Wei Bao is not a saint, but he has been educated in politics for many years in modern times, and he has been influenced by textbooks since he was a child, and his world view is still healthy.

Wei Bao had a sense of competition and wanted to make China rich and strong, but he never thought of dominating the world by force, and he did not have the idea of leaving land and barbaric expansion like the European powers of this era.

If it can, at most, it will be a group of neighboring vassals of the Ming Dynasty to be steadily recovered, and then at most, the sparsely populated and still wild Australian continent will be collected.

Time is precious, development is the last word, otherwise the result of desperate expansion can only be like the Great Mongol Dynasty, short-lived.

In that case, what's the use of conquering the whole world and not being able to hold it?

"Let's go to sleep quickly, don't be too nervous about me in the future, I'm hungry and sleepy when I'm cold, I'll say it myself." Wei Bao smiled and urged the three daughters.

"Okay, but when you have time, you have to tell us about things outside, Xiaobao, you know so much, where did you hear about so many things around the world?" Fan Xiaolin's interest was undiminished.

"No problem, I'll tell you when I have time. These things are all heard from businessmen outside. Wei Bao smiled, "I still want to write a set of textbooks in the future, let's start our own education!" ”

"Textbooks? Education? Fan Xiaolin unconsciously repeated these two new words, but the meaning was immediately understood. Now the people around Wei Bao have come up with some new words from time to time, and they don't think it's strange.

When the third girl heard this, her heart moved, Wei Bao had already said that she would let Xu Rui teach the maids to learn to write, and now she heard that Wei Bao was going to start her own education, and she thought of something. Education has the imperial examination system of the imperial court, what kind of education do you want to run yourself? It would be terrible if this thing got out.

The matter of running education has not yet been put on the agenda by Wei Bao, now we will use all the resources at hand, let my subordinates move, and form a golden hen that makes money, and wait until the quality of the personnel of my subordinates is really unable to keep up with the needs of development, and life is temporarily worry-free, and it is too late to start running a school.

Wei Bao's biggest concern at the moment is whether the well drilling will go smoothly tomorrow morning.

"Xiaobao, doesn't Daming have a scientific expedition? What do you need to test for your education? Fan Xiaolin asked suspiciously.

"Take the science, the law, the administration." Wei Bao smiled: "I know what you're worried about, don't worry, I won't do this for the time being, the three of you are people I trust, in the future, the walls of these four miles will be sealed, and people will not be allowed to enter and exit casually, and I will start to run education with great fanfare, and it will not be possible without my own talents." ”

The third girl snorted and didn't dare to ask again, but secretly wondered what you were going to do? Don't you want to rebel?

The three of them thought of the word 'rebellion' at the same time, and their hearts were pounding, both scared and excited. But there is no idea of drawing a line with Wei Bao because of this, Wei Bao does not say rebellion, he wants to fight with heaven and earth, and they will follow him without hesitation.

Wei Bao really didn't think about rebellion, he just wanted to have a piece of his own development territory, and then let science and technology run up according to his own intentions.

But in terms of the information that the third daughter felt, this is a rebellion, otherwise whether a person wants to make money or become an official, what would such a powerful local force do?

After the three daughters left, Wei Bao read the "Analects" alone for a long time, and he would flip through the four books and five classics when he had time, and only fell asleep again in the early morning, and did not wake up until noon.

"Young people just can't do it, the control is too poor." Wei Bao shook his head, although he was refreshed and had reversed the jet lag caused by staying up late, he regretted the delay in the past two days, he was a person who valued time very much.

Wang Qiuya heard that Wei Bao had woken up, and hurriedly knocked on the door to ask for entry.

After Wei Bao let Wang Qiuya in, Wang Qiuya smiled and picked up Wei Bao's words just now: "You seem to be too old, and you are still young." ”

"Although I am not yet old, it does not prevent me from saying that young people, my heart is the heart of a thirty-year-old." Wei Bao laughed.

"The heart of a thirty-year-old? Then you'll have to wait another 16 years to understand what a thirty-year-old thinks. Wang Qiuya smiled.

Wei Bao shook his head, he didn't know how to answer, he couldn't say that he was a crossing giant, and he had already lived once at the age of thirty, he really found that living to be thirty years old in modern times was useless for coming to Daming, if it weren't for the Zhenyuan ship, and the items carried on the Zhenyuan ship, I was afraid that he would have starved to death at the moment.

