Chapter 114 The Promotion of Waterwheels
Ten days later, in the Lord's Mansion, Via was Lucy in bed. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Thea's voice came from outside the room. "Via, my father learned that the waterwheels in the town of Yuhuo could turn dry fields into paddy fields, so he built seventy or eighty waterwheels and installed them in his town. As a result, my father's small town doubled its food income and taxes. That's great. ”
Via said, "Don't thank me. ”
Xia said: "It's obviously the waterwheel invented by Sister Qiao Qingqing, why should I thank you." ”
Wei said: "Qiao Qingqing is my woman, and what she invented is what I invented. And I have long told the beauties, and I want to claim to the outside world that I was the one who invented this waterwheel. ”
Xia Ya said: "It's disgraceful for you to rob Qiao Qingqing's honor like this. ”
Via said: "I, Via, like to do this kind of dishonorable thing. ”
Another ten days passed, and at this time, the other ten towns in Greenforest City had already imitated many waterwheels, turning acres of dry land into acres of paddy fields in Greenforest City. The grain revenue and tax revenue of the entire Green Forest City have doubled.
On this day, in a village outside the Green Forest City, Green Forest City Lord Green was wearing a luxurious silk dress and standing by a small stream. In the creek, a waterwheel is running, irrigating the water from the creek to the higher farmland, and this waterwheel irrigates eight or nine acres of dry land.
The city lord Green looked at this waterwheel and the dry field next to the waterwheel, and was very happy, and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, this waterwheel is really a treasure." With this waterwheel, our Green Forest City's grain revenue will be doubled, and my city lord Green's tax revenue will also be doubled. It's wonderful. ”
Next to him, more than a dozen generals and more than a dozen officials stood in front of the city lord Green.
One of the generals said, "Yes, that's wonderful, this watermill is a treasure." ”
An official said, "I heard that this waterwheel was invented by Via, the lord of Bath Town. Unexpectedly, Lord Via was not only very talented, but also so ingenious and so clever that he actually invented a treasure like a waterwheel. ”
"Navia is really strong and smart," Green said. From the design of this waterwheel, it can be seen that Via is a very smart person. I'm going to build one of this watermill and give it to the lord of the county, Lord Earl. The Earl will be very, very happy when he sees this waterwheel. ”
Ten days later, the center of the county, Clearwater City. Lord Earl was in the back garden of his Earl's House. In front of the Earl, there was a waterwheel, and a richly dressed man, five ordinary men dressed in shabby clothes.
Richly dressed men knelt before the count, followed by five shabby-dressed men. The richly dressed man said, "Lord Earl, I am a minor official, a lord of Greenwood City. The Lord of Greenwood City, Lord Viscount, sent me to bring a waterwheel, which is amazing. ”
The Earl looked at the waterwheel and asked, "What's so magical about it?"
The richly dressed man said, "This waterwheel can carry water from the lower places to the higher farmland, and it can let the water from the creeks and rivers irrigate the higher farmland." With this waterwheel, dry fields can be turned into paddy fields, and there will be profits like paddy fields. Lord Earl, if you vigorously promote this watermill in every city, town, and village in the county, then the county's food and tax revenues will increase dramatically. ”
The Count was a little skeptical, and said, "Is this waterwheel really so magical?
The richly dressed man said, "It is true, if the Earl does not believe it, you can put this waterwheel on the side of the stream in the field and try it." ”
The Count said, "Well, I'll give it a try." ”
Half an hour later, outside Qingshui City, in a farmland, a water wheel was installed in a creek, the water of the creek flowed, pushed the water wheel to run, the water wheel turned, sent the water to a high place, and then dumped down. This waterwheel irrigates the farmland on high ground, and the water dumped by the waterwheel forms a stream of water that flows through acres and acres of dry fields, irrigating these dry fields.
The Earl said, "This waterwheel is truly magical, it is a good thing, it is a wonderful thing, a treasure." This waterwheel must be built a lot, hundreds, thousands, and it must be promoted throughout the county, so that there are waterwheels everywhere in the entire county. Then the county's grain revenues, tax revenues, can rise dramatically. That would be great. Ha ha. ”
The officials and generals next to him were also very happy. An official said, "Congratulations to the Earl, Greetings to the Earl!" and a general said, "What a blessing the Earl is! With this waterwheel, the Earl's income will rise dramatically." ”
The Earl said to the richly dressed man beside him, "Who came up with this waterwheel? ”
The richly dressed man said, "Back to the Earl, it was created by Baron Via, the lord of Greenwood City. Baron Via found the carpenter in Pythien and asked the carpenter to build the waterwheel. Promote throughout the town of Bath on Fire. Then other towns in Greenwood City also imitated waterwheels and vigorously promoted them. Then the Lord of Greenwood City built a waterwheel and sent me to deliver it to the Earl. ”
The Earl said, "Is that the super genius Via? I didn't expect that Via is not only very powerful at a young age, but also so clever that he has created a treasure like a waterwheel." Navia is incredibly smart. ”
The Count then said, "Via has made such a treasure, and it is a great achievement, so I will reward Via with two hundred gold coins, and you will send it to Greenwood City and hand it over to Via." ”
The richly dressed man said, "Yes, we will definitely deliver these two hundred gold coins to Baron Via." ”
Ten days later, in the town of Bath on Fire, outside the Lord's Mansion. A richly dressed man with a bag knelt in front of Via. The man said, "This bag contains two hundred gold coins that the Earl has given to Baron Via, please accept it." ”
Via took the bag full of gold coins, counted them, and confirmed that they were two hundred. Via asked, "Why did the Earl reward me with two hundred gold coins?"
The richly dressed man said, "The Lord of Green City presented the waterwheel made by Baron Via to the Earl, and the Earl was very happy when he saw the waterwheel, and when he knew that it was the waterwheel made by Baron Via, he gave Baron Via two hundred gold coins. ”
Via said, "That's right. In that case, wouldn't the waterwheels be used throughout the county? In that case, wouldn't the whole county have to double its grain revenues and taxes? ”
After the richly dressed man left, Wei Ya entered the lord's mansion and came to Qiao Qingqing's room.