A few days later, a large wooden frame was erected in the river on the bank of Weishui, and a wooden wheel was installed on the wooden frame.

Between the wooden frame on the shore and in the water, there is a row of piles facing each other.

A wooden board was erected between the stakes to support the bamboo tube for the water.

Then use a thick hemp rope to fix the bamboo tube and attach it to the wooden frame.

As the wooden frame in the river began to turn, the bamboo tube immersed in the water was slowly pulled up the plank, and after passing the wooden wheel on the bank, the water in the wooden tube was poured into the canal.

Accumulate a lot, gradually gather into a canal, and flow into the distance.

"It's finished?"

After so many days of hard work, when the water was really drawn, the old craftsmen of the engineering battalion couldn't believe their vision.

"It's done!" Feng Yong nodded and gave a positive answer, "Didn't you already make a small model and try it, didn't everyone say that it would definitely work out at that time!" ”

The old craftsman's lips trembled, and he rushed directly under the bamboo tube, stretched out his hands to hold the water, and really felt the cool water, and then raised his head excitedly.

The face was wet, and I don't know if it was splashed with water or sweat, or more likely teardrops, "It's really done!" ”

They all came from digging in the field, so how do you not know how useful this waterwheel is for farming?

As long as it keeps flowing, no matter how high the waterfront is, the water can be drawn up.

At the beginning of the old craftsman, the crowd cheered and scrambled to rush up, trying to get to the front and really look at everything carefully.

Some even try to touch the fruits of their own labor these days.

"What for?"

Feng Yong shouted, "Can't you see this thing spinning?" Don't know the dangers? ”

Drunk everyone again at once.

They looked at Feng Yong with awe in their eyes.

"Spread out, don't squeeze too far in front, or what if you accidentally knock this thing over?"

Feng Yong waved his hand, and everyone hurriedly stepped back.

"Prime Minister, come and see."

The majestic Feng Langjun turned around, changed his face again, and invited the prime minister of the Han Dynasty to the front.

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, although his face tried his best to remain calm, but his eyes kept on the slowly rotating waterwheel, and he walked over in a daze.

Because he didn't pay attention to his feet, he stumbled and almost fell.

Feng Yong hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Prime Minister be careful." ”

Zhuge Liang didn't react, walked under the waterwheel, and the hand hidden in the wide sleeve finally stretched out, and Feng Yong, who was standing next to him, could clearly see that his hand was trembling slightly.

"Prime Minister, this wooden wheel is spinning, be careful not to get scratched."

Feng Yong said in a low voice.

"Oh, good, good." Zhuge Liang responded in his mouth, and his hand stopped less than three inches away from the waterwheel, as if he was caressing a rare treasure in the air.

"With this thing, the drought in Longyou this time finally has room for alleviation."

Zhuge Liang seemed to be muttering to himself, and seemed to be talking to Feng Yong, the smile on his face became thicker and thicker, and finally he actually laughed out loud, and the laughter gradually became louder.

The laughter infected the engineering battalion standing on the periphery, nearly a hundred people, young, middle-aged, and a few old craftsmen, nearly a hundred mouths, almost grinning at the same time.

The roaring sound seemed to evoke the resonance of Weishui, and it seemed that everything near and far was cheering.

The peasants carrying the water in the distance did not know what was happening, but could only look at it from afar.

Zhuge Liang laughed enough, then turned his head and asked quietly, "Your drawing also said that if you connect the branches, you can use manpower, make a vertical wheel, use animal power, make a stick, and use a foot pedal, yes or no?" ”

Feng Yong nodded, "If you encounter a place where the water can't carry this wooden wheel, you can connect these three things on the wooden wheel according to the situation, and use human or animal power to rotate the wooden wheel, and you can also connect the water." ”

"Yay!" Zhuge Liang received an affirmative answer, held Feng Yong's hand tightly at the moment, and said excitedly, "This matter is related to military merits!" ”

Of the thirteen states in the world, Cao Wei occupied eight states, Eastern Wu occupied two states, and the Han Dynasty only occupied one state.

