Chapter 14 Grandma Zhang's Furniture in the Grand View Garden (3).

Liu Hou was noncommittal. Without waiting for him to answer, Zhang Xingcai pointed to the water tank hanging on the wall and said, "Quick, bring a bucket of water, fill this with something, what ......"

"Water tank." Liu Houdao.

"Yes, the water tank, fill this tank quickly, I'll pull the rope and try again."

Liu Hou despised this country girl in his heart, but he didn't know it, and then said, "You don't need to mention water irrigation." See, there is a copper pipe here, and the water will pass through guò This pipe will automatically fill the tank. Hear the sound of the water flowing no. ”

Zhang Xingcai listened attentively, and sure enough, he heard the sound of water. Liu Hou built a water tank on the top of this watchtower, used a copper pipe to draw the water down, pressed the faucet, and there was running water.

However, to raise the water to the top of the tower, there is no machinery to do it at present, Liu Hou can only use a stupid method, install a pulley on the roof, and let the female soldiers draw water from the well in the yard one by one. Fortunately, Liu Hou has more than 100 female soldiers, which can be described as a large number of people, and let them take turns to pull a few buckets of water up, and the average workload of each person is not much.

At this moment, the sound of the water stopped, and Liu Hou said, "Okay, the water is full, you can try flushing again." ”

"Hey, how did this water stop on its own?" As soon as he heard this, Liu Hou became nervous, how could he explain the principle of the connector to her, how to explain the mechanical structure of the float connecting rod of the water tank?

Fortunately, Zhang Xingcai's fiery personality didn't wait for Liu Hou to answer, so he pulled his white and tender little hand on the rope and pulled it gently, only to hear the sound of "wow~", and the water level on the toilet rose again in rotation. When it reached half a barrel, it quickly descended in a burst of sucking.

"No, little Adou, is your toilet a defective product, there is a problem."

"What's the problem?" Liu Hou was a little surprised, could it be that this Miss Jiao is a scientific and technological genius, and she can see what flaws are in this toilet system that has been very mature in later generations?

"Why is there some water under the toilet? The water is not clean, is your toilet broken? ”

Liu Hou looked at it and understood, it turned out to be a water seal problem. "It's called a water seal, and it's meant to prevent the smell from coming up from the pipes below. This toilet is deliberately designed to leave a little water to cover the sewer outlet. ”

"Oh, oh." Zhang Xingcai nodded, as if he understood.

Liu Hou is very helpless, these daily things in later generations are enough for people to be curious about now. I actually explained here for a long time for a toilet, which is really boring and disgusting.

So, Liu Hou said to Zhang Xingcai: "Okay, okay, what's so good about a thatched toilet, as for the mystery inside, you have time to ask Zuo Dao Chang." These are all the inventions of the Left Dao Chief. ”

Liu Hou habitually kicked the ball to Zuo Ci very unrighteously. As everyone knows, Zuo Ci is now in charge of several research institutes at the same time, presiding over several research projects at the same time, and regularly teaching some students, and he is as busy as the second senior brother in "Shaolin Football": Uncle and I go up and down hundreds of thousands of dollars in minutes, how can I take care of you little kid.

"Wash your hands and get out." As he spoke, Liu Hou turned on the faucet, and the water flowed out.

Zhang Xingcai looked at the golden copper faucet, and his eyes were full of small stars. "How can water come out here, wow! It's amazing! ”

"This is also a mechanism made by Daoist Zuo, you have time to consult him." Liu Hou didn't bother to explain, so he pushed it to Zuo Ci anyway.

"The left Taoist is really a god and a man." As he spoke, Zhang Xingcai and Guan Yinping reached over and washed their two pairs of little hands cleanly.

Liu Hou took the two out, and then took them up to the second floor to visit. The second floor is a place for the female soldiers to rest and store some supplies, which seems a little crowded and compact, and there is really nothing to see, so the group quickly went up to the third floor.

