Ning Chen Ling Xiao

"Look at it this way... the grandson of the emperor is trying to win you over on purpose." Master Ling peeled the pine nuts neatly, and analyzed it for Ling Xiao while eating, "I know about the grandson of the second emperor. This kid is a military genius. It's a pity that people are too simple and young, so it must not be deliberate... Hey, it's easy to say, I'm just worried about the great grandson..."

Time flies, and it has been nearly a year since Ling Xiao entered the palace. The great emperor's grandson, Chu Yijin, showed his favor to him again and again, but every time Ling Xiao avoided him without a trace, but Chu Yijin was not a fool. He is about to go to the weak crown ceremony. According to the rules of the Chu Dynasty, after the weak crown ceremony is held, he will be crowned king, granted land, left the palace to build a mansion, married, and entered the court.

When Chu Yijin has power in his hands, Ling Xiao will not be able to prevaricate him so easily.

Ling Xiao sat beside Lord Ling Hou, and also concentrated on eating pine nuts, and said lightly: "What are you worried about, I have the same concerns as grandpa, this grand emperor's grandson will be the most likely to become a great treasure in the future, the eldest son will add God's talent is extremely high, and his mind is meticulous enough...so I must be far away."

Lord Ling looked at his grandson with a gratified smile: "It's not in vain. I've taught you for many years. You just need to know it well. The royal battle for the reserve is either something we should participate in, or we should bet on the right treasure. Do you have the good fortune to be rewarded by the new emperor?" Not necessarily, my family doesn't seek to be prominent, it's just a matter of being rich for generations."

"Grandson saves it." Ling Xiao smiled and thought for a while, "In order to get rid of the grandson's thoughts... I want to get an official position in the court first, and the grandson will soon enter the court to discuss politics. Wait until he After entering the court, if I seek an official position, I will have to be at his mercy, and it must fall into his hands, so it is better for me to enter the court first, so as to save trouble in the future."

"Hmm..." Lord Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought for a while, "I want to have an official position that the great emperor can't control... It's either the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Industry. Since the great emperor has the desire to compete for the top, After entering the court, they will definitely not start with these two departments first."

Three provinces and six ministries, these six ministries are the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry.Among them, the Ministry of Rituals in charge of the ceremony school and the Ministry of Engineering in charge of engineering construction are the most powerful and light on positions. The grand emperor will not intervene in these idle positions even if he has a brain. Ling Xiao first finds a position in these two departments. It is much better for Sun to go directly to his men.

"I mean the Ministry of Industry, with the matter of transforming bows and arrows back then, it shouldn't be difficult for me to make some achievements." Ling Xiao smiled, "But this time it can't be on weapons, it's too eye-catching."

Master Ling thought for a while and said: "It's hard for you to think of this step. You just need to control it yourself. The great emperor's grandson values ​​you in two ways. One is the support of the Shoukanghou Mansion, and the other is your ability. Naturally, you can no longer be Weapons, although you are extremely accomplished in this engineering, but this is related to the country, the improvement of bows and arrows back then... I have always regretted it."

"Grandpa is for Da Chu's subjects."

Ling Xiao comforted, "Not showing any talent is not necessarily a good thing. Otherwise, how can my Shoukanghou Mansion be passed down from generation to generation? Just blindly hiding the front and showing the clumsiness will only make my Ling family fall."

Lord Ling smiled in relief. He has made two achievements in this life. One is to help the emperor conquer this country, and the other is to raise Ling Xiao. "

After finishing the business, Lord Ling picked up the teacup to moisten his throat, and finally couldn't hold back his gossip face: "Listen to you, the second grandson seems to be very interested in you, quite like the scene of the twenty-eighth girl Huaichun Come on, let me tell you about the details of how you got along, and Grandpa will analyze it for you."

"That won't bother Grandpa." Ling Xiao smiled.Grab a handful of pine nuts and turn to look for Ling Pheasant.

Ling Zhi knew that Ling Xiao had been waiting at Shu Yuxuan for a long time. Seeing Ling Zhi, Ling Xiao smiled: "My sister has grown taller again."

Ling Zhi smiled, walked up to Ling Xiao, gestured at his height, and smiled coquettishly: "Second brother has grown up too, faster than me, by the way..." Ling Zhi took a small purse and handed it to Ling Xiao: " I newly embroidered it, let my second brother wear it."

Ling Xiao took it and took a closer look. Ling Zhi's current female celebrity is getting more and more exquisite. Ling Xiao immediately put it on and said with a smile: "Why are you so skillful? I'm about to catch up with the embroiderer in the sewing room."

Ling Zhi smiled sweetly: "You're making fun of me again."

Ling Xiao bowed his head to drink tea, Ling Zhi hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "A few days ago... there seemed to be something wrong in Big Sister's yard."

Ling Xiao put the teacup on the table, and sneered: "You will kill yourself if you do many injustices. I know about this, so don't ask."

