"The subordinates have seen through seven or eight points, and they have found the old craftsmen among the workers to help, and they have already built one, and they will be ready to go to the river tomorrow to test it."

At this time, Dahan had already appeared to use water power to hull the grain, but even the machine mill had not yet appeared.

The machine is composed of a water wheel erected on the river channel, a horizontal axis passing through the water wheel, four wooden blocks mounted on the horizontal axis, and four pigs fixed on the ground.

The water flow drives the water wheel, and the water wheel will drive the horizontal axis to rotate, and the raised wooden block will be pressed to the end of the mill every time it turns, so that the mill can move up and down to lick the grain in the mortar.

Because there are four rice bowls, the efficiency of rice is four times that of ordinary water cakes.

Even the machine can not only lick rice, but also medicines, spices, ores, bamboo pulp and other things.

Single-door, single-family farmers do not need to connect to the "large" machinery, but it is of great benefit to the businessmen who do business.

In the future, there may even be workshops dedicated to making a living from the machine, so that the people will have another way to make a living.

"Okay, when you have finished the water mill, I still have the drawings of the new machine for you to make."

Now, Liu He refers to all kinds of wood tools as machines, which is still a new word for Lang Zhong.

"Yui."

"Zeng Changle, the style of the pedal spinning wheel has been given to you for a month, has the prototype been made?"

The pedal spinning wheel is a kind of spinning machine improved on the existing hand-spinning wheel in Dahan, and the biggest improvement is to change the hand-crank arm to a foot pedal, so that the weaver can change from one hand to two hands when spinning.

In addition, the previous hand-spinning wheel was a single spindle, but Liu He's improved pedal spinning wheel developed into three spindles, so that the speed of flocculation was accelerated.

Combined, these two advantages increase the efficiency of spinning on the pedal spinning wheel by three or four times.

And more importantly, this pedal spinning wheel can not only spin linen yarn, but also spin cotton yarn with a slight modification.

Dahan doesn't have cotton yet, but it will be soon.

Because spinning and weaving is a relatively independent and complex thing, this kind of machine has to be done by Zeng Changle himself, and cannot be entrusted to Xiang Lang like Tian Cao's tools.

Zeng Changle hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be a little unspeakable.

"Tell Your Highness, the subordinates are incompetent, and the engineer can't spare manpower, so he has to wait."

Zeng Changle is the youngest of several langs, he is only seventeen years old this year, not much older than Liu He, he is inevitably shy when doing things, and he will naturally be squeezed out by several other people.

Of course, Zeng Changle is not to blame for this, nor is it to blame for several other Langzhong.

If you want to blame it, the number of craftsmen in the engineering officer is too small to cope with the current situation.

As the techniques that Liu He handed over to Lang Zhong became more and more complicated, the progress on the Gongguan's side would become slower and slower, and things would naturally be delayed constantly.

It seems that Liu He needs more skilled craftsmen to participate in this "technological revolution".

"It's not your fault, it's the widow who is in a hurry, and the craftsman's affairs will be found by the widow."

"No."

Liu He spent three or four moments asking about the things in the hands of several Lang Zhong from beginning to end, and the progress was unsatisfactory, which was similar to what Liu He imagined.

"Let's all go down and get busy, and stay behind."

"Yui."

The five Langzhong left, and the Changyi Palace, which was already a little empty, became even more deserted.

Liu He, who had a dry mouth, picked up the teacups on several cases, took a sip of satisfaction, and after resting for breath, he began to arrange the tasks of the confessors.

"Dai Zong, what about the evil slaves who were assigned to work as coolies now, how many are left?"

"Twenty-seven when they went, and twenty-two and five are still alive."

"Have they all honed their temperaments?"

"The subordinate specially explained to the engineer that the arrangements for these evil slaves were the hardest and most tiring work, and they had been working for almost two years, and the bad habits on their bodies had almost worn out."

"Tomorrow, the widow will go and see them, and you will take me with you then."

"Yui."

What Liu He lacks most in his hands is people, and if these evil slaves are really improved, they can always be used.

"Li Anding, the widow has one thing for you to do."

"Your Highness, please say that the subordinates will not fail in their mission."

"You should have seen it just now, the number of engineers is not enough, I want to recruit a group of craftsmen and build a workshop in the palace."

In the Han Dynasty, recruiting doormen is a sensitive and dangerous matter, but there is also a difference between doormen and doormen, and "inferior people" such as craftsmen will not arouse the jealousy of the imperial court.

"How many people does Your Highness want to hire?"

"Don't set up staff, the more the merrier, give 1,500 yuan a month, plus five hundreds, and the old craftsmen with sufficient experience can be appropriately increased."

This treatment is almost the same as the income of a two-hundred-stone official, which is very real for craftsmen who are inferior on weekdays.

"Yui!"

"Xiang An, I see that there are many orphans in Beicheng, and the Prime Minister has a special place to accommodate them."

"There is no shelter, but from time to time they are given cloth and rice meat, but the quantity is limited, so the orphans mainly beg for a living."

"Widows and lonely people, the sky is pitiful, let the orphans under the age of fourteen be taken into the grange in the north of the city."

"Your Highness is merciful, and your subordinates are dull, and they must live up to their mission."

"Ruan Yang, the widow has to send you on a long trip again."

Ruan Yang's ancestral home is Shuofang County, half of the Huns blood, living in the border county when he was a child, not only reading the scriptures, but also good at riding and archery swordsmanship, all of which are proficient.

Among several confessors, except for Dai Zong, he is the most skilled.

Ruan Yang once tried his skills with the soldiers of the county, and three or four "most" officers couldn't get close to him.

Because Liu He couldn't leave the feudal country at will, he often had to send Ruan Yang out to listen to the news.

Ruan Yang's eyes are like Langxing, and he likes to act chivalrous and righteous, and he has the temperament of a ranger.

"You go west to Dingtao Country first, and then to Chenliu County, and see if the people in these places have begun to use the widow's machine or imitate our intensive cultivation techniques."

"Yui."

Dingtao Kingdom and Chenliu County are both west of Changyi Kingdom, and the traffic with Changyi Kingdom is very close, Liu He sent Ruan Yang to these two places, in order to see how fast the technology spreads, if not fast enough, he has to think of other ways to speed up this speed.

It was much faster to arrange affairs for the confessors, and before it was time for lunch, Liu He sent a few confessors out.

At this time, there were only two people left in the Changyi Palace, Liu He and Yu Wuwu.

Liu He was very unvividly lazy, and after yawning often, he said slowly: "Yu Langzhong, have you written down what the widow just said?" ”

"Write it down, word for word."

"What do you think?"

"Your Highness is quick and organized, and your subordinates admire it."

"Yu Langzhong is also good, he can see the talents with his eyes and see the ability of the widow."

"However, there is one thing Your Highness has forgotten."

Liu He was a little stunned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Lang Zhongling's business."

Liu He suddenly realized, a trace of joy appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said, "Is Gong Qing coming back?" He's been going south for half a year, right? ”

"The letter that the subordinate received last night, Lang Zhongling went to Yucheng County three days ago, and after calculation, he should have arrived in Gaocheng by now."

Yucheng is a county under the jurisdiction of Liang State, 290 miles away from Changyi City, and Gaocheng is a county under the jurisdiction of Changyi State, 145 miles away from Changyi County.

"Doesn't that mean he'll be in the city soon?"

"Three days, three days at most, Lang Zhongling should be able to enter the city."

Liu He lined up his hands excitedly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, things could not be done, but people had to come back alive.