Han Yueniang took a handful of noodles in her hand and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Since I made this kind of noodles, people around me have bought them for eating, and they said they were refreshing and delicious. Now the weather is hot and my family can't eat, so we can also eat some."

Du Zhongxiao straightened his eyes and looked at the noodles in Han Yueniang's hand. After a while, he said, "So how do you come down to eat?"

Han Yueniang said: "I saw that the shops outside were cooked in water, and the broth was added, which was delicious. We didn't have that much time to cook meat at home. After we put it in, we bought two kilograms of cooked meat from outside and cut it into it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "How to eat it so greasy? I'll tell you how to eat it. Put the noodles in boiling water and cook them, then rinse them with cold water. Wait until you get cool again, stir-fry the meat and pour it on top, it's simple and delicious."

Han Yueniang smiled and said, "That's nonsense! After finally cooking it, I'll take a shower with water. Where can I eat this way!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Just make sure you eat as I said. It's not worth much, it's not delicious, it's just made again."

Han Yueniang looked disbelief and shook her head and went into the kitchen, asking her to do what Du Zhongxiao said.

Seeing Han Yueniang leaving, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but shake his head. Noodles are not good, they are simple, they are resistant to storage and transportation, and are easier to commercialize. When it comes to delicious food, where is the rolled fresh noodles delicious?

It is natural that when a new thing comes out, everyone eats it strange. The price of noodles is not high, and it is not much more expensive than white noodles. After it is produced, many officials in the yamen bought them at home. Compared with other pasta, the method of making noodles is much simpler. They can be cooked in water and cooked noodles in various ways. However, there are fewer ways to eat noodles in this era, and it quickly became popular in the yamen.

The industry is underdeveloped, and any industrial method is popular. It is like a belief. In the eyes of the people, industrial products are naturally higher-end, atmospheric and higher-end than handmade products. Due to logistics restrictions and the difficulty of obtaining money for poor people, even simple goods such as noodles can only afford them. The countryside is reluctant to spend those few copper coins. Whether industrial products can be used is a symbol of distinguishing between urban and rural people in the pre-industrial era, and it has its own halo.

When the industry becomes more developed and industrial products are everywhere, the atmosphere will change. Large-scale industrial products have become synonymous with low-end products. Pure natural growth and pure handmade production, it is best to bring a strong sense of emotion to be called high-end and high-end.

Even if it is as simple as noodle, you must follow this rule. Even if the price of land sales is not high, after being launched on the market, only the well-off families in the city and the rich people in the countryside will buy noodles and even serve them to treat customers. Even their own homes are not unavoidable.

Du Zhongxiao really wanted to tell Han Yueniang that she could lay more eggs when she was down and she could also be a patient meal.

After dinner, Du Zhongxiao went to Qianya, drank tea with Su Song for a while, chatted for a while, and said, "There are droughts these days, and the villages under the commerce field were used to be fiddlers, and they didn't know how to farm. I heard from the people below that many of them sat and watched the fields dry up and the seedlings die, but did not find a way to water them. Let's go down and inspect and teach the villagers not to be lazy for a while, and regret it in autumn."

Su Song said: "What I mean is that although the fields have been cultivated now, the villagers do not know how to farm, which is really a headache."

Du Zhongxiao said again: "Two days ago, I asked Shibalang to build a water truck, which can use mule and horse wells to draw water to irrigate the fields, which is very convenient to use. Let's take a look together. If it is easy to use, it will be promoted to various villages."

The two left the yamen, took Shisanlang and a group of followers, rode their horses to the ferry and cross the river. They walked a short distance and arrived at the nearest village.

The villagers had already heard the news that Di Du head of the village led the villagers and welcomed them early at the entrance of the village. When they saw Du Zhongxiao and his party, they hurriedly welcomed them into the village.

After entering the village, Du Zhongxiao said to Di Du: "When the weather is not too hot now, let's take a look at the new water truck. Is it easy to use."

Di Du said, "Return to the official, the water truck is very useful! Using a donkey can water three acres of land a day, which is very useful!"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "It's good to use it. Let's go and see. If you use it well, you will let other villages open wells."

Di Dutou led the villagers to lead the way, and not far to the south of the village, there was a vegetable garden. It was early summer, and the vegetable garden was green and there were all kinds of vegetables. In the past, they also planted vegetables in front of and behind the houses. The vegetable gardens of these people were much better managed than the fields.

When I entered the vegetable garden, I saw a donkey covered in an eyebrow, and was spinning around slowly. Two and a half-old children were sitting next to me, lowering their heads, and concentrating on fighting crickets.

Di Du said loudly: "Sanlang, Qilang, let you watch the water lift, why are you having fun there!"

The two and a half-old children stood up and dared not speak back, so they stood on the edge of the field together.

The donkey was pulling a new water truck. This water truck was a newly made wooden frame, with an iron chain lifting water out of the well, and a water diversion outlet beside it, gurgling water flowing continuously. The water flow was not big, like a stream in the mountains, and it was always better.

A piece of red silk was also covered with a piece of red silk on the wooden stand in the well, fluttering in the wind, and it was particularly conspicuous under the scorching sun. This was something Du Zhongxiao ordered people to make. The villagers attached great importance to it and dressed it up. In addition to the red silk, some wild flowers were also inserted in a mess next to it, and I don’t know who inserted it.

When he arrived, Du Zhongxiao said to Su Song: "In the past, water trucks were used to fetch water from the river, which was inconvenient. There were not many channels for field management, so that water trucks were inconvenient to use. There were many groundwater here. If you dig wells, water could be discharged for more than one meter. It was inexhaustible. With this kind of water truck, most of the land that was driven can be watered, which can ensure harvest in drought and flood, which has endless benefits."

The water truck has existed since the Han Dynasty. It has developed to the present state of the shape, and it has been changed from scraper to cylinder type, which is very convenient to use. During the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Du Shi was appointed as the prefect of Nanyang and also understood the water drainage. Using water power to promote the blowing of wind and iron smelting is a huge progress in iron smelting technology. The Tangzhou area belonged to Nanyang County during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Whether it was water drainage or water truck, it was not uncommon among the people. The principle of water drainage blowing is to turn the rotational movement through the crank slider mechanism into reciprocating movement, which is just the opposite of the steam engine. People like Su Song and Han Jiang are very easy to accept steam engines.

However, water trucks have limitations in lifting water, because they use the water power of rivers and can only be used on relatively large rivers. The newly opened fields for field operations have insufficient channels, and there are very few places where water trucks can be used. This area has sufficient rainwater, abundant groundwater, and high water level, making it easy to drill wells. If you can use well water to irrigate, it will save a lot of effort to build canals.

Su Song saw that the water truck used a pair of gears to change the horizontal rotation of the donkey to vertical rotation, driving the chain to penetrate deep into the well. A bamboo tube was tied to the chain, and the bamboo tube was sealed with a leather money. When it entered the well water, the water tube was filled. As the rotation was made, the chain came out of the well. Because the water opened again, the water in the water tube poured out and flowed into the water outlet.

When Du Zhongxiao was a child, he once saw such a well in his small village for watering the garden. A few days ago, I accidentally remembered that based on a vague impression, he made this water wheel with Shisanlang. The structure of this water wheel is not complicated. A pair of bevel gears are cast iron and are very rough. It is very common in water mills now. The most important thing is the chain. To be more professional, it is a circular chain, not a roller chain that is common in previous lives. In fact, it is a large iron chain for tying a dog, which is made by a blacksmith. The sprocket is also cast, but it is also possible to use wood, everything is simple.
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