NFBE Chapter 158: The First Waterwheel
Chapter 158: The First Waterwheel
Outside of Yuncheng and at the foot of Dayu Mountain, there was a crowd of people.
The citizens of Yuncheng and tourists from other places who got the news, young and old, almost all came out.
Even the children of Qingshan Academy were given a special visiting area under the guidance of three teachers.
The sight line is excellent.
Everyone was looking forward to it, standing on tiptoe, looking past the row of Yuncheng defenders in front of them and looking towards one place.
The Yuncheng defenders polished their armor and spears to a shine today, their eyes were deep and sharp, and they stood as still as a mountain.
They didn't look like ordinary defenders, but more like soldiers who had been on the battlefield.
"The lord has ordered that it is dangerous on the mountain! The people of Yuncheng can just watch from afar. You are not allowed to go up the mountain without permission and cause trouble for the installation of the water truck!" A patrolling security soldier shouted in the crowd.
Every time you arrive at a place, you have to shout it twice to make sure everyone can hear it.
They trained hard and made their appearance today to give an explanation to the people of Yuncheng and put their minds at ease.
In order to shock foreign tourists, Yuncheng is no longer the Yuncheng that anyone can bully!
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Dayu Mountain, at the stream at the foot of the mountain.
Originally there was no stream, only a spring on the mountain.
The stream was dug out by the people of Yuncheng after they dug the reservoir.
As for the spring water on the top of the mountain, part of it comes from atmospheric precipitation and part of it comes from groundwater.
Li Jiaojiao, who didn't know how much water was stored underground, secretly came in the middle of the night to do some cheating.
On the one hand, they practiced controlling their supernatural powers, and on the other hand, in other places, where there was a lot of water, they held hands in friendship underground...
The workload was so huge that she came many times to complete it.
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The water from Dayu Mountain was originally the life-saving water for the people of Yuncheng. As long as it was still there, the people of Yuncheng would not die of thirst, but no one had ever considered using it to irrigate farmland.
Not only are the farmers hungry and without water, but they also don't have the strength to climb the mountains to fetch water for the fields.
I am also afraid that if this only mountain spring cannot irrigate the land, the land will dry up...
But the situation is different now.
Only Li Jiaojiao knew that Yuncheng would never lack water again.
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Minister Lin brought people from the Ministry of Works to install a circular hydraulic waterwheel.
Reserve mortise holes on the camphor wood shaft, insert the center shaft, and then install the wooden strips, waterwheel bottom plate, flange plate, etc. in sequence.
Finally, the assembled structure is installed on the wooden support using mortise and tenon joints and fastened to the wooden diagonal braces with bolts.
After the foundation is completed, fix the waterwheel pads with bolts and set mortises on the waterwheel pads.
Align the mortise holes, insert the mortise joints between the wooden bracket and the other end of the wooden diagonal brace, knock and vibrate them firmly, and install the waterwheel from bottom to top on the foundation laid in advance.
Everyone worked very carefully, and after the installation they carefully checked every detail of the waterwheel's splicing.
It was not until three people had taken turns and each had checked three times that the person who had taken action stepped back and gave the middle position to the adults.
Minister Lin was the first to step forward and touch the huge waterwheel.
This was the drawing he had seen in the capital. He gathered his skilled craftsmen overnight to make a scaled-down model.
Just to be able to personally witness it turning in Yuncheng, to see it irrigating thousands of acres of fertile fields...
"Sir, here you go." Li Jiaojiao raised her hand and took the two hammers from Su Xin's hands, and handed one of them to Minister Lin.
Then he turned around and handed the other one to Li Yushi, who was looking up at the waterwheel intently, and said, "Please both of you make the waterwheel turn. The people are waiting for you."
Censor Li subconsciously took the hammer handed over by the girl and was stunned.
At this moment of starting the waterwheel, shouldn't the responsibility be handed over to her, the biggest contributor?
He suspected that the girl was bribing him and trying to please him...
Is it because he is going back to Beijing? Do you need him to say something nice to His Majesty? Minister Lin narrowed his eyes. It’s not impossible, but I have to change a cherry tree! And…
Huh? Shangshu was stunned.
The girl turned around, took a handful of cherries from the Fourth Prince's hand and started eating them.
