Li Longji looked at Li Yi in wonder, and said in his heart, I asked you where to find someone to farm, and you proposed someone for me?

"Third brother, to open terraces, there must be livestock involved, and when the water network comes out and the river flows, water transportation increases, and cattle and horses are sent to plough the fields."

Li Yi himself returned to what Li Longji asked.

There are leased cows and horses in the Zhuangzi to pull carts, and when the water net is laid, the cattle and horses are rented out in winter.

In spring, summer and autumn, as long as there is enough water in the water network, cattle and horses will be idle.

"Many plows and harrows are needed." Li Longji understands farming.

"Wells are drilled in the mountains to draw water, and the water flows downward, and the mountains without water must be barren mountains, with stones and some weeds, and there is no need to open terraces."

Li Yi introduced the future arrangement of terraces, not to see a mountain and open a large terrace.

In fact, there are no barren mountains in the place he bought, only small hills are not suitable to open terraces, and flatten it.

"Can wheat be planted on the terraces?" Li Longji believes that planting wheat is easier to manage.

"Planting rice, a large number of seeds harvested in Gangnam Province this year, in addition to supplying Gangnam Province, I want to try to plant on terraces to see if I can grow two crops a year."

Li Yi pointed to the direction of Jiangnan, that is, Fujian.

Historically, Champa rice was first planted in Fujian, and then promoted, and through variants, hundreds of Champa rice varieties were developed.

The rice planted on Zhuangzi now is an ancient rice, with low yield and good taste, and those varieties were passed on to the Wa Kingdom and Bangzi, and there were also later varieties by Li Yi's time.

Later, his Northeast rice at that time was not tasty, and the taste became worse and worse.

If these two types of rice are planted together, it is expected that new varieties will appear at the time of flowering.

As for what the new variety is, God knows.

Li Longji put his mind at ease, did not live in Li's Zhuangzi, turned around and returned to Xingqing Palace.

Li Yi didn't want to sleep, he was strolling around with his back hand, and he heard the sound of rushing water.

He followed the sound and walked over, and a group of women from Zhuangzi were washing clothes by the small river in Zhuangzi.

Now the silk clothes are washed, and the soap is put on them, rubbed them, and put them in water to bleach.

Hemp clothes need to be beaten with a stick to knock out the dirty stuff in the fibers.

Cotton clothes, naturally, are washboards.

The washboard is not suitable for rubbing hemp, it hurts your hands too much, and you can't rub silk, which is not good for silk.

The farmers on the village are very industrious, and now they have finished washing, dried up, and dried before noon tomorrow.

Silk is the easiest, can not retain water.

"The proprietor, the proprietor is here." A woman spotted a shadow in the light.

A group of women greeted each other, turned their heads and continued to wash.

"I'm so tired, how can I wash clothes like this, I'm embarrassed as the proprietor." Li Yi threw down a sentence, turned around and ran.

Back in the courtyard study, he began to draw.

After drawing the picture, I ran to the workshop, found the person working on duty, and handed it over: "Make it first, there are three kinds of in total." ”

The sun rose the next day, Li Yi got up late, he went to take a bath first, and asked the palace maids and eunuchs, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Wait for the proprietor to eat together." Rosé replied.

"Push the food cart, let's go to the river to eat."

Li Yi has said several times, don't wait for him, the palace maids and eunuchs are hungry except for being on duty at night, they still wait.

Nine people came to the river where the clothes were washed with a food truck, and wooden barrels were attached to the waterwheel by the river.

A rod attached to the lid can be lifted at any time, it rotates and has a hexagonal buckle.

When pressed, the buckle will snap onto a buckle on the lid of the barrel after a few turns, driving the rod on the lid of the barrel to rotate together.

The washer looked at the bucket and lifted the pole when it was about the same time, and pressed the other pole to rotate in the opposite direction.

Li Yi looked at it and said: "Actually, you can add a clutch, and then pull the way, replace it with a positive belt with a figure-eight belt, and operate it manually twice, which is safer and faster than now." ”

One pulley drives the other wheel, and the two wheels rotate in the same direction under the connection of a belt.

If the belt is in a figure-eight shape, the two wheels rotate in opposite directions.

As long as a clutch device is added, the two groups are changed back and forth, and the direction of rotation of the washing machine will also change.

This is the washing machine made by Li Yi, driven by water conservancy.

The other one is hand-cranked rolling, and the third is foot-pedaling.

This was the case with the manual washing machine at first, and then there was a steam engine, which was replaced by a steam engine.

"The proprietor, the night shift said that you came and ran away, but I didn't expect you to find a way, the proprietor, you are the best."

The laundry washers who change shifts during the day look adoring, and today they use a water-powered washing machine, which is fast and effortless.

"Things that should have been thought of a long time ago, hand-cranked and foot-pedaled can be sold, the seal does not need to be too tight, and there is no fear of leaking water.

As long as the speed of shaking and stepping is controlled, the damage to the silk clothing will be small. ”

Seeing that there were no problems in the actual operation, Li Yi was satisfied and stayed here to eat.

After hearing about the dealers, they came to watch the magic.

The washing machine has no technical content, and according to the various machinery used in Zhuangzi now, the washing machine is nothing more than a use.

In the afternoon, Li Zhuangzi connected a large number of barrels by the Bashui River.

People in the freelance enclave took out their clothes and waited in line to be washed.

The notice board at the head of the bridge is pasted with the design drawings and principles of the three types of washing machines.

Hand-cranked and foot-mounted objects are placed next to them for people to try.

Yulin Feiqi asked for a set of drawings and two real objects and ran to the palace.

"Your Majesty, proprietor Li has something new again, a good thing for laundry." Yu Lin flew to the outside of the Xingqing Hall and shouted.

Not long after, people from the neighborhood came to watch.

The two palace maids shook and stepped on one another, and the washing machine spun rapidly.

The person who shakes it shakes it a few times, shakes it in a different direction, and so does the person who steps on it.

"It's hard to shake, but it's still good to shake just a few pieces of laundry."

Yao Chong arrived, and he was not surprised at all when Li Yixin took out something.

What he was afraid of was that Li Yi didn't move for a long time, and occasionally threw out a small thing that was convenient for the people, which was very good.

Zhang said that he personally took over and tried it: "It's really good, making one for washing clothes for people will make more money." ”

Bi Gou looked at it carefully: "There is no technical difficulty, it is not a luxury, and a person with skillful hands can do it himself." ”

Regret for a moment, and then he was happy again.

"Our household department has repaired the water network this year, wouldn't it be possible to put a lot of small water wheels on the river of the water network, and it can also threh grain, and it can be shelled, and it can be replaced with a bucket to be a washing machine."

"Old Bi, ask for face." Song Jing can't stand it anymore, he is such a serious person, and now he has learned Li Yi's style.

"Who is shameless? The household department will be responsible for the maintenance of the water network in the future. Bi Gou's eyes widened.

"Isn't the cooperation of the steamship your household not profitable?" Lu Huaishen squeezed a sentence to Bi Gou.

"Why do you always target the old man?" Bi Gou turned his head away.

"It can be arranged in the palace." Li Longji thought of a place where he was busy with work in the palace, especially washing clothes.

Many people get up early in the morning and start working until dark, without a bite to eat.

The longer the day, the longer it will dry.

Li Longji also knows that people who wash clothes outside the palace for a living, with this thing, the money they earn will increase, especially in winter, it is not easy to do laundry.