In fact, the principle of this kind of water-powered mill is not complicated. It just installs a water wheel and some gear mechanisms on top of the livestock-driven mill. It does not require too advanced technology and materials, just use some strong wood!
Think about it this way.
Shen Lin returned home and found pen and paper. After a lot of fussing, he rushed to the carpenter's shop in the village without stopping.
To his surprise.
It was so early in the morning that an acquaintance of his was already sitting in the carpenter's shop.
Shen Tiezhu.
Seeing Shen Lin, Shen Tiezhu also subconsciously stood up.
The swollen slap marks on the face are very clear!
Shen Lin saw Shen Tiezhu's hostility and deliberately pretended to be alright: "Eh? This isn't Brother Tiezhu. Isn't it such a coincidence?"
Shen Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, then secretly cursed mmp.
This guy.
Sometimes it looks good and sometimes it looks bad.
On the way back, Lu Dajiang complained that this guy was seriously ill and his brain was probably burned out.
"Shen Lin, you...what are you doing in my uncle's shop?" Shen Tiezhu asked without a good expression.
Shen Lin suddenly realized that everyone was of the same clan.
Naturally no stranger.
Shen Tiezhu's father, Shen Zhongfu, is a stonemason with good skills.
His eldest brother, Shen Zhonggui, has inherited the carpenter heritage from the older generation and is famous throughout the country!
"Hey? Shen Lin, why are you here? Are you healed?" Shen Zhonggui walked out of the backyard, his sleeves and robes still covered with shavings and sawdust.
It seems that business is good and very busy!
Shen Lin bowed his hands respectfully.
"Uncle, I came to you to make something."
"This is a drawing, please take a look at it!"
Hand over a piece of paper.
Shen Lin was afraid that others wouldn't answer, so he added another sentence.
"Uncle, I sold the books I no longer need the day before yesterday."
"I have some spare money on hand, enough to pay your remuneration!"
After all, how poor was your family before?
Everyone in the village knows it.
Shen Zhonggui raised his eyebrows, took the drawing, and muttered while looking at it: "We are all grown up now. You and Tiezhu should stop fooling around outside all the time."
"Those books were all bought by your father on a frugal basis. What a pity it is to sell them? You baby, ugh!"
"Forget it, your family has almost defeated you, and now you have to open your mouth to eat... Huh?..."
"Come here, Shen Lin, what is this thing you are drawing?"
"The waterwheel has gears, and the middle bar is not short..."
As expected of a master, he saw the key at a glance.
Isn’t this just a little more difficult to build a large water tanker?
Shen Lin is not afraid of leaking secrets. Anyway, there is really no technical content in water-powered mills. He cannot make a lifetime of money from this.
"Uncle, look, if the waterwheel can drive the gears to rotate, wouldn't it be many times more powerful than animal power?"
"It can still run for twelve hours without stopping!"
"How much do you think the efficiency of grinding noodles needs to be improved?"
Shen Zhonggui has been working in the woodworking industry for many years. Although he can understand it roughly, his understanding cannot keep up with Shen Lin's modern thinking.
"I've never seen this thing before, and how can the gears move the big stone millstone?"
Shen Lin chuckled.
Seeing Shen Tiezhu stretching his neck next to him, he stopped talking.
Shen Zhonggui didn't figure it out for a while, but he was just a carpenter. Since someone asked, just call him.
"It's not difficult to make, it just takes time. I have four people here working together, and it takes three days no matter what!"
"You kid, you should save some money from selling books, you know?"
"Uncle, I'll just charge you some money for your efforts, four hundred cents, and we'll take care of the installation as well!"
Shen Lin made a rough calculation.
The old man really didn't raise the price randomly.
Including wood, that's thirty cash per person per day.
It is indeed extremely cheap!
He cupped his hands gratefully.
"Uncle, thank you very much. I will make a lot of money from this thing later. My nephew will give you a big red envelope!"
"laugh!"
Shen Tiezhu next to him didn't see the slightest bit of fame at all.
he said sarcastically.
"Aren't you afraid of blowing the cowhide?"
"Shen Lin, I thought you had recovered from a serious illness?"
"In the end, you just came up with such a crappy thing?"
"Making a lot of money? Are you crazy about money?"
"You want to make a big stone mill turn with your shabby wooden frame? Are you dreaming?"
His father is a stonemason.
Shen Tiezhu has been exposed to it since he was a child, and no matter how careless he is, he still knows how heavy a plate of stone mills is.
That's a big guy weighing several hundred pounds.
It can pull a skinny donkey until it foams at the mouth, but even one or two big men can't pull it away.
"Hahaha, Shen Lin, I think you are absolutely crazy."
"Do you think you are Zhuge Kongming? With just a few tricks, you can make a wooden cow and a flowing horse?"
People of this age have absolutely no idea about mechanics.
In their impression, the strength of cattle is already the greatest strength in the world.
Shen Lin deliberately didn't explain the next steps, and just waited for Shen Tiezhu to fall into the pit, and it was just as he expected.
This guy is just a piece of shit, and he's so smug about it.
Alas, the predecessor of this body was even worse.
Reading the books of sages for so many years was in vain.
He was actually beaten around by a few rural gangsters.
It doesn't matter, you damn ghost, now that I'm here.
Just go in peace and wait for your brother to avenge you!
Shen Lin clenched his fists nervously on purpose.
A pale and handsome face that was malnourished also turned red and white, and the change from white to red varied erratically.
"You, what do you know? I said it can drive a big stone mill, it can!"
"I...I didn't even sleep last night. I calculated all night long. How could I be wrong?"
As soon as these words came out.
Shen Tiezhu suddenly felt.
That silly nerd Shen Lin is back again.
This is what I am familiar with!
You fucking know how to calculate?
You're such a bastard! You've been plotted by our brothers countless times, and you, grandma, are still kept in the dark!
"Hey, I bet you can't pull this thing!"
good!
Finally, the word "bet" came out.
Playing into Shen Lin's hands.
He was worried that he had no money to order a large stone mill.
But he still had to find Shen Tiezhu's father.
What if this kid does some mischief secretly?
If you want to bet, it's easy.
I want you to go down obediently!
Shen Lin felt as if his tail had been stepped on.
Pretend to be so excited that you can't contain yourself.
"Shen Tiezhu, do you have a ball for blind beep?"
"Come on, let's have a bet today!"
"What if my broken wooden frame can drive a big stone mill? What are you betting on?"
Finally took the bait.
Shen Tiezhu secretly rejoiced!
"Yo? You have the guts!"
"Tell me, how to bet?"
Shen Lin hesitated for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"Oh my, don't we lack a big stone mill here?"
"Ask your father to make one. You must follow my drawings."
"If you cut corners and make something substandard, you lose!"
Shen Tiezhu said disdainfully.
"How many years has my father been a stonemason?"
"That craftsmanship, that reputation, who in the village wouldn't give it a thumbs up?"
"In this way, brother, I won't take advantage of you."
"If you win, this big stone mill won't charge you any money!"
"What if you lose?"
Shen Lin decided to add a little more chips.
Lest this kid regret it.
"First of all, this equipment should be installed by the river, and let all the young and old men testify! Second, if I lose, I will pay the price of the stone mill. In addition, I... I will add an additional two taels of silver as compensation! Do you dare to bet?"
Shen Zhonggui on the side, although he thought Shen Lin's design was very clever, he didn't see the final connection principle, and he was not sure who won and who lost.
"Two brats, what are you talking about?"
"Two taels of silver, the gamble is too big, you are prodigal!"