Wang Qiuya saw that Wei Bao seemed to be a little unhappy, and hurriedly said: "However, the great reputation of the eldest son of the Wu family is also in his thirties, right?" I don't feel better than you. ”

Wei Bao smiled when he heard this: "You sycophant, where can I catch up with Master Wu?" He is the son of the Wei Commander and the Commander, and he has already won too much in this identity. ”

"What's wrong with identity? Xiaobao will definitely be able to surpass him one day. Wang Qiuya is full of confidence in Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, dressed neatly under Wang Qiuya's service, and after washing, went to lunch.

Originally, Wei Bao could eat in his own house, but later Huang Ying said that it was too wasteful to eat in two places, so he ate at Wei Dakang and Huang Ying's house, and then Huang Ying felt that it was still a waste, so he went to the 'big canteen' in Jiazhong to eat with everyone.

The leftover dishes of Wei Bao's family are heavenly food for the people below! In this era, back to the pot meat is a luxury among luxury goods, a piece of shiny, a casual piece of meat can make the middle and lower nest of the nail nest, and eat two meals beautifully.

Generally, Wei Bao's leftovers are first given to high-level maids like Wang Qiuya, Fan Xiaolin and Xu Rui, and then four low-level maids, and then they are distributed to the canteen.

"Xiaobao, I heard Blacksmith Wang say, your big guy is going to use it to dig wells? Isn't it all about people digging wells? It is not easy for us to dig a well in this place, more than ten meters can not necessarily see the water, it seems that Zhao Lizheng's family has drilled a well, out of the water, it will dry up in less than two years, and the water is very yellow, it is better to go to the river to pick up water to precipitate. Fan Lao Pimple came over with a bowl and said, adding a piece of meat to the Wei family's table.

Wei Dakang smiled: "Old pimple, sit down and eat." ”

"My family made food. Thank you brother. Fan Lao's pimple blushed his face, although every time Wei Dakang called him to sit down and eat, he was 'reminded' by Fan Xiaolin not to take advantage of Wei's house casually.

Especially Fan Xiaolin now has 100 taels of silver every month, and the family can live a good life that surpasses 90% of the people in the Ming Dynasty, there is no need. But Fan Lao Pimple has become accustomed to taking advantage of it, and he will be very happy to eat a piece of meat.

Fan Xiaolin knew that Wei Bao did not tell Huang Ying about giving her, Xu Rui, and Fan Xiaolin 100 taels of silver per month, so she didn't tell her parents, but only told her parents that Wei Bao gave 10 taels of silver every month, and gave it all to her father.

Wang Qiuya did the same, and the second daughter secretly saved the extra 90 taels of silver, and no one dared to move. In the first ten taels of silver, it was already a very beautiful village in the township.

Fan Xiaolin not only discussed with Wang Qiuya about this, but also told Xu Rui not to say that she could get 100 taels of silver every month, for fear that their monthly silver would be much higher than ordinary people, and that the people in the armor would have some thoughts, and told Wei Bao their plans.

Wei Bao sighed that the three girls were thrifty and sensible at the same time, and agreed to keep it secret for them, since they were given so much money every month, Wei Bao originally wanted to make the three girls more down-to-earth and live a more prosperous life, not to show off.

"Where did that big guy come from?" Wei Dakang smiled: "This big guy can still dig a well? ”

"Xiaobao said that the big guy can do a lot of things, and he can also use it to dig sand in the river, and he can also use it to pump water, and we will have clean water under the ground to drink in the future, Xiaobao, isn't it?" Fan Lao Pimple looked like he knew everything.

Wei Bao saw that Fan Lao pimple didn't believe it, smiled slightly, didn't want to say anything, and was ready to use facts to speak to these unbelievers. And he probably knows what to do, and his heart is not very bottom, after all, it is not a professional modern well digging machine, and even if a modern well digging machine is used by him, whether he can dig water in the gold mountain, he himself is not very clear.

The drilling rig must be a working unit that combines the three systems of lifting, rotation and circulation, so there are different energy conversion modes and transmission routes between the engine to the working machine or the bottom hole drilling tool, the working process of each working machine is different, and their load also changes with the difference in well depth, so the transmission and control system of the drilling rig is more complex.

