Destiny Only Han

Chapter 372 Liu Ying: There is no shortage of opportunities to make money in the world, but a pair of eyes that are good at discovering
In Liyang Palace, Liu Ying strode along dragging a wooden horse.

This is the ancient version of "the rocking car for one yuan can still last for 3 minutes".

Once Liu Ying went to the convenience store downstairs to buy cigarettes and saw the children playing happily, so she also experienced the price of one yuan...

While this behavior may seem childish, it's just fine for an adult.

That day, Liu Ying didn't stop as if she had eaten Xuan Mai, until she cried childishly in the queue, and then ran away under the scolding of her own mother who happened to pass by after get off work...

In his toy library, there will naturally be Trojan horses.

Right now, behind him is Liu Heng who is stumbling and crying.

Liu Ying's Shake was picked up by his lolita and 'borrowed', and then fell into Liu Heng's hands, so it was different from the terrified Bo Ji at the back, for Liu Heng, it was his second brother who snatched it away. lost his own toy, he had to chase after Liu Ying and cry for him...

East Palace.

Liu Taigong stood under the shade of the tree, and what he saw from a distance were Liu Ying who was furious and walking like flying, and Liu Heng who was out of breath but still desperately launched a sonic attack on Liu Ying.

The old man and Pan Gong next to him looked at each other, and then looked at Bo Ji with displeasure and said, "How did you bring up the child? If you don't know how to take care of the child, then give Liu Heng someone else to take care of it for you!"

As the patriarch of the Liu family, Taigong Liu would only be a little polite to Lu Zhi, who was already a queen, and generally ruthless towards other daughters-in-law.

Bo Ji's eyes turned red in an instant, she felt extremely wronged but did not dare to contradict him at all, she just bent down and tried to take away Liu Heng who was crying.

Liu Ying took a look, although he was not familiar with this little mother, after all, today's incident was caused by him, so she threw away the Trojan horse in her hand, walked to Liu Heng and said: "This thing is mine in the first place, you admit it? "

Liu Ying's name is engraved on the wooden horse, and Liu Heng, who has begun to learn, can naturally recognize these two characters.

Liu Heng nodded with sobs, but there were still two big bags of tears in his two round eyes.

After all, it is Liu Heng, who is more reasonable than Liu Ruyi... After comparing the two Oududou, Liu Ying came to an obvious conclusion, and continued:
"Since it's mine, I naturally have the right to take it back. But I don't play much, so I'll send it to you when it's used up..."

Liu Heng choked up and said, "Bao, guarantee..."

She was still too young to believe in Liu's guarantee... Liu Ying smiled and reached out her hand to hook him.

While Liu Heng was led by Bao Ji, and he turned back frequently while walking, Liu Ying dragged the wooden horse to the front of Grandpa Liu, and immediately sat on it.

Shake, shake, shake, shake...

Opposite Liu Ying, Pan Gong's face darkened in an instant, while Liu Taigong held the tree trunk with one hand without saying a word, and was about to take off his shoes.

Although he also brought a cane, but it was for Liu Bang's treasure, and the cane was too hard, it would be bad if Liu Ying broke it...

Liu Ying asked unconsciously: "Have you seen the solution to the difficulty of transplanting rice seedlings?"

Liu Taigong was stunned for a moment, then put on his shoes silently, and stood in line with Pangong, the same confusion showed on the two old faces.

Liu Ying saw that they still didn't understand, so she gave up shaking and shaking, and lay on the wooden horse to simulate the action of unplugging and inserting things, while exerting force on her legs and moving backward a little bit.

At this moment, Taigong Liu understood instantly, but he still asked with some uncertainty: "My dear grandson, are you imitating the action of transplanting rice seedlings?"

When Liu Taigong said this, Pangong also had some understanding: "If you have this kind of tool when transplanting rice seedlings, you should be able to work from bending over to sitting down!"

Liu Ying straightened up, ordered someone to deliver the Trojan horse to Liu Heng, and then walked up to Taigong Liu with a smile: "This is the tool I came up with to relieve the fatigue of transplanting rice seedlings. Since the inspiration comes from the Trojan horse, let's call it Yangma." !"

He thought for a while and looked at Pan Gong and said: "The simpler the better, the simpler the shape is, of course, you can use a four-legged stool to fix a wooden board... well, you can also add a piece of wood in front to store the seedlings." , so that the frequent delivery of seedlings can be saved when working, saving time.”

In fact, the Yangma mentioned by Liu Ying is a kind of agricultural tool invented in the Northern Song Dynasty. middle.

When transplanting rice seedlings, use your right hand to insert the seedlings placed on the bow of the boat into the field, and then use your feet to gradually move the rice seedlings backwards.

Although the style of the Yangma varies with different ages and regions, it has been used until the era of large-scale application of rice transplanters. It is a good thing that has been certified by time like Quyuanli.

Pangong nodded, turned his head and left without saying a word.

At this moment, under the inspiration of Liu Ying, his inspiration is flowing like a spring. In a metaphysical way, he is in a state of flow...

