When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 392: Insufficient Manpower, Use Ingenuity to Make Up for It

On Qingming Festival, the rain did not fall.

The wizards in the Qintian Prison were all nervously looking at the star map, holding calculation chips, and constantly deducing the celestial phenomena.

Finally they came to the conclusion that there was a spring drought.

"What is the status of the water storage required by various places in the tribe in advance?"

Xin Qu put down the various reports he had compiled and looked at A Qi, who was following him.

As a farmer, he was also busy supervising agricultural and mulberry affairs in various places. When he heard what Xin Qu said, he nodded slightly and said: "Before spring, you said that you would beat Jishi and prepare to flood Jishi. Let's start. Raising the embankment, we all did it.

Now the water levels of all the main rivers in Changping and Yuyang have reached two-thirds of the normal spring water level, and spring plowing can be guaranteed. "

Aqi said as if he was relieved.

The witches in Qin Tian Prison looked at each other in shock. Did they not expect that Xin Qu would solve it like this?
"Well, looking at it now, we have survived another disaster. Where is Sikong?"

Xinqu looked at Gulu Xiaogui.

"We are already working hard to produce the parts for the overturned car, but I can only guarantee that these parts will last three years. They must be replaced after three years, otherwise they will definitely rot."

Gulu Xiaogui sighed: "You kid, you are always so eager."

"It's not that I'm anxious, but if we want to expand steadily, we must ensure the supply of water conservancy. We have begun to decentralize the water supply and give it to every ten households. Someone has to collect water every day."

Xinqu ordered: "Aqi, please work harder and urge me. If there are local nobles blocking the waterway, capture them directly. Now do your best to ensure production.

There is a drought this spring, and if there is a sudden rain in the summer, the dams we store may become a hazard that will kill us in the summer.

Therefore, to ensure growth in the spring, we can then start to impound some river sections, and start dredging and digging after the spring plowing is completed to ensure that future summer disasters can be dealt with.

Only in this way can we always follow others in floods and droughts.

Farming is like this, and we must have comprehensive plans and response measures. "

Ah Qi nodded slightly. He had been working as a farmer for several years and was gradually becoming more and more proficient.

Gulu Xiaogui didn't say anything. Now Youxin's application of water conservancy is already the strongest in the north and south.

After all, the Xin family has water-fetching facilities such as bobbins, waterwheels, and rollovers. It is also equipped with a large number of reservoirs, lakes, and woods to regulate floods and droughts.

It can be said that after three years of continuous transformation, Youxin's grain production has been steadily increasing every year, and its ability to withstand floods and droughts has increased.

However, with the Xin family blocking the water upstream, things will be miserable downstream.

After the Ji family was driven away from Tongyi by Xin Qu, the main road of the Chaobai River system in Tongyi was blocked by the Youxin family with a cofferdam, and the Youxin family was widening the river channel toward the southeast.

The southeast direction is towards Tianjin.

And Jishi is mainly in the south direction.

Most of the water sources originate from Yanshan and Changping.

And these positions were blocked by Xin Qu.

So, it was obviously the Qingming Festival, but it didn't rain and the swamps dried up.

There are only a few trickling rivers where a large number of people have gathered. For a little water source, the Ji clan of various tribes have started a war.

One dozen a day, one dozen every five days.

As a result, some people began to migrate towards Yishui, preparing to go back again.

However, some people took the opportunity to attack the disobedient tribes and continued to annex them.

Xin Qu didn't need to bother with this, Xu Zhui just sent the tribute slaves.

They are all disobedient tribes anyway.

Xin Qu also accepted them all and kept them in Tongyi, constantly dredging the main rivers and transporting the pond mud to Huairou, Miyun, Yuyang and other places for ripening.

However, Xin has plans every day and is busy every day, which scares many people.

Minister Yin stopped Wei Shanzhou who was about to return to Qidi and asked, "How long has the Xin family been so busy?"

Wei Shanzhou glanced at the frightened Minister Yin, and sighed: "It's been several years. In short, you just need to know that the Xin family is really serious about running Shannan now. Okay, if there's nothing else Regarding the matter, you’d better leave as soon as possible and go back to resume your life.”

"I do think so!" Minister Yin's face turned ugly. "Isn't this being detained? The Xin clan is preparing to attack the Yourong clan. You should go to the south and inform the king that you must not attack Qilongrong this year."

"I don't have the authority. Besides, you won't fight if you say you won't fight?" Wei Shanzhou sighed, "Since you can't leave, I advise you to stay calm and don't even think about contacting the Xin family. Those old nobles, otherwise your life will not be easy."

Minister Yin raised his eyebrows slightly, and it was obvious that Wei Shanzhou was already eyeing him.

Wei Shanzhou didn't say much, and left south with a batch of furs.

"Let's go and meet those elders named Yao from before."

Minister Yin remembered that the elder Yao of the Xin family had invited him to the banquet. He was worried that it was Xin Qu's temptation, so he didn't go. Now...

Minister Yin did not avoid others, and Xinqu quickly learned of Minister Yin's actions.

He just smiled and said nothing, playing with the iron sword in his hand, then raised it and slashed at the wooden stake in front of him.

After violently slashing for thirty times in a row, Xin Qu sighed: "Can the current materials only do this?"

"Yes." Tao Aao was a little nervous. As an iron officer, he had used all his accumulation over the years, but he could only guarantee the strength of an iron sword, which could barely reach the steel.

