Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 169 Liu Ling is also a time traveler?
"Master Marquis, after a discussion with several people, I feel that this cart map will not be completed!" After the discussion among the seven eunuchs, they all stood up with expressions of embarrassment on their faces, as if waiting for Li Huan. Angry and scolding.

Liu Ling took it curiously and unfolded it to take a closer look.

Li Huan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's not a shame if you don't understand. Let's show them some tea."

The attendant immediately showed tea to the seven eunuchs.

This scene made Liu Ling beside him a little puzzled. He was just a craftsman, and he deserved to be treated like this?

"The Lord Marquis is giving such a gift, and the servants dare not bear it." The craftsmen trembled. If Li Huan hadn't looked so kind, they would have been so frightened that they would have knelt down.

"Your Majesty, you dare to refuse?" Li Huan smiled slightly, and the seven people were frightened and immediately picked up their teacups and looked at Li Huan in fear.

However, Li Huan couldn't help but shake his head. There was really a big problem with this environment. These people in front of him, in his time, could be regarded as the top locomotive engineers in the country, and they were top talents...

Lost in the Han Empire... ahem, not only can't he become a real man, but he also exists as a complete appendage.

This is really not the same thing.

"Tell me more about it, what's the problem?" Li Huan picked up the tea cup and tried his best to look kind.

An eunuch said cautiously: "Returning to the Lord, our current carriages are all two-wheeled vehicles, and the left and right axles are connected together. Simply put, when the left wheel turns, the right wheel will also be carried by the axle. Rotate, the left and right wheels cannot rotate independently. But the carriage you want us to make is that the left and right wheels can rotate independently, and the load-bearing axle only plays the role of supporting the load, rather than controlling the left and right wheels rolling."

Li Huan nodded and pointed to somewhere on the drawing: "Have I not specified how to make the shaft of this wheel in detail? Why do you still think it can't be made?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your drawings are very clear, but the slaves cannot make them."

"Do you think the prince is kind and easy to talk to?" Liu Ling rolled up the blueprint, slammed it on the man's face, and said sharply: "Give me ten days, if you can't do it after ten days, when cut!"

The seven eunuchs were immediately frightened and knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

Liu Ling Guazi's face was covered with frost. He raised his beautiful eyes and glanced at the guards behind Li Huan: "You are going to defend Marquis Anyang like this?"

These words seemed to have greatly humiliated the group of guards. They didn't even need Li Huan's order and just brutally dragged the group of eunuchs away like pigs and dogs.

Li Huan was puzzled. Liu Ling beside him was pouring tea for him, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing: "Brother-in-law, do you understand now? Some people are born to be mean. If you talk nicely to them, they will always If you think you can deceive the superiors and confuse the public, please don’t be angry, brother-in-law, it’s not worth it for such a lowly person!"

Li Huan looked like he had seen a ghost: "Are you sure they can make it?"

"Okay." Liu Ling shrugged nonchalantly: "The drawings are very detailed. You can even make a dog, not to mention these castrated craftsmen. They themselves already have very high skills. One becomes a craftsman by being castrated, not after being castrated.”

Seeing Li Huan drinking tea with a depressed look on his face, Liu Ling smiled sweetly and said: "Brother-in-law, if they really can't do it, they will be killed in ten days. There are more than a thousand craftsmen in your palace. If they are still not satisfied, , I have mobilized hundreds of craftsmen from my own house for you to control. If they can make what you want, they will keep it. If they can’t make it, they will be killed. If it goes on like this, the craftsmen who can stay will naturally be An extremely skilled craftsman.”

"Then how to confirm whether they lied?" Li Huan suddenly understood why in his time, he could always see all kinds of amazing treasures handed down from ancient times, and they could be piled up in this way?
"It's like saying, brother-in-law, you have more than a thousand artisan slaves under your command. If you kill hundreds of them, but you can't make them, it means that you really can't make them, but it doesn't matter. You just need to treat these artisans a little bit in the future. If it is better, they will naturally give birth to many slaves."

