Volume 1, Chapter 106: Design of a Waterwheel
Ever since my family moved here, the people in the village have been asking about my family's origins intentionally or unintentionally, but they haven't found out anything. However, as my family seems to be getting richer and richer, the villagers' hearts are becoming more and more twisted.
In addition, it hasn't rained for a long time, and the fields are becoming drier and drier.
This caused many villagers to complain, sometimes cursing the unfairness of God, sometimes complaining about their own misfortunes. In short, the village was in turmoil.
However, Su Muyan didn't take all this seriously. She just lived a hands-off life, occasionally visiting to give some advice, and then waiting to get paid.
That day, Su Muyan was sitting in her hanging basket, watching TV series on her iPad in her hand, and she was laughing so hard that she was falling over.
In this state, one of Shen Yin's subordinates came to see him.
"My dear, the weather has been getting drier and drier lately. It hasn't rained in over two months. The fields in the manor we bought are already very dry!"
Su Muyan only then remembered that he had bought a lot of land and rented it out. Of course, he also kept a large portion in his hands and sent this subordinate to look after it.
I originally wanted to be a indifferent fish. This was a natural disaster or man-made disaster, and it had nothing to do with me, but it still affected my interests.
Is the drought very severe? Show me the way!
Under the guidance of his subordinates, Su Muyan put on a big straw hat and went to inspect the drought situation.
You don't know until you see it, and it's shocking. I originally thought that although it was a bit dry, I didn't think it would be that serious. But now it seems that the situation is far more serious than I imagined.
After looking around, I found that this drought affected many places, and at this rate, I'm afraid no one will get any harvest.
The most feared situation is that everyone has no harvest. In this case, every household will have no food, while their own family will enjoy eating delicious fish and meat. Sooner or later, this will cause public outrage.
Thinking of this, Su Muyan had a headache again. Damn God, why is it so difficult for me to be a salted fish?
I went to my farm and found that it was no different from the outside. Fortunately, several servants in the farm would fetch some water from the well every day to water the farm, thinking that any amount of water could be saved.
In this way, we were able to save a small piece of land and prevent them from withering.
But the effect is minimal, and there is not enough water in the well recently.
Frowning, he asked where there was water. The subordinate quickly said there was a river not far away and the water level was acceptable.
But then he said, "That's too far from the farmland, and relying on human labor to carry the crops one load at a time every day will only have a minimal effect."
In the absence of water pipes, relying on manpower is indeed too ineffective.
Forget it, no matter whether it’s useful or not, just take me to the edge of the river to take a look first!
When the two walked to the river, they found that the water flow of the river was still acceptable, but the river was quite far away from the farmland, so there were few people coming here to fetch water for irrigation.
At this time, Su Muyan carefully discovered that the geographical location of this river was a bit high, while the geographical location of the farmland was slightly lower.
If there were a waterwheel and ditches, irrigation might be possible.
Thinking of this, Su Muyan ended his inspection work for the day and returned home to think about how to get a water truck.
After returning home, Su Muyan locked herself in the room, entered the space, and prepared to look for books about the structure of waterwheels.
I remember that I collected a lot of books. Maybe there is a book about how to make a waterwheel?
If all else fails, just draw one yourself. Although you won't be able to make a finished product yourself, there are probably smart people out there, and it won't be difficult for them to find a skilled craftsman to make it.
We still have to believe that the ancient people were very smart and very dexterous.
In this way, after several hours of reading classics and looking up design drawings, he finally added some small improvements of his own after integrating the knowledge and drew the latest version of the waterwheel design.
Fortunately, I had done sketching and other paintings before, so I had some basic drawing skills. I could draw these clearly so that they could see them clearly.
Notes have also been added to some of the more difficult to understand parts, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to create them.
After drawing the design, Su Muyan went to find the village chief. It was already good enough that she could draw the design for them. She was not a saint who would cover for them every day.
What Su Muyan wanted was to give the design drawings to the village chief, let them build it themselves, and then use it to irrigate their own fields.
They are grateful for a little and resentful for a big. Anyway, these people are not good people. It’s good enough that they can give me the design drawings.
After handing the design to the seemingly astute village chief, he flattered them and left immediately. If he didn't leave, the village chief should have said he would pay for them to build one. He was not stupid.
After returning home, Su Muyan told everyone about this matter, but no one said anything.
"By the way, our farm doesn't expect to use their waterwheel. Here's the design. Let's find someone to build it tomorrow and then we can install one ourselves."
We use our own water trucks to get all the irrigation water for our farm so we don't have to compete with the villagers.
After he finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.
Anyway, the villagers here are not very united, so there is no need to follow them and clean up their messes for them.
Most of them were exiles, and many of them still had the same arrogance as before, but they would not be grateful to you, but would instead turn the tables on you, so Su Muyan never thought about getting involved with them from the beginning to the end.
Su Yi took the design drawing and said, "I will go to the town to look for the Lu Ban Workshop tomorrow morning. It is said that the man there is very clever and skillful. Most of the furniture is made there. I think it should be possible to make it."
If it really doesn't work, I'll go find someone else and try my luck with him first.
"Okay, then you should go early tomorrow morning!"
Su Yi agreed, and after this incident, everyone had nothing to do.
They just went about their own business. Su Muyan had no idea what they were busy with anyway.
I turned around and went back to my room to sleep. I always feel sleepy easily lately and always feel like I don’t get enough sleep!
The others were busy in the kitchen, washing and rinsing.
Shen Youchu sat in the yard, embroidering a handkerchief stitch by stitch, while Su Muxue would occasionally look at the ants and play with her fingers. In short, everyone was busy with their own things, and Su Muyan didn't bother to care.
Anyway, life is good now, we don’t have to worry about food and clothing, and we have enough pocket money, so let them be!
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