Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 116 Keel Waterwheel
Qin Wangzheng smiled slightly, and opened the system panel in relief.

A piece of parchment floated on top of the bronze case.

Qin Wangzheng frowned, staring deeply at the pattern inside the parchment.

What is this?
Qin Wangzheng looked at the well-arranged sinks, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

After being prompted by the system panel, Qin Wangzheng discovered that the object was called a keel waterwheel and was used for irrigation.

The waterwheel originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, Ma Jun was improved into a keel waterwheel.

The water wheel uses the principle of hydraulic drive and sprocket transmission, and uses human power as the power to drive the wooden chain to turn over and over again. The scraper mounted on the wooden chain can lift the river water to the bank along the water tank to irrigate the farmland.

Regardless of the era, the importance of irrigation is self-evident.

In the Guanzhong Plain and the land of Bashu, there are Zhengguo Canal and Dujiangyan for water irrigation.

But Daqin has successively occupied four countries. The lands of Han and Wei are rugged, the lands of Zhao are mountainous, and the lands of Yan are remote.

Should we also build channels for irrigation?

Naturally not, a Zhengguo Canal stretching thousands of miles took a full ten years, consuming countless manpower, material and financial resources.

If it is built in the other four countries, it will be difficult to make up for the loss of Daqin.

Therefore, the importance of the keel waterwheel is self-evident.

It not only solves the problem of reducing losses, but also popularizes new irrigation tools, which can also appease the hearts of the people and make them actively engage in agriculture and develop farming.

Kill two birds with one stone!
Since Shang Yang's reform, the Qin State has emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, so the Qin government paid great attention to agricultural tools.

No matter what era, advanced production tools can promote the progress of productivity, let alone the period of victory in the farming era.

Since it is an irrigation tool, it is natural to popularize it and benefit the common people.

Glancing at the parchment on the big bronze case, Qin Wangzheng revealed a faint smile, glanced at Zhao Gao and said, "Xuan Qin Mo enters the palace."

After Tian Feng and Qin Mo received the oral edict, they entered the hall tremblingly and knelt down on the ground.

Tian Feng swallowed his saliva and thought to himself: "Why do you always like to research and invent these days? It makes us seem useless."

These words are not only what Tian Feng thinks in his heart, but also the voices of many Qin Mos.

Tian Feng is a representative of the Mohists who served Qin. His ancestor was Xiang Lijia, who made great contributions to the renewal of Qin's weapons.

The large weapons used on the battlefield were all researched by the Mo family led by Tian Feng.

For mechanical tools, it is Daqin's experts.

However, since the appearance of the little childish slaves, they have been like decorations, proper tools of Qin Wangzheng.

Experts who are good at tools are not as good at observation and research as Qin Wangzheng. How do the court, Chinese and military officials think of Qin Mo?

Is there anyone in the world who is willing to associate with Qin Mo?
Qin Wangzheng seemed to see Qin Mo's reluctance, and showed fierce eyes.

With just one glance, Tian Feng could feel the murderous intent, and the original reluctance vanished in an instant, and he said curiously: "Your Majesty, please give me your best orders, and I am willing to do my best."

Seeing everyone's gentle eyes, he picked up the parchment on the large bronze case and said, "This is an irrigation tool, a keel waterwheel!"

Tian Feng was also very curious, but he didn't expect it to be a blueprint of irrigation tools, so he lost interest immediately.

Daqin has Zhengguo Canal and Dujiangyan two major tools, so why do we need small irrigation tools?

Tian Feng was about to explain: "Your Majesty, Qin State has these two major water conservancy projects, why do we need to build irrigation tools?"

But Qin Wangzheng asked him to watch it, so he couldn't help but watch it.

Tian Feng reluctantly went to Qin Wangzheng, and Zhao Gao took it from Qin Wangzheng to Tian Feng.

As a result, the gaze seemed to have magical powers, and the eyes widened.

Tian Feng grabbed the parchment, immediately entered the state of a craftsman, and began to study it carefully.

"Miaomiao!"

Tian Feng looked at the parchment with deep eyes, and said happily, "If you can really make this thing, why worry about Daqin irrigation technology?"

Qin Wangzheng looked directly at Tian Feng, and said coldly: "The Great Qin is fertile and wild, but not every plain is built with canals for irrigation!"

"The keel waterwheel is exquisite in shape and easy to operate, so it won't let Daqin lose money!"

"Gu Wang ordered you to build a waterwheel according to the blueprint and experiment in the imperial garden!"

"Why didn't XX think of this, why didn't XX think of this? XX is ashamed of the ancestors of the Mohist family..."

Tian Feng actually held the parchment scroll, and went crazy, crying and laughing: "Your Majesty, once this thing is popularized, it will definitely make the icing on the cake."

"If it is popularized, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Yan will be grateful to you and admire you even more."

"This is an epoch-making invention in the history of farming. It is a contribution to the present and will benefit the future. You should be recorded in the history books."

Qin Wangzheng was slightly taken aback.

Merit in the present age, benefit in the future.
As the builder, wouldn't the lonely king be able to leave a heavy mark in the history books, be respected and admired by future generations, and live forever?

Tian Feng is an expert in this field. He is usually a prudent person, but he doesn't easily praise others.

Once praised, it is always so deeply rooted in people's hearts.

It is enough to see how important the keel waterwheel is!
Qin Wangzheng was overjoyed. If the keel waterwheel was built, the lonely king would become No. 1 in the ages.

After everyone accepted the order, Tian Feng held the parchment like a fairy book and looked at the exquisite waterwheel with a faint smile on his lips.

If Jun Shang is the conceiver of the waterwheel, then I, Tian Feng, are the practitioners of turning the drawings into real objects.

With the birth of Quyuanli, Tadu and other tools, Tian Feng turned Qin Wangzheng's ideas into reality time and time again.

And he also hopes to be able to record himself in the annals of history and live forever.

Tian Feng thought to himself: "After the completion of this construction, I will ask your lord to leave my name in the history book."

The more Tian Feng thought about it, the happier he became, but immediately everyone interrupted his fantasy.

Tian Feng then told Qin Mo the principles and structure one by one, and ordered them to build it.

After three full hours, the keel waterwheel was finally completed.

Similarly, Qin Wangzheng also went to the pool in the Imperial Garden to test the efficiency of the keel waterwheel.

Tian Feng stepped forward to inspect it himself, stepped on the pedal with his feet, pushed the wheel with the stepped crossbar, and drove the sprocket to rotate, while the water flowed through the water tank to the flowers.

Seeing the success of the irrigation, Tian Feng cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this product has a refined grain structure, which can continuously lift water, greatly improves the efficiency, and is easy and labor-saving to operate. Even a baby can operate it."

"The cost of the keel waterwheel is low and the human resources consumed are greatly reduced. I ask you to immediately roll the waterwheel across the country to benefit the people all over the world."

Qin Wangzheng had an indelible smile on his face, and said sincerely, "Zhao Gao."

Zhao Gao bowed his body and shouted humbly: "The humble job is here."

Qin Wangzheng said: "You can call and spread the keel waterwheels to all directions of Daqin, so that the people of Daqin can use waterwheels for irrigation."

Qin Wangzheng really wanted to reward Tian Feng, but Tian Fengfeng changed his mouth and said "Leave a name in history".

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Remembering that you have devoted your heart and soul to Daqin, the lonely king will save you from death, I hope you will not have any unreasonable thoughts in the future!"

Tian Feng bowed his head and nodded, not even daring to show his anger, he could only thank Qin Wangzheng for his kindness of not killing
(End of this chapter)