Chapter 213: Digging a Well
Gong Yiyuan was silent for a while, didn't ask any more, but changed the topic.
At this moment, Li Chuan felt the pressure, people are professional in technology, their mechanism skills are not the strongest in history, but also the strongest in Datang, Li Chuan's shallow foundation was quickly hollowed out.
When he went out of this courtyard, Li Chuan only felt that he was three years older.
Looking at the nearly 100 questions that needed to be answered in his hand, Li Chuan was even more depressed.
He didn't have the heart to say hello to Li Chengqian again, so he simply walked all the way out of the palace.
When he returned to his home, he found that Wang Zhongze was already waiting at home.
"What? The recipe was handed over? When Li Chuan saw him coming, he only thought of this.
Wang Zhongze nodded and smiled bitterly, "Yes, I have already reminded him, but he still wants to leave the recipe and threatens me not to meddle in my affairs." ”
"Heh, who can blame you for your own death." Li Chuan is not in a good mood, if someone has to find trouble, can't he be kept busy quietly?!
Wang Zhongze spread his hands, and he also had a very helpless expression, in his opinion, it is not worth offending a person who should not be offended for more money, not to mention, there is more than one person to be offended.
"Okay, in that case, you can leave this matter alone." Li Chuan plans to gather the small royal group for a meeting in a while, and talk about it, anyway, he is not greedy for the money for soap, except for the dinner in the restaurant, the rest is accumulated, and so far, there is a lot of money.
Wang Zhongze's very interesting accounts and silver tickets were left, this was a few months ago, Li Chuan and they didn't come to withdraw it, he kept saving, and now is the time to hand it over.
At this time, the students were all in class, and Li Chuan didn't bother them for the time being, so he put away everything first, and began to look at the questions to find answers.
He found that when he couldn't keep up with the ideas of Datang craftsmen, the most common thing he did was to flip through books to find answers.
When will we be able to have a few more qualified helpers? Li Chuan made a bitter face and continued to flip through the book.
After only looking for a few questions, he couldn't find any more, and he found that if he wanted to answer a question comprehensively, he would definitely find more than one book.
Three or five books may not be able to summarize the answer, and if this continues, he will not have to do anything for the next month, and he will have no time to just look for books.
I looked at the sun in the sky, it was not yet noon, but it was almost now.
Li Chuan walked out the door and walked towards the classroom.
In addition to the two classrooms in that building, there are other empty classrooms, and Li Chuan originally planned to use them when he received more students in the future, but now it seems that it is better to vacate one room for reading first.
Thinking in his heart, Li Chuan didn't hesitate, and directly found someone to fight first, the tall bookshelves were distributed in a total of five floors, Li Chuan calculated the area of the classroom, and probably could only put down about five bookshelves, and any more would be too crowded.
It's all arranged, look at the time, it's almost time for lunch break.
Li Chuan didn't stay, let Xiao Yinzi wait here, and told the royal group to go to the villa with the lunch box for a while, and there was something to discuss.
He went back to the villa first, and he didn't wait long, when lunch was set on the table, the royal children and the second-generation who had a share at the beginning arrived together.
In fact, a few of these royal children did not join at the beginning, and it stands to reason that this silver does not have their share.
But what I said at the beginning was just the activity fund, and it didn't matter if there were so many people or a few people playing together.
"Millennium, what are you looking for us?" Li Yuanchang hadn't come in yet, and his voice came first, "Don't say what books are being translated, otherwise we will really beat people." ”
"No, no, no." Li Chuan hurriedly waved his hand, he knew that the matter of translation had driven this group of second generations crazy, and if he continued to force it, it might really be him who was unlucky.
"That's good." Li Taidu breathed a sigh of relief, he has always been arrogant and unwilling to admit defeat, but he was indeed afraid that Li Chuan would let them translate most of the books.
It's not okay if you don't finish it, because those are what the father needs, and if a filial piety is pressed, they have to be obedient and work hard.
Everyone was not in a hurry to ask, but sat down first, waiting for the entourage to open the lunch box, put the food out, and eat half full before asking Li Chuan what was the matter with them.
Li Chuan told the truth while eating.
"Holy! The master can't kill him! "The first to blow up was the youngest Li Jingheng, this little guy is small, but he has a lot of temper.
