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Sun Houpu left in despair, and Zheng Ruoying became more relaxed and pestered Liang Chuan to talk.
"Someone in the village killed a tiger a few days ago. Do you know about this?"
"I don't know?" Liang Chuan frowned and pretended.
"Hey, I've never seen a tiger. Is the tiger big?"
Liang Chuan opened his hands and gestured, "Well, it's probably about this big."
Zheng Ruoying rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "You are talking about the kitten, right?"
"Well.."
"Okay, what have you been busy with recently? You sit at home and play in the mud every day. When will you help build a waterwheel?"
Liang Chuan choked and said: "Miss, why are you so different from others in appearance? When Mr. Sun was here, you were a lady, knowledgeable and courteous. But as soon as Mr. Sun left, how could this unruly young lady's nature change? It's been exposed." Liang Chuan deliberately raised his voice and pretended to shout out of the yard: "Hey, Mr. Sun, come and see, this Miss Zheng is acting wild, come and see!"
The roar of laughter from a group of old village girls outside the yard came in, and someone shouted in response: "Don't beg for pleasure like a bitch in the spring, that young man is gone!" Zheng Ruoying was so embarrassed by the word "please for pleasure" at that time His face was red, he was clenching his fists and stamping his feet.
"Liang Chuan, you are going too far!"
"Okay, okay, Miss, I've been very busy these days, okay? Now let's make this waterwheel. But you can figure out the money for the materials. I haven't had any income recently, and there are eight people in my family. I'm waiting for you to take the blame, but I don't have the money to buy any more materials for you." Liang Chuan said so miserably that he almost took it seriously if he didn't know.
"A family of eight? I calculated that there are only seven people in your family at most. Where are the eight people?" Zheng Ruoying counted on her fingers. No matter how many times she counted, she felt that she should be missing one person.
"Hei Bi is also a part of our family, okay!" Hei Bi called out knowingly, and Yi Niang Li Erhua and the others all laughed.
"Even your dog has become a spirit!" After three days in school, even the dog can recite poetry.
Liang Chuan originally wanted to trouble Zhao Jinyu to take care of the waterwheel, but after finishing the beam, the joinery at home had to be completed at the same time as the progress of the mud and water work, so he had to start rushing the work. The doors, window lattice, beams and brackets, and the furniture in the house all need to be taken care of by their group of master carpenters. Liang Chuan went there several times, and Zhao Jinyu was so busy that he had no time to receive Liang Chuan, let alone help Liang Chuan build a water tanker.
But Liang Chuan could only postpone the matter indefinitely. But Liang Chuan could wait, but Zheng Ruoying couldn't wait any longer. The tenant farmers in her family came to her again and again to complain. They also wanted to work hard for the Zheng family, but after all, they didn't have enough manpower, and they couldn't cover more than a hundred acres of land even though they were working so hard.
The cow is not exhausted to death, but the man is exhausted first. The Zheng family has cherished people's power since they started their own business. Only people from Fengshan are willing to work hard for their family and help your family create wealth.
Liang Chuan called He Baozheng, "Lao He, which store did you buy sawdust from that day? You want to buy some wood today. Aren't you also shouting every day that the grass in the ground is dying of drought? Let's put the mosquito coils aside first. By building a waterwheel, you won’t have to go to Nanxi every day to fetch water.”
He Baozheng's old face was blooming with joy. The crops in the fields were almost becoming a worry for him. He would sigh every day when he walked over there, but there was nothing he could do. He was still eagerly looking forward to God's reward for his food.
God doesn’t know what’s wrong with this year. It’s been so long since spring started and it’s getting hotter day by day, but not a drop of water has fallen from the sky. In previous years, nothing was planted in the fields. It rained every day, and other farm work couldn’t be done. This year Everyone was in high spirits, but the opposite happened: the sun was shining brightly every day.
The waterwheel is an extremely important agricultural production tool in the history of agriculture in my country. In an era of high reliance on manpower, a waterwheel can free up countless manpower to devote themselves to other agricultural production activities, thereby creating more production value.
High school calendar textbooks will introduce the development process of agricultural tools. The rollover appeared in the Han Dynasty, which was the prototype of Chinese waterwheels. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, great progress was made in the application of wheel axles. The working people realized the convenience of water power and made Tube cart. In the Yuan, Ming and Ming dynasties, the wheels and axles were even more advanced, which was also the result of iron smelting. Gear sets appeared, and various diversified waterwheels that relied on wind, water and animal power were put into battle.
The high-rotating drum cart that Liang Chuan wanted to make was recorded in Wang Zhen's agricultural book. This book is a mountain that cannot be bypassed when studying the history of agriculture. It has a considerable historical status in understanding ancient Chinese agriculture and in contemporary times. of a book.
Liang Chuan was fascinated by other agricultural knowledge, but when he saw this gadget, he was inspired. He also went online to buy some wood chips and bearings to make a small water wheel. The scale was reduced, but the function was exactly the same. I have done it once and now I feel comfortable doing it again. Nothing else has changed except that the volume of the material has increased.
