Daqin: At the beginning, he revealed that he was a traverser, and Ying Zheng was paralyzed

Chen Qing said to himself in amazement: "Then this water mill can grind [-] catties of wheat a day?"

"Chen Qing, are you serious?"

When Ying Zheng heard this, he quickly turned his head and stared at him.

"Not bad."

Chen Qing hesitated for a moment: "Perhaps there is more than that."

……

Yingzheng's temples were throbbing, and he felt unreal like falling into a dream.

If it is possible to grind [-] catties a day, how many people can this water mill be worth?

"Zhao Chong, time."

Ying Zheng's expression was solemn: "I want to see how much dough it can polish in a day."

Li Si and others saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts.

The sacks of wheat fell down without a single trip, turning into heaps of flour.

At the end of the day, even if you don't have [-] jin, you should have at least a few thousand jin.

"Initiate Your Majesty."

"This water mill seems to save effort, but I feel that it is exaggerated."

A censor stood up and pointed at the iron eagle swordsmen lined up to carry the wheat: "Your Majesty, please see that it takes so much manpower just to transport the grain, and people are also needed to collect the flour."

"This is equivalent to at least 80 people, helping this stone mill."

"How can I save effort!"

Many colleagues followed suit and nodded their heads.

Makes sense!

Human power has not disappeared, it just exists in another way.

Chen Qing is really treacherous!

He almost fooled him!

"You're an old fool, and you're not afraid to laugh other people's big teeth off."

Chen Qing pointed at the other party and laughed.

"Bold!"

Li Si: "Do you know who he is? Chen Qing, you are a commoner..."

"Let him go on."

Ying Zheng's clear and powerful voice interrupted Li Si's long speech in an instant.

Chen Qing raised his head proudly: "As I said earlier, the water mill is not yet finished, it is just a semi-finished product."

"The road here is rough and muddy right now, and it's inconvenient for cars and horses to come and go, so we can only park on the side of the road."

"Is it still like this in the future?"

He took a few steps and measured a distance of about ten meters on the spot.

"In the future, this will be the gate of the mill, enough for two carriages to drive in side by side."

"There will be a floor under my feet, about half the height of a person."

Chen Qing gestured at the middle of the ladder from his waist.

"Everyone, please see that after the road is repaired, the grain truck stops directly at the gate of the mill."

"Isn't it enough for one or two people to unload the food and just lift it up and pour it into the funnel?"

"How can there be as many as a hundred people?"

Some people who hadn't turned their heads before could not help but secretly nodded, their faces flushed slightly.

"Then... then there must be 20 people, right?"

The doctor's face turned red, and he said bravely, "The grinder is so big that three or five people can't afford it, plus..."

Chen Qing said nonchalantly, "Do you want to include those who dig up dung in the mill?"

"Pfft."

"Hahaha."

A burst of laughter erupted from the surrounding craftsmen, and soon stopped abruptly.

"you you……"

Doctor Yu Shi was so angry that he almost had brain congestion, and his whole face turned into a liver color.

Chen Qinglang said: "Based on my estimate, only four or five people are needed to operate the water mill at full capacity. If you are free, you can do it alone."

"You don't want to add crimes, there is nothing to worry about."

His eyes stayed on Li Si.

Ying Zheng muttered: "Four or five people grind ten thousand catties of wheat a day."

The huge digital gap brings unparalleled impact.

He looked at the several sacks of flour that had been packed beside the milling pan, and he felt boundless pride in his heart.

"I want to build a hundred, a thousand hydraulic mills on both sides of the Weihe River!"

"If the masters of the Great Qin all have wheat flour to eat, they will be even more powerful!"

Meng Yi smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations..."

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible!"

Li Si jumped out like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Ying Zheng's murderous eyes immediately turned to him.

"Li Xiang, why not?"

Li Si quickly lowered his head and took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms.

"Your Majesty, since the construction of the water mill, this is the materials withdrawn and the people who have been confiscated. I have listed them one by one."

