Daqin Engineers

Before Shen Bing came, Wang Jian introduced Xu Ying:

"That's Shen Bing, the artillery engineer of our army, with perfect skills in his hands."

"If Neishi has any needs, please feel free to hand it over to him."

If Shen Bing heard this, he would be ashamed.

He was actually not competent in this aspect of woodwork, and he himself left it to Cang to do it.

But of course others would not think so, including artillery craftsmen who thought Shen Bing was disdainful of this low-level woodwork.

Then Shen Bing appeared in front of the crowd, bare feet, brown clothes on the upper body and pants on the lower body. It was muddy and earthy and dripping continuously.

Seeing this, Wang Jian frowned and lightly scolded:

"How can you be so rude in front of Daxian?"

But he didn't want that Xu Ying smiled:

"Not in the way, not in the way."

"Tuntian and open ditch freely."

"Don't be afraid of the general's teasing. If the old man is not young, he would go down to the field barefoot at this time."

There was a burst of laughter around, but a lot of the laughter was embarrassing.

I am afraid that few of them have gone to the fields, and even quite a few of them treat farming as vulgar work, which is done by vulgar and inferior talents.

Shen Bing immediately became somewhat cordial when he saw Xu Ying's words and demeanor.

It's all working people!

How is it like other high-ranking officials who always talk about seniority, status, and status? Are they tired?

Yang Duanhe introduced to the side:

"This is the farmer Xu Ying, who controls the history of millet."

"I will show you how to make oranges later, but you have to remember it carefully."

Shen Bing accepted the promise, and then saluted Xu Ying:

"Subordinate artillery engineers, I have seen internal history."

Xu Ying nodded, with some surprises in his eyes:

"Being an engineer at a young age, I guess there must be something extraordinary."

Then he turned his head and asked the disciples standing beside him:

"Zhang Ge, went with the engineer to build a shameless man."

Thinking and not worrying, he confessed:

"It is necessary to explain the main points to the engineer so that the engineer can imitate it."

Zhang Ge responded, raised his head to Shen Bing, and took a few peasant disciples to the wood pile a few steps away.

At first, Shen Bing felt a little hairy in his heart.

Orange?

The name sounds very big.

In addition, Yang Duanhe and Xu Ying successively instructed to look at the key points carefully...

It must not be easy!

But Shen Bing doesn't know how to work, what if he can't learn?

How about calling Canglai?

Or ask the fat man to take pen and ink to make a note...

However, Shen Bing was not allowed to do so in full view.

He could only bite the bullet and follow Zhang Ge and the others.

Zhang Ge's subordinates introduced while busy:

"Orange is divided into three layers."

"The first layer is the base, which means that two logs drilled at the upper end are firmly inserted into the ground."

Shen Bing said "Oh", and Ji Ji took it down.

Wait, why is this name so familiar?

I seem to have heard it somewhere!

I am going...

Zhang Ge certainly didn't know what Shen Bing was thinking. He continued:

"The second layer is the shaft, which can move up and down."

"There is another standing wood in the center of the shaft, which is used to connect the third floor."

"The third floor is a stalk, which is connected by a standing tree to the stalk to move around."

"In this way, the tips can move freely up and down, left and right."

...

Hmm, Shen Bing couldn't help but nodded, waiting for Zhang Ge to continue.

Unexpectedly, there was no sound for a long while, and he raised his head to look at Zhang Ge, he was already busy working on his own.

That's it?

that's it?

Or noticed Shen Bing's puzzled expression, Zhang Ge said:

"Words may be difficult to understand."

"I'll know when I try to make one."

"As a worker, this kind of woodwork shouldn't be difficult."

Shen Bing:...

What the hell?!

What do you call this thing "not difficult"?

Still worried that I will not learn?

Isn't it just a lever?

It looks a bit like the tip of a trebuchet, the difference is that there is an additional standing wood that allows the tip of the gun to turn left and right.

and many more……

Shen Bing asked suspiciously:

"This orange...what is it for?"

Zhang Ge looked at Shen Bing like he was looking at a country boy who had never seen the world, and replied with disdain:

"The drought here is so severe, and the oranges are built by the river, so they are naturally used to fetch water."

Shen Bing said "Oh".

Then I felt wrong. Can such a lever draw water?

Could it be...

Shen Bing blinked and looked at them with a helpless expression.

During that time, Wang Jian watched Shen Bing doing nothing and urged:

"Can the engineer write down all of it?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Note it, note it."

After a while, Zhang Ge and others were busy.

Sure enough, as Shen Bing thought, this is a lever that can move up and down, left and right.

Then Zhang Ge tied a big wooden barrel on one end and tied a stone on the other end.

Xu Ying introduced to everyone:

"The reason why the stone is tied is that I discovered that the force of the two ends can be offset."

"Therefore, there is a huge profit in taking water."

"The amount of water that normally requires two people to lift can be easily lifted with a single person."

Everyone admired, even though many people didn't understand what Xu Ying was talking about.

Zhang Ge triumphantly raised his head towards Shen Bing and said:

"You have to look carefully."

"Don't drop your chin in surprise for a while!"

Speaking of lifting the tip to move, the barrel at the other end turned into the river.

Zhang Ge operated the tip and continued to lower it, and then a bucket of water was slowly lifted in a shaking motion, and then rotated back to shore.

Someone on the other side responded and poured the bucket of water into the ditch.

Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed in unison, and then they all said well.

Xu Ying also introduced:

"This thing can be operated by two people."

"If you have one on the left and one on the right, you can supply water to a ditch."

"The amount of water is small, but if people are assigned to operate in turn."

"Fetching water day and night, the drought may be relieved."

Wang Jian was overjoyed and said:

"This thing is very good, I immediately ordered someone to copy it."

"Neishi has done a great job today."

"Wang Jian thanked the internal history on behalf of the soldiers and civilians in the dry land of the three counties."

Wang Jian is good at official skills. He naturally knew that what Xu Ying wanted was not a reward but the evaluation of the people, so he chose what he liked.

Sure enough, that Xu Ying was a little fluttering with such a compliment. He stroked his beard and answered with a little triumph:

"Hey, the general's words are bad."

"This is part of the promise, so why not thank you."

"I just hope that in the coming year, the people will be less suffering and hungry, so that they will feel at ease when they are old."

Here Zhang Ge looked at Shen Bing with challenging eyes and asked:

"how is it?"

"Do you know the usefulness of this orange?"

"Can you learn it?"

Shen Bing nodded with difficulty, half-opened his mouth, and replied:

"Know, know."

"Learned, learned!"

At this time there was a cheer from the river, and the fat man shouted in excitement:

"Master, it's done, the waterwheel is done!"

Cang also shouted:

"Brother, you really can do this."

"You said it is true, it can really scoop water to a high place by itself!"

...

Shen Bing was speechless: I really didn't mean to embarrass you.