Liu Ling smiled and said: "My little slave, just give me something to eat, and you don't have to raise me too well. I have been exposed to the skills of my father's craftsmen since I was a child. By the age of ten, I can be called a good craftsman with superb skills."

What does this look like?
Li Huan subconsciously thought of the word raising gu... This is the word raising gu in the craftsman world!

Those who survive are the strongest and luckiest, and the offspring they produce are naturally the result of artificial selection.

Li Huan suddenly discovered that he originally thought that hand-to-hand combat in this era was already cruel; but the reality was that there were many horrors under the battlefield that he had not noticed.

Raising people is like raising gu!
"Brother-in-law, you don't seem to like this?" Liu Ling was considerate and could detect Li Huan's inner thoughts from the subtle changes in his face.

"I just didn't expect to do this." Li Huan shook his head: "I have always valued human life very much."

"My brother-in-law's kindness is nothing. There are only some people in this world who are not worthy of my brother-in-law's kindness."

Li Huan liked Liu Ling's peach-blossom eyes even more.

Li Huan even found something weird that he seemed... to be a little interested in Liu Ling...

At this moment, Li Huansheng suppressed his idea of ​​​​beheading rather than being bold.

Even the furious look of Emperor Liu Che appeared in his mind: I will use my second sister, sister-in-law, and niece to play with you!You fucking fell in love with the daughter of King Huainan, whom I hate the most?I'm going to hit Liu Ling on the head now and come back to make Liu Ling's tomb!
Li Huan shivered subconsciously: "You are right!"

Liu Ling couldn't help laughing again.

"We have almost everything to do today. After the cement kiln is built, we can talk about other things. Let's go to the hydraulic workshop to have a look."

"Should I call my brother-in-law's two concubines?" Liu Ling joked.

"No need to scream, they have eyes on the back of their heads. As soon as I get up, they will run over immediately." Li Huan couldn't help laughing, but he had an uncontrollable weird idea in his heart...

This idea is so terrifying. Once it emerges, he will always feel that the sky above his head turns into the furious face of Emperor Liu Che, turning into thousands of thunders, blasting him to pieces...

If he hadn't been sure that he couldn't drink fake wine in this era, Li Huan would have suspected that he had drank too much fake wine, which was why he had such a horrifying thought.

Liu Ling was surprised and looked at the back of his head in the direction of Li Huan, but as soon as Li Huan stood up to leave, the two concubines ran over immediately.

"This...is it true?"

Li Huan turned over on the horse and said with a cheerful smile: "Hongzhi and Manguyin are both Huns. They had already developed this magical ability when they were shepherding sheep. Am I right? "

"Master is right, we all have this ability." Hongzhi felt a bit like showing off.

Liu Ling was so surprised that she looked at Hongzhi and Manguyin for a moment. She had seen the strengths of these two people, but compared with her, it was humiliating.

However, she discovered that after a Hun woman put on the clothes of a Han woman, it would be impossible to tell that she was a foreigner unless someone said so clearly.

"No wonder Sima Qian wrote in his Taishi Gongshu that the descendants of the Xiahou clan, the ancestors of the Xiongnu, were also called Chunwei. In the Tang and Yu periods, there were Shanrong, yangxu, and Hunzhu, who lived in the northern barbarians and moved with livestock. Nowadays, It seems that his own story about a family is not all nonsense."

Li Huan said with a smile: "Except for the part about me, there really isn't much else to say."

"Yo?" Liu Ling regained his energy in an instant, and asked with a bold smile, "So, brother-in-law doesn't love other people's wives?"

"I really don't like it!" Li Huan said with a serious face: "Many times, one misunderstanding after another, after being spread by other people, people who heard it naturally thought it was true."

"But this is what your son Huo Qubing thinks." Liu Ling actually had the smile of an experienced driver at this moment.

Li Huan sneered: "My lord, you are one of the few smart people in the world. Why do you follow the wind like rain?"

"I don't know, how can my brother-in-law argue?"

