Cao Ang had never seen a real keel car, but he had heard people say that he could use a keel car to lift water for irrigation. It's just that the ponds are drying up all over the place, and even with this advanced equipment, there is no water to mention.

"Yes, under the successive droughts, there has been no water available." Cao Ang sighed, then changed his voice, and said with appreciation: "But the female son is really ingenious, and she can make a keel car independently, and this ability can be unattained. ”

"I don't need you to praise you," Huang glanced at Cao Ang, gritted his silver teeth, and said resentfully: "My Huang family is a gentleman who sucks people's fat and ointment in his mouth, how dare he be a gentleman's praise." ”

Cao Ang smiled bitterly and said, "I was in Xia Menglang before, and I didn't choose what to say for a while, and I asked my son-in-law to forgive me." ”

Huang snorted twice, and then crouched down and fiddled with the keel car.

Cao Ang looked at it for a while, and thought to himself, the keel car can carry water, and the water in the water is abundant, but it is too far away from the fields here, if he can use the keel car to lift the water up, and then transport it to the fields here for watering, then the drought can be alleviated. It's just that at such a long distance, how can the water flow endlessly? For a moment, I fell into deep contemplation.

Huang squatted on the ground and paid attention to Cao Ang, seeing him pondering, he couldn't help but be curious, and asked after a while, "What are you thinking?" ”

Cao Ang immediately replied: "I am thinking about how to transport the water here, the keel car of the female son can lift a large amount of water, as long as the transportation problem is solved, the drought can be solved immediately." ”

Huang Shi rolled his eyes, pursed his mouth, revealing Bai Sensen's fine silver teeth, and said, "Who doesn't know what you said?" However, the water is at least seven or eight miles away from this place, and even if it is pulled by oxen and horses, it is always too slow. Even if a family only has 30 acres of land, they don't know when they will be pulled. Besides, ordinary people can not pull cattle and horses with their strength, and if they rely on manpower, they can't pull a few carts in a day. ”

Cao Ang also knew that it was not easy, but since there was water in the water, it would be a pity if it could not be used only because of the distance, and after Huang finished speaking, he still thought hard about the solution. Seeing this, Huang shook his head and stopped admonishing.

After a while, Cao Ang suddenly clapped his hands, looked excited, and said to Huang: "Can you gather nearby farmers to dig a ditch together, and the ditch will be diverted from the water to the field, and then the water will be carried into the ditch with a keel car, so that although the distance is farther, the water can flow to the field endlessly." ”

Huang's brows furrowed, as if to gauge the feasibility of Cao Ang's method, and after a long time, he said in an uncertain tone: "This method seems to be feasible, but the distance from here to the water is long, and the land along the way is extremely dry, by digging ditches to transport water, I am afraid that most of the water will be consumed on the way, and in the end, I am afraid that only part of the farmland can be watered, and most of the crops will still have to dry up." ”

Cao Ang nodded silently, knowing that what Huang said was true, and pondering in his heart how to carry water with a very small consumption. After pondering for a moment, finding nothing in his head, he sighed and looked around to see if he could get some inspiration.

The eyes of the ground are fixed on a dense bamboo forest, this piece of bamboo forest is lush and green, and there are countless bamboo with the thickness of the bowl, some time ago Webster's courgette field set up a shelf, and the pergola was built at home, all of which were taken from here.

Cao Ang looked at the bamboo forest, his eyes flashed, getting brighter and brighter, and finally he was extremely happy and said, "I have a way." ”

Huang was surprised for a while, she had also thought about the method Cao Ang said, but she couldn't implement it because she didn't have suitable water transport equipment. But Cao Ang not only thought of this method in a moment, but also found a suitable water transport utensil. Huang was very skeptical in his heart.

"Sir, don't be a fool." Huang said lightly.

Cao Ang didn't explain, he pulled Huang Shi, ran towards the bamboo forest, ran to a thick bamboo, stretched out his hand and knocked on the bamboo, made a tuk tuk sound, and then said with his eyebrows: "The ditch is long and dry, and it is extremely water-consuming. But what if you use these bamboos to carry water? We mobilize all the farmers here to cut down the same thickness of bamboo, the bamboo joints of the bamboo are opened, and then the roots are in the east, the tips are in the west, so one after another, from the side of the water to the field, and then people set up the keel car next to the water, turn the water and send it into the bamboo tube, so that the water can not be transported here, and the process consumption is very small, as long as you build more keel cars, and connect a few more bamboo roads, you can irrigate the farmland here in a short time. ”

Huang's brows were tightly locked, his heart kept thinking, his hands were gesturing, and his face gradually showed joy, and finally his face was full of excitement, dragging Cao Ang and saying, "Hurry up and cut a bamboo to give it a try." ”

The two immediately began to chop bamboo and pass bamboo joints, and then Cao Ang began to snort and shake the keel car to turn over the water, but the result was not satisfactory. The keel car is low, and it is difficult for the water to flow into the bamboo tube, and even if it flows in, it will flow backwards.

Cao Ang and Huang glanced at each other, and the excitement faded. Huang squatted down again and fiddled with the keel car for a while.