Liang Chuan was riding in He Baozheng's ox cart, and Zheng Ruoying's carriage was following Liang Chuan. The two carts drove toward Fengshan. Liang Chuan did not go directly to the wood store, but went to the Wanda store first. Now Sun Houpu might be buying bamboo baskets in the store. Ye Xiaochai still had to explain it, but it was about the same. The price he originally told Ye Xiaochai was 150 yuan. It costs one, and the price is added by Sun Houpu himself. It will only be higher, not lower.
As expected, the Sun family's fleet was not built, but consisted of flat-bed mule carts. One by one, they were waiting in line at the entrance of the Wanda store, carrying bamboo baskets to the carts. When Liang Chuan arrived at Fengshan, Ye Xiaochai was instructing the Sun family's servants to move. She was holding a pen and a ledger in her hand, and was keeping accounts.
Liang Chuan did not see Sun Houpu at this time. Logically speaking, he, the young master, could not handle such a trivial matter personally. It was a price reduction and could be handled by his subordinates.
Ye Xiaochai sold all the hundreds of bamboo baskets in the store today, thinking that after making such a great contribution, she could show off to her boss when she went back. Unexpectedly, the boss himself came to supervise the sale. She asked how many bamboo baskets there were in the store, wrote it down in the account first, and then ran to Liang Chuan happily and said excitedly: "My boss, my boss, let me tell you some good news!"
Liang Chuan couldn't bear to ruin the girl's good mood and said, "What good news? Tell it slowly!"
"A young man came to the store today and bought all the bamboo weavings in the store. He is much more arrogant than you!"
Liang Chuan pretended to be surprised and said, "Did this family buy it?"
Ye Xiaochai nodded, and then said: "Yes, they are the ones. Their boss has gone back. I originally asked him to ask you what the price was. I thought the price would be lower, but I didn't know what I won after I went to He Lu. Damn it, he looks like he doesn’t know how to do business anymore. I didn’t negotiate the price, but he just added another 30 yuan to the price I said. Do you think he is a fool?"
Liang Chuan hissed, looked around and made a silent gesture, "Xiao Chai is still here, so don't talk nonsense. They are all our valued customers when they enter our store, so don't offend her."
"Yes, boss, I won't do it next time." Ye Xiaochai stuck out her tongue and made a face, but she still couldn't hide her excitement. She wanted to express herself too much. Her job of looking after the store was too easy. If If I can't make any achievements, I won't be able to deal with my art mother when I go back, and I'll lose face with my sisters.
The servants of the Sun family moved the bamboo baskets out of the back room one after another. It was He Baozheng who drove the ox cart from Helu to bring so many bamboo baskets. He was happy to see that the business in the store was good. The old ladies in the village would soon be able to share the money. After getting the money, they would be more motivated to work. Bamboo weaving is done on a piece-by-piece basis, and the more you do, the more you earn.
Liang Chuan has already thought about how to design this waterwheel. When the time comes, find a shoal on the edge of the Nanxi River, lay two hard piles, and then make a large runner for the waterwheel. The big runner is placed on the pile forks. The upper part of the water wheel is higher than the embankment, and the lower part is immersed in the water and relies on the driving force of the flowing water to drive the water wheel to rotate.
What is more complicated now is the two outermost rings of wooden boards of the waterwheel. These two rings are the large frame of the waterwheel. The bamboo tubes for collecting water and the wooden boards pushed by the water are hung outside. The carpenters in the lumber shop must make them more reliable.
The waterwheel's rotating shaft can be made of a solid log, and the surrounding supports can be made of moso bamboo from the mountain. Moso bamboo is tough and light in texture, which will not increase the burden on the waterwheel and can make the waterwheel stronger and more durable. It is the most ideal Material.
He Baozheng was leading a group of people to the lumber store, and Cai Gang followed behind in a carriage. Liang Chuan thought that the girl was not tired today, so he followed all the way.
As soon as He Baozheng entered the store, the two apprentices in the wood shop seemed to have seen a savior. They took He Baozheng's hand cordially and talked to him with a smile: "Brother, you have been waiting for me. How much are you going to charge today?" Sawdust, have you brought the bag? Do you want to take them all home?"
The two apprentices were so enthusiastic that He Baozheng was a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and didn't know how to reject them. He really wasn't here to collect sawdust today.
Zheng Ruoying came in followed by He Baozheng. The two apprentices looked up and were wondering why it was such a lively day today. There was also a girl who looked like a fairy coming to the store. When they took a closer look, they turned out to be the eldest lady of their boss!
"Hello, miss!" The two apprentices hurriedly said hello, which suddenly alerted the master carpenter. He was busy with carpentry work, put down his ink fountain, and hurried over to say hello.
Liang Chuan felt happy when he saw it. He felt that this was the property of the Zheng family, so it would be easy. He was still worried that the carpenter would be difficult to take care of, but now there was no problem.
