The Shaofu of the Qin State was responsible for the construction of various projects of the royal family, such as the maintenance and construction of the Lishan Mausoleum and all the palaces, and had thousands of skilled craftsmen under its jurisdiction, including 50,000 or 60,000 prisoners alone. With King Qin's words, Montenegro directly transferred 500 blacksmiths and carpenters from Shaofu to participate in the production of the water wheel. The lightning rod is very simple, and the two side halls were installed in only ten days.

The model of the water wheel was quickly completed, although it was not large, with a diameter of only three feet, it could directly lead the water two and a half feet high, and if it was equipped with a tough conveyor belt, it could send a small amount of water to a foot high!

When the king of Qin took a few ministers to watch the automatic operation of the waterwheel model to lead the water to a high place, Wang Xin was very happy, and ordered the establishment of a waterwheel workshop under the Datian order on the spot, with Feng Mofeng and Zhang Ming as the chief and deputy chief engineers, in addition to the 500 engineers who originally came from Shaofu, thousands of prisoners were allocated to vigorously promote the waterwheel wheel in Zhengguoqu and Dujiangyan.

When the first batch of water wheels were installed, Montenegro was also shocked, the big water wheels with a height of three zhang, driven by the flow of water, can directly transport buckets of water to the north bank of Zhengguo Canal, if a conveyor belt is installed, it can transmit ten zhang high, but the amount of water is only more than half. The second brother Ming also built a house next to the watermill and installed several stone mortars and stone mills. When the waterwheel does not need to take water, it can help the nearby people to scoop rice and grind noodles. Not only do the people in the vicinity not have to work hard to carry water to the north bank, but they can also be liberated from the hard work of rice and flour grinding!

After Shang Jun changed the law, the degree of standardized production in the Qin State was already very high, and more than 1,000 parts of the water turbine were all produced in the workshop like an assembly line, transported to a good place, and assembled on the spot. Therefore, the construction speed is very fast, and more than 40 waterwheel workshops have been built by the Zhengguo Canal in August. Each watermill is guarded by two or three disabled veterans from nearby villages, and a small fee is charged to the people for rice and flour grinding, which is enough to maintain the daily expenses and maintenance costs of the watermill.

August and autumn are crisp, and Daqin has ushered in a new bumper harvest year. King Qin was in a good mood and led a group of ministers to inspect the Zhengguo Canal in Guanzhong, mainly to personally inspect the operation effect of the watermill workshop!

Montenegro transferred 5,000 lieutenants to set off ahead of schedule to take charge of the safety of Zheng Guoqu's inspection site. After more than two months of intensive training, the lieutenants were all dark and shiny, and their muscles were full. Montenegro usually requires them to patrol in horizontal columns and vertical rows, with neat steps; When standing guard, you should hold your head high and your abdomen high, and you should not move for an hour. The king of Qin took the minister of civil and military affairs Sanqianlangwei from Xianyang to the north, and along the way the banner was waving and mighty. After entering Zheng Guoqu, King Qin saw the guards standing upright on the side of the road, and then looked at his Lang Wei, Lang Wei seemed to be a group of cream students, and couldn't help but sigh: "The famous general is good at governing the army, looking at the army of Montenegro, you know that he can fight." ”

As soon as you walked on the Zhengguo Canal, you could see the tall waterwheel slowly turning in the canal from a distance. King Qin took everyone to the side of the waterwheel, only to see the tall waterwheel car under the drive of flowing water, through the conveyor belt to bring a bucket of water to ten zhang high and turn down and automatically poured into the water tank, the waterwheel axle is a pillar thick long wood, when the long wood rotates, it can also drive the stone mortar rice, stone grinding surface.

Datian Ling Zheng Guo has been on the canal for a month, he knows all kinds of data of the waterwheel, and is very happy to introduce to the king of Qin: "A waterwheel can draw water up to 100 people, and the rice and flour grinding can meet the needs of thousands of households." Three dollars are charged for one stone of rice, and five dollars are charged for grinding a stone surface. Bringing water upwards does not cost it, and a waterwheel can make a profit of 50,000 yuan a year, which is enough to pay for the salaries and maintenance costs of the guards and officials! ”

King Qin was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "All the participating craftsmen will be given a knighthood, and the two chief engineers will each be given a fifth doctor!" All the craftsmen cheered!

