A poor hero

Patriarch Shen nodded and said with a cheerful smile: "Chen Chen, this is no problem. How many people do you want? I will arrange everything."

The more people you have, the easier it will be to get things done, and the more mouths you have, the more you can eat.

Chen Chen asked Patriarch Shen for ten people who were familiar with carpentry and asked them to chop back some bamboo and bamboo whips.

Bamboo and these are all ready-made, right outside your door.

But ordinary people make everything by themselves, so there are also some people in the farmhouse who know a little bit about carpentry.

Patriarch Shen is also a practical person. After hearing Chen Chen’s arrangement, he

He immediately thought of a list of things to do to become familiar with carpentry.

He quickly figured it out and ordered Shen Nan and Shen Qiniang to call these people in his name.

Shen Qian also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Chen Chen.

Chen Chen smiled and told Shen Qian: "Shen Qian, go get me pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I will draw the drawing of the waterwheel first."

These things were all ready-made. Shen Qian quickly brought pens, ink, paper and inkstones and sharpened the ink for Chen Chen.

Chen Chen relied on his memory and stroked his pen. Within a few minutes, he drew an overall picture of a waterwheel on paper at a ratio of 1:20.

Patriarch Shen saw that Chen Chen had really drawn a waterwheel and patted him on the shoulder happily, "Chen Chen, you really didn't lie to grandpa. This waterwheel of yours is better than the waterwheel that grandpa I have seen. It can also be pulled by oxen." .”

Chen Chen smiled and thought to himself: That's for sure, the waterwheel he saw in the museum was the best. This water wheel is not just one set of gears, but has as many as three sets. It has "water wheel turning wheel", "ox wheel turning wheel wheel" or "donkey wheel turning wheel wheel", which can be used interchangeably according to the wind and terrain.

"Chen Chen, this waterwheel is so complicated. You are so awesome. If I looked at it, I wouldn't be able to draw it."

Shen Qian looked like a nymphomaniac and stared at the water wheel on the paper seriously.

Chen Chen looked at Shen Qian with a smile, "Chen Qian, this must be complicated. When I draw the specific components, you will think it is so simple."

So Chen Chen started drawing on the paper seriously again.

During this period, villagers who knew some carpentry arranged by Chief Shen also came here one after another carrying knives.

Patriarch Shen assigned the tasks to the villagers one by one according to Chen Chen's instructions.

As soon as the villagers heard the instructions from Chief Shen, they immediately got busy.

Although the components of this waterwheel are simple, there are too many components, and Chen Chen has to use ancient numbers to mark the dimensions one by one.

Just like that, a long time passed.

The villagers chopped back bamboo and bamboo whips.

Only then did Chen Chen draw all the components of the waterwheel and note the specific dimensions.

"It's from Shen Qian's family. What is this? What is it used for?"

"It's just that it feels so beautiful, but I don't know what to use it for."

"Haha, you haven't seen it before, but I have seen it before. This is a waterwheel, but this painting seems to be more advanced."

……

Patriarch Shen had previously ordered these villagers to work, but did not tell them what to do.

When they saw the picture drawn by Chen Chen, they became curious.

The knowledgeable person even recognized that this was the drawing of a waterwheel.

"Clan leader, are these really the drawings of a waterwheel? Are we going to build a waterwheel?"

"This is great. I have been carrying water to drench the rice seedlings every day, but it's still too late. Some of the rice seedlings have dried up."

“If our village also had a water tanker, it would save us a lot of effort.”

……

The villagers knew that this was a waterwheel drawing, and they all asked Chief Shen for confirmation.

Patriarch Shen replied proudly: "Don't think about it, this is the waterwheel drawing drawn by Chen Chen. We are asking you to come together to make a small model to see if it is practical."

"Clan leader, this is so complicated, I can't do it."

"That's right, besides, we don't know how big everything on it is!"

……

Although these villagers know some carpentry, they are not professional carpenters after all.

They looked at the large number of drawings and became embarrassed.

Patriarch Shen knocked on his cane to stop the noisy villagers, "Okay, don't make any noise, listen to Chen Chen, do whatever he tells you to do."

Chen Chen knew that although these villagers could not understand the drawings, they were good at work.

So he divided the waterwheel components into several parts and assigned each villager to be responsible for a specific job.

He also explained the dimensions on the drawings and special attention to the villagers one by one.

After listening to Chen Chen's explanation, these villagers understood and immediately looked at the drawings and started working.

Chen Chen stood aside and guided these villagers from time to time.

Seeing how serious the villagers were, Chief Shen ordered people to bring rice and some vegetables and meat, and cooked rice directly at Shen Qian's house to entertain the workers.

Grandma Shen Qian couldn't do it alone, so Shen Qianniang and Shen Nan also went in to help.

Patriarch Shen also hired two people to help cook together.

As expected, things are easier to do when there are more people. After only an hour and a half, the meal was not even ready. Everyone was busy with their own tasks, leaving only Chen Chen's final assembly work.

Everyone held their breath and watched Chen Chen carefully assembling the small waterwheel model.

Chen Chen was under great pressure for a while, but he still endured it and carefully assembled the small waterwheel.

In this way, Chen Chen spent another half an hour and finally installed the small waterwheel completely.

"Hey, don't tell me, this little waterwheel is really the same as the one in the drawing."

"Haha, I can also make a waterwheel. This is really great."

"Hmm, I didn't expect such a beautiful thing to come from our hands."

……

The villagers were full of pride when they saw an exquisite small waterwheel model built with their own help.

"Chen Chen, now we have made it, but how can we try it and see if it can be used?"

Patriarch Shen picked up the small waterwheel model and asked curiously.

Chen Chen raised his hand, pointed at the water tank in the corner next to him, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, we can try it on the water tank."

So everyone took the small water wheel model and tried it on the water tank.

When everyone saw streams of water passing through the bamboo pipes driven by the water wheel and rising to the sky, they all became excited.

This proves that this little waterwheel can really work.

Then they can follow this method and make a large waterwheel by themselves.

As long as there is a large water truck, they no longer have to carry water to drench the rice seedlings.

Instead, water flow or cattle and donkeys are used to turn the water wheel, and water is continuously supplied to the fields in Shen Village.

They did what they said without hesitation, and immediately bid farewell to Chen Chen and went to prepare materials.

Seeing that he couldn't stop them, Chen Chen had no choice but to tell Patriarch Shen some things to pay attention to.

In fact, Chen Chen is still thinking about starting a business selling water trucks. If there is a drought in Xu County now, a large number of water trucks will definitely be needed.

Villagers make waterwheels and sell them. Not only can they make some money, but they can also help fight drought and save farmers losses.

It's a pity that these villagers left too fast.

Chen Chen had no choice but to wait until they came back later to discuss the water tanker business with them.