Chapter 196 The Chu People Are Jealous to the Point of Madness

Not only the Chu people were stunned, but most of the Jing people who came to watch the excitement were also amazed.

This new type of water conservancy irrigation saves so much manpower, they really have never seen it before.

"What is this!?"

"No need for people to go in to irrigate the land?"

The Chu people on the other side of the river couldn't see clearly, they just thought it was amazing.

The Chu boats that originally transported food now started to transport people!

The Chu people on the shore, whether they were scholars, merchants or commoners, were excited, "Boatman, let me get on the boat, I'll pay the money!"

"Yes, we won't go ashore, I'll just take a look on the boat!"

"We don't count as violating the imperial edict, right?"

The Chu people started to use their little brains to find loopholes in the Chu King's imperial edict.

How can this be considered disobeying the imperial edict?

Of course... not!

The Chu King, who had already paid one or two silver coins and boarded the boat, heard the people shouting, and his feet almost slipped.

Well, anyway, he was ready to cross the river!

If the king of Chu could go back to the past and really wanted to stop him, his face wouldn't be so painful now.

The king of Chu crossed the river by himself!

Prime Minister Ji Duan and Princess Yun Wu followed naturally, and many brave people of Chu also got on the boat.

When they got close to the shore of Jing State, everyone saw clearly -

a wooden waterwheel that looked like a keel was set on the shore.

This waterwheel uses a wooden board as a trough, and the tail is immersed in the water flow. There is a small axle at the other end, fixed on the wooden frame of the embankment. Two adult men are on the shore, stepping on the wooden board and turning the axle.

The rotation of this axle drives the keel waterwheel to pump water from the river and transport it to the land.

"Good! This thing is convenient!" The king of Chu couldn't help but applaud!

And next to it, in addition to this keel waterwheel that relies on human power, there is also a waterwheel that can be hand-cranked.

This hand-cranked type is more convenient, and there are people next to it using this hand-cranked wooden cart to turn the soil in the ground.

Obviously, these items are much more convenient and labor-saving than pure human or ox power!

"One person can irrigate about five acres of land a day." There was a clerk from the Ministry of Works explaining next to him.

"Further upstream, the river is turbulent." The clerk pointed forward, "No need to pedal, it all depends on the impulse of the water flow to lead the water into the ground."

"!"

The people of Chu and Jing were amazed.

It will be much easier to farm in the future!

Their old waists can all stand up straighter.

[Oh, this is the water conservancy and irrigation skill book I exchanged before. ]

Xiao Chuchu was on the other side of the river, being held by Xiao Yunzhou, watching contentedly in the first row.

She then remembered the skill book she had exchanged a long time ago.

[Sure enough, my skill book has come to the world in the model developed by the people of Jing~]

[Great, who said I am not a little butterfly that promotes history~]

Xiao Chuchu looked at the edge of the field and the excited farmers who were watching the water conservancy irrigation, and her little face was also full of smiles.

[It's great. ]

Isn't it?

Xiao Yunzhou couldn't help laughing.

He had urged the Ministry of Works since the beginning of the year. They studied for three months and finally made it on the day of the elegant gathering!

"This big guy, are you going to sell it?!" A shout rang out from the crowd of Chu people across the river!

As soon as this voice came out, it was recognized by the people of Chu.

"Yes, are you going to sell it? How much silver!"

"Quote a price!"

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it!"

The people of Chu couldn't help wanting to get off the boat and give silver.

Although ordinary people don't have money, grain merchants do!

The head of a village also wants to buy it back.

Prime Minister Ji Duan couldn't help but look at the King of Chu. Who would have thought that the first person in the crowd who said he wanted to buy it was the King of Chu himself!

The King of Chu never took Jingguo seriously, but now it is obvious that the King of Chu saw these new utensils and felt that Jingguo had changed and become stronger!

"This one on the side is a water mill." The clerk of the Ministry of Works on the shore of Jingguo walked forward a little and continued to explain.

"This thing has three uses at once. The first section drives the stone mill to grind flour, the second section drives the pounding of rice, and the third section is used to divert water to irrigate the fields."

"According to the measurement of our Jingguo Ministry of Industry, using it to process rice is ten times more labor-saving than manual labor."

The people on both sides of the strait were all shocked.

They looked at the strange and fresh wooden things in front of them and saw with their own eyes that water and flour were continuously produced when they were used.

Grinding flour, pounding rice, and irrigating fields, it really works!

What kind of magical fairy thing is this.

"Can we all use it to farm in the future?"

"It depends on the river. We can do it in Xuncheng! There are many large and small streams in our Xuncheng..."

"When can we use it? Isn't it too expensive?"

The local Jingguo farmers in Xuncheng have not used this batch of utensils yet.

This batch was specially shipped from the suburbs of Beijing, where the Jingguo Ministry of Industry developed it, for the elegant gathering.

Some parts were directly made by local carpenters and assembled urgently.

"Our Ministry of Industry will soon put these tools into the villages in the water conservancy areas of Jingguo." The official of the Ministry of Industry of Jingguo said with a smile, "These don't cost the people any money."

"What? No money!"

"Is there such a good thing?"

The Jing people on the shore were very excited, and the Chu people on the boat were so jealous that they couldn't speak.

They opened their mouths, afraid that they would want to join Jingguo and go to Jingguo to farm!

"Why did the court give it to us?"

"Why is our Jingguo court so good?"

[This is the tax that everyone usually pays! Take from the people and use it for the people~]

Xiao Chuchu was smiling in Xiao Yunzhou's arms, [Emperor father did a good job this time. ]

Xiao Yunzhou raised his head and chest with pride.

Especially when he heard the envy, jealousy and wailing on the Chu ship, he, the emperor of Jing, felt very superior!

That's right, this is all the prosperity brought by his fairy little princess!

It was all taught by the little princess in her daily voice.

In this way, the tax revenue is used for the people, and the people can see and touch it, and it will benefit the people in a real way. The people can also better understand the necessity of paying taxes and will not be too disgusted.

Xiao Yunzhou raised his head and looked at the faces on the Chu ship who envied Jingguo, and he couldn't help but straighten his back even more.

Tremble, Chu people!

Today, he just showed what he learned from the fairy little princess in the past six months!

Tremble and worship in front of the things in the fairy world!

Xiao Yunzhou was pretentious in the sunlight, raising his handsome chin 15 degrees. Even though he was wearing a cloth, he could not hide his pride.

Beside him and behind him, the real common people of Jing State also had equally proud faces.

They all turned to the Chu State ship, unable to hide their boasting.

"It was just a piece of cake to treat you to food a few days ago! Today, haha! You have learned a lot, Chu people!"

"Don't envy us, we are Jing people, you are not, just watch us use good things hahaha!"

The Chu State ship was silent.

The King of Chu took a deep breath, and his eyes quickly fell on the most pretentious Jing countryman holding his daughter!

And Xiao Yunzhou's eyes soon fell on the majestic King of Chu.

The sights of the two emperors met in an instant!