first minister

Chapter 7 Stunning Performances

"You are Xia Jingyun?"

On the slope, Zhao Hongfei, magistrate of Jiang'an County, raised his chest and put his hands behind his back.

"In the case of my lord, the culprit is none other than Xia Jingyun."

Xia Jingyun was very courteous, and took the opportunity to look up.

A civil servant in a green robe with a purple mandarin duck embroidered on his chest, although he is pretending to be a great person at the moment, but there is still a distressed temperament on his face, obviously this is the county magistrate of Jiang'an County.

Beside him, there stood a beauty in palace attire, needless to say her figure, like a delicate peony in its flowering period.

She stood with a cold and arrogant face, and she didn't look down on Xia Jingyun because of his sloppy clothes.

She just looked down upon everyone present equally.

Xia Jingyun immediately understood that this person was probably a bigger person, or someone close to a bigger person.

The big man is so happy!
"The method of transporting earth with a pulley was offered by you?"

A sudden voice came from his feet, which made Xia Jingyun shiver with fright, and then he saw a person squatting next to him.

His face is wrinkled and his hands are rough, like an old farmer working in the field.

But if he dared to rob the county magistrate, Xia Jingyun would not be so stupid as to really treat him as an old farmer, so he quickly said, "Exactly."

"Then do you think your method can really work? I tried it just now. Although it is indeed quite ingenious, it is far from being real!"

Zhang Dazhi looked at Xia Jingyun suspiciously.

Xia Jingyun resolutely said, "It will definitely work."

Zhao County Magistrate directly said: "Then do it quickly and see!"

Xia Jingyun did not take any action, but made a bow to Zhao County Magistrate, "The sinner has the courage, I implore my lord, if the sinner can succeed, I hope my lord can spare the sinner's family of seven from hard labor."

County Magistrate Zhao narrowed his eyes instantly, "You dare to raise conditions with me without doing anything?"

Xia Jingyun immediately said: "As long as the sinner's method is used, the progress here can at least be doubled!"

County Magistrate Zhao snorted coldly, "Do you know the concept of doubling? With just this, you can save half of the manpower for this officer? Haikou exaggerates, but you can't get down here!"

Xia Jingyun respectfully said: "Because of this, sinners have the courage to ask your lord to exempt the family from hard labor."

"If it doesn't meet what you said, I will throw all seven of your family into a mass grave!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Xia Jingyun's expression brightened, "Please, my lord, assign a few able-bodied people to me."

Zhao County Magistrate winked at the guard beside him, and the guard quickly arranged a few attendants to take orders from Xia Jingyun temporarily.

Zhang Dazhi, who will be the prisoner, followed by the side as before, watching silently.

Xia Jingyun was not in a hurry to set up any equipment at first, but asked people to use tools to tamp down the pile of soil at both ends.

Then a tall wooden frame was erected on a high place, and the big wheel was placed horizontally on the wooden frame.

Then, a different operation than before came, he took a long rope and asked people to tie a knot every other section, and then tied the long rope to the groove in the middle of the wheel.

Zhang Dazhi's eyes lit up, as if he had realized something.

Then he picked up a ruler and measured it. On the left and right sides of the rope, he erected a wooden stake and tied the rope.

Then, together with the others, they led the three ropes down the slope, and came tens of feet away.

Here, he first placed a turntable, and wound the long rope in the middle around the turntable.

Then measure the distance, set up two wooden stakes on both sides, and then tie the rope tightly.

The three ropes were erected together in the air, like a long bridge lying on the waves, slightly swaying in the wind.

"Why does this look so...shabby?"

In the labor field, the bearded supervisor held his whip and looked back from time to time. Seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

He wasn't really worried about Xia Jingyun, but felt that it was a bit of a loss to lose a helper like this.

On the slope, Zhao County Magistrate and Feng Shanggong didn't go back to the pergola to rest, and watched Xia Jingyun busy with some curiosity.

County magistrate Zhao took the initiative to chat: "Feng Shanggong, do you think this man's method is useful?"

Feng Xiuyun said indifferently: "Master Zhao asked me a person who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, didn't he ask Yu Blind?"

"It's my lack of consideration." County magistrate Zhao forced a smile, "But if such a simple thing can save nearly half of the manpower, it seems that the previous people are too useless!"

