"Are you Xia Jingyun?"
On the slope of the earth, Zhao Hongfei, the magistrate of Jiang'an County, held his chest high and clasped his hands, showing his magnanimity, and spoke calmly.
"My lord, the sinner is none other than Xia Jingyun."
Xia Jingyun was very polite and took the opportunity to glance up.
A green-robed civil servant with a purple mandarin duck embroidered on his chest. Although he was pretending to be awesome at the moment, his face still had a sad feeling of being a doormat. He was obviously the magistrate of Jiang'an County.
Next to him, stood a beauty in palace attire. Needless to say, her figure was as beautiful as a peony in bloom.
She stood with a cold and arrogant face, not looking down on Xia Jingyun just because he was sloppily dressed.
She just looked down on everyone present as an equal.
Xia Jingyun immediately understood that this person was probably a bigger person, or someone close to a bigger person.
The great man is so happy!
"Did you come up with this method of moving earth on a pulley?"
There was a sudden voice at his feet, which made Xia Jingyun tremble, and then he saw someone squatting next to him.
His face was wrinkled and his hands were rough, like an old farmer working in the fields.
But if he dared to rob the county magistrate, Xia Jingyun would not be stupid enough to really regard him as a farmer, and said quickly: "That's right."
"Then do you think your method can really work? I tried it just now. Although it is indeed quite ingenious, it is still far from being truly successful!"
Zhang Dazhi looked at Xia Jingyun with suspicion.
Xia Jingyun said resolutely, "It will definitely work."
Magistrate Zhao said directly: "Then let's do it quickly and take a look!"
Xia Jingyun did not act, but bowed to County Magistrate Zhao, "The sinner is brave, I beg you, sir. If the sinner can succeed, I hope you can exempt the sinner's family of seven from labor."
Magistrate Zhao narrowed his eyes instantly, "You haven't done anything, yet you dare to make conditions with me?"
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 what the concept of doubling is? With just this, you can save half of my manpower? Haikou is exaggerating, but it won't be brought down!"
Xia Jingyun said respectfully: "That's why the sinner has the courage to ask your Excellency to exempt the whole family from servitude."
"If you fail to achieve what you said, I will throw all seven of your family directly into a mass grave!"
"Thank you, sir!" Xia Jingyun looked happy, "Please assign a few able-bodied people to me."
Magistrate Zhao winked at the guard beside him, and the guard quickly arranged for several followers to temporarily take orders from Xia Jingyun.
Zhang Dazhi, who would be the supervisor, followed and watched silently as before.
Xia Jingyun did not rush to set up any equipment, but instead asked people to use tools to compact the soil at both ends.
Then a tall wooden frame was set up at a high place, and the big wheel was placed horizontally on the wooden frame.
Then, a different operation from before came. He took a long rope, asked someone to tie a knot at every other section, and then tied the long rope into the groove in the middle of the wheel.
Zhang Dazhi's eyes lit up and he seemed to have some realization.
Then he picked up a ruler and measured it, erected a wooden stake on the left and right sides of the rope, and tied the rope.
Then, together with the others, he led the three ropes down the slope and arrived dozens of feet away.
Here, he first placed a turntable and wrapped the long rope in the middle around the turntable.
Then measure the distance, set up two wooden stakes on both sides, and then tighten the rope straight and tie it up.
The three ropes were set up in the air together, like a long bridge lying on the waves, swaying slightly in the wind.
"Why does this look so...shabby?"
In the labor field, the bearded supervisor was holding a whip and looking back from time to time. Seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
He was not really worried about Xia Jingyun, but he felt that it was a bit of a loss to lose the help of a god like this.
On the slope, Magistrate Zhao and Feng Shanggong did not return to the pavilion to rest, but watched Xia Jingyun's work with some curiosity.
Magistrate Zhao took the initiative to talk: "Feng Shanggong, do you think this person's method is useful?"
Feng Xiuyun said calmly: "Master Zhao asked me about someone who has lived in a deep palace for a long time. Isn't it true that he is asking blind questions?"
