Chapter 45: The waterwheel starts
As Don expected, when he returned to the Lord's Mansion, Fiona's anger had subsided.
Although he didn't have a smile, he didn't draw his sword against him...... Well, maybe it's because she knows she can't beat Donn, so she resigned herself to her fate.
Donn's gaze subconsciously turned around Fiona's chest, and when the girl's eyebrows just rose, he hurriedly said: "I remember that I still have something to do, you can eat, you don't need to call me at night!" β
Then he slipped back into his bedroom.
Fiona stomped her foot angrily: "Starve to death, forget it!" β
Of course, she also knew how difficult it was to starve a mage of unfathomable strength to death, so she left him alone.
Well...... That night, there was a theft in the Lord's Palace, missing a piece of bread, a piece of roast meat, and a bottle of red wine.
The next day, Donn went to see Brian after breakfast.
"Yo, Edgar, how's it going?"
"My lord, more than a hundred farmers have already come to receive farm tools, and there should be more people who will come to receive farm tools today."
"Very good, do a good job, I'm optimistic about you."
"Thank you, Lord Lord, for your appreciation!"
Don came to the backyard of the blacksmith shop, where Brian was drinking leisurely, and when he saw Done, he jumped up at once: "Big brother, it's all done!" β
"Good."
Don had already seen the waterwheel parts piled up in the backyard, which of course had to be assembled by the river, and with a wave of his hand, all the parts were included in the package.
"Let's go."
Don estimated that the guards should have arrived, so he set off with Brian.
When they came to the Emerald River, they found that the people of the guard team had already gathered here, and after getting the gold coins issued to them by Tang En, the expressions of these people were obviously different, compared with before, their waists were straighter, and the smiles on their faces were brighter, and they were all full of respect and worship after seeing Tang En.
Elsa saluted Donn, "My lord, all the people have arrived. β
Don nodded: "I called you here today because I have a very important thing for you to do. β
"Even if the lord orders, even if we are asked to slay the dragon, we will obey your orders!"
"That's right! Your Excellency, please give the order! β
As the saying goes, money strengthens men's courage, and after having gold coins, the guts and courage of these guys have skyrocketed, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.
Tang En smiled dumbly: "Slay the dragon? Just you? It is estimated that he was scared to pee before he got close to the dragon's den. β
Tang En waved his hand and said, "No kidding, I called you here today to ask you to help assemble the waterwheel." β
"Waterwheel?"
Their doubts were quickly resolved, and with a wave of his hand, a large pile of parts appeared on the ground.
Elsa and Brian both knew that Don had space equipment, but those people in the guard team didn't know, and they were all shocked and stunned when they saw this scene.
"God, miracles!"
"What a miracle! I've heard bards say that this is invaluable space equipment! It is said that the most ordinary space equipment can be exchanged for a large piece of territory! β
"It's worthy of the lord, and he even has space equipment!"
However, it was precisely because of their narrow-mindedness that they more easily accepted this reality, and in their opinion, the lord was so powerful and so benevolent, even if they had space equipment, it was not surprising that they had no idea what was truly precious about space equipment.
Elsa sighed, not interested in explaining so much to them, just waiting for Donn's instructions.
"Later, Brian and I will assemble this waterwheel, and your task is to support these brackets on the shore, and I will tell you how to assemble them, and there is another aqueduct that needs to be erected, and you will divide into two teams, one will do this bracket and the other will be the aqueduct, and Elsa you will first contact the nearby farmers, and let them start digging a trench from this end of the aqueduct to connect the fields."
"Okay!"
Elsa soon took the lead, and the others began assembling the bracket under Don's guidance.
The waterwheel is more than ten meters high, and if it were on Earth, it would be difficult for these people to do these jobs
, but this is Plandal, a world where individual power far exceeds that of Earth.
With Donn's command, the bracket lying on the ground in the afternoon was assembled, and Don and Brian also loaded the bits and pieces of wooden barrels and rollers, and the main body of the waterwheel turntable had been formed, so it was left to install the bracket and then stand up.
"Elsa, tell everyone to carry this up."
Donn pointed to the huge waterwheel carousel, where Elsa stood as inconspicuous as a puppy next to an elephant.
"My lord, I'll be aloneβ"
"Nope."
Don shook his head.
What are you kidding, although Elsa has a lot of strength, but the load-bearing capacity of the riverbank is not strong, she is afraid that she will sink into the ground before she can lift it, and the strength of Brandal's current iron material is not high, how can the place she grabbed with both hands alone withstand the weight of the entire waterwheel? It's directly deformed.