Therefore, as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's biggest task is to tap the potential of the Han Dynasty as much as possible, and at the same time weaken Cao Wei's power as much as possible.

Everyone present only saw that the waterwheel could alleviate the drought in Longyou, but Zhuge Liang could think further.

Where the valleys are too deep for irrigation and cultivation, or where the terrain is too high for water to flow, is it possible to turn wasteland into fertile land with such waterwheels?

In this year, it can only be regarded as one of the uses of retaining more vitality for Longyou, which can alleviate the drought, and it can open up more wasteland and produce more grain, which is also its huge use.

"How many of these things can you make in a day?"

"This is not an uncommon thing, if it is replaced by other craftsmen, it may be slower, but there are a group of young craftsmen from Nanxiang in the engineering camp, although the craftsmanship is not as good as those old craftsmen."

"But as long as they know how to make things, no matter how skilled the old craftsmen are, they can't be faster."

Unified scale and unified unit are the basis of standardization.

Although from the perspective of future generations, the precision of the hand-made parts is simply miserable.

But Feng never cared.

As long as the error of the parts is within the tolerance range, as long as they can be mixed and assembled together, then it is considered a standardized part, and you bite me?

Although this waterwheel was made by those old craftsmen together, the people who started it were all young apprentices from Nanxiang.

Isn't it to create a "big wood", standardization, standardization understand?

"Isn't that unusual? This is a rare thing for the people! This kind of waterwheel made this year must be guarded by soldiers, and ordinary people must not approach it easily. ”

Zhuge Liang directly set the policy.

"Prime Minister, why is that?"

Feng Yong was a little puzzled.

Zhuge Liang sighed, "There is a drought in Longyou, presumably it is not easy to have a good time in Guanzhong, as for Liangzhou, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to have a drop of rain." If they know how to make it, isn't that an enemy? ”

"I'm afraid that this will be a two-year or three-year ...... at most"

When Feng Yong heard this, he immediately understood, and then he was a little worried.

There were no patent protection laws in those days.

Even if there were, Cao Thief would definitely not pay royalties.

I'm afraid that they are all about to hate themselves to death now: first hollowed out the grain in Guanzhong, then burned Longguan, cut off the road to quickly support Longyou, and finally blocked Zhang He in the street pavilion, so that Cao Wei's last hope of recapturing Longyou was dashed.

It's polite not to give yourself an axe.

"Two or three years is enough, and I didn't think I could hold it for long." Zhuge Liang didn't have that much extravagance, "Just like that Quyuan plow, if it can be transmitted to Cao Wei two or three years late, it will already be considered a best." ”

In these years, it is inconvenient to disseminate information, and even if a country makes efforts to popularize it from north to south, it will take at least twenty or thirty years.

Just like the curved plough, even an ordinary carpenter can easily imitate it with wood.

But it's just Shudi, even if there is a strong hand like Zhuge Old Demon, five years have passed, and I dare to say that it has been popularized to every county, but it is only a county.

How many of these grassroots units in the township pavilion have been popularized, then there must be a question mark.

As for the eight-ox plow, ordinary people can already be regarded as very knowledgeable if they can see it in the Zhuangzi of a large family.

Not to mention the tall waterwheel, which is more complex than the curved plow.

The lack of wisdom of the people, coupled with the slow dissemination of information in ancient times, all kinds of stubborn concepts, the efficiency of the feudal bureaucracy, etc., are all obstacles to the development of new things.

More importantly, if the imperial court wants to promote new things, it is not like later generations, just issue a document.

It was necessary to have people transport the physical objects to the locality, and then let the local officials consult with the villagers, and at the same time, the imperial court had to send craftsmen who could make it to follow.

The cost of promotion, the cost of production, the cost of transportation, and the cost of each link are simply astronomical.

