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When Tang Jian and his group arrived at Xipo Village, Luo Yong was leading a few people to set up a water truck by the ditch at the entrance of the village.

Because he really didn't want to go outside to wash clothes every day and be surrounded by crowds, and he didn't want to waste so much effort to carry water, Luo Sanlang thought about it, and then he thought about it on the waterwheel.

He wants to set up a bobbin cart outside the entrance of the village, use the water flow to drive the whole water cart to rotate, transport clean water to the small soil slope next to his house, then build a water tower on it, and pull a pipe from the water tower to Luo's house yard so that he can do his laundry in his yard later.

In the courtyard of the Luo family, even the laundry pool has been repaired at this moment. A pool with a height of half a person was built against the courtyard wall, and he will no longer have to squat to wash clothes in the future.

The water tower is also more convenient. Anyway, the water tower does not need to be very large for the water used by their own family. It is enough to build a square water reservoir with earth cement on the small earth hill next to his house. In order to avoid some villages If something happened to the child playing there, the entire reservoir was only about two feet deep, and the height of the real water storage in the future should be about one foot.

Wooden boards were also buckled on the top of the reservoir, leaving only a one-foot-square opening at the water outlet and water inlet.

In addition, they also made a small modification to the section of ditch under this small earth mountain. The clear water in the river flows there, forming a small waterfall.

Because this is just a small ditch, it would be difficult to push a waterwheel according to the previous water flow speed and water volume. Even now, Luo Yong and the others can only choose the lightest wood possible. The number of fixed water cylinders is very small, and some wooden boards must be added to collect water power.

Generally speaking, this is a very light and simple waterwheel. It is erected on the inside of the cement road and does not seem to take up much space.

It is such a water wheel that looks very simple and light, but no one has seen it in this era. After figuring out its operating principle, everyone is surprised.

When Tang Jian and his group came over, the villagers of Xipo Village, as well as many people who came here to work, attend classes, and engage in wholesale sales, had already been wondering about the waterwheel for a long time.

There are also waterwheels in this era, but they are basically rollovers, which are called keel waterwheels in later generations. Luo used the one they made at this time, which is called a bobbin wagon. From flipping wagons to bobbin wagons, this is a cross-generational progress. .

"How does this wooden cylinder draw water? Why is it a little crooked?" Some clever craftsmen just need to take a look at this waterwheel and figure out how it works by themselves. confused.

"I'll turn this water wheel up and down, and you'll understand when you look at it." At this time, the water wheel just happened to be installed, and Luo stretched out his hand and turned the big wooden wheel twice.

Everyone saw that the big water wheel was slowly turning under the push of Luo Sanlang, and those small wooden tubes fixed obliquely outside the water wheel were filled with a small half of the water when they first came out of the water. , in the process of slowly climbing up, the mouth is always facing upwards. When climbing over the highest point and starting to go down, the openings of the wooden tubes will become downwards. The clean water will naturally pour out, and at the place where the clear water is poured out, a wooden trough is set up for the purpose of receiving water.

Everyone stared at the position of the wooden trough, and saw that a bamboo tube in front passed by, and a bamboo tube behind followed, pouring clear water one after another into the wooden trough, and the other end of the wooden trough was connected to the soil slope. the water tower.

At this time, Luo Yong no longer used his hands to turn the water wheel. Driven by the current, the water wheel was still turning slowly, pumping clean water from the ditch below to the high soil slope bit by bit. .

Looking at the speed of drawing water, it should not take a long time to fill up the small water tower, so Luo Yong said: "We have to open a drainage ditch at the water tower, and when it is full, the redundant water can be drained." The water flows back into the ditch here."

"The position of the wooden trough at the top is not right, I'll adjust it later." Heng Yu was also here at this time.

Hengyu was very happy to be able to participate in the production of this waterwheel. Although he heard that his master was laughed at because he didn't want to wash clothes with women by the ditch, so he wanted to divert water to his yard. I feel that my teenage little master is really unreliable.

At this time, looking at the craftsmen who came from Chang'an City, all of them looked at Luo Yong with admiration, the old man Hengyu couldn't help but think in his heart, maybe the master and the old man had already considered these things early in the morning.

It was because he was too stupid, so he failed to understand Master's intention.

In the days that followed, Tang Jian and the others were very busy, because Tang Jian, the person appointed by the emperor himself, was in charge of supervising the production and delivery of the threshing machine, so Luo Yong was happy to be the shopkeeper.

Since clean water was successfully introduced into their yard, Luo Sanlang can finally wash clothes in his own yard easily and happily, without worrying about people watching.

The big water wheel behind his yard was running non-stop all day long, and the sound of clear water pouring out of the wooden barrel could be heard day and night.

Sometimes some villagers wash their clothes and vegetables in the upstream of the ditch. In order to prevent the sewage from being pumped to the water tower on Luosanjia slope, they use a wooden stick to block the water truck and remove it after washing.

