The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 11
The principle of the waterwheel is simple, and it is not difficult to draw, but she can't remember some details, so it took several days to modify and paint.

Potatoes need to be watered frequently to ensure sufficient water to grow well.

The people here have not yet invented the water wheel, and those farmers water the crops by pushing a small cart to carry water in buckets. After that, just watering can make people tired and paralyzed.

With this water truck continuously transporting water to the fields, the problem is solved.

"You go to Wang Dong and ask him to find some good carpenters." Su Tang said to Yingyue.

They asked Xiaolan and Xiaocui to prepare tea in the yard, and waited for a full quarter of an hour before seeing Wang Dong hurried over with a few people.

Considering that she was going to the Lingyun Mountains in the future, she tried to see as few people as possible, but it was strange to wear a veil in the yard, so Yingyue asked Yingyue to find two veils to wear.

"These are all experts in making furniture, beams, and carriages in our city. I have invited them here." Wang Dong introduced the carpenters standing in a row to Su Tang.

In fact, just looking at their forty-something appearance and the calluses on their hands, Su Tang knew that they were all veteran craftsmen.

"Sit down." Su Tang told Xiaolan to quickly add a few more stools.

"I came here with you mainly to see if this thing can be made." Su Tang handed the blueprint of the waterwheel to several carpenters.

Carpenter Li hurriedly and respectfully accepted the blueprint handed over by Su Tang. It was not easy to receive the job in the City Lord's Mansion.

Several carpenters looked around and found that they had never seen such a thing before. "It can be made according to the drawing, but it doesn't look like a wheel. I don't know what it is for."

"It's called a waterwheel, and it's an irrigation tool. It's similar to a wheel. It also needs the axle to support the wooden spokes to make it into a wheel shape. It's just that a scraper and a water bucket need to be installed on the top of each spoke. In this way, The scraper can use the water potential to drive the whole waterwheel to rotate slowly, bring the water in the bucket to the top, pour it into the aqueduct next to it, and then transport the water to the fields that need to be irrigated through the water tank installed on the aqueduct.”

Su Tang explained while pointing to the drawings, "In this way, a steady stream of water will flow into the fields that need to be irrigated, and we will no longer be afraid of less rain and reduced grain production."

The appearance of the waterwheel is the basis for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the society is harmonious and stable. As long as more crops can be cultivated, the people will have enough to eat.

"This is simply a wonderful invention."

"With this, as long as there is not a severe drought to the point where the river dries up, the fields will not be afraid of water shortage."

"The most important thing is that if it can be made, even if it is a high-lying terraced field, water can be easily transported up, which means that more fields will be able to be cultivated because of this invention."

"Wonderful, wonderful!" The carpenters could understand what Su Tang said best, and they all opened their eyes wide in amazement.

"This waterwheel can be seven to eight feet high. I wonder how many of you can make it?" Su Tang asked.

It is more than 20 meters long, which is considered a big project in this era.

"Yes, I will find a way to make it even if I don't eat or drink. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people." Carpenter Li couldn't bear to leave the drawing for a moment with his bright eyes.

"Then I will thank you all. If you need people or things, you can ask Wang Dong for them. Please make one as quickly as possible." Su Tang said.

The season for planting potatoes is coming soon. Potatoes are different from wheat. Wheat seeds can germinate when they wait for the next rain, while potatoes need sufficient water until the seedlings emerge. Otherwise, the land will be too dry and the emergence rate will be affected. of.

"We will do our best," several carpenters said.

"Wang Dong, send more people to assist them." Su Tang looked at the surprised Wang Dong beside him.

Yingyue watched them step out of the courtyard, pulled off the veil on their faces, and looked at Su Tang with admiration, "Master, you are the smartest person in the world, you can always come up with something novel and practical. Come."

"That's right. In the past, I always saw my family transporting water to the fields again and again in order to make the crops grow better. It still didn't do much. It was really sad and helpless. Now there is this water. From now on, I will never worry about the crops not growing well." Xiaolan said happily standing beside Su Tang.

"Master is my living Bodhisattva in Yanyang City." Xiao Cui also praised.

Su Tang was almost ashamed when he was praised by them, but it was just that he knew more things. This was the wisdom slowly accumulated by his ancestors, not because he was so smart.

"Okay, if you continue to boast like this, I'm going to be in a trance." Su Tang took off the veil on his face and smiled.

He sent a few little maidservants to go about their own business.

When he was free, Su Tang took Yingyue for a walk outside the city, and a few carpenters were leading people by the river to cut down and transport trees to prepare for the waterwheel.

The relocated people also built solid wooden houses for themselves, and went to open up wasteland when they had nothing to do.

At this time, a large area of ​​sandy land that was covered with grass had already been trimmed.

Su Tang couldn't help but marvel at the efficiency of the people's land reclamation, and quickly checked the current reputation value to see if it was enough.

"2105 reputation points." The system said.

"It's far from enough." Su Tang asked Lin Qing about the population of Xiayanyang City in the past few days. There were originally about 1 people, plus the villagers who moved to the edge of the city, there should be about 5000 people now. .

Those villagers heard that high-yielding seedlings would be distributed for free, and they worked extremely hard to open up the wasteland.

The surrounding areas of Yanyang City are all deserted fields, and there is no shortage of land. As long as you can grow them, you can open up as much wasteland as you want. The important thing is that there are so many people waiting to try to grow potatoes. When the time comes, the reputation is not enough to buy seeds. Not very bad.

"Is there no other way to earn reputation points?" Su Tang asked the system in his heart. .

"Yes, but it's not unlocked yet." The system said helplessly.

"." Su Tang was helpless.

"Actually, I have a method that can quickly help you earn reputation points." The system's voice now had a touch of, well, how should I put it, it's cheap.

"Let me hear it."

"You write a storybook, embellishing the deeds of how you repelled the bandits and protected the people of Yanyang City from poisonous hands, and then put it in the teahouse and say every day, those people are grateful for your kindness, worship your tall image, is your reputation worth it? Is it there?" the system said triumphantly.

Although it is shameless to write a storybook and boast about yourself, but.
"It's really a good idea. Everything is for the people to grow potatoes to eat."

But when Su Tang was lying on the table and writing about his glorious image, he really couldn't write it.

So Yingyue found that Su Tang had started staring at the straw paper in a daze these days.

"Master, what new invention do you have?" Yingyue made Su Tang a glass of honey water, and poured herself a glass of honey water and drank it happily.

Su Tang watched her organize the language for a long time before speaking, "What kind of script do you think can show my greatness and various advantages?"

"Well, master, do you want to write a script for yourself?" Yingyue blinked at Su Tang.

(End of this chapter)