The people of the Tang Dynasty were simple and they would definitely do what they promised. Li Hao had no doubt about this.

The reason why he specifically instructed to spread the method was because he really didn't have time to do such a thing.

Longxi County, Weizhou is still quite far from Chang'an. If no one helps you, he will be able to spread it all over the place and fight drought by himself. I am afraid that he will not be able to reach Chang'an until this time next year.

When everyone calmed down, Li Hao first arranged Duanmu Jianzhang to return all the pigs, sheep and livestock, and then called a few people who knew a little about carpenter work together: "Is anyone among you able to make wheels?"

"I, I will." A young young man hesitated to raise his hand.

Someone around him immediately praised: "The young man of the Liu family is the best carpenter in our area. What does the prince need to build? Just give him instructions."

After being praised by Liu, the young man immediately blushed and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, I am much worse than my master, I'm bigger, don't talk nonsense."

Li Hao's eyes flashed over his calloused hands, and nodded without a trace: "Brother Liu, don't be humble, let's hurry up and I'll tell you what I want first."

"You are the prince, you said." Maybe it was too nervous, the young man of the Liu family ignored Li Hao's name to him.

But thinking about it, as an ordinary citizen of Longxi County, the biggest official he has ever met in his life is Duanmu Jianzhang, a sixth and seventh-rank county magistrate. Not to mention close contact with officials, even if they look at each other from a distance, they will be driven to a faraway place, let alone face-to-face chat.

Seeing that he was so nervous, Li Hao smiled helplessly and directly led the topic to the main thing: "I need to build a large wheel with a diameter of about 500 feet. How can I build it?"

"Three, three zhang?" Everyone around was shocked. The city wall of Longxi County was only about two zhang. To build such a big wheel, could this prince want to install wheels for Longxi County?

"Yes, three feet in diameter, and on the periphery of the wheel, I need to install a wooden board and a wooden barrel with a diameter of about the size of a human head every three feet."

While Li Hao said, he pulled up a dry reed and drew a simple sketch of a waterwheel on the ground. On the surface, it really looked like a huge wheel, but compared with the wheel, this picture is obviously reversed.

It happened that Duanmu Jianzhang had finished his own work and walked over. He saw the sketch drawn by Li Hao and said in surprise: "Criminal, is this a failure of what you painted?"

"The Fujun actually knew that the car was overturned, so the next thing would be much easier." Li Hao dropped the reed in his hand and smiled: "But this is not a car overturn, but a car. The amount of water is much larger than a car overturn. If the Fujun believes me, then arrange for people to build it immediately, and arrange for some people to drive five-foot-shallow ditches in the field. When the water is lifted up, it will flow through these ditches to the people's fields."

Duanmu Jianzhang's expression was first dull, then regretful, and finally he patted his forehead with a heartbroken look, "It's so damn, I, why did I forget the overturn?"

Li Hao looked at Duanmu Jianzhang with a smile, without saying a word.

Officials of this era are often very strange, and they read a lot of books. When it comes to historical allusions, they just start to speak.

But when it comes to solving practical problems, these people start to catch things blindly and forget everything they have learned before.

Of course, it cannot be said that everyone is like this. There are still some capable ministers and officials who can apply what they have learned in history. However, these people are often not very good from a good background. They either have suffered hardships since childhood or have encountered setbacks in their lives.

Thinking of this, Li Hao shook his head helplessly. There are not many people who have known this throughout history, but as far as he knows, there is no one who can really solve this problem.

Even in later generations with extremely developed information, this situation cannot be changed.

After all, society is constantly improving, and the needs of the people are also changing at any time. Many new things will arise in every different era, and humans will never be able to adapt in advance.

As he thought about it, Li Hao suddenly felt that he was completely worried about the ancients by seeing the Three Kingdoms crying. What is society like and what is officials like? That is all about Li Er's affairs, and what does it have to do with him, a young boy.

The Chinese nation has been civilized for 5,000 years. It has lived like this since its ancestors, and finally achieved four modernizations.

However, since Duanmu Jianzhang had already thought of a failure, Li Hao naturally didn't have to worry about what happened next. I believe that this county magistrate who could lead the people to sacrifice to the river gods with the people should be able to fulfill his mission and lead the people to overcome difficulties together.

