On the banks of the Weishui River.

Under the grand battle, the first emperor's chariot was already slowly coming.

At this moment, many people gathered on both sides of the Weishui River to watch, and many people were curious about Meng Yi's project to build a waterwheel and want to divert water into the field.

The common people watch the sky to eat, who hasn't experienced a drought?! They know the pain of drought, and the men in the family carry water with buckets one by one, and the pain can only be felt by the person concerned.

Now I have heard that there is a "waterwheel" that can be introduced into the paddy field by itself, and it is still doubtful whether it is true or not.

Rolling river, surging water waves, Weishui flows through Xianyang, irrigating one side of the world, the flow of people on both sides of the river bank is surging, and there are not a few onlookers.

After the First Emperor arrived, everyone knelt down and saluted, and the First Emperor came to the bank of the river and said to Meng Yi: "Where is the waterwheel you are talking about?" ”

He looked at it, and there was nothing in the riverbank, but there was no waterwheel at all.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister will bring the waterwheel."

After that, Meng Yi snapped his fingers and shouted, "Xiao Yu, bring the waterwheel!" ”

After Xiang Yu received Meng Yi's order, he suddenly lifted a piece of coarse cloth, only to see a three-meter-long waterwheel appear in front of him, at first glance, it was the same as the wheel.

"That's what you call a waterwheel?"

The First Emperor asked, this waterwheel doesn't seem to have anything peculiar, it's just such a broken wheel that can automatically lead water into the field?! I don't think it's an exaggeration.

The First Emperor was not the only one who had this idea, and no one on the scene would believe that he could be as miraculous as he said.

Meng Yi seemed to see what the First Emperor was thinking, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry about it first, the minister will cover it up for you." ”

After that, he waved his hand, Xiang Yu carried the three-meter-high waterwheel by himself, I am afraid that only a person with natural divine power like him can do it alone.

Not long after, Xiang Yu carried the waterwheel to the riverbank, and at the same time, Hao Jian and others had already installed the bottom bracket of the waterwheel.

Don't look at the structure of this small waterwheel is very simple, in fact, there are Qiankun inside, the spokes of the wheels, scrapers, and water buckets are all obtained after Meng Yi's strict testing.

Moreover, these parts are processed by different workshops to prevent their "commercial" secrets from being leaked, that is to say, Meng Yi has the core technology, and this thing is a weapon for his own profit, and hybrid rice can survive on the barren mountain, and its credit is indelible.

Therefore, Meng Yi is particularly concerned.

After half an hour of installation, this three-meter-large waterwheel is basically installed, and now it is just a demonstration, if you want to hit the waterwheel again, Meng Yi can also do it, but it takes time and effort, and it will be customized after the promotion in the future.

After the installation of the waterwheel, Meng Yi ordered someone to split the stout bamboo in half, and connect the half-open bamboo with ropes one by one to form pipes.

Everyone saw that Meng Yi was busy, but they didn't know what he was doing, and after everything was ready, the waterwheel began to play his true role.

Crunch!

I saw that the water wheel slowly rotated under the action of the Wei River flow, because the bottom of the waterwheel was submerged in the water, the water flow drove the wheel to rotate, and the water flowed into the bucket, and the bucket full of water was raised to the top, and it would flow out by itself, and the water flowing out of it was into the bamboo pipe prepared in advance.

In this way, the water in the Wei River was slowly scooped out, and the water flowed down the pipe into the crops not far away.

Whoa~!

The water slowly enters the field, and this scene is really an important picture that will go down in history.

When everyone saw it, they were all stunned, their eyes were wide, and their mouths were speechless in surprise, but they didn't expect that what Meng Yi said before was true, which was also incredible.

The First Emperor was dumbfounded, his eyes stared at the waterwheel that was automatically rotating on the water, and his eyes were looking straight at it, at this moment, he really couldn't find any words to describe what was happening at this moment.

Meng Yi came to the side of the First Emperor and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you still satisfied with the waterwheel built by the minister?" ”

Boom!

The First Emperor swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and after a long time, he said, "Satisfied, satisfied, I am very satisfied." ”

Unexpectedly, Meng Yi's statement that water can be brought into the field without manpower turned out to be true.

With this waterwheel, it is possible to bring river water to the field for irrigation even over long distances, thus saving a lot of manpower.

"This waterwheel is really a divine object."

The First Emperor exclaimed, he seemed to have thought of the future, if the waterwheel was popularized all over the world, it would inevitably bring many benefits to the people everywhere.

And the days of watching the sky and eating will no longer exist.

"Meng Yi, I really underestimated you, I didn't expect you to be able to create such a divine object, you can really be regarded as the lucky star of Great Qin." The First Emperor laughed.

With this treasure that benefits the people in the world, the first emperor is naturally too late to be happy.

"Your Majesty! This watermill was entrusted to me by an immortal in a dream. ”

"It's an immortal dream again?"

Before the coarse salt was purified, Meng Yi also said that it was an immortal who entrusted his dream, why did the immortal give him a dream?! I'm afraid only an idiot would believe it.

But the First Emperor believed it, and he was convinced that such a divine object, except for the immortals, how could these mortals be able to create it?!