Li Huan thought for a moment, then turned to the guard beside him and said, "Go over there and chat with people at the construction site, saying that the Marquis ate a fish for breakfast today."

The guard thought it was a strange order, but he didn't think much about it. He responded, turned his horse's head, and quickly headed towards the construction site.

Li Huan looked at the attendants beside Liu Ling: "Who among you has the best memory?"

But no one spoke.

Liu Ling's jade face instantly turned as cold as frost: "If you don't answer your questions, you will never talk again in this life." All the attendants were startled and hurriedly pushed one person out.

"Reporting to the Marquis, I have a slightly outstanding memory."

Li Huan nodded and smiled: "Very good, you catch up with my follower just now and listen to what he said to the people at the construction site over there, and how the people at the construction site over there relayed this."

"Here!"

With what Liu Ling said before, how could he still dare to slack off?
Liu Ling was slightly puzzled: "Brother-in-law, what can this prove?"

"No problem, I'll go to the hydraulic workshop first and have a look."

Any large river will have many small tributaries. In Hanzhong County, where the terrain is quite different, there are naturally more tributaries.

The tributary chosen by Li Huan to build the hydraulic workshop has begun to take shape.

After Liu Ling dismounted, he was not attracted by the huge water windmills built at an unknown time. Instead, he was shocked by the aerial "aqueducts" made of cut bamboo slices that were elevated more than two feet above the ground.

"I have seen hydraulic windmills before in the Hou's mansion, why are you doing this now?"

Li Huan smiled and said, "It's just a little trick." He stretched out his hand to stir up the water and flicked it toward Liu Ling.

Liu Ling is really that kind of weirdo, he keeps shouting that brother-in-law doesn’t want brother-in-law doesn’t want brother-in-law doesn’t want...

The entourage beside them, whether they were from the Lord Liu Ling or the Marquis of Anyang Li Huan, all slowed down their pace very wisely.

There were even a few very sensible people who were already preparing to drive away the melon-eating crowd who heard "Brother-in-law doesn't want it" not far away and were about to stretch their necks to eat melon.

Li Huan accepted it as soon as he saw it, and Liu Ling naturally stopped complaining, "Brother-in-law doesn't want it."

"If you walk along this side and take a look, you will naturally find something different here."

The peach blossom eyes are the most touching, not to mention the jade-like face, which is full of water drops. With a slight tremor, Li Huan immediately understood what the charm of a pear blossom with spring rain is.

Liu Ling took small steps forward, and suddenly looked back at Li Huan behind him, who almost bumped into her.

The guards and entourage on both sides felt that their interest was waning slightly. They each had set up a gambling game secretly. They were pressuring themselves that the Marquis could be overthrown, and at the same time they were pressuring that the Marquis was a gentleman...

Li Huan probably didn't even think that there were people in his bodyguard who thought he was a gentleman, and he really deserved a heavy reward.

Among Liu Ling's guards, there were also people who did this, but they were focusing on whether Marquis Anyang was more courageous or more fateful...

If such a thing really happened, the emperor would definitely not be able to spare Marquis Anyang.

As a result, the gentleman on Li Huan's side was victorious, and the coward on Liu Ling's side was victorious.

"This is...a water tank?" Liu Ling looked at the aerial water transport channel made of bamboo slices, and actually transported water to a water tank.

Under the water tank is a ditch paved with stones. Under the ditch is a completed pool.

Li Huan said with a smile: "After the water in the water tank is filled, the water will flow into the pool, and the edge of the pool is connected to the irrigation canal."

Liu Ling subconsciously turned back and looked at the hydraulic workshop in the distance. It was about a mile away from here and was already down the hillside.

This is not the boundary of the Hanzhong Plain, it is already a mountainous area, and the endless mountains to the north can be regarded as the southern branch of the Qinling Mountains.

If you want to water the ground here, it is indeed not easy, but this weird method allows water to be transported here day and night.

Liu Ling even imagined that even if the bamboo pieces would be damaged and strong winds would blow them, they would be... only two feet high. How much wind would it take to blow them down?Even if it blows down, it doesn't matter, just correct it again.