Duanmu Jianzhang also came to his senses now and bowed respectfully to Li Hao: "So-called listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. Duanmu... thanks the prince for his advice."

Naturally, Li Hao would not accept his tribute. It’s not that he has a lack of status. Duanmu Jianzhang is really a little disgusted with him for politeness to him.

He flashed sideways and Li Hao smiled and said, "I didn't do anything. Even without me, I believe the Fujun will think of it in a few days."

Duanmu Jianzhang smiled bitterly and said, "Criminal, don't save me face. If I can think of a failure, why would I even use unreliable methods such as sacrifice to the River God?"

Li Hao smiled and said, "Haha, no matter what, the Duke's serious and responsible attitude towards the people is worthy of recognition. When I return to Chang'an, I will definitely give you a few good words to the Duke in front of His Majesty."

Everyone carried the flower sedan chair. Since Duanmu Jianzhang met, there was no shortage of etiquette. This was much better than that of Wang Yuanliang at the time. Li Hao didn't mind giving him a chance to get to power such a person.

Of course, Duanmu Jianzhang is more realistic and knows how to do things for the people, otherwise Li Hao would not have missed him as a small county magistrate.

After saying goodbye to Duanmu Jianzhang, Li Hao and his party set off again in the scorching sun. With a quick horse and whipping, they had already entered the capital within a few days.

After Li Hao left, Duanmu Jianzhang did not neglect. He seized the time to arrange people to lay down piles in the Wei River overnight. Almost all the carpenters and bamboo craftsmen in the county were recruited and worked hard to make the trolleys that Li Hao said.

As for why bamboo craftsmen are needed, it is because the water truck that Li Hao made is a bit large. If all wood is used, the so-called cylinder truck will reach an amazing weight. The water of the Wei River with gentle water may be difficult to push such cylinder trucks up.

So bamboo craftsmen came in handy at this time. They would weave a frame with bamboo strips and fix it to the wooden structure of the main body of the barrel to complete the weight reduction work of the barrel.

In addition to carpenters and bamboo craftsmen, Duanmu Jianzhang mobilized laborers in the county to open one long ditches by the river, and then connected these ditches with the ditches dug by the people's own homes, immediately forming a mesh structure.

Because all this is to fight drought, no one in Longxi has come out to make trouble and does whatever he wants. Some people will help dig the main channel after finishing their work in the field.

On the third day of the project, a trolley was erected by the Wei River. Under the hope of countless people on the river bank, the trolley was pushed and turned slowly by the slowly flowing Wei River.

The wooden barrels hanging horizontally around the huge rotor are slowly poured into water as the drum cart rotates, and then the water is raised to the water surface as the drum cart continues to rotate. The river water overflows from the barrel falls into the rows of wooden sinks used to divert water below, and then flows into the ditch along the sink.

Slowly, the originally dry ditches were soaked in the river water. After a while, the water in the ditches began to flow slowly.

Duanmu Jianzhang, who was so nervous on the river bank, stared blankly as the ditches were soaked by water little by little. Seeing that there was more and more water inside, he finally couldn't help but feel excited and shouted to the sky: "Water is coming, my Longxi County is no longer short of water!"

‘Boom…’ The people who were already controlling their emotions instantly exploded, standing next to the ditch they dug up without sleep, jumping wildly, shouting, and celebrating.

From today on, they finally no longer have to worry about lack of water. With water, the dried land will bear fruit again. With water, they will not flee their families next year. If there is water, there will be hope.

After the excitement, people quickly woke up and forgot about the fatigue that had been around for several days. The farmers picked up the shovel again, and the craftsman picked up the tools again.

On the edge of the river bank, the lights were brightly lit all night, and water trucks were built one after another, and they were mounted on the surface of the Wei River. The ditches on the ground expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Duanmu Jianzhang even sent people to Weizhou Prefecture to report the good news overnight at the fastest speed, and at the same time passed the experience of Longxi County to all counties in Weizhou in writing.

This is what I promised Li Hao before, and the people of Longxi will never go back on their word.

