Anyone who knows Li Hao knows that he is a miser, and taking money out of his pocket is the same as cutting his flesh, not to mention three thousand times, it is better to stab him twice directly.

Du Hong on the side originally thought that Li Hao would refuse, but after Li Hao was silent for a while, he actually gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, three thousand is three thousand, but I said ugly things ahead, if you don't get it within ten days, you don't even want to get a penny!" ”

Lu Zhi smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, as long as the money is enough, it will be completed regularly." ”

"Sure enough, money can make ghosts grind." Li Hao nodded with satisfaction and told Du Hong, "Du Hong, in the next few days, you will follow Master Lu, meet all his requirements, ask for money, and ask people to give people." ”

Du Hong was stunned: "Young master, where do we have any?" ”

"Stupid!" Li Hao glared, "If you have money, you're afraid that you won't be able to hire someone?" ”

Du Hong: ......

For the sake of the wind-powered waterwheel, Li Hao was bleeding heavily this time, gritted his teeth and pulled three thousand pieces out of the library for Lu Zhi to squander, and the huge project began.

To tell the truth, Li Hao is not the heart of the Virgin, but he really doesn't want to see the picture of hungry people everywhere, let alone see his Shanghe Village villagers become disaster victims because of the lack of harvest in the fields, because Shanghe Village is his Li Hao's territory.

It just so happened that Li Hao's family had a group of craftsmen, and these craftsmen helped Li Hao build a house, more than 80 people.

First of all, the site selection, the location of the waterwheel is not too elegant, as long as the water level is suitable, but the location of the windmill is more harsh, must be selected in an open place, no mountains, rivers and forests or buildings to block, if the windmill is not windy, it is a decoration.

Li Hao personally participated in the site selection, and finally settled on a bend on the south bank of the Qingshui River, where the terrain is higher, the field of vision is broad, there is no shelter, there is wind all year round, and it is the best place to build a windmill.

In order to speed up the construction of windmills and waterwheels, Li Hao specially spent money to invite more than 100 young and strong villagers to do handymen, digging foundations, digging ditches, and driving piles.

The originally clean and lonely Qingshui River has become very lively these days, with 120 craftsmen and more than 100 handymen, as well as many villagers who come to see the excitement and deliver tea, the scene is simply overcrowded.

For this wind-powered waterwheel, Li Hao attaches great importance to it, changes his usual lazy habits, comes to supervise the work early in the morning every day, and sometimes personally goes into battle to help, often making muddy water and returning.

After seven days of hard work, the wind-powered waterwheel was finally completed, and the irrigation canal was dug, but Li Hao was a little unhappy, because the project was seriously overrun, and it took 4,500 yuan, and his heart was dripping blood.

Looking at the huge windmill and waterwheel, the faces of the villagers were full of expectation, seeing the villagers full of anticipation, Li Hao's heart was a little bottomless, if this wind-powered waterwheel didn't work, he estimated that he would have no face to see people.

The base of the windmill is as Lu Zhi said, a tower has been built, it is a bit like the chimney of a chemical factory, there is a door at the bottom of the tower, Li Hao opened the door, entered the tower, and saw huge wooden gears everywhere, according to Lu Zhi, these wood materials for manufacturing gears are very expensive, a gear is worth almost a hundred, Li Hao was speechless, and finally knew why there was a serious overrun, there are more than a dozen large and small gears here, can you not overrun!

Lu Zhi began to introduce to Li Hao: "This is the control room, the windmill can be controlled through the lever, the lever on the left can change the direction of the windmill to cater to the wind in different seasons, and the lever on the right can lock the windmill as long as it is pulled down, so that the windmill stops rotating." ”

"Wow, that's high-end." Li Hao looked at Lu Zhi in surprise, "Are you from the Organ City?" ”

Lu Zhi looked confused: "What is the organ city?" ”

"Don't worry about the details." Li Hao waved his hand and smiled, "By the way, I want to invite you to be a full-time craftsman in my family, take care of food and housing, and pay ten times a month, think about it." ”

"Ten...... Ten runs! Lu Zhi couldn't believe his ears, glared and exclaimed, "Aren't you joking?" ”

"When it comes to money, I'm never joking." Li Hao said seriously, "How is it, are you satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied, satisfied." Lu Zhi was so excited that he almost knelt down, but Du Hong on the side hurriedly grabbed him and reminded, "My young master doesn't like to kneel." ”

Li Hao waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't say much, let's drive a windmill, to be honest, I'm a little nervous, I don't know if this windmill will work." ”

"Absolutely no problem!" Lu Zhi said confidently, "The owner only needs to pull the lever on the right to unlock it, and the windmill will start." ”

Li Hao stretched out his hand to hold the lever, he could almost hear his heartbeat, yes, he was too nervous, he had been brewing for a long time, his eyes were closed, his teeth were bitten, and he used to pull, and the sound of rattling came, all the gears turned at the same time, and the transmission shaft also rotated.

"It's done! Master, it's a success! Du Hong shouted happily.

Li Hao waved his hand very calmly: "Don't be too happy too early, you have to see how fast the speed is." ”

He was right, although the windmill rotated, the speed directly affected the speed at which the water was drawn, and if it turned too slowly, it would be useless.

Li Hao walked out of the windmill tower, only to see the blades of the windmill slowly turning, not very fast, but the speed of the waterwheel is not slow, it takes about ten seconds to rotate a circle, and there are a total of eighteen large wooden barrels tied to the wheels of the waterwheel, these barrels are specially made, larger than the household buckets, a bucket of water is almost forty or fifty catties, but the buckets are all tilted, and it is good to be able to draw thirty catties of water at a time.

