The two teams of farmers lined up in the shape of "human", shouting neatly horns and pulling up a triangular wooden shelf in the river. A dam had been artificially piled up in the river, leaving a section of riverbed exposed on the bank of the river, and the wooden shelf stood on this silt riverbed.

After the shelf was up, the craftsmen on the shore immediately jumped into the mud and became busy. In addition, the farmers who had just pulled the shelf also jumped down to help, carrying hammers and smashing wooden stakes, and being busy.

Li Xiu stood on the shore and looked at the busy scene below, with a satisfied smile on his face. Boss Liu and other tenants were among the busy farmers below, while the others were tenants under the name of Princess Pingyang. These people heard that they wanted to build water trucks, so they did not need to organize them at all. They spontaneously ran to the river to help because they all knew that when the water trucks were up, they would save a lot of effort. As for the work in the fields, they would temporarily hand over to the women and children at home. Anyway, there was no heavy work now.

The hydraulic and hydraulic power were finally built, and the first one was standing at the junction of Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang's fields. This was convenient for both parties to use. Even the anxious tenants had even dug the diversion ditches, and they were waiting for the water truck to be installed and put into practical use.

"Master Li, your family has few land. When the hydraulic power is built, the tenants in your family will use it first. However, you still need more help and supervise the remaining few water trucks!" At this time, Princess Pingyang, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to her, suddenly said that there are thousands of acres of land under her name, and it is not enough to rely on a water truck alone, so she plans to build more water trucks next to the yellow canal.

"No problem. When the water truck is built, I will find a way to use the water truck to build some mills so that when there is no need to irrigation, the water power can be used!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time. Irrigation depends on the time. When there is no need to irrigation, the water power provided by the water truck cannot be wasted. This is also a plan he had already thought of.

"That's how it will be a blessing for Li Zhengwei!" Princess Pingyang smiled again when she heard this. She could be said to be convinced by Li Xiu's wonderful thoughts. Such a person must be a rare minister in the court, but unfortunately he was unwilling to enter the court to be an official no matter what!

"The princess doesn't have to be polite to this kid. If you really want to thank him, you might as well wait for his father to come back and ask for a while for them." At this time, Mr. Ma smiled and said.

However, Ma Master's words made Li Xiu feel bitter all of a sudden. He was not very happy about Li Jing's coming back. On the one hand, he didn't know how to face this cheap father, and on the other hand, he was worried that the other party would see through him at first sight, he was no longer the original Li Xiu.

"Haha, General Li's pacification of Lingnan this time has made all parts of Lingnan pacified. In addition, his previous contribution to destroying Nanliang, he will definitely be rewarded by the court after he comes back. When he is in a happy mood, Li Ziwei will take the initiative to admit his mistake. There is no deep hatred between the father and son, so General Li will definitely forgive Li Ziwei!" Princess Pingyang also saw that Li Xiu was a little depressed and smiled and explained.

When Li Xiu was a woman who left the house, no matter how wronged he was in this matter, according to traditional Chinese concepts, Li Xiu was disrespectful, so Princess Pingyang advised him to admit his mistake to his father. Her view also represents the views of most ancient people.

"This... let's talk about it later!" Li Xiu said vaguely when he heard this. His mind was muddy about how to deal with the relationship with Li Jing and he couldn't think of any good idea, so he could only take one step at a time. For the time being, he would just take a look at what Li Jing would do after he came back. Then he would just take action against him.

The hydraulic water truck is like the pedaled water truck. After each component is made in the workshop, it is only necessary to send it to the riverside for assembly. In this way, if any component is broken in the future, it can be removed and replaced with other components. The entire water truck will not be removed and remade because one component is broken.

With the help of the surrounding tenants, the progress of assembling the water truck was greatly accelerated. When it was dark, the water truck was finally assembled. Then Princess Pingyang personally ordered a group of tenants to dig open the embankment in the river like crazy, so that the fan blades of the water truck finally contacted the rapid river water.

At the beginning, the water truck was still moving under the impact of the river, which made Li Xiu anxious. However, as the water-blocking dam was completely removed, the force of the river water to impact the fan blades became much greater. Finally, the entire water truck suddenly made a squeak, and then it began to rotate slowly.

"Haha, it's successful!" Li Xiu finally felt relieved when he saw this. He shouted. The craftsmen and tenants on the river cheered excitedly. Many children who watched the fun also shouted "turned up" and ran around the water truck.

As the water wheel rotates, the river water is also taken to a high place, then pours into a specific sink and flows to the shore, and starts running in the ditch in the fields. Some children with excessive energy also run with the water flow, as if they are racing against the water flow to see who will reach the finish line first?

