Daqin Engineering Corps

Look at the many bamboo tubes all around, all at a reverse angle.

This makes them enter the water with their mouths facing downwards when they descend, and fill a tube of river water when they ascend and exit the water.

Then it gradually rises and pours water outwards due to the inclination angle.

The river water poured itself into the wooden ditch below.

In this way, the cycle is endless, and the river water will continue to flow into the ditch.

Xu Ying was a little taken aback.

This waterwheel can divert water and is fun and fun, and look at the oranges I made... It is far away from this waterwheel.

Zhang Ge, who was waiting on the side, turned dark all over.

He didn't understand the meaning of his expression and eyes when he taught Shen Bing just now...

That is not ignorance, but the helplessness of ignorance.

And that ignorant person is precisely Zhang Ge.

After a while, Xu Ying went ashore under the persuasion of his disciples.

At that time, Xu Ying's brown clothes were also soaked and dripping everywhere, but Xu Ying was very happy.

As soon as he landed, he happily grabbed Shen Bing's hand, looked him up and down, and said:

"The engineer is so talented, he can make such an exquisite waterwheel."

"With this waterwheel, why worry about dying from drought? Why worry about not being able to cultivate the fields? Why worry about the next year's harvest?"

"Master, please be respected by this old man..."

As he said that, he really wanted to bow down and salute, Shen Bing hurried forward to help Xu Ying up:

"The internal history is a shame for Shen Bing, how can Shen Bing afford such a big gift?"

Xu Ying firmly raised his hand and replied:

"Take it, take it!"

"With this waterwheel, not only the disaster victims in the three counties, but also the common people in the world will benefit from it."

"Xu Ying thanked the engineer on behalf of the people..."

As he spoke, he wanted to bow down again, but was naturally stopped by Shen Bing and Wang Jian.

At this time, the masters still followed Xu Ying and kept remembering his words, Yang Duanhe waved them off angrily.

Then Xu Ying changed the subject and looked at Shen Bing with a smile:

"I don't know where the engineer came from, and where does he live?"

Shen Bing replied:

"My subordinate is from Hanzhong Nanzheng, and my master Xun is the previous engineer."

Xu Ying said "Oh":

"No wonder the carpenter is so good."

"I don't know if the engineer intends to join the peasant family?"

Shen Bing couldn't help saying "ah", quite surprised.

There are people who pull people like this?

Shen Bing knew a little about this farm in modern times.

Know that this farmer is a school of conscience.

Although most of its members are intellectuals, that is, the class of "officials", they take the initiative to join the peasantry.

Because they feel that if they don't know how to farm and don't understand agriculture, how can they develop agriculture?

Even the style of life is based on the peasants:

Play straw sandals, weave mats, and live in mud houses.

It is quite extraordinary to not seek high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but only ask for a house and a land to engage in farming for the benefit of the people.

Just like the Xu Ying in front of him, although he was appointed as Zhisu Neishi, he still wore brown clothes and straw sandals.

You must know that the official rank of Zhi Su Nei Shi is not small, the rank of two thousand stones is on the same level as the county guard and county lieutenant, so this dress does not match his status.

Shen Bing respects the farm family, but he really wants to join the farm family to farm...

just forget it!

Shen Bing's goal is the stars and the sea. Although farming has nothing to do with the world, in this troubled world, he can't even control his own life.

Seeing Shen Bing hesitate, Xu Ying hastily persuaded:

"Master Gong, if you devote yourself to the farming family with this ability, you will surely shine brilliantly and benefit all people!"

"Army is a place of killing, why should we bother to create a career with skills?"

"Where to go, please think twice..."

Wang Jian saw that this style of painting was wrong. If Xu Ying really tricked Shen Bing into joining the farm, wouldn't it be a big loss to Qin Jun?

Immediately, they asked the soldiers and disciples to help Xu Ying go down and change clothes on the grounds that they were worried about Xu Ying catching a cold.

But Xu Ying was still not reconciled, and still shouted at Shen Bing from a distance:

"Master, I'll talk about it later."

"Wouldn't it be better if the old man prepares thin wine and asks the craftsman to go to the next room to talk about it?"

