Since the last toilet remodeling, I am very satisfied with the toilet Luoshi. So, Gu Bei left Li Laosan and other masons in Baifu, Baifu's family is big, and it doesn't cost a few more people to raise dozens of people, after all, Li Laosan is not an idler, but he is the chief engineer who built high-rise buildings.

For Gu Bei's decision, after the other masons heard it, they all smiled, they belonged to the lowest level of the Xia Kingdom, no one looked down on them, and now Aunt Bai asked them to stay, they couldn't ask for it.

Although the mason is still a mason, it is a mason who belongs to Baifu, and his status is also different, and Baifu's monthly salary is paid, which is an iron rice bowl, and Baifu gives much more wages than other people's homes.

As the saying goes, "the prime minister's door is seven officials", is it possible that the status of the masons in the Guogong Mansion will be poor?

After receiving a notice from his uncle, he heard that he was going to rebuild the bathroom for his old man, Li Laosan didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to the old man's residence with his subordinates.

This is to rebuild the bathroom for the old man, and the old man is the top big man in the Xia Kingdom for those of them who live at the bottom of Ying Tianfu, and it will be a great glory for them to spread it in the future.

"A few years after the construction of Daxia, the thatched house next door to Bai Batian, the prince of Zhenguo, was successfully rebuilt under the skillful hands of Li Laosan and other masons......

Just think about it, the masons are almost crazy with joy, and Li Laosan is still calm and composed, and he disdains to rejoice with them...... Well, after all, he had already been happy before, and his uncle also promised to let him participate in the construction of the high-rise building, thinking about the words "the tallest building in the Xia Kingdom", Li Laosan's heart began to tremble again.

Once born and twice cooked, these masons have already participated in the renovation once, and the experienced ones are busy with their own work in an orderly manner, and even put forward some of their own opinions to Li Laosan, the "chief engineer" of his uncle's seal, from time to time. Although Li Laosan has been promoted to the "chief engineer" of this Laoshizi, he is still as pragmatic as before, does not put on an official show, and adopts the good suggestions put forward by his subordinates, and does not engage in a word.

After Gu Bei asked people to inform Li Laosan, except for the start of construction, he took the designed drawings and handed them over to the "chief engineer" Li Laosan.

Gu Bei still went out every day, taking Xiao Ran and Qing'er with his little tail, and continued to hang out...... Ahem, as a bait. As for the workshop, there is no need to worry about the affairs of the store, under the management of Chen Jinwang, it is still making money every day.

It is worth mentioning that after Chen Jinwang rested at home for two days, he couldn't wait to go to work.

It may be that the ancients can't be idle, or it may be that Lao Chen wants to share the burden for the owner, or it may be that he is worried that he will not be there for a few days, and the weight in the owner's heart will be reduced, or it may be ...... In short, Gu Bei finally gave permission.

Chen Jinwang is not there, he is still really busy, just looking at the accounts in those days makes him annoyed, especially which accounts are not clear at a glance, and from time to time there are all kinds of small things in the workshop to ask for instructions...... It is also necessary to supervise the renovation of the restroom at home, the purchase of land, etc...... It is estimated that in two days, he will go to Chen's Mansion to arrest Chen Jinwang to work.

Since it was rumored in the city that the Bai family's aunt had bought tens of thousands of acres of wasteland in Chengfu at a high price, some big landlords near the wasteland are now jumping to try, because Aunt Bai has released a rumor that he wants to buy land.

If someone else comes to buy land, everyone will hesitate, the land is an ancestral property, even if it can't be planted anything, it can't be sold, but the Bai family's aunt wants to buy it, and he doesn't like to bargain very much, so he is generous.

Many people's eyes are shining, but now it is not Gu Bei looking for someone to buy land, but people are coming to him to buy land.

Baifu, now it is very lively, not to mention the landlords around tens of thousands of acres of wasteland, even if it is a landlord who can't beat the eight poles, he also took the title deed happily, uncle, buy land? My land is very good, it is a good good land, which is different from the tens of thousands of acres of wasteland.

And the answer they often get is: "Uncle Ben only buys wasteland!"

In the past few days, Gu Bei has spent all his money, and frequently bought some wasteland, and in just two or three days, he squandered another 50,000 taels.

Ying Tianfu was boiling, and countless people burst into tears, if they had a wasteland in their own homes, they would have made a fortune.

