Walking in the cracked countryside, Zi Tong frowned.
"The temperature is not very high, so why is the land here cracked so badly?"
Master Yuan, who followed him, smiled bitterly: "It has been nearly two years since rain fell here, which is why the current situation has occurred!"
"No rain has fallen in the past two years?!" Zi Tong couldn't imagine whether he would go crazy if he lived here for a long time.
Zi Sai frowned all the way, not knowing where to start regarding the drought in this place.
Seeing Zi Sai's expression in his eyes, Zi Tong felt a little distressed; then he thought of something and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Master Yuan! I heard that there is a snow mountain a thousand kilometers away, and the common people use water from there.
?”
"Yes!" Mr. Yuan replied affirmatively: "On weekdays, the government officials go to the snow mountains to fetch snow. After the snow turns into water in the sun, it is distributed to the people for consumption!" Mr. Yuan's eyes flashed with doubts: "I wonder why Princess, suddenly
Asked about this?"
Zi Tong smiled mysteriously, and his eyes immediately turned to Zi Sai: "Ice Cube Face, if I can help you solve the drought here, what are you going to reward me?"
"Do you have any idea?" Zisai asked without replying.
"Yeah!" Zi Tong nodded heavily, not forgetting his own interests: "You haven't answered what I just asked!"
"As long as you can solve the drought here, you can have any reward you want!" The suffering of the people is in front of her eyes, and for Zisai, it is more important than anything else; so, let alone a reward, even if she goes out of her way to ask for something more
Whatever, Zisai would agree without hesitation.
"This is what you said!" After achieving his goal, Zi Tong smiled treacherously: "As for the reward I want, I will wait until I have thought about it!"
"Can!"
A trace of doubt flashed in Mr. Yuan's eyes: "Princess! Are you sure your method is feasible?"
"I'm telling you, don't underestimate me!" Zi Tong raised his eyebrows and said confidently, "I'll ask you a few questions first, and you have to answer them truthfully!"
"Princess, may I ask?" Mr. Yuan said respectfully.
"Is there a river near the snow-capped mountains?" Zi Tong asked the first question.
"Yes!" Mr. Yuan answered truthfully: "But the water flow is not much!"
Zi Tong nodded in understanding and asked his second question: "Do you have a way to melt the snow in the snow-capped mountains into water to increase the water flow there?"
"This is easy to handle!" Mr. Yuan was confident about this: "I just don't know why the princess wants to increase the water flow there?"
Zi Tong curled his lips and explained: "Only by increasing the water flow there, we can transfer the water here to solve the people's water problem!"
The glimmer of hope that Mr. Yuan had just raised was instantly wiped out: "Princess! To be honest, Xianguan and Mr. Zisai have also thought of this; but the problem is..." Mr. Yuan sighed: "...Although the snow-capped mountains are high, they can
Once you get here, there are hundreds of kilometers of depressions in the middle, making it impossible for the water source to be transferred here smoothly!"
"I thought of it!" Zi Tong naturally knew that extradition was the easiest way for normal people to think of. Since they had not taken any actual action, it was enough to show that there must be a problem that they could not solve.
Master Yuan was suspicious: "Since the princess has thought of it, why do you still need to..."
"I have a way to let the water source pass through those hundreds of kilometers of depressions smoothly!" Zi Tong interrupted Mr. Yuan before he finished speaking and explained the principle she said: "We can build a water tank between the concave and convex rivers.
The water wheel is driven by the impact of water. There are bamboo tubes on the water wheel. The transparent bamboo tubes transport the water upstream. If the impact force of the water is not enough, it will be more troublesome. Manual rotation must be used to achieve the water wheel rotation.
Effect!"
"Waterwheel?!" Confusion flashed in the eyes of Zisai and Master Yuan. It was the first time they heard the word 'waterwheel'.
"Yes! It's a waterwheel!" From their expressions, Zitong understood that there was no 'waterwheel' in this time and space: "As long as you do what I say, not only can you solve the people's drinking water problem, but maybe also
It can make people start working again!"
"Is it really that magical?" Mr. Yuan couldn't believe it as he had never seen the "waterwheel" Zi Tong mentioned.
"This is easy to do!" Zi Tong came to Zi Sai's side: "Let's go back to the government first. I will draw the base map of the waterwheel. You can send someone to the nearest government office to find a craftsman to make it. You will naturally decide whether it will be useful by then.
It’s clear at a glance!”
"Okay! Just as you said!" Zisai agreed; no matter how slim the hope is now, Zisai will not let it go; because many things will succeed unexpectedly under seemingly impossible circumstances.
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As soon as he returned to the government office, Zi Tong rushed into the study and drew a picture based on his memory of the waterwheel in his previous life.
"Here!" Zi Tong put away his pen, looked at the waterwheel he had drawn with satisfaction, and handed it to Zizi Sai.
Zisai took the map, looked at it carefully, and handed it to Master Yuan below: "Master Yuan! I'll trouble you to go there in person this time!"
"I accept your order!" Mr. Yuan had no objection, turned around and strode out of the study.
Zi Tong leaned forward and raised his smiling face: "I believe my method will work!"
"Confidence so high?" A smile flashed across Zi Sai's eyes. For some reason, he felt a little confident in his heart; after all, if this method can really solve today's burning problems, it will be a blessing to the people.
"That's right!" Zi Tong smiled and hugged Zi Sai's arm, and reminded him smoothly: "After you succeed, you must not forget my reward!"
Zi Sai stretched out his hand and rubbed Zi Tong's soft hair: "If you succeed this time, as long as it is what you ask for, I believe the emperor will definitely reward you!"
When Zi Tong heard this, he immediately wrinkled his pretty nose: "I don't want the reward from the emperor, I want the reward from you!"
Seeing her stubborn expression, Zisai laughed: "I live with my salary, but I can't afford anything too valuable!"
"Don't worry!" Zi Tong patted Zi Sai on the shoulder as if to comfort him: "What I want must be within your ability!"
Zisai became interested: "Then tell me, what do you want?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll wait until I think about it!" Zi Tong wasn't trying to show off, but he really didn't have the reward he wanted at the moment.
"Okay! Just wait until you think about it!" Zisai's tone was very laissez-faire, as if as long as she could say it, he would definitely try to do it for her.
Zi Tong smiled beautifully in his heart: "I knew you were the best!"
Looking sideways at Zi Tong, who was completely immersed in joy, Zisai said deliberately: "Then just pray that your method will work!"
Zi Tong curled his lips: "You don't have to hit me, I am very confident in myself; just wait for Lord Yuan to bring you good news in a few days!"