Gao Huan expressed his feelings to Ding Qirui, and once again hinted at him that he was willing to fight against the thief for him.

Ding Qirui knew in his heart that if he accepted Gao Huan's kindness, he had to agree to Gao Huan's conditions.

At this time, Ding Qirui no longer directly rejected Gao Huan, but began to consider the feasibility of Gao Huan's proposal.

Now the imperial court's control over Henan has almost been lost, and it has shrunk to several big cities such as Kaifeng, and many severely damaged counties, nine out of ten families have been abandoned, or occupied by bandits and local tyrants.

He privately gave Gao Huan several prefectures and counties to exchange for Gao Huan's troops to fight against the thieves. As long as he could win the battle and preserve his position as governor, no one could steal these things to the court.

Ding Qirui said in a deep voice: "This governor will give you a few more counties as defense areas for the deficit camp. Are you sure to restore these prefectures and counties, collect money and grain to pacify the treacherous thieves?"

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Duxian, I will see you something again!"

At this time, the two were talking, and Blacksmith Liu brought a group of apprentices from the technical school and pushed several big carts over.

At the end of last year, the rebel army collected grain everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of hungry people flocked to them. Gao Huan recruited craftsmen from it, and then chose a place to set up a Lanxiang Technical School at the foot of Songshan Mountain, and arranged craftsmen to teach thousands of apprentices and learn skills such as ironwork, smelting, woodworking, and construction.

In addition to the spring plowing ceremony today, there is another thing, which is to demonstrate the drilling of wells, and then send craftsmen to various villages and towns to help various production teams dig wells, cooperate with water trucks, and solve the problem of irrigation.

Seeing this, Gao Huan immediately introduced: "The Constitution is currently under the influence of Henan, one is the thief, the second is the locust plague, and the third is the severe drought. Among them, the drought has made the people the most helpless."

Ding Qirui nodded, "If it weren't for the severe drought, the thieves wouldn't have been killed again and again!"

Gao Huan pointed to the iron pipe that was moved down and smiled: "In the years of severe drought, in addition to the land along the river, which can be irrigated, most fields are abandoned due to inconvenient water irrigation. Even if the people planted lands far away from water sources, they will eventually be unharvested once they do not rain. This hand-pressed pumping well not only makes it quick to drill wells, but also becomes wells in one day, and pumping water is also very convenient. It can solve the irrigation problem of some fields and alleviate the current drought."

Ding Qirui showed a suspicious look, "Chaoyang, you are ready to have these iron pipes to dig a well."

Most of the wells in the Ming Dynasty were dug by manual digging. One well had to be dug for a few days, and sometimes water might not necessarily come out.

Therefore, Ding Qirui and many people were mostly suspicious after hearing Gao Huan's words.

Gao Huan smiled slightly and asked Liu Tiejiang, "Master Liu, can you start?"

At this time, more than a dozen apprentices had already moved the iron pipes as thick as their arms.

"Report to the young master, you are all ready!" Liu Blacksmith smiled.

Previously, Gao Huan dug similar wells in Liuzhuang and Gaolaozhuang. The tools were simple at that time, and now there are a complete set of tools. The technical school has experimented many times, and there is an 80% chance that it can hit the groundwater layer.

Gao Huan nodded, "Then let me dig the well in front of Tuxian and everyone. This time I will get water out, and each person will be rewarded with one tael of silver!"

Liu Blacksmith and the apprentice cheered, and Gao Huan waved his hand and everyone started to be busy.

At this moment, the apprentices made it easier for them to choose a place, then they erected an iron pipe with a drill bit, beat it down, and fixed it with a wooden frame, leading the mule, pulling a stone mill to the donkey, and circling the iron pipe.

The drill bit of the iron pipe is made of 100-strong steel. The apprentices kept pouring water into the iron pipe. The iron pipe was carried by the mule. The soil drilled by the drill bit turned into sewage and flowed out, and the iron pipe became deeper and deeper.

Gao Huan looked at the iron pipes and felt that the military government should gradually put the guns and cannons on the agenda.

