Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

When he saw the words Liu Cainiang, he vaguely felt that he was about to get to the truth through layers of fog, and vaguely remembered that there was indeed a person named Liu Cainiang in the bandit village back then.

But this name is not special, Xiao Xue acted more confidently and asked someone to go to the dental shop to ask the proprietress.

The news I got from the proprietress was basically all correct, the only difference was that from the proprietress's mouth, it was Xiao Langjun who negotiated with her most of the time from the beginning to the end.

No matter how clever Xiao Xuexing was, he couldn't figure out the key to this, but it didn't delay him ordering to change the query command directly, and he had to check carefully if he changed from an aphasic person to a normal person.

This resulted in a large amount of investigation, and the county magistrate of Liangxiang was really complaining and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the people below once said that Mr. Xiaolang's subordinates often come to the county to buy some things, basically once a month. It’s almost time to calculate, why don’t you wait and see?”

After hearing this, Xiao Xuexing was noncommittal and just said: "Let's go together."

This means to investigate while waiting, and expand the scope of the investigation by the way, mainly looking for those young people with one-eyed girls around them. Such characteristics are very obvious and actually more targeted than before, but Xiao Xuexing was afraid of missing it, so he didn't Relax the previous screening conditions, anyway, if there is a one-eyed lady with you, then it is almost certain to be Xiao Zirong, if not, then check according to the characteristics a little bit.

Fortunately, he brought out a lot of people this time, otherwise it would not be enough to rely on the little manpower in the county.

And when Xiao Xuexing was looking for someone with great fanfare, Xiao Zirong didn't know that it was useless for him to hide for a long time. It was just because no one could have imagined that he would lead a group of young women to live in seclusion in the mountains without lack of food and clothing. It was not discovered, otherwise Xiao Xuexing would have found the door long ago.

Xiao Zirong, who knew nothing at this moment, was still studying his canal. The other side of the canal had been repaired almost, and the rammed earth layer was pressed very evenly. Basically, it was almost ready to be put into use.

In fact, according to Xiao Zirong's idea, using lime mortar to make canals is the best way.

It's a pity that lime mortar needs too many shells. It takes time to pick up the shells, and it takes time to make the shells into powder, especially the step of grinding powder is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Anyway, the standard has been lowered, and it doesn't matter if it is lower , just as if another river was brought over.

However, this river is not connected to the tributaries of the Yangtze River. Xiao Zirong was worried that it would be flooded in the rainy season, so he planned to use water trucks to divert water.

Because the canal and the river are T-shaped, according to the result of the traditional waterwheel, there is no way to introduce water into the canal, so Xiao Zirong simply designed the water bucket of the waterwheel to be inclined. After calculating the angle, wait until the water bucket rises. When it reaches the embankment, the water in the bucket will tilt and fly into the canal.

For this reason, the width of the canal is designed to be one or two meters wider than the waterwheel, so as not to waste water resources.

And between the river and the canal, Xiao Zirong directly planned to let people use the excavated soil to build a rammed earth dam first, so that it could somewhat block the water.

Although it is said that the possibility of getting wet in the next few days is not very high, but who can say this kind of thing?

The canal is not actually the focus, but how to radiate the water in the canal to the farmland.

Their field is another plain in the valley, not too big, mainly because it is relatively close to their residence.

Xiao Zirong reckoned that this place should have been opened by the family who lived here before. The canal did not lead directly to the farmland, but was connected with the stream.

Otherwise, there will be water flowing over and then blocked at the end, and instead of raining every day, their own canals will let them experience a flood.

In fact, the best way should be to have a reservoir for water storage as a buffer.

However, such a reservoir in the mountains is easy to build, as long as you find a similar place and seal the col.

It's a pity that even simply sealing the col would require a lot of manpower and material resources. Now they don't have that condition and can only divert the water into the stream.

But this is not safe, Xiao Zirong decided to take a look, if the stream can't hold it, he can only find a way to divert the water into the sea.

