With Shan Kui's reminder, Wen Yi and the others readjusted their reclamation plan.

Some people who are proficient in planting were selected from the Han and Slang people, and together they formed a seedling group to be responsible for rice seedlings.

The rest of the people followed Uncle Liu to open up the wasteland.

Reclamation is actually very simple, four words: slash-and-burn farming. A fire burns all the weeds and trees in the wilderness, and the ashes become fertilizer.

Fires not only burn weeds, but also pests and eggs in the ground, reducing pests and diseases.

The downside is the damage to the environment.

But it's still that sentence, people can't live in this era, who cares about environmental issues, and there are holes in their brains.

Burning wasteland is also technical, and it is faster to ignite the fire at the upwind outlet. If there are settlements around, it is necessary to clear the fire barrier in advance to prevent the fire from spreading and burning the house.

Uncle Liu first led people to clear out a fire barrier several miles long to isolate the settlement.

Then he found the upper wind and went down with fire, and the fire line that stretched for miles quickly spread and devoured all life.

The animals living in this land were wiped out and could only flee in all directions, so that Liu Bo and others, who were guarding the side, harvested a lot of prey.

Smoke was billowing out, but Wen Yi's heart was full of hope. is even in the mood to ridicule himself, if it were in his previous life, he would have to sit in prison if he didn't eat guns.

The fire burned for at least three to five days, during which time there was no way to work.

Wen Yi did not let them be idle, and took some people to take advantage of this time to build temporary settlements.

At the very least, toilets should be built, and grass huts should be sheltered from the wind and rain......

Xie Daoyun also set off with a battalion of soldiers, preparing to conquer the Black Water Department.

After Shan Kui learned about this, he took the initiative to ask Ying, hoping to lead the elite of the clan to participate in this war.

Wen Yi directly rejected his request, for the simple reason that he didn't trust them.

Until the two sides have completed a certain degree of integration, he will not involve the slang in military operations.

In case of betrayal, he could not afford the loss.

However, considering the need for slang people to lead the way, Wen Yi still agreed that he would lead twenty slang people to participate as guides.

It can be regarded as a test for him.

When Xie Daoyun set off, Wen Yi gathered the carpenter and blacksmith together.

"Bringing everyone together to make a waterwheel."

Chai Ben asked, "What is a waterwheel?" ”

As I said before, he was a blacksmith and his blacksmithing skills were good, so I called him over as well.

"This is the waterwheel...... Wen Yi took out a few pieces of paper, and it was the waterwheel that was drawn on it.

The waterwheel is the easiest irrigation tool, not to mention the efficiency, the main thing is to save manpower.

What they want to reclaim is paddy fields, and the demand for water is huge, and it is too troublesome to rely on manpower to get water.

Waterwheels can effectively solve this problem and liberate manpower.

The waterwheel was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the ancient technology was popularized very slowly, and it was not popularized in most parts of the country until the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Moreover, the earliest waterwheels had to be rotated by manpower, and there were waterwheels that could be rotated solely by water flow in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Wenyi is naturally in one step, and what he takes out is a waterwheel that rotates with the help of water energy.

The people in front of them had obviously never seen a waterwheel, and they were all shocked when they saw the design drawings and knew the principle.

And then there's manufacturing.

There was a big problem with the ancient waterwheels, they had no bearings.

The shaft of the waterwheel rotates directly on the shelf, and the friction is very large, which wastes energy and is easy to wear, and it will not take long to change the shaft.

Wenyi made improvements to the waterwheel and created bearings, which is why blacksmiths were used.

The difficulty of making the bearing is not high, the difficulty is that the accuracy cannot be guaranteed by hand, and the quality of the bearing is relatively poor.

But in inferior quality bearings are also stronger than none.

There were a large number of people, and everyone cooperated with each other to quickly create a small water wheel as a test item.

When the waterwheel successfully rotated in the river with the help of the power of the water and lifted the water, the crowd let out an earth-shattering cheer.

The people looking at the countryside were clearing the rubble, and they all stopped to look at the cheers next door.

"Ugh." Zhao Gongwang looked at the smoke that covered the sky and couldn't help but sigh.

"The second uncle has something on his mind." Mo Jun walked up to him and asked.

Zhao Gongwang replied to the question: "Have you found out where those people are?" ”

Mo Jun replied: "They went to the mountains to the north, and they can be sure that they are going to the Black Water Department." ”

Zhao Gongwang said: "This is what I'm worried about, I can't wait to subdue the two slang tribes just here, that Wen Yi is a person who is not willing to be lonely." ”

Mo Jun was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Isn't that better?" ”

Zhao Gongwang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Ah Jun, you ......"

Mo Jun was not hiding his thoughts, and said: "The two hundred and seventeen people in Wangxiang are all sinners, and their children and grandchildren are all sinners if they are forgiven. ”

"The older generation should be punished for making mistakes, and I was seven years old when my family was assigned to Lingnan, and it is only natural that I have enjoyed the blessings of the family and be punished."

"But what about my child? They were born in Lingnan and did not enjoy the slightest benefit brought by the family, nor did they have any viciousness, so why should they bear the notoriety? ”

"This ......" Zhao Gongwang was poor.

He wanted to say that this was the rule, but so did his children and grandchildren. When the victim is himself, he really can't say it with a clear conscience.

The more Mo Jun spoke, the more excited his tone became: "I know what you want to say, second uncle, but I just don't accept it, I don't want my children and grandchildren to be sinners from birth." ”

"Second uncle, don't you think about yourself, don't you think about Ah Fang and Ah Yao? Brother Zhao and his younger siblings died early, leaving their brothers and sisters, can you bear to let them live their lives as sinners like this? ”

Zhao Gongwang closed his eyes in pain, his fists clenched his nails and stabbed deeply into the flesh. With the sharp pain in his hands, he barely managed to control his emotions.

"Are you so sure he can change all this?"

Mo Jun said: "I struggled out of the pile of dead people, and I traveled more than 1,500 miles with the displaced people to Lingnan. Along the way, instead of attrition, he expanded his subordinates to more than 5,500 people. ”

"When I first came here, I didn't get a firm foothold, so I took down two slang tribes by surprise...... As you said earlier, I don't believe that such a person would be willing to be lonely. ”

"And." Mo Jun showed a grim expression: "It's man-made, even if he doesn't have this idea, we can push him and let him go that way." ”

Zhao Gongwang said: "You are playing with fire." ”

Mo Jun said resolutely: "As long as I can free future generations from the identity of sinners, I will not hesitate to recover even if the catastrophe is not recovered." ”

Zhao Gongwang's eyes showed a look of struggle, and it took a long time to regain his composure: "Tomorrow I will announce that you will take over the position of Murazheng." ”

Mo Jun said in surprise: "Second Uncle Xie, from today onwards, Ah Fang and Ah Yao are my biological flesh and blood. ”

As if he felt that such words were not enough to win people's trust, he thought for a while and said, "Well, Ah Fang has reached the age of marriage, if you don't dislike me, I want to marry Ah Yun to him." ”

Ah Yun is his daughter Mo Shuyun, and marrying her daughter is to make the two families marry.

Zhao Gongwang said with satisfaction: "How come, I already had this idea, but I didn't dare to open my mouth because I was afraid that you wouldn't look down on Ah Fang." ”

The two got engaged to get married in a few words, and the relationship between them was suddenly different.

After finalizing this matter, Zhao Gongwang said solemnly: "But I want to remind you that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and think twice before acting." ”