Dress to be a celebrity

The front hall of Prince Zhou's Mansion has not been repaired yet, and there are female relatives in the back hall, so Master Yang is temporarily arranged in the small garden building.Although the small building was not as extensively repaired as the main hall, because King Zhou lived in it temporarily, for his convenience, when the Song fashion repaired the hall, he asked someone to install a set of water in the building by the way.

In the eyes of modern people, even if there are red lacquer carvings, it is as expensive as Cixi's official room covered with incense ash; even if someone kneels and holds it in front of him with a golden basin when washing hands; , not as good as a modern bathroom.

Adding a sink with a mirror, a flush toilet, and a shower can improve the happiness index a lot.

There is also a translucent duck-egg-shaped hot-made soap next to the sink, which can thoroughly clean the oil on the hands, and then rinse with running water for a more thorough and cleaner wash.

Mr. Yang washed his hands clean, wiped them with a towel, and sighed: "I heard that Mr. Song's father liked to build waterways in his house when he was building a mansion. His son also had the same hobby. But It is really convenient to have this water pipe, but the water is still warm, could it be that you brought hot water up now?"

The little waiter sent to serve him said: "That's not true. Mr. Song ordered a two-story water tower to be installed behind the house. The water tank on the tower is open. It's summer now, and the water in the daytime It’s warm after being in the sun for a long time, and you don’t need to fetch hot water to wash your hands and face.”

The shower and bathtub are then connected to a water tank mounted on a stove next to it, and the hot water in the stove is poured into the water tank, and the next door can comfortably bathe with water.

Yang Rong is from Fujian, and he has a half-town friendship with the No. [-] scholar in Fujian in the Song Dynasty, and he has paid a lot of attention to him.Relatives and friends in his hometown of Jian'an admired Song Shi in every possible way, and the "tap water" produced by their father and son Ren Shang was installed in their home, so when he used this water, it was not as novel as when others first used it.

However, he once heard that some people in Beijing learned to install tap water like the Song family's. In winter, the water pipes were frozen and broken, and the water pipes could not be twisted, but water was everywhere in the broken place, so they never installed it.Although the weather in Hanzhong is warm, it still needs to survive the winter. It is better than places like Guangxi and Fujian that don't freeze in winter. If he installed tap water for the palace, wouldn't he be afraid that the water pipes would freeze and be unusable in winter?

Or is there something special about Mr. Song's pipe that can cope with the cold winter?

He couldn't help being a little curious and asked someone to take him to see the water tower.

It is said to be a water tower, but in fact it is just a pottery water tank on a tall wooden frame at the back of the building. The pottery pipes protrude from the lower edge of the tank and penetrate into the wall.There is a horizontal bar protruding from the upper edge of the water tank along the edge of the roof, and two round rollers are hung on the bottom of the hemp rope. A bucket is hung under the wheel, and the rope at the other end is tied to the wooden frame.

The servant who showed him the way pointed to the rope and said, "Look, my lord, this rope is for carrying water. Usually, when pouring water, untie the rope, and pour water from the well into this bucket. A rope is worn, and when the bucket is lifted up, the rope is pulled, and the water flows into the tank."

Using this pulley saves labor and space compared to oranges, and a young servant can pull a bucket full of water.

Mr. Yang had never seen a pulley block before. Hearing what he said so well, he wanted to try it, so he asked him to untie the rope and fetch some water to try it out.

The servant promised, "There is a well in the northwest corner of the garden. The adults will wait a while, and the younger ones will go get water."

In fact, there is a fireproof water tank in front of this small building, but the little eunuch does not draw water from this tank, but gets water from the well in the corner of the garden.

The platform of that well was completely sealed, so Yang Rong didn't realize it was a well when he first entered the garden.Standing on the stone surface of the well platform is a dark, iron-cast domed pillar with a short pipe protruding from the front and a long handle from the back.The little servant went over and yelled a few words, then a gardener came to the thing with a bucket, held a long handle and pressed it, a stream of water gushed out from it.

Yang Rong's heart skipped a beat, he strode up to the well, told the pipe to get out of the way, and tried to suppress it himself.

It was very easy.

He thought it would take a lot of effort to press the cast iron thing to the top of the water, but he didn't expect that with his body, he could easily press the handle to the bottom with only two to three minutes of strength.Press it faster, and the water gushes out one after another, like a clear spring in the mountains, and soon fills up a bucket.