Feng Xiuyun stood gracefully, looking coldly at the laborer in the crowd below who was too weak to stand up, "We'll wait and see."

County magistrate Zhao nodded slightly. Although he looked relaxed, he couldn't help feeling a little regretful, even melancholy.

If the viewing platform can't be completed on schedule, his Jiang Anling will be over. Even if Defei doesn't blame him, the prefect of Jianning County and even the prefect of Sishui Prefecture will have to express their attitude.

Xia Jingyun, can you surprise me?
Feng Xiuyun was also slightly nervous. In the eyes of a small county magistrate like Zhao County Magistrate, she was a big shot in the palace, and she kept calling Feng Shanggong, but in the palace, she was just an ordinary chief among the many female officials, and there were all the big and small harem masters on top.

This time, it is up to the front line, whether you can win the favor of the concubine or not is a matter of debate, but if you don't do it well, it will definitely cause disaster.

This viewing platform is an extremely important part. At that time, the empress will climb up to enjoy the scenery and entertain the dignitaries in the state. This is a major event that is definitely worth recording during this family visit. If even this platform is not built well.
Feng Xiuyun didn't dare to think about it anymore, while cursing that the Ministry of Rites didn't know to notify in advance, while watching Xia Jingyun's movements, she prayed for the protection of gods and Buddhas.

Xia Jingyun, who was standing next to a large pile of parts, could roughly guess that a large number of people were not optimistic about his prospects.

But they don't know anything about the wisdom of the working people!

In that special era of mass labor for the whole people, a large number of soil methods such as the pulley soil method emerged.

Soil is real soil, but it is also really effective.

The original pulley soil transportation method still needs to use wood or bamboo as rails, and has different wheels, etc., but Xia Jingyun has made some improvements, only retaining the most basic principles, and it is still usable.

He ordered people to fill the soil with shallow baskets with wooden wheels. Although the baskets were shallow, they were large enough to have one and a half as many baskets as they usually used. When the baskets were put on, the two ropes just stuck in the grooves of the wooden wheels as before.

Xia Jingyun was not in a hurry to be pulled, but picked up a hook and hung it on the knot already tied in the middle of the rope.

Use two stretched ropes as tracks, and the middle rope as traction.

Then, the red flag was slowly waved.

Seeing this, the man on the slope shook the big wheel.

"Arise again! Arise again!"

The laborers and supervisors once again stopped what they were doing, turned their heads to look, and let out exclamations.

"Don't drop! Don't drop!"

This is the hope of most people.

"Fall! Fall!"

This is something that Manager Hu has to pull back even if he dies.

The wheel turned round and round, rolled the rope, carried the shallow basket, crossed the height difference, smoothed the distance, and came to the high platform steadily and firmly under the widening eyes of everyone.

A man came, picked up the basket, poured out the soil inside, hung the empty basket on the rope again, turned the big wheel in the opposite direction, and the empty basket slid back to the starting point in an instant.

!!!

The surrounding air seemed to be still, and everyone froze in place, eyes full of disbelief.

The bearded supervisor rubbed his eyes, what the hell is going on?

It's such a simple thing, can it really work?

The workers in the field were also dumbfounded, and murmured: "Mother, it's so fast!"

County magistrate Zhao swallowed his saliva, and a hot light rose in his eyes instantly!
He saw the possibility of successfully "crossing the catastrophe"!

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, did he feel amazing like that?
The really great ones haven't come yet!
Then comes the real technology!
He immediately asked the people around him to continue loading the soil, and then moved up the rope one after another. He placed four baskets back and forth, and they were also easily pulled up.

Then, the four empty baskets returned.

In the whole process, only the two people below and the three people above, a total of five people participated.

It took less than a cup of tea for two to load the soil, one to pick up the basket, and two to shake the wheel.

In the past, to transport so much soil, it took at least six or seven people to work hard and crawl for two or three sticks of incense.

Not to mention that the current basket is much larger than before!

This one pulley has this effect, how about ten?What about twenty?
There is no need for any calculations, anyone with a brain can understand that Xia Jingyun didn't lie, he really did it!
With such a simple device!

(End of this chapter)