reborn princess

Chapter 500 Building a Waterwheel
Shen Luo came in from the outside, followed by Brother Zhuo with small arms and legs. Shen Luo was very concerned about Brother Zhuo, and he wanted to train Brother Zhuo out. Brother Zhuo was only three years old now, and he started to teach him exercises Yes, taking medicinal baths and pinching acupoints every day, nothing will fall, and the effort spent on Zhuo Ge'er is ten thousand times more than that on Shen Weilan.

Shen Weilan wasn't jealous at all, there was nothing she could do about it, she herself had missed the best age for learning martial arts, and it was not easy to learn martial arts to the present level.

On the contrary, she also hoped that Shen Luo would spend more time on Brother Zhuo'er, after all, Brother Zhuo was her own younger brother, if he had the ability, he would avoid being bullied in the future.

"Lan'er, you went to the capital city, how do you feel?" Shen Luo sat down, took the tea poured by Youran, took a sip, and sent Zhuo Geer away to play by himself. asked.

Shen Weilan thought for a while, and answered, "Every step is in danger! But it can still be handled!"

"This time, it's just testing the waters. After all, you are a child. Even if those people want to touch you, they have to show face. But next time, it will be different. You have to be prepared." Shen Luochen soundtrack. "The next time I go back, it will be bloody and bloody, and the forces of all parties are in a state of endless death!"

Shen Weilan pursed her lips and nodded, "I know! My martial arts is too bad, I will work hard!"

"I heard you saw Wen Mo?" Shen Luo asked casually.

Sui Youran held the scissors in his hand, and was thinking about cutting the cut silk material, when he heard his question, his hands trembled, and the scissors fell onto the kang.

Shen Luo sighed, sat over, and pulled her to sit beside him, "With me here, are you still afraid that he will eat your mother and daughter?"

"I..." With a nervous and ashamed expression on his face, Sui Youran lowered his head and said in a low voice. "I... I'm just afraid that he will come and snatch Zhuo brother away from me. After all, he is the current prime minister..."

"Being the prime minister is nothing!" Shen Luo sneered at Wen Mo. "If you do this again, I will think you still have him in your heart, and I will be jealous!"

"No!" Hearing the words, Sui Youran quickly raised his head and explained with a panicked expression on his face. "I really forgot about him a long time ago, my husband, I'm already yours, so how can I still miss him?"

Shen Luo chuckled, raised his hand and rubbed her head, and said softly: "Okay, I got it!"

Shen Weilan rolled her eyes at the side and said: "Father, even if you want to make out with my mother, at least you pick when I'm not around, aren't you afraid that I'll be the eye of a needle?"

Shen Luoyi smiled pointedly, "Are you still afraid of the eye of a needle? After spending several months with that brat from the Xuan family, I thought your skin would have been thickened a long time ago!"

Shen Weilan's face turned red in an instant, she seriously doubted whether this cheap father had followed them halfway, otherwise, how could she have said such suspicious words?
In the future, she must take advantage of his absence to inquire with her mother.

Sui Youran took a look at Shen Luo, complaining that he shouldn't make fun of his daughter, and corrected his expression: "By the way, Lan'er, Lin Zijun, Lin Hongyuan's son, came back from the south. He came back years ago and came to see you. No. He said he was going to build a waterwheel or something, so your father asked me to give him 240 taels of silver. I heard that he had already set up the waterwheel. Two days ago, my father went to see it and said it was good. , With the waterwheel, the people in the village don’t have to carry water to irrigate the fields, which saves a lot of trouble.”

Shen Weilan thought of this person. Three years ago, Xuan Chen recommended him to go to the south to learn how to make waterwheels.

Thinking that this year happened to be a year of disaster, Shen Weilan's heart relaxed. With this waterwheel, no matter how dry this year's weather is, it won't be as it was in the previous life.

Shen Luo praised from the side: "The waterwheel is really good. It can turn the waterwheel with the water flow, and then send water to the ground. It's really a good thing!"

Shen Weilan couldn't help but wanted to go and have a look. After discussing with Xuan Chen, the group arrived at Li's home.

There happened to be a tributary of the Cangling River near Lijiayuan. This is a river dug by hand for the purpose of irrigating the nearby farmland.

Now there are two huge wooden wheels standing next to this tributary, which are turning slowly. The wooden box fixed on the wooden wheel comes to the bottom of the wooden wheel as the wooden wheel rotates. The bottom of the wooden wheel is the water , The wooden box scoops up the water automatically, and then rotates upwards with the thrust generated by the water flow. When it reaches the top, there is a horizontal wooden groove at the top. When the mouth of the wooden box is flushed down, water will be automatically poured into the wooden groove.

There is a hole in the middle of the wooden trough, and the water flows out along the wooden trough, and then flows into another wooden trough, and another wooden trough stands in the field, which is in the shape of a T with this wooden trough, and there is also a hole on one side of the wooden trough, through which the water flows. It flows out naturally and falls into the ditch on the ground.

