Daming One Piece

Chapter 163 Drilling a well in Zijin City (first update, please subscribe, please support)
"The minister obeys the order."

When Shi Yiwen was bowing to receive the decree, two big Han generals walked into the hall holding a wooden box covered with a red cloth, looking at the things the big Han generals brought in, all the ministers were curious.

Something new?

Just when everyone was curious, Admiral Shi Yiwen removed the red cloth, and an iron lump appeared in front of everyone.

This is……

Everyone was stunned, just this...

"Isn't this just a lump of iron!"

Amidst the whispers of the ministers, Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Shi Yiwen, what is this?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this thing is a pressurized well."

Shi Yiwen replied.

"Pressure well?"

Zhu Youxiao asked curiously?

"Can it press water? How?"

Before seeing Shi Yiwen, Zhu Youxiao had heard that he had something new to offer as a tribute, but he never thought it was this thing.He, who was originally fond of craftsmen, was immediately aroused by his curiosity.

"Yes, Your Majesty, a pressurized well is a tool that can lead water from the ground to the surface. It is made of cast iron. There is a diversion skin in the center of the well. It is the force of the diversion skin and the center of the well that presses the groundwater to Bring it up. Your Majesty, this pressurized well can draw water from a depth of three feet underground."

"What! Three feet deep underground!"

Not to mention that Zhu Youxiao couldn't sit still anymore, even the chief assistant Gu Bingqian said in surprise.

"How is this possible, a well three feet deep! With such a deep well, even in a year of severe drought, you don't have to worry about the well water drying up."

"really."

Shi Yiwen replied directly.

Press the well!
Ever since he met those refugees on the road, he has been thinking about one thing—how to save more people.

Although emigrating overseas can save many people, how many people will starve to death in the drought that lasted for decades and involved dozens of provinces?
What was the result of the drought that lasted for many years?
The seedlings are all withered, and the crops are never harvested.Both the Fen River and the Zhang River in Shanxi have dried up.The nine rivers in Hebei are all dry, and Baiyangdian is dry.This kind of phenomenon of lake drying up and river drying up spread all over the place, many people died of starvation, people died of hunger, the land was barren, the rice market was wiped out, the wood bark, stone and pasta were exhausted, father and son couples cut each other and ate each other, and most of them died.

Naturally, Shi Yiwen couldn't turn a blind eye to such human tragedies. Even with the support of the imperial court, he was able to emigrate overseas, but in the severe drought that lasted for many years, tens of millions of people would still starve to death.

Refugees, rogues...

At that time, it will not be Daming that will go to a dead end, but millions of people.

Millions of lives are not cold numbers, but living lives!It's compatriots!

So, after returning to the capital, Shi Yiwen has been thinking about how to save people, more precisely, how to fight the drought!
Drought resistance requires drilling wells.

In this era, wells are drilled by manpower, and the wells are very shallow.During the "Tumu Fort Change", the water source of the Ming army was cut off, and the hungry and thirsty Ming army dug wells for two feet and there was still no water, while ordinary wells were not even one foot deep.In years of severe drought, such wells are often dry.

"Master Shoufu, as we all know, every year of severe drought, the well water will dry up, and the river course will also be the same. The seedlings will dry up, the crops will fail, and the people will be displaced. The easiest way to fight the drought is to dig a well. Water is drawn from the ground, but ordinary wells are only about ten feet deep, and they will inevitably dry up during severe droughts.”

Among the ministers in the palace, who had not experienced a severe drought before being admitted as a Jinshi, they are naturally no strangers to what Shi Yiwen said.Even many of them lost their relatives in the drought.

Facing Shoufu's surprised gaze, Shi Yiwen said proudly.

"But this pressurized well can pump water from a depth of more than three feet! With this well, the people of the world will no longer have to worry about drought and no water."

"This is impossible!"

Before anyone objected, Zhu Youxiao, who had already walked up from the dragon chair, said excitedly.

"Shi Yiwen, can it really fetch water from a depth of three feet underground?"

"If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can give it a try."

"Yes, try, try, let's try!"

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao seemed to have regained his status as the "Emperor Carpenter". After stepping off the dragon chair, he personally picked up the "iron bump" and said as he walked away.

"Shi Yiwen, hurry up, hurry up, he's digging a well outside the hall!"

what?
Hearing this, Shi Yiwen was dumbfounded.

Outside the temple?
Just here... on the square outside the Emperor Palace?Isn't this the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City!
Well here?
"Think twice, Your Majesty, this is not in harmony with the system!"

Before anyone could persuade him, Zhu Youxiao reprimanded loudly.

"What's not in harmony with the system? If this well can draw three feet of yellow spring water, it will be a magic weapon that can save the people of the world. If such a magic weapon is left here, what's the problem? Shi Yiwen, don't be dazed, tell me quickly, How to drill this well?"

Holding the iron head of the pressurized well weighing tens of kilograms in his hand, Zhu Youxiao looked impatient. He was really anxious. He could make everyone think that he was just a "carpenter emperor", but in the memorial today, he Severe drought, there will be a severe drought tomorrow, Yizishi here today, and the tragic situation there tomorrow, he is also anxious.

This world belongs to the old Zhu's family. In such a severe drought, the common people will die now, but if one is not careful, what will be lost is the world of the old Zhu's family. How could he not be in a hurry?
On one side are the people who love the world, but on the other side?Of course he was worried about the world of the old Zhu family.

Seeing the anxious look of the emperor, another thought popped up in Shi Yiwen's mind - this, that kind of "carpenter emperor"?
There was even a sentence in his mind.

Under normal circumstances, the emperor has a degree no matter how absurd it is, after all, the world is to be passed on to his son.

Is Zhu Youxiao really absurd?
At this moment, Shi Yiwen noticed the flash of light in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, but the light was fleeting.

Are you delusional?

With this thought in his mind, Shi Yiwen was still cautious.

"Your Majesty, if you want to dig a well, you have to dig out the floor tiles first."

"dig!"

When the emperor gave an order, several big Han generals immediately let go of their arms and started working. In just a moment, they dug a small earth pit in front of the Huangji Hall.

absurd!

How ridiculous!

Looking at the scene in front of him, let alone those civil and military officials, even Wei Zhongxian felt that the emperor had passed.

No matter how happy you are always playing, you won't dig your own house.

Even if you dig a well, you have to pick a place to see if there is any moisture.Seeing all the civil and military officials shaking their heads and sighing, Wei Zhongxian felt a little blush.

This stupid boy, how can he deal with the emperor like this?

No, this kid can't stay in the capital anymore, or else I don't know what absurd things he will do with the emperor.

After all, the emperor likes it!
However, at this time, neither Emperor Tianqi nor Shi Yiwen has time to take care of him. Now there is nothing more important than drilling a well...

(End of this chapter)