The old man went to the governor's mansion every day, and there were always a few old subordinates who came to the door shyly: "Old man, let your grandson-in-law buy land?" I also have land, and the fertilizer and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders, right? ”

If it weren't for listening to his son-in-law's explanation, it is estimated that he would have vomited a few mouthfuls of old blood by now.

The old man scolded with a smile: "You rabbit cubs, you want to sell your land to find Gu Xiaozi." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at their old boss with a sympathetic and eccentric expression.

Could it be that the old man thinks that he is old, and his grandson-in-law is such a loser, and he has also thought about the addiction of a loser, and he is unwilling to leave a little silver for his grandson-in-law?

After such an operation, Gu Bei became popular again, and he became more popular with landed landlords.

Gu Beizi is too lazy to care about these, the purpose of his purchase of land is to hold all the land near the wasteland in his hands, and there are some alkaline land that cannot be cultivated, once he starts to let people improve, those wastelands will inevitably become fertile land, and the price will naturally increase several times, and when the time comes, it will be sold to make a steady profit, in addition, these lands will be developed sooner or later.

In addition, he is not stupid, and he does not buy wasteland in any location, he mostly buys land close to the banks of the Qinhuai River, so he can be promising.

In Yingtian's Mansion, the pot has exploded, and the news will naturally spread to the Three Princes' Mansion.

Liang Yu in the Third Prince's Mansion entered the study with trepidation, and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has seen Your Highness." ”

This Liang Yu accompanied the three princes from below, was a close confidant of the three princes, and was also the commander of the palace, under his protection, the three princes did not have any accidents when they traveled.

The third prince knocked on the case: "Anyway, what's going on?" ”

Liang Yu said: "What you heard is that Gu Bei is buying land everywhere with this silver. ”

Liang Yu cautiously raised his head, glanced at the third prince, and continued: "Gu Bei is buying wasteland everywhere, and it is said that in a few days, he will spend more than 50,000 taels of silver. ”

"More than 50,000 taels of silver...... Wasteland...... A few days, heh, what a lot of money! The third prince spoke lightly, his tone full of sarcasm.

The third prince was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "If I have a Heavenly Fragrance Dew formula...... If I had so many silver taels ......"

"Your Highness, do you want the secret guard to come forward......

The third prince shook his head and said, "Don't do anything, you can't startle the snake." Gu Bei...... Let's see what he's going to toss? ”

For Gu Bei, in fact, the thoughts of the third prince are extremely complicated, sometimes they hate him to the core, and sometimes they admire him, but it's a pity why there is no such capable person around him.

On this day, the old man was very satisfied with the use of the bathroom, and called Gu Bei over to praise him again, and by the way, he mentioned the matter of the land, and after getting Gu Bei's hundredth affirmative guarantee, the old man let him go. Coming back from his old man's residence, Gu Bei went to the kitchen again.

In the kitchen, Xiao Ran watched Gu Bei throw the ingredients into the crockpot one by one, and after covering it, he skillfully lit the fire, inexplicably.

Gu Beiquan didn't exist when Xiao Ran, and his spirit was concentrated in the crockpot in front of him.

This is the nutritious soup he made for his mother, which can soothe the fetus and benefit the milk, and it is very nourishing. In this way, after the little one is born, he will not have to worry about not having enough to eat.

If there is more, in line with the principle of not wasting it, he can also ...... for the child Ahem, share the burden.

Two hours later, a rich fragrance fills the kitchen, penetrating into the nostrils and refreshing.

Xiao Ran quietly took a deep breath and swallowed his saliva.

Why is the soup that my uncle made in the ordinary way more than the soup stewed by the chefs? It's an appetite to hear.

Gu Bei wiped the sweat stains on his forehead and said to Xiao Ran: "Bring the bowl!"

Taking the bowl handed by Xiao Ran, Gu Beigang poured the boiled soup into the bowl, and with a "bang", the kitchen door was slammed open, and a burst of hot air suddenly washed away the rich fragrance in the kitchen.

Gu Bei looked at Chen Jinwang who broke into the door in amazement, Chen Jinwang's face was full of excitement, and his cheeks twitched when he spoke: "The owner...... O fetish, fetish! ”

That look was as if I had seen an alien.