At this time, they can only be thankful that their place is quite close to the sea.

When the canal was approaching the farmland, it turned a corner and flowed to the mountain stream, and then blasted out many small tributaries with gunpowder bamboo tubes to lead to the farmland.

At the beginning, there were more than 20 applicants, and no one helped to repair the canal. But when the canal was repaired to the farmland, I don’t know if other people saw hope. Many people started to help repair the tributaries. .

Xiao Zirong raised his eyebrows when he knew about it and said, "Tell them, even if you start helping now, you won't be awarded points."

When recruiting workers before, they hid behind each other, but now they come together again when they are done?What did you do early?Do you still want to enjoy points like those who signed up?

But what he didn't expect was that the little ladies who participated later did not say a word, as if they were doing voluntary labor, and he didn't know if they felt guilty.

Xiao Zirong didn't think too much about their thoughts, he was doing the final inspection on Zhai Xi's completed waterwheel.

The tributary has almost been repaired. Although there are still some details that have not been fixed, the speed of the waterwheel is definitely not very fast. This canal is very long, and it can basically cover most of the places along the way. When it flows to the cultivated land The tributaries should be almost done.

Xiao Zirong looked at the bottom part of the waterwheel with some surprises. The bottom of the waterwheel was made into an I-shape, which is said to be for stability.

But Xiao Zirong just couldn't figure out how to fix this thing in the water.

Zhai Xi had some ideas, and said directly: "When the time comes, throw it into the water and press the base below with soil. Generally, the mud at the bottom of the water is relatively soft. After a long time, the waterwheel will sink a little bit. At that time, it will be enough." It's firm."

When Xiao Zirong heard that the waterwheel would sink by itself, he asked, "If the waterwheel sinks, will there be any impact?"

Zhai Xi shook his head: "The impact shouldn't be too big, and the base can be stabilized a little bit so that the waterwheel doesn't sink so badly."

Xiao Zirong didn't speak, but just sighed in his heart. If he had all the tools in hand, he could calculate how much the waterwheel would sink. It's a pity that they don't know the weight of the waterwheel or the force of the mud at the bottom.

So now I can only rely on guesswork, and Zhai Xi has obviously never done a waterwheel before, so she doesn't have much experience, and she doesn't know if the waterwheel will be used by then.

If it can't be used, Xiao Zirong can only think of a way to build a dam first, otherwise, if he really fights with the water truck, the time wasted is enough to build a simple small dam, as long as he gets through this year first, and waits until next year's spring flood Just before trimming.

Xiao Zirong prepared with both hands with a heart, turned around and frantically searched for the materials and various parameters needed for the simple dam.

But he didn't tell anyone about this, so as not to hurt morale, and most importantly, he didn't want to hurt the three sisters of the Zhai family.

Because they have too few means of transportation, most of the parts of the waterwheel are scattered and transported to the river, and after all the transport is over, they are assembled on the spot and then placed down.

Fortunately, the place they are in is basically uninhabited. Even if they can't finish transporting it in one day, they don't worry that others will steal it. The most important thing is that they transported it at the beginning. They are relatively large parts, which are generally seen by people. I don't know what it is for, and it is difficult to steal it without anyone noticing.

The smaller parts were shipped on the last day, and all the mules and donkeys they raised came in handy.

But the car can pull too little, and you can only put heavy objects on the car, and the remaining bits and pieces are still for people to carry.

That day could be regarded as a huge event, if not for some people needing to weed the fields, Xiao Zirong reckoned that everyone would have gathered to watch.

Even so, five or 60 people went there, and they were mighty. Those who knew were going to set up the water tanker, but those who didn't know thought they were going to fight with someone.

After arriving at the river, everyone was full of enthusiasm and helped build the waterwheel within their ability. Only Xiao Zirong stood by and waited helplessly for the result.

He wanted to help, but he was pushed aside to let him rest before he got there.

Liu Cainiang even said: "As the city lord, you just have to wait and see the result."

