Chenliu County.

After the accompanying soldiers of the Hu army returned, they went directly to Yongqiu. The military camp there had been built, and the living conditions were much better than the garrison camp in Chenliu County.

This is naturally attributed to Wu Liang.

In addition to not being short of money himself, he also fought for benefits for the Hu army in front of Boss Cao last time. As a result, the food and salary treatment of the soldiers of the Hu army are now higher than those of the most intimate and elite soldiers under Boss Cao.

You can eat meat and drink wine, which is not very comfortable.

certainly.

This is also because the Hu army is not large in number. So far, there are still only about a hundred or so people. No matter how delicious the food is, it will not be of much use to Boss Cao.

But what the Huren Army has to do with is the food and salary of the entire Cao Army. Boss Cao is a smart man, so he can naturally figure out this small and huge debt, and he will definitely not be picky about this... What's more, the Huren Army has always been hiding in

In the dark, even if they are treated differently, there is no need to worry about causing dissatisfaction with other troops.

As for Wu Liang and others, they were the first to return to their house in Chenliu County.

Wu Liang had not seen his beauties for a long time, so he would always go back to say hello and take a look at how these growing beauties were developing recently.

Needless to say, the joy and enthusiasm of the beauties, Chen Jinshui and others when they saw Wu Liang return.

But soon, Wu Liang discovered that there seemed to be one missing person among his beauties. This beauty was usually very shy. When she saw him, she would always hide away with her head down and her face red, and she would always hide away accidentally.

I mistakenly called him "Dad".

"Where's Xiang'er?"

Wu Liang looked around. No matter how shy this girl was before, she would never hide away from him. At most, she would just hide in a corner and look at him secretly.

"Sir, Miss Xiang'er is amazing now. She has become the goddess of Yongqiu County. She is recognized as the reincarnation of Lu Ban by eight villages in ten miles. Not only early in the morning, the county magistrate Zhu Lu of Yongqiu County personally led people to carry her shoulders.

Please ask Miss Xiang'er to guide the construction of the 'Crane'."

Chen Jinshui quickly came up and said with envy.

"Crane?"

Wu Liang reacted for a moment after hearing this, and soon he roughly guessed what it was.

In the historical documents discovered by later generations, the "Crane Car" is also called the "Bamboo Car" or the "Tube Car". It is a water conservancy irrigation tool that uses water flow as power to automatically and continuously transport water from low places.

Oriented to a high place, it saves a lot of manpower and animal power required for irrigation.

But this thing is not something that should appear in this era.

As far as Wu Liang knows, there was only one type of irrigation tool called the "keel waterwheel" or "turnover" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

This thing is also a tool to achieve low water and high water diversion, but it needs to be powered by hand cranking, pedaling or oxen pulling, and uses sprocket transmission to drive the keel plates, so that it can divert water into the river or pool.

The water is brought out for irrigation or drainage, but even so, the efficiency is far better than the most primitive water carrying.

The "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records that the "Dragon Bone Waterwheel" was invented by a eunuch named "Bi Lan" during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. It was later perfected by a Wei and Jin inventor named "Ma Jun" during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was finally

Put into use and began to spread.

Many people may not know this "Ma Jun", but in the eyes of historians, he is one of the most famous mechanical inventors in the history of ancient science and technology in China, and can definitely be compared with Lu Ban and Mozi.

This person not only perfected the "keel waterwheel", but also restored the legendary "compass wheel", improved the extremely cumbersome "silk weaving machine" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and created a "rotating trebuchet" that can achieve continuous firing. , improved the "Zhuge Liannu" invented by Zhuge Liang...

He even created the "Water Turning Hundreds of Plays" that was comparable to Yanshi's "Wooden Armored Man".

It is said that this "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" only needs to turn on the mechanism.

The musician puppets immediately started playing drums and flutes, and the singer puppets danced gracefully.

The performances of the acrobatic puppets are even more exciting, some stacking up, some tumbling, throwing balls, and some making thrilling moves on ropes.

The performance can be described as varied, lifelike, lively and interesting.

This "Ma Jun" is an inventor in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so he and Wu Liang are in the same camp.

Unfortunately, it was not the same period. Although the specific dates of birth and death of "Ma Jun" have not been found in history, his "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" was dedicated to Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui for his enjoyment.

Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui was Cao Pi's successor. He came to the throne in 226 AD and died of illness in 239 AD.

And now it is 194 AD, which means that the earliest "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" created by "Ma Jun" was 32 years ago, and the latest may be 45 years ago.

So now, Wu Liang is not sure whether this "Ma Jun" has been born.

But one thing is certain, Wu Liang is only in his early twenties. If the trend of history does not change and he lives a relatively long life, he should still have the opportunity to meet "Ma Jun" and see him with his own eyes when he is in his fifties or sixties. I saw the "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" invention he invented.

