Liu Wan said she needs to like a comfortable and warm sense of home.

Ouyang Xiu provided several plans, and Liu Wan chose one of them.

Ouyang Xiu said that tomorrow he will bring someone to the door to decorate.

Liu Wan gave the key to Ouyang Xiu.

Liu Ming saw that his aunt was doing things neatly, and couldn't help but admire, and said:

"Auntie, you're the neatest woman I've ever met."

Liu Wan said with a smile: "Many times I have to support myself, and I can't do things at all." ”

The house that Liu Wan bought is less than a hundred steps away from her mother's house, which is really ideal.

After moving to a new house, as long as she misses her father, she can go there at any time, and her father and mother can also come to see her every day.

When she heard that Liu Wan had even found someone to deal with the decoration work, the old lady was very pleased.

At this age, she has long been transparent, and she will not give Liu Wan any advice, just say that she likes Liu Wan.

After recognizing her relatives, Liu Wan was often moved by her father and mother, and felt that her father and mother were too good, why didn't the original owner know how to cherish it so much?

But people are like this, and only when they lose will they know the beauty they originally had.

Wang Jing taught well in the Ministry of Works, and a month later, the craftsmen succeeded in making the first batch of improved waterwheels.

Waterwheels are divided into two types: human and animal.

In the case of manpower, it is used by farmers who lack livestock in their fields, and water can be pumped by human trampling.

In the case of animal power, it is those landlords, or villages that have livestock available with the strength of the whole village, and use oxen, mules and other animal power to pump water.

As soon as these two kinds of waterwheels come out, whether they are landlords or ordinary people, they can use waterwheels and achieve all-round coverage.

The rice machine is relatively simple, after the mechanical modification, from the original hand hammer, to the foot stone mallet, but from saving physical strength, improve efficiency has improved more than a little bit.

After Zhang Shangshu installed the waterwheel and rice machine near the palace, he told the emperor about it.

When the emperor heard that there were these things, he couldn't help but be surprised, and he couldn't wait to go out of the palace to check them out.

The emperor traveled in micro-clothes and quietly left the palace with hundreds of guards.

When I arrived at the edge of the field less than three miles away from the palace, I saw a healthy ox circling in a circle, and through the pull of the ox, the water tank transported the water to the top of the mountain, and the water on the top of the mountain was full, and then diverted from the ditch to the various fields, and the continuous water supply greatly saved manpower and changed the plan of clearing the land hindered by the harsh natural environment.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had a land area of 3 million square kilometers and about 8 million hectares of fields.

However, only one-third of the fertile land is cultivated, and more than half of the fields can be barely planted in a year when there is abundant rain, but in the dry season when there is a shortage of rain, rice cannot be planted or there is no harvest.

The emperor was overjoyed, saying that the waterwheel was wonderful, and the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty could be stable for a hundred years.

"With this waterwheel, the Great Zhou Dynasty has at least three million hectares of fertile land.

Even if there are more medium fields, it can greatly enrich the granary of my Great Zhou Dynasty.

This kind of contribution is really earth-shattering, Zhang Aiqing, who invented the waterwheel? ”

Zhang Shangshu was an upright person, and he was not greedy for merit, so he told the emperor about Wang Jing's invention of the waterwheel.

The emperor listened to Wang Jing's matter, but vaguely felt very familiar, Taniguchi Town? Taoyuan Village? Clues slipped through his mind.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, and he said:

"Aiqing, the Taoyuan Village of Gukou Town you mentioned, I seem to have issued an imperial decree a few months ago, there is a tiger hero named Wang Xiao, and a widow named Liu, both surnamed Wang, they are all from the same village, they can't be a family, right?"

Zhang Shangshu didn't expect the emperor to suddenly ask such a question, and he could still have an impression of the Wang family.

But fortunately, Zhang Shangshu has a clear understanding of Wang Jing's family.

After all, it is not so simple for him to meet an ordinary country boy, and he must find out his identity, family background, and ins and outs.

And, understand clearly, isn't it just to deal with this situation?

None of the people who can be by the emperor's side are simple!

Zhang Shangshu nodded and said, "It's this family." ”

"I didn't expect it, this family really has its own style!" The emperor is very happy.

Zhang Shangshu said respectfully: "The saint loves the people like a son and is sympathetic to the subordinates, otherwise how can there be such a family among the people?" ”

Although Zhang Shangshu is upright, he can also make sycophants.

Your Majesty, after hearing this, he touched his beard and said with a smile:

"Zhang Aiqing, what is the possibility of the promotion of waterwheels across the country?"

"The watermill is suitable for promotion all over the country, whether it is in the north or the south.

With the rice machine, it can greatly improve the efficiency of rice cooking.

In the past, it took a lot of labor to make rice, but now a woman can make several buckets a day in charge of a rice machine.

It can be said that only 1/3 of the labor force in the past is needed to make the same rice, and the remaining labor force can be freed from it to do other production, which is equivalent to another huge wealth. ”

Zhang Shangshu rolled his fingers and counted carefully.

The emperor was overjoyed and said: "There are many talented people in the Great Zhou, and the country of the United Nations is more stable." ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

Seeing this, Zhang Shangshu immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Liu Wan said that her son should not learn the servility of kneeling at every turn, but if he saw that the high-ranking officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were still like this, I am afraid he would be speechless.

Zhang Shangshu is such a loyal and honest person, and he pats the emperor's sycophants in one set.

But then again, a companion is like a tiger, and he doesn't want to die, so he can only shoot to death.

The emperor was happy.

In other words, Zhang Shangshu was able to say so hard for Wang Jing, it was because Wang Jing was also a talent he had on hand.

In terms of meritorious deeds, this merit will definitely be credited to him.

The emperor was really happy and said:

"Pass the order, Feng Wang Jing as a gold medal craftsman, give a gold medal craftsman gold medal, as a source of encouragement, so that he will make more new contributions to the agriculture of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future, and reward 1,000 taels of gold, 100 acres of fertile land, and a craftsman workshop."

"Emperor Shengming, this kind of reward for craftsmen is unprecedented, for the majority of craftsmen, it is the best demonstration, and talents like Wang Jing will definitely emerge in an endless stream in the future."

Zhang Shangshu kowtowed again.

He has long wanted to establish such a talent system, but there has been no such dazzling craftsman as Wang Jing in the past, so he can't speak, and even if he does, it is impossible for the emperor to pay attention to it.

Unexpectedly, now that there is an opportunity for Wang Jing, Zhang Shangshu took advantage of the situation and said:

"Your Majesty, craftsmen like Wang Jing must still exist among the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but some people are forced by life or timing and may not have the opportunity to come to us.

I suggest the establishment of a system of rewards for excavators, for each skilled worker, the first person to provide clues will be given a certain reward, and those who recommend those who are really capable should be rewarded for their meritorious deeds. ”

"That's right."