Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] Bottleneck

When coming back from Lanling Mansion, I always pass by the pond behind Zhuangzi, and almost every time I can see Yun girl busy, clearing the pond, releasing water, drying the pond mud, more than a dozen gentlemen jumping up and down by the pond, the girl and Yun The stewards in the mansion stood aside and directed, changing staff from time to time.

According to the current family background of the Yun family, as long as she is not busy, girl Yun can enjoy the happiness at home and leave the outside affairs to the servants.Standing by the pond in the twelfth lunar month is enough to suffer, even if the sun is low, you can feel the wind from the shade side of the pond, blowing on your body and pulling it with a small knife.

Every time I saw this, I couldn't help feeling that the two boys from the Yun family were too ignorant.It stands to reason that I should not be involved in the affairs of other families, but the two strong young men eat and drink at home, and it is so cold that a weak woman comes out to suffer, it is outrageous!My dear sister, I have worked so hard to bring up my two younger brothers all these years. Others don't know about these sufferings, and the younger brother still doesn't know?

It’s hard to grow up, and the family business is up, it’s time to come out and share with my sister, why don’t you have a conscience when you’re arguing, no wonder the fourth child can’t see it, Lian Ying occasionally hugs girl Yun in private uneven.Of course, when Ying felt dissatisfied, Steward Qian would immediately have opinions on the future successors of the Yun family. Once Steward Qian said something, his taste changed.

"It's a pity, if this girl is a male, the Yun family has developed a few years ago." Steward Qian was bringing a few people in the area, and when he saw me coming, he immediately pointed out that girl Yun by the pond had become a local official. He began to feel injustice on his face, and said to the crowd: "You guys don't know, the Yun family suffered a fire many years ago, both parents died and the family lost all their property and they owed a whole debt. So what's the situation with a little girl pulling the two younger brothers? Ah! If it wasn't for Lord Marquis and Madam's help to repay the debt, the creditor who came to the door would have sold it long ago, how could there be today's glory."

Steward Qian is a dignified figure in the local area, and when he turned his words around, several petty officials gave me a slap in the face.The nonsense of Wencheng Wude, Zefu Cangsheng, etc., made me very happy, and ordered Haosheng to entertain a few high-ranking officials.This is what it should be, no matter how prominent the Wang family is, the relationship between the localities must be good, everyone's words can make money, and they can't put on airs in the village to make people feel guilty.

As soon as he got away from here, he was spotted by Yun girl when he turned a corner on the trail at the entrance of the pond.While vigorously waving at me, he trotted over.I just wanted to ask you to help me... I remembered that this line was plagiarized by Zhang Fu, and I wanted to change the greeting, but the girl had already arrived.

"Never rest in the twelfth lunar month?"

The girl's face was turned dark red by the pond wind, and she brought a basket containing a few fresh lotus root to me.Girl Yun is interesting, she gives water chestnuts when the fields are growing, and lotus vegetables when the fields produce lotus vegetables, which are always grown in her own fields.There is no need to be courteous on a blind date in the village, and it has nothing to do with each other's identities.

"It's spring to talk, and I can't let it go. My little girl is too busy and can't sit still at home, so let's talk about it. It's a day after seeing it." Yun girl took a natural tone, picked up the messy hair on her forehead and smiled generously, "Are you on a business trip?"

"Oh, it's not bad." He casually put the basket on the ground.Looking for something to say: "Brothers, what will happen after the wedding?"

"I'll do it when I'm busy in the spring," Yun girl looked at her direction with joy on her face, and asked cautiously: "I don't know when the time comes, Big Brother Wang..."

"Go, definitely go. Both my wife and I will go. This is a great happy event for our Zhuangzi. We can't delay it. Once the younger brothers get married, you will be able to let go of the burden on you; it should be a brisk time, and it has not been easy these years. It should be Find a suitable family to enjoy the blessings." As he said that, he subconsciously searched among a group of old men by the pond, and the idiot Xie Bao was indeed there, squatting on the corner of the pond for some reason, apparently hiding from me.

Yun girl was embarrassed by what I said, her dark red face turned purple in embarrassment, and she said embarrassingly: "Brother Wang is joking. It's nothing to do. At this age, I don't dare to climb other people. It's suitable for me. I always give my surname Yun. Brother They are busy with their studies. I don’t dare to distract them. The two sisters-in-law who have never been educated are daughters of good people. They can’t do public affairs, and they can help in the family business for a while, so I dare not think about it elsewhere.”

