The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

April, also known as early summer, enters summer and the temperature warms up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The early summer in Xuanfu Town is beautiful, and it is another beauty that is different from the sunny spring. If the beauty of spring is in the competition of flowers, the beauty of early summer is in the competition of green.

In early summer, wildflowers of all colors bloom, red, purple, pink, and yellow, like brilliant spots embroidered on a large green carpet.

Swarms of bees are busy among the flowers, sucking the stamens and flying around diligently.

The wheat in the field unconsciously turned from green to yellow, and the field changed its face in an instant.

For a long time, Qin Haoming was unwilling to manage civil affairs, but put all his energy on refurbishing armaments.

Because he was just a passer-by in Xuanfu Town, after all, his destination was in Fujian, Guangdong and other places.

But Governor Song Xian dragged him to inspect the farming today, and after several shirks, the other party still did not give up, which made Qin Haoming quite strange.

"Lord Song, what is it that you can't even solve, or do you want Bendu to enjoy the scenery of this early summer?"

The governor and the governor went out together, and the pomp was naturally small, and dozens of guards and officials followed behind the two.

Although Song Xian is a civil official, he has been at the border for a long time, but he is not as squeamish as a civil official in Gyeonggi, and he also rode a war horse side by side with Qin Haoming.

Governor Qin laughed, such a large-scale battle, if it is just for fun, it will hinder the official reputation if it is spread out.

Besides, who else has such a leisure time in such a hot weather? ”

Song Xian was wearing a scarlet official robe, and his back was wet, but he still smiled and stroked his long beard, maintaining his demeanor.

Qin Du and Lu Du have different but same styles, one is stable and the other is funny, but they are rarely used for everything.

Speaking of which, it was also the luck of his governor. A little more amiable, a little less fighting.

"But why?"

The trees beside the road are lush and green, and the cicadas sing in unison, as if they are boasting of their season.

But Qin Haoming was so hot that he wanted to untie his official robe, so it was good.

Dealing with these civil officials is really tired and panicked, one by one, things can't be said briskly, the stinky problems of Daming officialdom are really unbearable.

"Governor Qin Xiu blamed Benfu for pretending to be mysterious, and the Xuanfu Yamen was powerless to solve this matter. However, it is also related to the entire border grain problem, so I implore Governor Qin to make a field investigation.

This year, it has rained a few times since the beginning of March, but now it has been almost a month, and it has not yet arrived. If we go according to the situation of previous years, I am afraid that it will be another dry year. ”

Song Xian said with a straight face.

Listening to Song Xianyi's words, Qin Haoming found that there was not a trace of clouds in the blue sky, the fiery sun was scorching the earth, the water in the river was hot, and the soil in the ground was smoking.

A southerly wind blew, and a wave of heat rolled up from the ground, and the fire burned so that people felt suffocated.

The weeds could not withstand the sun, and the leaves were rolled into thin strips.

The creek at the edge of the village was a few inches lower, and the exposed stones became steep and larger.

Combined with the characteristics of the fields during Daming's encounter with the Xiaoice River, he can be sure that this year is another disaster year.

"What countermeasures does Lord Song have?"

Qin Haoming didn't plan to continue looking, so he drove his horse to the shade of the tree and asked directly.

The other party worked hard to bring himself out, if he said that he didn't have any plan, it was impossible, after all, he was a Shangguan.

"In the autumn and winter of the previous year, the yamen of Xuanfu Town dredged a small section of the Baihu Canal, but it is obvious that now the river is low and the canal is high, and water needs to be diverted.

In the past, keel waterwheels were generally used to divert water, but first, special manpower was required every day, and second, too little water was attracted for irrigation.

Therefore, Ben Fu wondered if it was possible to use the Lanzhou waterwheel, which did not require manpower and animal power, and could be driven by the water flow.

Moreover, the amount of water diversion is very large, and a waterwheel can divert water to irrigate more than 700 acres of fields in a month.

Of course, there are pros and cons, this kind of waterwheel is good, but the cost is too high. ”

Song Xian dismounted, handed over the reins to the attendant, turned his head and saw Qin Haoming sitting on the stone under the tree very unimpressively, hesitated for a moment, picked up a clean stone and sat down, and said softly.

This matter should not have been found in Qin Du, but the Xuanfu Yamen did not have enough money, so he had to give it a try with a cheeky face.

Qin Haoming glanced at Song Xian with a smile, and went around in a big circle, daring to ask for him. However, it seems that this must be done!

"How much money and food will it cost?"

He knows that the Lanzhou waterwheel was developed during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the diameter of the waterwheel is 178 meters, the large is more than 20 meters, there are single cars, double cars and multiple vehicles and other types, a waterwheel can irrigate seven or eight hundred acres of farmland.

Lanzhou waterwheel is a kind of water conservancy facility that uses the natural impact force of the water flow, and the end of the spoke is equipped with a scraper, and a rectangular bucket with equidistant oblique hanging between the scrapers is installed.

The waterwheel stands on both sides of the river, and uses the natural water flow to help rotate during the peak season. In the dry season, the cofferdam is used to divert and collect water, and the river water is boosted by artesian water through the small channel between the weirs.

When the water flow naturally impulses the wheel blade, the waterwheel is pushed to rotate, and the bucket is scooped up with river water, lifting the water about 20 meters, and then pouring into the wooden trough after turning to the headspace, and flowing into the garden to facilitate irrigation.

After the end of the Ming Dynasty, the large waterwheel was widely used in Gaolan, Baiyin, Yinchuan and Shaanxi in the Yellow River Basin.

"Xuanfu has 750,000 mu of official land, of which about 400,000 mu have water sources, and the rest may have to be solved by digging irrigation wells.

The large waterwheel is huge, and there are a lot of materials, and it is estimated that even the cost of materials and labor is calculated, and it will cost nearly 60 taels of silver to build a waterwheel.

The waterwheel used to irrigate the well costs about five taels of silver. Five taels of irrigation wells are needed, and fifteen hundred are needed.

In this way, it is estimated that 500 water trucks will be needed to search for the water source of the river, and 30,000 taels of silver will be consumed.

The waterwheel for drilling the irrigation well and manufacturing the irrigation well cost 15,000 taels of silver, and the estimated cost of labor was 80,000 taels of silver. ”

Song Xian was obviously prepared, and he came as soon as he opened his eyes and calculated all the expenses clearly.

80,000 silver taels is not much, but considering that it is only Xuanfu, Qin Haoming is in charge of Datong, Hebei, Shandong and other places, so he can't favor one over the other.

What's more, Song Xian only counted official land, and other private fields were not included.

When he thought that there were still many wealthy merchants and land, his heart was a little more settled.

"How much can the Xuanfu Yamen produce, where the responsibility of the governor lies, it is impossible to only consider Xuanfu Town, please forgive Lord Song!"

After pondering for a moment, Qin Haoming asked directly from the point.

The relationship between the governor and the governor is somewhat similar to that between the local government and the provincial government in later generations, with the former having a broader scope of administration and the latter having to consider their own jurisdiction.

Xuanfu Town has done a good job, and his political achievements have his share, but not all.

Therefore, in terms of money, it is necessary to appropriate.

Of course, he asked this with other meanings.