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Chapter 30 It's Really Like A Monk
Jiang Zhao smiled and said, "We can't afford to build large waterwheels, but can't we build small ones?"

"I asked Brother Dagen. His field is only five miles away from the water source. It is possible to build a small waterwheel."

"Moreover, there are many wastelands of other farmers' families around there. When the waterwheel is built, those farmers can pay a certain amount of money to use the waterwheel, so that Dagenge's family will also have an extra income."

Si Mubai nodded: "This method is feasible, tomorrow we will go to the city to buy materials."

Jiang Zhao didn't answer, but calculated in his mind how much money it would cost to build a small, five-meter-high waterwheel.

Si Mubai looked at Jiang Zhao and asked, "My dear brother, what's the matter?"

Jiang Zhao said helplessly: "Now that the entire city of Huaijing has blocked us, how can any shop be willing to sell us?"

"Banned? What does this mean?" It was the first time that Si Mubai heard the combination of the words "sealed" and "killed".

"It is to use the blockade method to prevent people or things from existing in a certain field. We cannot appear in Huaijing City now." Jiang Zhao explained.

Si Mubai nodded: "Tomorrow I will send Jiu Qi to the city, but Jiu Qi rarely shows up, so the people behind him probably won't target him."

Jiuqi is the name of Simu Bai's Shutong. Jiuqi was sold to the Si family on September [-]th, so Si Mubai named him Jiuqi.

Jiu Qi also liked this name very much, because when he learned to write, his name was the first thing he learned, and it was very easy to write.

Jiang Zhao looked at the blueprint in his hand and said, "The materials may be a bit expensive."

"Money is not a problem, as long as you can buy materials." Si Mubai said with great wealth.

Jiang Zhao looked at Si Mubai, he was indeed a boss, and he didn't even blink his eyes when he spent money.

"What are you doing, my brother, staring at me all the time?" Being stared at by someone all the time makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

Jiang Zhao smiled and said, "Brother Mu Bai is really rich and powerful."

Si Mubai waved his hand: "Money is something outside of the body, use it when you use it, and it is the best use to help Brother Dagen's family."

"Brother Mu Bai really looks like an eminent monk at this moment." Jiang Zhao joked.

"Only at this time?" Si Mubai joked with her.

The two talked about the details of the waterwheel meeting, and Si Mubai went back to his room to rest.

Early the next morning, Si Mubai woke up Jiuqi, gave him some bank notes, and asked him to go to the city to buy the materials that Jiang Zhao wrote to him yesterday.

Before leaving, Si Mubai specially asked Jiu Qi to change into another set of clothes, and also took off the book cap that he was wearing on his head.

Taking a closer look, Jiu Qi still looks pretty good, now he is dressed like a son of a rich businessman, if he is not someone who is familiar with Jiu Qi, he will definitely not recognize Jiu Qi now.

Just at this time, Jiang Zhao also got up, and saw Jiu Qi standing in the yard, but didn't recognize him for a while.

"Who is this?"

Jiuqi smiled and said, "Master Jiang, I am Jiuqi."

Hearing Jiuqi's familiar voice, Jiang Zhao quickly walked over and said in surprise, "Jiuqi? I didn't expect you to be a young lady."

Jiu Qi was a little puzzled: "Mr. Jiang, what does Zheng Tai mean?"

"It means to praise you for being handsome." Jiang Zhao explained casually.

But Shuai is also a modern term, and Jiuqi doesn't understand it, but judging from Jiang Zhao's tone, it's just a compliment.

Jiang Zhao reached out and handed him a few blueprints: "These are all blueprints of waterwheels, but the materials for making waterwheels are not very easy to buy."

"So you have to buy the materials and send them to the carpenter. Remember to find more carpenters, each with a drawing."

Jiu Qi accepted the drawings, and then went to the city to find a carpenter.

Si Mubai walked to Jiang Zhao's side and boasted, "Your brother is really thoughtful."

Separate the drawings and have multiple carpenters make them so that no one knows the complete waterwheel drawings.

Jiang Zhao shook his head: "I'm just worried, in case other countries get the blueprint of the waterwheel."

"Maybe it won't be so good at the beginning, but after ten or 20 years, the national strength among countries will definitely change."

Si Mubai nodded. Indeed, waterwheels can indeed enhance a country's national strength.

Jiang Zhao looked around and found that Zhang Yougen, his father Zhang Laosan, and his mother Zhang Yangshi had all gone to work in the fields.

A third mother was left to take care of them at home.

Originally, Sanniang wanted her mother-in-law to stay at home to take care of a few people. After all, working at home is much more comfortable than working in the fields.

But Zhang Yang felt that Jiang Zhao and the others were all young people, and they were also scholars, so they couldn't communicate with them, and worried that Jiang Zhao and the others felt that they were old people, so they felt embarrassed to trouble themselves, so they asked Sanniang to stay and take care of them. I went to work in the fields by myself.

Seeing that Jiang Zhao and the others had woken up, Sanniang brought some bowls of porridge to Jiang Zhao and the others.

Originally, farmers in the countryside only ate two meals a day in order to save food, but Zhang Yougen’s family heard that people in the city ate three meals a day. Their family was afraid that Jiang Zhao and the others would get hungry if they didn’t eat in the morning, so they cooked porridge every day. they eat.

Jiang Zhao noticed that today's porridge is obviously much thinner than the previous few days.

It's not that Jiang Zhao is picky, but Zhang Yougen's family probably doesn't have enough food now.

Fortunately, when Jiuqi left just now, Jiang Zhao asked him to buy more food and come back.

After finishing the porridge, Jiang Zhao and Simu Bai went back to their room to read. After all, the imperial examination was coming up, so they had to hurry up and read.

And Wei Xiang practiced in the yard after breakfast.

Wei Xiang needs to consume a lot of meat for his daily practice, but these days he lives in Sanniang's house, and Sanniang's family has eaten all the meat closely behind Jiang Zhao and his group, but the meat is not enough for Wei Xiang's previous one Dayton came a lot.

Jiang Zhao could clearly feel that Wei Xiang's cultivation had slowed down a lot in the past few days.

But they were also embarrassed to ask Sanniang's family to make meat for them. On weekdays, what they ate was more abundant than what Sanniang's family ate for the New Year.

It seems that we have to find a time to move away from Sanniang's family, and we can't cause trouble to Sanniang's family anymore, because of them, the land of Sanniang's family has been taken back by the landlord, Jiang Zhao thought in his heart.

Now that you are about to face the palace test, this may be a good time to move out.

When the waterwheel was ready, they moved away immediately.

Jiang Zhao found Si Mubai and told him what was on his mind.

Si Mubai also supported her decision. In the past few days, Si Mubai also noticed that the rice eaten by Sanniang's family was mixed with bran.

Just to be able to save more white rice for them to eat.

(End of this chapter)