What is a daughter of a good family?A girl like Yun is the daughter of a good family, and she can't pick a second one from far and near.Age is not a problem, there are only two places to choose, these years have been exposed to the wind and sun, and she has long lost her immaturity, she is not delicate or pretentious, simple, generous and capable, whoever marries back will enjoy the blessings, where can such a good girl be found?

Smiling and shaking his head, "It's time to think about it for yourself. The family affairs should also be handed over to them. There is no reason for my sister to work hard for a lifetime. It is unreasonable."

Yun Yatou shook her head, and hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood, you misunderstood. Everyone is busy with their own business..." Just as I was talking, the handsome Zhang Fu appeared on the road looking like a horse, and Yun Yatou stood beside me and started waving again.

"You're busy with your work, don't come here!" Zhang Fu is an idiot who doesn't have enough brains. We were standing on the road with Yun girl, but he still made such a serious noise, which made Yun girl a little bit undecided and didn't know what to do. You shouldn't be laughing.

"Come here!" After all, he and I are relatives, so I really can't match this outfit with this IQ, it's a shame.He picked up the lotus vegetable basket on the ground and threw it to Zhang Fu, "Send it home, wait for me in the study."

Zhang Fu helplessly twitched the corners of his mouth at Yun girl, gesticulating and said: "Little brother is going to Yun's house, the two students are still waiting, and I have important matters to discuss with Miss Yun's family..."

"Business?" Look at Yun girl, then look at Zhang Fu, have you not noticed for a few days that it has developed to the point of entering the house?There are important matters here, Xie Bao, those two idiots are still playing labor in the corner of the pond, committing crimes.

"Small stuff," Zhang Fu saw my strange expression, and Yun girl was still coughing like a whooping cough, and quickly explained, "The thing that pumps water is different from what you think."

"What am I thinking? Who's pumping water?" I've learned to cover up, the pool is full of water, and I'm running into Yun's house, what the hell is going on?

Embarrassed, Yun girl quickly interrupted Zhang Fu's explanation, "Brother-in-law of the Wang family misunderstood again, it is indeed a pumping machine." Pointing to a lotus pond in the east, she said: "The north is high and the east is low, so it is easy to irrigate in spring, but it is easy to drain water in early winter." Difficult, especially in the tens of acres of ponds in the east, even if the irrigation canals are removed, the water will not be drained cleanly. In the winter, stepping on the knee-high water clear pond is exhausting, and it is easy to get sick after a long time. The winter before last year, my brothers followed Mr. Zhang When I went to the engineering school to broaden my horizons, I saw the water pumps used on boats and got an idea. I wanted to imitate a set to help drain the lotus pond at home.”

"What machine?" Yun girl's explanation immediately increased her credibility. Zhang Fu asked, "Why don't I know? Is it easy to use?" The Wang family also has a lot of lotus ponds. Although the management is not as meticulous as the Yun family, there is water pump What kind of stuff can improve the efficiency to some extent, and let farmers soak in the water as little as possible. Dr. Zhou often reminds to beware of joint diseases.

Zhang Fu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a small thing. It's a machine brought back from a small country over the sea by the shipping people. It was originally used to pump the water in the cabin when the boat was on a long voyage. But Datang's long-sea boats are huge. Although the small mechanism made by foreign countries is exquisite, it is like a drop in the bucket on a big ship, so I plan to improve it as it is.”

"I don't understand, please explain more clearly." Competitiveness overcame curiosity, Zhang Fu was taught by me, and now it's impossible to fool the teacher with something strange.Even if you are stronger than me, you can only do it with my permission, and those who keep quiet are treasonous.

"Small gadgets, I can't say whether they are useful or not." Compared with the new type of crossbow, this kind of small machine is obviously not the focus of Zhang Fu's concern, or the nautical ones from others have been brought back for several years without any movement.Now they are thrown to the Yun family's suckling boys to fiddle with. "After several improvements, it is easier to use than before, but if you want to clean up the water in such a large pool, it may not be easy." She said looking at Yun girl.Make a few small gestures.

Yun girl understood, and hurriedly invited me to her house to help and give advice. First, to avoid suspicion, and second, to eliminate the rumors that the younger brothers are doing nothing, killing two birds with one stone.