As the saying goes, more people are more powerful, and it took half a day to assemble the entire waterwheel.

The assembled waterwheel was placed upside down. When Xiao Zirong was thinking about how to get it down, he saw several notoriously strong little ladies jumping into the water.

Xiao Zirong was taken aback at the time: "What is this?"

Liu Cainiang quickly stopped him and said, "Don't worry, the city owner. The water is not deep and there is no rush. It is easier for them to put the waterwheel in this way."

Xiao Zirong took a look at the water and it was indeed not too deep, that is, it reached the waist of those little ladies, but he watched those little ladies pull up the hemp rope tied to the waterwheel, and the little ladies on the shore lifted it up vigorously, while they It is pulling the hemp rope hard.

The waterwheel moved towards the water's edge little by little, and at the same time the upper part of the waterwheel was lifted.

Xiao Zirong watched with trepidation as the waterwheel fell into the water extremely slowly.

When the waterwheel entered the water, the little ladies in the water were splashed all over in an instant, but none of them moved, and they still pulled the rope hard to prevent the waterwheel from falling down.

After the water wheel entered the water, it seemed to be stable after shaking for a while, and the huge water wheel began to rotate slowly.

When the water wheel of the water wheel turned, it also drove the water wheel to shake from side to side. When the water wheel swayed, Xiao Zirong's heart almost jumped out of his throat. Fortunately, the little ladies in the water quickly used stones The base of the waterwheel is stabilized.

The moment the stone was pressed up, the entire waterwheel sank for a short distance. Under the worried eyes of everyone, the waterwheel did not sink any further, but continued to slowly rotate with the water flow.

Everyone stared at the waterwheel without batting their breath. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of water flowing and the creaking sound of the waterwheel as it turned.

When the bucket of the waterwheel rose to two-thirds of the height of the entire waterwheel, the water in the bucket slanted out, like a white line falling into a ditch that was originally dry,

And with the first stream of water, the second and third streams also began to fall rapidly.

The originally little water in the canal gradually formed puddles, and everyone watched the water increase a little bit, flowing slowly and firmly in the direction of the canal, with joyful expressions on their faces.

Liu Cainiang's only remaining eye was shining brightly, and she said in surprise: "City Lord, it's a success!"

Xiao Zirong stared at the small stream of water growing stronger, and finally smiled with relief, nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, we succeeded!"

His words seemed to be a switch, and the little ladies who didn't dare to show their spirits immediately cheered for joy, and those little ladies who had just jumped into the water were even more embraced as heroes after they landed.

Xiao Zirong originally wanted to go over and praise them a few words, but stopped when he took a step forward—these little ladies are now completely wet, and the linen clothes on their bodies have also become translucent at this time.

Xiao Zirong hesitated for a while, then turned his head and coughed lightly and said to Liu Cainiang, "Help me to see some of them, and tell them that I will have a reward when I go back."

Liu Cainiang was slightly taken aback, glanced at the young ladies and immediately understood why Xiao Zirong turned her back, she couldn't help winking and said: "The city owner doesn't have to be so jealous, if the city owner has the heart, they will definitely be willing to be the people in the city owner's house."

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong's face instantly turned red, and he pretended to be serious and said: "Don't talk nonsense, the reputation of the young lady must not be tarnished, so what... I'll go first."

Liu Cainiang looked at Xiao Zirong's fleeing figure, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and finally she sighed.

Those of them who crawled out of the mud, who would think that they have any reputation?That's why their city lord will care about this.

But soon she smiled again, their life was getting better and better, what were they thinking about before?

Strictly speaking, the placement of the waterwheel was considered a major event, so that night, everyone basically put down what they were doing and went to the square to celebrate.

It's a celebration, but it's actually just everyone getting together to sing and dance, and eat some barbecue that they are reluctant to eat on weekdays.

The voices of the girls singing were clear and melodious, Xiao Zirong sat in front of the clay table and looked outside and smiled slightly.

