In the autumn of the earth, the soil was soft, and with the efforts of nearly 300 laborers, but in a month's work, the canal three feet above the ground was piled up, although it took a lot of effort to lay deep tiles more than a foot wide and a foot deep into the canal. But by the beginning of September, the three-mile canal was still completed.

Compared with the canal, the windmill is relatively simple, different from the traditional vertical eight-sail windmill, although this windmill has many advantages such as the use of universal wind, but his efficiency is low, so Shi Yiwen chose a wooden cloth canopy windmill with a horizontal rotation shaft, that is, a Dutch-like windmill. According to the drawings provided by Shi Yiwen, it took more than a month for the village carpenters to build a wooden windmill tower more than ten meters high. It wasn't until the canal was almost five or six days after it was finished that the windmill was finished, and it took a day to install it, when the huge blades were pulled up. Driven by the wind, the windmill drove the water dragon, and the keel water dragon immediately spun rapidly, and the water from the river was brought ashore with a bang, and splashed into the brick water tank, and the water flowed along the water tank and along the pottery tank.

"Oh my God, that's fine!"

The crowd was already stunned, they had used to use water hoses to lift water, but the water hoses were all stepped on by women, and it was like now when the windmill turned, the water was lifted.

"Ouch, you see that the water is really fast enough, and the land in our Shitaizhuang will be watered in the future."

Half an hour later, with a burst of cheers from the crowd, people will run back to their fields to release water. In the end, Liu Yu persuaded everyone and asked Zhao Si and a few overseers to follow the rules of the past, line up from far and near the shore, water the far first, and take turns to water the fields.

Of course, the tenants in the village did not forget to thank the owner, they know better than anyone how much more grain can be harvested after the dry land becomes watered land, and naturally they are grateful to the owner.

Looking at the gratitude on the faces of the dealers, as well as the trust that he had never had, Shi Yiwen said lightly.

"Everyone has worked hard for a while, today the canal has been repaired, in the future, we will no longer have to rely on the sky to eat, today the village will open a flowing water seat, and every household will come to all."

"Yes, young master."

Liu Yu knew why the young master did this, as an "outsider" who came here for the first time, the young master has been using his way to win people's hearts.

Now, this person's heart has finally been captured by the young master.

The human heart is very delicate, and sometimes some actions can always be rewarded unexpectedly.

Shi Yiwen could feel this change, and Wu Cai could also see it, and on the way back to the house from the river, he couldn't help but say.

"Childe, this only cost a few hundred taels of silver, and it will be full of people's hearts, from now on, this Shitaizhuang will almost be Shijiazhuang."

The cost of repairing the canal is not high, after all, the terracotta tile is not a valuable thing, and there are thousands of acres of water to irrigate the land, and the over-harvested grain alone can be returned to the original, but what about the human heart? Now the hearts of the people in this Zhuangzi have almost been caged by the son. After figuring out the links, Wu Cai saw that Childe's gaze was also changing.

His compliment made Shi Yiwen laugh, and he just said it casually.

"I saw that there was still a vacant land by the river, and I went back and installed a wind mill there, and when I needed irrigation, I used it to grind noodles when I didn't need watering and irrigation, and I could save a lot of effort in grinding noodles in the future."

Some things always have to be done persistently, so that it doesn't cost a few dollars, and it is always right to do a few things that can be profitable and win people's hearts.

Even if it is to open a flowing water mat, it doesn't cost much silver, and when Shi Yiwen returned to the house, Yun Niang had already called more than a dozen women, and a few Zhuang Ding had built a few big stoves not far from the courtyard, and hot water had been boiled in a few large pots. It was only half an hour's work, and the meal was ready.

The meals of the Zhuang family are not particular, the sorghum rice is full, the pork stewed cabbage, and the pork stewed radish are enough, so it is a meal, and as for the wine, it is a hot and spicy sorghum wine.

Although the meal is extremely simple, but the big guy is still happy, the main house in front of the green brick yard, originally a place to collect rent, this will be each family to move the table and bench, and even bring their own dishes and chopsticks, after all, the main family has not so many dishes and chopsticks is not necessarily, of course, many people have brought the largest bowl of chopsticks in the house, just thinking about eating and then loading a big bowl.

The children were happily eating meat and vegetables, and the men were sitting there eating meat and drinking wine, smiling and talking about the benefits of the owner, and of course looking forward to the good days in the village in the future.

However, it is inevitable that the big guy will mention the fact that the owner let the big guy grow vegetables, and unlike the previous suspicions, some people's opinions began to waver.

"Old grandson, you grow vegetables all year round, and you also go to the city to sell vegetables, you say that Chinese cabbage can really last for a few months?"

"No one can say for sure, cabbage can grow in this winter, and it may be a vegetable for a few months, but I haven't heard of it......"

"But if not, why would the owner say that?"

Listening to everyone's words, Shi Yiwen just smiled, and occasionally toasted the elderly people in the village with wine.

"East, East!"

Just as Shi Yiwen had just drunk wine with a few old people in the village, a rough voice suddenly came from his side, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a burly middle-aged man walking over with a wine bowl.

"I, I respect the owner's wine, the owner does this authentic, there is water on the ground, the big guy can eat enough, the kindness of the owner, I remember ......"

Looking at the honest smiling face of the big man, working on the construction site these days, Shi Yiwen can almost call many people's names. This man's name is Fang Zhi, he is in his forties, he defected to his relatives to enter Zhuangzi more than ten years ago, and he was told that he had been a soldier.

"Uncle Fang is polite, there is a lot of harvest in this field, and my rent is also more, isn't it?"

As a new landlord, Shi Yiwen did not have the consciousness of "rent reduction and interest reduction".

"The owner is polite, the owner is polite, this kind of land rent payment is a matter of course......"

Fang Zhihan smiled, he didn't know what to say, he picked up the wine bowl and said.

"I remember the kindness of the owner, and this wine is my whole family's respect for the owner."

When someone started the toast, naturally there was this person who came to toast, although when they toasted, they often drank it all in a big bowl, Shi Yiwen just tasted it, but he couldn't stand the crowd, and slowly he was also drunk.

That night, the farmers of Shitaizhuang were eating sorghum rice, pork cabbage and radish, drinking sorghum wine, and muttering about the good times of the owner, and the sound of the man's fist punching echoed on the field......

"In the future, this Zhuangzi will be my home......"