"Yes, yes."

"Regarding the method of making the waterwheel, I will send the chief of the water and the chief of the iron to learn, and these artifacts for the benefit of the people cannot be hidden and passed on." The First Emperor commanded.

Meng Yi knew that Ying Zheng would come to such a hand, but fortunately, he had prepared in advance, and said, "Your Majesty, you are the result of the wisdom of nakedly exploiting Wei Chen." ”

Hearing his words, the First Emperor asked rhetorically, "What? Won't you kid charge any royalties? ”

The previous technology of coarse salt purification has made Meng Yi fight for a lot of money, and he has become the richest man in Daqin, the first emperor does not object to the Meng family making money, but he can't hope that Meng Yi is insatiable.

Now that their Meng family has become the richest man, even if it takes ten lifetimes, they can't spend it all, and if they want to continue to ask for it, Ying Zhengke will have to take the necessary measures.

"Hehe, the minister is not short of money, the waterwheel is a sacred object for the benefit of the people of the world, how can the minister seek personal gain?"

"And what do you want to do?"

"In fact, what the minister wants is very simple, twenty miles south of the city, there is a thousand acres of fertile land, and the minister wants His Majesty to give the good land to the minister." Meng Yi said with a smile.

"Humph! You kid is a thief, do you know that the thousand acres of fertile land are royal fields, how can others touch them at will? The First Emperor said.

"Your Majesty, presumably as far as the watermill is concerned, that thousand acres of fertile land seem insignificant, doesn't it?" Meng Yi asked rhetorically, "In other words, the whole world is not the king's land, Your Majesty is the Majesty of the people of the world, and the eight wildernesses are all Qin land, how can you care about these thousands of acres of fertile land?" ”

first stated the size of the benefits to Ying Zheng, and then wore a high hat to make it difficult for him to ride a tiger, and in the end it was difficult for him to agree or not.

"With sharp teeth and sharp mouths, I promise you that thousands of acres of fertile land outside the city have been given to you." The First Emperor readily agreed, and as Meng Yi said, compared to the waterwheel, thousands of acres of fertile land are really nothing.

Besides, the whole world is your own, and it is not a matter of minutes to take it back.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, I'm just making a deal with you, what's so thankful." The First Emperor scolded, this kid has a monster in his bones, and he doesn't know what he is doing in his head.

"I ask you, what do you want to do with those thousand acres of fertile land? Is it used to grow crops? ”

Meng Yi shook his head with a smile and said: "That place has good mountains, good water, and good air, wouldn't it be violent to use it to grow crops, of course the minister has another wonderful use, but it can't be said yet, secret." ”

The place given by the first emperor is definitely a treasure of feng shui, and Meng Yi is used to develop tourism and turn thousands of acres of fertile land into a tourist resort.

A variety of different entertainment facilities were installed in it, and when the time came, the royal nobles and nobles from all over the world would not be happy to do so.

Not only that, Meng Yi wants to build a fun, but also to build a high-end hotel, and set up a tavern in the hotel to eat, drink and have one-stop service.

Where is Meng Yi planting crops, he is developing his own business territory, and his ambitions are big enough.

Of course, these can't be said yet, Meng Yi is just warming up, taking down the good land first to avoid accidents later.

"Bells and whistles, I ask you, a few days ago I said that you bought all the barren mountains and mountains in Xianyang, is this really true?" The First Emperor asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."

"The people can't avoid the barren mountains, but you are doing the opposite, but you are getting tired of it."

This time, Meng Yi replied very honestly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just a whim, I want to reclaim the wilderness on the barren mountain, and then plant rice." ”

"Rice on a barren mountain?"

As soon as these words came out, they caused an uproar among countless people.

Planting rice in fertile land may not yield a good harvest, let alone barren mountains and mountains, and I am afraid that planting rice will die before the harvest season.

Did Meng Yi have another brain attack? I had this crazy idea.

And his idea was ridiculed by many people, unless he was a fool to come up with such a thing.

They knew that the hybrid rice developed by Meng Yi had a certain degree of drought resistance, and it could also resist enemies and insect pests very well, in fact, the seedlings of ordinary people were comparable.

"Meng Yi, are you crazy?"

"The minister is not crazy, the minister just thinks that it is a pity to abandon the barren mountain, so there is this good plan."

The First Emperor shook his head helplessly and said, "Hmph, I think it's the right strategy, forget it, go with you, I hope you don't regret it when the time comes." ”

After saying that, he left.

……

The first step of barren mountain reclamation is not as easy as imagined, because the barren mountains are uninhabited all year round, and the agricultural tools of cultivated land are backward, which increases the difficulty of reclamation.

In just half a month, less than one percent of the land has been cultivated, which makes Meng Yi fall into a difficult situation.

"Young master, if this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid that after the reclamation is completed, it will be winter, how can I still plant rice."

Meng Yi pondered for a long time and said, "There is a way, little cheap, take the pen of the young master." ”

"Young Master, what do you want to do?"

"You'll find out later."

Then, I saw Meng Yi writing and painting on the bamboo slips, which opened his open life.