Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 238 The Miraculous Water Pump
Besides, Chai Lin had been away from Dongping Mansion for too long this time, and as soon as he came back, he rushed to the field to check the elevated aqueduct that Lao Liang was responsible for repairing.

The water canal in the East Village has been completed. The craftsmen nailed a groove with wooden boards and applied a layer of leak-proof cement inside. The two canals in the north and south are four miles long.There are actually six hand-pressed wells fixed on the high wooden platform by the river.Six and a half children are pressing water on it. The hand press can absorb water at a height of more than ten meters, but the water output is small. Fortunately, the six hand presses absorb water together, and the water volume is not bad. The water in the canal is rushing. Then, irrigating the rejuvenated wheat, it's just that it's a waste of manpower to irrigate the land like this.

Lao Liang was very happy to see that Chai Lin came back, and said, "Owner, you are back. The two canals in the East Village have been repaired, but there is no way to carry water. I temporarily arranged for craftsmen to erect six hand presses." The well irrigates the wheat."

"It's a good way. I didn't expect that there are more hand presses. The water volume is quite good, but it's a waste of manpower. You find a dozen capable craftsmen and go to the river beach to install the water pump in the afternoon. There is no need for manpower to install the water pump." Chailin said After finishing, he returned to his backyard and suspended the production of carriages.

We chose to produce water turbine pumps. Water turbine pumps are a great invention. They do not use electricity or oil, and only need to create a water drop of about one meter to pump water day and night.It is so magical, but it is not a perpetual motion machine, but relies on hydraulic pumping.

A water turbine pump, as the name implies, is composed of a water turbine and a water pump.The water flow impacts the water wheel to generate force, and the force directly acts on the water pump, and the water pump pumps water, so it feels like energy is not used.The actual principle is the same as the big water wheel of the Ferris wheel, relying on hydraulic power instead of using no force.

Chailin produced two water wheel pumps, a water wheel with a diameter of one meter, and a water pump with a diameter of more than ten centimeters. This big thing weighs three hundred catties.Ordinary water flow can pump about [-] tons of water in an hour, and if there is a flood, it can pump [-] to [-] tons of water in an hour.

After the water turbine pump was produced, tens of meters of carbon steel water pipes, elbows, screws, etc. were prepared, and then they were pulled by a large cart to the canal by the river.

The old Liang of the canal is waiting with a dozen strong men to do the preparation work, sieving fine river sand, green bricks, and dozens of bags of cement.

Looking at the two water wheel pumps, Lao Liang was very surprised, and asked: "Master, didn't you say that you want to use the camel machine to drive the water pump, why didn't you see the camel machine coming?"

Chailin smiled and said, "I changed my mind. The pot camel machine needs to burn charcoal, and it needs someone to guard it. It is too troublesome. Now this is a water wheel pump, which does not require manpower or animal power. Putting this thing in the water can raise the water level by a few degrees." Ten meters, one installation can be used for decades, very powerful."

This time, not only Lao Liang was stunned, but even the craftsmen were shocked. Fortunately, it was the owner of the village who said this. If someone else said it, the craftsmen left without using manpower or animal power. ?
"Owner, what is the water output?" A craftsman asked.

"Isn't this just brought here? Normally, it can hold the water output of [-] hand-pressed wells. No matter how good you say it, it's empty words. It's true to see the effect. Grab the iron rope, come over with the pole, and lift this big guy to the ground first." Install it in the river and try it." Chailin said.

First, I found a relatively flat place in the river. Since the river was not deep, I used hoes and shovels to dig a hole about one meter down.

The water turbine pump weighs more than 300 kilograms, which is not too heavy. Two poles and four strong men easily lifted it into the river.The steel water pipes are connected by screws and leather money, and they are connected very quickly, and they are connected in a short while.

Lao Liang asked the children who were hand-pressing the well to evacuate, and Chai Lin said: "The exciting moment has come, watch it." A vortex came out on the ground, and a strong man on the elevated canal shouted: "Water is coming out, water is coming out."

The amount of water was so great that it filled the canals of the plank, and even some water overflowed.The water flows far and continuously along the canal to the ground.

Lao Liang was incoherent with excitement, and the strong men were all surprised. There was no manpower or animal power, and the water came out by itself, which was beyond their cognition.

"It is enough to install two water pumps here. However, I estimate that at least a dozen such water pumps are needed in the East Village and West Village to turn our land into irrigated land." Lao Liang said.

"Okay, no problem. Let's install it next."

The installation of the water turbine pump is still a bit complicated, because its fuselage is completely placed in the water, and it is placed all year round, so it is necessary to use blue bricks and cement to build a dam culvert in the river.A dam has to be built to divert the water to the other side before the culvert can be built.In fact, the culvert is very simple, just a stone pier of several thousand kilograms of bricks and cement. There is a vertical hole with a diameter of more than one meter on it. Just put the water turbine pump in it, and then fix the water turbine pump.

It was Lao Liang who was smart enough to see the way and said: "I understand, the water flows in from the upper culvert and comes out from the lower culvert, the force of the impact of the water flow is very strong, and the resulting force pumps the water up. "

"It's probably the principle, but it's much more complicated. Lao Liang has to work hard to install more water pumps at the water outlets of the reservoirs in the East and West Villages, and around the river dams. This year, our village's land will increase by [-] catties per mu. "Chai Lin said.

Lao Liang said: "Don't worry, the owner. For things like watering the land, everyone has to repair the canal and install the water pump even if they don't eat or sleep. It's great that such a water pump can irrigate hundreds of acres of land." Of course, this is the case. The water wheel pump is not installed casually. If there is flowing water, the water volume should be larger. If there is a pool of stagnant water, it is better to use a pedal water wheel or a hand-pressed well.

The next day, when the installation of the two water turbine pumps was completed and officially put into use, it happened to meet the meeting.Hundreds of people from nearby towns and villages gathered to see the water pump.But it can no longer be seen, the water pump is below the river surface, and the river water can only be seen swirling into the culvert.The water in the pipe rushes into the drain.

People with good deeds ran a few miles to the end of the canal to see how the water was.

In the nearby villages, active landowners and self-cultivating farmers went to Chaijiazhuang Carpentry Workshop to see if they could buy this new type of water pump for irrigation.

The answer I received was not surprising. There is not enough in my own village, and I will not consider selling it outside until the installation in my village is completed.

However, Chaijiazhuang sells a variety of waterwheels such as hand-pressed wells, Ferris wheel waterwheels, and pedal waterwheels.The price is not expensive, and the recent sales volume is very huge.Especially the ferris wheel water wheel, many villages near the river have installed it. Although the price of this thing is more than ten taels of silver, once installed, it can earn more than ten years.

Ninety percent of the land in Chaijiazhuang belongs to the Chai family, and only a small part is owned by self-cultivating farmers.So things like building canals are easy to handle, and Zhuang Ding is very happy.Whether it is wheat and oats for winter, or soybeans, peas, millet, or rice planted in summer, there is no crop that does not need watering.If the same piece of land is planted with wheat, if it is not watered, it will only be about [-] catties per mu if the weather is good.However, if it is watered three times during winter, spring, and grouting, it can produce at least [-] catties.

One mu of land yields 300 catties more, and [-] mu of land yields [-] million catties more.What's more, many lands harvest twice a year, and the output will double.

(End of this chapter)