Shandong, Jinan, Governor's Office, Signature Room.

Ding Baozhen put down the phone and said with a smile on his face: "Yuanqi wants to vigorously promote deep wells in the northern provinces in order to fight drought. ”

Hearing this, staff member Xue Fubao was also overjoyed, "But low-interest loans to encourage well-drilling?" ”

"Not bad." Ding Baozhen said with a smile: "Yuanqi's move is very good, once all states and counties popularize deep wells, Shandong will no longer have the worry of drought, it is said that you can use a steam engine to pump water from deep wells, which is extremely convenient." ”

After a pause, he continued: "In order to alleviate the pressure of the imperial court's relief, the imperial court and Yuan Qi plan to join forces to organize immigrants - to the three northeastern provinces, as well as North Korea and Wa Province, the immigration policy is favorable. ”

After hesitating, Xue Fubao said: "Since it is to promote and popularize deep wells to relieve the drought in Shandong once and for all, why do you still need to emigrate?" ”

"It takes time to popularize deep wells, how can it be achieved overnight?" Ding Baozhen said slowly: "Moreover, it is also a long-term national policy for immigrants to enrich the frontier, and it will naturally be implemented in the year of the catastrophe. ”

"That's what my lord said." Xue Fubao said and bowed slightly to retreat, but Ding Baozhen said: "Also, inform Jinan Mansion that the northern provincial capitals will send people to Jinan to observe and learn the machine to drill wells, and he will make proper reception arrangements, and the relevant expenses will be allocated by the imperial court." ”

Xue Fubao said tentatively: "Do the prefectures and counties in our province also have to send people to observe and study?" ”

"It's nature." Ding Baozhen said: "Even if there is no disaster in the state and county, you must send people to come, there is no disaster this year, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no disaster in the future." ”

Shandong, Tai'an Province.

Tai'an Prefecture has jurisdiction over Tai'an, Dongping, Dong'e, Pingyin, Feicheng five counties, of which Feicheng since the beginning of this year has almost not rained, the wells are dry and the fields are cracked, the rivers are dried up, and the price of grain is also rising.

In the face of such a severe drought, the county magistrate Hong Renshou was anxious that the six gods had no owner, and while reporting the disaster and asking for more relief, he ordered the local wealthy households to open porridge sheds for relief, and at the same time sent people to hire a machine well drilling team at a high price.

"Your Excellency." Master Tang Shengwang stepped into the flower hall with a happy face, and Hong Renshou, who was trying to persuade the local wealthy businessmen to increase their relief efforts, frowned unhappily, stopped talking, and said, "The well drilling team has arrived?" ”

"The well-drilling team has arrived, and there is good news!" Tang Shengwang bowed as he spoke, "The Fu Department called, the imperial court and Yuanqi joined forces to organize immigration to Kwantung, Korea, and Wa provinces, and Yuanqi lent money at low interest to promote the ...... of machine drilling for drought relief. ”

"Yuan Qi came forward for disaster relief?" Hong Renshou couldn't help but be overjoyed, Yuanqi's disaster relief skills were not comparable to the imperial court, and he hurriedly ordered: "Immediately issue notices, post them everywhere, and intercept all the people who fled the famine." After a pause, he continued: "Send a sedan chair to invite Yuan Qisun to be the shopkeeper." As he spoke, he felt that it was inappropriate again, and changed his words: "Prepare a sedan chair, and the official will visit in person." ”

Tang Shengwang hurriedly reminded: "What about the well drilling team? ”

Song Youkun, a local gentleman who was left aside, hurriedly said: "The well drilling team is handed over to be entertained here." ”

Hong Renshou nodded, "It is reported that the machine is drilling wells very fast, and the current drought is like a fire, so there is no room for a delay ......." ”

"Don't worry, master." Song Youkun hurriedly bowed and said.

Machine drilling is still a new thing in the Qing Dynasty, and the quantity is also very small, although because of the high price, ordinary people can hardly bear, but the large households with a large amount of land are still very willing to invite the machine drilling team to come to drill deep wells to ensure the harvest when the drought is serious, there are many states and counties that have been affected by disasters this year, and the machine drilling team has become extremely popular.

There are a total of 12 people in the machine drilling team, the captain is a middle-aged man in his early thirties, thick eyebrows and big eyes, very capable and strong, called Tian Xiaohua, a native of Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, in the early years in the Nanyang Marine Corps, and was assigned to Qingdao after retirement.