He scooped it up with a ladle and tasted it, but it was purely sweet well water without the slightest iron smell.

A water pressing device made of iron lumps, the water that is pressed out does not smell of iron. How is this done?

This thought swirled in his mind for a moment, and was quickly overwhelmed by a more important thought—if the pressed water was not poured into a bucket, but a canal was dug directly below to divert the water to the field, wouldn't it save a lot of money? The power to water the ground?

There are few rivers, streams, canals, etc. in the northwestern border. Most of the land in the military villages also needs to dig wells to irrigate the land. The army needs to use iron to cast a water pressure device, which is not as laborious as the common people. Later, they asked people to make more of this kind of molten iron. Wouldn't it also be beneficial for the reclamation if the tools were installed in the military settlements of various places?

He has been worrying day and night about the frontier army's capture of strong men these days. When he sees a well, he immediately thinks of irrigation, and when he thinks of irrigation, he wants to meet the prefect of Song who made this water pressure device as soon as possible, and ask him carefully how he made this thing.

Huan Ling, the censor, is actually not under the same control as the prefect of Song Dynasty. Even the king of Zhou came to suppress the military, and he can't interfere with local government affairs. It's a matter of duty.

After Mr. Song tried to find a reason to come to the Zhou Palace for a month, he could finally enter the Palace without making up any excuses.

After hearing the summons from the superior, he was not at all as excited and nervous as a local official when he saw an angel. With a wave of his sleeve, he passed the joy to several subordinates in the same office: "I can't come back for a meeting tonight." , Brother Zhao will preside over the meeting for one day on my behalf, if you have any questions, please let me know tomorrow."

Every wrinkle on Zhao Tongzhi's face was filled with a happy smile, and he clasped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, just rest assured, there are no serious murders, floods, droughts and famines in our mansion today, and the lower officials can naturally handle them."

Although it was not as explicit as sending the God of Plague, it was very consistent with the look of the staff of the travel agency in his previous life when they heard that the leader was going out.

Song Zhifu is a generous leader, he is very tolerant of his subordinates' little thoughts, just pretending that he didn't see his face, he flung his sleeves and went straight to the Zhou Palace with ease.

This time, there was a sergeant sent by Mr. Yang to pick him up, so when he entered the door, he could wait for someone to welcome him with his hands behind his back, and he didn't have to hide his face with paperwork.Entering the gate frankly, he asked the summoned soldiers to lead him into the side garden, and met Lord Yang who was waiting for him to study the issue of farming.

Yang Rong pointed him directly to the well, and first asked him what the pressurized water pump on the well was, why it could lift the water, and whether it could be used to irrigate the ground.

Song Shi returned to his brother-in-law's mansion but failed to see his sweetheart, but asked the leader to stop and talk about work seriously, and for a moment seemed to understand how his subordinates felt when they saw him during the morning meeting.

Fortunately, he usually only goes to the palace for lunch after finishing overtime work. Thinking that today is just a change of office space, he can see his senior brother a little earlier than usual when eating later, so he feels that this trip is not enough loss.

He cheered up, pulled up his sleeves, went up to press the water, and showed Mr. Yang the situation of the piston floating on the water pressure pump, and at the same time explained to him the principle of the manual water pump to press water by atmospheric pressure.

He also has a "On the Atmosphere", which contains some basic knowledge of atmospheric pressure, and he can give a copy to adults later.

"My lord, do you still remember Kewu?"

Thirsty black can fetch water across mountains, which is a great water conservancy invention in ancient times.To use it is to connect the bamboo tubes of Zhongtong end to end, and wrap the joints of the bamboo tubes with painted linen cloth to make them watertight.Then immerse one end in the water, and ignite and burn the other end of the tube. After the oxygen in it is consumed, the atmospheric pressure on the water surface will squeeze the water to the other end of the bamboo tube.

There is a description of thirsty birds in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty Eunuch Biography Zhang Rang", Zhang Huai Prince Li Xian wrote an annotation for it, and the principle of writing is "to draw water with air", which is the siphon effect.

When he was in elementary school, he used the siphon effect to change the water in the fish tank, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He also had to ignite the fire to consume oxygen. Instead, he took a sip directly at the nozzle to draw the water up, and the effect was the same.