As soon as he picked up the brush, he heard Liu Cainiang shouting outside: "City Lord."

Xiao Zirong raised his head and said, "Come in."

Liu Cainiang came in and asked curiously, "Why doesn't the city lord go out to play?"

Xiao Zirong said: "Go and play, I'll make something else."

Liu Cainiang was a little curious: "What is it?"

Xiao Zirong said: "The keel waterwheel, although there are tributaries reaching the fields now, it still needs manpower to carry water to irrigate from the tributaries to the fields. It just saves the effort of walking. Now that they are all nearby, why don't we just get something else?" , Let it irrigate when you need it, and take it up when you don’t need it, so it’s more convenient.”

After hearing this, Liu Cainiang's eyes sparkled and she said: "You are too used to us, what is that little strength?"

Xiao Zirong shook his head and said: "It's a little bit of energy saving, the most important thing is that if you save energy here, you will have more spare energy to grow some land, and then there will be more food production, so you don't have to worry about starvation. "

Liu Cainiang simply sat beside him and said, "Then I'll grind ink for the city lord."

Xiao Zirong waved his hand: "No, no, you go and do your own work. How can you do such a trivial matter?"

Liu Cainiang glanced at him, seeing that he really didn't want people around, so she didn't say much. She also knew that their castellan had a problem, that is, he didn't like people around when designing things.

Regarding this point, Liu Cainiang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. People with skills have some eccentricities. Compared with her family's city lord, this is nothing.

Xiao Zirong also had no choice, he called up the information from his mind and then wrote or wrote or drew.

His appearance when adjusting the information may be the same as being in a daze, but others do not know, so it seems that he is just in a daze for a while, and when he comes back to his senses, he directly brushes up the things he will need or writes. Or draw it out.

Xiao Zirong was worried that such a performance would be considered insane in the eyes of others, no matter how powerful a person is, it is impossible to think of everything in a daze for a while.

Even though these little ladies are not well-educated and have an instinctive awe of knowledge, Xiao Zirong plans to let them learn more things in the future.

When they learned it by then, they could still find something wrong in retrospect on his current performance.

So generally he doesn't like people around when he's doing things.

After Liu Cainiang went out, Xiao Zirong continued to check the information in his mind.

The keel waterwheel is different from the waterwheel they made before. That one is round, while the keel waterwheel is long.

The overall structure of the keel waterwheel is actually quite simple. It uses a wooden board as a groove, and the tail is immersed in the water flow. There is a large wheel shaft at one end and a small wheel shaft at the other end. When using it, step on the crutches to make the big wheel shaft rotate, and then drive The blades in the trough scrape water upwards to irrigate the cultivated land with relatively high terrain.

This is the simplest keel waterwheel, and the keel waterwheel was developed to use running water as power, and some used cattle and wind as power.

It's a pity that these three conditions can't be realized for them now, and they can only use the simplest manpower.

Of course, even with such manpower, it is much easier than carrying water to irrigate the fields.

There is not much regulation on the size of the keel waterwheel, it can be large or small, and it can be changed completely depending on the height of the terrain.

But this time the keel waterwheel Xiao Zirong didn't plan to let the treasury pay for it. When building the rotary waterwheel before, all the materials and labor were paid by the state government.

It was regarded as infrastructure for people's livelihood, and Xiao Zirong didn't think much of it, but just now he asked Bai Yan to take a look at the account book, and found that the treasury's expenditure was a bit too much recently.

Indeed, points are invisible and intangible, and can be distributed at will, but if they do that, what awaits them is the collapse of the resident economic system.

Distributing points at will is no different from printing more banknotes when there is no money. Just think about the devalued banknotes in the Ming Dynasty.

So Xiao Zirong kept reminding himself not to let the expenditure of the treasury be unbalanced.

Nowadays, there are not many things that everyone needs, or there are not many things that everyone can exchange in the treasury, so it seems that there is no problem, but as time goes by, after they have more exchanges with the outside world, when everyone wants to exchange When you find out that the points have depreciated greatly when you are doing something, then you must not do it.

