Chapter 12 Waterwheel Irrigation
"Yes, my lord" everyone has no objection to this, anyway, it has no effect on themselves. And more in unison.
"Also, as I saw just now, the place where you live is an extremely simple and dilapidated house, and each house basically has more than one skylight, and the houses are low, many of them have different degrees of inclination, giving people a crumbling feeling.
Can this kind of house be inhabited? I don't think I can't, and I absolutely can't tolerate my siblings having such a hard time.
So I decided that I wanted to rebuild my house, and I also planned to take in the displaced people, so it was urgent to build a large number of houses and expand the village. "After I finished speaking, I looked at these villagers who were shorter than me, and sure enough, they all started to get excited, hahaha.
"Thank you," the crowd shouted happily.
"Since the house is for everyone to live in, then everyone will build it by themselves, everyone will divide the carpenters to build the house, and half of the men will help the carpenters, and these will be in charge of the white-faced man behind me, his name is Chen Dao. The other half of the land was turned into wheat fields, and women, children, and the elderly all helped build houses. The reclamation is in charge of the big black man behind me, his name is Zhang Fei. "I'm still very responsible for arranging things for these two goods.
"Lord, it's easy to build a house now, and it can be all built in a month or two. It's just that it is difficult to reclaim wheat fields, and the current 3,000 acres of wheat fields have basically dried up due to lack of rainfall. Reclaiming the land is hard and inefficient. We rely on the weather for food, and it is difficult to have a good harvest without rain, and there may be a food shortage. "Just now, the old man stood up again to report, and this old man has a lot to do.
"What do you call it?"
"The villain's surname is Gong, and everyone calls me Lao Gong."
Dizzy, it's special enough, I can't shout "Are you still famous?"
"The villain is famous, and the word is happy" I don't know why this person is not called Lao Gong, but also asks for the name.
"Gong Xi, yes, very festive name, then I'll call you Lao Xi"
"Respect the Lord's will." The old man didn't care, he could call it whatever he wanted.
"Lao Xi, in fact, the water source of crops does not necessarily depend on the sky." I also glanced at the old man.
"I don't know if the lord has a good plan" No matter how the old man looked at it, he didn't think that this fat big man in front of him was still a talented person.
"We can divert water for irrigation, but as for how to divert it, I have only a good plan." I smiled slightly.
"Such a villain arranges to build a house first, and when the lord ushers in Tianshui, I will wait for the reclamation." The old man said respectfully.
"Okay, three days later, you can lead my little black brother to lead people to reclaim the wheat field" After I finished speaking, I turned around and looked at Zhang Fei with a smile.
"Fat brother, I'm doing things for Lao Zhang, aren't you still at ease!" Looking at Chu Xiong's expression, Zhang Fei said aggrievedly.
"I really can't trust you," I sighed with a smile.
When Zhang Fei heard this, he thought sadly in his heart, these two big brothers love.
Chen Zhi looked at the funny expressions of these two big men and laughed directly. Guan Yu held back, his face turned even redder, and his hands kept rubbing his long beard.
"Because of the drought, there are no crops in the field, what do you three think?" Watching Lao Xi leave, I asked the big guys in the back directly.
"Huh? This, I'm playing with the fat brother today, I'm ......" Zhang Fei didn't expect the fat man to ask this question, his eyes were shaking everywhere, and he said curtly.
Guan Yuchen saw that the fat man looked at them, and hurriedly said in unison, "Master, son, I am a military general, this kind of brain-consuming thing, you should still ask Mr. Jane" After speaking, the two looked at each other proudly, nodded seriously, and thought to himself You are smart, you can think with me.
Looking at the three people who quit each other, I was really speechless for a while, these three goods are obviously not stupid, "Hey, I didn't expect you, I already had a way to just look at your attitude, and I would postpone it directly." I shook my head and looked at the embarrassed three behind me with disdain.
"My solution is to build a waterwheel right away, do you know?"
looked at the three of them shaking their heads blankly.
"Water wheels? Sir, what kind of car is a waterwheel? Guan Yu quickly asked.
"A waterwheel is a tool that can get water from the river directly into the canal. I drew a simple diagram of the structure of the waterwheel, gave it to the carpenters, and made a few of them. I replied casually.
"Ahh Doesn't that mean that with this waterwheel, as long as the canal is repaired, there will be no more water shortages in the fields in the mountain village? Zhang Fei, who was on the other side, flashed his big eyes and said with a shout.
"That's right, just build this waterwheel, erect it in a suitable place, and then build a matching canal. Unless the river outside the village is completely dried up, there will be no worries about water in the village. I laughed out loud, looking at the surprised people, in fact, this waterwheel is also very simple, I have learned it in high school before, and the earliest one was made by Kong Ming.
When I returned to Zhuoxian, I went back to the study to draw the structure of the waterwheel, and instructed the lower body to call the carpenters in the city and start experimenting with the manufacturing.
The waterwheel, also known as the Kongming car, is the oldest agricultural irrigation tool in our country, also called the sky crane, the car is more than 10 meters high, supported by an axle of 5 meters long and 0.5 meters in diameter, which is spread out radially to all sides. Each spoke is topped with a scraper and bucket. The scraper scrapes the water, and the bucket fills the water. The river rushed, and the water wheel weighing more than ten tons slowly rotated by the water potential, and one by one the buckets filled with river water were lifted up step by step. At the top, the bucket slopes naturally, pumping water into the aqueduct and into the irrigated farmland. The shape of the waterwheel resembles an antique wheel. The diameter of the wheel width is about 20 meters, and the small one is more than 10 meters, and it can lift water up to 15-18 meters. In the center of the wheel width is a thick axle and twice as many transverse plates as the wooden bucket. Generally, large waterwheels can irrigate 6 or 700 acres of farmland, and small ones can also irrigate 1 or 200 acres.
In this way, a ditch should also be built, which can also be cut in half with thick bamboo, and used as a ditch to divert water from the water truck.
Two days have passed in the blink of an eye, and since yesterday a small waterwheel was tested, today we have begun to vigorously build ten large waterwheels. Those workers are really good, I really can't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, I just draw some lines casually, there are no hints, after all, I don't study art, it's really a very simple structural drawing, but since the water city I see today is so perfect, there must be skilled craftsmen, and I must see it if I have the opportunity.
Three days later, those villagers were so excited that they looked at the wheat fields with abundant water in front of them, and their hearts were also happy, watching the ten big monsters making water there, and the children were also new to play there.
Now there is no shortage of water, and the matter of reclamation will be handled by Zhang Fei here, Chen Zhi will continue to supervise the construction of the house, and Guan Yu has already brought the team of 100 people to help, and by the way, he will train to defend the 'Xiongba Villa'.