Chapter 0391: Mingwu

The Empress Dowager looked intently and saw that the shape resembled a wheel, with a diameter of about 20 meters. The water flowed through the wheel blades, and the water bucket scooped up the river water, lifting it up 20 meters and then pouring it into the canal for continuous irrigation.

How much can be irrigated this round? "The Empress Dowager looked at it with indescribable feelings in her heart.

A water wheel can irrigate 700 acres of farmland day and night, which is cost-effective, "Qianqian said with a radiant face.

Since ancient times, China has been founded on agriculture. Although the court has been committed to building water conservancy projects, these channels have never been popularized. In the history of the earth, although they existed during the Three Kingdoms period, they were not popularized until the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the second year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1523 AD), Duan Xuxian, a native of Duanjiatan, Lanzhou, passed the imperial examination and became a jinshi. While serving as a censor in Yunnan, he once traveled to several provinces in the south and had many beneficial policies. He referred to the wooden keel carts seen in the south that could fetch water for irrigation, and observed their construction principles, drew patterns, and brought them with him. After retiring to his hometown, he developed a clever idea of pouring water from the Yellow River to irrigate his 600 acres of vegetable beds and orchards in 1556. It can be seen that water trucks were not popular until the mid Ming Dynasty.

With the power of the regime, Ye Qing promoted water trucks, with 250 of them capable of irrigating nearly 200000 acres, which was already a huge number during the Han Dynasty and was rapidly expanding.

Although the Empress Dowager had some reservations, she couldn't help but smile and secretly praise in her heart, "No wonder disaster victims from other places have flocked here

So he asked again, "Although waterwheels are good, have they ever been popularized

Under my husband's rule, there was originally only Western Henan, and the prefects and prime ministers of various counties were promoting it, especially now that Yuzhou has been pacified

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid of outsiders learning

The structure of the waterwheel is still simple, you can learn it after watching for a while! "Qianqian smiled and said," Sending troops is to prevent anyone from destroying it

Although we have samples, it's not something that can be easily produced. The key lies in two difficulties

Qianqian smiled and said, "The first one is that this type of waterwheel has a huge body and uses a lot of materials. Including the cost of materials and labor, it costs nearly a hundred silver dollars to build alone

And it needs to be long-lasting. Some core components need to be precise and made of iron and copper, which is not a simple task for craftsmen to create. If wooden is used, the water drawing effect is poor, and it is also easy to damage. It needs to be repaired from time to time... Ah, accumulating small amounts can add up to a large expense

At the beginning, my husband set up specialized officials in the counties, mobilized manpower, and organized production. Due to large-scale manufacturing, the cost was only reduced to about thirty taels per aircraft

My husband has a good understanding of the iron industry, so he was appointed as the prefect. He renovated the thirteen iron official smelters left by Emperor Xiaowu and Emperor Guangwu, restarted the iron industry craftsmen, provided specialized training, and offered incentives for piece rate rewards and punishments. Last spring, he successfully smelted an iron furnace, increasing iron production tenfold and supplying one thousand pairs of iron armor per month. These waterwheel iron copper shafts are all mass-produced, with low costs and fast efficiency

If it were Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian, they could all learn, but how much could the scale of officials, systems, workshops, and iron official metallurgy support

If we fully learn from Yuzhou, it will take two to three years to take shape

The Empress Dowager estimated in her mind that Cao Cao's occupation of Yanzhou and Sun Jian's possession of Jingnan and western Yangzhou were equivalent to twice the strength of the western half of Henan province, but now the iron production is probably only one tenth. With a hundred sets of iron armor, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Qianqian smiled again and said, "The eastern part of Henan is unstable, and many of them have not been laid out. My husband cannot make a wedding dress for Cao Cao. There is at least one in every town in western Henan, and even larger villages have one. It should be arranged according to the population and water demand

Qianqian compared her fingers and calculated for her, "Yuzhou is a major province in the Central Plains. At its peak, there were 120 registered households, and there were 6 million registered slaves and maidservants. The population in western Henan is slightly larger than that in eastern Henan, with 640000 households and 3.2 million people under its rule. Over the years, many people have been lost due to bandits and famine, and there are still 2.5 million registered in western Henan

Qianqian paused for a moment, but in reality, the only fortune that truly supplies her husband is these 2.5 million. The hidden servants are protected by the fortress and are the masters of both life and death fortune.

With the presence of Yingshui, there will be a reduction in arid areas. Currently, the popularity is not very high, only supplying the 500000 people in the most water scarce areas. Normally, one is allocated to every 100 households, with an average of five people per household... that is, only 500 people can be allocated one

Even so, we need a thousand water wheels, but now we only have around 250. We still lack them, let alone elsewhere

Ten years may not be enough to catch up

With this time, there is already more than enough. Besides, although there is hostility, why should the people? It is a blessing for the people to learn from us in Yuzhou in other regions - this is what my husband said

Is that so... "The Empress Dowager's expression was somewhat dazed.

Qianqian smiled and didn't say much. Each water wheel had a little bit of white energy that flowed into the Yuzhou Qi.

The water fire boiler being manufactured is even more peculiar, and even now Qianqian is still amazed. This is the first time she has seen a source of qi from an artificial object.

Once the water fire boiler starts, a faint and indistinguishable red gas condenses over - Ye Qing herself didn't even notice, it was Qianqian's reminder.

Weakness is almost transparent, but it continuously provides during its effective period... a machine or something insignificant, and it needs to be coordinated with people to achieve its effect, but this is a breakthrough that comes from nothing.

And when the number of water and fire boilers reaches a certain scale, how many will there be?

What is even more shocking about the Dragon Qi of the Han Dynasty compared to the Chixiao Sword Town is that as soon as this object was built, a dark yellow aura fell onto Ye Qing's body, clearly indicating the Heavenly Dao Qi... This may be Ye Qing's mandate!

The lower earth's heavenly way does not welcome the people on earth. They all gather the earthly heavenly way and make an exception to favor their husband's fortune. Does this indicate a great opportunity

Qianqian was lost in thought, her expression hazy.

At this moment, Ye Qing looked at the continuous green fields. With the promotion of water farming in Yuzhou and minimal impact from the severe drought, this itself would be mythologized and combined with propaganda to form the "mandate of heaven".

These invisible gas engines merge into one, turning into a torrent, running and evolving.

The so-called "white rabbit emitting green smoke" deception, after multiple victories, officially became a member of the royal family, owned Yuzhou, and underwent multiple renovations, has now become inseparable.

This is the manifestation of the concept of human destiny - rare, but it does exist.

No wonder the Empress Dowager was shocked by this "water and agriculture" - not only the halo, but also the high-level officials on this land are deeply concerned about water and agriculture itself.

China spans across the north and south, and there is no such incredible project as the above ground world water system for meteorological intervention. It is inevitable that one place or another will suffer from drought, even in the vast expanse of the Earth, which cannot be ignored by the higher ups.

In the memory of the time traveler, after the TV camera was given to high-level executives for show, they would inevitably turn to drought stricken farmland for a close-up shot.

The principle of water fire boilers is minimalist. Once they are widely used to benefit or even replace human and animal power, it will form a social production revolution and expand the circular foundation of society.

On the ground, there is a white and red aura that is hard to see at a glance, forming a long river, and one of the red lights flickers. Following it, you will find that it is the location of the water fire boiler.

Ye Qing was melancholic, stroking her knees and sighing softly, "I finally realized my destiny again

At the beginning of the tide of humanity, or gray and white, this is the struggle of human beings in nature

With the invention of language and writing organization, as the superior, one can naturally condense higher qi, but for a long time, the overall qi of humanity is still very low

The invention of tools has improved efficiency, which was not obvious before. As soon as this water fire boiler was established, it surpassed the power of a hundred people and produced red gas. If popularized, it could elevate the entire humanity. Therefore, modern society is rolling red and climbing towards yellow

Similarly, in modern society, machines with the power of thousands and tens of thousands of people can produce yellow and green energy, which can elevate the tide of humanity. No wonder in previous lives, the human power of the entire Earth has been flowing and transforming into green

With this thought in mind, Ye Qing let out a long sigh, stood for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "There is no difference between technology and magic, no difference between individuals and humanity. All laws are so simple

In my past life, I did not consider climbing the technology tree myself. Because I was determined to create weapons and because the world was different, the technology tree declared itself a failure

Or it has never been successful, because the highest level only reaches the rank of a person, never breaks through the county level, let alone the vision of transcending the mortal world. Everything is the blunder and nonsense of the ground beetle passers-by. It is lucky to have Ye Huolei in this fairyland world.

In this life, Ye Qing seized the opportunity of the Dragon Palace and had the chance to become a Taoist couple with the Dragon Maiden. He witnessed the operation of the Kyushu Water Mansion system, which broadened his horizons

Why must we be fixated on atomic quanta?

Why must it be limited to weapons?

Why not take the path of a technological tree with immortal characteristics... or rather, the path of promoting the power system?

