Donghai County, although he has been in office for a short time, Zhuge Jin really feels that Lu Bu is different from other warlords.

The prices of water wheels, pedal water wheels, and hand-pressed wells are different, and several commercial houses carry out sales work, and you can choose according to your needs.

At the same time, the water-powered mill also began to be promoted, and the drawings were directly distributed to the carpenters' shops, which craftsmen could do, but they must be durable, and the inventor Lu Youcai must be written.

It was the first time Zhuge Jin had seen this thing when he was so old, and it was too labor-saving to build a water-powered mill on the river.

People only need to be responsible for a little bit of auxiliary work, and the water flow does the main thing.

For example, if Li Laohan wants to grind wheat flour, he only needs to prepare the wheat in advance and take the tools.

Put the wheat in the funnel and wait for the water-powered mill to grind the dough itself.

Don't look at these tools as inconspicuous, but they are very practical and can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

Problems that used to be solved with donkeys are now solved with a water-powered mill, and there is no longer any need for manpower and livestock.

Of course, this year is the first year of promotion, and the people's recognition is relatively low, and more water-powered mills will be built next year.

Now that the weather is getting colder, the headquarters has sent a new task request, asking the people to survive the winter safely and try not to freeze to death.

It's been a cold winter, and if you don't want to freeze to death, you have to work hard.

There are sheepskins and rabbit skins that are usually collected and stored in the local warehouses, and at this time, some of them are appropriately taken out to help some vulnerable groups.

At the same time, there are some other methods, Liujiawopu Village.

With the arrival of early winter, the weather is gradually getting colder.

Zhuge Jin led the civil and military officials to promote the fire kang, which had this heating method as early as hundreds of years ago, but it was not popular.

Liu Laohan is sixty-eight years old this year, his son has lived alone, he has no wife, and he lives by herding.

Wearing a sheepskin jacket during the day, that's nothing to say, but at night, the room is cold and shivering, after all, he is old and has poor resistance.

On this day, Liu Laohan drove the sheep back to the village early as usual, and there was a carriage parked in front of the door, and there were two masons.

Li Zheng said: "Old Liu Tou, this is sent by the government to promote the ondol, you are over sixty years old, the government will give you free production of the ondol, and you will no longer be afraid of the cold in winter." ”

Liu Laohan was overjoyed: "That's great, that's great, I'm worried about how to survive the winter." ”

Two masons took three apprentices from the village to build a kang for Liu Laohan.

Ordinary people really don't have this thing at home, because the construction of the kang requires the use of green bricks, and the pankang has a strong professionalism.

The stove next to the kang is to be burned, and the kang must be built just right, so that it can be heated, but not too hot, and it must not cause a fire.

In the evening, the kang was fine, and Liu Laohan set up firewood to heat the kang.

Before leaving, he had to give each of the masons a sheepskin, but the two shirked for a while, saying that they did not dare to accept anything.

"Uncle Liu, just put it away. We were invited by the government, and we have 300 copper coins a month, and we can't collect your sheepskin. ”

The government's free ondol is limited to the elderly over 60 years old, and it is a technique for ordinary farmers.

In the courtyard, ginger soup is boiling tonight.

Dozens of people held bowls and drank ginger soup while listening to the lecture.

Two masons explained the kang to the villagers, most of them like the ondol, this thing is too convenient.

Firewood is everywhere in the mountains, and as long as you are willing to work hard, cut down a little branch and shrub, and you will not be afraid of the cold all winter.

Some people are more resistant to the ondol.

"It's too dangerous, it's too dangerous, I'm afraid I'll fall asleep, and the quilt will be burned."

"It's okay if you don't dare to burn the kang, there is a way. One of the popular ones in the homes of dignitaries and nobles is called the fire wall, which is as warm as long as there is firewood. ”

In the face of severe cold, the people are still very active in finding a way.

Especially the elderly, children.

If you have an elderly person over 60 years old and a child under the age of three, the government will build you a kang or a fire wall.

Other homes had to be built under the supervision of Lizheng, and there must be chimneys for heating methods such as burning charcoal, because charcoal would produce poisonous gas, and if you were not careful, you would be poisoned to death.

In addition to heating facilities such as ondols, fire walls, and fireplaces, there are also cast iron stoves and ceramic stoves.

Simpler ones are braziers, fire pits, and so on.

The government adopts the fire wall for heating, and the room is as warm as spring.

Zhuge Jin's ability is not to say, such a little thing, more than 100,000 people, is still very fast.

The same thing was carried out in the counties and counties of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and the cast iron stoves, fire kangs, and fire walls were rapidly promoted, so that the people would not freeze and starve to death in the cold season.

In the Limin Iron Works, hundreds of carriages are in place, each with two large horses.

Workers are quickly loading cast-iron cow dung stoves onto horse-drawn carts, each of which is dozens of them, and is equipped with iron drills, small cooking pots, and so on.

Lu Bu and Chen Gong quietly watched the loading and waited for the carriage to leave.

Chen Gong shook his head at this time: "Lord, our people still don't need such a good cast iron stove, why do you sell such a good thing to the grassland people?" ”

"The people under our rule are still poor, how many people can afford such a stove? And this kind of stove is far less warm than the fire kang and fire wall. The public station should understand the principle of business, and businessmen are profit-seeking. Without these cast-iron stoves, how could the Wuhuan people exchange horses, beef jerky, cowhides, sheepskins, and so on for us. ”

Chen Gong nodded: "The lord is right, a stove can be exchanged for a mare about two or three years old, and this kind of business is only profitable." After this transaction, the trade routes were basically stopped, and as soon as the heavy snow came on the grasslands in the north, the trade on the grasslands stopped. But I always felt that something was wrong, the lord sold the Wuhuan people iron stoves, sold them iron chisels for barbecue, sold them spirits, and sold them all kinds of farm tools for mowing grass. ”

"Born in sorrow, die in peace. The main reason why the steppe people were able to fight well came from the cold of the north. Now that it's warm in the tent, they're getting used to the warmth and comfortable days. Of course, the main thing is trade, and both sides take what they need. ”

When Lu Bu returned to the Yamen of the Assassin History, Master Liu's face was a little anxious.

"Lord, news came from Huainan that Cao Cao's envoy had moved Yuan Shu after half a month of lobbying, and Yuan Shu decided to send an army of 100,000 troops, led by the general Ji Ling, to attack our Xuzhou. It is estimated that the army will arrive as soon as spring begins. ”

Lu Bu laughed after hearing this: "Ji Ling also dares to come to beat us in Xuzhou, to see what he can do, he will be cleaned up like a king in his pocket, and he will take it steadily." ”