I am a thief in the Tang Dynasty

"I'm sure the waterwheel will work."

"I suggest you ask His Majesty and others to come and check out the results. Also, take the sketch away directly. Take it out of the city tomorrow morning, no, tonight."

Chapter 85 Your Majesty: What is this?

Yan Xuansui paused, stared at Fang Yiyi seriously and continued:

"According to your previous naive nature and your contribution in donating the coal mine, the emperor will not blame you, but will only praise you for your pure heart that cares about the country and the people."

"With the Emperor standing up for you, those people can only accept the fact."

The plan coincided with Fang Yiyi's, and was brought out by Yan Xuansui.

Fang Yiyi smiled and stretched out his hand: "Qide, you and I are in tune with each other, just like brothers with different surnames. Your plan coincides with mine!"

"Hahaha, fine, then you and I swear by the stars and the moon that tonight, we will become brothers with different surnames!"

Yan Xuansui's eyes sparkled and his smile was brilliant.

It is so rare to find like-minded brothers.

Fang Yiyi, in this world, has his first comrade-in-arms with the same goal!

Snapped!

There was a high-five sound, and the two palms were clenched together.

Under the stars and bright moon.

The two young men were in high spirits.

Fang Yiyi raised his lips slightly and said confidently: "Don't worry, tomorrow I will treat you to a good show!"

"Okay!" Yan Xuansui grinned, his face full of anticipation.

......

Noon the next day.

Li Shimin, who had just finished lunch, received a report from the Chief of Works.

He looked at the description on the memorial, and rarely lost his composure. He read the memorial several times, walked out of the hall with the gait of a dragon or a tiger, and said in a hurry:

"Prepare the horses, go to the prison, and tell all the gentlemen to go over!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

The eunuch Zhang Ananda immediately agreed.

The same instructions were quickly transmitted from the Taiji Hall to all parts of Chang'an City.

One after another, the horses were galloping in the Imperial City and Chang'an City, converging towards the same goal.

In front of the river that will be introduced into the prison.

Many figures gathered together, looking at the round object standing on the river, and made endless exclamations of admiration.

Wow~

Fang Yiyi looked at the waterwheel that was exactly the same as the one in his memory, moving slowly along with the gentle flow of water.

Streams of clear river water were scooped up by buckets and brought to a high place, then flowed down the trough and fell into the water tank in front of everyone.

Yan Xuansui said excitedly: "What? I told you it would work!"

Fang Yiyi gave Yan Xuansui a thumbs up and said admiringly, "Brother, you are amazing."

Yan Xuansui gladly accepted the compliment and glanced at the pretty girl standing in the distance, looking at the results, and asked in a low voice:

"Wanwan is not as lively as before today. She looks listless and her eyes look at you with resentment."

"What did you two do in the house last night?"

Fang Yiyi smiled bitterly and said, "You saw what happened yesterday. I kept my hand raised and didn't touch her, but I didn't do anything!"

He then added:

"Maybe he feels embarrassed, that's why he acts like this."

The two looked at each other, neither of them could figure it out, so they simply stopped thinking about it and continued to look at the results of their joint efforts with joy.

Dai Wanwan, who was in the distance, glanced at the thin and tall figure from time to time, curled her lips, and said unhappily:

"Fang Xingzhi, although I took the initiative last night, I am a girl after all. You touched my body but didn't say a word to me. I don't want you to apologize, but at least you should say one word!"

"Humph, how abominable! I spent so much time and effort to help you build the waterwheel. I even rubbed my hands raw from making the parts this morning!"

Thinking of this, Dai Wanwan felt aggrieved and looked at her slender and white hands, which had several bloodstains of varying depths.

Tread!

The sound of galloping horses, which was impossible to happen in the Works Bureau, was like thunder.

Everyone followed the sound.

Chapter 86: A Genius

After a few breaths.

Wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, the mighty Li Shimin rode his horse and whipped it. With superb riding skills, he crossed the threshold and the platform and came in front of everyone in an extremely elegant manner.

He pulled the reins, and the horse under him raised its front hooves high. Its hard hooves left two long marks on the stone slabs.

De Lu Lu~

Amid the loud neighing of horses.

Li Shimin dismounted from his horse in an extremely elegant manner.

In the past, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin led a mighty army to pacify the world and made countless enemies tremble in fear. After ascending the throne and becoming emperor, although he is busy with government affairs, his skills are still as good as before!

Li Shimin walked quickly to the waterwheel, his dragon eyes staring at the rotating waterwheel.

"I've met the emperor!"

Yan Lide and others immediately bowed and saluted Li Shimin.

"Lord Yan, how about this new waterwheel?"

Yan Lide, who was extremely excited, said quickly:

"Your Majesty, it can be turned even when the water is flowing slowly. The amount of water it can produce in one rotation is twice that of a drum wheel. The faster the river flows, the faster it can be turned. It can be used to build riverbanks in all kinds of terrain."

"Most importantly, any carpenter can create accessories according to the atlas and assemble them. Once promoted, it will benefit people all over the world."

At this point, Yan Lide's eyes sparkled with tears, and he said solemnly:

"Your Majesty, we in the Tang Dynasty no longer have to worry about running out of food!"