……

The voice gradually faded away, and finally disappeared.

Presumably Wang Jian would find excuses to hold Xu Ying back so he wouldn't let him brainwash Shen Bing again.

Yang Duanhe looked at the direction Xu Ying was leaving, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Since its establishment, this farm has followed the principle of 'come and go freely'."

"Now you have made an exception because of you, and Xu Ying..."

But Yang Duanhe added in a low voice at the end:

"Don't listen to his nonsense, there is no such thing as 'making a career with skills'."

Shen Bing: ...

Chapter 86 样式

Shen Bing immediately began to teach how to make the waterwheel.

At this time, Wang Jian's previous arrangement worked.

For example, the county guards, county captains, Li Dian and others flocked to learn scriptures one by one.

Of course there is also a master book of records.

It's just that Xu Ying became Shen Bing from Xu Ying.

"Master, is there a production pattern for this waterwheel?"

"Master, I will bring a few craftsmen here someday, can you teach me how to make a waterwheel?"

"Master, can I arrange a few craftsmen to worship you as teachers?"

There are a few more ruthless ones:

"Master Gong, I heard that you haven't married yet. I have a daughter waiting to be married in my family. I don't know what Master Gong wants?"

"I also have a daughter..."

……

What is this all about?

Am I, Shen Bing, that kind of person?

Will you climb the dragon and the phoenix under the guise of public aid?

But if it is a beautiful woman, then you can consider it.

Of course, there must be a production style, the so-called style is the drawing.

Qin State can be said to be insane in terms of style unification, requiring formatted production of everything.

Even agricultural land has many requirements, such as row spacing, farming methods, etc.

Shen Bing thinks this makes sense.

This aspect is to standardize agricultural tools and production to facilitate management and transportation.

On the other hand, the technical level of the people at the bottom in ancient times is precisely the average technical level is too low.

If the system and behavior are not unified, confusion and waste will easily occur.

For example, some people who don't know how to farm always cultivate too close to each other.

Another example is that farm tools, especially plows, do not match the row spacing and so on.

Qin State used the law to format and institutionalize these technologies from top to bottom...

Let a group of people who are educated, skilled, and good at research, such as Xu Ying and his disciples, plant in the experimental field to find out what they think is the most suitable row spacing, plant spacing, and planting methods.

After it is determined, these will be passed down as laws.

The common people may not know the techniques of farming, but they must not know the law, otherwise they will be punished.

Although there will also be some waste.

For example, fertile fields could have been planted more densely or without rest, which is what we often call adapting measures to local conditions.

However, in the Qin Dynasty when the average quality of the people was low, the people could not adapt to local conditions, so they simply used one model to make one size fits all.

This will in turn maximize food production and thus increase national tax revenue.

This is also the reason why the county lieutenants and sheriffs immediately asked Shen Bing for the "style" of the waterwheel.

Qin Guo’s style needs to be detailed to the length and width, and even the parts need to be formatted.

This put Shen Bing in a difficult situation.

Because the waterwheel is not suitable for local conditions...

In some places the current is fast, in some places it is slow, in some places the water is deep and in some places it is shallow.

If the uniform pattern is swung towards the slow flow of water, it may not be able to turn!

After thinking about it, Shen Bing said:

"The size of the waterwheel should be determined on the ground."

"In short, craftsmen everywhere should first measure the distance between the water surface and the ditch."

"The waterwheel only needs to be slightly larger than this distance."

"Otherwise the bamboo tube will not be able to rise to the height of the ditch even if it scoops up water."

When Shen Bing said this, everyone said "Oh".

This reason is not difficult to understand.

The bamboo tube goes down to scoop water and goes up to pour water. Of course, the height of the waterwheel is a few minutes higher than the height difference of the water level.

With this method, Shen Bing cleverly bypassed the problem of uniform style and realized local conditions.

However, this is not over yet, Shen Bing thought for a while and added:

"If the water flow is too slow or the water depth is insufficient, small ditches or small dams can be opened in the river to coordinate."

This is also easy to understand.

If the water flow is too slow, you can pile some stones nearby to attract more water to artificially make it rush.

If the water depth is insufficient, dig a ditch under the waterwheel.