But now is not the time to think about this. Wu Liang is more concerned about the "sky train" that Thyme suddenly created during his absence.

If it were really the "tube cart" known to later generations, it would be amazing.

Because this thing has far surpassed this era. According to historical records, the "tube cart" was invented in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty.

The Sui Dynasty was founded in 581 AD and died in 618 AD. It was about four hundred years ago. Things four hundred years later appeared early, and directly skipped the "Ma Jun" improvement of the "keel waterwheel" The process, do you think it’s great or not?

If this is true, there may be another unappreciated person in history...

Because of his intrusion.

Li Bai no longer had "About to Enter the Wine" to write.

Zao Zhi and Han Hao also no longer have the farming system to mention.

"Ma Jun" no longer needs to improve the "keel waterwheel".

There are also Newton, Archimedes, Hooke... and a series of other people who have promoted the development of human science and technology in later generations.

Wu Liang couldn't help but feel a little guilty. A plagiarist like him who walked in the original author's shoes hundreds of years in advance and left the original author with no way out was really unscrupulous and too talented.

Thinking like this.

"Chen Jinshui, do you know where Xiang'er is now? I want to see what this 'sky carriage' is."

Wu Liang straightened his body and asked subconsciously.

"It's easy to tell. I'll go to the Yongqiu County Government Office to find out more about it."

Chen Jinshui immediately turned around and walked out.

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

Wu Liang also stood up and followed quickly.

Thyme has the foundation of some ancient craftsmen. He has reason to believe that after understanding many of the physical theories he taught that would appear to be relatively basic to later generations, Thyme was finally greatly inspired and opened the door to a new world, so... ..."Goddess" and "Lu Ban's Reincarnation" came into being.

For this reason, Wu Liang couldn't wait to see his "results" with his own eyes.

In addition, when he came back this time, he actually planned to give the "Wooden Armor Man" stolen from Qi'ai Cemetery to Thyme for research. Although he did not dare to expect Thyme to be able to restore it, many of the details and craftsmanship may also be able to give it to Thyme.

Thyme brings a certain degree of enlightenment with itself, producing unpredictable chemical effects.

expect……

…

More than an hour later.

In one of the Zhu family's fields in Yongqiu County, Wu Liang finally saw Thyme...and Zhu Lu, the third son of the Zhu family, who was squatting aside and looking at Thyme like a little fan.

This picture is quite fascinating.

Zhu Lu was a dandy before, but he still had such a well-behaved and honest side. What's more, he was dealing with a little girl who hadn't even gotten married yet. I didn't know what the villagers who were used to seeing him domineering and domineering would think.

At this time, a waterwheel more than one foot high has been assembled by the river. More than twenty carpenters and farmers are installing it according to Thyme's drawings, and they come to Thyme for advice from time to time.

Thyme's pretty face is still slightly childish, but it has lost a lot of timidity, and her movements reveal a confidence that was rarely seen before.

"Brother Youcai, when did you come back?"

Zhu Lu was the first to see Wu Liang coming on horseback. He quickly put away his previous attitude of being a little fanboy and stood up to greet him with a surprised look on his face.

"It's just today, dear brother Yongkang, you look good lately."

Wu Liang jumped off his horse and said hello with a smile.

"Master?"

Thyme hurriedly turned around when she heard the sound, and saw Wu Liang rubbing his eyes in disbelief, then dropping the drawings and running towards Wu Liang with small steps, but in the end he still didn't dare to jump directly into Wu Liang's arms.

When he came closer, he suddenly braked, with a small red face, he saluted with sincerity and fear, "Master, you are back... I didn't know that the master was coming back today, so I didn't stay at home to welcome him. I realized my mistake."

, please punish me, the head of the family."

"this……"

Seeing this situation, Zhu Lu thought Wu Liang's family had very strict tutoring, so he felt a little sorry. He quickly explained to Thyme with a smile, "Brother Youcai, you can't blame Mr. Baili for this. I'm the one who begged for nothing."

I came here to invite Mr. Baili to help. If Brother Cai wants to blame, blame me. I am willing to prepare good wine and food to hold a banquet for Brother Cai to make amends."

In this era, the word "Sir" means "the master comes first, the teacher means", so it is not wrong for Zhu Lu to call Thyme "Sir".

"..."

When the carpenters and farmers saw this scene, they felt a little puzzled.

Thyme is now a well-known goddess in Yongqiu County. It coincides with the beginning of spring cultivation. Her invention has solved a lot of agricultural problems for nearby farmers and villagers. Not only the nearby people regard her as a goddess, but also the third son of the Zhu family.

Zhu Lu respected her very much and often served her tea and water himself.
To be continued...