Two days after the banquet, King Lu personally led an army of 30,000 troops to break out of the camp, take away a few civil and military personnel, and send out troops to encircle and suppress the rebel General Chongtian. He left a group of female relatives and a small number of officials in charge of logistics to garrison in Hexian County to serve as a strategic rear supply area.

The 30,000-strong army left in a mighty manner.

Although Lin Zheyun took refuge with King Lu, he still had the official position of magistrate of Hexian County after all. Since Hexian County had been recovered from the rebels, the county magistrate could not leave his post without authorization and could not go on an expedition with King Lu without transfer orders.

Lin Zheyun could not go with the army, so of course Lin Zhihuang could only stay in He County and could not go to watch the battle.

Lin Zhihuang felt that this was just the right thing to do. He took this opportunity to build Xi County well, and then spared time to improve himself, including equestrianism, martial arts, and literature.

Lin Zhihuang was very sure that there was no suspense about the outcome of King Lu's troops this time.

General Chongtian's men are nothing more than a ragtag bunch, as you can tell by the quality of the so-called "thousand elite soldiers" he sent out to hunt them down.

Those scattered people are all elite soldiers and generals under General Chongtian. From this, it can be inferred that the group of people under him are not united. There are many people with strong individual skills, which does not mean that this army

He is the strongest. Fighting requires concerted efforts. Otherwise, it is said that soldiers must undergo collective training before they can be called soldiers.

King Lu was warlike and famous for his wars. He had countless capable soldiers under his command.

Xue Qing's fighting ability is even more impressive. Although he is a bit poor as a person, his ability to lead the army is really good. He has never lost a battle so far. It doesn't take many days to send back the news that the rebels have been destroyed.

Lin Zhihuang invested a large amount of wealth in building the waterwheel workshop. The extravagant wealth previously collected from General Chongtian for official purposes was immediately insufficient.

Helpless, in order not to delay the construction period of the workshop, Lin Zhihuang had to use private accounts to cover public expenses, and asked Hu Hong to take out all the gold, silver and jewelry hidden under the excrement board in the Lin Mansion, and then invest them. The waterwheel workshop was finally back to normal.

It's running.

Because the wood in Hexian County is limited, Lin Zhihuang does not want to cut down the surrounding trees in this area for fear of causing damage to the vegetation, so the wood must be purchased from outside.

Therefore, Lin Zhihuang asked his men to contact many merchants who came here to do business, and purchased a large amount of timber raw materials from other places, and most of the money was spent here.

Lin Zhihuang left everything to Wang Ti without bothering the two masters about the selection and pricing of wood raw materials.

Wang Ti's current affairs are wide and complex. He also has to design drawings and build waterwheels. He is busy with his feet hitting the back of his head every day. However, this does not make him more haggard. On the contrary, he is getting better and better day by day.

I also returned to my previous weight, which is a win-win situation.

Under Wang Ti's full responsibility and Lin Zhihuang's capital investment regardless of cost, the waterwheel workshop finally had its first finished product.

Near Guantian, there were more than a hundred soldiers acting as laborers. Their faces were red and their ears were red, and they were pulling a thick rope to pull up a large turntable that looked like a carriage wheel by the river channel.

"What is that?"

"That's like a big wagon wheel!"

"Why install a big wheel in the field? Make such a big carriage wheel? How big does the carriage have to be? How many people are needed to pull it?"

"Which rich man is he? Just a few days after his happy birthday, he started to waste money and people again?"

"Shh! This is Liguantian. This is something sent by the government. Don't talk nonsense."

A group of people stood around Guantian, pointing at a large object that looked like a carriage wheel. People who liked to join in the fun stopped here to watch and talk about it. After a while, there were crowds of people next to Guantian, and the place was filled with water.

stand up.

"What carriage wheel? A bunch of stupid people!" Wang Ti couldn't help but feel very dissatisfied when he saw that the sacred waterwheel he had built with more than a month's hard work had become a carriage wheel in the mouths of a group of people.

With a personal career and a nephew who depended on each other for life, Wang Ti completely got over the pain of losing his loved one.