Although Mr. Yang has no experience in sucking water pipes, he is as familiar with the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" as he is. Immediately enlightened, with a slight look of excitement on his face, he clapped his hands and said, "Exactly! Although the ten regular servants at the end of the Han Dynasty were not of good character But Bi Lan’s overturned car and thirsty bird are really good things for future generations. He used thirsty bird to draw water to sprinkle the ground, can’t we also use it to draw water to irrigate the fields?”

He told Song Shi what he had just planned, and asked him: "According to Mr. Song's knowledge, is it possible to put a thirsty bird in the well and press the well water into the ditch by atmospheric pressure?"

This... depends on the height of the water surface and the bottom of the ditch. Anyway, if there is no height difference, there will be no siphon effect.

He had a kind of love for Mr. Yang, a pure arts student who didn't understand physics, and replied in a slow voice: "The force of atmospheric pressure on the surface of the well water is not enough to irrigate. If you want to irrigate the field with well water, if you don't Put a waterwheel in the well."

Waterwheel?How can a waterwheel be erected in such a small wellhead?

Immediately, Mr. Yang's mind came to the huge riverside waterwheel in the economic center of Hanzhong, and then looked at the small octagonal well in front of him with the well platform sealed. I really don't know what kind of waterwheel can be built here.

Song Shi smiled mysteriously: "There is no evidence for what you say, Xiaguan has built several experimental fields in this county, and some of them are to be irrigated with well water, and the water trucks used for wells have been installed. If your lord is interested, why not go and have a look?"

Didn't he take in residents to work in the economic center? Why is there such a thing as "weir field"?Could it be that the land in Hanzhong was designated as a village for refugees from outside?

Master Yang aroused his interest even more, and asked: "Didn't you open up this 'Weir Field' next to the Hanzhong Economic Center? Why is it called 'Weir Field'? Could it be that it was formed by damming water?"

It is not a weir field, but an "experimental field".

It is because he has accumulated some farming experience in the south, but he is afraid that it will not be suitable for the water and soil when he brings it to the north, so he set aside some fields for trial planting to verify whether the method is suitable, so it is called "experimental field".

"You are studying with your father in office, and you are married to Nongsang? You have returned to Hanzhong to be an official, how many experienced farmers have you brought?"

That is not true, it is just that he has read the "Nongjing", went to the fields himself, and remembered something.

Master Yang was surprised and said: "You can arrange people to burn kilns and make bricks, that's all. How can you farm?"

Since he became the governor, he has also inspected many places, but the local officials in other places have only issued a few orders to persuade the farmers to plow and mulberry. How could he understand farming and do it himself?When Song Sanyuan was an official in the capital, he was a well-known Tsinghua scholar who didn't care about everything except compiling books and giving lectures. How did he suddenly transform into a people-friendly official who knows more than his father?

Master Yang sighed deeply: "I thought you were a scholar who didn't hear anything outside the window, but I didn't expect to be involved in farming. Compared with you, I am a pedantic scholar who doesn't understand affairs."

Song Shi didn't dare to go along with the leader's self-mockery, and just smiled slightly: "Your Excellency has too much reputation, and I just believe in the way of knowing by doing, and want to make knowledge and action unite. It's getting late today, and my lord will set aside time to follow the official." Go and see the local experimental field to know the situation."

Yang Shilang didn't notice that he quietly put forward the advanced idea of ​​"integration of knowledge and action", nodded, and said happily: "I originally wanted to ask you to ask about the government-run monopoly of the output of your economic center, but I didn't expect it. Speaking of farming. If you don’t ask, you don’t know, Song Zhuangyuan’s knowledge is so extensive. When your school is built in the future, if you can teach practical knowledge such as "theory of atmosphere", I want to come and listen to it."

Song Shi responded with a smile: "His Royal Highness, Your Excellency and Huan Yushi are in charge of the official management. The lower officials also feel that the things produced in the garden should be managed by the official family and should not be handed over to private individuals. Even those who Anyone who buys, saves, and uses should pass the test, and those who can’t use, save, or don’t know the dangers should not be sold.

"In the future, Xiaguanna Academy will be built to teach practical knowledge, and also to teach students what is the essence of the output in the economic park, how to make and use it."