"I didn't think twice about it." Magistrate Zhao forced himself to laugh twice, "But if such a simple thing can save nearly half of the manpower, it would seem that the previous ones were too useless!"
Feng Xiuyun stood gracefully, looking at the worker in the crowd below who was so weak that it was difficult to stand with his cold eyes, "Let's wait and see."
Magistrate Zhao nodded slightly. Although he looked relaxed, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful, even melancholy.
If the observation deck cannot be completed as scheduled, even if his Jiang'an order is over, even if Concubine De does not blame it, the Jianning County prefect and even the Sishui Prefectural Shepherd 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 County Magistrate Zhao, she was a big shot in the palace. She kept calling Feng Shanggong, but in the palace, she was just an ordinary principal among many female officials. There are also all the harem masters, big and small.
This time, if you take a stand, whether you can win the favor of Empress Dowager De is a matter of two opinions, but if you don't do it well, you will definitely get into trouble.
This viewing platform is an extremely important part. When the empress ascends to enjoy the scenery and entertains the dignitaries in the state, this is a major event that is definitely worth recording. If even this platform is not built well...
Feng Xiuyun didn't dare to think about it anymore. While cursing the Ministry of Rites for not knowing the notice in advance, she watched Xia Jingyun's movements and prayed for the blessings of gods and Buddhas.
Standing next to a large pile of parts, Xia Jingyun could roughly guess that a large number of people were not optimistic about his prospects.
However, they know nothing about the wisdom of working people!
In that special era of mass labor, a large number of native methods such as this pulley method for earth transportation emerged.
Soil is real soil, but it is also really effective.
The original pulley earth-moving method also required the use of wood or bamboo as tracks, different wheels, etc., but Xia Jingyun made some improvements and only retained the most basic principles, which are enough to be used.
He ordered people to fill a shallow basket with wooden wheels with soil. Although the basket was shallow, it was big enough, and one and a half of the baskets they usually used were as large as one and a half. He put the basket up and tied the two ropes as before. It got stuck in the groove of the wooden wheel.
Xia Jingyun did not rush to let anyone pull it. Instead, he picked up a hook and hung it on the knot of the rope in the middle that had already been tied.
Two straight ropes are used as the track, and the middle rope is used as the traction.
Then, the red flag was slowly waved.
When the man on the slope saw this, he shook the big wheel.
"Up again! Up again!"
The laborers and supervisors once again stopped their work, turned their heads and looked around, exclaiming in surprise.
"Don't drop it! Don't drop it!"
This is what most people hope for.
"Fall down! Fall down!"
This is because Hu Guanshi has to support him until death.
The windlass turned in circles, rolled the rope, carried the shallow basket, crossed the height difference, smoothed the distance, and arrived at the high platform steadily and firmly in the eyes of everyone who was getting wider and wider.
A man came over, lifted the basket, poured out the soil inside, and hung the empty basket on the rope again. The big wheel turned in the opposite direction, and the empty basket suddenly slid back to the starting point.
! ! !
The air around them seemed to be still, and everyone was stunned on the spot, 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: "My dear mother, it's so fast!"
Magistrate Zhao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and a burning light suddenly appeared in his eyes!
He saw the possibility of successfully "overcoming the tribulation"!
Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, did he feel awesome just like that?
The real great one is yet to come!
Next comes the real technology!
He immediately asked the people around him to continue loading the soil, and then one after another they brought up the ropes and placed four baskets in front and back, and they were also pulled up easily.
Then, four empty baskets came back.
In the whole process, only two people at the bottom and three at the top participated, a total of five people.
Two loaded the soil, one took the basket, and the two of them rolled the wheel. It only took less than a cup of tea.
In the past, transporting so much soil would have required at least six or seven people to carry heavy loads and crawl for two or three sticks of incense.
Not to mention that the current basket is much bigger than before!
This one pulley has this effect, but what about ten? What about twenty units?
No calculation is needed. Anyone with a brain will understand that Xia Jingyun didn't lie, he really did it!
With such a simple device!