All Wei Bao can do now is rotate, and as for lifting and circulating, it can only be done manually by humans. Fortunately, it is a water well, and it is impossible to drill an oil well hundreds of meters deep.

He didn't know anything about the terrain here, and he wasn't a geologists, just a modern ordinary person, Wei Bao secretly prayed that the terrain was in good condition, that it was all dirt, and that he wouldn't run into rock formations.

Just now I heard Fan Lao Pimple say that Zhao Kehu's family once drilled a well, secretly digging more than ten meters deep, it is estimated that it is already the limit that can be reached in this era, and it happens to be able to produce water, which is already extremely lucky, but in the north, such a shallow well, the quality of the water is definitely not good. It must be 30 meters away from a deep well to do it!

"Xiaobao, why don't you speak? Is what your old uncle said true? Vedacom asked.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "What are you anxious about?" ”

"Xiaobao said that he could dig sand, dig wells, and pump water, but he didn't say that he could now. What are you chasing? Huang Ying saw that her son was not confident, gave Wei Dakang a blank look, and hurriedly relieved Wei Bao.

It's good that Huang Ying doesn't break the siege, and this kind of relief makes Wei Bao want to prove that the steam engine can do these things!

After eating, Wei Bao went straight to arrange the drilling of the well, and let a few blacksmiths also come to observe, so that they could understand the specific functions of the steam engine, Wei Bao believed that they could also provide some help for imitation, at least intuitively leave an impression of what the steam engine was for, and also make an invisible encouragement, let them know the importance of the steam engine.

Wei Dakang and Huang Ying, Fan Lao Pimple and his wife, Wang Zhihui and his wife, Luo Sanzi, Fan Xiaolin, Wang Qiuya and Xu Rui and others also went to see it. Although they don't believe that 'this big guy' can dig wells, they are still very interested in this big guy who can move on his own.

There were also more than a dozen of Wei Bao's personal entourage, as well as some old people who were idle and had nothing to do, and forty or fifty people stood by and waited to watch the excitement.

"Xiaobao, this is about to start? Do you want to hang firecrackers first? Fan Lao Pimple reminded.

"Yes, let's hang firecrackers before we start! Digging a well is a big deal, more important than making a house! Wei Dakang didn't wait for Wei Bao to agree, so he took the lead.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, "Whatever you want." He was not a superstitious man, but he was not opposed to these established customs.

Crackling, a dozen firecrackers.

The whole person of A now knows that Wei Bao is going to dig a well, and although the people who are doing the work do not have time to watch, they have a lot of discussions in private. Wei Gongzi's 'big guy' is now the No. 1 news in A.

In the sky of the north, there are heavy clouds underneath, and heavy snow may fall at any time, and the sound of firecrackers in the whistling north wind looks very thin.

Wei Bao's whole body was already frozen like a popsicle, and he was a little distracted as he watched the huge steam engine placed in the scene of a wooden house on all sides, a product of this quasi-modern industry that was so inconsistent with this place.

Wei Bao should have been enthusiastic about such a scene, but he didn't know why in his heart, and he couldn't get enthusiastic at all.

He tightened the black bear skin, shrunk his neck, sighed on both hands, and personally installed the iron pipe, the craftsmen's skills are very good, the iron pipe is very straight, and the fit of the handmade thread is also very good, the two iron pipes are connected together, quite firm.

For the iron pipe designed by Wei Bao, these blacksmiths who are responsible for manufacturing it are extremely cooperative, although this process does not feel complicated when they see the real thing, but when they know that this is what Gongzi came up with, they also know that no one in Daming has used this method to put the two iron pipes together so closely, or the five bodies that Wei Bao admires!

There is a gate knife on the steam engine, if it is not closed, the steam engine is just idling, after closing, and then use a screwdriver to lock the screws and fix the iron pipe, and then it begins to drive the iron pipe with a cone tip to rotate.

Watching the iron pipe dig into the bottom and bring out the dirt, everyone understood what Wei Bao planned to do, and they exclaimed in amazement.

I only knew that the big guy could move on his own, and I didn't expect to be able to really do many other things.

Originally, they couldn't imagine how Wei Bao drilled the well, but now they can be considered to understand.

"Xiaobao, can you drill such a fist-sized hole to hit the water? Can water come out on its own? Don't you throw down the bucket and carry the water up? Fan Xiaolin asked in surprise.