And it is easy to rust. After all, he is not a systematic craftsman, and he is also trying hard to experiment with various alloys. However, Xin Qu cannot keep throwing money at Xin's cost limit, so the alloy results are extremely low, and he relies entirely on Xin Qu's home-made blast furnace. , open hearth.At present, the Youxin family can only produce molten iron stably. After the molten iron is made into iron ingots, it can only be processed manually.

This efficiency is not high.

After all, blacksmithing is physical work and consumes a lot of food.

Xinqu can now afford only thirty iron officers, but he has to face a shortage of up to thirty thousand iron officers. This simply forces him to find ways to increase productivity.

"Can the hydraulic forging hammer be used?"

"It's possible, but this year's spring drought has made it more difficult to collect water."

Hearing this, Xin Qu raised his eyebrows: "Let's go to the mausoleum area."

He led everyone towards the mausoleum area.

From a distance, you can see a strange "brick and wood tower" above Xiaoyi. There are many wood on the tower and there are stairs between the wood.At the top, five or six slaves were tremblingly nailing the wood, not daring to lower their heads and look down.

This tower, from bottom to top, must be ten meters long!
Sitting north and facing south, with the sail-like Lishi sail, it feels like a revolving lantern.

The workshop area has not yet been moved out of the city, but when the site was drawn up before, the workshop area was still too small.

Therefore, in order to improve production efficiency, Xinqu thought for a long time and decided to set aside a part of the mausoleum area and build a separate small town as a workshop.

The camp started last year, but due to lack of people, there has been no action.

This time, the Ji family was hit hard and 2000 people were arrested, which finally accelerated the completion of the follow-up work here.

Especially for windmill fan blades, bamboo strips need to be made into strips, and then a layer of paste is applied to the linen cloth. After drying in the shade, the bamboo strips and linen cloth are continued to be refreshed, just like making the soles of Baina shoes, and finally sewn together.

All in all, sewing and gluing generally need to be completed.

Finally, apply tung oil to the outermost layer to prevent moisture.

Along with the processes and experiments, the children of the Xin family have been busy for two years, and only now the fan blade has completed 80.00% of the process.

The blades of this kind of windmill are heavy and can easily ignite. They need to be removed and re-brushed with tung oil every year for maintenance, which only costs a lot more.

But this kind of windmill must be built, because it is the key to having Xin's hydraulic forging hammer to leave the river restrictions.

Windmills were used to replace manpower in pumping water, doing work to lift it, and bring surface water to water towers for storage.

When forging, open the water outlet of the water tower and release a large amount of water to impact the water wheel mechanism, driving the forging hammer to do work.

Of course, this is also a kind of technology accumulation. As long as this set of technology is fully understood, Xin's productivity will develop faster in the future.

Especially the sails of sail-type windmills can be used on shipping ships.

Xinqu was also preparing for the waterway cruise.

Xinqu is still very satisfied with the current progress. Once the sail-type windmill is completed, the water can be removed to facilitate planting.

For areas where polder is needed on the edge of the swamp, building this windmill can help people with floods and droughts. It can be used not only in agriculture, but also in industry. It can serve multiple purposes.

"Brother, are you here?" Seeing Xin Qu coming, a small figure appeared, very happy.

Taking a closer look, it was Guo Yao.

She has not been around Xin Qu recently because her task is to supervise the construction of the workshop, so she has been suffocated here every day.

Seeing Xin Qu coming, she pulled Xin Qu's sleeves and jumped up and down: "Is my work done? Can I go out now?"

"Where did this go?" Xinqu rubbed her head, "How is the windmill?"

"Ugh——" shook his head and shook off Xin Qu's hand. Guo Yao said unhappily: "What else can we do? As usual, we can finish the work in the afternoon and start experiments. But it doesn't look like there is any wind. Who knows? Useless."

"Okay, okay, hurry up and finish the work. I will give you a holiday then, one month or three months, you choose."

"Really! Hee hee! That's great!" Guo Yao was finally happy. Like a lark, he took Xin Qu into Xiaoyi in the workshop area and introduced her achievements these days.

At this time, the workshop area has living areas, work areas, warehouse areas, and leisure areas. It is a small, isolated society.

The streets are wide and have rutted roads, and people come and go in a hurry. Some old slaves, after watching the cows and horses pass by, clean up the excrement and put it into baskets.

This place is actually more like an industrial production area. Everyone is busy and has no intention of stopping.

After all, those who work in handicrafts have the support of the Xin family, and Xin Qu promised that as long as they work well, the title will be given to them.

In addition to going to the battlefield, the Xin family is also allowed to donate millet in exchange for a title. The workshop only calculates living income based on points. If you want to be promoted, you must be evaluated for excellence and accumulate service years before you can be promoted.

It is also difficult for them to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, and they are separated from the normal farming and fighting system.

Of course, most of them are naturalized people and slaves, and there are very few people with Xin clan.

Except for some young people, such as Shu Chui and others whose families already held high positions in the army, Xin Qu would bring them to the workshop to serve as executives or study various topics.

In short, people in Gongfang Xiaoyi are working hard, because they only need to complete the accumulation of service years, and they can be promoted from naturalized people to common people. After being promoted to common people, some can get married, and some children can have the opportunity to join the army.

They are all opportunities to turn around.

"Guo Yao, everything is ready. When... ah, patriarch." Shu Cui called Guo Yao from a distance to test the windmill, but when he saw Xin Qu, he quickly came up to salute.

"Okay, no need to be polite. It seems like I'm here at the right time, let's give it a try."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)