The absence of a strong unified government, the absence of a very generous finance, and the absence of a long enough period of time is simply delusional – long enough, in the case of ten years as the basic unit of calculation.

There are also those village elders and the like, whether they are willing to accept these new things, that is also a big question.

The ills of the imperial power not going to the countryside were clearly revealed at this time.

Even if the central government has the ability and is willing to bear this cost, but those people below are unwilling to accept your kindness, and you can only stare and jump.

The efficiency of the Han government is definitely higher than that of Wei and Wu, and the old demon Zhuge should be very confident, so he said this.

"With this waterwheel, I can finally be at ease with my teacher."

Zhuge Liang showed a relieved look on his face.

Tianshui County is the essence of Longyou.

In the Later Han Dynasty, sixty percent of Longyou's population and grain production were in Tianshui.

Even though Cao Wei began to pay attention to Guangwei County in recent years, Tianshui is still the most important county of the four counties of Longyou because of its geographical location and history.

As long as Tianshui County is stable, then Longyou will be half stable.

And now that the soldiers have been on the expedition for half a year and have won the battle, everyone is looking forward to the rewards of military merit being truly cashed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is like an arrow, so it cannot be delayed any longer.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang nodded at Feng Yong again, "You have the greatest credit for this Northern Expedition!" ”

Feng Yong, who had been affirmed by the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, returned to the small courtyard, and Zhang Xingyi greeted him and smiled gently, "Are you back?" ”

Like a virtuous woman waiting for Ah Lang to come home.

"Well, I'm back."

Feng Yong was in a very happy mood and handed over the small wooden bucket in his hand.

"This is the fish that they specially let them catch today, raise it for one night, and when the mud is finished, I will cook a fish soup for Brother Zhang's family to replenish his body."

Zhang Xingyi took it and looked inside, only to see crucian carp the size of a small palm huddled together and tossing.

When she raised her head, her voice was soft, "Ah Lang has a heart." ”

"Ahem......" Feng Yong coughed dryly, "What did Siniang say?" Since I call the elder brother of the Zhang family, it is naturally like a family, isn't this what I should do? ”

Zhang Xingyi smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his eyebrows were affectionate, "What Ah Lang said is that the concubine will not be polite to Ah Lang." ”

Feng Yong was afraid of her current appearance, he was a little stunned, he didn't know how to reply, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, but found a person coming out of the front hall, his face changed, "Old General Zhao?" ”

Zhao Yun, who had white hair and beard, stood there with a look of disdain, "Why do you keep grinding?" Greasy or not? ”

Zhang Xingyi heard that someone suddenly interrupted the communication between the two, "ah", and ran away directly with a red face.

Leaving Feng Yong alone stood there a little embarrassed, neither walking, nor not leaving.

"Stupid, what are you doing standing there? Do you want the old man to invite you in? ”

Zhao Yun is a lot older, and the private affairs of these children can no longer be in his eyes, and he doesn't bother to care, "Hurry up, the old man will get to the prime minister later." ”

When Feng Yong heard this, he was a spirit at the moment.

Old man Zhao, is there something wrong with this?

As soon as Feng Yong walked into the front hall and sat down, Zhao Yun opened his mouth directly, "This Northern Expedition, you fought well." ”

"General Zhao has won the award."

Feng Yong hurriedly said modestly.

"Not bad is good, the army speaks by merit, you have the greatest credit for this Northern Expedition, you don't need to be too humble. In the military, sometimes you have to be tougher, otherwise others will think you are a bully. ”

Zhao Yun waved his hand, "In this Northern Expedition, the old man finally saw that there was a successor to the Han Dynasty, even if he went underground now, he dared to tell the first emperor that the Han Dynasty was expected to recover." ”

Although most of the young gentlemen of this generation are still very young, it can be seen that they definitely have potential.

