Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

In the water mill, the stone mill that Carpenter Liu removed from the village was installed.

The stone mill is very huge, about 1.5 metres in diameter. It originally needed two bulls to pull it. But what appeared before everyone’s eyes was the grinding disc that was constantly spinning driven by the waterwheel.

“My mother, it turns out that this water can really push the millstone?”

“You melon skin, didn’t Village Head just talk about it? It was created by the Master. What is wrong?”

“Bah, you seemed to be skeptical just now, right?”

“Hehe, there is nothing, you got it wrong, how could I possibly Doubt what the Master said?”

“Tsk tsk, there is no need for mules, horses, cows to pull the mill, it’s easy and convenient.” Some farmers immediately discovered the benefits of water mills.

Using livestock to pull the mill, not only has to work hard to drive the animals, but also people have to keep walking around the millstone with the animals. Grinding a bucket of grain is not easy at all. Every time you grind a bucket of grain, you have to rest your animal power. After all, the cow is tired.

If you use manpower to push, you can only push the small mill, this kind of big mill cannot be pushed. And if it is driven by manpower, the efficiency is even slower.

And this water-powered stone mill can be used by one person to grind grain, and there is no need to move around at all. You only need to keep adding grain to the stone mill, which is so much easier.

When the farmers were talking excitedly around the water mill, someone suddenly rushed out of the water mill.

Someone curiously shouted: “Zhao Saburo, what are you running?”

“Go back to move food and grind the noodles!”

Upon reminding, the dealers immediately reacted and stopped watching the water mill, all turned their heads and ran to their house.

Not long afterwards, long queues lined up outside the water mill. Whether you need to grind noodles or not, you use a wheelbarrow to transport buckets of grain, and plan to try the benefits of this water mill.

The huge size of the stone mill can grind up the grain, and the efficiency is amazing.

A bucket of grain, ground into flour, can be ground in more than ten minutes. But to grind into fine flour, usually at least two grinds, thats all thats only half an hour.

And this water mill does not need to rest, it can continuously grind, and the efficiency is naturally high.

When Li Wangyou led Li Heng to check the water mill, a group of farmers in Dingzhou Village crowded around and bowed to him.

“Master, this water mill is so easy to use, many thanks Master, many thanks Master.”

“Master, you see, this is the mill I just grind out. The white is so fine. This water mill is really good. It doesn’t take much effort at all. It takes a moment to grind it out.” Zhao Sanlang, the fastest runner, squeezed over and grabbed a handful of freshly ground flour and said to Li Wangyou.

“haha, that’s good, it’s not worth it. I let Carpenter Liu work hard.” Li Wangyou said with a big smile, and hit the side with an elbow Li Heng: “How? If you agree to bet you must accept to lose, right? Move to your yard for me today, don’t let me talk more!”

Li Heng has no choice but to silently nodded.

Dingzhou Village This water mill has become the most lively place in the village. All day long, men, women and children in the village, as long as they have free time, they will run to the water mill, staring at the millstone continuously spinning without blinking.

And the matter was spread very quickly, and even more quickly, Yang Zuan, who got the news, rode again and hurriedly rushed from Hu County to Dingzhou Village and went straight to the water mill.

“Ziyou, you made this good thing, why not tell me brother?” Yang Zuan squatted at the water mill without any image, and carefully visited the water mill. Then he pulled Li Wangyou and complained.

Then stretched out his hand again: “Where are the drawings of the water mill?”

Li Wangyou rolled the eyes speechlessly, are these Great Tang officials too conscious? ? How do you feel as if you owe them something?

“Hehe, Brother Xuqing, what do you want the drawing to do?” Li Wangyou pretended to be a fool, and asked feigning ignorance rhetorically.

Yang Zuan knows him well, so naturally he doesnt want to eat his set: “Of course it is to promote and build this water mill in the villages of Hu County, Ziyou, you dont want to ask me for money again, do you? dignified Count of Hu, I am embarrassed to open my mouth?”

Li Wangyou strangely said: “Why sorry? Brother Xuqing, we are friends, business is business, I want the drawings of the water mill, hehe, Let me change things.”

Yang Zuan pretended to be angrily: “Okay, I will pay you over a hundred catties for my brother, how about it?”

Li Wangyou up and down He glanced at Yang Zuan and shook his head: “No, it’s too old, it’s not worth a lot of money!”

What he said almost made Yang Zuan’s nose crooked, hu hu panting heavily Angrily: “Let’s talk about it, what do you want to do?”

Li Wangyou is waiting for his sentence, hehe said with a smile: “No more, no more, I’m not greedy, help How about I repair the road and change it?”

Yang Zuan hearing this was stunned: “Build the road? What kind of road?”

“The road from Dingzhou Village to Hu County, you This dignified Hu County parent official, didnt he find that this road is really bad? Every time it rains, it becomes a mud puddle and I cant go out. That road should have been repaired long ago!”

Speaking of this matter, Li Wangyou just complained.

The road from Dingzhou Village to the county seat of Hu County is not an official road and lacks maintenance. It has long been shabby. Moreover, the road is narrow and can only accommodate a Carriage. If you encounter a Carriage on the opposite side, you have to find a wide area and the wrong car.

Its okay if you ride a horse, but if you take a carriage, people will be confused and suffer.

Now that Dingzhou Village is getting richer and richer, and there are more and more Carriages, it is time for this road to be repaired.

Li Wangyou has been thinking about this for a long time, and when I met Yang Zuan today, he mentioned it by the way.

Yang Zuan was taken aback by what he said: “Ziyou, you are too lion’s big mouth, a drawing of a water mill, you actually want me to fix this 20 li for you Long way? Do you know how much it will cost to build this road?”

“Brother Qing, you are a dignified Seventh Rank County Magistrate, Magistrate of Hu County, how can you be so stingy? Tsk tsk, forget it , I know that you Magistrate is also a poor ghost. This Your Lordship does not care about you. I will pay for the cost of road construction, but you have to mobilize the servants who are serving in the county this year to help me build the road. Alright, right?”

When Li Wangyou ridiculed himself for being poor, Yang Zuan was also speechless. However, he can agree to the conditions put forward by Li Wangyou.

Anyway, the service households expropriated in the county every year are basically used to build and maintain various facilities throughout the county. It is of course possible to let these servants build roads.

And since Li Wangyou said all the expenses he paid, then Yang Zuan certainly has no reason to refuse.

He pondered for a moment, nodded: “Yes, I can agree to this condition.”

Seeing that he agreed, Li Wangyou quickly added: “This way, I want to expand. Double the land occupied by the roadbed, the county has to solve it for me.”

“You…” Yang Zuan almost wanted to blow his beard again, but think about the road from Hu County to Dingzhou Village, both sides of the road There is not much farmland. Even if the roadbed is doubled, the land that needs compensation from the county will be more than 100 mu.

With this calculation, Yang Zuan decided to bear it. Anyway, this road should really be repaired, especially now that Li Er still comes to Dingzhou Village from time to time. The road is so bad that it really can’t be justified.

“I…” Seeing Yang Zuan nodded agreed, Li Wangyou opened his mouth again to speak.

Now Yang Zuan can’t help it anymore, his saliva is almost sprayed on Li Wangyou’s face: “Ziyou, you are enough!”

Li Wangyou shrugged: “hehe , Brother Xuqing, what are you anxious about. I mean, I invite you to drink…”