Chapter seven hundred and sixty-ninth hesitation disaster pressure well
Jiang Xingchen stared at the letter in his hand, but there was no movement for a long time, and hesitation flashed from time to time on his face. It was really a bit shaky whether the emperor wanted to agree to him.
The emperor gave him very good conditions, and there were only a handful of first-class marquises in the country, so he would not mention his status. The developed land was even more important to him. In the future, urban construction, the planting and animal husbandry of the outside, and the construction of various facilities required a large area. Although the land that reached the three territories in the east were developed, it was actually an imperial one and he had no right to build a city.
Now the Emperor wants to give him all this, and he really wants to agree immediately.
However, when he thought of the vast territory of the empire, he forced himself to hold it back. How many wells would he have to dig? The emperor's conditions were good, but he paid more, and he probably would have to spend another 500 million to develop the formation alone.
Of course, even if the emperor did not ask for the conditions, he had to spend this money. After all, he had to solve the drought in the Star Resident... But there were a series of expenses afterwards. The blacksmith alone required a huge number, and drilling wells also required countless manpower and material resources, as well as the construction of irrigation canals, etc. What made him hesitate the most was that even if the material exploration array was activated, he could locate a hundred wells a day, and he would not care about the whole country.
The end of August is the time to harvest food, and now it is mid-June, and it will take more than a month to dig a well... After estimating the time, the old man and his team rushed to Liujue Tree Island, and after collecting rubber, it will take at least about ten days. Then the black waves will deliver the Yuan stones and then send them to the Xingchen Collector. It will take ten days no matter how fast it is. Then, if you calculate it like this, there will be twenty days for the full calculation, let alone solve the drought problem across the country. I am afraid that neither territory can solve it.
"Brother, who's the letter? You've read it for a long time!" Mei'er quietly walked behind Jiang Xingchen and gently kneaded his shoulders with her delicate hands.
Jiang Xingchen breathed out, raised his hand and patted Mei'er's little hand, and handed the letter over: "Look at it!"
"Oh!" Mei'er stopped, took the letter and looked at it and smiled: "The Emperor wants to give us all such a big place, and my brother will be promoted to a first-class marquis..."
But halfway through, Mei'er's surprise disappeared. Isn't this a joke to solve the drought problem in the country? The drought problem in our own territory has not been solved.
"Oh~" Mei'er sighed regretfully, put down the letter and said softly: "Brother, don't think too much, there is still a chance to bring those lands to you in the future!"
He pulled Mei'er in front of him and hugged her in his arms. Jiang Xingchen put his chin on her shoulder and said, "Yes, even if I try my best, I can't solve such a large-scale drought across the country!"
In the hot summer, Mei'er was held by Jiang Xingchen, not only without a trace of heat, but she felt a little cool and her spirit was clear. She responded very quickly to Jiang Xingchen's words.
"Wait, brother, what are you saying? Can't solve the problem across the country?" Mei'er turned back and asked with the wrong body.
"Yes!" Jiang Xingchen nodded and said, "It takes a lot of wells to be dug, and a pumping tool must be made, plus drainage channels and other things..."
"Wait a minute..." The little girl hurriedly stopped Jiang Xingchen and asked, "Brother, you said that digging a well can be solved by such a simple solution?"
"It's not that simple!" Jiang Xingchen hesitated for a moment and said, "This is a new positioning method, which requires a large amount of Yuan stones to find the right shallow water!"
"Why didn't my brother agree to the emperor's request?" Mei'er asked quickly. As for what the new positioning method is and why a large number of Yuanshi is needed, she didn't care at all. Over the years, she has become accustomed to the endless novel tricks of her brother. Since her brother said she could position it, she would definitely be able to position it.
Jiang Xingchen shook his head and said, "The Yuanshi will be delivered at the earliest twenty days. It will be early July. The shallow water layer positioning, drilling wells, making tools, digging ditches, all of which must be completed within twenty days. This may not necessarily ensure the harvest of grain at the end of August..."
"Why have to wait twenty days? Brother, how many Yuan stones do you need?" Before Jiang Xingchen finished speaking, the little girl asked.
"I guess...500,000!"
"Five hundred thousand...500 million yellow crystal coins, God, so much!" Mei'er's little mouth suddenly turned big. She was so shocked that she didn't expect to have so many stones.
After a while, the little girl came to her senses and said, "Brother, why don't you ask for it for the Emperor! We just need to provide a method to locate the shallow water layer!"
"Let me ask for it!" Jiang Xingchen smiled helplessly. Not to mention whether the treasury can allocate so much money. Even if it can be transferred, he would not want it. If someone asks what to do if he is positioning, he will give you land and titles. In the end, he spent several hundred million. It would be normal to ask about the positioning method... But if this involves the formation, how could Jiang Xingchen tell?
