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

Seeing that in another ten or eight days, the project will be completely completed.

And this time.

The four strong peasants held the hemp rope and rammed the ground with a big stone weighing a hundred catties.

After the soil is compacted, spread a layer of sand and gravel, so that the carriage will not be afraid of getting stuck in the mud in the future.

"Report to Chen Zhonghou, the water in the ditch has been drained, and the waterwheel has stopped."

The plumber hurried over, not even wiping off his sweat.

"Where's the carpenter?"

"Ready to dig!"

Chen Qing pointed to the ten-meter-long yew shaft: "Be careful not to damage it too much. If the waterwheel makes a mistake, I will be kind-hearted and will not be too harsh. But it grinds the surface for His Majesty every day. Wanjin, I'm afraid your little lives are not as important as it."

"The villain knows."

The four best carpenters were nervous and apprehensive. Holding hammers, chisels and other tools, they hurried up to the stone platform, straddled the rotating shaft, and started beating.

"Dong...Master Zuo Zhonghou, we have built what you want."

Li Yi had been calling him "the boss" for several years, but he suddenly changed his name, and it was difficult for him to adapt to it for a while.

"Let me see."

Chen Qing ordered them to build something that looked like a weight, but it was enlarged many times, and it was one meter high.

Its weight has also reached a terrible 1000 kilograms.

It was originally planned to be cast with copper and iron, but Zhao Chong couldn't bear to say anything.

There was no other way, so the lower part had to be trimmed with stones to form a base, and the upper part was made of bronze.

At the top of the 'weight mound' is a 'U'-shaped groove with erected circular ears on both sides.

The craftsmen lifted a solid log of more than two meters, put the hole punched in advance in the groove and aligned it, and then passed an iron rod with the thickness of a thumb through it, and firmly fixed the iron rod on the weight. on the ears.

"Boss, can such a big hammer really be lifted?"

"If the shaft of the waterwheel is damaged, we will be in serious trouble."

"Yes, if we build another waterwheel, I'm afraid it will have to push the stone mill and hit the hammer again, and it won't be able to bear the strength."

The craftsmen were worried and tried to persuade them.

Knowing that they were kind, Chen Qing waved his hands and said, "You have been with me for so long, and you don't even know the principle of leverage. Let alone a [-]-jin hammer, even if it is [-] jin, it still has to be tilted."

"Everything is ready. After the carpenter installs the crossbar, you immediately push the lever and the stove over."

"It's a great achievement if you do it well."

"I personally ask His Majesty to give you credit."

"If something goes wrong, I will bear it alone, and you don't need to worry about it."

Hearing what he said, the craftsmen were relieved.

The carpenter's excavation speed was extremely fast, and two circular through holes were excavated on the yew in a short time.

After a few tries, the solid crossbar was successfully inserted.

The back is reinforced with wooden wedges to prevent it from loosening and falling off.

After finishing all this work, the four carpenters carefully climbed down from the rotating shaft.

At the time of design, it was not considered well, and the shaft was too close to the ground.

If the bar is too long, it will touch the ground.

After Chen Qing's on-the-spot investigation, he selected a section outside the stone platform and suspended above the ditch.

In this way, the 'L'-shaped structure is used again, and the cross bar is knocked on the lever, so that the hammer at one end is naturally tilted up.

"My lord, I've made all the preparations and got everything done."

The four carpenters' arms were sore from swinging, and their foreheads were dripping with sweat, but nothing went wrong, and their hearts were finally relieved.

"You push the lever and the hob over."

Under Chen Qing's command, the craftsmen laid logs on the ground one by one, and slowly moved the two heavy big guys onto the stone platform.

"Sharpen this section."

"Shape it into a flat spatula."

Chen Qing pointed to the end of the crossbar to hit and ordered.

"Yes."

The carpenters took a breath and got busy again.

In a short while, everything will be ready.

Li Yi carefully gestured the position of the crossbar and the log to be struck, and carefully adjusted the position of the lever.

"My lord, everything is fine."

The artisans quickly stepped aside.

Chen Qing nodded, and shouted at the hydraulic engineer waiting at the gate: "Open the gate! Release the water!"

wow——

Under the action of the winch, the heavy wooden gate was slowly lifted.

Water from the Weihe River poured into the ditch again, rushing towards the waterwheel.

squeak--

After a moment's delay, the big guy turned again.

The crossbar spun around quickly and hit the end of the shovel-shaped log heavily.

call--

The end with the huge hammer was raised high, scaring the people around to run away in a hurry.

Boom!

There was a deafening bang that made people's eardrums buzz.

Mules and horses neighed on the official road, and unsuspecting pedestrians and traders covered their heads and fled in all directions.

Even the peasants working on the construction site collapsed, their faces pale and their lips trembling.

"Hahaha!"

"It's done!"

"It's that simple!"

Chen Qing stared intently at the crossbar as it smoothly slid down from the flat shovel end of the lever, then turned it around, and knocked it up again.

Boom!

The crisp and loud percussion sounded again.

Pedestrians who hadn't run far showed their strength and ran to the city desperately.

"It's thundering?"

"It's still the earth dragon turning over."

"Quickly go to the palace to report."

The soldiers guarding the gate panicked and almost ran away with the panicked people.

"Be careful, son!"

Fusu's carriage was also disturbed.

If the coachman hadn't tried his best to hold the frightened nauseous horse, I'm afraid it would have ended badly.

For some reason, the people in front suddenly rushed towards this side like a tide, as if there were some scourge chasing them behind them.

The guards had no choice but to show their swords, and then stabilized the situation.

They stood in front of them in the shape of arrows to prevent the crowd from hitting the carriage.

"Yes, sir!"

"He must have come up with something new."

Fusu showed a wry smile and jumped off the carriage.

"Go, come with me to have a look."

Next to the waterwheel.

The hammer fell again and again, as if to smash the hearth completely.

The craftsmen looked panic-stricken and retreated more than ten meters away without knowing it.

"Light the fire quickly."

"Try how effective this hammer is."

Only Chen Qing stood beside the stove, dancing happily.

The world's first hydraulic forging equipment was built!

With it, manufacturing weapons and armor will save at least ten times the effort!

After Chen Qing shouted several times, the craftsmen approached cautiously, but they still didn't dare to get too close.

Every time the sledgehammer was raised, they always subconsciously leaned back, as if it would hit them.

"Big and big... people, small ones... let's make a fire."

Li Yi stuttered as he spoke, boldly took two steps forward, bent over and hid by the side of the stove to light the fire.

"You swing the hammer every day. It's okay for others to be afraid, but you are also afraid?"

"Get all over me!"

Chen Qing waved impatiently.

"promise."

"promise."

Seeing that Li Yi was all right, the craftsmen became more courageous and slowly moved closer.

"what?"

"Fusu."

Chen Qing saw a group of soldiers on the official road, who seemed to be blocking a nobleman from moving forward.

After careful identification, he recognized the identity of the other party.

"If you dare to stop me, don't blame me for being rude."

Fusu also saw from a distance that Chen Qing was at the place where the loud noise came from.

But the guards dared not let him go any further, they loyally blocked the way.

"Step aside!"

Fusu pushed away the guards blocking the way, and waved his arms joyfully.

Chapter 41

"Sir, I knew that the loud noise outside the city must be caused by you."

Fusu threw off the guards and followers, and trot excitedly towards the waterwheel.

The heavy hammer kept hitting the anvil, making a deafening roar.

Even though he tried his best to speak, Chen Qing still only listened to the general idea.

"Go over there and talk."

"it is good."