Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 964: Front and Back
There is no shortage of people to accompany you. Just like that, before Mai Xiang could bring in the confinement meal, Mr. Gu from her family came back.

What kind of confinement room is this? It's not allowed for men to enter. There isn't one. But it's obvious that she had washed up before coming in. She looked very clean and refreshed.

Unlike her, it was only the first day, but she could smell a whiff of sweat in her hair, plus a faint smell of blood.

So dirty.

"I just got the news this afternoon that your second brother and Uncle Chang Qing had rested for a night in Zhoujia Village on their way back and were heading over to us.

They may rest in our Qilizhuang Village tonight, right? I didn't expect that Qilizhuang Village would be useful so soon, right? "

The so-called Qilizhuang Manor, Zhou Banxia didn’t know why the place was called Qilizhuang. It was called this name when he purchased the manor through the pawnbroker.

But compared with the several farms purchased from the county government, it is not surprising that Qilizhuang Farm was put into use earlier, after all, it was acquired the earliest.

Furthermore, for a manor to be called a manor, most of the original owners have decent wealth. Even if it is passed down from generation to generation to the children and grandchildren, and they fall into poverty, there has never been anyone stupid enough to let the manor collapse and depreciate the value of the manor. In any case, the head of the manor will be asked to maintain and repair it.

Yes, when money was tight, the valuable furnishings in the manor were sold off, so it is not surprising that it could be put into use so quickly.

After all, after buying the manor, apart from changing the owner and re-signing contracts with the tenants, the manor will only need to be further repaired, and it won't take too long.

Similarly, the villages along the way were originally for resting, so it was not surprising that they would stop at Qili Village on their way from Zhoujia Village.
I think that among the villages along the way, not only Qili Village has been put into use, but the others, such as the village closest to Qinghe County, should also have been completed.

It’s just that it might be dark when we arrive at Qilizhuang on the way, so we might as well rest in Qilizhuang for a night and continue our journey early the next morning.

This is the beauty of having your own farm along the way. If you don't need to hurry, you can enjoy yourself and walk slowly without worrying about sleeping in the wilderness at night.

Unfortunately, so far only the road from Qinghe County to Dingzhou Prefecture and the provincial capital has been successfully opened, and it is impossible to extend the village along the way to the capital.

Not to mention whether there are enough assets to take over the farms along the way in that direction, even if there are, once you leave the city area, it would be like pulling teeth out of a tiger's mouth.

"..." I'll make you feel sorry for it! Gu Wenxuan laughed dumbly, leaving the topic aside, and talked about the improvement of farm tools that Qian Huaizhi had mentioned before.

"He doubted you?"

"Don't get excited, it's not like that." Gu Wenxuan knew that Zhou Banxia was referring to whether Qian Huaizhi suspected that Lord Zhao's drawings were made by him.

He quickly gave the answer, then patted her to signal her to lie down, "What are you thinking about? How is that possible! He mentioned the windmill to me before. Do you still remember the windmill?"

It's good that it's not true. Otherwise, it's better to be honest in life and work. I almost broke out in a sweat! Yes, I was thinking wrong!

Knowing that she was in confinement, how could Xuanzi mention improving farm tools now if he was really suspected by Senior Brother Qian! Zhou Banxia immediately blinked innocently, "Which one is playing windmill?"

"That winnowing wheel."

Oh, this windmill, "I know." Isn't it the winnowing fan wheel used to separate chaff from grains as recorded in "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature". No, "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" was written by Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty. According to Wu Mengxue's "The Introduction and Application of Chinese Science and Technology by Europeans in the Ming and Qing Dynasties", which page records it?

She is not bragging. The greatest wealth she gained from those years of studying history was that she read so many documents. Even if she doesn't remember them very clearly after so many years, she still has an impression of them.

This type of winnowing wheel was brought to Europe by Dutch sailors during the Qing Dynasty. It seems that around the same time, foreigners also imported this type of winnowing wheel directly from southern my country.

Could it be that this kind of winnowing machine has appeared in the south now, and Qian Huaizhi even used this winnowing machine to talk to you about how to improve agricultural tools?

"This windmill, is there one in the south?" Anyway, in the north, which is the important area next to the capital, she had never seen it nor heard anyone mention it.

Gu Wenxuan nodded when he heard this, "Yes, there is already this windmill. Senior Brother Qian saw it with his own eyes before. According to him, it first appeared in Jiangning."

Jiangning?

It was the capital of Jiangnan East Road during the Song Dynasty. Even now it is still the political, economic, and cultural center of the southeast region. It is not surprising that it appeared there first.

If we calculate in time, the Ming Dynasty was missing and Daliang came into being. The wheel of history has been rolling, and it is reasonable that this kind of grain-fanning cart has appeared today.

"So?" Zhou Banxia raised an eyebrow. "People in the south use this to blow away the light chaff, but people in the north still use winnowing or winnowing with a winnowing basket. Senior Brother Qian wanted to improve this thing to see if it could be used in the north, and he discussed it with you. How did he know that you were proficient in this business?"

Gu Wenxuan smiled and shook his head, pointing to the window, "Workshop, to be precise, it's not that he saw that I am proficient in this business, but he is optimistic about you.

It may be that your master leaves such an outstanding impression on people. As her only disciple, Senior Brother Qian feels that you have not yet shown your true abilities.

Like yesterday, I intentionally let him see the oil press, and he was not surprised at the oil yield at all. He even said that you and I are a perfect match. Didn’t I learn carpentry?
You say, "I'll do it," and we work together very well. I think he feels that there is nothing we can't accomplish, and he has full confidence in us.

If you weren't about to give birth and had to stay in confinement, do you believe he would have wanted me to pull you over to chat? But it's almost time, isn't his wife going to be here soon? "

sweat!
Her master was indeed very outstanding. To use her uncle's words to sum it up, her master had been very wise and almost like an immortal since she was young. She was a rare and extraordinary woman that could only be seen once in a century.

But, God is my witness, in her memory, her master was indeed an extraordinary woman, but she was not proficient in everything, not even in the art of mechanical engineering.

Not to mention, she has only learned the basics from her master, so how can she show her real skills yet!
"He thinks too highly of me!" Zhou Banxia shook her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Did you even tell him that we are so successful here thanks to the hard work of those old masters?"

"Yes, I have."

How could I not mention it!

It’s not easy to tell him that my husband and I have a research and development team, but nothing can stand up to scrutiny, and we didn’t want to hide it from him.

Rather than waiting for him to find out someday in the future, it is better to mention it vaguely now, so that he won't think I was not sincere to him someday in the future.

How could such an obvious loophole not have been mentioned in advance? It's not like I didn't mention it to him. It's just that the masters hadn't worked together well at the beginning, and later they forgot to mention it to him. Can you blame me for this?