The group was silent for a long time, and walked through the fields, and the land was dry and hard everywhere, and the farmers were still full of hope in plowing before sowing, and Li Xin was the first to break the silence.

"In any case, this field must be planted to ensure that there is a harvest in the autumn harvest, and each seed can harvest an extra grain, and these tens of thousands of hectares of fields can also produce a lot."

Whether it's Tian Fuzhen or Master Guo, even Huang Sheng didn't say anything, obviously, Li Xin said layman's words again. In the end, Huang Sheng's relationship with Li Xin was extraordinary, and he said bluntly:

"If it doesn't rain yet, let alone an extra grain of grain, it's hard to say whether this kind of seed can emerge if it is sown, and if it doesn't work, it will be harvested!"

Li Xin was shocked when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Tian Fuzhen and Master Guo, which meant to confirm to the two people whether what Huang Sheng said was alarmist. But Tian Guo and the others did not deny it, and they looked like they wanted to say and stopped, and they made him angry.

"There are very good things to swallow, there are things to say directly, and they are all on fire, and they are still poor?"

Tian Fuzhen nodded, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Li Xin is very angry, I heard Tian Fuzhen and Master Guo look at me before, it seems that as long as Yumai is planted, it can wait for the grain to be produced, and there is no mention of the harvest at all. If it weren't for Huang Sheng's outspokenness, he, a layman in farming, would probably have been kept in the dark.

For a while, Li Xin had no interest in going on, he planned to go to the coal mine in Taiyuan West now, and finish today's trip, he had to plan for the upcoming crisis. In the face of this kind of crisis, Li Xin felt for the first time the insignificance of human beings, in an agrarian society that depends on the sky for food, a few rains often determine whether the people can live in peace in the past year, and even one more rain can reduce the starvation of many people.

Huang Shengde stayed and continued to deal with the unfinished work before, while Tian Fuzhen and Guo Shiye continued to accompany Li Xin to the coal mine. The two locations are not far from each other, and it takes only half an hour to get there on horseback.

Approaching the mine, the hue of the mine gradually changed from earthy yellow to black gray, as if it was covered with a thick layer of soot. Far away, I heard the rhythmic sound of banging and popping.

This made Tian Fuzhen, Master Guo and the accompanying soldiers nervous, and the sound of such intensive artillery firing made them unclear about the situation. Li Xin, on the other hand, had an unprecedented sense of familiarity, which even gave him the illusion that it was unreal, and that this kind of voice should not have appeared in the Ming Dynasty at all.

As they got closer and closer to the mine, this rhythmic gigantic was becoming more and more similar, and Tian Fuzhen and Master Guo gradually understood that this was not a cannon, but it was like a whistling sound caused by a sharp overflow of airflow.

Turning around the mountain, everyone felt as if they had entered another world, and the entire mine area was filled with smoke. The black-covered miners seemed to be quite frightened by the sound, and they were busy running away from the thickest smoke, consciously or unconsciously, while buckets of coal were pushed and pulled by the miners to the coal pile not far away.

The loud noise has made people close at hand, and it is difficult to hear the sound of speech. In the midst of the smoke, strange buildings loomed in it, and the group walked over curiously, only to see two brick walls rising from the ground, and a dome-shaped brick furnace rising in the middle, nearly a zhang high, and the top of the furnace was a super-large iron bucket-like thing, which was more than one person high. A large wooden swing arm rests on one of the brick walls from the centerline, swinging back and forth with a rhythmic whirring.

After careful observation, everyone found that there was an iron chain on the side of the top of the wooden swing arm stove connected to the "iron bucket" on the top of the furnace. At the other end, there is also an iron chain attached to something like an "iron bucket", or "iron pipe", which allows the mine mouth to go straight underground.

As the swing arm swings up and down, a stream of black sewage immediately gushes out of the opening in the wall of the iron bucket on one side of the mine, flows into the pre-dug ditch, and discharges it into the distance.

Li Xin was immersed in shock for a long time, his heart fluctuated, and regardless of the entourage who stood in amazement on the spot, he went straight to see this behemoth up close.

But he was unexpectedly stopped by a man covered in black and gray, his mouth was stiff Chinese, and he shouted in Li Xin's ear in a hoarse voice:

"The general is unreliable too close, this thing is very unstable, and I can't tell when there is a danger of blowing up and boring."

This black-and-gray man was none other than Dr. Albert, who had come to the East with Heisenberg, but at this moment, he still had half of the image of a doctor, and he had been completely reduced to a miner.

Li Xin didn't insist, he knew that there was no standard pressure relief device for this kind of thing at that time, and the pressure in the iron bucket reached a certain level, and it would be strange if it could not be relieved and would not explode. So, follow Albert into the distance. Only then did the group react and followed Li Xin.

