Chapter 50: Waterwheels
The blacksmith shop was very large, and after the village reform, a large area was allocated for the blacksmith shop.
As we got closer, the temperature rose a lot, and there was a banging sound.
Entering the blacksmith shop, there are more than 200 craftsmen and apprentices crafting all kinds of ironware, mainly soldiers' standard weapons and armor.
In addition, some of the village's professional tools are also built here.
The courtyard was very large, and Mu Han came to a corner room, where he saw Guo Si, a senior blacksmith, working on an iron tool.
"Master Guo, I'm busy." Mu Han went in and greeted.
When Guo Si heard the voice, he looked up and found that it was Mu Han, so he quickly put down his things and said, "Village Chief, you are here, it's a mess here, I'm really embarrassed." ”
Mu Han didn't care at all, pulled a small stool on the side and sat down.
This Guo Si had no choice but to sit aside.
Mu Han glanced at it, and the room was full of all kinds of tools, as well as some ores, which were indeed messy.
"Master Guo, we have found high-grade trees, these trees are very hard, and the tools can be scrapped easily, is there any way to improve them?" Mu Han asked.
Guo Si cleaned up the tools next to him a little and said, "Village Chief, I have already learned about this problem yesterday, and the new batch of tools will be improved, but it will be a little easier to use at most." ”
Mu Han frowned and asked, "How can you call it a little better?" ”
Guo Si said: "My lord, all kinds of tools we used to build were remelted with captured weapons, but this time the tools we improved were made of iron refined from raw ore. ”
When farming bandits, there will be a variety of weapons, these weapons are not of good quality, and they are rebuilt in the furnace, and the tools for crafting are enough.
The iron smelted from the raw ore is used to build the village's weapons and equipment.
That's fine, but even then, it's not enough.
"Is there anything else that can't be done?" Mu Han said.
Guo Si said: "Village chief, there are only two ways, one is to improve the skills of craftsmen, but this time it will not improve much, and the second and most effective way is naturally to get higher quality iron ore, and the tools created will be sharper and more durable." ”
Mu Han understood, the root cause still appeared in the iron ore.
After understanding the reason, Mu Han had to go to the iron ore first, and without a good iron ore, there would not be many problems solved by other methods.
Walking out of the blacksmith shop and passing by the carpenter's house, Mu Han suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of finding a water source.
Yes, Mu Han saw the carpenter's house and suddenly thought that there was another half of the way to get some water.
Walking into the carpenter's house, the carpenter's room is hundreds of meters away from the blacksmith's shop, but it is much quieter, although there is a lot of sound of beating and sawing wood.
"Is Master Lu here?" Mu Han asked at the door.
I will ask because this Lu Chong is often on the shipyard side.
"Master Lu is inside." An apprentice answers Mu Han's question.
Since he was there, Mu Han walked in.
"Village Chief~"
Lu Chong was studying something, called Mu Han, and did not get up to entertain.
I found a wooden stake and sat down, Mu Han waited for Lu Chong, this is a treasure talent in the village, and so on, it doesn't matter, not to mention that the other party is studying the problem, and it is estimated that his mind is sinking.
After waiting for more than half an hour, this Lu Chong got up, his brows stretched a lot, and he should have studied it.
"Yo, the village chief is still there, slack, slack." Lu Chong apologized repeatedly.
Mu Han waved his hand absently and said, "Although Master Lu is busy, what is this studying?" ”
Lu Chong also found a wooden stake and sat down, then pointed to some parts placed on the ground and said: "This is some of the parts of the ship, the shipyard has designed a new ship, let me get close to some parts problems." ”
Mu Han nodded, this part was too small, and he couldn't see anything at all, so he simply didn't bother.
"What's the matter with the village chief looking for the old man?"
Mu Han said: "Master Lu, now that the weather is dry, and it is about to be the time for sowing, there is no water in the field, there is a thing called a waterwheel, which can send water from low places to the highlands, and can solve a part of the water source, I don't know if the master can make it?" ”
"Waterwheel, it's a very simple thing, I have the manufacturing drawings, just build it."
This Lu Chong undoubtedly gave himself another surprise, this Lu Chong actually had ready-made drawings.
Mu Han knew that even if there were no drawings, it could actually be made according to Mu Han's description, but that had no properties, and it might be scrapped in half a day.
It's like there is no manufacturing technology in reality, but the copycat will be scrapped in a short time.
This is a game, making drawings is technology, and what is made with technology is advanced.
"Great, Master Lu is helping the village solve a big problem." Mu Han clapped his hands happily and said.
Lu Chong waved his hand and said, "It's just a small thing, every master-level professional craftsman knows a few things." ”
Mu Han learned a little more, it turned out that the masters had some goods in their hands, and they had to be squeezed out another day.
Lu Chong took out a drawing and handed it to Mu Han.
This kind of waterwheel is a simple job, and after having the drawings, it can be built by a junior carpenter.
Mu Han went outside, summoned dozens of carpenters over, and asked them to rush to make it immediately.
The farmland is about to be sown, and Mu Han is in a hurry to use it.
After an hour or so, the carpenter rushed one out.
Mu Han immediately had people carry them to the farmland, and called dozens of villagers to help, while the other carpenters continued to make the waterwheel.
It was not difficult to dig a large pond in the creek on the edge of the farmland, and it took more than an hour of busy work for everyone to get it done.
The waterwheel is placed on it, and the name of a village is trampled on, and the waterwheel turns and sends water to high places, and as long as some canals are built here, this water can irrigate hundreds of acres of land.
"Great, finally succeeded."
This waterwheel has attributes, the biggest attribute is that the durability is very high, a waterwheel can be used for at least a month, that is, from ploughing to harvesting.
"Good stuff, good stuff."
This waterwheel can be pedaled by human feet, or it can be pulled by oxen and horses.
When Mu Han went back, he asked the carpenter to make it overnight, and even the apprentices used it.
"Each person will be rewarded with one silver coin first, and then five more when they are ready." With a wave of Mu Han's hand, a large amount of gold coins were scattered, and if the villagers were to work, it would not work without rewarding.
Mu Han asked Liu Bowen's assistant to be in charge of this matter, and he had to use all his fields as soon as possible.
Mu Han breathed a sigh of relief after finishing it, and the next thing was to solve the matter of logging tools.
You have to get a higher grade ore.
But where do you get this ore?
"Why don't you ask the prefectural order?"
Mu Han thought of the county order, maybe the other party could help him solve it.