King Qin's interest was not reduced, and he personally renamed the Li next to the water wheel car Shuimo Village, climbed the mountain god again, visited the ancestral hall of Zheng Guo nearby, and once again rewarded all the families of the people who died when they repaired the Zheng Guo Canal. It wasn't until it got dark that the old ministers who accompanied him were so tired that they couldn't walk the road before they went to the temporary palace to stay.

As soon as Montenegro returned to the camp after checking the outpost, Zhao Gao hurried over. At this time, Zhao Gao, although he never left the king of Qin, his official position was only the order of the CRRC government, and he was in charge of the carriage and horses of the king of Qin, and no minister would look at him. The ambitious Zhao Gao is not only good at driving and driving, but also strives to learn Qin law and calligraphy by himself, and more importantly, he is very good at hiding himself. When he saw that Montenegro did not hold it up, but saluted from afar, and said very humbly: "The king will go on a trip tomorrow, and order the general to accompany him, please prepare as soon as possible!" ”

Although Montenegro was very disgusted with this great eunuch who had buried the Qin State in history, he couldn't be unhappy at this time, and he also saluted Zhao Gao: "Lord Zhao came to pass the king's decree at night, how can Montenegro afford this gift!" Please sit in the tent for a while, and I will make a pot of tea to relieve Lord Zhao's fatigue! ”

"General Montenegro is the best young talent in Great Qin, Zhao Gao is ashamed to receive a cup of tea!" Zhao Gao sat down very politely. Hei Shan skillfully boiled a pot of tea with the tea set produced by his eldest brother, poured a cup for Zhao Gao, and said, "Lord Zhao, please use tea." Montenegro shoulders the task of guarding the king's travel, although I will travel in micro-service tomorrow, I can't help but make arrangements in advance, but I don't know if Lord Zhao can reveal one or two about the travel route, I don't mean anything else, it's just about the safety of the king, where my duty is, I have to ask! ”

"To tell you the truth, the king did not say the route of tomorrow's trip, but I see that he is very careful to look at Zheng Guoqu's map. That's all I know! Zhao Gao took a sip of hot tea and praised: "I didn't expect General Montenegro to be so particular about cooking tea, this tea tastes really different!" ”

Montenegro immediately took out a set of tea sets produced by his eldest brother and gave them to Zhao Gao, saying: "This tea set is a specialty of my hometown, I hope Lord Zhao will accept it with a smile!" ”

"Then I'm welcome, I watched it, I really like it, but I can't open it! Thank you, General Montenegro! Zhao Gao said.

Zhao Gao drank a few more glasses before leaving.

Montenegro immediately called Meng Hao and explained: "Tomorrow King Qin wants to travel in Weifu, and I will follow the king." Now, the secret guards are on guard in the east of Zheng Guoqu, tomorrow you will arrange dozens of people to secretly surround us, there is one point, everyone cannot appear in the sight of King Qin, and when there is an emergency, they must appear as soon as possible! And they must not disturb the people around them. Can it be done? ”

"Mission Guaranteed Completion! I'll arrange it! Meng Hao said.

At the end of the second day, Montenegro took Shi Fatzi and the carpenter in ordinary cloth robes and a long sword hanging from his waist. King Qin only took Zhao Gao, Chang Shi Feng Quji, and six carefully selected guards, also in civilian clothes. Ride a horse along the Zhengguo Canal to the east.

"When Zheng Guoqu was completed, the widow and the little high man were on foot to catch the water, running the whole journey of 300 miles from beginning to end, and only took a break when he ate the pot helmet in the middle. The years are not forgiving! I'm tired of riding a horse now! I heard that the veteran Wang Jian can eat half a fat sheep in one meal, I really envy the dead! Qin said with emotion.

"The king has all the opportunities, he works hard, and he is tired of you, but he is for the benefit of the people of the world!" Montenegro said casually.

When the sun just poked its head out of the field, the crowd came to the next big water wheel, the tall water wheel was driving the stone mill and more than a dozen stone mortars in the mill, and the people who got up early had already begun to use the stone mortar to scoop poppy rice, grind flour with the stone mill, sing Guanzhong folk songs, and laugh happily.

King Qin turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked into the mill. Montenegro and Changshi and Zhao Gao followed.