Walking the way of Yoris, the rumbling and deflating sound still swelled in the ears of the people, even after entering the house, it was still unbearable, but they were finally able to speak normally.

Li Xin asked Albert how he made this thing, and Albert looked proud.

"This kind of water lifting device, in the villain's hometown, the distant Holy Roman Empire, many coal mines have something similar to it, and the use of fire to lift water has also been studied for a long time. It's not a villain bragging, the water lifting device in our coal mine is the first thermal water lifter that can operate stably. ”

Albert's language has become the same as that of the Chinese people today, and in front of many big people, he always calls himself a villain and a grass people.

Li Xinwan didn't expect that the things he had been planning to make up would be robbed by this German, but he had always been subject to various incidents and had no extra energy to do this.

"Excellent! Albert, your firepower water lifter is enough to be famous for eternity! ”

Hearing this, Albert said in amazement: "Thanks to the advice of His Excellency the General, the villain can put this firepower water lifter into practice!" ”

Li Xin smiled, this product not only learned the popular self-inferiority, but also learned hypocritical modesty.

"Don't be modest, this credit is all yours, and Ben Shuai will give you a big credit!"

This caused the puzzlement of Tian Fuzhen and Master Guo, who came with them, wasn't it just to make up a machine to carry water to the mine? is still famous for thousands of years, and it has to be remembered for a great time, is the general so worried about the coming famine that he is mad?

But if I wanted to persuade him, I felt that it was inappropriate on such an occasion, so I had to watch the annoying red-haired ghost perform as hard as he could in front of Li Xin.

Albert insisted this time: "It is indeed His Excellency the General who inspired the villain, and it is ......"

With Albert's reminder, Li Xin faintly remembered that he had indeed mentioned some things in this regard to Albert and Heisenberg when he was in Yang and Wei, but they were all unverified words, but he didn't expect Albert to be a caring person and put his unintentional words into practice.

Li Xin didn't dwell on this matter, and asked: "How reliable is the firepower water lifter?" Can it be mass-produced? ”

Albert said without thinking: "Production is not a problem, the difficulty is that the firepower water lifter needs experienced and responsible workers to watch the gas valve latch at any time, if there is a problem, there will be an explosion, and the destructive power is much higher than that of the flowering thunder and cannon!" ”

At this point, Albert was a little frustrated and seemed sad.

"A few days ago, due to the negligence of the workers, two water conservancy water lifters exploded one after another, killing and injuring many people, and also alarming the thrifty adults in the castle!"

It turned out that during the case of Zhang Shi's murder of his wife, the case of death and injury in the coal mine, and Lu Sizhen also ran twice, but it was caused by this water machine, and he was too focused on Zhang Shi, and did not put this matter in the first place, and handed it over to Cheng Mingjiu to deal with.

"That means it's not that difficult to produce in large quantities?"

Albert nodded heavily in confirmation, "Yes, this firepower water lifter can make one in a few days!" ”

An unprecedented idea took shape in Li Xin's mind, and if this method was feasible, it would play a pivotal role in the next seeding. Thinking of this, Li Xin's heart beat violently, he felt happy and excited for the timely appearance of this firepower water lifter, it seems that today's trip is worth it.

"Let's go! Go to Fenshui! ”

Tian Fuzhen and Master Guo are inexplicable, they haven't understood the basic situation of the coal mine, how can they go to Fenshui again? But the two of them were no longer surprised by Li Xin's jumping thinking, so they had to follow closely with their own soldiers.

The group roared and left, leaving Albert on the spot, inexplicably.

Fenshui is one of the tributaries of the Yellow River, flowing from north to south through the west of Taiyuan City, after tens of thousands of years of impact, the entire Taiyuan Basin has become fertile soil. Looking at the big river that quickly dropped the water level after the peach blossom flood, Li Xin was surging, the big river is the foundation of civilization, if the Yellow River gave birth to the entire Chinese civilization, then this Fenshui has fed many heroes and heroes of Zhao Di.

"The irrigation water of spring ploughing comes out of this Fen water!"

The group was inexplicable, but Master Guo disagreed: "Don't say that the water level of Fenshui is declining now, it is the season when the river is abundant, if you want to lead the river out, how much manpower and time will it take to dig ditches and repair canals?" ”

And Tian Fuzhen seemed to be thoughtful, and after pondering, he blurted out:

"Could it be that the general wants to use that firepower water lifter to divert the water of the Fen River?"

Li Xin nodded heavily, saying that he had this intention, if this method was feasible, even if the sky did not fall, he was afraid that he would come! Unless the Fen water is also dry, there is not a drop of water left!