The sound interrupted Bi Goo's train of thought. The people drilling the well were cheering.
The person who had just been replaced to drink the soup was depressed. If he had known earlier, he would have worked for a while longer.
"How do you know there's water?" Bi Goo didn't understand.
"It's like this. There's always soil below and the weight above is pressing down. After rotating, use the edge of the file to grind the soil or stone. If there's suddenly nothing below …"
The farmer explained it in one sentence.
"The weight above will fall down and then be stuck by the support below." Bi Goo followed. He understood.
There was either water below or an empty place. However, there was a high possibility that there was water below.
The other side began to loosen the buckles. After loosening the buckles, they lifted the rod and the file up. With the help of the hand gourd, if they couldn't lift the rod, they could attach a small buckle and lift the rod while rotating.
They lifted a section of the rod, removed it, and continued to lift the rod below.
The speed wasn't fast, but everyone had a smile on their faces.
After more than half an hour, the entire rod was collected as the depth was not very deep.
Looking at the section below, it was confirmed that there was water below from the degree of wetness.
The prepared bamboo pipes were taken out and moved down section by section. This process was very slow.
When the area below collapsed, they had to clean it again.
"Tomorrow morning, everyone will be able to drink the cool well water. The well is not deep, only a little more than 30 feet. The soil is soft and water accumulates in this part of the mountain."
The farmer introduced happily. They had already prepared to dig for more than 10 to 20 days down to a depth of more than 100 feet.
In the end, they came out of the water in less than a day, just like in Chang 'an. The water level was shallow.
Bi Goo didn't think it was easy after hearing this. If they didn't use this method to dig a well of more than 30 feet, they wouldn't be able to dig it out in half a month.
"How do we drill when there are stones below?" Bi Goo thought of a more difficult place to dig.
"For the stone file, the top has to be heavier. The push bars on the shelf have to be lengthened and increased in number. More people have to push it together."
The farmer rejoiced and said that they were lucky. They didn't have to worry and save money.
With so many people, not to mention wages, they had to pay a lot for food.
The deeper they went, the slower they got. When they encountered the stone layer, the longer they took, the less their wages would be.
Everyone laughed and laughed, but the people who came to dig the well stopped laughing.
Now that the well is finished and there's water, does that mean I don't have any more work to do?
When the farmer saw this, he suddenly shouted, "Don't even think about resting. In a moment, carry lanterns and help me dig an aqueduct and a pond to collect water."
Hearing that there was still work to be done, a smile returned to the employee's face.
Bi Goo shook his head and went back to sleep.
When the aroma of the small garlic and egg filling filled the forest, the sun also showed its head.
Li Yi was still sleeping. The older Bi Goo woke up, tidied up, and went to check on the well.
The pressure well had been assembled in the middle of the night, and now someone was taking turns pressurizing the water.
The canal diggers dug with picks and spades, and joked with one another, and sang a little tune.
According to the farmer, they could work for half a month. After finishing this job, they could start harvesting the wheat.
"Let this old man try it." Bi Goo found it amusing when he saw others pressing down on it. He stepped forward and took it over.
As he pressed down, the water was sucked up and gushed out along the pipe.
"It's indeed more labor-saving than using buckets. Put the buckets in front and press down a few times to avoid danger by the well."
Bi Goo quickly discovered the advantages of the pressure well. It was fast and safe.
The person who came with him finally had a chance to come up to him. "Dongzhu, my family used to be from Shu. If the salt brine well there continues to be dug like this, we can make a lot of money."
"It's not our turn. How can the people who dug out the well not know where to use it to make money?" Bi Goo did not even think about it.
"How useful can a Zhuangzi be? There are so many aristocratic families and the Ministry of Revenue. "
The servant told the truth that Li Yi would be bullied under normal circumstances.
"If he didn't know how to act, he would have been swallowed whole. But now he is protected by the Winged Knights." Bi Goo reminded.
He realized that the servant was about the same age as Li Yi. Why was there such a big gap between them?
If it were Li Yi, he would definitely not say the same thing, because he had already seen it clearly.
After pressing down a few more times, Bi Goo washed his hands, wiped his body and went back to call Li Yi.
Li Yi was about the age of a high school student. He was growing and slept for a long time, so he was sleepy.
He was woken up by Bi Goo. He went to the toilet, washed his face, brushed his teeth and sniffed. "Okay, I'll eat a box this morning."
"What is it?" Bi Goo saw a small garlic box when he sat down at the table. It was made by frying.
"Two sides. Put the filling in the middle and then pinch the sides. The two sides are usually round and the two connected pieces are crescent-shaped."
The box that Li Yi 'invented' was explained.
"Can't you wrap it directly?" Bi Goo could not figure out why two sides were needed. One side was wrapped and pressed to become a round cake.
"Look at the creases around the box. Doesn't it look like the sun? Doesn't the crescent-shaped look like the moon? "Li Yi did not know either. He was just making things up.
"The round one can also be the moon." Bi Goo found fault.
"Old Bi, you're right. Wrap it when the moon is full and wrap half of it when the moon is half full. Don't eat a box when there's no moon. It's homesickness."
Li Yi went along with the flow. Whatever you say is right.
In fact, he felt that it was because he had nothing better to do. Why did he have to make a box with two sides? It had high technical requirements. It was like a bun with 18 folds.
Why did the clothes have to be embroidered? It was beautiful and showed the dexterity of the hands.
Of course, it was this Chinese mindset that made Chinese cuisine famous.
Bi Goo thought for a while. "That makes sense. I didn't expect this small garlic to be so spicy."
"The farmer told me that some children came yesterday afternoon. He said that only children above the age of ten could come to pick mulberries.
In the end, they were all six or seven years old. Especially the girls, they insisted that they were ten years old.
The farmer told them to use small blunt-edged knives to dig up small garlic and gave them wages and food. "
Li Yi explained the situation.
"He didn't tell you?" Bi Goo suddenly asked.
"He told me when he was washing up." Li Yi picked up a raw garlic.
This was cleaned and salted. It was eaten like pickled vegetables. It still had the spicy taste of the garlic and a little earthy taste.
Bi Goo shook his head. "It's not good for the farmer to make decisions in private."
"Old Bi, do you send a document to Chang 'an before you do anything in Henan Province? Do you wait for Her Majesty's approval before doing anything? "
Li Yi asked.
"How is that the same? I … I … Let me ask you, were there a lot of locusts during the harvest?" Bi Goo asked with a serious face.
"Old Bi, this is the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth. The losses during the summer harvest were not great. During the autumn harvest, the weather started to get cold. Normally, the harvest would be 30 to 40 percent less than the previous years.
Many locusts had already laid their eggs. By next year, not a single catty of wheat in the entire eastern region of Taihang Mountains could be supplied to Chang 'an. "
Li Yi explained the general situation that he had learned.
"A natural disaster." Bi Goo closed his eyes.
"Don't be like that, Old Bi. Even if it's a natural disaster, it can be avoided. The scariest thing is man-made disasters. We can't forgive our own sins. "Li Yi refused to admit that it was a natural disaster.
You, Old Bi, are responsible for the disaster relief in Henan Province this year.
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