Seeing that Xiao Xia was still sad, Qiu Lao, who was already very satisfied, asked puzzledly: "This waterwheel you designed has been very successful, is there anything you are not satisfied with?" ”

"Efficiency."

"Efficiency?" Qiu Lao was puzzled.

"Efficiency is the amount of work done per unit of time, or the ratio of the results obtained in a certain job to the time and manpower spent completing the work."

"The waterwheel we build doesn't need to be considered for manpower. But it takes too long to water an acre of field. Think about it, what are we watering paddy fields for? If it takes a day to irrigate a small paddy field, how many acres of paddy field can be irrigated in a month? Then it won't be very useful. ”

When Qiu Lao thought about it, he felt admiration in his heart, the waterwheel was successful, he just felt proud, but he didn't think about it so much. Xiao Xia is right, a mechanism with useless and practical value, its existence is meaningless.

"Let's go back and improve." Qiu Lao said, turned around with the drawings and left.

Xiao Xia also admired Qiu Lao's dedication to mechanical arts. As soon as Qiu Lao went into retreat, he locked himself in his room for seven or eight days, and when he came out again, he was already unkempt and thin. The first thing I did after I came out was to find Xiao Xia to study the drawings.

The two discussed together for most of the day, and the next day, the renovation of the waterwheel began.

After half a month of busyness, the new watermill is even bigger, and it takes eight people to provide manpower to complete the operation of the waterwheel.

Looking at the half acre of paddy fields filled with water in the time of a stick of incense, Xiao Xia smiled, Qiu Lao cried, this is his most successful work, although it is not completed by himself independently, but it is still his proudest work.

The experiment was successful, and the fame of this waterwheel quickly spread all over the village, and many people came to see the excitement.

Shen Zhong is naturally very happy in recent days, the family's land has now accumulated more than 200 acres, the rice is growing well, and the medicinal seeds brought back by Shen Fei have also been planted in the ground, as long as it is the family's land, no matter if it rains all day, there is no shortage of water.

In the evening of the same day, the village chief came to the door with several clan uncles, and the old man Shen came with him. Shen Shouli, the old man Shen, has also been in a good mood recently, most of other people's land is deserted, and his family's land is taken care of by Shen Zhonggang, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about it. Just now, his own brother brought the clan uncles to the door in person, and asked him to say good things about the people in the village, which means that everyone understands that the big waterwheel studied by Shen Zhong's family can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and with it, the land is not afraid of drought. Seeing that the brothers in the clan were all smiling cautiously with him, Shen Shouli felt that he was glorious again and showed the limelight again.

In the main hall of Shen Zhong's house, all the people sitting in the clan were the older generation of the clan, Shen Zhong was not good at sitting on the head, so he gave up the position of the head to his uncle and uncle Shen Shouxiao, and his father Shen Shouli.

"Observance! You just have a good fate, look at your son, they are all promising, Shen Zhi entered the city and became an official. It's Shen Zhong, that's not an ordinary ability, and now we all have to be called Master Shen. ”

"But no, let's just talk about the last disaster relief grain in our village, if it weren't for Shen Zhong, our village might be what it would be like now! Maybe some will starve to death. ”

"There is also the matter of selling land, I heard that at the beginning, rich families in other villages also bought land, and the price was given, tsk...... Not to mention how dark it is, Shen Zhong is different, fair. ”

"Shen Zhong is good!"

"It's good to be upbringing!"

Shen Zhong's father and son were praised by all the clan uncles, Shen Zhong's old face turned red, his head was lowered, Shen Shouli was full of smiles, and his heart was full of joy when he listened.

The village chief felt that the atmosphere was almost over, and coughed. "Observance! I'm the eldest brother, I'm going to show this old face today, and I beg your son Shen Zhong to help. ”

Shen Zhong hurriedly stood up when he heard this, and bowed: "Uncle, father, if you have any orders, just speak." ”

Shen Shouxiao nodded with satisfaction, and all the clan uncles also nodded with smiles on their faces.

"It's the waterwheel of your house, we know it's a little difficult for you, but when the disaster comes, you won't look at the villagers, whether it's or not? We just want to borrow your waterwheel for a use, to fill the land in our village with water, although it is a little late to plant rice or something, but you can still plant some late-maturing crops, and wait until next year everyone can have something to eat, and they will not be hungry again. ”

After hearing this, Shen Zhong replied solemnly: "Village chief, clan uncles, I am about to tell the people in the village about this matter!" My family's land has been watered, and the waterwheel is going to be used by the villagers! How could I possibly watch the villagers of a village starving. ”

As soon as Shen Zhong's words fell, the people in the room clapped their thighs and applauded, and the laughter spread far and wide.

Xiao Xia stood under the freshly built grape trellis in the yard, heard the words in the house clearly, smiled, and went back to the backyard.

At dinner, Shen Zhong praised Xiao Xia for the first time, saying that everything was like a god.

Xiao Wang was also curious, and asked Xiao Xia: "How do you know that the clan uncle in the village will come to your father and let your father say that." ”

"Isn't it better for Dad to win the favor of all the clan uncles by saying this, and Daddy's status in the village will get higher and higher in the future."

As for the people of the village who will come to her father, that's for sure, such a big waterwheel is stationed there, and who can't see its effect.

Xiao Xia knew about this waterwheel, and he would definitely not hide it from the people of the government, and after half a month, a team of cars and horses from the government came to Shen Zhong's house.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a mustache, with a proud face, and his eyes were not to look at people, and when he entered the gate of Shen Zhong's house, he didn't say a word, and directly entered the main hall to sit on the main seat, and began to look down on all beings.

A younger man beside him seemed to be kinder. Nodding at Shen Zhong.

"This is Lord Yin Zhao of Zezhou, my name is Li Mao, you can call me Li Tongju, in charge of our state capital's grain transportation, family fields, water conservancy and other matters."

"Li Tongju, you and what you say, can they understand? I still have a lot of things to do, so we'll leave when we get something. Lord Zhao sang and preached to Li Tongju dissatisfiedly.

Li Tong judged, and quickly replied 'yes'. Turning his head, his face was a little embarrassed, but he still spoke.

"We are here to get the drawings of the waterwheel, and Shen Zhubo has promised to contribute the design drawings of the waterwheel to the people of Zezhou to rescue them from difficulties. We're going to give him a great credit. ”

Where has Shen Zhong seen this big official, his heart has been beating non-stop, there are high-ranking officials coming to the door, of course Shen Zhong has to bring his wife and daughter to meet at the same time.

Shen Zhong didn't understand, and he didn't know what to think in the clouds! But Xiao Xia, who was standing behind with his head bowed, understood and sneered in his heart. Shen Zhubo, it won't be Shen Zhi! His drawings, how can his face be so big!

The senior official at the top saw that Shen Zhong was still keeping his head down and not making a sound, thinking that he was unwilling, so he slapped the table angrily.

"Be bold and don't hand over the drawings."

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors