Daqin Engineers

Of course, "water drain" can not save much labor.

Looking at the entire Shouchun, there is only one iron smelting workshop.

In an iron smelting workshop, there are only a few dozen people who need "water drains" to blow air. If it is useful in other aspects, it is a cast iron workshop... which is to make iron into ironware. It also needs to melt the iron and cast it into shape.

It's just that the wind power required by the cast iron workshop is not as high as that of iron smelting, so there is no need for a "water drain".

As a result, there are only dozens of people who can save labor, which is not of much use at all.

But of course, Shen Bing did this to improve the quality of some iron.

The other more important thing is... he wants to use water power to be more than just a "water drain".

"Water drain" is just an experiment.

He found that Shouchun is full of runoff river water, and there are many places where waterwheels can be used. Wouldn't it be too wasteful to make good use of it?

Therefore, Shen Bing came back to Daying from the iron smelting workshop as soon as possible.

Shen Bing hadn't seen Shu and the others for a long time.

These artisans from artillery who followed Shen Bing into the Black Armor and now become the Shenwu Army have been protected in the Shenwu Army from beginning to end.

There is no other reason. Shen Bing needs these craftsmen. If they are put in the modern age, they are talents.

Shen Bing's ideas or needs can only be realized by them.

Otherwise, find Wang Ben and tell him what kind of blueprint and how to make it, it would be better to let him lead soldiers to fight a battle.

As soon as he entered the account, he excitedly bowed his hand to Shen Bing:

"Subordinates have seen the lieutenant."

When Shen Bing looked at Shu's Banguan, he praised:

"I haven't seen you for a few days, the head of the village is already a'doctor', congratulations."

Hu quickly replied:

"It's all due to the wise lieutenant, but I didn't get any results."

What Xu said is correct, these artisans do have a taste of "really without merit".

Because they don't have to go to the front line, even when the Ruyin garrison is so nervous, these craftsmen and the witch doctors are looking after the wounded in the rear.

But when all the members of the Shenwu Army were promoted to the third rank, they also followed the promotion, which can be said to be "lying and winning."

On the other hand, since the Shenwu Army received its name from Yingzheng, the food has been greatly improved. Meat sauce is indispensable. Amaranth, eggs and fish are also common.

Because it was supplying thousands of people from the Shenwu Army, it was not realistic to eat pork, and the Qin Army was not so generous in supply.

But Shouchun is right by the Huai River and there are many fishermen, and they can still do it with one fish.

This made Shu's originally black and thin face look much rounder.

After a few words, Shen Bing said to Shu:

"The chief, remember that I waited for the waterwheel I made in Handan, and then made... a thousand."

Hui couldn't help widening his eyes:

"A thousand?"

"But lieutenant, there is no water shortage in the Huaihe River, why do we need to make a waterwheel?"

Shen Bing did not answer, only took a drawing, and said:

"You can just make it according to this picture."

He glanced at it, but it was a very simple bracket.

Although he didn't understand the use of this bracket, he saw that Shen Bing didn't want to say more, so he didn't dare to ask more, so he took the drawing and withdrew.

In fact, it's not that Shen Bing didn't want to say more, but that he didn't understand it.

They have never seen these things and it is difficult to explain, it is better to make them understand.

In the evening of the same day, two waterwheels were drawn according to the drawings... These were just samples requested by Shen Bing.

Although this thing is very simple, it's no joke to make thousands of them in batches. Once there are any shortcomings, it can be troublesome to rebuild.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, Shen Bing made two experiments first.

The thing is very simple, that is, several protruding logs are attached to the waterwheel. As the waterwheel rotates, the logs will drive the lever to hit the ground again and again like a seesaw.

Of course, there is a straight mallet on the other end of the lever.

The people such as Hu and the artillery watched this thing beating at will, it was very interesting, but they still didn't understand its use.

Until Shen Bing called people to bring a stone mortar and place it under the mallet, everyone suddenly realized:

"It turns out this thing is used to pound rice!"

"This method is great, so there is no need to pound rice."

"It's not that there is no need to pound the rice, but the pounding can be done by the waterwheel!"

"It's no wonder that the lieutenant asked for a thousand pieces. I still say too much. Now it seems that one thousand pieces are not enough. If you say nothing, you will have tens of thousands!"

...

They are right, this thing is used to pound rice.

The pounding water wheel is simpler than the "water drain", but it can solve the problem.

In this era, there is no electricity, unlike modern machines that can separate the grains and rice husks in a burst.

The ancients all relied on manpower to pound rice.

And every family eats every day, two meals a day, so they have to pound rice every day from morning to night.

It is only for pounding rice to tie the vast majority of women at home without freedom.

There is an old saying that "men farming and women weaving" refers to men working in the field and women weaving at home.

Of course, weaving cloth is also a arduous and time-consuming work. The clothes worn by the whole family are woven inch by inch.

Grinding rice is even worse.

In addition, weaving can occasionally be slowed down. If you have old clothes, you will wear them again. When the spring turns, the pressure will be reduced if it is not so cold.

But the pounding of rice can't even slow down, and the whole family has no food to eat without pounding for a day.

So it's not that women in this era don't know how to do farm work, but that the backward productivity of this era makes women busy enough to do homework, and they don't have time or energy to do farm work.

So Shen Bing was thinking: If this can be used to pound rice with water power, how much labor can be liberated and saved?

The most clever thing was Cang, who didn't wait for Shen Bing's order to get a bag of grain, and then poured the grain into the stone mortar... and saw the mallet pounding in again and again.

Because the mallet is much larger than the usual household pounding mallet...Women have less strength, and the water power can easily carry the mallet.

So it was only half a bag of rice in a stick of incense.

The carpenters couldn't help but cheered in excitement.

Hui couldn't help sighing:

"I have suffered from this pounding for life, but I don't want to have a waterwheel, but pounding can be so easy."

"Vice-general, admire him."

Shen Bing smiled as a response.

This thing can also be regarded as a big change.

The most interested should be the farmer Xu Ying.

Although it is not just agriculture, the scholars, farmers, businessmen and even the kings have to eat, although the nobles do not need to pound the rice by themselves.

But its influence is even greater than the invention of paper.

It is conceivable that after Xu Ying knew this thing, he would immediately use his farmer’s network and spread it to all parts of the Central Plains.

In the future, as long as there is water and rivers, I am afraid I can see the waterwheel.