Hydraulic water trucks are just a general term. In fact, there are two forms. The first one is what Li Xiu and others see now. They directly use the fan blades of the water truck to bring water to high places. This is suitable for water intake, and it is necessary to bring water to high places. For example, the river section where Li Xiu and others are located is lower, so they can only use this kind of water truck. In addition, there is also a water truck that uses the water truck to drive the original manpower water truck. Although this kind of water truck can also bring water from low places to high places, the drop cannot be too large. With these two water trucks, different water trucks can be arranged according to local conditions and different terrain.

Princess Pingyang finally turned when she saw the hydraulic water wheel, and she also showed a happy expression. Then she rewarded the craftsmen who participated in the water wheel manufacturing on the spot. She also bought wine and meat to share with the tenants who helped, which also attracted the people by the river to shout the name of "Three Lady". This shows that Princess Pingyang has a high reputation among the people.

Good things came together. Just early the next morning, good news came from Li Shimin. The court finally decided to promote water trucks, especially unrestricted human water trucks, which were favored by the court. The drawings of the water trucks were distributed to the prefectures and were built by the official organization.

The places where Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang live are under the jurisdiction of Xinzhu County near Chang'an. The local county magistrate also received an order to promote water trucks. He also knew that the water trucks were first flowed out of the Princess' Mansion, so he personally ran to the Princess's Villa to see the princess. Of course, the princess didn't see him, so Ma met him in person. Then the county magistrate made a request, hoping that the craftsmen of the Princess' Mansion would organize another group of craftsmen to jointly build the water trucks.

Ma Ye considered the request of Xinzhu County Ma, and agreed. After all, this is also a good thing for the country and the people, and he had no reason to refuse. He also enthusiastically set up a piece of open space next to the Princess Villa, which was specially used as a construction workshop for water trucks. The main purpose was to produce pedal water trucks. As for hydraulic water trucks, it needs to be customized according to different terrain and water conditions, which is very troublesome, so only a few were built next to the yellow canal.

"Boy, water wheel is your idea. Come and see how this water wheel workshop is. If you have any questions, just ask them!" Ma Ye agreed to the Xinzhu County Magistrate, so he naturally wanted to do his best, so he pulled Li Xiu over and asked him to help him check.

"Uncle Ma, the hydraulic windmill in the mansion has not been completed yet. You have transferred a group of craftsmen. Now you ask me to help you watch the workshop. Are you going to kill me?" Li Xiu protested with dissatisfaction at this time. He wanted to build the hydraulic windmill early, and then he would have nothing to do, but he didn't expect that Mr. Ma would really make trouble for him.

"Okay, you are just like fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, and you have the attitude to say you are busy?" Mr. Ma said to Li Xiu with a blank look. In his opinion, Li Xiu is good at everything, but this lazy temperament is really annoying.

"Is it good to arrange work and rest time reasonably? Only after resting can you have the energy to work!" Li Xiu protested again, but unfortunately his protest was ineffective. Master Ma pulled him into the waterwheel workshop without saying a word.

Chaos! So chaotic! This is Li Xiu's first impression of the waterwheel workshop. He saw that the wood and tools in the workshop were randomly placed together, and the wood chips and shavings on the ground could bury people's feet. The busy carpenters could only walk while walking. If they accidentally kicked something, they could stagger. Only when they reacted more slowly would fall and ate the wood chips and shavings.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning, but he did not rush to blame him. Instead, he followed Ma Ye into the workshop and began to visit the process of craftsmen making water wheels. Ma Ye next to him kept introducing it. According to what he said, these craftsmen were generally in a group of ten people, each group was responsible for the construction of a water wheel. When the construction was completed, they would be handed over. There was a special person responsible for checking the quality of these water wheels. If they were qualified, they could be sent to the county government office, and then assigned to the village and town to install it.

"Uncle Ma, except for the craftsmen in our Princess Mansion, where do the rest of the craftsmen come from? Are there any compensation for work?" Li Xiu looked around the workshop and asked. He found that the problem in this workshop was not ordinary.

"Where can it come from? It's naturally recruited from the entire county. They work as a labor service. It's enough to manage two meals a day, and the food is also allocated from the county government." Mr. Ma replied with a look of course.

Corvey service is a free labor that the government forces the people to recruit. According to the law, all people are carrying a certain amount of corvey service. It is said that it was already there during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Even in later generations, when Li Xiu was a child, the adults in his family had to voluntarily work to dig rivers and canals every autumn and winter. That was also a kind of corvey service.

Hearing Mr. Ma’s words, Li Xiu shook his head helplessly and said, “Uncle Ma, you are so kind of trouble with this workshop. I can’t explain it clearly in one or two words. When I go back, I will write a charter for you. Then you will manage it according to the charter and will definitely make the entire workshop look brand new!”
Chapter completed!