He heard that those who went to the underworld for evil would be tortured. Wang Ti decided to use what he knew and learned to repay the "society" that Lin Zhihuang said, to atone for the sins of his relatives, and to pray that they could live in the underworld.

Suffering less pain can be regarded as a way for him to repay the love and care his relatives had for him in the past.

The burden on Wang Ti's heart was gone. Wang Ti was still the same Wang Ti, lively and straightforward. Wang Ti didn't know how to hide his emotions, and his problem with his mouth came back online.

"Isn't this done yet? Why not let the people guess?" On such an important day, of course Lin Zhihuang also came to the scene to supervise the work, and chuckled after hearing this.

"Senior brother, don't worry too much about the people's words. They will know what they are used for later." Wen Nanfang followed Lin Zhihuang and said softly after hearing the words.

"When it is installed and the people see the wonderful use of this 'carriage wheel', the trend of public opinion will naturally change. Just wait and be respected by the world." Lin Zhihuang smiled and patted Wang Ti's shoulder to comfort him.

and praised.

Wang's question was indeed very useful, and he said what he said but what he meant: "I don't want them to respect me too much. Just don't scold me. I'll be thankful."

Wen Nanfang looked away at him. This is a typical example of senior brother who gets an advantage and behaves well. Wen Nanfang moved his lips and finally gave up mocking him. That's all. Today is a happy day, so let senior brother be proud of himself.

Seeing this, Lin Zhihuang smiled and shook his head, thinking that Wang Ti was still a child at heart, and he himself was a child, and he didn't know if he could take good care of his nephew who had escaped from death.

It is said that the people in the technical professions she has come into contact with in modern times do all have such a little temper.

Maybe all their intelligence and talents are used in the fields they like, so their minds are extremely simple. People who don't understand will think they are stupid. In fact, they are really good in their own fields.

Smart. But it is also true that they are easy to deceive. The higher the professional knowledge, the easier it seems to be deceived in the human society. She often sees this kind of people being defrauded out of their money in the news on her plane.

news.

Such a technical talent must be coaxed and protected well, otherwise what will happen if he is coaxed away accidentally?

Lin Zhihuang brought back his wandering thoughts, took out a set of drawings from his arms, handed them to the king and said: "Yunlin, these are the design drawings of the 'Water Mill', which are matched with the waterwheel.

You should seize the time to build this important weapon that will benefit the people."

Wang Ti was immediately diverted and stopped worrying about what the people said. He took the drawing with both hands and after looking at it carefully, he immediately shouted: "Exquisite! The design is really exquisite. The power of the water wheel to grind the dough is really wonderful!"

"Why isn't it wonderful? With this water mill, it saves the people the effort of grinding flour, and the saved labor can be used to plan other things." Wen Nanfang also sighed softly from the side.

Because Lin Zhihuang was not a good painter, this drawing was explained by Lin Zhihuang and drawn by Wen Nanfang. Because Lin Zhihuang was afraid that he would make a mistake in the drawing, he explained it very carefully. When he drew it, he knew the magical function of it.

, and also saw how much value this thing will bring after it is designed.

This water mill relied on the power of the water wheel to turn the stone mill and sift flour for the people to eat. It also saved a lot of labor and freed up an animal to move from the mill road to the field to pull the plow and cultivate the land.

Wen Nanfang seemed to see the lively scene in the water mill in the future. The mill was buzzing day and night, and the clear water came along the canal with waves. The water pumped the water wheel, rushing to move the water wheel and drive the stone mill.

It drives the lower millstone to rotate whirringly, grinding the wheat, beans and rice poured into the grinding eye.

In front of the water mill, there are people leaning down the canal to wash food, wash vegetables, wash clothes and wipe dirt.

Toddlers would throw stones from time to time on the high ground on one side of the canal. When the water splashed on the body of the village woman who was doing laundry, she would let out a long series of cunning and clear laughter.

The water from the water mill returned to the canal and fell back into the river. A concave shallow pool was leisurely formed at the confluence. The geese and ducks were leisurely playing in the water, waiting for the grain that had leaked from the sieve to float out along the canal. The fragrance of the grain suddenly filled the entire picture.
Chapter completed!