"Yes!"

Originally, Ying Zheng didn't have much hope at all, and he didn't think that Ying Feiyu actually gave him a very positive answer.

"What you kid said is true?"

If there is no artificial rainfall, what else can be done to alleviate the drought?

Hearing this affirmative answer, all the ministers present turned their eyes to Ying Feiyu and quietly waited for his later words!

"Pump!"

Ying Feiyu spit out three words very indifferently.

"Pumps?"

Everyone looked at each other, and everyone didn't know what it was.

"As the name suggests, it's a machine used to pump water! Connect pipes to transport water from ponds, rivers and anywhere else! ”

Ying Feiyu gave a simple explanation of the pump.

"You kid mean to pump water for irrigation?"

Ying Zheng seems to understand.

"That's right! In the absence of artificial rainfall, this method can only be used for cultivation temporarily! ”

Ying Feiyu nodded.

"Good! You kid hurry up and research the pump! Be sure to be fast! ”

Ying Zheng urged again and again.

"Yes! Beware of the locust plague! ”

Ying Feiyu nodded in agreement, and then spoke again to remind.

"A plague of locusts? What does drought have to do with locust plagues? ”

"Locust eggs hatch in dry soil! With little rain this year, a large number of locust eggs must have been hatched, and it is easy to form a locust plague! You need to take precautions in advance! ”

"But there will be a plague of locusts?"

After Ying Zheng heard this, his face suddenly changed.

Originally, it was thought that the drought would prevent the people from planting seeds as the worst result.

I didn't expect that there might be a locust plague!

The consequences are even more serious!

The locust plague covers the sky and the sun, and there is not a single grass left in the place where it passes, once it forms a scale in Xianyang, if it is not properly controlled, it will be bad if it develops to other areas!

"This son has not been investigated, where can he give a positive answer? It can only be said that there is a great possibility! ”

Ying Feiyu leaned back in his chair and said.

"Investigation? Will there be a locust plague and it can still be investigated? ”

Ying Zheng listened to the freshness.

"Of course, just go to the soil to find locust eggs and look at the density!"

Ying Feiyu looked at him like a fool.

In a normal year, when the rains are reconciled, a large proportion of the locust eggs will not hatch properly.

But in a drought year like this, almost all the locust eggs in the field hatch.

A large number of locusts will form a locust plague!

"I see!"

Ying Zheng nodded knowingly.

"Father, leave this matter to the son, and the son will take someone to investigate later!"

Fusu took the initiative to ask.

"It's good! After the investigation is clear, let the people prepare in advance and hide all the food that should be hidden at home! ”

Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.

This year was already dry, and the people were counting on storing food to survive, and they must not let the locusts eat it again.

That's not going to be easy!

"Okay, I'll be here this morning, you guys go back to study the research machine of the machine, and do the investigation of the person who should do the investigation, don't waste your time!"

After Ying Zheng admonished him twice, he dismissed everyone.

"The ministers are ...... to retire!"

Everyone bowed their hands in unison and withdrew from the Qilin Palace.

……

After Ying Feiyu came to the other garden, he ordered someone to find Huang Yuan.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Huang Yuan saluted respectfully.

"I need you to make a batch of pipes out of rubber, the kind of ...... that can carry water!"

Ying Feiyu explained to him briefly.

"This is simple, I don't know how much His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs?"

It's nothing more than using rubber to make some pipes, which is a piece of cake for the current Daqin.

"The more the merrier!"

"I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants so many pipes for?"

Huang Yuan was puzzled.

"Xianyang is drought, and Prince Ben plans to build a pumping machine!"

After speaking, Ying Feiyu directly handed over the drawings prepared in advance.

This was drawn in the interval waiting for Huang Yuan.

Due to the tight schedule, it was a bit sloppy!

Fortunately, the two have been cooperating for a long time, and Huang Yuan can understand the meaning!

After simply flipping through the two sheets, my eyes gradually lit up!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to use this machine to pump water out of the river and transport it to the farmland through pipelines?"

The structure of the machine is not complicated, Huang Yuan understood it after a few glances.

"That's right! The weather is not up to the standard of artificial rainfall for the time being, and the drought can only be temporarily alleviated through this method! ”

"Wonderful! Great! ”

Huang Yuan stared at the drawings and kept praising them.

"How long will it take?"

"The internal combustion engine is ready-made, and it only takes three days to build this pumping engine!"

Huang Yuan pondered for a moment and stretched out three fingers.

"Good!"

For this time, Ying Feiyu is still very satisfied.

It takes three days to make it successfully, and then start mass manufacturing!

Irrigate as much land as you can!

……

On the other side, after Fusu went down to the early court, he went to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to call a few people and went to the fields outside the city together.

I found a place with soft soil and started digging!

"Childe, Childe, I found ......!"

A spade went down and dug up a lot of locust eggs, and the professors hurriedly greeted Fusu.

"Childe, we have it here!"

"We're here too!"

"There are a lot of locust eggs in every spade......!"

Immediately afterwards, the professors who brought it were all calling for Fusu, and he didn't know where to go.

"It seems that Fei Yu's guess is going to come true!"

Fusu frowned, and a bad premonition arose.

With such a dense number of eggs, if all of them hatch smoothly, it is inevitable that a locust plague will form.

"Record all the eggs per square meter, and let's go to other places!"

Fusu ordered the people to take notes, and then traveled to other areas.

The locust plague is not trivial, and this piece of land cannot be used as a reference standard alone, but must be sampled and investigated in the whole Xianyang!

……

Three days later, Huang Yuan sent someone to invite Ying Feiyu to a small river outside the city.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the pumping machine has been built, take a look!"

"The time is a little rushed, and the workmanship is not very fine, but it is absolutely no problem to use!"

Huang Yuan introduced it slightly and meaningfully.

"It's already been tested, right?"

There was a puddle of water on the other side of the pump connecting to the pipe, presumably Huang Yuan took the lead in testing it before he arrived.

"That's right, I'll send someone to invite you after you're sure that the manufacturing is successful!"

Huang Yuan nodded.

"Open it again!"

Ying Feiyu circled around the pump twice, and pouted.

"Yes!"

Huang Yuan responded and ordered someone to start the machine.

Now that the steam engine has been phased out, all machines use internal combustion engines, which can be started anytime and anywhere.

You don't have to go through the hassle of lighting a fire and boiling water!

"Goo-dong...... Gollum ......"

Soon after the machine was activated, water came out from the other end and poured into the dry and smoking fields, giving the ground a hint of wetness.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, this pumping machine is really amazing, it can send water to such a long place!"

"Of course, how else can we alleviate the drought?"

Ying Feiyu looked at the river water that kept coming out of the pipe, showing a smile.

"Great, with this pump, our drought in Xianyang can finally be alleviated!"

Although Huang Yuan does not make a living from farming, many craftsmen in the factory have farmland.

Listening to them talk about drought every day, I am also very anxious!

"It's just a drop in the bucket!"

Compared with the whole Xianyang, the pump can only irrigate a small part.

Most of the land still has to wait for the rain to fall!

Making a pumping machine means how much you can save!