3 Zhou Dao, who was fond of carpenter's work, was standing on the edge of a stream, and the stream on the side of the mountain was called the Muddy Stream, but the water was clear, and the mountain through which the stream flowed was his territory, and yes, he bought it. The stream is not wide, and the flow rate is steady, but the water potential is not small, and it can barely be called a ditch. In the place where he stood, a dozen steps downstream of the river, the surface of the river was gone, and the sound of the rushing water was very loud, it was a waterfall, and the drop was five or six zhang.

"The water is still so big." Zhou Dao frowned, he said this to the person next to him. "It's about the same, now in mid-September and October, the water potential will be small, and it shouldn't be delayed." It was Carpenter Chen who spoke, "Wa'er, did you say?" He asked back to one of the people behind him. Yes", Xu Wa'er didn't talk much, he was originally a stonemason, and now he is a mason.

"From there, can you do it?" Zhou Dao was not at ease, pointed to a place dozens of steps upstream and asked, there is a boulder, more than a zhang high, the terrain is also high, the stream is at the boulder bend, to the west to this cliff, and then formed a waterfall, after the stream falls down, it is about two hundred steps to the south, and joins the Zhuxi River that can be boated.

"Yes, I've watched it many times in the past two months, and I took the third uncle to see it again, well, it's the one with the broken leg, you know, he is old and changed, he said that if he wants it, he wants it. At the end of the month, you can start walking, digging ditches and chiseling stones, and finally waiting for the water period to chisel through the stones. "Xu Wa'er talks a lot when she talks about business.

"Then you have to, the three of us will start looking for people, sixty wen guan will eat two meals a day, we must be strong, thirty will be about the same, don't look for everyone." Zhou Dao said to do it.

The prodigal son wants to change the water? This news soon became the talk of the village head, "Sixty yuan a day, and two meals." Yes, Liu Laoer, do you want to go? "What about you?" "I'm going, what's the point of digging a ditch, it's not deep. Anyway, I just harvested the grain, and there is nothing wrong. "People are gossiping in the ground.

At this time, in a small courtyard on the edge of the town, Qu's father and son were also talking about it. This Qu family is a solid household in the town, and there are some mountains, forests and fields, which can be regarded as the No. 1 small rich man. "This thoughtful road, he dug a ditch and diverted it to repair the water mill, why didn't we think of this?" Qu Da was a little annoyed. "He lied to us and said that he would buy mountains and forests to raise chickens? This turtle son's. "The more Qu Da thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, "No, changing the water is a big deal, and the river is not his Zhou family, it's not that he wants to change the route, I'll find someone to go to this matter!" ”

"What are you doing, what do you want to do? Do you want to get the land back, or do you want someone to make trouble? Well? Stupid! Lao Qu looked at Qu Da with a look of disgust. Although the river is not his, this section of the mountain is still his, do you think the title deed is written to play? Whether it is the original river channel or the road that was changed after going to the bend and straightening, it is all on his ground, and he did not intercept the flow, does this stream flow into Zhuxi in the same way? What are you making trouble about? Just make people look at jokes. ＂

"I just can't swallow this!" Qu Da stiffened his neck.

"This thoughtful way, it's still a bit of a doorway, underestimating him. Lao Qu waved his hand, but it was a trail after all. Let me ask you, how much does it cost to buy land, build canals, and build a mill? He stopped Qu Da, and Qu Da was silent for a while, "I'm afraid I can't come down without a few hundred, right?" ”

"Don't say two or three hundred! With more than 200 pieces of good land, you can buy a small 40 acres of land every six times, right? There are forty acres of land tenants out, and each acre of land is rented one stone and five buckets per year, and there can be sixty stones of income in a year! It's only a lot more than a mill, although repairing a mill can also have food and clothing, but can it be compared with forty acres of fertile land? Hehe, it's still tender in the end. The old man clutched his beard, and his ravine-ridden old face was shining.

When Qu Da heard these words, his mind finally calmed down. "But he should have built more than one or two mills, but a few more?" Qu Da felt that he still couldn't take it lightly. "Well, you can think of this, that's good. This one is not afraid, he built much and died quickly. Whether it's a mill or a mill, how many do you think we have in Zhuxi Town? Lao Qu paused, and asked himself, "Two families, one large and one small." Every year, in addition to the period of harvesting food, usually the two families are not full, and often empty and have no business. Three, let them call. Lao Qu pouted and smiled, "There is also Zhou Dao, this is a water-powered mill, there are indeed some advantages, but there are also disadvantages, although the water mill has been released, it can be run privately, but the tax money of the water mill is twice that of the livestock mill!" A plate of big mills is four times per month, how many can stand it? The town is a big fart, and he can make money? Water mill, it's not like I haven't seen your father, the profit is very thin, even if he can find some outside business, and deduct it from all sorts of things, how much can he earn? Hey, hey, hey. Still tender! Lao Qu raised his beard again, his mood was comfortable, and this emotion also infected his son, and the father and son looked at each other and smiled, and they were also happy.