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Chapter 18 Digging the River and Building the Embankment

Qian Xiaoxing originally thought of spending the night at the common people's house today. If there were female relatives to accompany him, he would never be polite. Now, Si Yingying probably would have been killed when she said it. After everyone left, she said to Si Yingying: "I sleep with other women. Are you jealous? Why don't you let them accompany me? Then tell me what benefits can I get when I work so hard to help everyone?"

Si Yingying listened to Qian Xiaoxing's complaint and shook her head secretly. This person had to think about the benefits of everything he did, so he could not contribute to the country. Now Xiao Cui has left, and the handle to restrain him is gone. He really doesn't know how to deal with it. When he turned around and saw Jia Ling, he suddenly had an idea, so he said, "If you don't do it well, Jia Ling, don't think about seeing it..."

When Qian Xiaoxing heard this, Si Yingying had this trick again. She had had enough of it before, so she replied: "If you don't see me, she doesn't like me anyway, and I still care about what she does."

Qian Xiaoxing didn't even take this trick anymore. Si Yingying immediately had no choice and asked, "Then what benefits did you think you want?"

"Unless you promised it to me," Qian Xiaoxing replied.

"Do you want me?" Si Yingying thought for a while and said, "As long as you work hard, it is not impossible. Then you can show me your performance."

After hearing this, Qian Xiaoxing knew that this was just a perfunctory statement. Who knew how to meet the conditions with great effort? But he was better than nothing and sighed: "Forget it, I'll do it well, what's the use of a short promise like yours?"

Si Yingying thought about it, yes, how much does he want to be satisfied with Qian Xiaoxing? He makes money in Shan, reduces tribute, kills Lei Hu, and encounters several times of distress, and finds a way to get out. Logically speaking, these add up, which is already a huge contribution. Perhaps he has too high expectations for Qian Xiaoxing.

"Do you do it well, you won't suffer any loss anyway." Si Yingying finished speaking helplessly and walked out.

Qian Xiaoxing looked at Si Yingying's slim back. Since she came to Si Guo, her temper has improved a lot. She hasn't touched her for a long time. Moreover, her attitude towards the people was so kind, as if she had changed her own person, which really made her feel a little moved.

I saw Jia Ling again. This girl didn’t call her. She was a dream in her heart. She still had to find a way to get closer to her, strive for a natural result, successfully get married immediately.

In the afternoon, Uncle Xu brought half a basket of mushrooms and said that it was a pick that was just picked in the morning, and more than a dozen people went out to pick it.

Qian Xiaoxing was not very familiar with mushrooms. After picking it, he found that there were familiar mushrooms. He asked Uncle Xu to dry these mushrooms first and there was no wind in the area. Then he asked Uncle Xu to find some wood that the mushrooms usually grow and chop the wood for later use.

The two came to the river again. Uncle Xu called Amu, a craftsman who knew how to build soil and stones, to discuss the construction of the river specifically. The three of them discussed that it was easy to dig deep in the middle of the river, but it was more troublesome to build the embankment on both sides of the river bank. Building the embankment requires a lot of stone, otherwise the embankment would be easily washed away.

In fact, Qian Xiaoxing was thinking about building a dike. Originally, it was because the current flow of the river was not enough to push the water truck. Now it seems that if you want to build a dike along the river, it is better to build a dam in the river together to raise the water level.

Uncle Xu said: "Although the construction of the embankment is a bit big, it still needs to be repaired. If it is not done well in a year, it will be repaired for two years. If we continue to repair it, we will have a day of repair. At that time, the fertile fields on both sides of the river bank will be guaranteed to be harvested by drought and flood."

"Okay, Uncle Xu tomorrow, you will arrange for people to start, pile up the mud and sand dug in the river to make embankments on both sides of the river bank, and then arrange for people to mine the quarry. By the way, what materials do you use to glue the gap between the stones?" Qian Xiaoxing asked.