"The day when people all over the world no longer have to worry about having enough food is not far away!!!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and two tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

The new waterwheel can produce twice as much water in one rotation as the best waterwheel today, it rotates faster, and can be used on all kinds of terrain.

The numerous fields in the Tang Dynasty no longer had to worry about insufficient water and the inability to irrigate them.

By then, it will be easier to get water, and people can reclaim more wasteland and irrigate more fields.

No need to worry anymore about having fields but no water for irrigation.

Thinking that there is no more wasteland in the fields, all I can see is golden waves of wheat.

The Tang emperor, who never showed his emotions, was unable to suppress his inner excitement at this moment.

"Good, good, good! Hahaha, the day will come when the people of the Tang Dynasty can have enough food to eat!"

The emperor was very pleased and Li Shimin laughed happily.

More and more people gathered in front of the waterwheel.

Li Jing, Du Ruhui, and many other gentlemen, including Fang Yiyi's father Fang Xuanling, were all present.

They looked at the turning waterwheel and listened to the description whispered to them by the supervisor. They were all shocked beyond words and their faces were filled with joy and excitement.

"Well done, the Chief of Works has really made a great contribution this time. Our Great Tang will prosper soon!"

"I thought the barrel wheel was an important water conservancy device, but I didn't expect that there was a master in the Ministry of Construction who made such a water conservancy device. It will go down in history!"

"Hahaha, that's great. We don't have to worry about not having enough food anymore. The people of the Tang Dynasty are blessed!"

"Whoever created such a magical water conservancy device is truly a lucky star for our Tang Dynasty. He deserves a huge reward!"

.......

Countless compliments echoed throughout this world, and finally turned into one question.

Who built this waterwheel?

Pairs of grateful eyes searched the prison.

When they saw Fang Yiyi, they were all a little surprised and didn't understand why he appeared here.

Considering that Fang Yiyi had a good relationship with Yan Xuansui, and that he always came to the Works Supervisory Office to look for interesting mechanical toys, he probably just happened to come across them today.

They decisively ignored the remains of the room and searched for possible figures.

Finally, they all fell on Yan Xuansui, who was full of pride.

Chapter 87 The First Female Political Officer

Du Ruhui, who was standing next to Yan Liben, said with a smile:

"Brother Yan, congratulations! Your nephew Qi De has actually created such a magical water conservancy device. His name will go down in history! The Yan family has a successor. Congratulations!"

Yan Liben, who was very elegant, stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"Qide participated in the construction of the new waterwheel. Although he made contributions, he can't be considered the first contributor. However, it is still very good!"

Du Ruhui was immediately stunned and asked in confusion:

"Isn't that Qi De? Who is the head of the General Works Department?"

Yan Liben grinned and said mysteriously: "Just wait and see!"

The conversation between the two could not be suppressed, and the people around them listened in, and everyone's face showed curiosity about who had created this new water wheel.

The supervisors all smiled mysteriously and kept silent, making their curious hearts feel like they had been scratched by a cat.

Fang Xuanling looked at his son standing next to Yan Xuansui and raised his eyebrows. A mysterious premonition emerged in his mind.

A look of deep worry suddenly appeared on his face, and his heart was trembling wildly!

at this time.

Li Shimin flicked his dragon robe and looked majestically at the two young men standing side by side behind him.

He said in a clear voice: "Yan Xuansui, the eldest son of the Yan family, participated in the construction of the new waterwheel and made great contributions. He was awarded the seventh rank of Sinong Temple and was in charge of cultivating the garrison and focusing on the construction and promotion of the new waterwheel!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Yan Xuansui immediately bowed and saluted with his arms crossed, his face full of joy.

Yan Xuansui, who originally had no official status, was directly promoted to a seventh-rank official, in charge of the most important military farming and arable land management in the Tang Dynasty, and was also responsible for promoting new water wheels.

After the new waterwheel replaced the barrel wheel in all prefectures and counties, the mass production in the Tang Dynasty increased dramatically. This achievement would allow him to easily rank among the fifth rank, or even better, rank among the fourth rank scarlet.

Yan Lide and Yan Liben naturally knew the ins and outs of this and immediately smiled happily.

Li Shimin looked at the lovely Dai Wanwan with a look of satisfaction and said:

"Dai Wanwan, the daughter of Minister of Civil Affairs Dai Zhou, participated in the construction of a new waterwheel and made great contributions. She was awarded 100 taels of gold, 100 acres of fertile land, and was promoted to the rank of the ninth-rank military commander!"

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, she was the first woman who was not a female official to serve as an official. Although she was of the ninth rank, she was also a formal government official who was in contact with state affairs and was in a very important position such as the Supervisor of the Military Affairs.

When this reward was announced, everyone was shocked.

Subconsciously, she wanted to dissuade the emperor from setting a precedent for women to serve as government officials.

But thinking of the great contribution made by the Minister of Civil Affairs Dai Zhou, and the great contribution made by Dai Wanwan in building this new waterwheel, they all kept silent.

Everyone looked at Dai Zhou with envy, his eyes wide open in surprise and joy.