"Just copper and iron and other materials have used thousands of catties."

"There are also wood, stone, and other consumption."

"According to my calculations, if a hundred buildings are built, the treasury of the Great Qin State will definitely be unable to make ends meet."

"If you build a thousand seats, I'm afraid..."

He didn't dare to say the rest, but the anger on Ying Zheng's face could no longer be suppressed.

Fu Su pondered for a while, the waterwheel alone was so huge, Li Xiang should have something to say.

But in this way, can the waterwheel just be shelved?

"Ah."

"Call you stupid, you still know how to make lists, add, subtract, multiply and divide."

"Let's say you're smart, your brain is about the same as an elm lump."

Chen Qing suddenly made a mockery.

"Er'an dare to insult me!"

Li Si was extremely angry. If it wasn't for his old age, he might have rushed over.

Ying Zheng turned his head instantly: "Chen Qing, is there any fallacy in what Li Xiang said?"

"Of course!"

Chen Qing nodded happily, "Go to a few people and bring the Water Mill·Youth Edition."

Chapter 26

"Water mill...youth version?"

The weird words used made everyone confused.

Li Yi and the three craftsmen walked forward carrying a millstone, a small millstone, and a bunch of complicated wooden parts with their hands on their shoulders.

Chen Qing ordered: "Assemble it."

"promise."

The carpenter quickly moved over a wooden shelf.

The four of them worked together and skillfully assembled all the parts together.

"This... is also a waterwheel."

Fusu looked at Yuanpan, which was not as tall as his own, and quickly recognized its purpose.

Not only the waterwheel is small, but the stone mill and the milling plate are also small.

Li Yi can carry the stone mill around by himself, and it weighs more than 100 catties at most.

The gears are also made of bronze and replaced with ordinary wooden structures.

Thanks to the great ancestors of the Chinese nation, they invented the mortise and tenon structure as early as the Neolithic Age.

The manufacture of wooden gears is much simpler than Chen Qing expected.

The grooves are carved in advance on the tooth plate, and then the processed wooden sticks are embedded one by one, and the simple gear is ready.

Before a cup of tea was served, Li Yi and the others finished assembling the 'Water Power Mill·Youth Edition', bowed and retreated to the side.

Chen Qing glanced triumphantly at Li Si and the doctor Yu Shi who came to find fault on purpose, walked to the waterwheel and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please take a look."

He stretched out his hand, and the waterwheel started to spin.

Driven by the rotating shaft and gears, the stone mill also rotates in circles.

Ying Zheng was very surprised: "Can it also be used to grind noodles?"

"of course can."

Chen Qing said cheerfully: "However, the stone mill is too small, and the noodles produced by the first pass are not fine enough, so we need to grind them twice more. For manpower, this is time-consuming and laborious."

"But with water power, it's totally fine."

"After all, water doesn't cost money, right?"

"Furthermore, its power is small and its output is small, so it can be operated by old and weak women and children."

"Which family has old people and children who are idle, carrying more than a dozen catties of wheat, and it takes one or two hours to grind it, which is enough for the whole family to eat for a few days."

"It is convenient and can save young and strong manpower."

"Furthermore, it doesn't consume a single bit of copper or iron all over its body, and it's all made of wood and stone. It's entirely possible for people from all over the world to get local materials, but it only takes a little time."

"I plan to use it in various villages."

"Strive to make every household in Daqin enjoy the convenience of water power."

Fusu nodded again and again: "Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"This is a good policy that benefits the world, and it will benefit the people of our Great Qin infinitely."

"Father, my son suggested that according to what he said, every village in Daqin should be installed with this water mill youth version."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly.

He could tell that although this thing was small, it had all internal organs.

Easy to use and not expensive.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Daqin has only one Xianyang, with a large population and a mountain of grain and fodder, so there is also a great demand for flour."

"That's why Xiaomin built this waterwheel so big."

"But in other counties, the population is not even one-tenth of Xianyang, and the food consumption is also small."