I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 51 How many books have you read?
Manager Zhu ran on the sandy beach, stepping deep and stepping shallowly, and came to the bamboo tube bridge.

really!

Sure enough, as my child said, the clear and translucent well water flows along the bamboo tube bridge in front of me to the fields not far away.

Manager Zhu swallowed with some difficulty, and cautiously moved over to take a sip.

It's so cold!
Then go west along the bamboo tube bridge.

Soon, it came to the source.

Sure enough, as the child said, there are really small wells with a three-foot square.

On it, there are three strange wooden water presses, and six strong laborers take turns to press the water.

Steward Zhu walked around the water press machine twice curiously, and couldn't help being amazed: "This water press thing is much more convenient than a potter's wheel! Is this also made by Guo Erlang?"

Hearing his question, one of the men responded arrogantly: "That's right, our Brother Yi is a scholar who came back from Beijing!"

Still a scholar?

You don't even go to see it, is there any scholar who would dig rock carbon?Which scholar wants to raise chickens and rabbits?Do you want to open a kiln to burn bricks?

Now, he even knows how to dig wells...

Which is what a scholar should do?

Manager Zhu was a little impatient and wanted to laugh, so he asked again: "Guo Erlang, what about others?"

It was not the first time that the man in the village saw him, so he didn't see him, and pointed to the west: "It is said that he went to the foot of the west mountain to find water and dig a well!"

It was Guo Yi who took the pillars around for a long time before finally choosing the foot of the mountain in the west of the village.

According to the knowledge given to him by the system, 'the mountain turns its head, and there is water flow'.The lower part of the mountain bay caused by the twisting of the mountain blocks the groundwater flowing along the mountain, enriches it in the aquifer, and provides water for drilling wells.

The remaining vein on the east side of Luming Mountain belongs to this kind of mountain shape.

And not far from the foot of the mountain, there is a large area of ​​first-class fields.It is covered by some fertile black soil washed down from the mountain due to repeated flash floods.Over time, the land at the foot of the mountain became extremely fertile.

As a result, it was reclaimed by the villagers into farmland.

Finally, in order to prevent the farmland from being washed away by flash floods, a deep drainage ditch was dug at the foot of the mountain.

And now, because of the drought that lasted for more than a month, this drainage channel that has water all year round has completely dried up.

Even the thick silt at the bottom of the canal was cracked into pieces like tortoise shells.

Guo Yi chose a good location and asked Yang Huiyong to drive a mule cart to bring a few barrels of water, pour it down from the mountainside, follow the direction of the water flow, and finally choose a sunken place.

When Manager Zhu came over in a carriage, the Luoyang shovel in Zhuzi's hand had already been connected to the second connecting rod, and it kept going deep.

Steward Zhu jumped out of the carriage and walked around the pillar a few times curiously, as if he had never seen the world.

tsk tsk!
It's really like what my child said!
"Guo Erlang, I didn't expect that you really know how to find water and dig wells. However, this is the first time I have seen you digging wells. You also made it?"

"Zhou..." Guo Yi habitually wanted to push Zhou Yi again, but just as he opened his mouth, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Yi didn't care about this...

Immediately changed his words: "Of course I went to school!"

Manager Zhu was a little surprised when he heard this, and then asked, "Why hasn't someone seen this book?"

"You've only read a few books!" Seeing him asking the truth, Guo Yi couldn't help but speak up.

Guanshi Zhu lost his temper suddenly...

Will you chat?

If you go out like this, you will be beaten easily!

Forget it, don't be as knowledgeable as this kid, and change the subject: "Are you planning to rely on drilling wells to survive the current drought?"

When Guanshi Zhu was young, he had a lot of experience traveling all over the world, and he didn't have any taboos about the word drought.

Guo Yi turned his head to look at him in surprise, and lamented in a tone of voice: "You have to try to make it work. Can a living person be suffocated by urine?"

The words are rough, but the reason is not rough.

Manager Zhu nodded in agreement this time: "Well, it makes sense! God can't starve to death! If one well doesn't work, then drill ten wells! Ten wells won't work, then drill a hundred wells!"

What he said touched Guo Yi's heart!

Really, heroes see the same thing!

But I'm afraid, when the time comes, there will be no water in the well...

Seeing that he also nodded, Zhu Guanshi couldn't help being a little pleased. Although this kid has a bad temper, he still suits his appetite.

It's rare to meet a scholar who doesn't read dead books.

Thinking of this, Guanshi Zhu asked again: "Guo Erlang, with your intelligence, have you considered studying for the imperial examination?"

Guo Yi had discussed this topic with him before, but in the end they broke up unhappy.

But this time, Manager Zhu continued without waiting for his response, "It's fine if you don't want to take the imperial examination, why don't you come to work under my prince's command. How about finding a job for you in the government office?"

Before Guo Yi responded, Yang Liwen next to him couldn't stand anymore, and kept winking at him, signaling for him to agree to it quickly.

You can become an official without taking the imperial examination. You can't find such a good thing even with a lantern!
"Not interested in!"

A lackey who walks a bird, a second-generation ancestor who stretches out his hands with clothes and opens his mouth with food, isn't he delicious?
Your Royal Highness Chu Wang, as the third prince, is not only the pacifier of Jingbei Road, but also the prefect of Jiangling Prefecture, if he can't save this Jiangling Prefecture, how can I!

Hey!
Steward Zhu suddenly became anxious, his face was very embarrassed, he had never seen such an ignorant person.

Repeatedly not giving my steward any face!

And not only him, Yang Liwen was also a little anxious, pulled Guo Yi's sleeve, and shouted very eagerly: "Erlang, isn't it just to find water and dig a well? Just so you can do it too?"

Yang Liwen is not stupid, he naturally knows the purpose of Zhu Guanshi's emphasis on Guo Yi.Now that the drought is beginning to appear, the family just wants Guo Yi to find water and dig a well.

But isn't this what Guo Yi is good at?

It's a good thing to have abilities and be valued by others!
Guo Yi was very helpless, but he couldn't bear to ignore Yang Liwen's kindness, so he could only explain patiently: "Third Uncle, there is no fool who can study and become an official! Do you think that no one would think of digging wells to irrigate the fields? But why didn't they?" What do people do?"

After hearing this, Yang Liwen was stunned.

Yup?

Why would no one think of digging wells to irrigate the fields?
"Because the drought on Jinghu North Road mostly occurs in summer and autumn, when the weather is hot. Once the drought lasts for too long, there will be no water in the well!" Seeing his bewildered expression, Guo Yi offered to help him Answer questions.

Yang Liwen suddenly woke up!
Memories of the last drought flooded my mind instantly.

It was the time when the autumn crops were growing, but they encountered a severe drought.No water in the river, no water in the lake, no water in the pond, no water in the well!
No, it cannot be said that there is no water in the well, but that nine out of ten wells have no water.

And the remaining sip is barely enough for people to drink...

Seeing his awakening, Guo Yi cooperated with the pillars to knock off the mud on the shovel in Luoyang, and continued to say: "Now the well can be filled with water, one is because the drought is beginning to appear, and the other is because it is only spring and the weather is not hot.

But if the drought persists, don't count on the well.

That's why I asked my thirteenth uncle to make a waterwheel to store water in the pond. "

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(End of this chapter)