Chen Zhong couldn't understand why Liu Ponu did this, but Chen Zhong was still moved by Liu Ponu's proposal.

Although he gave up the benefits of the ten yuan, he could only exchange the benefits of five yuan for the people, which seemed to be obviously unequal conditions, but Chen Zhong still chose to agree without hesitation.

"Why?" Chen Zhong looked at Liu Ponu with a question mark on his face.

"Adults want fame, and lower officials also want fame, but the world is so big, it is impossible for one person to earn fame, and whether it is an adult or a lower official, you can earn fame in every place, this is not ......a conflict," Liu Ponu said thoughtfully.

Liu Che has already said it to that point, how could Liu Ponu not have any reaction?

Lantian has already done it by himself, and then as soon as the new plough comes out, his reputation will instantly rush to the top, so there is no upper limit of space left for Liu Ponu to develop in Lantian.

So Liu Ponu has to seize every opportunity to develop his reputation, and Shu is indeed a good place.

A few months earlier, he had told Liu Che that he was going to go to Shu to rebel, so even if Liu Che's establishment of the prince failed later, as long as he established enough reputation and prestige in Shudi, he would not have no chance in the future.

"Although there are discrepancies, this official will do his best!" Chen Zhong nodded, and didn't dwell too much.

When he saw Liu Ponu, he understood that this kind of person would be very smooth in his career, and now they are coming down to accumulate experience and qualifications.

Want them to make mistakes?

It's almost unlikely, because most of the time, the decisions they make aren't the ones they make.

But they do occasionally try to do something, but unsurprisingly, they all have one thing in common: they both find ways to build up their prestige and reputation, creating the illusion that they are virtuous.

But these have nothing to do with Chen Zhong, as long as the people of Hanzhong can get benefits, anyway, they are just a mouthful of kung fu, as for whether it succeeds or not, it depends on the will of God.

"When the official passed by, he found that there were canals in front of the Lantian fields, although the water flow was not large, but the flow was not broken, I don't know if it was inconvenient for the Liu County Commander to solve the doubts for the official?" After negotiating the timber, Chen Zhong began to show his curiosity.

Originally, I only came here to fulfill the agreement, but I didn't expect the little Lantian to be full of surprise.

Forget about the new plow, there is still a canal?

Most importantly, where does the water in the canal come from?

And how do you ensure that there is water in every canal?

"The adult said that, it's actually very simple, a waterwheel can solve the problem, if one can't solve it, then you can build a few more......" Liu Ponu laughed and played an old stalk.

"Waterwheel?" Chen Zhong, who is not an old terrier, doesn't care, it's all new to him anyway, what he cares more about is what the waterwheel is?

Next, Liu Ponu took Chen Zhong to visit the waterwheel.

Riverside!

I saw dozens of large waterwheels lined up, and there was no one around to push them, but the waterwheels could rotate on their own, and even carry the water in the river to a high place and fall.

The sound of the water rattling and the buckets of water falling into the pre-dug cistern, connecting them together through the canal, and then converging into a large canal, after a certain distance, the canals split into different directions.

"This ...... This is simply ingenious......" Looking at this scene at the scene, Chen Zhong couldn't close his mouth in shock, and said tremblingly.

"It's just a clever device, if you want it, just send a craftsman to learn it." Liu Ponu smiled and said very casually.

"You...... Are you willing to teach? Chen Zhong was shocked again.

This kind of agricultural weapon can allow Liu Ponu to be directly promoted to Taishou, right?

And he meant that he had only been able to make something new for a few months, and even if he was willing to teach it, it would have to wait until next year.

Otherwise, everyone will do it this year, what if someone takes the credit?

People in places like Chen Zhong naturally don't dare, but what about in Chang'an City? It's not that there are people with deeper backgrounds, why are you so confident?

"What's not to like? The waterwheel, the quyuan plow, and a gadget that is not very practical for the time being, I am the emperor who relied on these three things to impress, so the emperor asked me to be the county commander to see what effect these three things have! Liu Ponu said with a serious grin, and then continued:

Thinkers

"I wish there were more people to learn now, so that I could verify the reliability of the waterwheel in different terrain environments, and save me from running to test them one by one in the future."

Of course, Liu Ponu will never tell them, learn to learn, but this is also free labor.

The waterwheel is not a high-end thing, and the senior carpenters they sent are all senior carpenters, and they can basically build it after watching it a few times and practicing it a few times.

Even if you learn slowly, half a month is enough.

When the time comes, a group of people will detain him for two months and then let him go back, batch after batch, I'm afraid that after teaching all the carpenters in all the counties and counties of Dahan, Liu Ponu will be able to spread waterwheels all over the entire Guanzhong, right?

Originally, Liu Ponu's plan was to promote Quyuan plough first and then to promote waterwheels, but according to the experience of Lantian County, he decided to reverse this order.

Although the individual cost of the waterwheel is high and the amount of work is large, the overall cost is lower, and they don't have to worry about the canal.

As long as this thing is built, it will soon be able to harvest a large number of people's hearts.

After gaining the trust of the people, more people will be willing to accept Quyuan Plow, not because of their trust in Qu Yuanli, but because of their trust in Liu Ponu.

It can even be seen as a star bringing goods and cutting leeks.

Although Liu Ponu is also cutting leeks, he is not the kind of blind machine, at least he brought really useful things to the people, no matter what they think, at least he didn't mess around.

"Okay, I'll send someone back now, and urgently recruit a hundred carpenters to come and study!" Chen Zhong's face was full of excitement and temptation, and at the same time he kept looking at Liu Ponu, as if he was afraid that he would regret it.

"A hundred carpenters?" Liu Ponu looked at Chen Zhong with a puzzled expression, you look down on people too much, right?

"Fifty?" Chen Center's head trembled and hurriedly halved.

"Don't come if it's less than a thousand people, Hanzhong County is so big, when will a hundred carpenters have to work?" Liu Ponu said with disgust on his face, just this person, I can't press out much output even if I die.

I'm still counting on these free laborers to help me build a watermill all over Guanzhong, can I be reliable?

No, the cliff can't be done the way you think about it.

Chen Zhong has a good reputation, and he cares about his reputation very much, so even if he is a taishou, he is only living on his own money.

For this kind of person, see if I can fool you and be lame......

"If you want me to say, there are as many carpenters as there are as many people as you send, don't be afraid of many people, the more people, the faster you will build after you go back, now send people over, learn well and go back almost to the autumn harvest, take advantage of the busy to gather the people, and strive to build a waterwheel throughout Hanzhong County in one winter, and by next year, Hanzhong will be like Lantian, no land is short of water, unless the river dries up......"

"It doesn't take so many people to build a waterwheel, and when the time comes, the adults can let the people cut down the trees and transport them over, although it may be too late for spring planting next year, but at the latest next autumn harvest, I can send the new plough to Hanzhong, and I can use it the year after tomorrow."

"I say a word, don't think I'm bragging, this Quyuan plough not only ploughs the ground and saves effort, after research has shown that using the Quyuan plow to plough the ground, the same time and manpower and animal power, can cultivate at least ten acres of land more than the old plow."

"And the Quyuan plough can turn the ground deeper, so the yield of each mu of land should be at least one percent higher than that of the old plow, and then with the auxiliary left of the waterwheel canal, the yield of one acre of land dare not say more, at least two or three percent higher."

"My lord, think about it, if Hanzhong harvests 1 million stone next year, but it suddenly increases to 1.23 million stone the year after next, not to mention whether the imperial court will give you credit for the time being, even if the people look at this extra grain, they will also be willing to sing praises for the adults......"