As Liu Cainiang said, the keel waterwheel can save people effort after using it, but it is not necessary.

Xiao Zirong decided to sell according to points, and then stipulated the overall point value according to the point regulation materials issued by the big water truck before.

When Zhai Xi and the others do it, they will also be given points.

Don't think about it, no one can have so many points to exchange for keel waterwheels now, anyway, it was originally used to recover points, Xiao Zirong reckoned that someone would be willing to get it.

He directly asked Zhai Xi to make a keel waterwheel first, because with the experience of the previous runner waterwheel, even if the shape was different, Zhai Xi and the others were much more comfortable making it this time.

After they finished, Xiao Zirong asked directly: "Did it delay your farming?"

Zhai Xi's three sisters also had land at home, and the three of them played tricks and directly pooled the points of the three sisters to get a good land.

Zhai Xi pursed her lips and smiled and said, "It's nothing, I asked Alai and the others to get it."

Xiao Zirong asked with some interest: "Oh? How do you ask?"

Zhai Xi said with some anxiety: "It's nothing, just let them plant the land, we will plant the seeds, and [-]% of the harvest will belong to them, and the rest will belong to us."

Xiao Zirong understood, that is to say, Zhai Xi and the others can reap [-]% of the harvest just by growing seeds out of the ground.

It sounds like Zhai Xi and the others are taking advantage of it. In fact, fertile land is important, and the seeds are also very expensive. Many people cannot afford the seeds.

As for the A Lai that Zhai Xi mentioned, Xiao Zirong also has some impressions. She is a thin and small lady. She has no skills or other specialties. Not very good, the most important thing is that he is still very young, so if he wants to support himself, he has to find other ways.

Xiao Zirong didn't ask Alai if he would be troubled by doing this. He decided not to intervene and let the market develop on its own. The wisdom of ordinary people is infinite. Although they may not have read too many books, they may Much better than him who has read the book.

Sure enough, the little ladies have found the most suitable method for themselves.

Zhai Xi looked at Xiao Zirong with some anxiety and asked in a low voice, "City Master, is this inappropriate?"

Xiao Zirong was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it right? What's wrong? What do you want to do? Well, when I go back and study it, I can exchange it with points."

Zhai Xi's eyes lit up after hearing this: "The city lord also supports it?"

Xiao Zirong smiled and said, "You can do whatever you think is suitable, that's fine, let's try the keel waterwheel tomorrow."

It has been several days since the waterwheel with the wheel landed. Although the waterwheel they made was smaller and the water flow was slower at the beginning, the waterwheel was non-stop day and night, so the waterwheels that came down from the canal in the past few days The water has begun to flow, and even some nearby tributaries have water.

When Xiao Zirong passed by, he saw many people squatting by the side of the ditch and shouting: "Here, here, it's almost here!"

Zhai Xi followed him with a pursed smile and said, "Recently, everyone is more concerned about the progress of the canal. When there is nothing to do, just look at where the water in the canal is going."

Xiao Zirong couldn't laugh or cry at once, but he also understood these little ladies better. If cultivated land is the lifeblood of everyone, water flow is an indispensable blood.

Many people saw them as they walked past, and couldn't help but look curiously at the strange-looking thing on the mule cart behind them.

Xiao Zirong didn't avoid everyone either, it would be better if there were more people, and it would prevent him from doing publicity again.

He asked Zhai Xi and others to place the keel waterwheel in the canal. In order to adapt to the different depths of the canal and the tributaries, Xiao Zirong directly asked Zhai Xi to make a retractable leg at the bottom of the waterwheel.

Pull out the legs and put them down in the deep canals, and put them away in the shallower tributaries, so that the keel waterwheel can be used in a wider range.

After the keel waterwheel was put down, Xiao Zirong turned his head and looked at the crowd behind with a smile and said, "The latest keel waterwheel, does anyone want to try it?"