The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

Chapter 213 Zhu Gui's Highlight Moment

Wang Lang's original plan was to build a water diversion channel on the mudflats to divert half of the water from the Red River to the low-lying areas nearby, and then build a dam.

But the amount of silver he needed was 80,000 strings of cash, all of which was spent on the water diversion channels and dam diversion channels.

"Master Wang! It's not impossible for you to build a dam in this place, and this place will be better." Zhu Gui said softly.

Zhu Gui did not refute Wang Lang's proposal. According to Wang Lang's idea, it would be a good idea to build a dam here, but it was not very suitable given the current situation in Laigu County.

Xie Tingwen looked at the place Zhu Gui pointed, thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "I see. If we build it here, although the place becomes larger, we can save more than half of the consumables."

"good."

Zhu Gui nodded and explained softly, "I am essentially a businessman. From a businessman's perspective, there are many ways to maximize profits, so please forgive me, sir."

"It's okay." Xie Tingwen waved his hand nonchalantly.

Wu Yang, who was standing aside, looked embarrassed, raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Gui and said, "That Zhu, the chief! The land in Shanghe Township is originally barren, and this area is behind the water. I'm afraid..."

Zhu Gui was naturally aware of Wu Yang's concerns. The area he drew had a lot of open land, and if he occasionally planted some crops, he could earn more food without having to pay taxes to the government.

Now, with a wave of his hand, he took over this place. This was naturally not a good thing for the people of Shanghe Township.

"Wu Lizheng doesn't need to worry."

Xie Shuting's words instantly attracted everyone's attention. She smiled and said, "Daoyou Jiangnan has a kind of lotus that grows in water. We can just ask the people in the Hu Ya to help buy the seeds."

"Lotus vegetable?" Wu Yang asked with a puzzled look on his face. After all, he had never heard of it before.

Seeing Xie Shuting speak, Xie Tingwen also smiled and said, "Not only lotus root, but also water chestnuts can be planted, and even fish can be raised."

Xie Tingwen said this, then changed the subject and said seriously: "But! You have to register and pay taxes to the government."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wu Yang agreed repeatedly.

After all, the county government has invested so much in Laigu County, so he can't say anything about normal taxation. Besides, for such an area of ​​water, they are still willing to pay that little tax.

After the dam was completed, Xie Shuting looked at the grain fields on the map. According to the blueprint, this was a difficult project.

Seeing Xie Shuting's embarrassment, Xie Tingwen also said with a headache: "The dam is easy to talk about, but since ancient times, 'water flows to the lower places'. Now if we want to let the water go up the mountain, I'm afraid we can only use water wheels."

Xie Shuting was also troubled by this. She was an agriculturalist, not a physicist, and she was well aware of the difficulties of getting water up the mountain.

At present, the best pumping equipment in the Song Dynasty is the water wheel, but this thing can only be used in Shanghe Township, because the water flow in Shanghe Township is fast and it is too difficult to set up a water wheel.

There were a few water wheels scattered along the river bank, and Xie Shuting saw severe signs of repair through visual inspection.

Without thinking too much, it is clear that this is because every time there is heavy rain or mountain torrents, the water wheels are destroyed and then repaired.

"If we can't use the water truck, can we consider other tools?" Xie Shuting pondered.

Seeing Xie Shuting's expression with a hint of confusion, Xie Tingwen also knew that he had encountered difficulties, and asked softly: "Shuting! Is there any difficulty?"

"Yeah!~"

Xie Shuting nodded and pointed to the map. "The height difference between the fertile fields on the mountain and the Red River is too great. Even the pumping power of the waterwheel cannot deliver water to the water."

Wu Yang looked at the blueprint, pointed to the valley and said, "Miss Xie! Can you deliver the water to this location?"

Xie Shuting understood Wu Yang's intention. As long as the water was sent to this location and then used the height difference of the water diversion channel to wind up the mountain, the people would have to walk less distance.

Obviously, Xie Shuting could not satisfy Wu Yang's idea because she really did not understand the physics involved.

Seeing Xie Shuting shaking her head, Wang Lang on the side said with a smile: "As the saying goes, 'three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang'. Everyone present is a cobbler. Why don't we separate the problems?"

"Oh!~"

Chen Ping's eyes lit up, and he asked hurriedly, "Master Wang! Do you have any great ideas?"

"The magic tricks can't be calculated."

Wang Lang pointed to the blueprint and said, "We can build a dam here, use a water truck to bring water into the dam for storage, and then use the power of the dam to drain water to bring the water to this place. What do you think?"

Everyone's faces brightened when they heard this. Even Zhu Gui, who had not spoken, could not help but sigh, "Master Wang is indeed worthy of being the head of the Works Office. I have learned a lot."

"Master Zhu, thank you for your compliment." Wang Lang also repeatedly supported his hand.

The two people's business boasting instantly caused everyone to burst into laughter, but Xie Shuting stared at the drawings from beginning to end. Because of Wang Lang's reminder just now, she suddenly had a plan.

As everyone was talking and laughing, Xie Tingwen also noticed that Xie Shuting was acting strangely, and asked suspiciously, "Shuting! Do you disagree with Master Wang's plan?"

"No." Xie Shuting raised her hand.

"Then what are you..."

"Master Wang just gave my daughter a reminder. Now my daughter has a plan, but..."

"But what?" Xie Tingwen asked hurriedly.

Everyone present instantly became interested and looked at Hsieh Shu-ting with sharp eyes, because they felt that Hsieh Shu-ting's plan might be better.

Xie Shuting ignored everyone's gazes. She still stared at the blueprint and shook her head sadly, saying, "What a pity! It still doesn't work."

"Shu Ting! Tell me what difficulties you have and I will help you solve them."

Xie Shuting raised her head when she heard this, looking at the expectant eyes of the crowd, and said with a calm smile: "Forget it. The most difficult part of my plan is that it requires a hollow iron pipe. I'm afraid it won't work without this."

"How much?"

"At least five, each about three meters long and five inches in diameter. This is the minimum requirement." Xie Shuting said in a deep voice.

Xie Tingwen was a little upset for a moment, not because the thing was difficult to get, but because the weight of what Xie Shuting wanted was completely beyond the requirements of government control.

Seeing Xie Tingwen in trouble, Wu Yang, who had finally grasped a life-saving straw, hurriedly said, "Miss Xie! I am an old man, but I would like to ask Miss Xie if the iron pipe is necessary? Or does the iron pipe have other uses?"

"Not really."

Xie Shuting waved her hand calmly as she spoke: "I want an iron pipe because it has a good seal and water will not flow back during the pumping process."

"Sealing?" Wu Yang asked with some confusion.

At this point, Xie Shuting simply said frankly, "In simple terms, there can't be air on the official road. As far as I know, iron pipes are the best."

Everyone looked at each other, still not quite understanding what Xie Shuting said. But Wu Yang's eyes revealed a subtle understanding.