Chapter 19: Business ()

The water truck used by the river was successfully made, which greatly increased Huang Laifu's confidence. Next, it was the turn of the livestock water truck and hand press for well irrigation.

Compared with the water truck, the production and principle of this hand press is relatively simple. As soon as he talks to Mr. Liu, he understood the truth. In a few days, he led the military craftsmen to make a few, and the cost was relatively low.

The method of making this manual press is to use a pipe that is more than ten meters long to smash one end into a sharp point, drill the four walls of the pipe into many holes, and put a wooden cube on the top to smash into the water layer in the ground or well. A pump is connected to the top of the pipe. When the handle is pressed, the water can be lifted up. In fact, the principle of negative pressure absorbing water is used.

When making a hand press, the other parts are good, but the rubber ring that acts as a seal on the pump is more troublesome, so I have to use cowhide or some thick cloth to replace it.

A few days ago, many wells or deep holes were drilled in the fields next to Huang Laifu Datian Village. The installation of this hand press is not time-consuming and labor-intensive. After loading it into the well or deep holes, the opening is sealed. After pressing the handle, water soon came out, which made the military households in Wuzhai Fort look at the Western scenery together as if they were in the market.

Huang Sihao, Yang family, Gu Qianhu and other people in Qianhu's house were smiling, and the deputy Qianhu of Wuzhai Fort and the officers watching next to him were even more excited. This kind of hand press well was of great use to them.

It is estimated that the water from the well of this hand press can water several acres of land in a day. For their fields or vegetable fields that are not close to the river, this hand press can already meet the needs of most of their fields.

Everyone smiled happily, and then remembered what Huang Laifu said a few days ago that he used animal power to irrigate the well. He immediately pressed his curiosity and then waited patiently.

Huang Laifu asked the military craftsmen to make dozens of hand presses. In addition to being distributed throughout their own farms, they also made several holes in Qianhu's houses and Wuzhai Fortress, which attracted many children to come and try to press them. This kind of well that does not take up space and is convenient for water collection is very popular among the public. Even many older military households often come and press and enjoy it.

Huang Laifu's kind behavior caused a lot of discussion. Everyone said that Huang Laohu had changed his nature.

The successful production of the water truck and the hand press wells left behind the water intake problem of those deep water wells up to 20 to 30 meters.

The animal-powered keel waterwheel in Huang Laifu's computer is actually very similar to the "Liberation Waterwheel" in China in the 1960s and 1970s. The blade chain is driven by animal-power and slowly lifting water from a deep well.

Compared to the big water truck by the river, this animal-powered keel water truck is even more difficult to make. In fact, in terms of artificial intelligence, it does not require dozens of people to cooperate with each other. This keel water truck can be made by a few people, but it takes a lot of time.

The reason why it takes time is that these parts are complex, but also that it is not easy to combine these parts. As long as there is a problem with the specifications of a certain part, it is difficult to combine them into a whole. Even if they are combined, they may not be able to be transmitted freely. The most difficult thing is the blades and a spinal transmission device connected by wooden tenons.

The military craftsmen had to use their brains. In addition to being as accurate as possible in advance, they also came up with a solution, which was to not fix the impeller at the rear of the car first, and after making a spinal transmission device, they could find a suitable position for the impeller at the rear of the car to fix it.

Not to mention, this method is still very useful. In the end, this animal keel water wheel that combines ancient and modern times was finally made. The entire water wheel has slender and beautiful appearance, and the fir body and blades are made of hard and tough, corrosion-resistant locust trees. The quality is very good and can be used for many years.

On the day when the livestock keel water truck was installed, there were crowds of people next to the fields, and the entire Wuzhai Fort surrounded the well, and there were some people who came from other places to watch the fun. Although the winter solstice will be in a few days, it is a very cold season in northwest Shanxi around the winter solstice, but it still cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm.

Under Huang Laifu's command, Liu Zongqi and other military craftsmen put the water wheel into the well and placed the front of the car on the well. They pulled a plowing ox and put the pull rod on the body of the ox. When they were rushing the plowing ox, they heard a "squeaking" sound. The wooden teeth on the top of the water wheel kept turning, and the leaves of the water wheel kept lifting the water from the deep well to the top, and introduced it into the sink next to the water wheel, and flowed into various fields through the canal.

"It's water out of water!" Everyone screamed happily.

Deputy Qianhu and others surrounded him and congratulated Huang Sihao, Huang Laifu and others. Everyone had light on their faces. It is estimated that this animal water truck could water more than ten acres of water in a day. Coupled with the hand press well and the river water truck, their fields would be worry-free, so how could everyone not be happy?

Huang Laifu also sighed in his heart that through his efforts these days, he finally solved the problem of water irrigation in the Wuzhaibao fields. I believe that the scene of Wuzhaibao will be very different in spring next year, right? In fact, there are more advanced sprinkler and drip irrigation technologies in later generations, but unfortunately, with the technological capabilities at this time, it is absolutely impossible to make relevant equipment.

