Chapter 353 Drought

Northern Xinjiang

The carpentry workshop of the guardhouse worked overtime, and it took two days to make a waterwheel. When it was transported to the riverside, there were many people watching the lively behind, all of them looking forward to it, praying that it must be done. success.

Waiting for the guards to fix the waterwheel and let people go up and try to tread on the water, but after walking for a long time, the water could not be seen, which made the craftsmen anxious, and also made the onlookers on the shore anxious enough.

Just at this moment, Jing Rui came to check the situation and instructed them to turn the waterwheel in a different direction. When the arrangements were made, people would go up and test the water. When the surrounding people saw the river water entering the ditch through the waterwheel, everyone cheered. stand up.

The place where the waterwheel was installed was right in front of Yunyi's 30 acres of military fields, which was specially arranged by Jing Rui.

Because of the freshness, many people wanted to go up and try it, so after the day came, all the 30 acres of Yunyi's land were watered.

The craftsmen of the carpentry workshop of the guardhouse watched the operation of the waterwheel, discussed the inadequacies, and made records on the drawings before leaving the field.

Collected a lot of carpenters from the military household area, worked at full power, and made a dozen waterwheels in a few days.

Master Gu asked other guards to come to learn the technology of building waterwheels, and all the northern borders took action.

Regarding the waterwheel, Yunyi sent the blueprint to Xiao Yiping right away, and Zhuangzi got the blueprint and found the people immediately and started to build the waterwheel.

Because of the drought, Yunyi asked Xiao Yiping to build an underdrain between Yuanqizhuang and Ruyizhuang, which was all made of stones, saving time and then problems. It was sent to Yuanqi Village through the canal.

The seeds on the Zhuangzi were originally provided by Yunyi. In addition, the seeds were soaked in Lingwan water the day before they were planted, and they were drought-resistant. Now there is a waterwheel to fetch water from the river, and the irrigation is also timely. The crops on the two Zhuangzi Growth is good.

Master Gu also sent the structural drawings of the waterwheel to Tongling City immediately. With this waterwheel, as long as the river water has not been exhausted, at least the crops along the river can be harvested by the end of autumn.

Two months later, there was no sign of rain on this day, and the wells in the Junhu area could not be filled with water, so I had to step on a ladder to the bottom of the well, and scooped water into a bucket with a water ladle.

The waterwheels in the river have stopped working these days. In fact, there is only a small stream left in the river, and there is no way to get water.

Fortunately, Yunyi and the others had planted their land early, and it would be time to harvest in a few days. If it wasn't for this big river flowing down from the Baishan Mountains in the Junhu District, the northern Xinjiang would have had no harvest this year.

It's just that the autumn harvest is almost here, but it still doesn't rain that day. Every household in the military area is worried, and there is no water for cooking at home.

Jing Rui took people to a deep mountain and found the underground river he had discovered while hunting. After several days of exploration, he finally paid his best and found a place that would not destroy the current direction of the river. Under the premise of building an aerial canal, the water of the dark river can be led to the bottom of the mountain.

When Master Gu got the news, he was so excited that he was about to kowtow to Baishan. This was the living water of hundreds of thousands of people, and he was almost dying of sorrow.

It took more than ten days to recruit people from five Weili, and finally overcame many difficulties to build an air canal, a canal leading to the bottom of the mountain from the middle of the mountain, and several large water canals temporarily built at the bottom of the mountain. The cellar, sent a special person to look after it.

(end of this chapter)