Take a look, as one of the shareholders of the ocean-going caravan, a little more improvement means more profit. This is the responsibility.

I don't know if I don't read it.I was startled when I saw it, and it was hand-cranked!The two boys had all their strength, and they became more and more excited when they saw me. The bathtub-like water pump was placed in the small pond of Yun’s house and shaken vigorously. The water can be transported far away by extending the tank, which is quite magical.

Pull the two boys away and try it yourself.The feeling is about to come.Because of limited strength.Shaking up is more difficult, looking from above.Inside the wooden barrel are propeller blades with wooden planks pierced obliquely. There is no high-precision problem such as sealing. It is to rely on high-speed rotating blades to complete the whole set of work by using the instantaneous pressure generated when water enters the container. It is a bit of a centrifugal water pump. the meaning of.So you have to shake the handle crazily. Once you slow down, the water will flow back.

"How can this be used on a boat?" Now I only care about this, as for whether there is water in Yunjia lotus pond, it has nothing to do with me.

"Small boats are easy to talk about, but big boats are difficult." Zhang Fu squatted down in front of the water pump, and forced the wooden bucket down. "The key is that it's not too big." As he spoke, he shook the wooden handle and started to spin it. The wooden boards hit the wall of the barrel and rumbled, "It is not durable. The wood is easy to rot after being soaked in water for a long time, and it is easy to dry out once it is out of water. It is okay to say that the smaller is better, the bigger it is, the more likely it is to cause problems."

"Show me the prototype brought back from outside the domain. I want to know how this thing works on the boat." The thing in front of him was obviously designed for his family's lotus pond. It is better than the existing drainage methods, and it depends on other professional products.

Zhang Fu was very puzzled, seeing that I was urgent and unable to refuse, so he personally led someone to drag the big guy into the palace that night, and put it in the yard like a coffin.

After researching for a long time, there is nothing new. The only difference is that several transmission devices in this coffin are metal parts, and they are limited, and they are more wear-resistant than wood.

"Isn't it more durable to replace it with copper parts?" Asked the servants to light a circle of lanterns for lighting, and ordered a few people brought by Zhang Fu to help dismantle the water pump, "Wouldn't it be too much to replace the rocker arm and this main shaft with copper parts?" Is it difficult?"

Zhang Fu frowned and shook his head, "Once we start to improve and plan to replace the copper parts, I'm afraid it will not be a small expense. Now the manpower in the engineering school is limited, and there are several places in the military equipment that are expensive, and there is really no extra energy for pumping things. .”

"What's so difficult about this..." He stopped quickly as soon as he left his mouth, his tone was too much.This is not the 21st century. It is really laborious to do this under the current conditions. It is not only a matter of replacing a few metal parts. , Raising work and materials is enough to be busy in engineering for a while.Seeing that Zhang Fu was a little bored, he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry. I lost my temper. Help me make a plan, see how many suitable manpower is needed, and estimate the cost. If it doesn't work, let the Eastern Navigation Academy do it."

Zhang Fu immediately became embarrassed, and replied: "Don't dare, don't dare. Since it was sent to the engineering school, there is no reason to push it to another family. Manpower, since you value it so much. Younger brother, why not take care of it yourself, the Yun family The two students happened to be able to open their eyes in engineering with my younger brother. As for the expenses, you know that the budget for next year has been reported before the twelfth lunar month..."

That's no problem, Zhang Fu and I both work under the same boss, and our boss Lan has an advantage in that he has a lot of money.Zhang Fu hurried back to sort out the supplementary budget filing, and I went to Boss Lan's house to clear the joints; as for the laborer Xie Bao, I was too lazy to look at him.Let him fend for himself, this guy doesn't need human rights.

What's the use of wanting human rights, it's not worth the reality of the water pump.From the lessons learned from the two large ships that wrecked many years ago, large ships have the benefits of large ships, but the corresponding problems have not been properly resolved.One is the improvement of the hull structure, and the other is to improve the efficiency of drainage.

