Chapter 592 Dilemma
"This thing is called a waterwheel." Zhuang Jingye said, "It was Ning's idea. She drew the design, and our county magistrate hired skilled craftsmen to make it specifically for irrigating farmland."
"Not only in our village, but also in the surrounding villages, water trucks will be installed one after another. The crops in the fields will be completely saved in the future."
"Yes, we are completely saved!" The villagers were also very excited. They just stood around the magical waterwheel and looked at it. Many people also tried to step on it and give it a try.
Seeing this, Zhuang Jingye hurriedly began to recruit people who were willing to pedal the waterwheel every day, and promised to pay them enough wages every day.
The source of wages was that each household shared a share according to the number of fields and handed it over to him, who would then distribute it uniformly.
In this way, it can be ensured that the fields of everyone in the village can be irrigated without delaying the normal work of the workshops in the village, thus achieving neither delay.
After Zhuang Jingye said this, some young laborers came to him to sign up and volunteered to operate the waterwheel. There were also some elderly aunts and uncles who took the initiative to offer to be responsible for cooking and delivering meals every day, and they even said that there would be enough white flour, rice and eggs.
Seeing this, other people took the initiative to bring out their own chickens, ducks, fish and meat to serve as a main dish to those who were pedaling the waterwheels.
Seeing that they could not help, the little children offered to take out palm-leaf fans and fan the people who were working to keep them cooler.
In short, everyone is thinking about what they can do and trying their best to work together with everyone to overcome this difficult time.
Seeing this, Zhuang Jingye felt extremely relieved.
The villagers of Enji Village are truly worthy of their name. They never let us down at critical moments and always work together to move forward.
Upon seeing this, Zhuang Qingning and Chu Jinnian smiled at each other, and helped Zhuang Jingye and the yamen runners to fix the waterwheel more firmly. Then they assigned each of them the work to be done. After it was decided, they did not waste any time and started working the waterwheel day and night.
While Enji Village was busy, the people in the nearby villages were also busy. With the help of the yamen runners, they set up water wheels and began to irrigate the farmland.
Since the waterwheel was effective, Xu Zhengping did not dare to delay. He simply summoned carpenters from all over the county and worked day and night to make waterwheels according to the drawings, ensuring that each village had at least two waterwheels for irrigation.
Seeing that the drought situation had been alleviated and the panic-mongering talk about the drought had disappeared, Xu Zhengping and Ding Gaochang also breathed a sigh of relief.
As for Chu Jinnian, after the waterwheel test was successful, he immediately sent people to send the drawings to Lu, dug canals to divert water, and irrigated the farmland. Even though some villages had no rivers to divert water to irrigate the farmland, the drought in most areas was alleviated, which was a very rare thing and enough to make the people feel much more at ease.
The drought in Shandong Province has eased, and several counties here have also avoided a drought, all thanks to a magical thing - the waterwheel.
This waterwheel was conceived by a little girl named Zhuang.
In a short time, the two words "waterwheel" and "Miss Zhuang" were almost spread everywhere by word of mouth.
Even in the capital, people often mention it.
After hearing this, Lord Wei frowned and rushed to Chu Yunhe's residence overnight.
At this time, Chu Yunhe had been released from house arrest because Wei Ge Lao and other ministers in the court wrote letters to plead for mercy.
Seeing that it was Lord Wei who came, Chu Yunhe hurriedly invited him into the study and asked someone to bring him a cup of the best Longjing tea.
"Lord Wei, you have come just in time." Chu Yunhe was respectful but also very anxious. "Although my father has lifted my house arrest for a while, he has not allowed me to do anything. I can only do some odd jobs in the Ministry of Revenue. But Chu Yunzhao has been working in the Ministry of War for a while, and he has made great contributions in suppressing bandits in Lu, so he is very popular."
"Father has been praising Chu Yunzhao for a while now. I think those fence-sitters in the court are ready to make a move. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be very disadvantageous to me. Does Lord Wei have any way to solve my current predicament?"
"The eldest prince is still a little too panicked." Elder Wei took a sip of tea and said quietly.
Chu Yunhe sat down on the chair next to Wei Gelao, his face full of displeasure, "Father originally favored Concubine Hui and her son, and now he keeps talking about Chu Yunzhao. How can I not panic?"
"What's more, there are rumors outside that Chu Yunzhao and Chu Jinnian were in danger in Lu. It is said that someone wanted to eliminate dissidents, so they killed them. When they failed to assassinate Chu Yunzhao, they were so angry that they wanted to kill Chu Jinnian."
"Isn't this pointing the finger at me?"
Elder Wei glanced at Chu Yunhe and put the teacup in his hand aside. "Then was this done by the eldest prince?"
Chu Yunhe panicked for a moment, and quickly lowered his eyelids, not daring to look at Elder Wei. He only stammered, "This matter, this matter..."
He did indeed do this. To be more precise, he did it at the suggestion of his mother.
His mother said that his father's heart was gradually biased. If he continued like this, he would not be able to become the crown prince. If he wanted to reverse the current predicament, he should not try to please his father or make achievements to prove himself. Instead, he only needed to take advantage of the chaos when Chu Yunzhao and Chu Jinnian were suppressing bandits in Lu to assassinate Chu Yunzhao.
If Chu Yunzhao lost his life, he would be the only one among these princes who would be qualified to become the crown prince and successfully inherit the throne.
Chu Yunhe was a little flustered at first about this proposal, and even resisted it in his heart, but when he thought about his status as the eldest son, he was indeed the one who should be the crown prince. However, because of the appearance of Chu Yunzhao, he had to give up his position as crown prince, and he hated it very much in his heart.
If that's the case, then let Chu Yunzhao disappear completely.
Chu Yunhe quickly arranged people to follow Chu Yunzhao and Chu Jinnian, and secretly reported to Zhu Shisan, setting up a plan to use Zhu Shisan to kill Chu Yunzhao and Chu Jinnian.
In order to ensure that this matter was foolproof, they even sent top archers to lurk around and wait for an opportunity to assassinate.
The plan was originally well-planned, and Chu Yunhe was determined to take Chu Yunzhao's life. However, he never expected that he would fail at the last minute. Those people did not succeed in assassinating Chu Yunzhao, and even Chu Jinnian was only seriously injured. In the end, he was treated by a local famous doctor and has recovered as before.
Chu Yunhe was extremely angry, but he also knew that since the matter had already failed, it would be useless to say anything more. He simply arranged for his men to withdraw completely so as not to arouse any suspicion from others.
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