"The one who builds a house is to use three-dimensional soil, lime and some clay, etc. If it is used in the river, it will be useless. The river water will flush out the three-dimensional soil." Amu, a craftsman, replied.

Qian Xiaoxing thought that cement should be able to be fired, so he asked Amu: "Do you have quicklime mine here?"

"Yes, there is a quicklime mine more than ten miles away, but there are few people buying limes, and no one goes to mine it." Amu replied.

"Well, take me to see if you have time." Qian Xiaoxing had never burned cement before. He still had doubts about whether it could be burned. Let's try it first.

The next day, Qian Xiaoxing came to the river early. A large number of people had gathered in the river, with a lot of people carrying the load on his shoulders and constantly carrying the mud and sand in the river to the shore.

Qian Xiaoxing walked along the river for a while, and this river was at least three or four hundred meters long. If there was an excavator or a forklift, that guy would be able to handle it immediately as soon as he started.

Qian Xiaoxing saw the people sweating profusely, but everyone smiled happily. When he saw Qian Xiaoxing, he greeted him politely. Qian Xiaoxing dragged his shoes and socks down the river. Thinking that he hadn't exercised for a long time, he carried a few loads of exercise.

"Mr. Qian, we can do this physical work, you don't have to do it anymore." Qian Xiaoxing was about to carry the burden among the people, so he hurriedly grabbed it and stopped it.

"It's okay, I haven't worked for a long time, and my body is lacking in exercise. I can't even work if I have a wife that day, that's not good." Qian Xiaoxing laughed.

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Manager Qian was really straightforward. Friends whom they knew each other would say these things. He was so good. As soon as he came up, it made everyone laugh, but there was no barrier between them. Everyone regarded Qian Xiaoxing as their family.

Some people who know how to joke about answering Qian Xiaoxing: "You have trained so well, do you want to marry a few more wives?"

Qian Xiaoxing laughed and said, "Not too many, just seven or eight are enough."

Qian Xiaoxing jumped on the load, and his shoulders suddenly felt aching. It was really not used to people who didn't carry loads often. They probably had seventy or eighty kilograms of loads on their loads. Qian Xiaoxing staggered a few steps and then climbed to the river bank. It would be fine if he walked on a flat road, but he would be even more tired if he climbed the river bank.

Qian Xiaoxing picked it twice, covered in sweat and panting, and sat on the big rock on the river beach and said, "Oh my god, I'm so tired."

The people next to him saw it and said, "It won't work if you hit it twice. You will be kicked out of bed by your wife at night."

Then there was another burst of laughter, and Qian Xiaoxing scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I don't know if I don't pick it. I know it's so tired after I choose it. I don't believe in the way that I can save effort."

Qian Xiaoxing picked up his shoes and ran to the shore for a walk. He immediately had an idea. He found Uncle Xu from the river beach and told his thoughts. Uncle Xu lowered his head and thought about it and asked, "Is this really OK?"

"No problem." Qian Xiaoxing remembered that he could do even air conditioners, so there was absolutely no problem with such a small amount of things.

It turned out that Qian Xiaoxing remembered the tower crane in modern times. The tall tower body stretched out a long crane, and made a slight change to make a balance. First, build a column on the ground, place a long wood to make a crossbar on the column, and hang one end with mud and sand dug from the riverbed, then pull down the other end, then wait for the end with mud and sand to rise and incline, install a pulley, and the dustpan hanging with mud and sand will slide down to the column, and you can pour the mud and sand on the edge of the column, which will be much easier.

Seeing that Uncle Xu still didn't understand, Qian Xiaoxing continued to explain: "Uncle Xu, look, the person carrying a load of mud and sand has to climb the river embankment once. Even if he doesn't carry things, he is very tired to climb back and forth. Once this thing is made, he will not be able to climb the river embankment. At least this effort is saved."

"Okay, I'll arrange for people to do it now. There is no other thing in the mountains, but there is more wood."

