Chapter 635: The waterwheel by the Xiaoliang River

The Ministry of Industry is not a clear water yamen, but it is not a place with abundant oil and water, and there are naturally people who send filial piety to the officials, but the officials at the grassroots level not only have little oil and water, but also often worry about the lack of funds for the project.

As for saying that once you get to the place, you can get benefits, or about the bag of golden melon seeds, no one in the Ministry of Industry thought that the biggest official among them is Jiang Shuiqing, and he is only a sixth-grade official, and other officials are of lower rank, most of them are about eight-grade, where have they usually seen so much money!

Although Jiang Shuiqing is not sophisticated, he also knows that he will be punished in vain, and take other people's money for nothing, and that money will bite his hand. He was so frightened that he hurriedly called other officials to discuss what to do about it!

Other officials of the Ministry of Industry were also frightened, and unanimously said that they would return the money, what is Wang Ping'an going to do, could it be that there is a big cat in the project in Gyeongju, so as soon as they arrived, Wang Ping'an gave the hush money?

Jiang Shuiqing collected all the golden melon seeds, ran to see Wang Ping'an in person, and solemnly declared that he was a clean official and did not take black money!

Wang Ping'an received him in the study, and when he saw Jiang Shuiqing carrying a bag to see him, he smiled and said: "Lord Jiang misunderstood, there will be no problems with the Gyeongju project, and there is no need for the imperial court to allocate funds, even if I want to be corrupt, I can only be greedy for myself, is this also a crime?" ”

Jiang Shui Qingda was puzzled, he and the officials of the Ministry of Industry came here, what work had not been done, and there was no need for Wang Ping'an to pay Yulu, why did he give so much money at once?

Wang Ping'an asked him: "With so much money, Lord Jiang is very scared, right?" Even if the money is clean, you can collect it, but you will be embarrassed to take so much of my money for nothing? ”

Jiang Shuiqing said: "The prince rewarded us, of course we are embarrassed, not to mention that there is too much money, we don't dare to accept it!" ”

Wang Ping'an picked up those bags, stuffed them into Jiang Shuiqing's arms, and said: "I just want to make you embarrassed, you know how to be embarrassed, in order to be embarrassed, so you will work hard." I don't care about the money, I have it, but I just care if you can work hard for me! ”

Jiang Shuiqing hugged a bunch of pockets, but still didn't dare to accept the money, he said: "Prince, it's your business that you have money, but we can't accept so much money, it's enough for us to spend, and there is no shortage of these ...... So much money! ”

A small bag of golden melon seeds per person can't be described as a small amount of money!

Wang Ping'an smiled: "Okay, then you can put it down, but you don't take my money, if you don't work for me well, you have to be careful, I'm a lot of suspicions!" ”

Jiang Shuiqing put down the money bag, turned around and left, without even saying goodbye.

Wang Ping'an called Ouyang Li and said, "Double it and send it to them again." Tell them plainly that if they don't take money, I will think that they will not give me a good job and will drag the project. ”

Ouyang Li had been following him for a long time, so he naturally knew Wang Ping'an's style, and he smiled: "Master, you are forcing them to become donkeys, whether they collect money or not, they have to work hard, otherwise their backbones will be punctured!" ”

Wang Ping'an said with a smile: "What I want is for them to work hard, this water conservancy project is for me to prove my ability to the imperial court, there must be no mistakes, what is it to spend some money, as long as the canal is repaired well, it will be hundreds of times thousands of times earned." ”

Ouyang Li said: "That is, the master has always been clear in his work!" He went out with the money bag, but he thought in his heart, the big husband loves power, and the little husband loves money, and the master doesn't take money seriously, he is the one who can do great things.

He doubled the golden melon seeds, sent them to the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and conveyed Wang Ping'an's words that he was afraid that they would not work well, and conveyed them to the officials!

When some officials of the Ministry of Industry heard this, they felt insulted, Wang Ping'an underestimated their ethics too much, could it be that if they didn't collect money, they wouldn't be able to work hard? Outrageous! They resolutely refused to accept money, and Jiang Shuiqing was one of them.

More officials in the Ministry of Industry are receiving double the amount of gold melon seeds, because they really need money, and because their brains are much more flexible than those who don't. Since Wang Ping'an has made his words clear, then they have to work hard to accept the money or not, otherwise they will be gossiped, and Wang Ping'an will find trouble in three days and reprimand them, and maybe he will write a letter to Shangshu Province in Chang'an to sue them!

Then why don't they take this money, they have to be used as a donkey by Wang Ping'an if they don't accept it, they still have to be a donkey, anyway, they are the same donkeys, why not add more forage to themselves!