Amid the laughter of everyone, He Vice Qianhu squeezed to Huang Laifu: "Congratulations to the eldest young master, for making such a powerful tool for water trucks, the fields of my Wuzhai Fort will be worry-free in the future. I wonder if the eldest young master..."

Huang Laifu understood his thoughts, smiled slightly, raised his hand to calm everyone down, and then he said, "Everyone, I know everyone's ideas, I want their own fields to have these water trucks as soon as possible. Laifu had plans in his mind. Five days later is the winter solstice. That afternoon, I will invite everyone to come to this farm and discuss this matter together."

Everyone cheered again, Huang Sihao and Yang smiled at each other, and they also smiled. Gu Yunniang looked at Huang Laifu with a strange look.

December 22, 1589 AD, November 15th of the lunar calendar.

Nearly noon!

This day is the winter solstice, an important festival of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the sub-year and the Little New Year. It is also the slack farming. Many people in the south use the entertainment of renting garden pavilions and trekking songs, while the northern people mostly build snow lions, snow lamps, ice skating and sledding as their activities. Regardless of north and south, everyone eats wontons and drinks winter solstice wine on this day.

It seemed as if the cold wind blew overnight, and the water of Qinglian River was frozen firmly and covered with thick ice. Even the water truck that had been rotating these days stopped rotating. However, some military children from Wuzhai Fort enjoyed skating and playing on the ice.

On the bank of the river, a young man in his twenties was squinting his eyes at the huge water wheel by the river. The young man was wearing a cotton robe, cloth shoes, and thick ear protection. His eyes were quite smart, and he looked like a typical businessman.

At this moment, he murmured: "The livestock water truck, the hand press well, and the river water truck, are interesting."

After a while, he returned to a horse-drawn car on the side of the road. The servant and groom, a servant in his forties, came up and said, "Fourth Master, get in the car, it's cold outside."

The young man nodded, lifted the thick cloth circumference outside and entered the carriage. There was an exquisite small stove inside, with a pot of wine warming up. The young man poured himself a glass of hot wine, drank it all, and breathed comfortably.

"Go!" The servant rushed the horse and said, "Fourth Young Master, I will enter Wuzhai Fort later. After lunch, we will continue to rush to the Bajiao Fort in the evening, we can go to the Bajiao Fort, eat wontons and drink Winter Solstice wine. We will be able to reach the Between the Treshold near tomorrow evening."

The young man said, "Uncle De, I suddenly felt that there seemed to be development prospects in these five villages. I decided to stay and see for a few days."

Uncle De said in confusion: "Five Village Fort?"

He thought for a while: "I don't know what is there to do in these five villages."

The young man smiled and said, "This is going to be seen. I just feel that Qu Yuanrui will have great development prospects in this Wuzhai Fort."

Soon, the carriage entered Wuzhai Fort. After the sergeant guarding the fort checked Qu Yuanrui's road, he let the carriage enter the fort.

After entering Wuzhai Fort, Qu Yuanrui was secretly surprised again. From the carriage, the mental outlook of the military households in the fort seemed to be a little different. They were no longer miserable. Some people had smiles on their faces when they walked and spoke.

Qu Yuanrui of the Wuzhai Fort knew that there were all poor soldiers in the garrison who could not survive. When he passed by this place last year, he saw everything he saw was poor, and everyone had a numbness of despair about life. Now it seems that hope is back on the faces of some people.

In fact, all these changes mainly come from Huang Laifu. Huang Laifu has hired Datianzhuangzhuangzhuangzhuangzhuangzhuangzhuang and military craftsmen for more than a month. He has indeed adhered to his promise. Not only did he manage the generous food every day, but he also gave each person at least five dou of monthly food after a month. Of course, those first-class farmer and second-class farmer will not start after spring.

Those who work for Huang Laifu can eat enough every day and eat big fat every three days. Even their family members can drink strong rice porridge now, which makes these people very satisfied and feel that they have hope for life.

It is so easy for ordinary people to satisfy, even the military households. Although the changes are only about 100 households in Wuzhai Fort, the mental outlook of the military households in Wuzhai Fort has changed a little bit.

As a businessman, he felt keen, and Qu Yuanrui couldn't help but be more interested in Huang Laifu. In the past, he had also passed by Wuzhai Fort and of course he had heard of the young master of Qianhu. He used to only know that he was a playboy, with a rough temperament and was often liked to oppress and whip the poor soldiers on the street.

I heard that he had traveled at the beginning of the year, and I secretly laughed at the time that the young master of Qianhu had learned from scholars and had also created a sword to travel around the world.

Unexpectedly, he changed his appearance after he came back less than a year. I heard that Mr. Huang Laifu is now very kind. Many people in the Five Village Fort praised him and became a strange story.

And he became smart and wise, and created a powerful irrigation tool like Huang Laifu Water Truck. Some people in Wuzhai Fort have already said that Huang Laifu received guidance from experts while traveling abroad, so they opened the spiritual orifice. Otherwise, how could they create such a water Truck?

Qu Yuanrui suddenly had the intention of paying homage to the topic of Huang Laifu.
Chapter completed!