"Where do the guests come from?" An old man with gray hair tied up in a headband, bronzed skin and ravines on his face, asked with a smile on his face.

"We are businessmen in Guanzhong, greedy for the scenery by the canal, so we will get off the horse and have a look! Uncle, how is this waterwheel? Is it practical? King Qin asked with a smile.

"It's so godly, it can not only help us divert water to water the ground, but also grind rice and flour, with it, the nearby townships are free from the burden of rice and the pain of passing water! The baby is also a lot more at ease when he fights outside! I heard that it was ordered to be built by King Qin, and we are all grateful for the grace of King Qin! The old man replied.

"How much can this water-wheeled cart irrigate?" King Qin asked again.

"There is no way to count this, anyway, it is dozens of times more than the previous manual water transfer. Now it is the day to grind rice and noodles, and at night to divert water and water the ground, Tian Dian is leading everyone to repair a few branch canals, with a large water wheel, it is not difficult to water more land! The old man replied.

"Do you have to pay for rice and noodles here?" King Qin asked again.

"Three dollars for one stone and five dollars for grinding noodles. You can also pay for food directly! It's not expensive, everyone is happy! Save time, open up a piece of land, have water, and food is indispensable! The old man said.

At this moment, a loud female song came from the mill:

"Jing water is long, Jing water is clear

I have Jingshui out of Longdong

Yishui has been flowing for thousands of years

Vast saline-alkali white-haired wind

The king of Qin gave an order

Zheng Guo opened the canal and made a gourd

Fill my barn with fertile land

Rich people and rich country"

The voice is very sweet. King Qin stretched out his ears and whispered, "The few people must have heard the lyrics of this song somewhere, but they can't remember it for a while!" ”

King Qin couldn't help but walk towards the mill, Black Mountain and the others hurriedly followed, and several guards just stared at this side from afar!

The men, women and children in the mill were immersed in sweet singing, and a graceful village girl in red was singing loudly. King Qin listened quietly, and did not applaud until the song was finished: "Good singing!" ”

The red-clothed village girl originally had her back to King Qin, but when she heard King Qin's voice, her body trembled, and she immediately turned around, only to see King Qin, her face was immediately flushed, and she hurriedly squatted for a thousand blessings, and immediately turned around and ran away without looking back!

The old man hurriedly shouted loudly: "Broken baby, don't you want your rice?" It's done! "Before I finished shouting, there was no shadow!

As soon as the village girl in red ran away, everyone didn't know why! The old man said embarrassedly: "The broken woman in the countryside, the melon, I'm afraid of people, don't blame!" ”

"She's not afraid of life, and her feelings are afraid of guests! Shameful! A village woman said with a smile.

Seeing that King Qin seemed to be embarrassed to ask, Montenegro immediately took over and asked, "That girl sings so sweetly, I don't know who it is!" ”

"Her surname is Wang, her real name is Xiaofei, the granddaughter of Yao Lao, the most handsome in ten miles and eight towns! He sings well and understands herbs. But people have a high eye! Four years ago, the big officials in the city came to ask for relatives, but they couldn't look down on it! also said that she had met King Qin five years ago, and King Qin also praised her for singing well, and if it wasn't King Qin, she wouldn't marry! The people in the village only said that she was not married to Han, and if she was looking for an excuse, the minions around King Qin would not be seen by our county order! It's nineteen this year, and it's still single? A village woman gushed out, "From now on, everyone in the village has changed her name to Princess!" ”

Hei Ben remembered that King Qin seemed to have heard the lyrics of the song just now, and the strange expression of the village girl, could it be when King Qin caused the romantic debt, and smiled meaningfully at King Qin!

"Wang, five years ago, on the Gukou Mountain by the Jingshui!"

Zhao Gao reminded softly.

It turned out that five years ago, on the day of the excavation of the gourd, the most critical project of Zheng Guoqu, King Qin's light car Jian Cong and Zhao Gaoweifu climbed high and looked into the distance, and met an old grandfather and his granddaughter who were collecting medicine on the mountain. The little girl in red was singing this song, and King Qin praised her for singing beautifully, and King Qin also learned to sing the song with the little girl a few times. Later, when the Zhengguo Canal was opened to water, the little girl saw the King of Qin chasing the water from a distance on the side of the road, and recognized it at a glance. Since then, the seeds of love have sprouted in her heart!