Regardless of whether the officials of the Ministry of Industry confiscated the money, they arrived in Gyeongju without even a day's rest, and the next morning they all went to the scene and went to the Daxiaoliang River to check the terrain, survey the distance, draw and calculate, and they were all busy.

Let them take a break, no! Let them not get tired, no! So they don't have to work overtime at night, or no!

Di Renjie was surprised by the enthusiasm of these Ministry of Industry officials, he accompanied Wang Ping'an to the river, looked at the busy figures of the Ministry of Industry officials, and couldn't help asking: "Big brother, these Ministry of Industry officials are really hardworking, the younger brother has been in Beijing for a long time, and he has never seen such a diligent official!" Beijing officials and Beijing officials have always dragged their work, and the work they can do tomorrow will definitely not be done today, but what is going on with these officials, why are they so hard-working, this is not normal? ”

Wang Ping'an smiled and didn't squeak. Ouyang Li said: "Brother Xiao Di, do you also see that something is wrong?" How are they like donkeys? ”

Di Renjie looked at the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were rushing to measure, nodded and said, "If you want to be diligent, I think I am diligent enough, but compared to them, I am afraid it is much worse." To say like a donkey...... Are they more than asses, more hard-working than mules! ”

He looked at Wang Ping'an and said, "Big brother, you used the means, otherwise these Beijing officials would not be like this, how did you turn them into donkeys?" ”

Wang Ping'an laughed a few times and did not answer. How did he use the means? I haven't learned from the emperor of Chang'an and those ministers, especially Li Zhi, who has always treated him as a donkey, and if he has been a donkey for a long time, he doesn't know how to turn people into donkeys!

Ouyang Li couldn't hold back, and told yesterday's events with a smile. When Di Renjie heard this, he was amazed, and he said, "Big brother, you are ruthless enough, this whip is a bit heavy, right?" These people came all the way to Gyeongju, and they were forced to work in the field before they were out of breath. ”

Wang Ping'an flicked his sleeves and said, "They are donkeys? Aren't we? What do you think so many of us were sent to Gyeongju? He didn't plan to see the officials of the Ministry of Industry survey the terrain again, but called over to the river.

Jiang Shuiqing's face was oily and sweaty, and his hair and beard were wet and sticky, which made him even more sloppy. He came up and asked, "Prince, what are you calling your officials for?" Is it to find fault? Xia Guan can say it in the clear, I'm not lazy, I can do what I want, if you pick a thorn, find me uncomfortable, be careful I go to Dali Temple to sue you! ”

Wang Ping'an said with a smile: "If you want to sue me, I should not go to Dali Temple, but should go to Shangshu Province, and Shangshu Province will order the Criminal Department to decide the case." Haven't you been in a lawsuit before? ”

Jiang Shuiqing said dissatisfiedly: "Who has nothing to do to play lawsuits, if you don't pick on my thorns, I won't bother to talk to you!" ”

Di Renjie said with a smile: "I said, have you ever read a book, do you know etiquette, do you have such a way to talk to Shangguan?" ”

Wang Ping'an didn't care, waved his hand and said, "I don't want to pick your thorns, on the contrary, I want you to pick my thorns." Come, come with me, I'll show you something, make sure you drool. ”

As he spoke, he ignored the clear river, jumped on the white dragon horse, and ran towards the Xiaoliang River. Jiang Shuiqing couldn't, so he had to follow, but said in his heart: "This is what you want me to go, but it's not that I'm lazy and don't work." ”

He is now very afraid that Wang Ping'an will say that he can't work hard, he is a solid eye, and no one has explained to him that Wang Ping'an is using him as a stupid boy, so he has always maintained the consciousness of working hard!

Galloping all the way, it didn't take long to reach the Xiaoliang River, Wang Ping'an went straight into the riverside village, came to the courtyard of Du Lao's house, just arrived at the place, and heard the river behind the clear shout: "What is this, what is this?" It's a waterwheel! ”

Boss Du and the carpenter in the village have almost made the parts of the waterwheel, but they have not yet been assembled, and they are all piled up outside the courtyard of Boss Du's house. Things like buckets and scrapers, as long as you are an expert, you can tell at a glance that you are building a waterwheel.

Wang Ping'an said: "Yes, it is a waterwheel, Lord Jiang has seen this kind of waterwheel before?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing said: "I've never seen anything like this, look at the bracket, it should be very big, assembled up, it's a wheel-shaped?" He jumped off his horse and ran to the parts, looking at them one by one, talking to himself as he looked, and could not hear what he was saying.

