Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 10 Siphons

After arriving at the house, fortunately no one saw it, Zhu Changyuan drove the carriage all the way around the small courtyard, came to the dry land in front, handed it over to the adults and children of the Wang family, and spread the chemical fertilizers on the remaining [-] acres of land, and then Putting down the seeds, he said, "Starting tomorrow, you can plant wheat. Remember to bring the seeds with me."

Everyone listened to the order in unison, and Zhu Changyuan said again: "Wang Hu, Wang Bao, and Wang Long, you three pack all these used bags together and send them to my room."

The three children were doing light work, and they picked up those bags in a short while.Although these things are worthless, they are modern things. It's nothing for my cronies to know that I have a secret. If these things fall into the hands of those with ulterior motives, it may not cause some trouble.

Zhu Changyuan stood under a tree that had already turned green. Ah Jiu moved a stool and gave him a rest. As the women and children of the Wang family fertilized the field, the sound of "ding" kept ringing in his mind.

"The host changes the parallel world, one mu of land is improved with chemical fertilizers, and the contribution value is rewarded with one thousand points. Beep."

"The host changes the parallel world, one mu of land is improved with chemical fertilizers, and the contribution value is rewarded with one thousand points. Beep."

. . .

Seeing that Lao Wang and his four sons were plowing the field, and it was more than half finished, Zhu Changyuan suddenly turned his mind on the horses donated by the system. Bring out a set of wooden plows, and we'll add another horse."

Lao Wu Xiaopao took the wooden plow out of the yard, put it under the horse's feet, and said, "This plow can't be moved by a horse, right?"

Zhu Changyuan said: "Don't worry, you can pull it freely, and you are very obedient." He walked over and patted the horse's head, and helped Polu put the plow on the horse, put it in the field, and said, "Try it."

Sure enough, as Zhu Changyuan expected, the horse didn't seem to know how to be tired. It pulled the plow all the way, turned over the field like flying, and it was much faster than the ox with the iron plow.

"Hahaha..." Zhu Changyuan laughed, and said to Chang Ning beside him, "See, how is my horse's strength? Don't talk about seven days, with it, it will take less than six days to get rid of the [-] mu. The plowing is over."

Zhu Changning looked at the busy Wang family and Ah Jiu, and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Six, what can I do?"

Zhu Changyuan said: "You don't have to do anything, just watch them make no mistakes. Oh, by the way, I will give you a book later. You study it carefully, it may be of great use in the future."

At least now, Zhu Changning seems to be a reliable person, and he doesn't have any crooked thoughts about himself. It seems that he can give him some of the few secrets, such as the basic mechanical skills book, and let him eat one.

Even if they turn around in the future, this book will not affect anything.

Thinking so, Zhu Changyuan opened the interface that only he could see, exchanged it for a book of basic mechanical skills, threw it to Chang Ning and said, "Close your eyes, don't worry about anything you encounter soon."

Zhu Changning closed his eyes, his head suddenly became dizzy, and a large amount of modern mechanical information was transmitted into his head.

"How?" Zhu Changyuan asked. The information conveyed in this book of mechanical skills is extremely simple. It is just pure mechanical skills and does not contain any information about modern society. Even if Zhu Changning has mastered these skills, he still has nothing to do with other things. known.

"Uh, what is this?" Chang Ning was in a daze for a while, then looked at the things on the carriage, and called out their names inexplicably: "This is an integrated diesel generator, this is a submersible pump, this is..."

Even Chang Ning himself was surprised that he learned so many things in an instant.

Zhu Changyuan didn't care about the dazed Chang Ning, and went back to the house alone and started to work.

A few days later, it was the day to borrow cattle as agreed with Majia Village, that is, seven days later, two brothers, Ma Dashan and Ma Hai, came to the courtyard where Zhu Changyuan lived with smiles on their faces.

Seeing the land where all the wheat had been planted, Ma Hai asked in surprise: "My lord, why are we thinking about coming here to help you harvest the wheat so quickly?"

Zhu Changyuan said: "I don't need your help for now, I owe you a favor, take the cow away, and treat it well, just like you want to treat your father."

Ma Dashan smiled honestly and said, "Whatever you say, little prince, I will definitely take good care of it." In troubled times, cows and horses are sometimes more important than human lives.

"Well, Polu, you go and follow him, and help others by the way, by the way, bring two iron plows too." Regarding Zhu Changyuan's arrangement, Polu dared not have any opinions or dissatisfaction.

"Okay, thank you little prince, thank you little prince." Ma Dashan thanked him honestly, the gratitude in his heart was beyond words, and he almost knelt down to kowtow to Zhu Changyuan.

"Okay, go ahead."

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand.A clear voice suddenly came from my mind: "The task of borrowing cattle is completed, the host has gained the favor of the villagers of Majia Village, and the contribution value has increased by [-] points."

"The task of borrowing cattle is completed, and the host will receive two thousand contribution points from the system."

To be honest, the current Zhu Changyuan, after experiencing the huge prize of 50 points after destroying the enemy's cavalry, and the rewards of [-] points each for fertilizer improvement and seed improvement, he no longer looks down on rewards for such small tasks.