At this time, the people looked at each other in a novel way. Soon, the iron pipe at the beginning had mostly been buried underground. The apprentices immediately took another iron pipe and continued to turn down.

Seeing this, Gao Huan said to Ding Qirui: "It probably takes half a day, and you can't get into the rock layer that is too hard. Tu Xian and Bei Zhi will first guide the people to plant corn and sweet potatoes!"

After Ding Qirui arrived in Dengfeng, he saw Gao Huan distribute seeds to the people. He heard the soldiers and civilians of Dengfeng and discussed two new crops.

He was also quite interested in this. If those two crops were really drought-tolerant and highly productive, he considered to be in Henan, and even wrote to the court to promote them in the north.

At this time, Gao Huan and Ding Qirui came to a nearby dry land, and Li Wu and his men had already adjusted the wet soil.

Gao Huan then picked up a bowling machine, first pestle on the grass ash, then stabbed it into the wet soil, and then stepped on it with his feet, and the mud necks that were moved by two cups appeared.

Ding Qirui looked at Gao Huan in surprise and was operating the farm tools he had never seen before. In a short while, Gao Huan beat dozens of earthen bowls.

At this time, Gao Huan brought a generation of corn, squatted down and pressed the corn into the soil bowl, and then explained the village chiefs, maintenance chiefs and farming experts they brought to the surrounding area while operating.

"After making the bowl, put a seed in each bowl, then cover a thin layer with fine soil mixed with manure, and finally lay a layer of wheat straw, water it regularly, and wait until the seeds germinate and the seedlings grow to three inches, then the bowl can be transplanted!"

Many seniors and old farmers listened very seriously and did not dare to miss any details. Experienced old farmers praised Gao Huan's old style when they saw Gao Huan's operations.

Gao Huan demonstrated several times, made hundreds of earthen bowls, and then taught everyone to grow sweet potatoes.

This is relatively simple. Plow the trough on the ground, put some chicken and duck feces, then put the sweet potatoes cut into pieces in the trough, cover with a layer of soil, cover with thatch, and don’t have to water, and then you’re done.

After Gao Huan concealed it, he looked at the old farmers and planted several acres of land according to his method.

At this time, the well-drawing place suddenly cheered, "It's broken through, it's hit!"

Gao Huan heard the sound and then said to Ding Qirui: "Duxian, the well has been dug!"

Ding Qirui was shocked, but he didn't expect that Gao Huan had dug a well in less than half a day, so he hurried over to check it out.

When everyone arrived, the hand pressing well had already installed a faucet.

This hand-pressure water well is not a high-tech one. It can be built in the Ming Dynasty. The gaskets in the faucet are replaced by leather and the plastic water pipes are replaced by iron pipes or bamboo pipes, which can barely create a hand-pressure water well.

At this time, Blacksmith Liu and his apprentices dug three wooden stakes and fixed the faucet with iron wire, and declared that the well was completed.

Ding Qirui frowned, "Is this a well?"

When Gao Huan saw the people around him, he shook his head and wondered how this thing could have come out of water.

Gao Huan was interested and asked Blacksmith Liu to add water to the dragon head. He blocked the outlet with one hand and pressed the handle with the other. After a while, he heard the creaking sound of the wellhead, and the well water with mud and sand overflowed from the dragon head.

"It's out of the water! It's really out of the water!" The officials of the surrounding military government and the onlookers suddenly exclaimed.

Gao Huan then released the water outlet. Every time he pressed the handle, he sprayed a stream of well water.

Excited cheers sounded from the surroundings. Ding Qirui was shocked. He took the guard and pressed it a few times. The well water gradually became clear from turbidity. He took a sip and it was still warm.

"Chaoyang, you are really a pillar of the country!" Ding Qirui couldn't help but exclaim loudly, and was very excited, "This is amazing!"

The military officials were also surprised, no one doubted anymore, and the words "No one knows how to dig wells better than me."

Gao Huan was not very satisfied, "The air tightness is still not good, and the water output is not enough. Fortunately, it is not planting rice, so watering the dry land is enough."

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