Liu Taigong stretched out his hand, stroking Liu Ying's head with a look of relief.

His son and daughter-in-law all said that he was particularly partial to Liu Ying and that he was unfair to other grandchildren, but they didn't take pictures of themselves, what kind of things did they give birth to?
It's almost done, and if you touch it again, you will be bald... Liu Ying tilted her head slightly to avoid Taigong Liu's big hand, and then asked: "Father said that he just came back from the farmland outside, so how is the sowing situation in Guanzhong this year?"

Liu Ying's current focus is to build the city defense of Mayi, which will increase Han Wangxin's confidence in fighting against the Huns. With tens of thousands of construction workers gathered in Mayi City, the daily food consumption is an exaggerated figure.

In addition, the first priority of rebuilding the northern defense line is to hoard food in military strongholds, so relying solely on the two counties of Taiyuan in Hedong cannot satisfy these two bottomless pits at all.

After all, the development of the Fen River Valley is far from enough, and we can only transfer grain there from Guanzhong.

As for the part that is missing after the transfer of grain and grass in Guanzhong, it needs to be allocated from Bashu and Hanzhong.

This is the benefit of a unified empire, a game of chess across the country.

Liu Taigong thought for a while, then pondered and said: "It's okay now. Although there was not much rain this spring, last winter there was a lot of snow, and the moisture in the farmland was very good. In addition to the Zhengguo Canal and other irrigation canals, if there are no other disasters, at least The summer harvest is not affected."

Speaking of this, he shook his head lightly: "But Zheng Guoqu, I'm afraid it won't last for many years..."

Liu Ying was taken aback, her eyes widened: "What does the father mean by this?"

Mr. Liu stroked his hair and asked back, "What? Don't you know?"

Liu Ying became more and more baffled: "What do I know? If Daddy has something to say, you might as well say it clearly."

Liu Taigong explained with a smile: "The Zhengguo Canal is an artificial irrigation canal that diverts Jing water into Luoshui. system), irrigated more than 4 hectares of farmland."

Liu Ying nodded up and down. He knew these things. The Zhengguo Canal is an artificial river channel that uses the height difference between the two places to draw water. The water flow is not large, just enough.

So he chose the place to build the water conservancy textile workshop, and put it in the "wild land" south of the Weishui River.

After all, in order to obtain a stable water flow to drive waterwheels and provide power for textile machines, dykes need to be built first, which will compete with farmland for water. This is also the reason why water mills and waterwheels were eliminated in later generations.

After all, the dry season is when crops need a lot of watering.

The people in the nearby villages are all crazy because of this. If there is a dam to intercept the water at this time, I am afraid that Liu Ying will really be hung on the street lamp...

When many strange scenes appeared in Liu Ying's mind, Liu Taigong continued: "Although the Zhengguo Canal is good, the soil layer in Guanzhong is too loose, and when Jingshui rushes out of the mountains, it carries a lot of sediment..."

"A stone in Jingshui contains several buckets of mud. This is what we are talking about!"

"So when the silted sand rises up or completely blocks the water inlet point of Hukou, the whole Zhengguo Canal will be considered useless."

Liu Ying nodded, with a serious look on her face.

At the beginning, he thought that the water inlet was damaged by the impact of the water flow. In this case, brick concrete could be laid on the embankment to prolong the life of the water inlet. But now it is because of the accumulation of sediment, which means that it is necessary to solve this problem. It is not a simple matter.

After all, the upper reaches of the Jingshui River is the Loess Plateau. Although there is sufficient precipitation now, the vegetation coverage there is much larger than that of later generations. However, the loose soil layer with a thickness of more than 50 meters on the Loess Plateau is formed by wind accumulation.

That is to say, during the Quaternary Ice Age, the wind from Central Asia rolled in with sediment and dust. After being blocked by the Qinling Mountains and Taihang Mountains, the wind weakened, and the sediment fell from the sky and piled up into loess. plateau.

Therefore, the problem of carrying sediment in Jingshui cannot be solved by manpower, or manpower at this point in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ying scratched her head and said, "Then it's time to re-build a main canal parallel to the water intake point of Zhengguo Canal?"

Taigong Liu was stunned for a moment: "Parallel to... the water intake point... the main canal? What do you mean?"

Liu Ying explained: "Since the water intake point at Hukou is about to fail, in order to ensure that the tens of thousands of hectares of fields can be irrigated with water, the Zhengguo Canal must not be abandoned, so we can only build another water intake point."

"Water flows from high to low. Since the altitude of Hukou is higher than that of Dongshan, changing a water intake point equal to its altitude difference can also divert Jing water into Luoshui."

"As long as the Jing water flows fast enough, it's not difficult to rush out of a smooth river..."

"Well, engineering...hehe, Xiaoqianqian!"

Liu Ying ran out, and said as she ran, "Father, I went to Jiangzuo Shaofu to borrow two engineers who know how to measure to do business, so I won't play with you..."

(End of this chapter)