In front of Sinong Temple.

The eyes of a cadre of courtiers are focused on the middle-aged man in front of him, he is the only one among the officials of Sinong Temple who is wearing a light crimson official robe, and the bookish air on his body represents his identity as a scholar, but at the same time, unlike the others present, this person's face is dark, close to bronze, with traces of perennial sun exposure, which is different from other scholars, if you take off this official uniform, you may be considered a scholar who is still farming and studying for a living.

In all fairness, this person's official position is lower than anyone present, Sinong Temple Shaoqing, but the rank of the fourth grade, one person is randomly picked out from the large scarlet robe present, and his official position is higher than his official position and his power is heavier, but at this moment, no one dares to despise him.

Because this person is the person on whom the emperor's favor depends!

The courtiers present didn't know what was hidden in this Sinong Temple, but the Son of Heaven attached great importance to it, which the courtiers knew very well.

If you want to calculate, the Si Nong Temple Yamen is the largest yamen in the whole capital, covering an area of thousands of acres, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry in order to build a wall on the boundary of thousands of acres, had to urgently allocate thousands of craftsmen, day and night work non-stop, until now can be completed.

And what exactly is inside these walls, no one knows, only that the Sinong Temple has been closely protected by the Jinyi Guard since the day it was built, and no one can enter or exit except for the internal officials and the original tenant farmers.

Some people were curious and asked the tenant farmers what was going on inside, but they had been instructed in advance, and no news came out.

Such a sense of mystery made the courtiers even more curious, because today the emperor visited Sinong Temple, and most of the ministers in the court spontaneously followed.

Bypassing the shadow wall, the front office of Sinong Temple fell in the eyes of everyone, no different from the ordinary yamen, Sinong Temple also has a meeting hall, and the houses of various affairs are connected, but people with a heart have noticed that the books in this Sinong Temple are inevitably a little too much.

Almost every room was full of bound scrolls, and some curious people secretly picked up the scrolls on them while the Son of Heaven was inspecting in front of them, but they saw that they were all kinds of books, such as the C-Field, the 16th day of the seventh month of the year of Renyin, the sunrise at the beginning of the hour, the dew was heavy, and Tanaka was as usual......

These boring diary-style texts occupy almost all of the volumes, and people are confused to read.

At the same time, at the front of the team, Zhu Changluo and others had bypassed the front office under the leadership of Xu Guangqi and came to the back office of Sinong Temple.

"It's ...... Field? ”

Bypassing the front office, a group of courtiers finally saw what the situation was like inside the tightly guarded wall of the Jinyi Guard, and at that moment, a certain pavilion elder surnamed Zhu couldn't help but be surprised.

Because in front of them, it was not a secret task of great importance, but a patch of ordinary farmland, a small river running through the fields, and in front of each farmland, there was a small house, and in the farmland, there were even many tenant farmers still working hard.

Next to the farmland, there is a waterwheel similar to the folk watering wheel that is constantly turning, if it were not for the fact that there are not many houses here, it would be no different from an ordinary village in the countryside.

"Huh? Can this waterwheel be unmanned and autonomous? What is this? ”

Everyone's hearts were slightly disappointed, but they heard the old Shoufu on the side speak in disbelief.

But see the old Shoufu as far as the eye goes, it is a seemingly ordinary waterwheel, this thing is very common in the countryside, the adults present are also many of the children of the poor family, when they were young, they have been plowing the field, naturally know the role of the waterwheel, without this thing, the farmers want to irrigate the field, but it takes a lot of effort.

But this waterwheel is obviously different from the ordinary waterwheel, those who have seen the waterwheel in the countryside know that the ordinary waterwheel has a linkage pedal, and someone must keep rotating on the pedal to keep rotating the waterwheel to lead water into the field.

But the waterwheel in front of him was obviously not driven by other manpower, but a strange windmill was set up on the side, constantly rotating.

"Lord Yuanfu Mingjian, this thing is called the wind-powered waterwheel, it is the improvement of the old waterwheel, according to the wind and land terrain interaction for use, it is one of the agricultural tools newly developed by Sinong Temple, the lower officials in the early years in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, there was a feeling of the hard work of the people, and most of the places in Fujian and other places are terraces, the wind is strong, so the development of this wind-powered waterwheel, can greatly reduce manpower, and irrigate farmland!"

Under Zhu Changluo's silent encouragement, Xu Guangqi swallowed his saliva, took two steps forward and arched his hand, and said loudly.

Although it was said to Wang Xijue, the voice was enough for the ministers present to hear it clearly, and in the end, he was a little more complacent, without any nervousness.

"Good! If this thing can be promoted in Fujian and other places, it must be able to greatly reduce the suffering of the people, Xu Shaoqing has this credit, and he should be worshiped by the old man! ”

Lao Shoufu stepped forward and carefully looked at the wind-powered waterwheel, and finally determined that this thing was indeed driven by the windmill next to it, and the principle was very complicated, but it did not affect Lao Shoufu to see its function.

Wang Xijue was born in Suzhou, but he has traveled to Fujian and other places, knowing that the coastal land is very strong, if this kind of wind turbine can be promoted, it can save a lot of work for the people, you know, the folk irrigation of the field, has always been a big problem, there are many families are because of lack of labor, the field is difficult to irrigate, and there is no good harvest, the wind turbine can solve this problem.

"Yuan Fu praised it falsely, and the lower officials are ashamed!"

Seeing that Wang Xijue really straightened his clothes and bowed, Xu Guangqi also panicked, and hurriedly returned the salute and said, but when he realized the gaze of the Son of Heaven on the side, he thought of the Son of Heaven's instructions again, and plucked up the courage to say.

"Yuan Fu does not know, although the wind power waterwheel is good, but it depends on the wind is too strong, my Si Nong Temple has now developed a water turn and cattle turn rollover, driven by water and animal power, instead of manpower, can be used in Jiangnan and other places, in addition, for terraces and other towering places, but also developed a high drum car and other things, low water and high delivery, to solve the problem that many places are difficult to divert water into a pond!"

"Really?"

Wang Xijue was stunned for a moment, and then his face was slightly excited, and said.

"Don't dare to deceive Yuanfu, this thing has been tried in Daxing County for a period of time, and at present, the effect is very significant, and it can be considered to be promoted to other places!"

Xu Guangqi raised his head, with a little smug and confident.

He has been researching waterwheels for some time under the instruction of the Son of Heaven, and under the guidance of the Son of Heaven, many different waterwheel models have been developed, which can be adapted to different places, and he believes that as long as these waterwheels are promoted, the efficiency of the people's farming will be increased by at least fifty percent.

With Xu Guangqi's words, the ministers below also began to discuss, many of them are from peasant families, naturally they can see the benefits of these waterwheels, and some smart people have begun to perceive the intention of the Son of Heaven to set up this Sinong Temple......

"Okay, the matter of this waterwheel, go back and let Xu Aiqing play a lesson, the cabinet will discuss in detail, how to implement it in various places, Yuanfu may as well continue to look forward with me, there are many things in this Sinong Temple, not just a small waterwheel!"

A smile escaped from the corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth, he waved his sleeves, and said lightly.