Looking at the water in the bucket poured into the wooden trough and then introduced into the irrigation canal, the thunderous cheers sounded by the river, the villagers danced excitedly, some people hugged each other and cried, Li Hao saw such a scene, and had only one thought: "Four thousand five hundred, it's worth it!" ”

Shanghe Village built a huge wind-powered water wheel, and the news spread far and wide, and the next day someone compiled it into a song and reported it to Li Shimin.

A few days ago, he had sent people to the nearby Henan Province and Hebei Province to transfer grain, just in case, but for some reason, things did not go very smoothly, and the officials who went to collect grain only brought back 20,000 stone of grain.

Li Shimin knew that someone was secretly stumbling on himself, and the wise Tian Khan easily guessed the mastermind behind the scenes, yes, it was those gate valves in Hebei.

According to Li Shimin's temper, if someone dares to stab him in the back, he will never give up, but he doesn't have time to pay attention to them for the time being, and he will solve the drought in the Guanzhong in front of him first.

Just when Li Shimin was worried, the Ministry of Works' squire Wang Chaosheng held a song in the Ganlu Hall to meet Li Shimin, and after the ceremony, Wang Chaosheng said happily: "Your Majesty, the minister has a happy event to report." ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Wang Chaosheng held Song Shu high above his head and said, "The minister recently learned that Li Hao, a man from Lantian County, has a magic method to deal with drought. ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin was surprised and delighted when he heard this, the last natural disaster was a plague, which was solved by Li Hao, and this drought can Li Hao solve it? Will he still beg for rain?

Just in doubt, the eunuch had already passed the song to his desk, Li Shimin unfolded the song and took a look, and then he knew that what was asking for rain, but Li Hao invented a wind-powered waterwheel, which can draw a large amount of river water to irrigate farmland and alleviate the drought.

At this time, Wang Chaosheng said: "Your Majesty, this wind-powered water Chechen has personally gone to see it, it is really magical, the speed of water drawing is amazing, only one day and one night has irrigated two hundred acres of farmland, no need to step on manpower, it will turn when the wind is blowing, and it will ...... day and night."

After listening to his miraculous introduction, Li Shimin asked in disbelief: "This thing...... Is it really that amazing? ”

"Wechen doesn't dare to say anything." Wang Chaosheng said, "Weichen thinks that as long as this wind-powered waterwheel is established in hundreds of important prefectures and counties in Guanzhong, most of the farmland will be saved, and when the crops are ripe, the affected places will be nearby to help, and the imperial court will allocate a little bit of disaster relief money and grain, then the disaster will not be a disaster." ”

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, Wang Chaosheng said that this method is really good, he was silent for a long time, and asked: "Then how much does this wind-powered waterwheel cost?" ”

Wang Chaosheng replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this wind-powered waterwheel costs 4,500 yuan. ”

"Hiss-" Li Shimin gasped, this Nima is a sky-high waterwheel, and now the surplus money that can be used in the treasury is only 300,000 yuan, and there are so many states and counties in Guanzhong, this is a drop in the bucket.

Li Shimin frowned and pondered for a long time, and asked: "Wang Aiqing, is the cost of this wind-powered waterwheel really so high?" ”

The saint of the dynasty said: "Your Majesty, when the minister was inquiring in Shanghe Village, the villagers of Shanghe Village all said that it was 4,500 yuan, and the money was all from Li Hao. ”

"This Li Hao ...... So generous? Li Shimin had an expression of disbelief.

If Li Hao heard this, he would definitely be furious: "Can Nima speak human words, and Lao Tzu can't be generous?" Can't you be generous? ”

At this time, Wang Chaosheng said: "Actually, as far as the minister knows, Li Hao has extremely high requirements when he built this wind-powered waterwheel, and the building materials are the best. ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin suddenly became interested when he heard this, "Then you estimate, how much does a wind-powered waterwheel cost?" ”

Wang Chaosheng is embarrassed: "Your Majesty atons, the minister can only estimate it by looking at it in detail, as long as His Majesty shows it, the minister will go to ask Li Hao in person, and at the same time, the construction of this wind turbine requires detailed construction drawings, although the minister does not know who created this wind turbine, but presumably Li Hao has drawings. ”

"Well......" Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, got up and walked to the hall and paced slowly, after a long time, he suddenly said, "Wang Shilang, you accompany me out of the palace, I want to meet Li Hao, and ask him about this wind-powered waterwheel in person." ”

"Huh?" Wang Chaosheng looked confused, but then relieved, yes, Li Hao has made great achievements again and again, Li Shimin has already favored him, it seems that this time he really can't help but want to see Li Hao again.

He was thinking about it, and Li Shimin said again: "Don't put up a guard of honor, I will go out on patrol this time." ”

"Huh?" Wang Chaosheng was stunned again, Li Shimin has been on the throne for ten years, and he has never been so concerned about any courtier, Weifu private interview, this Li Hao's ancestral tomb is not just as simple as green smoke, it is simply a fire on the ancestral tomb.

Just do it, Li Shimin left the palace, accompanied by Wang Chaosheng, Zuo Jin Wuwei general Tian Meng, and three hundred Jin Wuwei.

Since it is a micro-service patrol, of course it can't be fanfare, they all put on makeup, makeup into a caravan, Li Shimin is naturally the owner of the caravan, Wang Chaosheng is the bookkeeper, Tian Meng is the bodyguard, the three hundred Jin Wuwei is naturally a porter guard or something, and the accompanying carriage is all covered with cloth curtains, because the car is dragging Jin Wuwei's weapons, strong bows, crossbows, knives, guns, hooks, everything.

A huge caravan set off from Chang'an and headed to Lantian County, the momentum was not a serious caravan at first glance, which also proved that although Li Shimin was an old actor, he was not a good director.