Chapter 616 Lanzhou Water Truck

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan naturally listened to him and followed him toward the Daliang River. When they arrived at the Daliang River, it was already dark. The three of them lit torches and walked slowly along the riverside.

Wang Ping'an said: "The embankment is high and the water level is not high. It is indeed difficult for the people to obtain water. Moreover, in this case, it takes a lot of effort to build a canal. The depth of the canal is greater than that of the bottom of the river, so that water can be diverted and irrigated."

Qiu Tingxuan thought for a while and said, "It is certain that water flows to the lower part, but it is not impossible to make the water flow to the higher part. Many gardens in Chang'an use overturns to lift water. The water flows from low to high, and it flows down from the rockery, like a waterfall. It is disease-free. In fact, there is also this in your house. Have you not seen it?"

Di Renjie also said: "Yes, brother, there is such a fake waterfall in the new house that Hami brought to you. It's just that the weather was still cold at that time and it was not used for overturning."

Wang Ping'an was stunned and said, "You all saw it? Why didn't I see it? What does that overturn look like?"

Although he moved to a new house, he was too busy and did not take a good look at his garden. He had been to the flower hall and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be rockery in the garden. Moreover, the rockery was extremely high and there was a pool below. However, he did not pay attention to it at that time. In fact, even if the pool water flowed and formed a small waterfall from the rockery, he would not take it seriously. It has been seen a lot in modern times, and it is not uncommon, but in the Tang Dynasty, if anyone had such equipment, others would pay attention to it. After all, it was quite interesting to have the pool water flowed back, and it was not something that any household could do.

The three of them came to the edge of the wooden bridge again, got off the horse together, and got on the wooden bridge. The river below was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly. They just stood on the bridge and talked.

Wang Ping'an said: "What does that overturn look like? Tell me, I really didn't pay attention to it at that time."

Di Renjie said: "The appearance of a car overturn is very strange. I heard that it was there in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Later, it was transformed by Ma Jun from the Three Kingdoms to become what he is now. It seems that Zhuge Liang's design was still transformed!" He roughly said the appearance and structure of the car overturn. He could not make a car overturn, so he could only say a rough look. As for the principle, he was not very clear.

Qiu Tingxuan added next to him, saying one by one, one by one, and finally explaining what it means to be a car accident.

Wang Ping'an only heard the beginning and knew what the overturn was, it was actually a keel water truck. When he was traveling, he had seen some wealthy families in the Jiangnan water town. They had such equipment at home, but they were all model props and simulated ones. He even stepped on it and almost stepped on it and fell down, so he remembered it deeply.

After hearing this, he said, "Was Zhuge Liang not invented the wooden ox and the horse? It turns out that he also invented the failure!"

Qiu Tingxuan shook his head and said, "It may not be that he invented it, but the current overturning was improved by Ma Jun, which is certain. The overturning in the garden allows children to step on it, and the water can be easily lifted up."

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "As soon as you said this, I remembered it." He looked at the river water below, but said, "But it is not possible to pick up water from such a deep river. By the way, I call it Keel Water Cart, so you will call it that way in the future!"

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan said in unison: "Ked Bones Water Cart? This name is good, then the overturned car looks like a keel!"

Wang Ping'an said: "The keel water wheel is still used in the plains in the south. It is not difficult to lift water from the river, but if you use it here, you may not have enough strength! The water of the Daliang River is deep and the bank is high, so it will be very difficult to use the keel water wheel to lift water up."

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan thought that this is true. If they wanted to use a keel water truck to lift water, how many people would have to mount the car? If they just mount the water truck, they would not have time to take care of the fields. They would not have enough manpower!

Di Renjie said: "Brother's meaning, I understand. The keel water wheel is suitable for intensive cultivation, but not for large-scale irrigation. To solve the irrigation problem in the entire Qingzhou area, we have to find another way!"

Qiu Tingxuan said, "Although the keel water truck costs a lot, it is finally a way to solve the irrigation problem. It's better than anything else! Why not try it first. If it really doesn't work, then think of other methods?"

Wang Ping'an looked at the water on the wooden bridge and thought for a long time. He said, "I have an idea. If I improve the keel water wheel and make it bigger, without human and animal power, just using the flow of river water, I will build a tall water wheel, and one car can water hundreds of acres of land. Wouldn't that be good?"

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan shook their heads together and said, "Impossible, what kind of water truck can water hundreds of acres of land? More than ten acres will be overwhelming!"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "There are only things that cannot be imagined, nothing that cannot be done. Maybe there is such a kind of waterwheel!"

Of course, the people of the Tang Dynasty would not know what the waterwheel he was talking about was, because that waterwheel appeared in the Ming Dynasty and was called Lanzhou waterwheel.

Lanzhou water trucks are like huge wheels. They can rotate day and night and keep lifting water, and do not require manpower or animal power. As long as the river flows, it will be done. Each water truck is extremely efficient. There is no problem with watering hundreds of acres of land. Even a smaller Lanzhou water truck can water at least two or three hundred acres. This is not what to say, it is really possible to water so much field, and history has proved this.

