Chapter 181: Viewing the Ceremony
Half a month later, the Qin family's waterwheel was finally installed.
Qin Yu invited Liu Che to come over to watch the ceremony.
A three-meter-high wooden waterwheel spans the river, Liu Che has seen it when he was on horseback, and now he walks in front of it, which is even more spectacular.
"Brother Qin, what are you doing with this thing?"
The waterwheel is a scorpion in Houqin, the only one! Liu Che naturally didn't understand the purpose.
Qin Yu smiled and didn't answer, he just wanted to sell a pass.
Liu Che wasn't angry, after all, he hadn't seen this thing, Qin Yu didn't say it, he still wanted to find out on his own!
"The auspicious time has come!" Old Uncle Zhong watched the hour, struck twice with a drumstick, and shouted loudly.
As soon as Uncle Zhong spoke, someone immediately lit the firecrackers that had been prepared, and they crackled.
After the smoke passed, Second Uncle Liu walked up to Qin Yu and said, "Young Master, say a few words to the old and young masters." ”
Qin Yu smiled, without excuse, walked out of the crowd, looked at a pair of eyes full of expectation, and said, "Today's waterwheel is completed, everything is fine!" In the future, there will be no shortage of water in the fields in our Zhuangzi! ”
"The eldest young master is mighty!"
"The eldest young master is amazing!"
"The eldest young master, the prince Wandai!"
"It's good to follow the eldest young master!"
"The eldest young master is too considerate of us!"
Qin Yu listened to the heartfelt shouts, and his heart was slightly satisfied.
He raised his hand and pressed it, and continued: "Anything else, let's not talk more!" Start the water wheel! ”
Qin Yu gave an order, and the waterwheel, which was originally stuck with a wooden wedge, was pulled out of the wedge, and the waterwheel body slowly began to rotate with the impact of the water.
A bucket of river water was scooped up, fell at the highest place, splashed a handful of silver-white splashes, and finally fell into the guide rail groove at the bottom, the water flow in the guide rail groove, like a galloping horse, rushed out of the guide rail groove, brought out a large water column.
"Oooo
"There's water, there's water!"
"There's really water!"
"That's amazing! You really don't have to carry water, you can have water! ”
"Hahaha, Dad, look at it!"
"Mother, mother, look! Out of the water! ”
It was also the first time that everyone had seen this scene, and both children and adults sighed as if they had seen a miracle.
"Grass! So powerful? Liu Che was also stunned.
When the waterwheel didn't move, he couldn't guess what it was for, even if Qin Yu said that it was used to solve the water source problem in Zhuangzi, he didn't expect this kind of scene at the scene.
"Do you see?" Qin Yu patted Liu Che's shoulder with a smile and asked.
Liu Che nodded, and immediately shook his head again.
He seemed to understand, but he still didn't.
"It's called a waterwheel, and it's used to irrigate the land! See that spout? Now I just haven't connected the pipes that should be, and when the time comes, when the pipes are connected, from here to my Zhuangzi, there is no need for someone to carry water, or arrange someone to guard the water source. ”
"With this thing, it doesn't take many people to irrigate an acre of land, as long as one person!"
Liu Che was a little confused when he heard this.
Qin Yu was also born in brocade clothes and jade food, but what he said now, how could he be like an old farmer?
"Brother Qin, how did you come up with this thing? Why did you come up with this? Liu Che asked the most incomprehensible question in his heart.
"There is a shortage of water in the village, and I have to fight with people for water, so growing crops is too labor-intensive, so I plan to lighten the burden on them! Free up their workforce! ”
"It's also a good thing for them that they can use the time of others competing for water to do something else, or open up some wasteland or something!"
Liu Che looked at Qin Yu with strange eyes, he had a feeling that he was looking at a monster!
This group of mud legs, is it worth it for a young master like you to do so much?
You've done so much, what do you get in return?
"What's the matter with your eyes?"
Liu Che hurriedly restrained the emotions in his heart, and asked with a haha: "I'm just thinking about it or what, Brother Qin, you can't do it?" ”
"Give birth!"
Qin Yu threw out an old stalk, but Liu Che was choked and speechless for a long time.
"That's it! All right! The watermill is now working normally! In the follow-up to take over the matter of the child in the Zhuangzi, I hope you don't give me laziness one by one! ”
"Young Master, don't worry! If you don't watch, we'll have to do our best! It's a great tool to make us lazy! Someone in the crowd replied happily.
When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.
With this waterwheel, you will have to save a lot of effort by releasing water and watering the ground in the future! Only a fool would be lazy in such a thing as taking advantage!
"Lazy? I tell you, there is no such thing! ”
Qin Yu's serious words made everyone a little overwhelmed.
"I save you the time to water the ground and release the water, so that you have time to do something else, such as opening a small wasteland! Go do odd jobs and make some money! Just thinking about one-third of an acre of land in your own house, and sending some rent to the young master, what about your income? ”
"Good days await you ahead! Young master, I gave you a chance, if you dare not seize it, see if I don't pick his skin! ”
Everyone was fascinated by the prospect planned by Qin Yu, but it was also what they were the best able to do!
Thinking that the days can get better and better, buying a few catties of meat and drinking a few sips of wine in the first season of the year, even if people like Uncle Zhong are pessimistic about life, the breathing in the nose will inevitably increase a little.