For the Song family's hospitality, Tian Xiaohua did not refuse, and after settling down, he did not rest, and sent someone to the field to survey the location of the well, and then proposed to see the county lord, saying that there was an important matter to discuss, Song Youkun knew that Yuanqi lent money at low interest to promote the machine to drill wells, so naturally he would not interfere, and hurriedly sent him to the county office.

Hearing the report that the captain of the machine drilling team asked to see, the county magistrate Hong Renshou did not put up a shelf, pressing down the machine to drill the well is directly related to the success or failure of the drought fight, he also wanted to know more about the situation of the well, Tian Xiaohua entered the living room, glanced at the county master who was sitting still, and arched his hand without humility or arrogance: "In the Xia Yuan Qimaoyuan drilling team, Shandong detachment, deputy detachment leader Tian Xiaohua, I have seen adults." ”

Seeing that his words and deeds were calm, it was obvious that he was a retired soldier, and he reported that he was the deputy detachment leader, Hong Renshou didn't dare to hold the official frame anymore and hurriedly got up and took two steps, and said with a smile: "The people of Feicheng can be regarded as looking forward to the captain of the Tian detachment." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Don't be formal, please take a seat." ”

Tian Xiaohua was a company commander before retiring, and in the face of Hong Renshou, the prince of Qipin County, he had no sense of restraint, and after sitting down generously, he said straightforwardly: "Yuanqi issued low-interest loans to promote machines to drill wells to help the northern provinces, states and counties fight drought and save themselves, adults should know?" ”

Hong Renshou smiled: "Ben..... I also received the telegram just now, and Captain Tian is much more informed than we are. ”

"At present, there are a total of 12 well drilling teams in Maoyuan, six in Shandong, and Feicheng is the hardest hit area, so I personally led the team here." Tian Xiaohua said unhurriedly: "In order to quickly promote machine drilling, we need the full support of adults. ”

Hong Renshou said without thinking: "If there is any request, the captain of the Tian detachment will mention it, and Feicheng will support it with all his might." ”

"Thank you, sir." Politely, Tian Xiaohua asked with a smile: "There are fast and slow machines to drill wells, the difference between fast and slow is in the well beam, if the pine wood is used to make the well beam, it may take ten days and a half months or even twenty days to drill a well, but if it is a molded well tree poured with concrete, it only takes three or five days to ......." ”

Can you drill a deep well of more than seven zhang in three or five days? How is this possible? Hong Renshou looked at the other party in disbelief, and immediately he became excited, if he could really have such a fast speed, the drought could be quickly controlled, and he hurriedly said: "If a disaster is like fighting a fire, it is natural to take the fastest way." ”

"The price of the molded shaft is expensive, and it is currently only available in Jinan, so it has to be transported from the railway to Tai'an and then transferred." Tian Xiaohua added: "The price is open and transparent, and the standard is unified, this is a disaster relief project, and it will not take the opportunity to make profits." ”

"No problem, the top priority is drought relief, and it doesn't matter if it's expensive." Hong Renshou said simply, if it was before, he might still hesitate, after all, the price of drilling a deep well was already expensive, but now he doesn't need to care, there is Yuanqi to lend.

"There's one more request." Tian Xiaohua said slowly: "I also hope that the adults will send people from the surrounding states and counties to come to observe and learn the machine to drill wells, so that it can be popularized as soon as possible." ”

Early the next morning, the roar of the machine sounded on the head of the Song family, and the people who came to watch the Western scenery surrounded the construction site of Nuoda with three layers inside and three layers outside.

Although it is not uncommon to drill wells in the countryside, it is the first time for them to drill wells by machines, and the machines they see effortlessly drill a deep pit in the ground, and the onlookers are novel and shocked, and then point their fingers and talk about it.

The machine drills the well very quickly, but the construction of the well is very slow, the so-called well is the layer of lining inlaid in the well, and it is built with bricks and stones, and it is also built with wood, in order to save costs, most of them are built with wood.

The carpenter saws the thick planks in advance, and carve the holes and tenons at both ends of the boards, and then go down to the well layer by layer, and then buckle the planks according to the holes and tenons one by one, and finally tamp the shaft with a heavy hammer.

Because of the slow speed of the shaft, it seriously slowed down the speed of the machine drilling, which disappointed the people who came to see the excitement, and what disappointed them even more was that they only drilled three zhang, and stopped working after the water came out.

Shallow wells are very common in rural areas, the water of this kind of wells is generally a little brackish, can not be drunk or watered, can only be used for washing, there is no use, otherwise every household will dig wells in the ground, after all, the cost of shallow wells is not high.

