The Shilu River is a drop between two mountains in the upper reaches of Liberty Mountain, which brings great convenience to the project in Meijia Village, as long as the amount of work is not increased at the top of the fall, the water level can be significantly raised. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoWhen it is necessary to obtain a drop to form a hydraulic force, the problem can be solved by raising the dam from the bottom of the fall. In Liu Yao's plan, the two dams are called large dams and small dams respectively. The amount of work on the dam is very small, which is why Liu Yao dares to start the process now to deliver domestic water to Liberty Mountain. The amount of dam construction is too large, and although there is a great demand for hydraulic power, it still does not dare to start. At present, Zhao Shilu has almost completed the project of the small dam, and the brigade has moved to the Heti project of 1,000 acres of fields.

In the industrial area next to the dam, a long-span factory building clings to the river, and a waterwheel spins vigorously next to it, which is Qian Er's carpentry workshop. This waterwheel is the most advanced power facility in Meijia Village, and it is also the first product of the woodwork workshop.

The water wheel lifts the water into the tank at the top of the building, and then flows out of the drive impeller through a bamboo pipe. The high-speed rotating impeller drives the gears, which eventually drive a full-size lathe in the middle of the plant. If you do not take into account the fact that this lathe is made entirely of wood, it can almost be considered a very modern piece of equipment: it completely replicates the most mature design of the modern era.

After several failed attempts, the timeless lathe is running steadily, machining its first commercial product: a watermill's iron hinge. This is an order placed by the porcelain workshop in the village of Chahe next door. With this waterwheel, the porcelain workshop can save three labors and more than double the amount of water obtained.

Zhang Heng stood on the wooden ladder and worked hard with Ke Shan to nail a wooden board to the wall, while turning back to Liu Yao and saying, "There will be more orders soon, and many people have already come to see it yesterday, all of them are from the surrounding villages." They all say that our waterwheel is very good. ”

This plank was brought by Liu Yao, and it is also one of the "management systems" that he has been asking the workshop for, and all orders will be announced in the workshop in the future, so that everyone can pay attention to the progress of the work.

Ke Shan also answered: "Today they all went to the porcelain workshop to see the loaded waterwheel, maybe they will come tomorrow." ”

"The porcelain workshop that can be used to open a waterwheel is also a porcelain workshop, and these people buy waterwheels to water the ground, right?" Liu Yao asked, leaning on the wooden board that exuded the scent of fresh wood.

"Yes, the fields that have not been watered can produce rice stably." Zhang Heng said fascinatedly. Waterwheels were not absent before, but the quality of waterwheels in woodworking workshops has improved by more than one notch, and the blow to traditional products is overwhelming.

Qian Er put down the work in his hand, also walked over, and continued: "The quality of our waterwheel is stable and the water is more guaranteed, and it doesn't need so much maintenance; Our waterwheels turn more easily, we can deliver more water, and we can deliver higher. In this way, the carpenters who made the waterwheels had no work left. ”

Zhang Heng jumped off the wooden ladder and said with a smile: "Let's rebuild the waterwheel and keep it so that those carpenters don't have anything to eat." I said sir, is it too much of a loss for our ten-year warranty, another year of free maintenance, and ten years of low-cost maintenance? No one competes with us anyway. ”

"It's not okay to think like that. We don't need to sell it too expensive, the price is cheaper, we can sell it to Qiongzhou Mansion, and sell a few more to make more money. Besides, what's the benefit of us leaving our carpenters without food? The carpenters who really had nothing to eat called to work in the factory, and if they didn't want to come, we left the simple carpentry work to them to do. ”

Qian Er nodded and said, "Yes, we can specialize in iron shafts." Outside the matching woodworking parts, give them the size, let them do it according to the size. Wasn't it the same when we used to build houses? The pillars were given to one person, and the window lattices to another. Liu Yao was surprised, it turned out that there was such a detailed division of labor and cooperation in this time and space, but he was still worried about the accuracy: "Do you do it separately, do you match the size?" ”

"No, much. So just leave a little surplus. The pillars are longer, and the window frames are a little wider. Zhang Heng is also an experienced carpenter and is very familiar with this division of labor.