Later, Luo Yong found that the water pumped up by this water truck in one night was enough for their family, so he simply stopped the water truck during the day and turned it on again in the evening and dusk.

The water pipe used to divert water from the water tower to the Luo’s yard is a sheepskin water pipe sewn by Feng Cobbler and his son. Feng Cobbler is meticulous in its workmanship, and the water pipe itself is not very long. Even if there is a slight leak, it will not affect the use. .

It would be better if eucommia glue was used to make water pipes. Although eucommia glue is hard rubber and not soft rubber, it can't be used for wheel inner tubes and rubber gloves. It is still no problem to make water pipes, but Luo Yong is reluctant.

The eucommia gum extracted from the eucommia leaves recovered last year was not much in total, and it has been used up to seven or eighty-eight at the moment. Luo Yong is not even willing to make leather boots for the rest, and plans to use them all. On top of the crafting of canning jars and inkwells.

Because there are no soles, Feng Cobbler and his son have stopped making boots recently. They spend all day processing leather materials to prepare for the boot-making work this autumn and winter.

"Are any of them here?" This morning, Qiao Junlin carried a bunch of dirty clothes to Luo's yard to wash.

He also didn't want to be watched by people washing clothes by the ditch. After Luo successfully diverted water a few days ago, he told him that he could take them to wash any dirty clothes in the future, and then Qiao Junlin came.

"It's all over the sheep house." Luo Yong said.Si Niang is a business fanatic. Recently, she has been watching people doing business in the sheep house all day recently. From time to time, she can talk to Luo Yong's disciples about business classics. Many of them learn from Luo Yong's side and sell them now, but save for Luo Yong. A lot has happened.

Now the sheep house is also lively, Si Niang takes Liu Lang and Qin Niang Wu to play with them, Luo Yong is not too worried.

"I'm going to make pancakes, do you want to eat them?" Luo Yong was mixing a bowl of maltose water into the flour at this time.

"At this time, you are not afraid of getting fat." At this time, people pay attention to a person who is slender and straight, and the thing of looking fat for beauty has not yet become popular.

"Where will I get fat? I'm growing taller." It's rare for me to be free for a while. Luo Yong just wants to eat more and sleep more to make up for it. I'm not afraid of getting fat. If I want to lose weight in the future, I can always lose it. The most important thing is my height.

Qiao Junlin soaked the few clothes in his hand into the laundry sink, turned his head to look at Luo Yong's small body, and said nothing.

"Hey, what do you mean?" Luo Xiao's body sensitively caught the smile that flashed in the other's eyes.

"What?" Qiao Junlin asked him.

"Are you just kidding that I'm shorter than you?" Small man, pretending to be like him, Luo Yong sat on the ponytail while shaking his legs while mixing batter: "Let me tell you, it's not easy to grow taller." Things vary from person to person, some people grow up early, some people grow up late, my mother is not short..."

Qiao Junlin just stood there washing clothes while listening to his chatter, talking about some truths that came from behind, Qiao Junlin wanted to say that with his small body, even if he was taller than himself, it didn't make any sense at all.

But he thought about it and endured it. If he said this, the guy would bake the pancakes in a while, and he would definitely eat them. He really can do this kind of thing.

Qiao Junlin was actually hungry at this time. After waking up this morning, he first practiced martial arts, then had breakfast, and then went to practice calligraphy. At this moment, Luo Yong just woke up not long ago, and he has already done a lot of things.

It was also the time when he was growing up. On weekdays, at Xu's guest house, his husband would spend all day sleeping and forgetting to eat and sleep, just studying arithmetic, and eating was careless and careless, and the students just cared about their own food. Qiao Junlin didn't have much money on him. Eating is also relatively simple.

After a while, Luo Yong baked two cookies, and he gave Qiao Junlin one, which was a piece of caramel and two handfuls of flour. The baked cookies were also very good.

After a while, Tian Cun was coming to talk to Luo Yong. Luo Yong conveniently tore a piece from the cake in his hand and handed it to him. Qiao Junlin looked at it and wanted to let him go. .

A few people sat in the yard and talked while eating cakes. Tian Cunzheng came back to find Luo Yong because of the waterwheel.

The farmland in their Xipo village is mainly on sloping land, and they were poor in the past, let alone bobbin carts, and they have never even seen a keel waterwheel.

Now that every household has accumulated some savings, Tian Cunzheng is thinking about asking everyone to contribute a little, buy a few water trucks, and buy some cement to reorganize the irrigation system in the village.

Naturally, Luo Yong wanted to support this kind of thing. He told Tamura Masa that those craftsmen must pay their wages. As for the cement, just go to his cement workshop to pick up a few loads and use it, don't mention any money. No money.

But Tian Cunzheng said: "No way, this is not three or five loads of cement, it takes a lot, I thought, everyone is capable now, if you want to make it more regular, and seriously build a few canals down, It can be regarded as a blessing to future generations.”

Luo Yong nodded, and he understood that the village chief wanted to do a big project.