When Village Chief Ma heard Xia Tian ask him if there was a water truck in the village, he was stunned for a moment.
"Waterwheel? What is a waterwheel?" Village Chief Ma was a little confused.
He had never even heard of such a waterwheel, let alone seen one.
Xia Tian looked at the other villagers, and they all had the same expression as Village Chief Ma, as if they had no idea what it was.
I was secretly surprised. Could it be that there was no waterwheel in Dagan?
Or have they just not seen it?
She turned her gaze to Shen Nian again, and Shen Nian shook her head.
It seems he doesn't know either.
"A waterwheel is like a wheel, with a scooping device installed around it. When the wheel turns, it can scoop water from the river continuously. It's easier than carrying water manually."
Xia Tian gave a brief explanation, but he didn't know if they understood it.
This thing can't be explained in a few words. "I'll draw a picture when I have time."
I'd better draw it and let them see it. Maybe someone has seen it before!
After they finished looking at the fields, it was getting dark and they couldn't go back to the city, so they simply stayed in Ma'an Village tonight.
Village chief Ma had just built a new house for his eldest son, who hadn't moved in yet, so he lent it to them for one night.
However, they did not ask Village Chief Ma to prepare meals. They bought rice, flour and vegetables with their own money, and Xia Tian personally cooked several home-cooked dishes.
The four of them sat together while eating, and it seemed as if they had returned to the time when they were in Liujia Village.
"It's been a long time since I sat in a farmyard and had a meal so leisurely!" Xia Tian said with some emotion.
Shen Nian nodded and silently picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in her bowl.
During the few months he spent in Liujia Village, although he lost Mu Yang and his health was not good, after summer came, his life became more and more down-to-earth.
Thinking about it now, I still feel that he was sitting in the yard weaving bamboo and she was cooking in the kitchen. It seems like a long time ago. Sometimes when I think about it, that time seems a little unreal.
"Madam, your cooking skills are still so amazing." Mu Chen praised while eating.
Mu Feng also nodded beside him, "That's right, Madam's cooking skills were amazing back when we were in Liujia Village. I didn't expect that after more than two years, it's still so delicious."
"Yes, those days are gone forever!" Xia Tian said with a smile.
Although she now lives a life of ordering servants around, she still misses those days.
There were no messy intrigues or social engagements at that time; all you had to do was live your life seriously.
"Eat quickly, even food can't stop you from eating." Shen Nian urged them to eat quickly.
I made three dishes in the summer, and each dish was very generous in portion. I didn’t expect that the four of us had big appetites and we finished all the food.
After dinner, Shen Nian urged Mu Feng and Mu Chen to wash the dishes.
Pulled Xia Tian back to the room.
"What does the waterwheel you are talking about look like?" He listened to it today, but still couldn't imagine what kind of waterwheel it was.
He had never heard of it or seen it before, and now he really couldn't imagine what it looked like.
"You haven't seen it either?" Xia Tian was a little surprised. "You haven't seen it in a book either?"
She really wanted to say that she had seen it in an ancient book before, but Shen Nian knew her. Before coming to Liujia Village, she didn't even know a single word.
Besides, what ancient books could such a poor farmer's family have?
"I'll draw it for you." Since I couldn't explain clearly how she knew this thing, I simply didn't explain it.
Shen Nian was also very tactful and didn't ask.
Xia Tian took out the four treasures of the study, placed them on the kang table, and began to draw.
She knew about this waterwheel; she had indeed seen it in a book before.
She had also seen the real thing while traveling, and thanks to her extraordinary memory, she was able to draw it without any lag.
After she finished painting, Mu Feng and Muchen had also finished washing the dishes and came into the house.
Without outsiders around, they felt more relaxed.
Xia Tian picked up the drawn picture, blew on the ink on it, and waited for the ink to dry before pointing at the picture and beginning to explain it to the three people.
She painted a waterwheel driven by water power, which was driven by the force of the water flow.
"Madam, how did you come up with this? This is amazing!" Muchen exclaimed.
He has been to many places, but this is the first time he has seen this thing.
I didn't expect that the lady, a farm girl, knew so much.
Is there such a waterwheel in Liujia Village?
He seemed never to have seen it.
"This is something I saw in an ancient book, but it's not something I created myself." Xia Tian explained with a smile, fearing that Muchen and Mu Feng would misunderstand.
Shen Nian looked up at her, said nothing, and then lowered his head to continue looking at the picture in his hand.
Xia Tian felt a little guilty when she met Chen Nian's gaze, but she also knew that only Chen Nian knew her secrets, so she didn't need to deliberately hide anything in front of him.
"Madam is really amazing. You can remember everything you have seen." Mu Feng also complimented with a smile.
Xia Tian said nothing more.
Let them both guess.
Shen Nian looked at it for a while, figured out the principle, and was amazed. This thing is like potatoes. If used well, it will benefit the country and the people.
After they sat and talked for a while, Chen Nian urged them to go and rest.
He and Xia Tian discussed the purpose and usage of the waterwheel in detail for a while before they took a break.
Shen Nian thought, such a good thing, he still needs to find a village to experiment with it, and when the experiment is successful like the potatoes, he will report this thing to the emperor.
If this can be promoted nationwide, it will solve the problem of watering for the people.
The next morning, before washing up, Shen Nian pulled Xia Tian to start a discussion.
"If we want to use this waterwheel, does it need to be in a place with higher water level?"
This was also a question he had thought about for a long time last night.
There is no shortage of water or rivers in the south, but the water level is generally relatively low. If you want to use water wheels, you still have to solve the problem of water level.
"Yes." Xia Tian gestured. "Only when the water level drops or becomes more turbulent can the water wheel turn and the water be scooped up."
“If we want to solve this problem, do we have to build a dam and put it at the mouth of the water so that it can flow?” Shen Nian thought about the terrain and river of Ma'an Village.
If this waterwheel is to be used in Ma'an Village, a dam must be built. The dam does not need to be large, but there must be a water drop, which makes it quite difficult.
Because Village Chief Ma said that there is plenty of rain here and people don't have to carry water to irrigate the fields very often. If it were really so troublesome, many villagers would rather carry water themselves than spend the effort and money.
Another problem is that if you want to install a water truck, the ditches in the fields must be replanned, excavated, and repaired neatly. Otherwise, it will be useless if the water is scooped up but cannot flow into the fields.
"Almost. Water conservancy is also very important." Xia Tian nodded.
Why do I suddenly feel that what they are doing now is completely the work of the Ministry of Industry?
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