"Don't we have a ruler? Give each carpenter a handful, and give them another drawing. Let's do it first. I'll tell you, this division of labor is the most efficient than making all the parts yourself. Liu Yao has a great interest in social cooperation and hopes that there will be opportunities for Meijia Village to become an engine for the development of surrounding industries. Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and said to everyone: "However, our wooden lathe will not take on work in the future." If there is an order, it will be accepted in two months. ”

Facing everyone's strange looks, Liu Yao once again showed a mysterious smile that he hadn't had a chance to show for a long time, and no longer explained. Qian Er didn't ask much, and asked Liu Yao to see the new modification of the lathe. According to the drawings provided by Liu Yao, a set of parts was installed on the lathe, which could drill deep and straight holes. While listening to Qian Er's introduction, Liu Yao asked people to invite Yu Chaoqin and Zhao Rushan. When Ke Shan heard this, he immediately ran out.

Qian Er took a wooden pipe and said with satisfaction: "This drawing is very good, and the things made are the same as you said." "It's a one-meter-long wooden pipe, and when you look at the sun, it's straight and smooth inside; Stuffed in a small wooden stick as thick as the inner diameter of the hollow, it felt like the stick slid out smoothly.

Liu Yao couldn't put it down with the wooden stick, and said very happily: "Qian Er, what you said is very right. This is the drawing good. For all machines, the first thing is to have good drawings. But it's amazing that you've been able to make this drawing. Who made this set? I rewarded each of them with 50 pounds of grain. ”

The two leaders didn't understand why Liu Yao was so happy, but they didn't care, the lathe was often asked to process something special and useless, like gears, sleeves, screws and bolts and nuts, and he was used to seeing them. Zhang Heng smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's the two of us who did it here." As for the others, they can't do it, and they can't keep busy. I don't dare to ask for this reward, my husband has already paid me. ”

Liu Yao put down the woodpipe and said with a straight face: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded." I justifiably and happily reward, and you rightly and cheerfully take it. In terms of meritorious deeds, it is justified. ”

As he was talking, Ke Shan walked in after Yu Chaoqin and Zhao Rushan. Seeing that everyone arrived, Liu Yao told everyone that there was a very important and difficult job in the next step: to make an iron lathe. Taking the current lathe as a model, all the parts are disassembled, decomposed into small units in a convenient way to turn sand, a sand turning mold is made, a set of iron parts are cast, and a set of iron lathes are created by strictly aligning the size.

Things are clear and understandable, but it is very difficult to do. Several of the leaders pondered and did not speak. Ke Shan was doing work such as packing parts, and listened with his ears stunned from afar.

Qian Er spoke first and said, "Sir, isn't this wooden lathe very good now?" Why do you need to make it of iron? We just need to use steel for the cutting heads. ”

Liu Yao shook his head and said, "The wood is not strong enough, it will be deformed." Now we're just starting to do it, and I can't feel it, but after doing a few more, I can feel it right away. ”

Everyone nodded and discussed the details of the work. After some discussion, it feels basically feasible. Zhao Rushan said first, now there is more than one furnace of steel every month, and it is quite convenient to do casting. Yu Chaoqin also said that he would do the sand turning thing. Zhang Heng said that the parts can be made bigger and smaller. Liu Yao had better advise that if you want to do it, you can do more, make three, and it will be enough for a long time in the future.

Ke Shan listened thoughtfully.

After Liu Yao left, he asked people to pick up 100 catties of rice. Qian Er was surprised and delighted, happily accepted it, and went to call Zhang Heng and asked him to share his share. Zhang Heng carried the grain bag and said softly: "50 catties, it's really a lot." After hesitating for a moment, he said to Qian Er: "I still have a brother in the county, and my life is not satisfactory, or I will take two days off to see him and send him this bag of grain." Seeing Qian Er nodding, he left with the grain bag on his shoulder.

Zhang Heng did go to the county seat with a grain bag, and also looked for his Tang brother Zhang Wei, but this brother was not downhill at all, and his home was also a yard with several horses, and there were several mules and horses.

