Wang Shouren is definitely a pragmatic person, according to Xie Zhi's drawings, it took two or three days to make a windmill.

The windmill was built, and Xie Zhi was busy mixing cement, and he didn't bother to go forward to observe.

It seems that this cement can only be used for water canals, and the effect does not seem to be very great.

But in the future, it will be more than that, building a house and paving roads can be used, and it will definitely become a big profiteering.

Next to the Liuhe, Wang Shouren led a few carpenters to stand in front of a one-person-high windmill and ordered one by one: "Let's start." ”

Although the water level of the Liuhe River has dropped considerably, it can still support the irrigation of nearby farmland.

Since then, there have been nearby farmers carrying water, but they can continue to pick up water for a whole day, which is not enough to irrigate one acre.

Such a drop in the bucket of irrigation simply does not support the current drought situation.

If this windmill can really work, some farmland near the Liuhe River will not have to worry about drought at all.

As early as when driving a windmill, many people were looking forward to it.

Even if the field is not nearby, the people have come to see, after all, if this windmill can be made, their land will be saved.

With the rotation of the wind wheel, the water in the willow river was really brought up.

"It's done, it's done... It's really been..."The onlookers all rejoiced.

Wang Shouren also sighed in his heart for his ability.

He was also a traveler, and had seen the kind of waterwheels used for irrigation in the south.

This windmill is very different from the watermill.

On top of this question, he also specifically asked Xie Zhi.

Xie Zhi said a lot, in the clouds, although he didn't understand many things, he finally understood a sentence.

These windmills rely on wind, and if there is no wind, manual irrigation is required.

However, even if it is operated manually, it is really much more convenient than lifting water for irrigation.

At the time of rejoicing, Wang Shouren smiled faintly and said: "First draw water into the ditch in the east and west, and each family must not intercept it privately." ”

If the water is allowed to flow freely, it depends on whether your land is level, if it is flat, then the irrigation is naturally good, if it is not smooth enough, then it is not easy to say.

These fields near Liuhe are all official fields, and tenants who rent crops are not as interested in their own private fields as they are.

Whether you are attentive or not, you can see the high and low at this time.

After arranging the irrigation method, Wang Shouren then said: "Other villagers don't need to be anxious, the county is already studying the ditches to save water, and all the villages are also digging wells, as long as you can work together, this drought will definitely be able to survive." ”

If there is nothing, come up and say these things, the people may not be able to do it, this windmill is the hope that the people in the county see.

At this time, no one said anything to pray to God and pray for rain, and all the energy was put on digging wells.

While the clouds are in full swing, the rest of the land is not.

If it doesn't rain, it won't be one county and one place, and the affected area will be at least dozens of counties.

The area covered by this drought is not dozens of counties, but at least more than 30 counties, and tens of thousands of people have been affected.

With such a large area of drought at the beginning of spring, the embarrassment was evident before the autumn harvest.

The magistrates of many counties have led the people in the county to pray for rain since the end of February, and they have been tossing for more than a few months without any results.

Every day the sun is scorching, and even the grass is gone.

In the Fengtian Palace, Emperor Hongzhi specially added the Wu Dynasty to solve the drought in several places in Guanzhong.

Emperor Hongzhi motioned to Xiao Jing, who was waiting on the side, to take a few handfuls of soil from before the imperial case to the ministers below.

"This is a group of people sent by me to take it from several counties on the outskirts of Beijing, these places have not rained since the beginning of winter, and there is soil like this at a depth of a few feet.

Natural disasters must be followed by human disasters, and this has always been a headache.

The ministers whispered to each other, and Zhu Houzhao was bored by his father's side.

It's like this in the land of Jingshi, and I don't know what the situation is in the clouds.

It's been a long time since I've heard from the clouds.

After a while, one of the people took the lead in standing up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are watching the stars, there are five ghosts and incorruptible stars, this is a fire, this drought is probably not so easy to end, it should be solved as soon as possible." ”

This person is Yang Hong, the supervisor of Qintian.

The Qin Heavenly Prison is responsible for observing celestial phenomena and using celestial phenomena to deceive people's minds.