At this time, Li Hao, who was hundreds of miles away, did not know what was happening in Longxi County. Since the moment he stepped into the capital, he was shocked by the desolation in front of him.

The entire Guanzhong can be said to be deserted everywhere. The people stood in the green fields that should have been hidden from their eyes. Their dry lips meant that not only the fields could not be cultivated, but even drinking water became a big problem.

Looking at the numb eyes that lost their former radiance, Li Hao's temper became worse and worse: "Damn it, what are the governments in these places doing? The people are already in such a state of trouble. Don't they know!"

"Young Master, we are just passing through the border." Tiezhu's voice was hoarse, his eyes were exhausted, and several holes were cracked on his lips, and there were even bloodshot in some places.

Of course, Li Hao and Xi Jun were not much better to buy, and the entourage guards were all covered in dust and had no personal appearance.

The cause of all this was because of the mother and son who were about to die of thirst when everyone met on the roadside yesterday. The kind-hearted Tiezhu found that the mother and son and sent his water out. Later, he met more people, Li Hao and Xi Junmai. The guards couldn't bear to see those who fled the famine and died of thirst, so they sent all the water out one by one, so that in the end, everyone had no water to drink.

"I know we are transiting, so you don't need to tell me." Li Hao yelled at Tiezhu angrily, turned around and looked at the city vaguely in front of him and gritted his teeth: "If you enter the city later, don't stop me, I'm going to kill someone today!"

"General!" From Li Hao's tone, Xi Junmai heard a strong murderous intent and couldn't help but persuaded him worriedly: "General, we are just passing through the border, and this place is not under our jurisdiction. If you interfere in local government affairs, it is probably difficult to explain."

"If it's hard to explain, it's hard to explain. At worst, I'll stop doing it."

What does Li Hao say? If you don’t mess with him or force him to the bottom line, then he is a good person. Even if you occasionally cheat people, you will have a degree and will not offend people completely to death.

But if you force him to his bottom line, as the son of the Duke, Li Hao, who was the nobleman, would not mind using his identity to do things that a dandy would do.

For example...killing.

...

People are people who come from the battlefield. They are horses who come from the battlefield. After identifying their target, Li Hao and his group rushed into Qishan County like a whirlwind and headed straight to the county government.

Qishan County was built near Qishui River, but due to the drought, Qishui has dried up and the people of Qishan County have fallen into a state of no water to drink.

After Li Hao and others entered the city, they found that the situation was not much better than outside the city. Many people were either holding basins or carrying buckets, staggering in a certain direction.

Sometimes someone comes back from a distance, holding a little bit of turbid sewage in his arms.

Li Hao had calmed down at this time and no longer had the anxiety he had just made, but anyone who knew him knew that the prince was the most terrifying at this time because he had decided on something.

Qishan County is not big, and Li Hao and his group soon arrived at their destination, Qishan County Government.

The gate of the county government office was open, and two stone lions at the door were still majestic. Four yamen runners carrying water and fire sticks were endlessly guarding the gate of the county government office. They were alarmed by the sound of horse hooves from Li Hao and his party, and they hurriedly came forward.

Well... Li Hao's official position is too high. Although the four yamen runners came to greet him, they didn't know how to greet him.

Li Hao looked at the four red yamen runners and his eyes narrowed slightly.

However, he was disdainful of his knowledge with a few temporary workers who didn't even have a staffing job. He waved his hand back and immediately Cui Ma hit him, forcing the four yamen runners to open and asked, "Where is the magistrate of Qishan County now?"

"Here, inside." The yamen runner pointed to the main entrance of the yamen with conditional reflex, and then reacted: "This general, I don't know where he came from, a villain..."

"Get out!" Li Hao didn't wait for these people to finish their words, and waved his whip: "Zhuzi, go and catch the Qishan County Magistrate for me."

"No!" Tiezhu responded, and without saying a word, he rushed into the county government with more than 20 people.

After a storm of chaos, the Qishan County Magistrate wearing underwear was picked up by Tiezhu, and behind him were two women crying and wiping tears and snatching the sky and robbing the earth.
Chapter completed!