"Could it be that she is the little girl in red on the mountain back then?" King Qin asked Zhao Gao softly.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Gaozi has a good memory, and I think eight or nine are inseparable from ten. She must have recognized you, or why did she run away? Zhao Gao replied softly.

"Boss Zheng, Brother Feng and I happen to have a little stomach pain, and we must have eaten bad stomachs in the morning. This girl's rice forgot to take it back! Why don't you help her, and we're just going to ask her for some herbs for her stomachache? Montenegro suggested.

"I'm in a good stomach! It doesn't hurt! Chang Shi Feng said quickly, feeling that Montenegro's words were inexplicable!

"Brother Feng, your stomach can hurt at this time!" Montenegro said.

Feng Qujian thought about it for a while, immediately understood, and immediately covered his stomach and said, "Oops! My stomach hurts, I must have eaten a bad stomach! After saying that, he stroked his fat belly.

"Little Gaozi, you pick up the rice." King Qin said.

"I... My foot is broken. It hurts, and I'm walking lame! "Zhao Gao is so clever, he knows that his feet must hurt at this time!

"We are just about to go to Yao Lao to ask for some medicine, you tell me how to go on the road, this load of rice, let me pick it up for her along the way!" King Qin took a few steps forward and said to the old man.

"Yao Lao has been dead for two years, you are looking for a broken woman, her house is over there, you entered the second house on the left side of the middle!" The old man said!

The three courtiers watched King Qin, who was usually high, carrying a load of rice and walking inside. Fortunately, it's not far, only three miles. Montenegro was in front, found the courtyard of the village aunt's house, and knocked lightly on the courtyard door.

With a squeak, the door opened, and it was the girl in red who opened the door, and it was King Qin and others who came, and King Qin was still carrying a load of rice. was stunned for a moment, then rejoiced, blushed, and turned around and ran away.

"What are you doing in a daze, pick it in!" Montenegro said. King Qin raised his feet and went in!

Montenegro immediately stopped Zhao Gao, who was about to follow up, closed the door, and the three of them were waiting at the door. A few guards consciously stood around.

Heishan looked at Chang Shi Feng Quji, who was sitting on the stone at the door, and was picking up a pen and writing on the parchment: On a certain day, a certain year, a certain month, the story of King Qin and the village aunt by Zheng Guoqu. Zhao Gao walked around the door boringly.

finally got to noon, Wang Xiaofei's face was flushed, and she went out with King Qin! King Qin was in good spirits, but there was a piece of Shangfang's finely carved jade pendant missing from his waist.

"Wang Xiaofei is very familiar with these ten miles and eight townships, so let her take us along Zheng Guoqu!" King Qin said.

When the sun was setting in the west, the group came to the village where Montenegro had last visited. This village is the first place designated by Montenegro to install a water turbine, and the scenery here is beautiful, a small wooden bridge spans the Zhengguo Canal, the canal is lined with willow trees, a few ancient pine trees on the bank, a few ancient vines are hung, and there are a few nests of crows on the trees! In this era, the crow is still a symbol of good luck. There are several families in the Honsongbian.

Montenegro met Tian Dian who he saw last time, and hurriedly asked: "Lord Tian Dian, I don't know if the water wheel in your village has been installed?" The result? ”

Tian Dian also recognized the black mountain at once, immediately put down the farm tools in his hand, and said enthusiastically: "Lord Water God is here!" I don't know how to thank you! Our village is the first to install water wheels, not far ahead, I will take you to see, you have to stay in us at night, we want to raise a fire to welcome you? ”

"What's going on?" King Qin is in a particularly good mood today! Seeing that someone was so enthusiastic about Montenegro, he asked curiously.

Montenegro told him about the last time he passed through here and promised Tian Dian!

"It turns out that such a miraculous water wheel was conceived in this way. You're really smart! Chang Shi Feng said.

"Shehuo is good! Let's also touch the light of Montenegro! Let's have a good time in the evening! I haven't participated in the social fire of our old Qin people! King Qin said.

"So good! Take a look for yourself first, and I'll go and inform the folks to get ready! Tian Dian went happily!

"It's a pity that you can't drink together in the countryside on weekdays! Less vibe! Changshi said!

"As long as the king nods, I naturally have a way!" Montenegro said.

"As long as it doesn't violate the Qin Law, I'll get it!" King Qin said.