He often tells stories with the dragon ladies. The payoff is the story of "how the sword fairy Yang Guo married the dragon lady", but what he gets is that they reveal all kinds of things in the heaven. Sometimes Ye Qing thinks it's shameless to "take advantage" like this, but he is extremely grateful to the two dragon ladies - this is the knowledge that ordinary people will never have when they look at the books in Wenge. Only when they let themselves, the ground beetle passers-by, can really find some secrets.

The experiment of making a water fire boiler in the underground world was to verify a hypothesis in my mind - now it has been proven that technological machinery, magical tools, and even immortal tools are essentially the same

Better than mortals by a hundred times, there is red; better than mortals by a thousand times, there is yellow; better than mortals by ten thousand times, there is green

The stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.

Every civilization can be promoted and has its own special circumstances... The path of nuclear weapons in the past life was not referenced properly and did not conform to the reality of the immortal path.

This immortal world is vast and vast, with a population of billions. The water and fire prefectures operate, and the sealing system connects the lower territories of two hundred states. In terms of the scale of qi, it is not inferior to the earth, but in terms of the quality of qi, it shows a serious polarization trend. The popularity of Taoist items is limited to the powerful, and the lives of the literati and above are often comparable to those of the middle class on earth, but the lives of the common people... can only be said to be fortunate to have favorable weather conditions and no disasters.

Life itself is nothing, and the lives of the common people in any world are not higher than those of the upper class. However, relying solely on the Water Mansion indicates that the power of the common people is not much, and the power provided by it is extremely limited

To be honest, simply supplying qi to the Heavenly Court and then having the Heavenly Court allocate water resources to intervene in the climate is a simple and efficient cycle that ignores the participation of the common people.

It's just that - we immortals have the power, we can transform nature with us, and you commoners can play with it yourselves

And this water fire boiler itself is not a weapon, but a social production tool that has emerged from breakthroughs in human, animal, and hydraulic power. Essentially, it can bring quality upgrades to social luck.

This is completely different from the climate intervention of the Shuifu system, but rather stimulates the participation of the common people in the entire social scale - the Xiandao civilization has reached the pinnacle of technology within the scope of available spiritual power, and the spiritual energy available for absorption is limited, so it is necessary to limit the cultivation of immortals.

But a large amount of untapped power has not yet been developed, and this is a completely unfamiliar and blank field.

This is the greatest reliance for oneself to prove the throne of the emperor.

But the backlash it brings is also enormous, and there must be a higher level to withstand it.

Just now that we are in a war, not only the Heavenly Court, but even the Heavenly Way, will support any measure that can enhance our strength, even if it will cause a huge change in the situation

Therefore, the aura of Xuanhuang has descended upon me, which is clear evidence

Qianqian's observation of the Qi Spring Flow at least gave Ye Qing some confidence, knowing that she was not wrong this time. She was determined to promote it in the underground world first - this underground world is currently a special experimental field set up by the Heavenly Court, and it is legitimate. In the future, when the Heavenly Court inspects it, it will involve an overall improvement in the scale and quality of social Qi, and if successful, its significance will be a hundred or thousand times greater than that of Ye Huolei.

There is no harm in failing, at least now when the feudal lords are vying for dominance, the annual grain harvest should not be too much, as long as it is 30% more than other feudal lords... No, more achievements are enough, and no one can stop the trend... let alone the social production changes caused by water and fire boilers

The Han people hold the concept of "unity of heaven and man" for survival, and regardless of social class, they strongly believe in the mandate of heaven. They offer the most solemn sacrifices to "heaven" in order to seek protection for their clan's fortunes.

In this prosperous world of the immortal path and the familiar land of the lower earth, Ye Qing felt that she could do something for the people who were facing a turning point.

Unless it fundamentally destroys the foundation of the immortal world

But this kind of Taoist technology is completely impossible

The fundamental reason why religion was despised and superstitious on Earth in the past life was that there was no power to truly interfere with the material world, but technology ultimately came from external sources

If the power belongs to oneself, and human intelligence expands infinitely, combined with strength, is this not a metaphor for a warship or mecha

If the so-called Dao is the rules of the world, can anyone imagine that someone who can modify physical constants is a metaphor for a mother ship and mechanical energy

With just one thought, the entire scientific system will collapse, and billions of mother ships will disintegrate on their own

It's just that the material world has never had a true god, which gives space for the concept of technological supremacy to survive

Therefore, in this world, no matter how it develops, it will not destroy the foundation of the immortal world

In that case, I will fight to the death to see if there is a place for me in this immortal world, a class higher than all things