Maid, Little Lucky Wife

On this day, Mo Xuan finally came back.

It's not that things have been dealt with, but that one thing has been brought back, which is the sand table.

He has traveled a lot recently, including all the mountains with villages around him.

Flooded riverbanks and dangerous village lands were marked by him.

It took three days for Mo Xuan to review all these places and make them into a sand table.

The sand table is placed in a room in the wing room. It is very large and has a small flag specially placed on it.

Yun Shang stood next to Mo Xuan and looked at it carefully.

Mo Xuan knew that the lady knew a lot about these things, so he invited the lady here.

After a while, Yun Shang pointed to several places, "Here...here..."

Pointing to five villages in a row, "The river embankments in these places have all been opened. If there is another flood, they will definitely be flooded."

Mo Xuan nodded, thinking about what he was thinking, "Then where will the refugees be taken? To Li County? If they are taken in, the racecourse can be rebuilt, but it will take a lot of time."

"I visited nearby villages and some old people said that there will be another flood in half a month."

Yun Shang shook his head, "It's too far to move to Li County, and the manpower and material resources involved are not simple. How about this..."

Yun Shang pointed to a few hills and said, "Move all the people to these places."

Mo Xuan was silent for a while, "But after the river embankment was opened, these mountains were all enclosed, and there was no road..."

He reacted suddenly, "You mean, take the water route?"

Yun Shang laughed, "That's it."

Mo Xuan walked around the sand table and said, "The rest of the refugees will be resettled, I will take care of it, but what should we do to divert the water up the mountain?"

Yun Shang was silent for a while, then took out two pieces of paper from her arms, which she usually thought of and drew.

"This thing is called a waterwheel. If there is long flowing water, you can make the waterwheel move by standing in the water."

Mo Xuan brought the paper over and Yun Shang pointed it out to him one by one. Every structure and connection of the waterwheel was explained clearly.

"If the water is not flowing, the middle can be replaced by human pedals, which can also be rotated, like here..."

The water wheel is like a large turntable, but it is hollow and stands upright. Bucket-like things are evenly placed on the edge.

The other piece of paper is made of bamboo as a pipe, close to the waterwheel, connected to a water tank. When the water tank touches the bucket, the bucket will stand upside down and the water will enter the tank.

This is a very common thing in modern times, but I saw it here for the first time.

Mo Xuan held the two drawings and felt hot in his heart, "Madam, is this really feasible?"

"I haven't tried it, but you can find someone to scale it down and make a small one. It's just right and can be used between two terraces."

"Terraces?"

Mo Xuan murmured to himself, "The name is good, let's call it terraced fields from now on."

Yun Shang was a little embarrassed. She didn't mean to do it. Well, terraced fields do sound nice.

Mo Xuan chose a few more village habitats and asked Yun Shang to give her opinions.

"According to the water level described by my husband, when the river embankment is released, the water will only be able to pass through a few places. It is too far and is not suitable. The water source problem can be diverted slowly."

"It's not just paddy fields. Once the water is diverted up the mountain, paddy fields will be planted near the water source, and dry fields can be made into dry fields for planting vegetables and potatoes in those farther away."

"My husband can take care of the rest."

Yun Shang yawned, feeling a little sleepy.

"Thank you for your hard work, madam. I will send you back to my husband."

As he spoke, he took Yun Shang's arm and sent him back to the room.

Looking at the drawings in front of him, Mo Xuan was confused at the moment. His wife was too smart. He had doubted it. Where did she get so many ideas and thoughts?

The person you saved when you were young gave you the recipe for making incense. Can you still teach me this knowledge?

Mo Xuan suddenly sneered. No matter where this knowledge came from, he and the common people would benefit in the end.

He didn't want to think about it anymore, she was his wife, the one he would protect for the rest of his life, and he couldn't let anyone hurt him, not even himself.

Moxuan has gathered many carpenters and craftsmen, all talents gathered from various villages and Li County.

As soon as the drawings came out, these veteran craftsmen were immediately shocked.

"Master County Master, can this thing really lead water up the mountain?"

I have been a carpenter all my life and have never heard of this thing.

"I wonder where this blueprint came from? Has it ever been successfully done?"

Mo Xuan was not annoyed by everyone's suspicions, "I asked people from the capital to design this drawing. Unfortunately, someone had an accident before the finished product was made. You can try to make it."

"Sir, is this too big to make? How will it be transported?"

A young carpenter spoke.

"If you reduce it in proportion, it can be reduced ten times."

After Mo Xuan said this, he went out, leaving space for everyone.

He knows how these craftsmen forget to eat and sleep, so he might as well ask someone to make lunch and add another dish.

Sure enough, no one came out until noon, and we discussed how to make every step and every part.

The food was brought in, and the group of people talked while eating. When they got excited, they put down their bowls and chopsticks and gathered together to discuss.

If they can't be serious, this will involve the interests of the entire Li County. If they can succeed, it is not impossible to become rich in the future.

They have been poor all their lives. Many of their ancestors, like them, have no hope and are ready to leave their homes and flee for their lives at any time.

It doesn't matter to them, half of their body is already buried in the ground, but they still have descendants, how can they be willing to let their descendants be as poor as them?

With this opportunity, everyone worked hard.

The county magistrate said that if it can be done in the future, he will definitely build a stone tablet and engrave everyone's name on it for future generations to admire.

People live in this world for nothing more than fame and fortune. They have no hope of fortune, so why can’t they still have fame?

It takes a few days to make something, and you still have to do experiments to make sure there are no problems.

No matter how impatient Mo Xuan was, he couldn't rush them. These people were already working hard enough, but he couldn't bear to part with them. If anything happened, it would be his loss.

Yun Shang is not worried at all. The drawing has been verified countless times by future generations. I don't know how much better it is than now.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is approaching, we have to prepare everything that needs to be prepared.

New clothes, lanterns and rice flour and oil for the whole family.

There is meat here, but it is very expensive, so you have to prepare some. There is a lot of fish, and there are also vegetables.

We prepare these on weekdays, just wait until two days before the Chinese New Year to buy them.

At this moment, Xin'er's letter arrived, along with letters from the Hou Mansion, written separately to Mo Xuan and Yun Shang.

At this time, both families were living well, and the Hou Mansion had adapted to the harsh local climate.

Instead, it was Xin'er. She said that her mother-in-law was becoming more and more difficult to deal with and always liked to put people in her son's room. She almost succeeded several times.

In the end, the father-in-law arranged an errand and left directly with the mother-in-law. Only then did the two of them live in a world of two, and she began to truly run the family.

Xin'er also said that the incense shop has always been very good, and even the short-sighted one was dismissed by Brother Zheng and the second prince. There was also the tenth prince secretly helping him, so nothing happened.