"Puh, puh, puh..." The seeds were spit out. (Many years later, the cherry tree next to the waterwheel (*^▽^*))
"My Lords, we still have several other water trucks to install. If we delay any longer, we won't have lunch, let alone dinner."
Li Jiaojiao spat out another fruit core, urging the duo to sigh.
"Also, knock on the wall facing the mountain, not towards the waterwheel."
These are all things that Minister Lin needs to organize into a book in the future to preserve useful information.
She didn't want to wait until the water truck broke down and someone came to ask her why.
The two old men's mouths twitched at the same time. They were so moved that this kid didn't have the slightest bit of heart.
Hey……
Bookboy, long-time attendant: ...
What are you two thinking about?
Didn’t you see who was holding fruit to block the sun for the county lady?
He is a prince who won the top three places in the imperial examination. Oh my!
Next to him is Prince Xie, the number one young master in the capital!
He has military power.
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"Bang, bang, bang..."
With a few dull echoes, the concrete wall that had been dug in advance beside the stream and located above the drop appeared.
Finally, it could not withstand the combined force of the mountain spring impact and the hammer blows.
It began to crumble away piece by piece and layer by layer, falling into the gurgling stream below.
The stream, freed from its confinement, seemed to be given new life, flowing downstream and hitting the waterwheel.
Driven by the water flow, the waterwheel began to turn slowly...
As the waterwheel turned, the wooden buckets mounted on the arms of the wheel dipped into the stream one by one, filled with clear mountain spring water.
When they rise to a high place as the waterwheel turns, the water in the buckets pours down like a waterfall, making a gurgling sound and splashing a crystal clear water.
The mountain spring water flows into the canal dug in advance, winding along the canal and flowing to the fertile fields in the distance.
The crowd fell into a brief silence at this moment. They were shocked by the scene before them, as if time had frozen at this moment.
Then, bursts of exclamations came one after another, full of joy and excitement.
"There's water! There's water! There's water in the canal, the waterwheel is a success! Woo woo woo woo ..."
People cheered, jumped, their faces were filled with happy smiles, and then cried...
Some people turned to look at the woman in the crowd, and more people turned to look at the woman in the crowd...
To this day, the surprises this woman brings to them continue to pile up.
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Minister Lin walked down from the high platform, threw the hammer in his hand to the ground, staggered a few steps, and squatted down next to the canal next to the windmill.
The Minister of Works, who had always been an impetuous man, stretched out his wrinkled hand tremblingly and slowly seeped into the canal.
The tentacles were cool and smooth, and the water washed over his palms, bringing a slight tingling sensation...
He succeeded, and his journey of thousands of miles was worth it.
With this waterwheel...
He remained squatting and looked up at the waterwheel above his head. The splashing water droplets and water vapor hit his face.
Minister Lin wiped his face and laughed out loud...
“Hahahaha… County Princess, let’s go to the reservoir to load other water trucks!”
Minister Lin stood up and made a gesture to invite the girl to go first, "Please, County Lady!"
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Li Jiaojiao raised her hand and lightly touched the outer wheel of the rotating waterwheel. Each bucket of water passed through her fingertips one by one.
The woman's white fingers glowed with crystal white light under the double refraction of sunlight and water droplets.
She raised her head, her dark eyes staring directly at the waterwheel, and said very seriously: "Work hard, Yuncheng will have a hard time for you in the future..."
Everyone, including Minister Lin, waited quietly by the side, watching the woman communicating with the waterwheel.
They seemed to understand that this was the first waterwheel on the market and it must have been the result of the hard work of many women.
At this point in her life, it was probably time for her to leave.
See you later, the mountains are high and the road is long, I don’t know when I will return.
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Li Jiaojiao: …
She really just wanted the waterwheel to work properly and not break down too soon...
After all, this was the first water truck, and everyone had no experience, so minor omissions were inevitable.
She was using the wood power to reinforce the waterwheel...
Without further ado, come and try chopping with the knife a few times...
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The crowd left and went to the reservoir to install other "human-powered water wheels."
The two men walking at the end turned back at the same time to look at the huge waterwheel.
In the sunlight, the processed dead wood emits a faint luster, giving the illusion of jade being reborn...
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