After leaving the restaurant, Hei Te often said nothing. Sha Zha Xiangru opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but his friend grabbed his arm. He looked around knowingly and tightened his lips.
"This is a trap!" Sha Zha Xiangru whispered as soon as he got on his horse: "In this way, everyone will know that you will send the relic to the Japanese country, and their attention will be focused on you, and he can Send the relic away safely!"
"I know!" Hei Te Changzhi's voice was a bit muddy, was it filled with despair or anger? No one knows.
"Then you still agree?"
"I have no choice!" Hei Te Changzhi raised his head, his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "He is the Prime Minister, if I disobey, I will die!"
Sha Zha Xiangru's mouth was bitter. His friend was right: there were only two hundred remaining soldiers of the defeated general. If he disobeyed, he would be pushed down and beheaded immediately.
"Then what should we do?"
"Act according to the opportunity!" Hei Te Changzhi kicked the horse's belly: "Maybe the gods and Buddhas will protect us!"
Outside Sixian City, by the Xiongjin River.
"Sanlang, Liu Lingjian has placed a big bet on you!" Liu An tried his best to lower his tone, but it was still difficult to conceal his anxiety: "But you are directing your men to dig soil by the river, and there are no relics in the mud. !”
"Very good! I'll check in later!" Wang Wenzuo patted his subordinate's shoulder with satisfaction, as if he didn't hear Liu An's complaints at all.
"Sanlang, are you listening to me?" Liu An couldn't bear his temper anymore and shouted loudly: "I'll tell you first, don't look at Liu Lingjian who is always smiling on weekdays, you think he is a It’s easy to deal with. You know, he can let you and I go to Lingnan with just one stroke of his pen!"
"Lingnan? Okay!" Wang Wenzuo casually drew "Y" on the document presented by his hand, and said with a smile: "I heard that the weather there is warm, and there are lychees, longans, and various sweet fruits to eat. It would be great if I could go there!"
"Be careful that the miasma will kill you, and I don't know where you got to know all this nonsense!" Liu An said angrily, "You have to think clearly, Liu Lingjian's father-in-law is -"
"His father-in-law is the prime minister, I know!" Wang Wenzuo waved his hand and motioned to Sanqiu to ask his subordinates to wait aside: "I have always been concerned about the relic and have sent people to inquire about its whereabouts. , but if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools——"
"What does building a dam have to do with finding relics?"
"Brother Liu, don't be anxious!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Take a look at this first, it's not too late to be anxious!"
Looking at Wang Wenzuo's smiling face, Liu An couldn't help but follow him to the river. I saw that there was already an arc-shaped dike in the river, covering a large section of the river. The river water coming from the upper reaches was blocked by the dike and rose slowly, forming a slope pond about seven or eight acres square.
"It was the dry season a few days ago, so building the embankment saved a lot of work and materials!" Wang Wenzuo pointed at the embankment and said with a smile, "Brother Liu, look at this pond, isn't it good?"
"This place is right by the river. There is no shortage of water for irrigation. Why are you building a pond?" Liu An was furious: "It's all in vain!"
"I'm not doing this for farming!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Haven't you ever seen a rice pounder?"
"Of course I have seen water pounding. The question is, why do you need water pounding now? How many people are there in Sixian City? Can you spend so much effort to pound rice with water?"
"Running water can be used to pound rice, and it can also be used for other things!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "For example, sawing wood, forging iron and other things!"
"What does these have to do with the relics?" Liu An was already furious: "Sanlang, don't you understand? If we can't find the relics, we will all be exiled to Lingnan! It's said to be exiled, but we will be exiled halfway. If someone kills you, do you think these things can save your life at that time?"
"I already have news about the relic!" Wang Wenzuo suddenly lowered his voice.
"What? Where is it? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Liu An was overjoyed and quickly lowered his voice.
"The news I just got is in the hands of Fukunobu Onimuro!"
"In the hands of Fukunobu Onimuro, it will be troublesome to get it back!"
"There's even more trouble!" Wang Wenzuo sneered: "According to the information we got back, Onimuro Fuxin plans to give this relic to the Japanese in exchange for the Japanese sending troops!"
"What? Give it to the Japanese? That's absolutely not allowed!" At this point, Liu An also understood: "Sanlang, are you doing this for-"
"Yes, the Japanese are separated from Baekje by the sea. If they send troops, they must come by boat, so I am also preparing for the relics!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to the dock under construction not far away: "I haven't done anything about this yet. Tell Liu Lingjian, please tell me, please tell him to allocate all the beams in the temples and palaces to me for shipbuilding!"
"No problem, I will tell Liu Lingjian immediately!" Liu An's attitude changed drastically, and he patted his chest: "Don't worry, Sanlang, as long as it is related to the relics, Liu Lingjian will definitely spare no effort, not to mention a few broken buildings. The beams of the temple, even the tombs of the ancestors of Baekje, can be dug up!"
"That's not necessary!" Wang Wenzuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These temples had been demolished long ago. He was just using materials to build ships. The royal family of Baekje were still living well in Chang'an and Luoyang. The emperor also granted official titles. If he dug up the graves of other people's ancestors, , once the complaint is brought before the emperor, it will definitely be a dead end.
After seeing off Liu An, Wang Wenzuo came to the embankment and began to check on his men's installation of hydraulic saw machines. After confirming that everything was ready, Wang Wenzuo nodded and signaled his men to trigger the mechanism. Under the impact of the water flow, the water wheel began to rotate slowly, and the workbench with the wood fixed on it began to move forward slowly. When the wood touched the top and bottom The reciprocating saw blade made a sharp sound, and fine wood chips flew everywhere. The wood was cut like tofu along the ink lines that had been played in advance. The Baekje people who were watching let out exclamations.
Wang Wenzuo secretly exhaled a long breath. The idea of this hydraulic saw was something he saw on a video website before traveling through time. It was said to be based on Leonardo da Vinci's manuscript and was improved. Generally speaking, the principle is to use controllable water flow to impact wood. The rotation of the wooden wheel drives the saw blade to move up and down.
There are two key points of this kind of machinery: first, it must ensure the stability of the water flow speed and flow; second, the speed change is completed through gear transmission, so that there is no need for human power to push the wood, just place the wood on the lathe and fix it. Fully automatic sawing can be achieved.
This ensures safety and prevents workers from feeding the material too fast and causing the saw blade to overheat and break. For this reason, Wang Wenzuo specially built a dam to achieve a stable water source, and then built multiple drainage canals. Through the opening and closing of the gates, multiple hydraulic machines can start working at the same time. The working efficiency will be far higher than that of one or two hydraulic saws.