Cao Ang had a flash of inspiration in his mind, groaned slightly, and said to Huang: "This keel car is too small, and the water is too slow, why not make a car ten times larger than it, and the keel car is low, we will change it and make it round, so that the body will be taller." Then set up a vertical bamboo to catch water, the bottom of the bamboo is connected with the bamboo tube spread on the ground, so that the water flow is equivalent to flowing into the bamboo tube from mid-air, and will never flow out backwards. ”

Huang Shi thought for a while, his eyes flowed with brilliance, and he inadvertently glanced at Cao Ang, and said, "This is very good, I will be responsible for improving the keel car, and strive to improve it within a day or two, and then find someone to make it." You go and gather people to cut down the bamboo and transport it to the water, and make sure that the bamboo tube is laid within two days. After five days at the latest, water will be lifted from the water. ”

After the two agreed, Cao Ang didn't stay long, picked up Xiao Qin'er and hurriedly looked for Zhang Qiang and Wei. Huang watched Cao Ang leave, with a strange look on his face, his big smart eyes blinked, he sighed faintly, and slowly left.

The courgette seedlings of the Wechsler species are already half a foot high, and the rhizomes of the courgette are shallow, and they are afraid of drought and waterlogging. When Cao Ang came to the ground, Zhang Qiang and Webster were bending down and pouring water one after another. The courgette seedlings that had been watered before were energetic and vibrant. The seedlings that had not yet been watered were soft and collapsed, and the tender green tentacles curled and hung low, all listless.

"Mother, mother." Xiao Qin'er immediately shouted loudly when she saw Wei, and her small body writhed in Cao Ang's arms.

Wei Shi raised his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw Cao Ang striding over, he was immediately surprised and said, "Why doesn't Mr. stay in the house, there is not even a shade and shade in the fields." ”

Cao Ang laughed heartily, took two steps forward, and said loudly, "I'm here to tell you good news." ”

Wei was a little puzzled, Zhang Qiang stood up straight, and grinned: "Could it be that it's going to rain?" ”

"That's not it," Cao Ang shook his head with a smile and said, "But although it doesn't rain, I have a way to bring the water to the fields, I wonder if this is good news?" ”

Zhang Qiang and Wei were stunned, and after being stunned, they both showed ecstasy, Zhang Qiang threw the scoop in his hand everywhere, ran to Cao Ang in three steps and two steps, and asked with hope: "What Mr. said is true?" ”

Cao Ang nodded and said, "Seriously." ”

Zhang Qiang and Webster cheered, and Webster also hurriedly walked over and asked incredulously, "How can Mr. use to bring water so far away?" ”

Cao Ang explained the method discussed between Shicai and the Huang family, and after speaking, he said: "I see that there are a lot of fields here, and I want Brother Zhang to go back and inform the village neighbors that this matter needs to be done together in order to be done very quickly, otherwise the time will drag on for a long time, and even if it can attract water, the crops in the fields will already die of drought." ”

Zhang Qiang did not immediately agree, but scratched his head and said, "Sir, are you sure that this is feasible?" ”

Cao Ang nodded and asked rhetorically, "Brother Zhang thinks this method is not feasible?" ”

Zhang Qiang shook his hand again and again, his eyebrows furrowed together, and said, "No, no, I don't believe Mr., it's just that no one has ever done this before, I'm worried...... I am worried that if this method does not work, the only remaining water will be used up by others after four or five days of waste, and then I can really only watch the seedlings in the field die. And now I am looking for water everywhere to irrigate, and after four or five days, I can finally water a few acres of land. So ......"

Cao Ang knew that their life was not easy, and once there was no grain harvest this season, they would face the destruction of their families, so they were extremely cautious and did not dare to follow easily. However, Cao Ang was full of confidence and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this method will definitely succeed." ”

Zhang Qiang still hesitated, not knowing whether to obey Cao Ang. Wei gritted his teeth, ruthlessly, and said, "Do what Mr. says, I believe that Mr. will not harm us." ”

Zhang Qiang looked at Wei's and saw that she was resolute, so he nodded in agreement half-pushed and half-on-the-spot, and said, "Okay, just do what Mr. says." I watered the courgettes first, and then I went to chop the bamboo, and then I talked about it with the big guys in the evening, while everyone was looking around for water. ”

Cao Ang hummed, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to help with watering, but was sternly rejected by Wei, so he had to accompany Xiao Qin'er on the ridge. After a while, Webster suddenly asked, "Why does Sir have to grow these courgettes in concubines?" This thing doesn't produce much, and it's not hungry, so it's a bit ......."

Cao Ang smiled slightly, thinking that I would tell you that I have emerald green and delicious cold gourds in my mind? After smiling, the god said mysteriously: "Although the courgettes are not hungry, they will turn stones into alchemy, and when these courgettes grow up, I will teach you some methods, so that you can earn more money with these three acres of courgettes than selling 30 acres of rice." ”

Webster snorted, his mouth wide open, and he couldn't believe it. Zhang Qiang salivated, smiled, and said, "What did Mr. say is so magical?" ”

Cao Ang shook his head with a smile, ignoring Zhang Qiang's courteous gaze, and simply said: "You have already seen the special meat, and with the special soup cake and special courgette, you can earn the income of the previous year in a month at most." ”