Three days later, when the moulded well with concrete poured was transported, people really saw the terrifying speed of machine drilling, and the speed of more than one person high concrete well was amazing, and at noon the next day, a deep well of 8 dense water up to 11 zhang was completed.

When the clear well water was pumped out of the deep well, Tian Xiaohua tried it, and then motioned to take a bucket of water to Hong Renshou, the magistrate of Feicheng County, and a group of gentry and businessmen who came to watch.

The well water is clear and sweet in the mouth, which is a rare good water! The crowd suddenly cheered unwillingly, and the cheers came one after another!

A deep well can be drilled in five days! Maybe even faster, what does that mean? After trying the Guojing water, Zhixian Hong Renshou stood up excitedly and bowed to Tian Xiaohua and the others to express his gratitude in his heart.

Tian Xiaohua replied with a smile on his face, and then ordered: "Mix the water from the shallow well with the water from the deep well in a ratio of one to two, and it is still okay to water the ground, so you don't have to worry about the lack of water supply." ”

Looking at the two wells, one deep and one shallow, flowing out at the same time, Song Youkun immediately understood that it was no problem to pour the water from the two wells after mixing, and he couldn't help laughing loudly: "This silver is worth it!" With such a large amount of water output, it can water an acre of land in half an hour, and you will no longer have to rely on God to eat in the future! ”

Looking at the tumultuous water, a gentry next to him said suspiciously: "How did I hear that it is not easy to get water from this deep well?" ”

"More than ten zhang deep well, it is naturally not easy to get water with a wheel." Hong Renshou said with a smile: "This is pumping water with a steam engine, how can it be compared?" ”

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Yi Zhengxing said with a smile on his face: "A deep water well in three days, a shallow well and a deep water well are mixed to water the ground, this Tian Xiaohua is a malleable talent." ”

It is indeed a talent, Yi Zhizhi nodded, however, he was a little uncertain about whether there would be sequelae after the synthesis of deep and shallow wells, after all, this thing has been strictly tested or tested in long-term practice, and he groaned slightly, he said: "This move is quite creative, it can greatly reduce the amount of deep groundwater, however, whether this mixing ratio is appropriate, needs further testing and verification." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Call back, affirm his idea and practice, however, the shallow well is brackish, even if it is watered for a long time after the synthesis, it is difficult to ensure whether it is harmful to the land, so he will reduce the mixing ratio, mix according to the ratio of one or four, and I will send someone to test the water quality." ”

Seeing that he was so cautious, Yi Zhengxing couldn't help but secretly admire, and said: "The drought-fighting move of the deep well can be said to be beneficial for a thousand years, once it is popularized, there will be no drought in the northern provinces, and it will greatly promote the development of agriculture in the north." However, with the existing deep wells fighting drought, can this water conservancy project be appropriately reduced? ”

"Nope." Yi Zhizhi waved his hand, "Once the deep groundwater is overexploited, it will also cause catastrophic consequences, and it can only be pumped in the event of a drought, and surface water is the main source of agricultural irrigation, and water conservancy projects should not be affected by this." ”

"The big shopkeeper is very knowledgeable and long-term, and the students are really happy and convinced." Zhao Liewen flattered, and the conversation changed, "Will this drought really last for several years?" A drought of this magnitude and duration is unheard of. ”

"It is precisely because it is unheard of that it is called a rare miracle." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "For this natural disaster, we would rather believe it than believe it, even if it is a heavy loss, we can't be lucky." ”

Seeing that he obviously didn't want to explain, the two naturally didn't want to ask any more questions, Yi Zhengxing immediately pulled back the conversation, "If the northern provinces can popularize deep wells within two years, will it be possible to end this rare drought?" ”

"As I said, groundwater is finite and cannot be exploited indefinitely. The northern provinces are full of wells that persist for several years, and may have even more serious consequences. Yi Zhishu said slowly: "Besides, we can't use all the funds for this famine ........ ”

Hearing this, Zhao Liewen said worriedly: "With such a catastrophe, if we can't properly provide relief, will there be large-scale riots or turmoil?" ”

Mass riots, unrest? The past few years in history seem to be very peaceful, thinking of this, Yi Zhi couldn't help but be stunned, Ding Shuqi famine lasted for four years, the death toll was as high as 10 million, and there was no peasant uprising with an impact on the scale, this thing is a little strange, if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army broke out in the past few years, I am afraid that it will be over early in the morning.

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