In particular, this method allows people to free up more time to do other things...

Li Huan looked at Liu Ling who suddenly fell into deep thought, and then said: "I actually have a bigger idea, which is to make iron pipes."

"Iron pipe?" Liu Ling looked slightly surprised: "Is the cost too high?"

"Yes, so I changed to bamboo." Li Huan mused: "But the iron pipe is a once and for all thing. Think about it, bury the iron pipe deep underground and seal it with cement. In this case, would it be more convenient to transport water? Already?"

"What exactly do you think?" Liu Ling looked at Li Huan in disbelief, even with a hint of admiration.

Li Huan said: "I plan to completely build Anyang City into what I want. Once there is a drainage system, there will be a water delivery system for the city. Bamboo chips are my initial idea now. Iron pipes are the most important thing for water delivery." The problem, on my side, the cost is not a big issue, it's mostly the cast iron."

Liu Ling's peach blossom eyes lit up instantly: "There are more than 1000 craftsmen, it doesn't matter if we kill hundreds more, there will always be someone who can do it."

"This matter cannot be rushed. It is just an idea I have at the moment. Whether it can be done or not is a matter of two opinions."

It is unknown whether the Industrial Revolution of the Han Empire can be launched. This thing is related to productivity; productivity may be improved a lot because of myself as a time traveler, but it is almost a fantasy to launch an industrial revolution in such soil. .

Therefore, the iron pipe water transportation is only in Li Huan's imagination, but if it is a small scale, for example, it is possible to do the iron pipe water transportation in your own home. If you want the entire Anyang City, That's really what Li Huan said, it's an idea.

It's like he really wants to discuss some technical issues with Liu Ling in depth, but this is just an idea. Does the idea have to be realized?of course not.

Just think about some ideas, life is a very beautiful thing.

"However, this method is not bad for water supply now."

Li Huan shook his head: "More people like to dig ditches directly. This is what they think will be done once and for all."

"But you need to carry water." Liu Ling shook his head and said: "After I go back, I will transform my mansion into this. In the future, there will naturally be no need for people to carry water in the mansion, and..."

She squatted beside the bamboo waterway and smiled leisurely: "I think if we use tiles instead of bamboos, it will be a one-and-done solution. The tiles will drain the water much better than the bamboos."

"Hey! You are really a little genius who can draw inferences from one instance!" Li Huan praised him from the bottom of his heart, but Liu Ling's face turned slightly red for some unknown reason.

Liu Ling smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, pipes can't transport water, so why don't you try what I said and use tiles to transport water?"

"The cost of tiles is low. They can be installed at a high position and placed close to the wall. This can be regarded as a different kind of initiative." Liu Ling didn't know whether he was encouraging or really wanted to see his idea come true.

Li Huan laughed dumbly: "Xiao Nizi, let me ask you, since ancient times, water has flowed to lower places. After the water flows into the city, how do you transport the water to high places to take advantage of it? Even if we can build a very high water tower, it will still take a long time. How can we transport the water to a very high place to create pressure and make the water flow to a lower place?"

Li Huan naturally has a way to solve these problems. After all, his hometown has already had living examples. Even if he cannot make usable iron water pipes now, there is still a simpler and more direct way.

Liu Ling was really lost in thought. She took off a piece of bamboo and stared at it for a moment: "Brother-in-law, you said your cement is impervious to water and fire. So since this cement is impervious to water and fire, can we mix it with cement?" Using red bricks, build an aerial water transport channel similar to a bamboo water channel to transport water into the city from a high place outside Anyang City?"

After hearing these words, the smile on Li Huan's face disappeared instantly. He subconsciously reached out and touched Liu Ling's forehead. While Liu Ling held his breath, he asked softly: "Odd changes to even?"

Liu Ling felt that his face was a little hot. For some reason, he only felt that Li Huan's hands were very warm.

But Li Huan was full of anticipation, and even looked like he was about to cry, and asked again in a trembling voice: "Odd...even...even the same?"

(End of this chapter)