The third floor is where Liu Hou lives, which is much more spacious and luxuriously decorated. The decoration style is mainly in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and a large number of solid wood is used to make all kinds of furniture, and a lot of hollowing, carving, and inlay handicrafts make these furniture appear high-end and atmospheric.

The furniture is all painted red, and the first thing that catches your eye is a set of solid wood dining tables and chairs. The size is not too big, the dining table is about 1.8 meters long and 0.8 meters wide. This is the size determined by Liu Hou according to Zhao Yun's height, because according to Liu Hou's visual measurement, it is estimated that Zhao Yun is about 1.8 meters tall.

Originally, Liu Hou wanted to get a long table that is so long that he can't see the opposite side that often appears in Western aristocratic movies, but after all, this is a bunker, and the place is not too big, so it is estimated that he can't put such a table, so he has to give up.

This set of dining tables and chairs was drawn by Liu Hou according to the style of mahogany dining tables and chairs in later generations, and then asked the carpenter to process it from old elm trees. All of them are made of mortise and tenon wood, without a single iron nail, but they are very strong. It can be seen that the ancient craftsmen were indeed excellent.

"This is ......" Zhang Xingcai walked to the dining table, touched the back of a chair, and asked a little uncertainly.

Liu Hou secretly despised this country girl who didn't know anything in his heart, and explained: "This is the dining table and dining chairs, sitting here to eat." With that, he sat down on a chair and made the gesture of eating.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Zhang Xingcai for not understanding, the people of the Han Dynasty knelt in front of the desk to eat, and there was no such backrest chair at that time.

"It's like a stool, I think I've heard of it somewhere." Miss Guan San opened her mouth rarely.

"I don't know where Daoist Zuo came back, maybe it's Hu Ren, after all, he has traveled all over the world and is well-informed." Liu Hou pushed it to Zuo Ci as usual.

"Hey, it's very comfortable to sit like this." Zhang Xingcai was already sitting on a chair honestly and unceremoniously. "I don't have to worry about foot pain after sitting here for a long time. It's very useful, little Adou, go back and get me a few. Daddy must love it. He always sits and doesn't sit down. ”

Zhang Xingcai really didn't treat himself as an outsider, and immediately asked for something good when he saw it. The advantage of the chair is obvious, if you kneel and sit, your feet will be numb and painful due to poor blood flow after a short time. Liu Hou was not accustomed to the Han Dynasty's kneeling or cross-legged sitting, so he made the chair.

He also knew that a general like Zhang Fei who had been fighting for many years might spend more time riding a horse than walking, and he had a little leg and foot problems like looping legs or something, and it was even more uncomfortable for kneeling and sitting, so there was a reason why he didn't sit or not, and with this chair, he was much more comfortable to sit up.

"You want to come over with the craftsman I call this, just tell him as much as you want." Liu Hou didn't treat her as an outsider, could he shirk his future wife and future father-in-law if they wanted something?

"Little Adou, you're so nice!" Zhang Xingcai jumped up happily and shook one of Liu Hou's arms. Of course, Liu Hou didn't mind that this was not an intimate contact.

He turned his head to Guan Yinping and said, "I'll ask the craftsman to make a few more sets, you can also bring two sets back, remember to send one set to the second uncle." "Of course Liu Hou can't favor one over the other, since he gave it to Uncle Zhang, how can he forget Second Uncle Guan who is far away in Jingzhou.

"Thank you, Brother Adou." Guan Yinping smiled sweetly and thanked him. Liu Hou found that she had two shallow dimples when she laughed, which was very cute and sweet.

Then, they walked to a bogu shelf filled with all kinds of knick-knacks. This Bogu shelf is not like the later generations, where some porcelain, antiques, etc. are placed. After Liu Hou designed this Bogu shelf, he used it to place various models.

I saw that there were hot air balloon models on the shelves, Zhuge repeater models, keel waterwheel models, wheel waterwheel models, stone thrower models, and fire gun models.