Wei Bao was not so surprised by everyone, it was not the time to be happy, and he didn't know until twenty meters later whether he could hit the water smoothly.

"Don't talk." Wei Bao was in no mood to explain, and responded to Fan Xiaolin softly.

Fan Xiaolin was so frightened that she hurriedly sighed and didn't dare to ask again.

Fan Xiaolin's father Fan Lao Pimple and his mother looked at Fan Xiaolin nervously, Wei Bao rarely spoke to girls like this, and they were secretly worried, afraid that Fan Xiaolin would talk too much and would dislike Wei Bao.

If Fan Xiaolin was the only one to ask questions, Wei Bao would not be so impatient, although the key group of people did not ask him, they kept talking, and they didn't believe that they could make water in this way, with so many questions, Wei Bao couldn't explain it to everyone, so he blocked everyone's mouths by blocking Fan Xiaolin's mouth, and his ears were clean.

Fan Xiaolin was not displeased, she was scolded by Wei Bao, in her place, there was no lethality at all, but Huang Ying still held Fan Xiaolin's hand distressedly, and said softly: "Xiaobao, this kid doesn't like to be distracted when he does things." ”

Fan Xiaolin nodded and said softly: "I shouldn't ask too much, I think Xiaobao will definitely be able to get water." ”

Wei Bao's eyes were fixed on the iron pipe on the ground.

Although he only saw that Wei Bao took a tube, what should he do next, Madman Tan didn't need Wei Gongzi to teach him anymore, he took the initiative to go up and help Gongzi take over, and then concocted the pipe into the hole just now.

5 meters.

10 meters.

With the iron pipes connected one by one, the excavation progress is quite smooth.

The group of people who were skeptical just now, although they didn't know this way, even if they hit the water, how could they pump the water up? But there is no doubt that the iron pipe will eventually dig up water.

15 meters.

Out of the water!

"It's out of the water, it's already in the water! Son! When Maniac Tan was installing the iron pipe, he found that there was yellow mud water on the iron pipe pumped up from below, and said to Wei Bao in surprise, thinking that Wei Gongzi just wanted to see the water come out.

Everyone also cheered, and watched for a long time, as if they were waiting for this moment, and there was an element of flattering Wei Bao.

Wei Bao was very calm, with no joy at all, still staring at his eyes, and said flatly: "Keep digging, what I want is deep well water that can be used all year round!" Use up all the iron pipes! ”

Madman Tan agreed, and hurriedly continued to dig.

At 20 meters, Tan Maniac couldn't pull the iron pipe alone, and a 1.5-meter pipe had already connected more than ten iron pipes, and three people had to pull it up together.

By the time it reached 25 meters, there was no water, and the speed of the excavation slowed down, and although the torque of the steam engine was not a problem, it was obviously much more difficult to rotate, and the part of the iron pipe was stuck and kept creaking.

Bang.

The iron pipe stopped turning.

The part of the iron pipe stuck in the steam engine pulled the iron pipe out of shape.

Wei Bao was startled, and quickly pulled the gate knife apart and stopped digging.

"Pull up the iron pipe first!" Wei Bao worried: "I don't know if I hit the gypsum rock or the rock layer." ”

Madman Tan and the two guards hurriedly went to pull the iron pipe, where did they pull it?

"No, no, it's stuck, come and help!" Madman Tan said to more than a dozen followers.

Everyone hurried together to help, most of these people are the old people of the Liuzi Gang of Lao Linzi, each has a body of kung fu, much more than the strength of ordinary people, each person's torque of 150 catties can be achieved, and more than a dozen people together have to be 2000 catties of strength.

Even so, the iron pipe remained motionless.

Wei Bao's heart sank, and he secretly thought that he must be stuck in the rock layer!

It was so bad to dig to this extent and find that there was no way to continue, and Wei Bao's brows were tightly locked.

"Why don't you dig somewhere else?" Fan Lao Pimple suggested.

"I can't take it now, how can I change places?" Vedakon sighed.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Wang Zhihui glanced at Wei Bao and comforted him softly.

Wei Bao ignored everyone's words, still frowning and thinking, and suddenly felt a little like collapse.

Digging wells is just the simplest kind of mechanical use, right? If it is to produce any high-precision parts, it is not more difficult, and if a person like him is allowed to drive the Zhenyuan ship to sea independently, I don't know what it will be difficult to become.