If you play well with him, you can do anything, and he can still pretend to be a bear and play with skin, but if you don't have a good relationship with him, he doesn't give him any face.
Of course, as Li Daozong's only son-in-law, he also has this qualification.
"Sit down, you're too quick-tempered." Li Tai stretched out his hand and pulled Li Jingheng.
Li Chuan turned his head to look at him, to say that Li Tai has actually changed a lot with everyone during this time, although he still looks like that stinky virtue on the outside, but in fact, he has already mixed into this small circle.
"Hmph, you think that if you are the son of the Wang family, you can deceive us?" Li Yuanchang's anger was not obvious, and his face seemed to be smiling, as if he really felt that this was ridiculous.
"Isn't it good to be alive?" Li Yuanjing learned the technique of invisibly pretending to be 13, with no expression on his face, he only said lightly, and his style improved instantly.
Li Chuan pursed his lips and held back a smile, a group of secondary school boys, it's really interesting to look at them.
He decided, let this group of secondary two teenagers take action in this matter, they can do what they want, anyway, they have their own Lao Tzu to carry it.
"How are we going to clean him up?"
"Robbing our silver is definitely not something that can be done by beating us."
The people didn't eat anymore, and they were all thinking about ideas.
In fact, they still attach importance to silver, after all, even the prince doesn't have much pocket money, but they all say that it is the cost of the activity, and they can't take it for private use.
But it's good to go out and eat more restaurants.
dared to rob them of their silver, so that they would not even have funds for activities in the future, and this feud would be great.
Li Chuan listened to their gossip and open their brains, while eating the dishes slowly, and from time to time he stretched his chopsticks into other people's plates.
Anyway, everyone eats together, and it's normal for everyone to eat everyone.
Li Yuanchang asked Li Chuan what he thought, and then Li Chuan replied that his idea was that he had no idea.
Anyway, he doesn't need activity funds, and that person stealing business is not a robbery on his head, he doesn't interfere in this matter.
Knowing Li Chuan's attitude, the royal small group didn't ask much questions, and solved their own affairs, which they still realized.
In the end, Li Chuan didn't know what they were going to do.
But Li Chuan didn't have time to pay attention to this, he got busy.
This year, the weather warmed up relatively early, and people are thinking about planting the land earlier, and then hoping that this year's harvest can make up for last year's losses.
Li Chuan looked at the hopeful faces, and couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.
These simple people did not know that what awaited them this year would be a greater plague of locusts and more losses than last year.
If last year's harvest was still one or two percent, then this year's harvest will definitely be nothing.
It's been another difficult year.
But Li Chuan was not busy with this, but with the problem of digging wells.
Originally, he wanted to dig a well last year, and he tried to pick two locations, but unfortunately there was no water.
Probably he wasn't lucky, but there was a deep well that could solve a lot of problems.
In times of great drought, at least the people can be guaranteed to drink water and not die of thirst.
Locust plagues usually come with droughts, and this year's drought is not optimistic.
The water level of the river next to Chang'an City has not recovered until the ice melts, and it will only be lower this year, so that the waterwheels set up by the river will not be useful.
While Li Chuan inquired about historical materials, he also asked for help from sailors, and then also found Li Shimin's officials who knew something about the topography and landform.
But in fact, as soon as he talked, he found that these two people only knew that they were just scratching the surface, and they could still say something about ores or something, but they could find underground waterways, which was really seven tricks through six tricks.
"Great sailors, it's time for you to come out and save the world!"
Li Chuan didn't find anything in the historical materials, no matter how detailed the modern map is, it is impossible to mark the location of the wells that can be drilled, besides, who dares to guarantee that the underground waterways have not changed?
He can only turn to water friends to try it, and if he is lucky, he may be able to make a few bites?
[Anchor, there is a specialization in the art industry, you ask us this, do you think it is appropriate? ] 】
"That's right!" Li Chuan said as a matter of course: "Isn't it something that any anchor is doing to find a water friend?" ”
【……】
[What the anchor said really makes sense. 】
[In other words, I will ask for help from water friends when I encounter problems, but water friends have always been unreliable. 】
[233333 ~ Did the anchor hear that? ] You have to be mentally prepared. 】
[Isn't it just digging a well? Anchor, you have to believe that as long as the kung fu is deep and the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle, as long as you keep digging, you will definitely dig through the earth. 】
[Center of the Earth: You don't exist when I don't exist, do you? 】
[You're going to dig up the magma, right?] Hahahaha......]