These are finished and semi-finished products that have been researched by various research institutes. There are many things that Liu Hou secretly participated in the design. When Liu Hou has free time, he will use these models to ponder and see where they can be improved. So these things are not simple decorations, they have a big purpose.

Zhang Xingcai saw so many strange things, and immediately his eyes lit up again.

"Little Adou, what are these things? It seems to be fun. Is it a toy? Your master Zuo can also make toys? Zhang Xingcai picked up the models one by one and couldn't put them down.

"Be careful, don't, don't break it." Liu Hou hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.

Zhang Xingcai was holding a model of an artillery cannon in one hand and a Zhuge crossbow in the other, when he saw Liu Hou pounce on him, he turned around, turned his back to Liu Hou, and said in his mouth: "Hmph, stingy, aren't they just a few toys?" Can't you borrow me for two days? ”

At this time, Guan Yinping also came over, picked up a wheeled waterwheel with both hands, and said: "It's really exquisite, I've seen this, there is one by the river, it's very big, what's the waterwheel called?" This one is so small, it looks exactly like the big waterwheel. Hey! You can still turn, it's fun. ”

Guan Yinping gently flicked the wheel of the waterwheel, and found that the wheel was actually turning, and couldn't help but make a soft sound in surprise.

When Zhang Xingcai heard the voice, he leaned his little head over, his eyes lit up, and said to Liu Hou: "Little Adou, this is very fun, I want one too." ”

Liu Hou's Khan, his model is a scaled miniature version of the real thing, all parts are complete, and it is the same as the real thing. It can be said that the only difference from the real thing is the size. It's not easy to make this thing. It's not like a toy, but it just has a look.

"This, this ......" Liu Hou couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"What this and that, manly husband, why are you so stingy." Zhang Xingcai said.

Liu Hou, who was despised by Xiao Lori, had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay, I'll ask the craftsman to make one for each of you, but you have all seen that this thing is exquisitely made and has a complex structure." It's a hassle to build, and you may have to wait a while. ”

"No problem, you can wait as long as you want. That's cooling. Zhang Xingcai wanted to pat Liu Hou's shoulder with his hand as he spoke, but only then did he find that he was still holding something in his hand, so he had to put it down curtly.

Liu Hou secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead, thinking to himself, fortunately they didn't fancy the keel waterwheel, otherwise it would be even more troublesome. Pity the craftsmen of my research institute, but I have to make toys for these two little loli in my precious time. Well, go back and ask them to find an apprentice to make this toy, and let him practice. Anyway, I didn't say when it would be delivered. Let the apprentice slowly master his craft.

Thinking about it like this, Liu Hou felt much better. In recent years, Liu Hou has recruited a large number of various craftsmen from the homeless people, and at the same time, he has also selected some smart and clever teenagers to train them.

In addition to asking them to read and write, they also taught Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan all kinds of mathematics and science knowledge sorted out. After learning these basic knowledge, some teenagers are assigned to various professional fields to continue their studies.

For example, those who like medicine are assigned to medical schools, and famous doctors such as Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing take turns to give them classes and learn medical knowledge.

If you like woodwork, you will follow Ma Jun's team and systematically learn all kinds of carpenter knowledge. Of course, the carpenter's skills are only the basics. They will also learn to design a variety of complex wooden instruments and supplies.

Among them, various waterwheels, crossbow machines, and rock-throwing trucks are the focus of Ma Jun's team's research. After Ma Jun came here to see the research environment and research atmosphere here, he was reluctant to leave, and plunged into the research institute here and began various researches.

Of course, Liu Hou would not waste such talents, and directly transferred 10 skilled carpenters and 5 blacksmiths as his assistants to form a research team, led by him. Now they are working on improving the Zhuge crossbow, and Ma Jun believes that it can make the Zhuge crossbow have a longer range and faster firing speed.

There were other teenagers who were assigned to shipbuilding, smelting, forging, papermaking, printing and other research institutes to continue their studies. Liu Hou gave them a fashionable name - graduate student.