final batch of Agricultural Machinery to be completed. They had missed the previous harvest season and could not be tested, so their completion had been delayed until now. The Han Tribe had only managed to produce five Grain Harvesters in total.
Luo Chong stepped forward to take a look. The driver of each harvester was a familiar face—the same dozens of tractor drivers trained earlier, now driving harvesters instead. This was perfectly normal. The Han Tribe's Engineering Machinery had all developed from tractors, and the power systems and operating devices used on them were identical: all were driven by Hydraulic Pumps and controlled by levers.
"Looks pretty good. Is everything ready over at the Grain Drying Area? And what about the warehouses? Our model of Grain Harvester has a direct threshing function. The grain and stalks will be discharged separately, so don't only prepare the grain warehouses. The stalks need to be dried and stored too. These barley stalks are excellent livestock feed." Luo Chong asked She Xin about the arrangements as he