Datang romantic little landlord

"Xiao Lang, you can't joke about this matter, cow, when will the cow be delivered?" Lao Cunzheng got up with a grunt, grabbed Li Wangyou's arm and asked urgently.

"Tomorrow the county government will send the farm cattle. But the old villager, if I want to keep the farm cattle, the prerequisite must be to clean up this piece of saline-alkaline land first. So I trouble the old village, and I must help the boy find someone to help Do things. Otherwise, the saline-alkali land can’t be improved, and the farming cattle will be taken back by the county, and I won’t have any cattle to lend to the village.”

When Lao Cunzheng heard his words, his eyes immediately widened: "Xiao Lang, just open your mouth, how many people do you need, my old man will greet you, whoever dares not come to make a living, I will beat him to death!"

The old man's calculations were very clear, although the ten cattle belonged to the county government for Li Wangyou.But since Li Wangyou is willing to lend the cattle, it belongs to the village cattle.The more than 100 farming households in Dingzhou Village must be able to own [-] cattle, which is the envy of the surrounding villages.

Now that such precious cattle have entered Dingzhou Village, there is absolutely no reason for them to be taken away.

"Xiao Lang, is your method really feasible? I have never heard of growing food in this saline-alkali land." Lao Village is now only worried about whether Li Wangyou's method of controlling saline-alkali land is feasible.

"Old Muramasa, don't worry, there is absolutely nothing wrong with my method."

"Can you tell me first?" Old Muramasa still planned to listen first.

"The first is to plow deeply, then wash the land and soak the field, then add foreign soil, and finally add fertilizer to increase the fertility of the land." Li Wangyou didn't hide anything, and simply told the old villager the method.

Lao Cunzheng was a little puzzled: "I understand everything else, what do you mean by washing the floor?"

"It is to surround the land, wash it with a lot of water, soak it, and remove the salinity in the soil several times."

When Lao Cunzheng heard this, he shook his head, pointed at the hundreds of acres of saline-alkali land in front of him and said, "How is that possible, Xiao Lang, look at such a large land, how much water is needed for washing and soaking?"

Li Wangyou was taken aback by what he said, and pointed to the Gan River beside him: "Isn't this the Gan River? There is as much water as you need."

"The embankment of the Ganhe River is only a few meters high. It is not easy to turn over a car to fill it with water. There are still more than 2000 mu of land in the village that needs to be irrigated and soaked in water. You have to wash the land several times, which requires too much manpower." Shaking his head vigorously.

"Drum carts?" Li Wangyou looked at the overturned carts in the village on the embankment, suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing: "Old villager Zheng, I have a way to lift water without manpower."

"What? Don't use manpower? Do you want to use cattle? That's not possible, let alone cattle." Lao Cunzheng didn't understand what Li Wangyou meant.

Li Wangyou smiled but did not answer.

There are three stages in the development of Huaxia waterwheel. The first stage is the rollover invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty, also known as the keel waterwheel.Mainly rely on human stepping to lift water for irrigation.

The second stage is the drum cart invented in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The high drum cart described in "Nong Shu" belongs to the water lifting machine.Powered by manpower or animal power, it looks like a keel cart.

The third stage is the waterwheel invented by the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, which is the appearance of the waterwheel seen in later generations.

The earliest record of the barrel car was found in the Tang Dynasty, and it was gradually popularized after the Song Dynasty.But now it is only the early Tang Dynasty, and the drum car has not yet appeared, let alone the water wheel.Water lifting and irrigation all rely on manpower to overturn the truck, and the efficiency can be imagined.

Li Wangyou really knew how to make waterwheels in later generations. When he was a child, there were many water pumps in the village before they were widely used. He knew the structure of waterwheels very well.

"Old Muramasa, is there anyone in the village who is good at carpentry?"

"Yes, didn't your family just ask old man Liu to help build a lot of novel things a few days ago? Why are you making furniture again?"

As soon as Lao Cunzheng said it, Li Wangyou remembered that Su Changqing hired the carpenters in the village to make the furniture.Although it was simple, Li Wangyou could tell that the carpenter was quite skilled.

"Hey, I have to ask Carpenter Liu to help me build a few water trucks, and then I can automatically lift water. Old Villager, just wait and see, I promise it will work well. Haha, I will leave the matter of raising water for irrigation in the village to me in the future. "

Li Wangyou ran towards the village without waiting for the old village to react, leaving the dumbfounded old village in a mess in the wind.

"Is this kid out of his mind? Doesn't it use manpower to lift the water automatically? Isn't that a fairy?" The old village chief sighed, feeling more and more that Li Wangyou's words were outrageous.