Gu Beiqi said: "What kind of artifact, making Lao Chen so excited?" ”

"I ...... That one...... Ah! The more excited Chen Jinwang was, the more he couldn't understand, and he was ready to grab Gu Bei's sleeve and pull him out.

"Boss, follow me and take a look!"

Gu Bei had no choice but to ask his subordinates to send the soup to the lady, and followed Chen Jinwang out of the house, Xiao Ran was also a second monk who was confused, and followed behind.

After getting into the carriage, the groom pulled a whip and drove the carriage towards the outside of the city, and Gu Bei was a little excited in his heart.

Could it be ...... Did the glass fire succeed?

Passing through the city gate, there are small convoys and a large number of caravans coming in and out from time to time, so it is not lively.

Yingtianfu is the accompanying capital, although the population and prices are not as good as Kyoto, but the population is also a lot, the prices are expensive, the businessmen have to be careful with their budgets, and stay in the city every day to eat horses and chew sharp and live in the store, the cost is too great, so there are many caravans to stay in the counties after the completion of the transaction.

He doesn't know this kind of thing at all, and he happened to hear about it before, and he saw related posts on the Internet, so he just had the attitude of trying, but he didn't expect it to be fired.

Coming to the courtyard of the kiln where the glass was fired, the shopkeeper Zhou took Gu Bei and the three of them to a room, Gu Bei saw a corner full of colorful glass, large and small, and his heart was very happy, although these glasses are different from each other, but it is a good start.

Xiao Ran looked at the dazzling glass products stacked in the room, turned on the crazy mode, touched this and looked at that, and felt extremely surprised, his aunt was amazing, and he actually fired the glass with a pile of sand.

You must know that the glaze of the Great Xia Dynasty is transported from Western countries for a long time, and it is the top luxury, and if there is a glazed jewelry at home, it can be regarded as an heirloom.

Although he didn't look down on this pile of rags, Gu Bei didn't say anything to discourage people's enthusiasm, and said to Shopkeeper Zhou that he would reward the craftsman, and at the same time did not forget to let Xiao Ran send someone to take care of this glass-fired courtyard, and not let others enter and leave at will.

The glass is fired, will the molded glass be far away in the future? Therefore, Gu Bei felt that it was necessary to send someone to protect him in advance.

To make glass products, the material is no problem, but the difficulty lies in the production process and technical proficiency.

Gu Bei has never done this job, and he can't do anything, so he can only let the craftsmen explore it themselves. But he also put forward some ideas, such as taking a long pipe and blowing it, you can blow out a glass bottle, such as firing some flat glass......

After refining the glass, Gu Bei's mood has improved, and the land has almost been harvested, and now it is time to improve those wastelands.

Gu Bei took Chen Jinwang straight to the wasteland.

"Uncle, do you really know how to govern this saline-alkali land?" Xiao Ran was still a little unconvinced.

"It is true that the land can be improved, Lao Chen still needs to ask you for help, I need to ask some people to do things."

Gu Bei's words made Chen Jinwang a little embarrassed, since this wasteland could not be planted, the nearby villages had also moved away, so where did he go to find someone, "Dongjia, this is ...... Don't know how many people you need? ”

"Just a few hundred, of course the more the merrier!"

You should buy pigs! A few hundred?

Hearing this, Chen Jinwang wailed in his heart, since there is no one to recruit here, let's go to Fucheng to recruit!

The owner moved his mouth, and Lao Chen broke his leg. The ancients did not deceive me, and this is not false at all.

"Boss, is your method really feasible?" Chen Jinwang is now only worried about whether Gu Bei's method of controlling saline-alkali land is feasible.

"Don't worry, Lao Chen, there is absolutely no problem with my method."

"Why don't you talk about it first?" Chen Jinwang asked tentatively, he still planned to listen to it first, and by the way, he would check the owner, hundreds of people spent a lot, although the owner was rich, but he couldn't stand such a defeat...... Flowers!

"First of all, it is deep ploughing, then washing the land and soaking the field, then adding guest soil, and finally adding fertilizer to increase land fertility." Gu Bei didn't hide it, and said the method simply.

Chen Jinwang was a little puzzled: "Others seem to be feasible, what does it mean to wash the floor?" ”

"It is to fence the land, wash it with a lot of water, soak it, and repeatedly remove the salinity components of the land."

