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The next day, before dawn, Xin Zixiu went to Wangjia Village outside the city with the county magistrate of Shenzhou and others. Although Wangjia Village was next to the river, the water level of the small river leading to the Hutuo River also dropped by more than three feet, and only some river water in the middle of the river channel was still flowing. In order to fight drought, the nearby people carried buckets to the fields. Although it was a drop in the bucket, they also saved several acres of land.

But even so, for the people, if one acre can be saved, there will always be a harvest of one acre, which is also the hope that the family will survive and will not escape famine or even starve to death.

On this day, the fields were crowded with officials from various prefectures and counties in Shenzhou. Most of them looked at the things on the ground curiously - a pile of iron pipes with arms lengths six or seven feet thick were placed on the ground, and there were several other iron objects on the ground.

"Zhiyuan, what are these?"

Xin Zixiu asked inexplicably.

He has been busy building these things in the blacksmith shop these days?

"It's all for digging wells."

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

In later generations, those who drilled deep wells were drilled, and drilling machines were used. However, in this era, there were neither drilling rigs for drilling, nor pumping equipment such as water pumping. Therefore, after searching for information for several hours in the library, a photo in the book caught his attention. The photo was a pressurized well, the kind of well that was very common in rural areas in the 1990s.

Compared with machine wells, pressurized water wells only require cast iron piston wells and water pipes deep into the ground, and can lift water from ten meters deep underground through piston movement, that is, more than three meters deep underground. Although the water effluent of man-made pressurized water wells is limited, it was still used for local drought resistance in the 1980s and 1990s, and even until some areas in the 21st century. Especially in the 1990s, pressurized water wells were often used for temporary emergency drought resistance.

Moreover, the equipment for pressing water wells is actually very simple. It only requires a few iron rods two or three meters long and five or six centimeters thick in diameter. There is a drill bit at the front end of an iron rod: this is a device with a pointed head and a thicker tail than an iron rod, which is to squeeze out the soil to form a wellbore. When digging a well, these iron rods can be connected into a whole through screws at both ends.

The pressurized well with extremely simple technology and low cost is undoubtedly the most suitable "irrigation" facility for this era. Of course, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the daily water outlet of a well can still irrigate several acres of land. Although it is not enough, it is also enough.

"How do you dig a well for these things?"

Xin’s problem with self-study was exchanged for Shi Yiwen’s mysterious smile.

"Just watch the platform! If everything goes well, you can dig a well in at most one hour!"

Then, Shi Yiwen chose the place to dig the well. In fact, there was no skill, as long as it was deep enough. He only ordered the blacksmith beside him.

"Li Desheng, let's be here!"

The method of suppressing the well is very simple. Under Shi Yiwen's command, Li Desheng and several apprentices from the blacksmith shop first dig a pit in the place he chose, then pour a small amount of water to make the soil softer, then raise the iron rod and hit the point down hard.

"This, can you dig a well in this way?"

Zhou Xuekun opened his eyes wide. As a well digger, he and other well cultivators were invited by the government.

"Brother Zhou, is there any uselessness that the well dug in this way?"

"No, from ancient times to the present, these wells have been dug out by shovel at a time. So is it done like this?"

Jing Jiang, who was watching, was talking and talking. If it weren't for the prefect here, these Jing Jiang Jiang would have gone away long ago, and there would be such a good temper there.

Listening to the words of the Jingjiangs, the magistrate Li Yi stood beside Xin Zixiu with a bitter face.

"Futai, look, this is too nonsense! This, can you dig a well like this? Is it not a well to dig a well?"

"No, even if you dig a well three meters deep like this, what's the use? It's just that the wellhead is as thick as an arm, I'm afraid I can't even lift water..."

"Hehe, the well with a thick arm is useless if it hits it..."

The sarcasm around made Xin Zixiu's face look extremely ugly, and he said in a muffled voice.

"Just wait a while before watching."

Shi Yiwen didn't care about this. He just commanded a few blacksmiths to "dig wells". With the efforts of the blacksmiths, the pointed drill bit squeezed out the soil layer to form a wellbore, then lifted it and hit it again. Soon, a large part of the iron rod went deeper into the ground. Followed the second one, lifted it again, and then the third one, and the fourth one, the soil became softer and softer, and the deeper it went half a foot deeper at a time! And there was no need to lift it and hit it down. The two people grabbed the iron rod and pressed it down hard, and the iron rod slowly penetrated. Now it was soon, and the fifth one was pressed into the ground, and the task was completed!

After pulling out the iron rod, Shi Yiwen looked at the pointed end, and the tip was dragged with mud dripping with water.

There is water!

"Take the bamboo here!"

As soon as Shi Yiwen's words fell, Li Desheng and his team came over there with a large bamboo. In later generations, they used iron pipes for water well water diversion pipes, and here Shi Yiwen chose bamboo. Although its lifespan is not as good as iron pipes, it has a wide range of sources and sufficient quantity in this era. The most important thing is that it is cheap enough for ordinary people to afford.

After working hard for a long time, after the wellbore was finished, a bamboo well tube was removed under the gaze of everyone, and then a cast iron wellhead was pressed up.

After pressing the well head, Xin Zixiu, who had been impatient, said urgently.

"Zhiyuan, is that okay?"

Although I have never seen a pressurized water well, Xin still feels that the self-study is almost completed.

"It's almost done. Just wait until the water is drawn up and empty the mud!"

While explaining, Shi Yiwen poured the water from the bucket into the wellhead and then began to press the water. As everyone watched, the iron wellhead pressed the iron handle as he pressed the iron handle, and the yellow mud water was pressed out from time to time.

Although it was just mud and water, it still made everyone stunned!

"This, how is this possible!"

Zhou Xuekun and other well craftsmen all opened their eyes in shock. They stared at the iron well head, stared at the mud and water pressed out of the well head, and muttered.

"How did this water come out?"

The iron well head, which was originally impossible to come out of water, was still filled with joy even though it was mud and water pressed out, but the onlookers were surprised and showed joy.

Xin Zixiu, who was shocked, walked to the well and reached out to receive a handful of mud and water. Although the mud and water were still very turbid, he murmured excitedly.
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