"Yeah." Ling Zhi always listened to Ling Xiao, nodded, "I listen to my second brother, and I never provoke disputes on weekdays."

Ling Xiao was very relieved to see his sister so well-behaved, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I have carefully selected the people in your yard. These slaves are all born in the family, and the brothers from the father's generation are all in my hands, so nothing will happen. .”

"Yeah." Ling Zhi nodded reassuringly, and talked to him for a while, the brother and sister hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they got together for two days.

After returning to the palace, Ling Xiao started to officially start the matter of entering the Ministry of Industry. In fact, according to the current emperor's respect for Lord Ling and his love for Ling Xiao, he asked Lord Ling to present a favor for Ling Xiao in the Ministry of Industry. It's not difficult to arrange a job, but Ling Xiao has an instinctive aversion to selling officials to honor nobles, and old ministers begging for favors for young sons, so he was very repulsed when Ling Confucianism donated officials to Ling Xuan. Ling Xiao's character is not noble, But he has an innate arrogance.

Ling Xiao still decided to make some achievements first, and then the old emperor issued an order to bestow an official, and then he declined and took the official seal arrogantly, that would be justified.

Unable to start with weapons, Ling Xiao thought about it for a while, and when he returned home, he vaguely heard Linghou Lord say that the south was flooded again this year. Although Gu Chuan’s move is old, it is indeed the most effective, but its disadvantage is that it cannot be used for it. Even the large ponds built in some places for flood storage cannot store water for a month, and the water will seep after the flood season. Yes, wait until the dry season or catch blind!

Ling Xiao took a charcoal pencil, took a piece of paper and began to paint and draw. He went to the surrounding areas of the imperial capital a few days ago to see that the current irrigation tools are still keel waterwheels, all of which are manpower, relying on manpower It is much more convenient to step on the water wheel to transport the water from the pond to the fields than to carry water to irrigate the fields, but there are two disadvantages: one is that the simple runner drives the runner, which cannot save effort, and it must be done by two strong people. The labor force has to work at the same time, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.The second is that the water drawn up in this way is not much, and even in some places, the people still use buckets for irrigation, thinking that is more convenient.

Flooding...irrigation, if only the two could be combined...

Ling Xiao's slender fingers tapped on the book case, inspiration suddenly came, and he lowered his head and quickly drew a sketch on the paper. Ling Xiao's professional level in his previous life was very good, and this kind of basic freehand drawing is not a problem. I drew a rough sketch in an hour, took a few more sheets of paper to draw a partial picture, refined the sketch, calculated the force, and finished it after a busy day.

The following things are also very important. Ling Xiao detailed a few places, calculated for a while, saved a few steps, and finally drew the completed drawing slowly. Ling Xiao unfolded the drawing and smiled, it was perfect!

Ling Xiao burned all the sketches of Yishuan, leaving only this completed drawing.

As soon as Ling Xiao changed the capacity structure of the old-fashioned keel waterwheel, he removed a runner and changed it to a gear joint. The transport capacity is from livestock, such as cattle and camels, which are powerful animals, and fasten their saddles to connect gears. The rope is used to direct the livestock to pull forward, and the tooth joint drives the wheel. When the wheel rotates, the water tank on the dragon frame can bring the water in the pond to the field on the bank, and the thread drives the wheel to rotate.

In the past, the waterwheel could not direct the livestock to operate because it was trampled to draw water. Now, after Ling Xiao’s improvement, manpower has been completely liberated, and the power of animals is several times greater than that of manpower. The amount of water drawn is not just doubled. .

Ling Xiao smiled and picked up another picture. If the above is a leap forward reform, then the second picture he drew is a miracle. Changing manpower into animal power is just changing the power machinery part. Ling Xiao originally It's not a big deal, but this second picture was indeed conceived by Ling Xiao himself.

The second picture of Ling Xiao is a large water wheel. This water wheel does not use manpower or animal power. It completely utilizes the power of water flow. It is composed of two large runners and a small runner, connected by two rotating shafts. There are a lot of plank leaves connected to the vertical gear on the water wheel. As long as the water wheel is placed on a suitable bank and driven by the current, the water in the river can flow into the field.

What's more, this kind of waterwheel can be placed next to the flood control reservoir, and slowly transport the water out during the flood period to relieve the pressure on the reservoir. It can also be used to irrigate after the flood before the reservoir dries up. dealer.

Ling Xiao was a little hesitant looking at the two blueprints. His original intention was to make some achievements, so that the old emperor could justifiably recruit him to the Ministry of Industry, but no matter how you look at it, this achievement...is a bit big.

Too much credit will not end well, it has been like this since ancient times...

"Second Master, the Second Emperor's grandson is here to look for you." The little eunuch on the door knocked softly, Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment, with a smile on his lips, and said softly: "Please."