As long as the Han can survive the gap between the old and the new in the past ten years and let them grow up, it will definitely be the peak of talents, and it will not be possible to repeat the grand occasion when the first emperor gathered talents from all over the world.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun was relieved, poured a bowl of water and drank it as wine.

After drinking, he wiped the drops of water on his beard and asked, "Let me ask you, are you sure to appease the bearded people of Longyou this year?" ”

Although he didn't understand why Zhao Yun suddenly asked this, Feng Yong still replied, "It's impossible to make all the Hu people come to heart, but at least the Hu people in Tianshui and Nan'an can be retracted." ”

Zhao Yun listened and nodded, "You have always planned and then moved, since you dare to say this in front of me, I think you must have some idea." Since you can guarantee that the Hu people in Tianshui and Nan'an counties will not move lightly, what is the saying of Guangwei and Longxi? ”

Feng Yong replied: "Longxi is too far away, although Xiangwu in Longxi has been recovered now, but on the side of Di Dao, the Han Dynasty is unable to take care of it for a while, so he can only keep the east first." ”

"As for the Qianghu in Guangwei County, most of them were moved by Cao Thief over the years, or they were actively attached, and Cao Thief cared for them a lot."

"I heard that this time the army went south from the street pavilion, and there were Hu people who responded to the Cao thief. Therefore, these two counties can only be determined according to the actual situation. ”

Zhao Yun groaned, then shook his head, "You understand the matter of Qianghu better than the old man, since you said so, then the old man will treat what you said as the truth." ”

"At that time, Tianshui Nan'an Second County, if there is a mess in Qianghu, you must be responsible. As for the two counties of Guangwei and Longxi, as you said, let's take a look at the situation first. ”

When Feng Yong heard Zhao Yun's words, he was a little confused at first, and said in his heart that you were so loud, as if you could control me.

Then he suddenly remembered something, and said in a lost voice, "The old general actually wants to guard Longyou?" ”

"I'll just say you're a clever one." Zhao Yun smiled with satisfaction and nodded at him, "You kid can govern the army when you get on the horse, and you can herdsmen when you get off the horse." ”

"Although the prime minister is to let you take care of Qianghu's affairs, this matter of Longyou's people's livelihood, the old man will have to trouble you in the future. When the time comes, don't give me any prevarication. ”

Feng Yong's mind was rumbling, and he couldn't turn a corner for a while.

Longyou must have a big future to guard, in fact, these days he has been guessing who the old demon Zhuge will arrange to come over.

Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, there are only three who are the most qualified and most likely.

The first is Wei Yan.

He already has the experience of being the governor of Hanzhong alone, and he has the history of Liangzhou assassination from afar, so he has the greatest possibility.

But what Feng Yong least wanted was him.

After all, with the bad character of that old horseman, Feng Yong really didn't want to have anything to do with him.

The second is Wu Yi.

In this Northern Expedition, Wu Yi broke Shangqi and broke Linwei, the credit is not small, and he is also the governor of Guanzhong, and he is also a relative of the emperor, but the brother of the queen mother, he wants to guard Longyou, no one can say anything wrong.

I heard that General Wu has a straightforward personality and likes to make friends with others.

In any case, the relationship between himself and the palace is not too bad, and when the time comes, let the palace spread a word, thinking that he will not get along too badly with General Wu by then.

The third is Zhao Yun.

This old man has nothing to say, he is the oldest and has the highest status.

But he is too old, and it stands to reason that after the Northern Expedition, he should be allowed to return to Jincheng to recuperate, as a deterrent strategic nuclear weapon, and generally should not be dispatched lightly.

Otherwise, as soon as it is sorted, it will definitely attract the attention of the enemy.

This time, the division of troops out of the valley was to take advantage of the prestige of the old man, attract Cao Zhen and the main force of Guanzhong to Jikou, and catch Longyou off guard.

Unexpectedly, among the three, the old man with the lowest probability was selected, which was really unexpected.