"Next, I have something to say," a young man suddenly said during the meal.
"Who are you?" Buxun looked at him and asked.
This man looked like a teenager. According to others, he turned out to be the son of the Shizhong Yang Man. He did not seem to be an official like his brothers, but stayed at home to study.
"Taishan Goat Ben." The boy stood up and bowed, saying.
"Sit down and talk." Shao Xun came to Yang Ben with a wine glass and said warmly.
Yang Zhi sat back and took his eyes back from Hu Ji, who was full of chest in front of him. The teenager was a little young after all, which also showed that he did not do anything randomly. Some of the 14 or 15-year-old children of the gentry had even been ruined because of excessive indulgence and had not yet developed.
"Your Majesty, I heard one by one, no, I went to Zhukouying to build a village house, and rice and wheat were rotated. The rice from the grain collected every year was still good to be hulled, but the wheat was very difficult, so I could only use a stone mill. When I first built it, because I could not find enough livestock for a while and it was difficult to grind the noodles, I could only make wheat rice for the servants and maids and the village guests and cooked porridge for them. Everyone complained about it." Yang Ben said, "Because the pig's mouth was humid and needed water drainage, so my house built a keel water truck, which was the "overturned car", which was in Luoyang. There were footsteps, handturned car, and the wind blew. I had a sudden idea, or could use the wind to blow the stone mill to make it rotate the ground mill."
Oh———.Wind Mill, I have an idea, Shao Xun secretly praised it in his heart.
There are indeed wind-driven waterwheels, but they are not the kind of large windmills commonly found in the West, but vertical-axle windmills.
Simply put, there are eight columns on the shaft, with a sail hanging on each column, and then the water is lifted by wind power.
It sounds a bit like a sail on a boat, but it was actually derived from inspiration from the sailing boat and transplanted to the ground.
Each column is a comb rod, and a sail is hung on each mast. When the wind is too strong, some sail surfaces will be lowered to reduce the windward area, or the direction of the sail will be rotated, and the angle of the force will be adjusted.
The operation method is almost no different from a sailboat, and it is not even much different in size: because there are eight "
With so many poles, this kind of water wheel is too large overall and covers a wide area, so it has to raise the bottom and mount the main body of the windmill into the air to avoid affecting land use.
It can be imagined that this kind of windmill has no competitiveness.
Compared with the foot-pedal type, the human power rotation is larger, the cost is higher, the operation is complicated, and it also occupies more area. The most important thing is that the initial investment cost is huge, which is destined to be difficult to become popular.
He looked at Yang Ben calmly and said, "Have you ever made a keel waterwheel?"
"I have only been a water puppet," said Yang Fei.
As soon as this statement was spoken, not only Shao Xun was a little surprised, but everyone was quite interested during the meal.
During the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei, someone presented a set of puppets with a hundred plays, which were carved vividly and exquisitely. Unfortunately, they were dead objects and could not move, so Ma Jun, the clerk, asked the puppets to move.
After Ma Jun's research, he used hydraulic power to make puppets beat drums, dance, roll, stack arhats, etc., which amazed Emperor Ming of Wei. This is the origin of "water turns to a hundred plays".
"What kind of puppet?" Shao Xun asked.
"The servant carved, painted, and painted puppets by himself, and said this, Yang Ben stole the graceful dancers.
Shao Xun laughed, grabbed a beautiful woman from the Western Regions, pinched her chin with her hands, and said, "Is this kind of puppet?"
Yang Ben nodded and his face suddenly turned red.
"It's really talented." Shao Xun pushed the Hu Ji from the Middle and Western Regions into Yang Ben's arms and said, "Young man Mu Ai, it's normal, I'll reward you."
Yang Kuan exclaimed lightly and subconsciously hugged Hu Ji.
Hu Ji was older than her and twenty years old, and she trembled slightly when she threw herself into his arms. A scent came to her face, but Yang Zhi was drunk, her face turned red and her body changed uncontrollably.
This kid has good teeth and a promising future.
Shao Xun's voice was still ringing: "The small household cannot use windmill grinding noodles, but it is very suitable for use in the manor. At least it is stronger than a donkey's mill to pull the mill, which saves a lot of trouble. If you make this thing, I will give you a set of 'puppets'."
"What kind of puppet?" Yang Ben asked dizzyly.
Shao Xun smiled mysteriously, clapped his hands, and let the remaining eleven dancers line up behind him, then pointed at them and said, "How about this set of 'puppets'? Some people can dance, some can sing, and some can play the flute. I am willing to give up my love, are you willing to make the windmill mill?"
"Yes!" Yang Ben almost blurted out.
Shao Xun laughed loudly.
Yang Ben has the intention to make beautiful wood carvings by himself, which shows that young people like "figures".
But how can a dead figure be compared to a living figure? Not to mention a whole set.
"Your Majesty, are you really willing to give up?" Yang Zhi asked after he seemed a little disbelief.
"It's just a toy for leisure. I haven't used it yet, so I'll give it to you all." Shao Xun said, "But the windmill is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. It's important to be honest and not to be honest. What do you think?"
Sheep refusal to look at the beards of different colors. He thought these were better, but he dared not say it, and at the same time he was a little admiring. He deserved to be the emperor and had a great courage.