When Zhang Heng entered, Zhang Wei was making tea, and when he saw the grain bag, he didn't raise his eyelids, poured himself a cup of tea, put the teacup, stopped and asked: "Brother, you don't need to put your good skills, you went to the countryside for a few years, and you only got a few bags of grain, right?" ”

Zhang Heng scolded in his heart: "If you hadn't been a stumbling block, and you said everywhere that I had done my job, I wouldn't have been unable to get a job to farm and live." With a smile on his face, he said: "Brother Zhang Wei smiled, didn't I go to farm because my skills were not as good as others?" This kind of field life is really not something I can live, and I came today to ask your brother to help me get some small work to do. ”

The wages of joiners have always been very high, Zhang Heng originally lived a life of earning a lot of wages, drinking two cups a day, and he was not good at farming. In Meijia Village, I was expecting Liu Yao to bring opportunities, but the daily salary was only 3 catties and 5 catties of grain, which really made Zhang Heng lose hope, so he came to Tang Di for help, accepted the planting, and then returned to the joinery industry.

Zhang Wei took a sip of tea, pondered for a while, and said, "You are in Meijia Village, you must know about the foreigner surnamed Liu?" ”

"I know, I'm still helping him do something, do some carpentry, build a waterwheel or something." Zhang Heng said with a little reservation.

"Oh? Then you should know a lot about him. Zhang Wei put an empty teacup in front of Zhang Heng and pointed to the chair for him to sit down.

"I know, I wonder what you want to know?" Zhang Heng sat down and asked.

Zhang Wei poured the tea and said softly: "It's not me, it's someone who wants to know." As soon as you enter the door, I will ask for Zhou Shu. ”

"It's him. Wang County's celebrity. "The service objects of joinery are the government and large families, so Zhang Heng is also very familiar with the people in the county.

The cube creates an interesting playground for the earthlings. The information transfer system in this one-way display test is very interesting, with an unusually complete information collection and organization function, all the characters who have appeared in the show have information to view, except for the inner concepts and ideas that are not disclosed, all other personal information such as physical strength, knowledge and skill reserves are clearly displayed. In addition to that, there are rankings, such as the top 10 of the people to follow in real time. The viewer can also set reminders for interested people, and when he does something important, the system will remind the viewer to watch it in time. This brings a lot of fun, and more and more people are indulging in this civilization test.

From the beginning of walking out of Meijia Village, Zhang Heng has entered the top ten list of the objects of attention, which is also the first time he has been on the list. Anyone who wants to know more about him will see that Zhang Heng's "Lathe Skill Primary" and "Accurate Measurement of Length and Volume Skill Primary" have just recently increased, which is very similar to some kind of video game. By the time Zhou Shushu appeared, Zhang Heng was already ranked first in the rankings.

Zhang Wei has always been Zhang Heng's concern, and he sensitively feels that this person is different from most people in Meijia Village, but he can't say anything different. He watched the conversation between Zhou Wenwen and Zhang Heng worriedly, and his heart was full of ominous premonitions.

Zhang Heng was very satisfied with today's talks. Zhou Wenwen obviously valued his status in Meijia Village, asked a lot of information about Liu Yao, seemed to be very satisfied with the answer, and asked himself to continue to work in Meijia Village, as long as he continued to come to the county to deliver information, he could pay five cents of silver every month. That's the value of two stones. (Note: According to historical data, one stone in the Ming Dynasty was about 150-190 catties, and the price of grain during the Apocalypse was about two and a half cents per stone of grain.) ）

Zhang Wei has been pouring tea for the two of them, and basically does not speak. Seeing that it was getting late, another table of banquets was set up, and the two of them talked while eating, and they never interjected.

After dinner, Zhou Wenwen got up to leave, and Zhang Heng also said that he wanted to leave. Zhang Wei raised his eyelids and said, "You say goodbye to me, where can you go?" You also have every place to stay in the city. Stay with me tonight, don't leave tomorrow, stay one more day, in case the county commander still has something to say to you. I heard what you just said about the lathe, it's convenient to have a railing. Either you can make hundreds of railings for me, so that there is a reason to come and walk around the county often. When Zhang Heng heard this, he admired it greatly, no wonder he was squeezed out, this thoughtful is indeed superior.

Zhou Wenwen really came to Zhang Heng early the next morning and brought the promised five cents of silver. He also repeatedly explained that he should keep it confidential, not to tell anyone about this matter, and now he is just reporting information, and there is no need to do anything else, so as not to startle the snake. Zhang Heng happily took the silver and walked back, completely unaware that he had become a star in another time and space, and some gambling companies had opened a handicap similar to "Zhang Heng betrayed Meijia Village in 6 months".