Chapter 159 Kindness
"Go ahead."
Xie Yanyan's tone was gentle and very firm.
Xie Anfeng and Xu Wenrong discussed it and went to find Li Rong.
Xu Wenrong said: "A week ago, I sent a message to the Xu family, and a set of drainage mechanism was delivered to the family. Now that the government has issued the notice, let's take down the notice."
Xie Anfeng was deeply moved when he heard Xu Wenrong's words. Xu Wenrong was putting the entire reputation of the Xu family on the line.
The Xu family in Suizhou has many talented people, so it is normal that they can build a drainage mechanism.
Li Rong immediately went to uncover the government notice, and within a quarter of an hour, Prefect Yan heard the news.
When he came out, he saw that it was Li Rong and Young Master Xu, followed by the little girl who said that crucian carp was not a fish.
"Once the water is drained, the reward will be given immediately."
Xie Yanyan shook his head: "No reward."
"So what do you want?"
"Let's pump out the water from the moat, and the fish in it will be ours."
If the water in the moat is really drained out, the problem of water accumulation in the city will be solved.
"Okay, if you can drain the water from the moat, you can catch as many fish as you want." Prefect Yan said happily.
Back at the inn, the people in the big bunk bed had already heard that they were going to take down the government's list, and they all came over to ask Xie Yanyan: "Miss Xie, do you want our help?"
"We can use basins to scoop out the water."
“You can dig trenches.”
Tang Zhan also came over: "Miss Xie, I have strength, you can assign any work to me."
Xie Yanyan looked at them. They were all in tattered clothes and looked sick, but their faces showed a desire to live.
Everyone fell silent and looked at her eagerly.
"Have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow morning, go outside to catch fish in the moat. Whoever catches the fish gets it." She said calmly.
In one sentence, everyone's eyes lit up.
"Does the government allow us to fish it out?"
"I will make an agreement with them. I won't ask for the reward money, but I will catch fish for you."
Everyone paused for a moment, then burst into loud cheers, some so happy that they cried.
"Thank you, Miss Xie."
"Thank you, Miss San."
At dusk, Xie Yanyan went out of the city with an umbrella. Not long after, he returned to the inn with an umbrella.
"Father, the water pump has been delivered."
"Where?"
"At the city gate."
Xie Anfeng hurriedly put on his straw raincoat and went out with her. Sure enough, on the street outside the city there was a pile of long and short iron pipes, iron wheels with slots, black iron weights, and ropes with many round leather plugs strung on them.
There is also a waterproof iron box. When you open it, you will find wrenches and other tools, as well as two silk sheets of assembly instructions.
The manual is in traditional Chinese!!
Xie Yanyan: Xiaomei is quite reliable.
[Yes, Xiaomei does the job, she doesn’t need an awl to sew the soles of shoes, she is really good at it]
Xie Yanyan:
Xie Anfeng called Xu Wenrong and Li Rong and said that the water pump had been delivered.
Xie Yanyan thought about it and called Xie Yong to go find Governor Yan.
When Prefect Yan heard that the gift had been delivered, he ran over immediately without even having his meal.
Install and try it out.
Soon, the first manual water wheel pump was installed.
Xie Yanyan said to Xu Wenrong: "Cousin, shake the handle."
Xu Wenrong turned the handle of the iron wheel on the high tree stump, and saw the accumulated water being pumped out along the pipe.
It doesn't require much strength at all, anyone who eats two steamed buns for a meal can do this job.
Prefect Yan looked at the thick pipe with a diameter as big as a bowl and thought to himself: It must have cost a lot of silver to make this iron pipe!
All pipe connections are made of leather soft tubes, and the interfaces are all screw-on.
This was the first time Xu Wenrong had seen it, and he was learning while assembling it.
Xie Yanyan said to Xie Yong: "Brother, you should study hard and watch carefully. You don't see this kind of mechanical art every day."