As soon as Yang Hong's words came out, the ministers in the palace became even more restless.

Emperor Hongzhi did not move, and asked again: "What should Yang Qing do?" ”

Yang Hong was not dissatisfied, and continued: "The appearance of this star must be a warning from the heavens, and the first thing Your Majesty can do is to punish himself and calm the panic of the people. ”

The emperor is not so easy to behave, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the emperor has issued an edict to review his own mistakes has become a necessary means to deal with this type of incident.

As soon as this person's voice fell, Zhu Houzhao on the side spoke, and he almost raised his sleeves and waved his fist at each other, saying: "What did my father do to anger and resent, why did he make an edict against himself?" If there is a drought, we should call on the people to fight the drought, how can a single edict solve it? ”

Although Zhu Houzhao was a little reckless in doing this, he still had filial piety after all, and he was quite pleased with Emperor Hongzhi.

However, after all, this is the Fengtian Temple, and it is really too reckless to act like this as a prince.

Immediately, Emperor Hongzhi made a rebuke: "Don't be rude. ”

Although Zhu Houzhao was not convinced, he no longer spoke.

Emperor Hongzhi stopped Zhu Houzhao, and Yang Hong immediately said: "Your Majesty, the accusation is only one aspect, the most critical thing about this drought is that His Royal Highness is no longer in the East Palace for several months, and the position of the East Palace is not ownerless..."

Before Yang Hong's words were finished, Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "What bullshit, isn't this palace just not in the East Palace for a few months?" The main palace went out not to be greedy for pleasure, and the main palace also took the cloud guards to repel the Tatars. ”

This matter can definitely become the capital that Zhu Houzhao often talks about and shows off.

It's okay if he doesn't say this, as soon as his words came out, a person immediately came out of the squad and arched his hand: "His Royal Highness is the prince of the East Palace, so he should abide by the courtesy, study hard, and have his own generals to do the training, why should His Highness surrender himself to be with Qiu Ba." ”

If these words were said in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the country, and Zhu Di, who was about to win the world, blood would be splashed on the spot in minutes.

Emperor Hongzhi was not moved, and obviously agreed with this statement.

Zhu Houzhao was already martial, and when he heard this, he immediately became angry, and a sense of anger spread from his heart, and he was about to have a seizure, when he remembered Xie Zhi's way of dealing with such a situation, he still pressed it.

"Jiao Fang, you are bold, Taizu rose up at the beginning and created my Daming foundation, Taizong Jing is difficult to raise troops to have me and I are prosperous now, you dare to attribute it to the ranks of Qiu Ba."

After being blamed, Jiao Fang couldn't explain it for a while.

The founding emperors of any dynasty were not all born as warriors, and the emperors who guarded the country in later generations did not all put down their swords and govern the country with the book of sages, and the status of military generals naturally gradually decreased.

Everyone knows this.

Zhu Houzhao gave such an example, which can be regarded as ingenious, how to answer this.

Jiao Fang was speechless, so he could only arch his hand and say: "That's not what the minister meant..."

Zhu Houzhao had no intention of giving up, and said: "That's not what I mean, what does that mean?" Shouldn't this palace go to exterminate the Tatars, let them wantonly invade my people, and offend my Ming national prestige? You eat the king's fortune, don't dare to go into battle to kill the enemy, is it wrong for this palace to break the enemy of 5,000 without spending a single soldier? Isn't it good to have both civil and military preparations? Or are you afraid that the palace will be close to the military generals and alienate you, the civil servants? ”

Although the truth is like that, it is not so easy to admit if you say it directly.

Just like now, although these ministers here have this meaning, but when Zhu Houzhao says this, none of them dare to admit it.

In the dialogue, Zhu Houzhao had the upper hand.

Seeing his son like this, Emperor Hongzhi was satisfied.

He doesn't expect his son to treat courtiers like himself, each emperor will have his own style, as long as he can have the aura of the emperor, deter the ministers, and govern the people well.

His own son has already taken charge, and Emperor Hongzhi can no longer drink and reprimand the minister, so he can only slap his own son.