Then Uncle Xu led seven or eight young men and lifted two long woods in a short while. Qian Xiaoxing directed everyone, first digging out a groove at one end of the long wood that made the crossbar, and then made a roller with other wood. After tied the ropes in the two sections of the rollers, they put them in the groove and rolled them, and repaired the grooves to minimize friction.

Then cut the wood as the pillar into a wedge shape, dig a gap in the middle of the wood as the crossbar, use a wedge to press the gap, and tie a rope to fix it.

He lifted the wood to the bank of the river and dug a one-meter deep pit on the bank. It was like a telephone pole, tied the pillars everywhere with a rope, and pulled the rope and stood up.

People on the river beach also stopped living, watching this strange thing stand up, and they started to talk.

The columns were upright and the horizontal bars were laid. When the deep pit was filled with ease, Qian Xiaoxing started experimenting impatiently.

There were ropes tied to each end of the crossbar. Qian Xiaoxing pulled one of the riverbed and ran to the river beach. He slowly pulled the crossbar down and tied it up with a dustpan full of mud and sand, which signaled the people on the river bank to pull it.

The people on the shore pulled the rope downward, and the dustpan slowly rose. After the crossbar was raised, the rollers on the wood began to roll, causing the dustpan to roll to the middle pillar before stopping.

The person standing next to the pillar poured out the mud and sand from the dustpan, and Qian Xiaoxing pulled the crossbar down again. After the crossbar was lowered, the roller began to roll again, rolling until the end of the crossbar blocked the groove, and stopped.

The people only realized after watching Qian Xiaoxing's demonstration that this was a crane, and according to his demonstration, it was indeed much easier.

Uncle Xu walked over and said, "What's the name of this thing? It's really good."

Qian Xiaoxing looked at the originally lower end slowly raised and smiled, "It's just a matter of being the boss."

Uncle Xu didn't understand the meaning of it for a while, so he thought for a while and said, "This overlord is good, but the speed is slower."

Qian Xiaoxing also observed that it took a long time to go back and forth, and those who carry the load could go back and forth once. So he said, "Then make the dustpan bigger and install more at a time."

"If you pretend too much, you can't pull it by one person over there. If you want to pull it for a few more people, it's not worth it." Uncle Xu thought about it and said.

"If you can't pull it, you can make a pulley." Qian Xiaoxing replied immediately.

"What to do?" Uncle Xu didn't understand.

Qian Xiaoxing didn't answer, pulled Uncle Xu and came to the top of the arch. He ordered the carpenter to make a few wheels and build a set of pulleys. According to the theory, the pulling force only needs one-quarter of the original one.

Qian Xiaoxing asked five dustpans to hang on the river beach, about 200 kilograms. Qian Xiaoxing pulled the rope, and gradually the five dustpans were slowly lifted up.

Uncle Xu opened his eyes wide and looked at Qian Xiaoxing in disbelief. The dustpan was heavier than him, but after a few wheels, it was lifted up.

"Mr. Qian, how did you do this? Why did you lift all such heavy things up?" Uncle Xu said in surprise.

Everyone also surrounded and looked at Xiqi. Qian Xiaoxing smiled and said, "If I were to give me a longer wooden stick, I could lift your house with one finger."

Uncle Xu became nervous when he heard this. He was really afraid that Qian Xiaoxing would lift his house. He waved his hand and said, "Then it's not needed, no more." Then he reached out and touched the pulley carefully. He still couldn't figure it out in his heart. Qian Xiaoxing was indeed what Si Yingying said. He had many ideas and was smart. Now he really saw it.

Uncle Xu asked everyone, "Well, how about the overlord's slap in a slight manner?"

Everyone nodded and boasted endlessly. They all gave their thumbs up and admired Qian Xiaoxing for such a magical artifact...

"That's it, then put dozens of them on the river bank." Uncle Xu saw that everyone agreed, so he would do more. Anyway, there is nothing else in the mountains, and there is more wood.

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