At the bottom of the wooden trough, there is another wooden trough slightly lower than it, like a relay, to catch the water that did not flow out of the hole. There are several such wooden troughs in the whole field. The water flowing from the wooden trough can flow into the water storage ditches dug in advance in the field.

From a long distance, everyone saw many people gathered beside the wooden wheels, pointing at the two wooden wheels.

"This is the waterwheel?" This is not the first time for Shen Weilan to see a waterwheel. In her previous life, when she was studying at the Royal Women's Academy, she would occasionally see a few waterwheels as she passed by the fields, but she still put on a look. Surprised look.

Lin Zijun said respectfully at the side: "Yes, this is a waterwheel. Most of the waterwheels in the south are made of bamboo. We have no bamboo in the north, so we have to use wood. But the principle is the same, they all use the power of water to move water." car, to do it all."

Shen Weilan nodded, "Zi Jun, you have worked hard!"

Lin Zijun said modestly: "The villain can do a little bit for the eldest lady, which is something that the villain can't even ask for, so it's not hard work."

Suddenly, Shen Weilan saw a young man approaching in front of him, instinctively stopped, bent his knees slightly, and saluted the man, "My lord!"

Xuan Chen also cupped his fists at the prince, "Why are you in such a good mood today?"

The prince smiled inexplicably, and said: "I just received an official document saying that we will vigorously promote water trucks and build water conservancy facilities. I heard that the water trucks here have already been built. Brother Chen, why are you running away?" Go ahead of me."

Xuan Chen raised the corners of his lips slightly, "What are you talking about, my lord? Building water trucks is not free. No matter how hard your lord works, those country gentry may not believe that water trucks can really help irrigate the fields. I will do this It is also for the sake of adults, with these two waterwheels here, the gentry near Liao City will follow suit, and then adults will not need to bother to promote them, they will come to adults to ask for the construction of waterwheels."

Although what he said sounds a bit preposterous, the prince knows that what he said is the truth. It costs at least more than 100 taels of silver to build such a waterwheel. This refers to the cost of materials, not counting labor. , If labor costs are added, it will be more expensive.

With today's manpower, the corvee workers who build the city wall of thousands of miles can only get 20 copper coins a day. They work hard for a month and work every day, and they can only get six silver coins. They have to work for [-] years, and the money they earn is enough. Such a waterwheel was built.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the common people to spend money to build water tankers.

As for those rich squires, nine out of ten are benevolent people who want money and risk their lives. It is very difficult for them to spend so much money to build a waterwheel that does not know how effective it will be.

After the prince received the official document to build a waterwheel, he summoned dozens of wealthy gentry near Liaocheng, hoping that they could spend money to build a few waterwheels, which could water their own fields and benefit the people nearby. .

But these squires had limited knowledge, and had never seen what a waterwheel was, so they all tightly held their money bags, for fear that the crown prince would rob them of their money.

The prince was having a hard time thinking about this matter, but he heard that Shen Weilan had a Zhuangzi in Lijiayuan's side, and now he just built two waterwheels, so he came here to see how the effect was. After all, he was very concerned about the waterwheel He had only heard about it, and he didn't know whether the real waterwheel could help irrigate the fields.

Just like what Xuan Chen said, these two waterwheels can be considered as a help to him.

"You bastard, you just don't want to suffer." The prince couldn't help laughing, and then turned his attention to Shen Weilan. "Miss Shen, I've made you spend money."

"It's not costly." Shen Weilan frowned, and said lightly, now that she sees the prince, she can already feel very calm. She had no fate in that life, and she has never been attracted to him in this life. Treat it like a stranger.

But the crown prince didn't seem to want to let her go, so he wanted to talk to her, "I heard that the craftsman who built the water tanker belongs to you?"

"Yes!" Shen Weilan said, turning her face and winking at Lin Zijun. "Zi Jun, I haven't seen you yet!"

Lin Zijun hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to the prince, "My lord, please forgive me for not being able to recognize my lord because of my blind eyes."

Lin Hongyuan also knelt down to him in panic.

"Get up!" The prince waved his hand. "Those who are away from home, don't make these false rituals."

As he said that, he looked at Shen Weilan with a smile and said: "Miss Shen, can you lend me your craftsman? I want to borrow him to work in the workshop for a few months!"

Shen Weilan raised her eyebrows slightly, "Since my lord shows love, why would he be unwilling? But since I am his master, I have to think about it for him. Will my lord pay for the loan?"

Hearing her question, the crown prince couldn't help laughing, "You, you, Brother Tong Chen really looks like his mother, and he always raises money."

"Brothers settle accounts clearly." Shen Weilan didn't know whether he was praising herself or belittling herself, but she still said it in a serious manner. "Then will the adults give it or not?"

(End of this chapter)