Wei Bao suddenly realized that he couldn't do anything serious except eating, drinking, and having fun.

Due to the large changes in the rock properties of the formation at the bottom of the well, it is difficult to automate the drilling process.

Wei Bao was already thinking about whether to give up.

"We've got marble here." Luo San was stunned and reminded: "The son's house and the old lady's house are paved with marble. I guess I hit a rock layer. ”

Wei Bao nodded, secretly thinking that quartz sandstone is a very hard rock, in the process of drilling often appears slow footage, one meter may appear two meters of sand, drilling tools beat seriously, slag and rock cutting more, buried drilling accidents, etc. Therefore, it is necessary for small rig operators to have a detailed understanding of this terrain.

Clear water does not have the same lubricity as mud, and when it encounters hard rock drilling tools, it beats more powerfully, and the rock is vibrated and broken when the drilling tools jump; The sorting of clear water is larger, and the larger and more rock cuts can not be taken out of the hole by the flushing fluid, and the sand-like rock cut is always in the hole if it floats and sinks in the hole

The use of powder pipe may appear to hit a meter footage may appear two meters of sand phenomenon, if a little careless may be buried drilling, more sand will bring more trouble to the hole cleaning.

Quartz sandstone is formed due to sedimentation, belongs to extremely hard rock, in the process of drilling by small drilling rigs, the holes are relatively shallow, generally 30 meters to 50 meters, so the diamond drill bit is generally used to use clear water automatic slurry for drilling.

Weibao does not have diamond drill bits! There are also no more powerful electric drilling rigs. If you have that technology, you can go straight to oil.

"I know where I can get water, and I won't touch the rocks underground." Wang Zhihui seemed to remember something all of a sudden.

Wang Qiuya coughed, looked at her father Wang Zhihui worriedly, and hurriedly looked at Wei Bao, knowing that Wei Bao was now in a hurry, for fear that her father would say something wrong, like Fan Xiaolin just now, and make Wei Bao unhappy.

Wei Bao's eyes lit up, giving up this hole, at most wasting a dozen iron pipes, although these iron materials are very laborious to obtain, and iron materials are also very valuable in this era, but for his current net worth, these are nothing.

Wang Zhihui understood what his daughter's cough meant, but he didn't flinch, and said to Wei Bao: "Xiaobao, there is a place over there that there was water during the last earthquake!" What I saw with my own eyes was only a little bit of a bubble and dried up the next day, but that also shows that the bottom line is all the way! ”

Wei Bao nodded happily, if it weren't for the earthquake that had just happened here, he wouldn't have the equipment and instruments to survey the terrain.

His modern maps contain records of where reservoirs are suitable and where there are mineral deposits, but there is no such detailed record of where wells can be drilled, and no map is so refined.

"Great! Uncle Wang, take me quickly! Dig there! After Wei Bao finished speaking to Wang Zhihui, he said to Madman Tan and a few blacksmiths: "Find a way to take out the iron pipe, don't dig here." ”

Originally, Wei Bao planned to set up the water station next to his house to facilitate water access. Now it seems that it is not possible.

A blacksmith said: "It seems that this place is stuck, and I can't dig it, so I can only put down an iron pipe next to it to see if I can drill and break the stone that is stuck in the cone at the bottom, and then take out the stuck cone and iron pipe?" However, this is risky, and if you get stuck for another section, it will be troublesome. ”

Wei Bao said decisively, "Yes, just follow your method, and then get stuck for a while, and then prepare the iron pipe again!" Don't be psychologically burdened, not many things are smooth sailing! ”

"Yes, Childe!" The blacksmith who made the suggestion was relieved a lot.

The head of the blacksmith, the king blacksmith, hurriedly said, "Tan Teamzheng, do it?" Don't delay Childe's efforts. ’

Madman Tan nodded, "Dry it up, dry it up, and then put down another pipe to see if it can crack the rock stuck underneath." ”

A group of onlookers probably understood what the situation was now, and they all whispered to the Bodhisattva for protection.

Wei Bao also folded his hands and pleaded silently in his heart, in the ancient Ming Dynasty, there was no faith, it was really difficult, prayed a few words, and felt a lot more comfortable, so he and Wang Zhihui went to check the new well site that Wang Zhihui just said.