But, how should I put it, mosquito legs are also meat, no matter how strong they are, or underpants, one day if they are lucky, they may be Sanjiang, forced to push, or the same sentence, something is better than nothing, this is a happy thing matter.

In the next few days, life was very peaceful, until the people of Majia Village returned the cattle, Zhu Changyuan encountered another embarrassing thing.

Logically speaking, at this time of year, there should be a timely spring rain after the wheat is in the middle, but this year, it was an inexplicable severe drought, and the soil that had just been turned over in the fields began to turn white.The sun, which is not too vicious, is extraordinarily bright.Even Lao Wang sighed a little.

Zhu Changyuan was very familiar with the drought in the late Ming Dynasty. To be honest, more than half of the reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was because of these two words: drought.

Zhu Changyuan's [-] mu of land has no water source on either side, and the only source of irrigation water is drawn from Majia Village above.In the past, when there was some drought, I went there to say hello, and usually water would be released.

But this year, it's different.

Because, the water source of Majia Village is a huge reservoir, and the water is drawn from a small stream in the distance. Moreover, the ridges around the reservoir are all naturally formed rocks, which are not easy to dig. At that time, all the young and old in Majia Village joined the battle. It took nearly a year to dig a small ditch about one meter deep on the rock. It is not a big problem for irrigation at ordinary times, and it can also take care of Zhu Changyuan's land below. .

This year, due to the severe drought, the water in the pond has dropped by more than two meters, and there is no way to divert water.Don't talk about releasing water for Zhu Changyuan, he is still in a hurry.

As for the water pump that Zhu Changyuan just brought over from modern society, it is not very useful, because the water pump is too small, even if it pumps water day and night at full power, it cannot irrigate the [-] acres of Majia Village and his own [-] acres at the same time. dry land.

what to do?Zhu Changyuan had no choice.

Go back to modern times and pull some water pumps and generators. Don’t be dead. If the machinery is fully turned on, you can hear it dozens of miles away. It’s definitely the rhythm of courting death.

After Zhu Changyuan learned of the situation, he had no choice but to take Po Lu to the pond above Majia Village to investigate for himself.

The pond is not small, and there is a lot of water in it. At least it is enough to irrigate the [-] mu of land. Unfortunately, as the people in Majia Village said, the irrigation ditch that was dug earlier has been suspended two feet above the water surface. meters.

It is impossible for water to flow to a high place.

The outer wall of the pond is a rock with a width of more than 20 meters. If you want to dig a deep trench on it in a short time, even an excavator can't do it.

But after seeing the pond, Zhu Changyuan smiled, yes, he has found a way.

Sorry, I forgot to introduce, Zhu Changyuan, male, 22 years old, just graduated from university. He majored in engineering, commonly known as civil engineering, and his theoretical knowledge is quite solid.

For the immediate situation, there is a way to solve it, and that is the siphon effect.

The so-called siphon is a device that guides water from a low place to a high place and then to a lower place.

Many people may not have seen or heard of it. Let me introduce you with a simple example: a large tank is placed on a flat ground, and it is filled with about two-thirds of water. How can the water be pumped out with a pipe tightly? , without any other machinery.

It's very simple. Use the siphon effect to make this pipe into a siphon. The specific method is: first fill the pipe with water, then put one end into the water and the other end outside the tank. There is a requirement that the nozzle outside the tank should be It is lower than the water surface, and the vertical height from the water surface to the edge of the tank should not exceed the height of an atmospheric pressure water column, which is about ten meters in short.

I have described the principle of siphon in the simplest words, if you still don't understand it, do the experiment yourself and see the effect.For example, this method is used to release water from fish tanks.

Zhu Changyuan smiled, he has the pipes, they are at home, and they are hundreds of meters long, and they are all hard deformable pipes, which just meet the requirements of siphons.

Looking at this group of listless Majia Village villagers, Zhu Changyuan smiled and said: "Okay, folks, don't worry about irrigation, I have a solution!"

"Is there a way?" Ma Dashan looked at Zhu Changyuan and asked suspiciously, but in his heart he asked us to dig rocks.

"Yeah!" Zhu Changyuan nodded, and said, "Ten people will come with me to get things, and the rest of them will go to the village to get a few pots, as well as scissors and kitchen knives. It's best to have a saw."

Take a basin, and a saw and scissors, what is this for?

Everyone was puzzled, and many people thought of using basins to hold water.

"Little prince, you won't be, let's use basins to get water for irrigation?" Ma Hai asked with a bitter face. The water level is so deep, if we need to fetch water and then irrigate, even if the whole village is exhausted, it will not be able to irrigate an acre. land.

"Of course not, don't worry about it, anyway, I'll let you draw the water out without any effort. Ten people will follow me, and the rest will go home and prepare things as I said."

After Zhu Changyuan finished speaking, he brought more than ten people to his small yard, and coiled the pipes brought from modern society into a large plate. A dozen strong men were panting tiredly before carrying them to the pond.

At this time, the villagers have prepared things to watch by the pond.

(End of this chapter)