Wang Ping'an and Di Renjie also dismounted and walked over. Wang Ping'an said: "Yes, it looks like a wheel, and the wheel width of this waterwheel is about five zhang!" ”

Jiang Shuiqing turned his head in surprise and shouted, "Wuzhang, why is it so big, what kind of waterwheel is this, is there a drawing?" ”

Wang Ping'an made a gesture of invitation and took him into Boss Du's courtyard together. Du Boss and the carpenters were busy all over the world, but they didn't even find out that Wang Ping'an was coming, until Jiang Shuiqing ran over, and they didn't care about the drawings until they asked for drawings, Du Boss found out that Wang Ping'an was coming, and after he saluted, he hurriedly took out the drawings and handed them to Wang Ping'an.

Wang Ping'an handed the drawings to Jiang Shuiqing and said, "Let's see, can you pick out the thorns?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing opened the drawings and saw the whole picture of the assembled waterwheel, he exclaimed again, and said: "This, what kind of waterwheel is this, I have never seen it before, and I have never heard of it!" ”

Wang Ping'an felt a sense of accomplishment and said with a smile: "Of course you won't hear of it, this is my invention, the first waterwheel has not yet been built, how can you have heard of it, this waterwheel is named after me, called Ping'an...... Big waterwheel! He felt that the Ping An Water Wheel did sound brighter than the Ping An Water Wheel, so he called it so!

Jiang Shuiqing looked at Wang Ping'an in surprise and thought, "He invented it?" I have been in the Ministry of Engineering for so many years, I have seen countless waterwheels, and I have designed drawings myself, but compared with this kind of waterwheel, I can't get on the table at all! ”

He didn't care about talking to Wang Ping'an, he lowered his head to look at the drawings again, looked at it for a while, and then raised his head and said: "This kind of waterwheel is powered by the flow of water waves, and it is suitable for rivers with high banks and low water, Xia Guan guessed right?" ”

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said, "No, guess what kind of river is applicable?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing was stunned, guessed wrong? It seems that his level is still not good, according to this prince, it is far behind. He slowly squatted on the ground, carefully looked at the drawings, and every link did not fall, and after looking at it for a long time, he raised his head again and said: "I can't guess, forgive the foolishness of the official, it seems that this kind of waterwheel is indeed suitable for rivers with high banks and low water, just like rivers like the Big and Small Liang River." ”

Wang Ping'an smiled and squatted down, pointed to the drawings and said, "You said it is suitable for rivers with high banks and low waters?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing nodded and said, "Yes, isn't it?" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "So you guessed wrong, because it is not only suitable for rivers with high banks and low waters, even if the banks are not high and the water is not low, it is also applicable!" ”

Di Renjie was listening, laughing, this Jiang Shuiqing was stunned, he wanted to play word games with his eldest brother, and ten Jiang Shuiqing were also given for nothing!

Jiang Shui Qingsheng sighed and said: "What is there to say about ordinary rivers, if you want to say it, it is special!" ”

Wang Ping'an heaved and said with a smile: "It is said that ordinary rivers are suitable to sell for a lot of money, and you don't want to think about whether there are many rivers with high banks and bottom water, or ordinary rivers in the world." ”

He pointed to the drawings and asked, "You've been looking at it for a long time, can you see that there are any things that need to be improved?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing lowered his head again, and after watching for a long time, Wang Ping'an squatted so that his legs were numb, stood up, walked around the yard, and watched Boss Du and them build parts, while Jiang Shuiqing sat on the ground with his ass, concentrating on the drawings, and his eyes never left for a moment.

After more than half an hour, Jiang Shuiqing raised his head and said: "Prince, this kind of waterwheel you invented is seamless, even if there are shortcomings, just looking at the drawings, the lower officials can't see it, you have to wait until it is built and standing by the river to verify it!" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Okay, then this job will be handed over to you." He called Boss Du and asked, "How long will it take to finish building and assembling everything?" ”

Boss Du's face was full of red light, and he couldn't help the excitement in his heart, and said: "Tonight, when you are in charge of the lamp, you can build all the parts, and you can assemble them when they are transported to the river tomorrow morning!" ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "So fast, I thought I would have to wait a few more days!" ”

The carpenters gathered around and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the adults, the little ones dare to work hard, they will be able to build all the parts tonight, and they can be assembled tomorrow morning!" ”

Wang Ping'an was also excited, and said: "Then I won't leave tonight, just wait for you to build it here, and let's go to the Xiaoliang River tomorrow morning to assemble this world's first waterwheel!" ”