Montenegro put his mother and index fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly! Immediately, a few secret guards came out from the nearby secret place and saluted King Qin and the others!

"You put on official uniforms and separately notify all the townships and miles along the canal of Zheng Guo to congratulate the successful operation of the water wheeler, and feed the township along the canal today and tomorrow! This village will notify you first! Montenegro confessed.

Changshi Feng Qiji immediately wrote two documents, stamped them, and handed them to several secret guards.

King Qin is rarely in a good mood! Parallel to Faye Wong, I was about to go east to see the water wheeler, and just after walking a short distance, I heard a woman's crying voice. King Qin was disappointed, and his smile immediately dispersed! One of the guards stepped forward a few steps to stop the woman's cry!

Qin Tian strode over, bowed and asked, "This eldest sister, why is she sad here?" ”

"The people's daughter Cuihua, the husband Li Shun has been in the north for more than a year, the court has no faith in his words, and he can't go back for several months, just passing through here, remembering that the husband broke up here when he went north, touched the scene, cried out loud, swept the officials Yaxing, please be angry!" The woman wiped her tears and straightened her dress, and replied with a great deal of blessing.

"Bold and emerald flowers, the war is tense, the garrison soldiers have postponed their return to their hometowns, and the court has long been written in various villages. How can you be allowed to talk about state affairs in vain, and don't you know that Qin Fa is guilty of arrogance? "Zhao Gao knows the Qin law very well, and he also knows that in order to use troops against the Zhao State, the postponement of the garrison is the royal order of the Qin Wangli to overcome the differences! Seeing the folk girl complaining, she shouted angrily.

Feng Qi looked at King Qin, just waiting for King Qin to deal with this matter! The atmosphere immediately became tense, and Cuihua was overwhelmed by this momentum.

Just as everyone was quietly waiting for King Qin to make a statement, the air seemed to freeze, and the knowledge on the trees was quiet.

"Hey!" Montenegro was bent on exculpating the woman, and he sighed in a hurry.

"Montenegro, why are you sighing!" King Qin turned his head and asked.

Montenegro hurriedly changed the topic and said: "I just touched the scene and got a poem, please comment on it for me." ”

"Can you write poetry in Montenegro? Let's hear it! If you don't do it well, it's a great sin! King Qin said half-jokingly.

Montenegro pretended, cleared his throat, and read:

"Withered vines and old trees, faint crows, small bridges and flowing water people, ancient roads and west wind thin horses. The sun is setting, and the heartbroken man is at the end of the world. ”

King Qin looked at the scenery around him, then at the sad woman next to him, and praised: "Good! Good poetry! The right fit! A rare masterpiece! Can you make another one? ”

"I'm a good soldier and not a good writer, and occasionally when inspiration comes, I chant a few words, and the inspiration is gone, and I can't say a word! However, when I was on guard in the north, I also chanted a poem called "Biansai", which echoes the poem just now, and I would like you to ask for your advice. Montenegro said. Let Montenegro compose poems by himself, and he can't chant half a sentence in a year, but he can memorize a lot of poems in later generations, and he can just use it.

"Listen to it!" King Qin said.

Montenegro also read:

"Swore to sweep away the Huns, and 50,000 soldiers lost their lives.

Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream! ”

Montenegro renamed this "Longxi Xing" as "Biansai", and changed the 5,000 mink brocade into 50,000 Ruishi, and the last defeat of the Xiongnu was exactly more than 50,000 sacrifices.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Feng Qiji and Zhao Gao praised at the same time. They all knew that because of these two poems, the king of Qin would forgive the woman's sins.

"The second song is called "Biansai", so what is the name of the first song?" Chang Shi Feng asked.

"Let's call it "Autumn Thoughts"!" Montenegro said.

"How many men in Daqin have shed their blood on the frontier for the sake of the country. It makes his wife and children lovesick and painful, and the sin of widowhood. King Qin sighed, immediately bent down to help the woman, and comforted: "The widow will order that the soldiers who have been in the border for a year go home to visit their relatives in batches for a month!" You and your husband will be together soon! ”

"Can my husband come back?" The woman looked at King Qin suspiciously, at a loss.

"In front of you is the King of Qin, if he says he can, he will definitely be able to. You just go home and wait, but King Qin's micro-service is here, but you have to keep it secret! Montenegro said.