Li Longji looked at Li Yi in puzzlement. He thought, "I asked you where to find people to farm, and you gave me a person?"
"Third brother, to open terraced fields, there must be livestock involved. When the water network is out and the river flows, the water transport will increase, and the cows and horses will be sent to farm."
Li Yi returned to Li Longji's question.
Zhuangzi has rented cows and horses to pull carts. When the water network is ready, the cows and horses will be rented out in winter.
During spring, summer and autumn, as long as there is enough water in the water network, the cows and horses will be idle.
"We still need a lot of plows and rakes." Li Longji knows about farming.
"The water will flow down from the mountain. A mountain without water is definitely a barren mountain with stones and some weeds. There is no need to open terraced fields."
Li Yi introduced the arrangement of terraced fields in the future. He did not want to open terraced fields for every mountain he saw.
In fact, the place he bought did not have any barren mountains, only small hills. It was not suitable to open terraced fields, so he flattened it.
"Can we plant wheat in terraced fields?" Li Longji thinks that planting wheat is easier to manage.
"Plant rice. This year, Jiangnan Province harvested a lot of seeds. In addition to supplying Jiangnan Province, I want to try to plant rice on terraced fields to see if it can be planted twice a year."
Li Yi pointed in the direction of Jiangnan, which was Fujian.
Historically, Zhancheng rice was first planted in Fujian and then spread out. After mutation, hundreds of varieties of Zhancheng rice were developed.
Now, the rice planted in Zhuangzi was an ancient rice with low yield and good taste. These varieties were spread to the Japanese Empire and Korea. When Li Yi was born, there were also later varieties.
Later, the northeastern rice was not delicious anymore. The taste was getting worse and worse.
If these two kinds of rice were planted together, it would be the time for them to bloom. It was estimated that a new variety would appear.
As for what the new variety would be, only God knows.
Li Longji was relieved. He did not stay in Li Family Zhuangzi. He turned around and went back to Xingqing Palace.
Li Yi was bored and did not want to sleep. He walked around with his hands behind his back. He heard the sound of water splashing.
He followed the voice and walked over. A group of Zhuangzi women were washing clothes by the river in Zhuangzi.
Now they were washing silk clothes, using the washing method, soaping, rubbing, and floating in the water.
Linen clothes needed to be beaten with a stick to get rid of the filth in the fibers.
Since it was made of cotton, it was naturally a washboard.
The washboard was not suitable for kneading hemp as it was too harmful to the hands. It was also not suitable for kneading silk as it was not good for silk.
The farmers of Zhuangzi were very diligent. Now that they had finished washing the clothes, they would dry them out to dry before noon the next day.
Silk is the easiest. It doesn't hold water.
"Dongzhu, Dongzhu is here." A woman noticed the shadow under the light.
The group of women greeted him one after another, then turned their heads and continued to wash.
"I'm too tired. How can I wash clothes like this? I'm a disgrace to Dongzhu." Li Yi threw down a sentence, turned around and ran away.
He returned to the study in the courtyard and began to draw.
After drawing, he ran to the workshop and found the person on duty. He handed it over, "Make it first. There are three types of clothes in total."
The next day when the sun rose, Li Yi woke up late. He went to take a bath first and asked the palace maids and eunuchs, "Have you eaten?"
"We're waiting for Dongzhu to eat together." Taohong replied.
"Push the dining cart, let's go to the river to eat."
Li Yi had said many times not to wait for him. Other than the palace maids and eunuchs who were on duty at night and were hungry, they still waited.
The nine of them brought the dining cart to the river where the clothes were washed. There was a water cart by the river that was connected to a wooden bucket.
A pole attached to the lid could be raised at any time. It rotated and had a hexagonal buckle.
When it was pressed down, the buckle would rotate a few times and latch onto a buckle on the lid of the wooden bucket, causing the pole on the lid to rotate together with the bucket.
The person washing the clothes looked at the bucket. When it was about time, the pole would be lifted up and the other pole would be pressed down. The direction of rotation would be opposite.
Li Yi looked at it and said, "Actually, we can add a clutch and pull the chain. We can replace the belt with a figure-eight belt and operate it manually. It's safer and faster than the current one."
A belt pulley would drive the other wheel. The two wheels would be connected by a belt and rotate in the same direction.
If the belt was in a figure-eight shape, the two wheels would rotate in the opposite direction.
As long as the clutch was added, the two sets could be changed back and forth. The direction of rotation of the washing machine would also change.
This was the washing machine that Li Yi had made. It was powered by water.
The other one was hand-cranked and the third one was foot-cranked.
At first, the hand-cranked washing machine was like this. Later on, steam engines were introduced and replaced.
"Dongzhu, the night shift said that you came and ran away. I didn't expect you to go and think of a way. Dongzhu, you're the best."
The person washing the clothes during the day had a look of worship on her face. Today, they were using a water-powered washing machine. It was fast and easy.
"I should have thought of this earlier. The hand-cranked and foot-cranked ones can be sold. They don't need to be sealed too tightly.
As long as the speed of shaking and stepping is controlled, the damage to the silk clothes will be minimized. "
Seeing that there were no problems in the operation, Li Yi was satisfied and stayed to eat.
After hearing about it, the villagers who had nothing to do came to see the magical thing.
The washing machine didn't require much technology. According to the various machines in Zhuangzi, the washing machine was nothing more than making use of them.
In the afternoon, the Li Family Zhuangzi connected a lot of buckets by the Ba River.
The people in the freelancers' settlement took out their clothes and lined up to be washed.
The notice board at the bridgehead had the design drawings and introductions of the three washing machines.
The hand-cranked and foot-cranked objects were placed at the side for people to try.
The Winged Knights asked for a set of drawings and two objects and ran to the palace.
"Your Majesty, Li Dongzhu has come up with something new. It's good for washing clothes." The Winged Knights shouted outside Xingqing Palace.
Not long after, the people nearby came to watch.
The two palace maids, one cranked and the other stepped. The washing machine spun quickly.
The one who cranked shook a few times and changed the direction. The one who stepped did the same.
"It's hard to shake, but it's good to only wash a few clothes."
Yao Chong arrived. He wasn't surprised at Li Yi's new product.
He was afraid that Li Yi wouldn't make a move for a long time and would occasionally throw out a convenient little thing. Very good.
Zhang Shuo personally tried it. "It's really not bad. Making one for washing clothes will make more money."
Bi Goo looked carefully. "It's not difficult to make. It's not a luxury item. People with good hands can make it themselves."
He felt regretful, but then he was happy.
"My Ministry of Revenue built the water network this year. Doesn't that mean we can put a lot of small waterwheels on the water network? It can be used to harvest grains and peel shells. If we change it to buckets, it can be used as washing machines."
"Old Bi, don't be so shameless." Song Jing couldn't stand it anymore. He was such a serious person, but now he learned Li Yi's style.
"Who are you calling shameless? The Ministry of Revenue will be responsible for the maintenance of the water network in the future. "Bi Goo glared.
"Didn't the Ministry of Revenue make money from the cooperation with the ship?" Lu Huaishen said to Bi Goo.
"Why are you always targeting me?" Bi Goo turned his head.
"Ye Ting Palace can arrange it." Li Longji thought of a place. The Ye Ting Palace was busy with work, especially washing clothes.
Many people woke up early in the morning and started working until dark. They didn't even have a bite to eat.
The longer the day, the longer they had to work.
Li Longji also knew that the people outside the palace who washed clothes for a living would earn more money with this product, especially in winter.
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