Di Renjie said in surprise: "Which book did you see it in? If there is such a water truck that can water so many fields, then build dozens or hundreds of them, and then repair canals, Qingzhou will be comparable to Guanzhong. The people are rich and there will be no worries about escaping famine."

Qiu Tingxuan was also surprised and said, "Wujian, you have never talked about those illusory things. Since you say that you can improve that kind of water truck, you must have a clear idea in your heart, right?"

Wang Ping'an thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I just came up with the principle, but I can't think of the details. It has to be done by craftsmen who specialize in building water wheels. Tomorrow I will send someone to Chang'an and ask Hamiti and others to recruit some skilled craftsmen to study the manufacturing of water wheels together."

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan laughed at the same time: "If we could really build such a big bus, it would be a huge deal. My Tang Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles and countless people. If we use this kind of water truck everywhere, Hamit would not have made a fortune!"

The three of them talked and laughed, and walked towards Xiaoliang River again as the moonlight.

The Xiaoliang River is not far from the Daliang River and is a tributary of a big river, but the big river does not flow through Qingzhou. After a short time of walking, the three of them arrived at the bank of the Xiaoliang River. Looking through the moonlight, they found that the Xiaoliang River is narrower than the Daliang River, but the flow rate of the river is faster, and the river channel is very bent and curved. In terms of utilization value, it is far superior to the Daliang River.

The three of them got off the horse and walked to the riverside. Qiu Tingxuan said: "There are big bends in this small Liang River. Logically speaking, there are curves and curves. The water flow should be slow. Why is the water flow here faster than the Daliang River in a straight river channel?"

Di Renjie learned a little bit of geography than him and said: "Bending may not necessarily reduce the water flow speed. If there is a water bubble at the bend, such as a small lake, then the water speed may slow down when entering the lake upstream and exiting the lake downstream. Brother, do you think so?" He was not very accurate, so he asked Wang Ping'an.

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Okay, Master Di Ge is Master Di Ge. A famous prime minister of a generation has some skills and he actually knows the knowledge of the reservoir." He said: "I don't know if it is too specific, but when it comes to water bubbles, you can regard the small lake as a large pond for water storage. When the water is sufficient, water can be stored and water is released during the dry season, and one can be dug out manually."

Di Renjie was slightly stunned, then he was overjoyed and said, "Brother, this is a good idea. If you have such a large pool that stores water, why are you afraid of drought? If the pool is bigger and can hold more water, you won't even be afraid of floods!"

Qiu Tingxuan poured cold water and said, "That's a big project. I guess even if people from Quan Qingzhou dig a hole together, they don't even think about digging out such a big pool if they don't have three or five years!"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "If we rely solely on manpower to dig and dig with hoes and shovels, let alone three or five years, ten or eight years will be a tough one! Okay, don't be too ambitious, we should still think about building some water trucks and repairing ditches. The drought is right in front of us, and the fire is burning, let's take care of the present!"

After walking along the Xiaoliang River for about two miles, I met a stone bridge. Three people rode their horses across the bridge and looked for a village to stay. Not far from the river, but only half a mile away, there was a small village with about a dozen families. There was no light in the village. It was probably that the villagers had already gone to bed.

As soon as the three of them approached the village, the dogs in the village started barking. One dog barked first, and then five or six dogs barked. In just a moment, the sound of dog barking rang throughout the village.

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "My God, this village is not big, but why do you have so many dogs? Can they afford it? It seems that it is better to get close to the river, at least richer!"

Di Renjie said, "Why did you hear the dog barking but no one came out? Could it be that all the people in the village fled to the famine, so the village was occupied by wild dogs?"

The three of them rode into the village, but no dogs rushed out to block the road. It seemed that they were all domestic dogs, not wild dogs wandering everywhere. When they came to a family that looked pretty neat, Di Renjie dismounted and shouted through the wooden door: "My fellow villager, fellow villager, is there anyone here? We are passing guests, and we want to stay here for one night, leave at dawn, and give you more money."

A voice came from the room, and a man opened the window and asked, "Who? Where did the guests come from, how many?"

Di Renjie said: "There are three people and three horses from Chang'an. I'm disturbing me, fellow villagers, why don't you come out and help us open the door?"

The man didn't come out, but said, "You open the door and come in by yourself. My house has many empty rooms. If you find a place to live on your own, I won't go to the ground."

The three of them were stunned at the same time, all of whom were very curious. Could this person be a lazy man? Why did the guests come to his house and want to enter his house? He didn't even want to get out of bed?

Di Renjie smiled and said, "My fellow villager, aren't you afraid that we will steal your things?"

The man said impatiently: "You can steal whatever you want. If you can dig out something, remember to leave half of it for me and take away the rest. Also, if you have the money to give it, just put it on the windowsill. Let's keep a little noise when you leave tomorrow and don't make me sleep!"
Chapter completed!