Seeing a group of sailors without a formal barrage, Li Chuan is also used to it, let them be skinned, he is not moving like a mountain.
After being skinned for a while, after the addiction of the mouth, I will still run out of the sailors who have the conditions to inquire to give the answer.
Li Chuan waited, waiting for such a sailor to jump out.
He waited a little long today, but he still had to wait.
A guy named Aquaman marked a few points for him, which was actually the approximate location, and it was said that water had been hit there.
According to what he said, Li Chuan compared it on the topographic map of Chang'an and circled a few locations, and he didn't know if it was right or not.
After all, in the past thousand years, the terrain has changed a lot, not to mention, the ancient Chang'an City has long been gone, and where the original site is is only archaeological speculation, and some gaps are also very likely.
But the most feared thing about drilling a well is the gap, sometimes it is only ten centimeters away, and if you can't hit it, you can't hit it.
So Li Chuan can really only fight for luck this time.
The first place he took the craftsmen to was a village called Xiaolaozhuang on the western outskirts of Chang'an.
How do you say it here? There are more long-lived elderly people than in other villages.
Li Chuan also thought that since there were many old people, it would prove that the people should be doing well, otherwise, how could the old people survive.
But when he came to take a look, he really didn't find any difference between this place and other villages, the villagers were still just as poor, and the little children ran around the village, but instead of playing, they helped to work, and as long as they could walk steadily, the children began to work, most of them were taught by their brothers and sisters, one taught one by one, and the children were brought out in this way.
Children can't do much, they can only catch insects and feed chickens, or pick up some wild vegetables to go home, and when they see strangers coming, they don't say hello politely, but turn around and run.
Screaming while running.
Li Chuan pondered, this could be regarded as an alternative message?
Anyway, as soon as they entered the village, they were discovered, and then some villagers went to find the villagers, and some of the fast runners were sent to find Lizheng.
The village chief is a thin man with a black face, how old is it, in fact, on his dark face, Li Chuan's judgment is not very accurate, but he is about forty years old?
"My lord, are you resting here? We don't have any good stuff here, and if we need something grown-up to talk to, we'll report it and someone will bring it to us. The village chief rubbed his hands nervously and stumbled to finish speaking.
"Who's going to send it?" Li Chuan asked casually.
The village chief's swarthy face seemed to turn red, and it looked even darker anyway, and he couldn't speak.
Li Chuan waited for him impatiently, waved his hand, and signaled that he didn't need to say anything.
The village chief breathed a sigh of relief, took two steps back, and after retreating, he seemed to remember something, and took another step forward and said: "My lord, Lord Lizheng will be here in a while, if you have any needs, directly order Lizheng." ”
Li Chuan gave him a strange look, what was he...... Sold Lizheng?!
didn't know their intentions yet, so they all pushed it directly onto Li Zheng.
Although it is true that it should be managed, it should be attributed, and he pushed it over, which is a little unauthentic.
Li Chuan only glanced at him, and didn't care so much, only beckoned the two craftsmen to take the map and study the specific location with them.
What the water friend said was just an approximation, and he couldn't give the specific direction, even if he could, Li Chuan couldn't figure it out.
How many degrees of east longitude and how many degrees of north latitude are easy for him to determine, but let Li Chuan calculate it.
The origin here is not the same.
After studying for a long time, a group of people walked around the village again, put the Li Zheng who had rushed over and waited, and finally determined the three directions.
Why three? Because looking at the topography and the direction of the leylines, these three places are relatively easy to get out of the water.
In fact, Li Chuan, who was here, remembered that he should let Li Chunfeng or Yuan Tiangang count a hexagram?
Aren't all Heavenly Masters very powerful? The guy who can figure out the push back map, isn't it easy to calculate the underground water flow?!
Whether it's true or not, Li Chuan doesn't know, but he decided, and when he goes back this time, he will try it with Li Chunfeng.
Yuan Tiangang's current Taoism is a bit deep, Li Chuan doesn't dare to come to him, but Li Chunfeng is still not afraid.
Try it, what if this guy works?!