After hearing this, Chen Jinwang understood why his uncle needed so many manpower, and then shook his head, pointed to the thousands of acres of saline-alkali land in front of him and said: "How is it possible, the owner, look at such a large piece of land, how much water does it take to wash the floor and soak it?" ”

His words made Gu Bei stunned, and he pointed to the Qinhuai River on the side: "Isn't this the Qinhuai River?" How much water you want? ”

"The Qinhuai River embankment is several meters high, and it is not easy to carry water by manpower. Thousands of acres of land need to be watered and soaked in water, and the ground has to be washed several times, and these hundreds of people are not enough! ”

"Carrying water?" Gu Bei looked at the river embankment, suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing: "Old Chen, this aunt doesn't need manpower to carry water." ”

"What? No manpower? So how do you get on the water? Chen Jinwang became more and more confused about what the owner meant.

Gu Bei smiled at this and did not answer.

Alas! The times limit their imagination! Gu Bei is proud of being a modern person.

Although Gu Bei didn't know how to make a modern waterwheel, he had seen a waterwheel and went out of his way to understand the structure.

"Xiao Ran, is there anyone in the house who is good at carpenter's work?"

"Yes, my uncle's rocking chair was made by the carpenter of the king of the house, does my uncle want to make furniture again?"

As soon as Xiao Ran said, Gu Bei remembered that although the rocking chair he built was simple, he could see that Carpenter Wang's craftsmanship was quite good.

"Hehe, then go and invite Carpenter Liu, build a few waterwheels first, and then you can automatically lift water."

Xiao Ran said a few words to one of his subordinates, and the subordinate got on his horse and galloped towards the city.

An hour later, two fast horses galloped towards this side in the distance, and after a short time, they stopped in front of Gu Bei.

Carpenter Wang, who was lying on his horse and hugging the horse's neck, got off the horse with the support of his subordinates, walked up to Gu Bei with his legs trembling slightly, and saluted.

"Uncle, I don't know what you're looking for little old man?"

This Wang carpenter is more than fifty years old this year, has done carpenter work all his life, and has a son in the family who follows him as a carpenter, which is a family heirloom.

The craftsmen of the Great Xia government have a low status, and they are even called "official slaves" in historical books, and their profession is lifelong, which is similar to the status of merchants, and they all belong to the lowly status.

But Carpenter Wang, a private craftsman, has the same status as a farmer and is not classified as a lowly person. Because the craftsmanship is good, and the white government takes care of it, there is no need to farm.

"Master Wang...... Lao Wang, I'm going to build a few waterwheels, I don't know if you can do it? Originally, I wanted to call Master Wang, but thinking of the last time I called Master Li, I asked Li Laosan to kneel, and Gu Bei changed his words.

Seeing that it was his uncle who wanted to build something, the smile on Carpenter Wang's face became a little bigger, and after hearing about the waterwheel, his face showed a puzzled look: "Uncle, what is the waterwheel?" The horse-drawn cart and ox-cart can be built, but the waterwheel has never heard of it. ”

Gu Bei had no choice but to ask Xiao Ran to go to the carriage to get a pen and paper, and began to draw a structural diagram of the waterwheel on it.

The shape of the waterwheel resembles an ancient wheel, Gu Bei asked Xiao Ran to measure the height of the river embankment, and after determining that it was about three meters, he designed a small waterwheel with a diameter of six meters.

The larger the diameter of the waterwheel, the heavier the weight. In order to be lightweight, the bucket on the waterwheel is replaced by a bamboo tube.

Gu Bei finished drawing the drawings and handed them to Carpenter Wang: "Can you build this waterwheel?" It doesn't need to be delicate, it just needs to be durable. ”

Carpenter Wang took the drawings and looked at them carefully for a long time, and asked puzzledly: "Uncle, what are you doing to build such a big wooden wheel?" ”

"Carry water for irrigation."

"How to use?"

Gu Bei explained to him with a smile, and gestured with his hands from time to time, "After the waterwheel is built, it will be installed on the side of the Qinhuai River, and the power of the water flow will be used to drive the waterwheel to rotate." When the waterwheel turns at a certain angle, the bamboo tube that was originally immersed in the water will be lifted out of the water. Because the bamboo tube is tied diagonally to the waterwheel, the river water is stored in the bamboo tube. When the waterwheel turns to a high place, the opening of the bamboo tube faces downward, and the water naturally flows down from the high place. When the time comes, you only need to use the sink below to catch the water, and you can extract the endless river water. ”