"Master, the pumping truck is actually not much different from the kind of pumping truck you usually see set up by the river, and the mode (theory) of taking water is the same, but some details have been changed." Zhang Youfu tried to restrain his excitement and explained: "The diameter of this water wheel is six meters, and the distance from here to the Yin River is almost three meters, which is just the right height. A pulp is also installed on the edge of the wheel, which can be used to rotate the wheel with the force of the water. There is a large bamboo tube hanging on the wheel, which is connected to the wheel with a cowhide band, so that the water can be continuously drawn from below. ”

Zhang Youfu pointed to the canal erected by half of the bamboo above his head, and said: "This canal is higher than the entrance of the cave, and the water in the bamboo tube flows along this canal to the outside, and then stays in the village." In this way, there is no need to pull manually, as long as you put some oil on the wheels every day, and then guard the hole so that people don't destroy it. ”

"How long can such a pumping truck be available under normal conditions-excellent-excellent-small-say-more-new-most-fast-www.uuxs.cc-next?"

"The outside is wrapped in iron sheets, the inside is solid iron wood, and the bearings are all fine iron...... There should be no major replacement within five years. ”

Five years? Absolutely enough.

Wang Shihua nodded with satisfaction, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the waterwheel for a while, then suddenly asked: "What if the water rises or the water level drops?" ”

"Look, master."

Under the leadership of Zhang Youfu, Wang Shihua came to the kanbian, and under the light of the lantern, he saw a groove about one foot deep and half a meter wide deep into the darkness.

"There are calipers every half a meter in this groove, and you can just use the platform here to turn the wheel and raise the water wheel...... What do you think, head of the house? ”

Smart people don't make any judgments about anything unknown... Regarding such a question, Wang Shihua said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, you are an expert in this area, but I am a layman and dare not evaluate." ”

"The head of the house, Uncle Zhang, has all been installed and can start testing."

Zhang Youfu smiled at Wang Shihua and said, "Family master, this first station, I have to borrow your blessings." ”

"Okay..."Wang Shihua agreed with a smile. Under the leadership of Zhang Youfu, he went up to the end of the bearing.

"The head of the house, this bayonet is to control the rotation of the water wheel, as long as you pull out this clip, you can let the water wheel rotate and pump water."

Sure enough, when Wang Shihua pulled out the half-meter-long iron card, in the "click... After two muffled sounds, the water wheel slowly turned. Immediately, the bamboo tube hanging on the right side of the water wheel poured buckets of water into the small canal in the rotation of the water wheel......

Everyone waited nervously for five minutes, and when they saw that it was normal, everyone slowly had a smile on their faces.

"Smack... Syllable... Smack......"

Wang Shihua took the lead in applauding, and for a while, the applause was like a tide, and the cheers were like drums.

The second dog cleverly brought water with a scoop of melon, Wang Shihua took two sips, and laughed: "Cool, sweet, delicious." ”

Everyone ran to the lower end of the canal to scoop water and drink.

After the happy scene was lively for a while, Wang Shihua bowed to Zhang Youfu and everyone present, and said: "Uncle Zhang, everyone, on behalf of the whole Wang family, I, Wang Shihua, thank you for your efforts, so that my Wang family does not have to worry about water in the dry season." ”

"The head of the family is polite, we are the Wang family, this is what should be done."

In the return of the gifts, Wang Shihua said with a smile: "I have already given an order, in the next six months, each household in the pimple village can receive 100 catties of rice per month as a reward for your labor." I also hope that you will do your best to build more pumping trucks, so that everyone in my Wang family can have water to drink. ”

"Yes..."

"Uncle Zhang, how long can you build such a pumping truck?"

"In the beginning, we were stuck with the drawings by rote, some of them were inappropriate, and the speed was slow. Now everyone has figured it out, and with the assembly line, it will take about two or three days to build one. However, the master, our cow cave is not bad, the terrain is not high, if the terrain is high, then we have to use another set of drawings to build a soft water wheel, and the time may take longer. ”

The design concept of the water soft truck is similar to that of the pumping truck, except that the water wheel is changed to a belt-type pull, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming, but relatively much more durable.

More than ten minutes later, Wang Shihua, accompanied by the chief of security and several other elders, walked to the entrance of the cave.

"There should be more people here, so that no one can take advantage of the loopholes, especially to prevent some vicious people from poisoning, which is not a joke."

"Don't worry, we've already made arrangements."

Wang Shihua nodded, went down the mountain, contacted everyone in the village, and said goodbye.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Shihua relied on the long-term benefits brought by the reappearance of the pumping truck...... Other families are still worried about the lack of food in front of them, and Wang Shihua is already planning for the situation between this autumn and next year's autumn harvest. Immediately the facts of the second step of the plan. As the head of the family, he issued an order: from now on, it is strictly forbidden for a grain to flow out of the Wang family's sphere of influence.

This ban was like a thunderbolt, slowly kicking off the grain war in Jiangyin County in 1937. Food prices, in particular, rise almost wherever the news goes. In just one night, the price of grain suddenly broke through the five-cornered mark from four cents to three cents.

The magistrate of Fang Jue did not hesitate and asked the state for help overnight, and this time he said very strictly: The drought and locust plague with Jiangyin County as the loyal one are fierce, and if food is not allocated to prevent it, there is a fear of civil unrest.

Unfortunately, his request failed on the word 'prevention'. The state government's reply to him was very clear: there will be drought and locust plague in the whole state, and he is applying to the province for food allocation.

Fang Jue had no choice but to send a telegram to his relatives in the province, hoping to help him with the help of their political power.