Of course, he has a way to solve the drought, and the emperor will definitely compromise in the end, but this will definitely worsen the relationship that has just improved between the two sides. In the future, the construction will require more and more resources, and it also requires support from all parties. It is definitely not worth the loss to have a quarrel with the emperor again... So, he would rather spend these hundreds of millions himself, because it was blackmailed anyway. Besides, he still has monster meat in his hands, so don’t worry about Yuan Shi using it all!
Seeing Jiang Xingchen's expression, Mei'er knew that his brother didn't want to ask the Emperor for Yuanshi, so he immediately changed the topic: "Brother, you don't have to wait! You can do the work of making water pumping tools and digging ditches in advance. When the Yuanshi arrives, we just need to locate the shallow water layer... Besides, there is no need for my brother to agree to the Emperor to solve the national problems. Just solve the problems in several major grain production areas..."
Mei'er was talking, and her subordinates outside the door reported: "Sir, Qi Yue, please send me a letter!"
The little girl hurriedly got up from Jiang Xingchen's arms and hid in the inner room...
Jiang Xingchen asked his subordinates to enter the house and when he took the letter to watch it, the eldest Duke of Qi Yue, Wang Shuangyang, who was far away from Qi Yue, was so anxious that his hair turned white.
Qi Yueling is a water-rich area with Hubo and rivers everywhere in the territory. Even if it rains less, there will be no shortage of water.
But this year is different. Not only does it rain for several consecutive months, but the temperature is ridiculously high, the water evaporates too quickly, many small rivers are broken, and the water level of the river is also falling.
Now is the time when food is growing the most water-drained. In such weather, he can only order everyone to mobilize, regardless of carrying the shoulders and carrying the hand, and irrigation must be guaranteed. It can be said that the entire Qi Yue leader has moved now, men, women, young and old, and carrying water to water and irrigate the fields in the scorching sun.
But this still cannot meet the demand for food and water. Qi Yueling's planting area is too large. The interruption of a small river affects hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land.
These days, there have been collective armed fighting in some small territories just to grab water. The upstream villages cut off rivers to irrigate, while the downstream villages were in a hurry. Several armed battles killed and injured hundreds of people.
Wang Shuangyang also thought about digging a well, but after trying it a few times, he gave up. He dug down for more than ten meters and saw no wet soil. So what else can I dig? This method is simply not feasible.
In the end, he really had no choice but to write a letter to Jiang Xingchen. In fact, he was also sick and seeking medical treatment. Xingchen is now in a drought, and he knows this! But when he thinks of Jiang Xingchen's magic, he is full of expectations again.
He was not the one who wrote a letter to Jiang Xingchen for help. Wu Tianfeng and Wei Ning, two old guys who were older than Mr. Tang, also took notice and hit Jiang Xingchen.
The city lord of Hongyuan City, the lords of Qingshanling and the three lords on the east side, and even Tang Chuxue wrote letters to Jiang Xingchen, asking to help solve the drought problem in the family's territory.
The drought area this year is even larger than last year's flood. It does not mean that it affects the entire empire, but affects Daqin and Yueying. Even half of the two kingdoms are extremely drought.
Therefore, Qin Manwu and Yueying Emperor were added to the ranks of writing letters to Jiang Xingchen for help...
Jiang Xingchen smiled bitterly at the pile of letters in his hand. In less than two days, these people had agreed to write to him, and they would definitely know that they could solve the problem.
The Emperor, Wang Shuangyang, Wu family, Wei family, Tang family... Who is this? Qi Yue led Tian Hongmin, this girl wrote to me... Then Jiang Xingchen remembered that it seemed that her father was in the grain business. Last year, he had a heavy flood and a severe drought this year. He should be very sad...
After thinking about it that day, he finally failed to block the emperor's conditions and decided to agree. Mei'er's analysis made sense and did not necessarily have to solve the national problems. It would be enough to solve the drought in the main grain-producing areas.
But he has not yet answered the emperor. He wrote a letter to the old man, urging the old man to speed up. He must make a good budget to roughly estimate how many problems he can solve and give the emperor a correct letter.
In order to speed up, the letter was sent by Pink himself, and Jiang Xingchen paid the price of reuniting five times.
And just two days after waiting for the old man to reply, he had already started to design tools.
The things Jiang Xingchen planned to design this time were very common in rural areas in his previous life, which was a pressurized well. The working principle was very simple, one piston and two one-way valves. This thing is definitely much more convenient than opening a well to draw water.
The principle is simple, but it is not easy to design. Although Jiang Xingchen used it in his previous life and had seen external shapes, the internal structure needs to be explored.
In addition, sealing is also a problem. Without rubber rings and leather pads, you can only deal with animal skins. Whether it can be done depends on the result.
Fortunately, Jiang Xingchen was different from before. To put it in a sentence on football, he was not alone.
Xianning, the staff of the design institute, as well as blacksmiths, the old man who dug the well, and a large group of people followed suit to design this novel thing. With Jiang Xingchen's theoretical guidance, the design progress was very fast!
On the third day, when the water pressing well design went further, pink came back and there were letters from the old man.
Jiang Xingchen took the letter and opened it and looked at it. His eyes suddenly widened! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!