"The eldest young master lives a long life!"
"The eldest young master, the prince Wandai!"
"The eldest young master has no borders!"
The simple and mellow language roared out of the crowd, and Qin Yu smiled brightly.
Liu Che was shocked when he heard it!
He had never seen anyone champion a man like that!
Qin Yu and the others were almost venting their emotions, and said with a smile: "Today, we are happy, so Young Master Ben has brought you shaved ice!" Let's eat with an open belly! ”
Zhong Manzi and Liu Erniu heard Qin Yu's words, and immediately drove the ox cart forward, and as soon as the quilt on the cart was lifted, the cold ice appeared in front of everyone.
People of Zhuangzi, where can you see ice cubes in Zhu Xia? Zhu Xiali's use of ice is all about rich families!
Not to mention eating!
Now Qin Yu actually brought two carts of ice cubes for them to eat, and the scene was boiling in an instant!
It's happier than the waterwheel!
Qin Yu quietly retreated while everyone was boiling and cheering, and motioned for Liu Che to go with him to the table and chairs set up next to him to rest.
"Brother Qin, there is one thing, I don't understand..."Speaking of this, Liu Che paused for a moment, looking at the lively crowd in front of him like the New Year, after he looked at it a few more times, he retracted his gaze and asked, "Why do you treat them like this?" ”
In Liu Che's concept, this group of mud legs is not worth being treated like this at all!
"If you are good to them, they will be good to you! The Qin family's field, they are planting, not me! Even if the Qin family really declined, this is the foundation of being able to settle down. ”
Liu Che shook his head and didn't believe it, if it was just like this, there was absolutely no need for this kind of means to win people's hearts!
Qin Yu didn't explain again, but directly diverted the topic and talked about the situation when someone came to make trouble at the last moment.
"Brother Qin, don't you tell me about this kind of thing? If I were there, I would definitely let that kid know how powerful the sixth master is! After listening to what Qin Yu said, Liu Che immediately became a little dissatisfied.
Picking up a guy he doesn't know, isn't that his specialty?
"The guy I can clean up, do you still need to bother your sixth master?" Qin Yu replied with a smile.
Qin Yu said it unintentionally, but Liu Che had another feeling when he heard it.
Qin Yu in front of him, his appearance is still the same, but his mentality seems to have changed, and he is no longer the Qin Yu who had to find him to buy poems for some silver.
Liu Che looked at the group of people whose faces were already blooming, and he looked at them with the kind of respectful eyes that looked at Qin Yu from the bottom of his heart, and he was thoughtful.
Lin'an City, Qing Ya Ge.
"Everyone, everyone, stop and walk slowly, and look at me!"
The shopkeeper of Qing Yage stood at the door, slapped his palms a few times, and shouted hard, so that everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on him.
"Today is a good day, Qing Ya Ge has a happy event to announce!"
The words of the shopkeeper of Qing Ya Pavilion immediately made the people who stopped to talk about it.
The bustle outside made the merchants living in Yuanpeng Building also interested, and several people came out to watch the play with a bowl of melon shaved ice in their hands.
"What is it? Let me take my time! ”
The shopkeeper deliberately paused for half a moment, in this way to whet people's appetites.
People who can stop to watch the excitement are naturally the kind of people who like to be lively, and when they saw that the shopkeeper didn't say anything, they immediately urged.
Seeing that the fire was almost over, the shopkeeper clasped his fists around and smiled: "The happy event is indeed a great event, but you also have to let me think about how to share it with you!" Since you can't wait, then I'll say it directly, and you will bear with me if I say anything about the shortcomings! ”
"This happy event may not be a great joy for everyone, but it is a great joy for all of you who are studying! Qing Ya Ge combined with the efforts of several generations of papermakers in Jiangnan Province, after a lot of hardships, and finally made great achievements in papermaking, starting today, Qing Ya Ge will launch a new rice paper - Su Xue Paper! ”
"Shopkeeper, how does your new Suxue paper compare with the Chengxintang paper in the Wenfang Pavilion?" There are people who know the grievances of the two families, and naturally uphold the principle of not thinking big of a deal when watching the excitement, and immediately began to 'stir up trouble' after the shopkeeper finished speaking.
The shopkeeper was dismissive of this question, snorted briefly, and said, "Chicken and dog!" ”
When I said this, the people who watched the excitement were immediately excited!
I wanted to take advantage of this limelight to ask for something more exciting, but a reader rushed to go first.
"Excuse me, how much silver is this plain snow paper?"
The shopkeeper stretched out one hand and spread five fingers.
The face of the reader was happy, and the rice paper with five taels of silver and a knife was another good opportunity for people like them who were reluctant to spend money!
Sure enough, only when Qing Ya Pavilion and Wen Fang Pavilion fight, it is a good day for them to read!
"Shopkeeper, this five-tael-one-knife plain snow paper, give me a knife!"
The shopkeeper shook his head, and said in a slightly indifferent voice: "Childe understands wrong!" I didn't say five taels of silver for a knife, but fifty taels of silver for a knife! ”
The reader who is about to pay for the silver is stunned!
Everyone in the audience gasped.
The merchant who was holding the melon shaved ice and watching the excitement was stunned, and the Wan in his hand fell to the ground without noticing, and just muttered: "Did I hear it wrong?" Is this paper, or is it gold? ”