Elsa needs to be used, and it's the last time to stand up the water wheel.
A group of people lifted the waterwheel turntable onto the stand, and the rollers were perfectly embedded in it, and Don said he was satisfied.
"Tie the bracket here with a rope, and then we'll split it up on both sides to erect the waterwheel."
Don commanded them to tie up the ropes, and then he and Elsa were on their side, and as Elsa began to exert force, the huge waterwheel began to slowly stand up, and the others cheered beside them.
However, Elsa may have done this kind of work for the first time, and she couldn't grasp the strength, and after the waterwheel stood up, she actually began to fall into the river again!
Fortunately, Don was prepared, and instantly pulled up the rope to prevent the waterwheel from continuing to dump.
"Oh my God, the lord's strength is so great!"
The men of the guard were instantly stunned, it was the first time they had seen Donn's strength.
"Yes! I'm afraid that the lord's strength is no less than Elsa's! β
"I guess only people like the lord are worthy of Elsa."
"Haha, yes, if the others are with Elsa, they will probably be shot away when they quarrel, the lord is not afraid."
Danny's eyes lit up and he clenched his fists: "I must become a strong man like Lord Lord!" β
"Danny, stop daydreaming, work hard, Lord Lord appreciates you, promote you to guard, you are amazing."
Don naturally didn't pay attention to the discussion below, he and Elsa were balancing each other's strengths, so that the waterwheel stood there steadily.
After the watermill was stabilized, Donn stomped his foot lightly and secretly released a "turn mud into stone" spell, which firmly fixed the bottom of the waterwheel with the riverbank.
"That's it!"
Don waved at Elsa across the river, and Elsa jumped into the river and swam back.
"My lord, can this really lift water to a high place?"
Elsa twisted her hair and looked at the waterwheel curiously.
"We'll find out later."
With a wave of his hand, Don motioned for the people above to remove the planks that intercepted the river, and the calm water below the waterwheel flowed again, and then, the waterwheel turned under the impetus of the current.
"Turned! Turned! β
"The barrel is full of water--up-ah! The water is poured out! β
"Oh my God! It's like magic! β
The people of the guard and a few farmers next to them exclaimed in surprise, even though they didn't use any magic, the water was lifted to a high place, this is simply incredible!
On the hills on the shore, the canal has been dug and the aqueduct has been assembled, and as the aqueduct is erected and put in place, the water carried up by the waterwheel flows smoothly into the canal and runs down the canal to the dry farmland.
"Great! It's just great! β
Those farmers burst into tears of excitement, with this waterwheel, there is no need to worry about the lack of water in the farmland, they don't have to carry water all day for irrigation, and they don't have to work so hard anymore!
"It's all thanks to your lord! If it weren't for the lord, who would have thought of such a miraculous solution! β
"Yes! It's incredible, it's like magic...... I still can't believe it! β
"Your Excellency must have been sent by the gods to save Ellington, a messenger of the gods!"
The more the peasants talked, the more excited they became, and they actually knelt down for Tang En.
"Get up, since you are my people, of course I will find a way to keep you fed, clothed, and warm to live a good life."
Donn waved his hand, his heart full of exclamations, "It's like magic", this was the second interjection he had heard, and Brian's exclamation was a fight with "Hammer's beard", in a world of magic, these people don't even have the idea of using water and wind power? All counting on magic to save them?
However, those magicians may not be able to see such inconspicuous things......
Don is also very helpless, in fact, whether it is a stamping machine or a waterwheel, in fact, the most critical place is the power of magic, if it is not for the use of magic, he will not be able to realize the power of the stamping machine, if it is not for the use of magic, he will not be able to use the existing process to make qualified waterwheel bearings.
It was too difficult to completely abandon magic and use the power of industry to achieve all this, and he did not study mechanical engineering, nor did he study advanced chemistry, everything was based on the vague impression in his mind and the convenience of magic.
But Don didn't think too much about how much he could do, at least, to make Ellington's people live better, to make his own life
More comfortable, for the time being is enough.
The emergence of the waterwheel solves the problem of the coming scorching heat and drought, and the iron tools and agricultural tools solve the problem of their work efficiency, which are all related to the people's livelihood problems, and the people can see the hope of being fed, and his rule will be firm, so the next thing to be solved is the long-lost military strength problem.