Before he finished sighing, he saw Li Wangyou running back in a gust of wind: "Hey, I forgot to ask you where Carpenter Liu lives?"

Lao Cunzheng shook his head: "Let's go, I'll take you there. But Xiaolang, don't make trouble, how can the river be brought up automatically without manpower?"

"Haha, you'll know in a while."

The two returned to the village and went straight to Carpenter Liu's house.

Carpenter Liu is over fifty this year and has worked as a carpenter all his life. All three sons in the family also work as carpenters with him, which is a family tradition.

Carpenter Liu is not an official craftsman who makes books for the government, but a private craftsman.

The status of craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty government was low, and they were even called "official slaves" in historical records, and their occupation was for life, which was similar to the status of businessmen, and they all belonged to low-status streams.

However, private craftsmen like Liu Carpenter also need to cultivate, and their status is the same as that of farmers, and they are not considered lowly.Because of his craftsmanship, he is also respected in the village, and his life is better than that of ordinary farmers.

"Old man Liu, come out quickly, I have something to look for you." Walking to the door of Carpenter Liu's house, Lao Cunzheng raised his voice and shouted.

074 Building the Waterwheel II

The door of the small farmyard opened with a creak, and an old man in civilian clothes with a gray beard came out.

"Cunzheng, what is your name Hun? What's the matter?" Obviously the two had a good relationship, Carpenter Liu looked at the old village and scolded with a smile.

"It's the young man from the Li family who is looking for you. He wants to build something that can lift water without manpower." Lao Cunzheng still didn't believe what Li Wangyou said.

Carpenter Liu naturally knew Li Wangyou.

After an unprecedented pig-killing meal, except for the babies who were still in their infancy, everyone in Dingzhou Village may not know Lao Cunzheng, but they will definitely not know Li Wangyou.

Seeing that Li Wangyou was going to build something, the smile on Liu Carpenter's face became wider: "Xiaolang Li, what do you want to build?"

Li Wangyou still bowed his hands politely: "Carpenter Liu, I want to build some waterwheels, I wonder if you can do them?"

"What is a waterwheel? I've never heard of a waterwheel." Carpenter Liu looked puzzled.

Li Wangyou asked Carpenter Liu for a pen and paper, and began to draw the structure of the waterwheel on it.

The shape of the waterwheel resembles an ancient wheel. Li Wangyou visually estimated that the height of the embankment of the Ganhe River was about three meters, so he designed a small waterwheel with a diameter of six meters.

The larger the diameter of the waterwheel, the heavier the weight.For the sake of lightness, the water bucket on the waterwheel is replaced by moso bamboo tubes.

Li Wangyou drew the blueprint and handed it to Carpenter Liu: "Can you see if this waterwheel can be built? It doesn't need to be exquisite and detailed, it just needs to be strong and durable."

Carpenter Liu looked at the drawing carefully for a long time, and asked in puzzlement, "Xiao Lang, what is the use of such a large wooden wheel?"

"Pick up water for irrigation."

"how to use?"

Li Wangyou smiled and explained to him and Lao Cunzheng: "After the waterwheel is built, it will be installed on the bank of the Gan River. At that time, the power of the water will be used to drive the waterwheel to turn. When the waterwheel turns at a certain angle, it will be immersed in the water. The bamboo tube will be lifted out of the water. Because the bamboo tube is tied obliquely to the waterwheel, the river water will be stored in the bamboo tube at this time. When the waterwheel turns to a high place, the opening of the bamboo tube will face downward, and the water will naturally flow from the high place. It flows down. Just use the sink below to catch the water, and the endless river water can be drawn up.”

His explanation stunned both Carpenter Liu and Lao Cunzheng, and it took a long time for Lao Cunzheng to look at Li Wangyou excitedly: "Xiao Lang, this, this is a remarkable thing! It doesn't require manpower. Then you can get water in an endless stream, which is really a god!"

Carpenter Liu was even more excited, holding on to the blueprint: "Xiao Lang, I will build you any waterwheel you want for free. I just ask you to allow my Liu family to build this waterwheel in the future."

Li Wangyou laughed: "Of course I can, then I'll leave it to Carpenter Liu."

As long as things like waterwheels are built, people with discerning eyes will know what's going on at a glance, and there is no value in keeping them secret.Since Carpenter Liu is willing to help him build a waterwheel for free in exchange for blueprints, Li Wangyou is naturally willing.

"By the way, Carpenter Liu, the bearings of this waterwheel are best made of steel. I wonder if you have a way?"

"Yes, yes! I'll go to the county blacksmith's shop today to make it according to the drawings. I wonder how many waterwheels Xiaolang needs to build?"