As early as the Sui Dynasty, the hull with a semi-sealed compartment structure had been adopted to improve the safety of the ship. It followed that if the water was not drained in time when encountering strong winds and waves, it would make it difficult for the hull to remain stable.Drainage has become a major bottleneck in the shipbuilding industry.If more efficient pumping equipment can be installed, all problems will be solved, the ship will be made bigger, capable of traveling to farther places, and the ocean-going income will be more lucrative, and the rich return will stimulate the rapid development of the shipbuilding industry. The Wang family...Of course, the inner court will become more greedy, and the virtuous circle will start again.

After some persuasion by me.Zhang Fu finally understood the value of the water pump. He nodded frequently and couldn't stop admiring. In short, he was very enthusiastic. At least I felt that he was trying to make himself eager.

"It seems that you still don't understand." I laughed first, and raised my hand to pour him a glass. the benefits of."

Zhang Fu drank it all in one gulp and nodded. "At least my little brother can't feel it. Although many rare items have been brought back from overseas over the years, all of them are fat and oily..." Saying this, he quickly blocked his mouth and coughed embarrassingly.

"What are you coughing for? You're right. The Wang family got their start because of this, and the whole world knows about it." He waved his hand and said with a smile, "There's no reason to explain it. Looking at it now, it has no other purpose except to make money. Naturally, the pumping machine It’s not as solid as that crossbow, let alone you don’t like it, even I don’t like it. But it will be different after a few years. It’s a long time in 100 years or 200 years. You will know how powerful it is in 50 years. Those whose names have been worshiped for thousands of years are worshiped by people, not only the people of Tang Dynasty, but all people worship."

"Ah!" Zhang Fu was quickened by these words, his expression was as if he had urinated and suddenly lost control halfway, it was both pleasant and uncomfortable, it was difficult to face the consequences and he wanted to pretend that he didn't know himself. "You're joking, little brother He Dehow can..."

He raised his glass and sighed, "I just thought I was joking. Oh, by the way, how is your water quality?"

Zhang Fu shook his head, and felt that the negation was too hasty, so he asked cautiously: "Is it counted as falling into a pond when I was a child? My little brother climbed up by himself."

"Forget it, your dream of sailing started in that small pond, right? When later generations wrote "The Biography of Zhang Fu", they had to give them some materials, so that they could write wonderfully."

"What dream?" Zhang Fu couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and said honestly, "Ever since I fell that once, I have always had nightmares, every time I wake up... wake up... there is water..."

"It seems that your water skills are indeed extraordinary, and you do have the ambition to sail across the ocean. Have you stopped having this dream recently?"

"..." Zhang Fu felt that he had been tricked, and smiled with aggrieved face.

"Don't laugh, it's a success without a single horoscope," stretched out his hand and made a closing motion, turned the wine glass, and asked slowly: "How far are you and Yun girl?"

"Ah?" Zhang Fu opened his mouth, as if he had stuffed a brick into it.

"Do you have any further plans? You're not too young. If you don't want to be a girl, how do you plan to arrange her?" It's not my gossip, and I don't have a good impression of the Yun family, but Yun girl is me who came from the sea of ​​fire After being rescued, he watched her grow up day by day, so he said that the eldest brother of the Wang family couldn't watch the girl suffer.

"I haven't thought about it..." Zhang Fu was a little helpless, and said unwillingly: "Actually, I have thought about it."

"Do you want it? Do you want it, or do other girls also want it?"

"Think about it, I think about it." Zhang Fu brought the flagon over annoyedly, and blew on the right spout, "You can't ignore people's life and death! You can enter Zhang's house without stepping out of the gate. And her way of life. Miss Yun loves to run up the field, and stands in the wind and rain to look up the riverside. Under the sun, people who don’t even tie their scarves go to Zhangjiaqiong’s yard to listen to my mother’s instructions ?”

"What do you mean girl?" Seeing Zhang Fu lost his composure, he patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It depends on whether the girl is willing to go back to live a moldy life with you. You can't make yourself more sacrificing just because you care about others Same, if people are willing to go to Zhang’s house? Are they willing to listen to instructions?” This is not nonsense, there are indeed many people who are willing to do so.After all, being able to marry into the Zhang family is a matter of honor and glory for the ancestors. Being a daughter-in-law in the Duke's mansion, generations of her mother's family have been honored, and even the two old guys who were burned to death in the Yun family can get a corresponding seal under the loess. head.

Zhang Fu smiled wryly, "Miss Yun probably had this idea. If she really wanted to, the little brother would have spent all these years of filial piety and planned to fight the old man for this reason, but..."