Chapter 310 Ziyu Inn
Building a waterwheel requires wood, and Heihe Village is not short of wood because the wood used to build prefabricated houses during the snow disaster is always available.
The villagers acted immediately, and hundreds of male laborers went out at the same time to move the wood out of the village and stack it by the river.
Then, according to Ye Yan'an's requirements, the axle, spokes, scrapers, water buckets, etc. of the waterwheel were made.
The villagers took up various tools and worked together, sawing, measuring, planing, hammering...
The usually quiet river beach suddenly became lively and busy.
The big move in Heihe Village alarmed the guests, and they all ran over to watch the fun.
"What are you doing? Building a ship???"
"Isn't your river big enough to use a boat?"
"It's not boat building!" the villagers laughed. "Didn't our guests say the inn is a bit stuffy? We're planning to build some water wheels to bring river water up to the roof of the inn to cool it down!"
The guests were stunned. "What did you say? You want to bring river water to the roof? This is a huge project!"
"We know it's a big project, but when we think about our guests not being comfortable, we have to overcome it no matter how difficult it is!" said the villagers.
A visitor chuckled and said, "I know you guys in Heihe Village are capable, but I'm afraid the waterwheel won't be easy to build. By the time you're done, summer will probably be over, right?"
The villagers said confidently, "That shouldn't happen! We're going to work day and night. If everything goes well, we'll be able to use it in two days!"
"It can be used in two days?" The guests were dumbfounded. "That's impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible! After all, we dug a mountain in just an hour and a half!"
The guests were speechless for a moment.
They never expected that just because they said the room was a bit stuffy, Heihe Village found a solution so quickly and acted so swiftly.
I had heard before how incredible Heihe Village was, and many people were skeptical at first, but now it seems that the rumors were not exaggerated at all.
Heihe Village is indeed different from other places.
They have witnessed this terrifying execution ability.
Because Ye Yan'an clearly stated the size and quantity of the materials needed, everyone made few mistakes and the efficiency was quite high.
Keeping an eye on the waterwheel construction in Heihe Village became a pastime for the guests. Apart from eating and sleeping, they would sit in a row on the river bank and watch the villagers busy with their work.
This lively atmosphere infected many guests, and some of them couldn't help but join in and discuss with the villagers.
At night, the burning torches lit up the river bank as bright as day. The villagers seemed tireless and only returned to the village to rest after preparing all the materials.
At dawn the next day, the villagers came to the riverbank. Their task today was to assemble and install the materials prepared yesterday.
At noon, amid the loud shouts of the crowd, a huge creature stood up in the river.
The moment the waterwheel stood up, everyone was shocked.
The waterwheel looks like an enormous carriage wheel, with the spokes having a diameter of seven zhang (more than twenty meters).
In the middle of the spokes is a large axle that is as thick as several people can hold together. The axle supports dozens of long spokes, and all the spokes extend radially in all directions.
Each spoke has a scraper and a square water bucket at the top. The scraper is used to scrape water, and the water bucket is used to hold water.
In order to install the waterwheel, the villagers built a simple dam upstream of the river with rocks, temporarily blocking the river water. Now they just need to remove the dam and the waterwheel can operate.
As the large rocks were moved away, the river water from upstream rushed in violently.
Everyone widened their eyes and held their breath involuntarily.
The river water rushed to the windmill in the blink of an eye, constantly washing the wide scraper.
"Come on!"
The little girl sat on Ye Yanping's neck, and because of excitement, her two little hands tightly grabbed Ye Yanping's hair.
Ye Yanping grimaced in pain, but still laughed, "Don't worry, my girl. Your second uncle is always reliable in critical moments!"
“Try harder!”
The villagers couldn't help but shout.
Everyone clenched their fists involuntarily, wishing they could do their bit to help the river and push the waterwheel forward.
Success or failure depends on this moment!
Under everyone's nervous gaze, the scraper finally started to move slowly!
Then, the spokes began to rotate slowly!
"It's moving! It's moving! Oh my God!"
The crowd jumped and shouted excitedly, and cheers echoed along the river bank.
With the help of water force and inertia, the entire waterwheel slowly began to turn.
The water bucket was filled with river water and was gradually lifted into the air. At the moment it reached the top, the water bucket naturally tilted and poured the water in the bucket into the aqueduct. The river water flowed along the long aqueduct to the roof of the inn.
Soon, water began to flow down from the eaves of the inn, as if it were raining heavily.
"Success!" the villagers cheered. "This is the Ziyu Pavilion! We have a Ziyu Pavilion in Heihe Village too!"
The guests were also excited, "No! It should be called Ziyu Inn, which is more appropriate!"
"I never dreamed of this! You guys built a waterwheel in just a day and a half!"
"There's the Ziyu Pavilion in the Imperial Palace and the Ziyu Inn in Heihe Village. This trip is totally worth it!"
After everyone was excited for a while, someone soon raised a question.
"However, the water brought by the waterwheel can only wet the roof of one inn. What about the other inns?"
"Yeah, it would be great if this water flow could be dispersed!"
"Don't worry, there's one last step." Ye Yan'an said confidently, "Fellow villagers, please help lift it up!"
Dozens of villagers came over carrying a wide and long board. It was called a board, but in fact it was not a board, and it was impossible to tell what material it was made of.
It was surrounded by wooden boards and looked like an oversized water tray.
But there are many holes on this water tray, so it will definitely leak if you use it to hold water.
Ye Yan'an asked the villagers to erect several pillars at designated locations and place the "plate" with holes on them.
Everyone looked up involuntarily and was shocked again.
This thing is much higher than the inn, right above the inn, covering half of the roof of the inn.
Because it is high enough, it doesn't seem oppressive.
And because there are dense holes on it, the sunlight shining through turns into star-like beams of light, which has a quite romantic atmosphere.
"Everyone, watch carefully!" Ye Yan'an said.
The water in the aqueduct poured down and landed right on this square water storage pan with a hole in it.
The water quickly flowed down the holes and splashed onto different roofs.
The ancient people had never seen a shower head. If they had, they would have found that this was actually a giant shower head.
Soon, it started to rain over half of the inn, and the raindrops flowed down the eaves onto the ground.
"Oh my God, it's amazing that someone could come up with such an idea!" The guests were amazed and completely convinced.
"With this operation, no matter how hot the weather is, the inn will never be too hot!"
"That's right. The boards above already block some of the sun, and with the water cooling it down, this inn is probably even cooler than a room with ice in it!"
Rich families would put ice cubes in their houses to cool down in the summer.
"With this Ziyu Inn, your Heihe Village will be extremely popular this summer!"
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