Chapter 11 Water Diversion and Water Truck ()

Everyone returned to the Qianhu House of Wuzhaibao. When they walked into the main hall, it was bustling with people coming and going. There were wine and food on the big table, steaming hot. There were several stoves next to the main hall, burning hot charcoal fires, making the whole main hall warm.

Huang Sihao, Yang Shi, Gu Qianhu and others sat around the stove, roasting the fire and talking while several children were playing around.

Seeing Huang Laifu, Gu Yunniang and others coming in, several sisters who were talking stopped and looked at Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang with teasing eyes. Yang smiled and said, "Just talking about you, we're back. It's time to start dinner."

But when Gu Yunniang regained her image as a good girl, she leaned into Yang's arms and kept calling "Auntie, Auntie" and her mouth was extremely sweet, which made Yang love her and hugged her in her arms, just to love her. The rapid change in image made Huang Laifu very happy.

Yang said softly to Gu Yunniang in his arms: "My Yunniang and Lai Fu go out, has he bullied you? If so, just tell your aunt, and your aunt will help you teach him a lesson!"

Gu Yunniang secretly gave Huang Laifu a blank look, a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes, and she said, "No, Brother Laifu is very nice to Yunniang, and he also sang a folk song for others to listen to?"

Everyone in the hall laughed immediately, and the elder sister shouted, "Oh, the sun is coming out to the west. When will my brother sing a mountain song? It's a love song, which one is singing?"

Everyone in the hall laughed even more, and the little babies even cheered: "...Uncle has sang love songs, uncle has sang love songs..." Huang Sihao and Gu Qianhu couldn't help but smile at each other. Huang Laifu was a little embarrassed and glared at Gu Yunniang. Gu Yunniang looked back at Huang Laifu without showing any weakness, and then looked a little proud, as if Huang Laifu had revenged his neglect of her before.

Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu stood behind Huang Laifu. They understood that when they saw this, they also opened their mouths and smirked.

Everyone laughed for a while, and Huang Sihao said, "Okay, stop making trouble. When everyone is here, let's have a meal!"

He stood up and said to Gu Qianhu, "Brother Gu Shi, please!"

Gu Qianhu smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Huang, please!"

Everyone sat down, Gu Qianhu greeted Huang Laifu to sit beside him, while Gu Yunniang sat beside Yang.

Huang Sihao and Gu Qianhu drank a glass of wine, and Huang Laifu also toasted Gu Qianhu with a glass of wine.

Gu Qianhu smiled and said, "Okay, okay." After drinking, he said to Huang Laifu: "Nephew Laifu went out to check the farmland, but what did you find?"

Everyone looked at Huang Laifu, and Huang Sihao also raised his chopsticks and said nothing.

Huang Laifu said: "Dad, Uncle Shi, Child and Butler Yang went to the fields to check in the morning and found that there was a serious shortage of water everywhere in the military farms. Even the water in the river was dry, and it was extremely difficult to divert water. Without water, don't think of a good harvest in these fields."

Huang Sihao nodded and sighed: "However, the weather in recent years is not good and lacks rain, so there is no way to be a father."

Gu Qianhu said: "It's the same as today, and the fields I have in Zhenxiwei are the same. Alas, compared with previous years, the harvest of these fields is worse than that of ten."

Huang Laifu said: "Dad, Uncle Shi, my child traveled all over the country this time, and he thought of some solutions to the lack of water in the fields."

Gu Qianhu couldn't help but become very interested, and sat upright and said, "Oh, my nephew has any good methods, so let's talk about it."

Everyone was looking at Huang Laifu, and Gu Yunniang also looked at Huang Laifu with pretty eyes, wanting to hear any good solutions he had.

Huang Laifu said: "Dad, Shiwang, and the child sees the lack of water in the fields everywhere. One is that the fields are close to the riverside. Because the river water is dry and the river bank is too high, the water truck cannot draw water to the shore, or the amount of water is very small, so guarding the river water cannot irrigate the fields. The other is that the fields that are not close to the river are mostly abandoned. Looking at the scene of this year, the rainfall will also be scarce in the future. I can't count on God's gifts, and I can only rely on taking groundwater and finding ways to draw water to the shore."

Seeing that everyone didn't understand, he explained carefully: "For the keel water truck in the fort is too shallow to divert water. However, in the Jiangnan area, a large water truck can divert water up to six or seven meters (about 20 meters), which is enough to meet the needs of the fields by the river. It does not require manpower or animal power, and can be driven by water flow."

Gu Qianhu took a breath: "Can it draw water up to six or seven feet high?" He murmured: "In this way, no matter how high the water level is, as long as there is still flowing water in the river, it can be used."

Huang Sihao said urgently: "My son, do you know how to make a water truck?"

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry, when the child saw this thing, he had carefully asked the relevant craftsmen and remembered the method of making the waterwheel!"

The big water truck that Huang Laifu mentioned is a type of tube truck, especially the reference for the Yellow River flood truck. When he planned it last night, he knew that there would be severe water shortage in the Ming Dynasty for decades, so he checked the relevant computer information. This water truck tube truck and other water diversion tools were naturally in his mind. Of course, when the specific production details of the water truck were free, he would have to look for the computer again.

In fact, this tube truck appeared as early as the Tang Dynasty, and developed from human and animal power to hydraulic water extraction. This Yellow River water truck is an excellent manifestation of the application of tube trucks. According to records, the earliest Yellow River water truck was created by Duan Xu, a native of Lanzhou during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

When Duan Xu was visiting the southwest, he found that there were often simmering water there and irrigating fields, and using water to lift the rivers and streams in the low places to irrigate fields. He was very interested. He remembered that although the people in his hometown lived on water, because the banks of the Yellow River were too high and the vertical distance between the water surface and the farmland was high, he could not drink water when guarding the Yellow River. He ordered people to draw pictures and take them back to Lanzhou, and went to the southwest twice for inspection, and finally made a successful career.

Duan Xu is from Lanzhou, so he is also called Lanzhou Water Car. Lanzhou Water Car is simple and grand. In the world, it is ranked as the best as the Dutch windmill and has won the national business card.

In fact, in ancient China, science and technology were developed and various inventions were endless. Not to mention the barrel truck, but only the keel water truck powered by human or animal is not only my country, but also the earliest water truck in the world. This kind of water truck with sprocket transmission and flip plate lifting as its working principle can only be manufactured in the West after 1,500 years.

However, in the ancient agricultural society, when men farmed and women weaved, transportation was closed and science and technology promotion was always slow. In addition, many technologies often required high investment, which was something that natural small farmers could not bear. Therefore, although many inventions were invented in ancient times, many technologies were often only local and regional use, and it was difficult to promote the whole country and be used in other places. In addition, many technologies in ancient times were often lost.

The trolley appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it was not until the Ming Dynasty that it was used along the Yellow River. In my hometown before the water truck was made, the Yellow River water flowed eastward for hundreds of years, but the large tracts of farmland on the shore could not be watered.

Not to mention ancient times, even when mechanical technology was very developed in the 21st century, some parts of China still insisted on the farming method of one person, one ox and one plow for thousands of years, which shows the tenacity of the natural economy.

At this time, Wuzhai Fort was also facing the same situation. No one in the fort knew about the tube truck and the flood truck in the Yellow River Lanzhou. Like Duan Xu's previous hometown, he also guarded the Qinglian River and rushed westward, but the large areas of farmland on the shore could not be watered.
Chapter completed!