Seeing him like that, Shao Xun smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You go and serve him all."
Eleven people saluted together and then surrounded the sheep's side.
Some people rub shoulders, some people beat their legs, some people poured wine, some people picked up food, and some people sat in his arms and looked at him affectionately.
The sheep blamed the people around him to get up with a smile, and gave up the place, while looking at the boy with some envy.
"Your Majesty, I will make it. Give me one year, two years, up to three years," Yang Ben guaranteed.
When I said this, I was surrounded by beauty, which was quite funny.
"You have no jokes," Shao Xun smiled and said, "I believe you now. There are twelve people in this team of Hu Ji, and you can take them away in a while."
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, looked at the others, and said, "Are you envious?"
"Envy." Many people said with a smile.
This is the truth, I am so fucking envious.
As they were talking, someone looked at Li and Yan above. These two people were also very beautiful.
When Yan saw this, he was shocked and then despair emerged from the bottom of his heart.
Yes, as Shao Zhe said just now, they are just toys for entertainment. Do you really think he will care about you very much?
"What's the use of envy?" Shao Xun said, "What kind of things do you have to benefit the country and the people? If so, why should I be stingy with official titles, wealth, and beauty?"
After saying that, he turned around and sat back, saying, "If you think this is too difficult, then it's okay to make me interested. If anyone writes a book, it can make me feel interesting and rewarded."
As soon as these words came out, some people in the field became lively.
If anything else is not good, it is okay to write a book. As I thought about it, I looked at Yan and Li again.
Li was young and timid. After feeling the burning gazes of those people, his face turned pale.
Yan was even worse than her. She had a daughter. If she was rewarded as a slave, she would not know what the outcome would be. Thinking of this festival, tears came down.
"I really love these two beauties, and it's hard to give up." Shao Xun hugged Li and Yan in his arms and smiled and said, "Choose whatever else is."
After saying that, his eyes signaled that Cai Cheng, the young master standing at the door, asked the female musicians to be assigned to each other's desk to serve and pour wine.
The atmosphere suddenly became lively.
Yan Shi in her arms was still stiff when she was hugged, but later she became soft and she only shed tears silently but stopped struggling.
Li quietly stretched out a hand and tightly squeezed a corner of Shao Xun's robe, obviously a little scared.
Shao Xun was still talking: "I have said before that there are some things that the people of Li Yuan cannot do, but you can do. Ordinary families are reluctant to give up three meals a day. Not to mention being a wood carving beauty, if they do it, they will only be considered to be incompetent."
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Shao Xun continued, "To make a windmill to pump water, the main body requires forty good wood, and also requires mulberry, willow, elm bamboo, hemp rope, canvas, tung oil, tung grass, iron and stone. It is as high as a heavy building, causing wind from all sides. The cost is so huge that it is not something that ordinary people can afford, and you only need it for the manor."
Because the estate is a large-scale intensive agricultural production, machines with huge initial investment costs can be widely used.
For example, when Jingu Garden was in Shi Chong's hands, there were dozens of water in it, and it rumbling when it started, with huge grain processing capacity and low cost.
But the investment costs of these more than 30 areas are difficult to afford, not to mention ordinary people, ordinary tyrants and gentry, and they must be "giant houses" like Shi Chong.
After the water is built, the cost of grinding noodles and spring rice is actually lower than that of small households. The grain will be processed in a short time, but this huge cost is a threshold that ordinary people cannot overcome.
The small peasant economy has difficulty accumulating capital, and it is indeed impossible to compare with the big manor in this regard.
"You haven't even started an official position, either you are managing your family business or staying at home. You have a lot of spare time, so use it well." Shao Xun said: "It's not the first time I've said that. You must listen to it. Follow me and listen to me, and you will enjoy the benefits."
"I promise you Jiangnan. In the future, no matter how big the manor you build or how many people you use, I will not care about it and never spend the fields. Windmills and water wheels are also beneficial to your family business. At the beginning, spend more money to build the windmills better and stronger.
As long as you practice regularly, you can still use it until your children and grandchildren. After decades, what does the initial money cost?”
"If you are more attentive, think about the problem in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic Notes·Serious Disadvantages" when building a windmill, how to turn the sail surface with stronger wind power and better use."
"If your brain is better, record what wind is blowing every month, how big it is, and what months are there to be less winds, which cannot be used. In this way, you can arrange various things in advance."
"Also, if you think that the windmill is exposed to the countryside and it is easy to break down from wind and rain, why not build a house? The house can not only shelter the windmill axle, stone mill or water lift the head to protect the wind and rain, but also store items without wasting it.
"After understanding all of this, the windmill is better than you think and can save you more money."
"A windmill is just one thing, I won't list all the other things. Just wait for yourself to think about it. They are all people who manage the family business.
I always make plans every day and night, and I don’t let go of a single penny. Some ways to make money should be used. If I have any experience, I will write it into a book to reward me, and I will never go back on my word.”
"Even if I am gone in the future, I can also receive rewards from my descendants. This is the ancestral system. If any unworthy descendant dares to break his promise, he will not be worthy of being the king."
Chapter completed!