However, now that the Japanese devils have begun to openly blockade Shanghai, and although the Xi'an Incident has not yet occurred, it is impossible for Chairman Chiang not to be aware of this change, and has secretly asked the provinces to prepare for the War of Resistance while encircling and suppressing the Red Army.

In this environment, the province has to hoard strength. Coupled with the drought and locust plagues, haven't they yet happened? Wait until it happens...... This is the favorite method of procrastination and postponement in Chinese officialdom since ancient times.

In the end, after a long time of commotion, Fang Jue's family finally increased 200,000 catties of grain for him, and designated it as Jiangyin County, the hardest-hit area. But as soon as the grain arrived in the state, it was directly stuck in half on the grounds that it was for the sake of the overall situation and for prevention. Fang Jueqi almost didn't vomit blood, but he also understood that this was a common method in officialdom, commonly known as: stuck oil.

I don't know if Fang Jue is confused, or he has no economic experience, or he underestimates the Wang family too much. He actually wanted to put the 100,000 catties of grain into the market, but in less than half an hour, he was directly sold by Wang Jiping. If it hadn't been for his men rushing to report, he would have been kept in the dark. Quickly and forcibly stopped, barely keeping 50,000 catties of grain that had not been moved.

Interestingly, with his investment of 50,000 catties of grain, within half an hour, the price of grain immediately dropped by a penny, but as Wang Jiping bought it all and the government stopped selling grain, he instructed the grain price to rebound sharply and immediately increased by five cents...... The Wang family wants to control the grain and wants to take advantage of the situation, how can they not be prepared. Just as Wang Jiping arrogantly advertised in public: "My Wang family has prepared 50 million oceans to purchase grain, and if it is not enough, it can add another 50 million." Don't talk about 100,000 catties of grain, if you allocate 10,000 catties of grain, our Wang family can swallow it immediately. ”

At this point, Fang Jue finally made a sad truth: if you want to calm the price of grain, there are only two ways to go: one is to negotiate with the Wang family, hoping that the Wang family will relax and release the grain; The second is to unite the forces of the other three families and the whole county to fight against the Wang family.

Think about it, he himself is still squatting in the county seat now, and the decree has been conveyed. The latter one is almost fantastical. And if he wants to negotiate with the Wang family, what will he talk about?

As a matter of fact, the reason why grain prices have been hyped up to such a high level is entirely the result of Wang Shihua and some grain merchants playing tricks behind the scenes. In view of the bumper harvest in Jiangyin County for three consecutive years, although Wang Shihua purchased a large amount of grain in the county, the people were not stupid, and they more or less left surplus grain. The critical period is from this year's autumn harvest to next autumn, during this period, when the people's surplus grain is eaten up, and there is no grain growing in the field, that is the most tense moment.

Two days later, Fang Jue inspected Wang's grain store and asked Wang Jiping to tell Wang Shihua on his behalf, hoping to meet with Wang Shihua and talk about the issue of grain. As a result, Wang Jiping immediately told him that Wang Shihua went to Shendao Town to play, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back...... This is a tactful refusal.

County Magistrate Fang returned depressed.

After another three days, County Magistrate Fang came again, and he still said the same thing. This time, Wang Jiping replied more firmly: he has not returned.

County Magistrate Fang's eyes were red, but apart from secretly writing down this account, there was no way to take the Wang family.

If your royal family doesn't give face, then I will contact your enemies.

The first target selected was the Tian family, and as a result, the Tian family really agreed to discuss.

Fang Jue was very happy, and took advantage of this joy to contact the Li family again, and the Li family's attitude was very strange: even if they didn't agree, they didn't object. After thinking about it carefully, I realized: The Li family is looking at the direction of the wind, and they will never be the first bird.

And issued a decree to Shendao Town, requiring the requisition of ships from various families to purchase grain from other provinces, and as a result, the big reply from the people led by the Xiao family made Fang Jue gasp: The Wang family said, how much grain to purchase, they will accept it correctly, we are businessmen, whoever gives more money will do it with whom, and moreover, we only recognize cash, not white slips.

As for the Xiang family, the people sent by Fang Jue didn't even let the door in.

The angry county magistrate Fang turned his head and discussed the specific matters with the Tian family, who knows, the Tian family's attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn: Originally, Fang Jue opened the way, introduced friends, and gave the Tian family a certain amount of financial compensation afterwards. In Fang Jue's view, the Tian family has taken a big advantage, and besides, it is also the Tian family who has benefited. But who knows, within a few days, the Tian family suddenly said that they had no money, and hoped that Fang Jue would pay for it, and they would help.

Fang Jue was so angry that he even threw out the teacup: What kind of money does Lao Tzu want, and he still needs you?

In the end, Director Peng quietly broke down: Wang Shihua called the future heads of several families and said clearly: The four major families are in the same breath, and if it is really difficult, the Wang family will not watch everyone go hungry. But whoever wants to destroy it in private, then don't blame the Wang family for not only not giving a grain of grain, but even not hesitating to fight.

The Wang family now has food, but other families don't, which is fatal. In the face of this uncle-like threat, who wants to be a bird?

At this point, Fang Jue completely understood: I still have to negotiate with Wang Shihua, a villain, otherwise, with the existing financial resources of the Wang family, no matter how much grain you transport, you can't fill this bottomless pit. But he couldn't figure out one thing: why did the Wang family do this? He did not hesitate to fight the price of food with the government, and even threatened the other three, is it really just to make money?

Fang Jue pondered this question deeply, because he knew that as long as he found this root, he could understand every question.

However, disasters are not a single line, the problem of food is still being discussed, and even greater disasters are expected and unexpected, and they have come suddenly.

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