Xie Yong dismantled and reassembled all the parts that Xu Wenrong had assembled, and Prefect Yan also found his craftsmen to learn from him.
If they pay money to buy a device like this, they will definitely research it out, and maybe they can even sell it to generate income.
Seeing the accumulated water decreasing rapidly, Prefect Yan was so happy that his beard stood on end. He smiled and negotiated with Xu Wenrong if he could sell them one at a lower price.
Xu Wenrong glanced at Xie Yanyan, and Xie Yanyan stretched out five fingers.
Xu Wenrong: "Fifty thousand taels."
Prefect Yan almost fell down and said pitifully, "Master Xu, Yongxing City doesn't have a salt market like Chencheng. Here we only have local people selling vegetables. We are so poor!"
Xie Yanyan whispered to Xie Anfeng: "Five thousand."
Xie Anfeng said to Xu Wenrong, "When Ning'er's wife gave birth a few days ago, Governor Yan sent her eleven fish. I will accept five thousand taels to thank Governor Yan for loving his people like his own children."
Xu Wenrong's mouth twitched. Enthusiastic about giving fish? It was all thanks to his sister's sophistry!
He thought that Xie Yanyan's five fingers were worth fifty thousand taels.
Five thousand taels is a bit too cheap.
"Since my cousin said so, then let's give him five thousand taels. Governor Yan is saving people, and we are also saving people."
Only then did Prefect Yan take a good look at Xie Anfeng and Xie Yanyan.
Only at this moment did he realize that the father and daughter, who in his eyes had almost no presence, were the most powerful.
No, why did he feel that Master Xu and his cousin both listened to that girl?
Prefect Yan stood guard at the front line and gathered several strong men from the people, who took turns turning the turbine. All that could be heard was the sound of rushing water.
In the middle of the night, Prefect Yan couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep on the table.
Xie Yanyan took a nap and woke up at four o'clock in the morning. He scanned the water in the city and found that a lot of the accumulated water had been drained, but there was too much water in the moat and it would take a week for manual labor to pump it out.
On a dark and windy night, when the drainage was cheated! She just did her best to the end.
The accumulated water in the city and the water in the moat instantly reached her three-dimensional space, and the open space instantly turned into a new lake.
Naturally, a lot of fish in the moat also followed.
Originally, I wanted to transfer the water to a distant place, but there were farmlands outside. Although they were not very fertile, they were still farmlands and crops were planted there.
Forget it, I'll release it next time when I find a dry place.
Prefect Yan was sleeping soundly, and the lawyer woke him up by shouting.
"My lord, my lord, the water is all gone."
"What? Finished smoking?"
Prefect Yan put on his raincoat and immediately ran out with his master. The guards happily held up lanterns and said, "Master Yan, the water is gone."
After walking around for a long time, I found that all the water in the city had disappeared. I went to the moat and found that the water in the river had also disappeared.
The water in the moat was only half a foot deep, and the river crucian carp kept splashing in the water.
As soon as he saw the crucian carp, Governor Yan immediately said, "Quick, find someone to surround the moat. Miss Xie wants to fish, and no one else is allowed to get close."
When Prefect Yan realized that crucian carp is not a fish, he was delighted like a child and laughed out loud: "Wrong, it's not catching fish! It's catching crucian carp, silver carp, and black carp, hahahaha."
At five o'clock in the morning, Governor Yan came to the inn and tried his best to persuade Li Rong and his friends to stay for another day, saying that he wanted to fulfill his role as a good host.
Li Rong said to the people sleeping in the big bunk bed, "Hurry up and get up. Miss Xie has drained all the water from the moat. Go fish. Whatever you catch is yours."
Xie Tingting asked: "Can I catch it?"
"Miss Xie said that everyone can be caught, and whoever catches the first one will own it. It depends on your ability how many you catch."
I have something urgent to do today. I will thank you all tomorrow for your rewards, monthly votes, and messages yesterday.
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