The rocker that drives the water wheel to rotate is placed in the wooden boat. Each water wheel requires two guards to rock it. After the eight guards got on board, Qin Huaidao and Luo Wu stood on the wooden boat and directed everyone to rotate.
"Note that turning the canoe from front to back will move forward, and vice versa. Pay attention to the rotation speed of the four wheels to be consistent, otherwise you will not be able to control the direction. Now you can start trying."
On the hill, everyone was already a little desperate.
When they saw many people suddenly appeared on the other side, they never thought that these people were coming to save them.
In the past few days, there have been too many people passing by here, including people from the same state from all over the country, travelers fleeing from other places in a hurry, and rich people wearing gold and silver to go to Chang'an. Just the day before, they even saw
When they reached the Puzhou government flag holding the word "Puzhou" high, no one stopped to save them.
As Confucianism says, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall.
The floods were raging, and it was already difficult to save one's own life. Even the governor of Puzhou was unwilling to spare his hands to rescue them, let alone others?
There was only one little girl who still didn't give up hope.
"Look, everyone, are those people brought by grandpa to save us?" The little girl had two little braids and looked very cute.
"Tian Laosan? What's the use of being familiar with water? If he could find someone to help, he would have found someone long ago. In my opinion, he can't find anyone to save us." A carpenter in the village had an angry face.
They have been waiting for so many days and are almost running out of food. If someone could save them, they would have come to save them long ago. Why did they wait until today?
But the little girl insisted on believing: "No, grandpa will not lie to me. He said he would find someone to save him, and he will definitely find someone to save him."
"Do you believe your grandpa?" the carpenter sighed helplessly.
How could Tian Laosan bear to deceive such an innocent little girl?
Zhang Bo, who lives at the east end of the village, said: "You believe your grandpa, we won't stop him, but there are some things, and the facts are the facts. I know Tian Laosan very well. He even stole sweet potatoes from my house when he was a child. He was still young at that time, and several children
I caught him when he ran to our property, and he bit him to death that it was the others who stole it, but he refused to admit it. It is not impossible to say that he deceived us."
"Uncle Zhang, it all happened when you were a child, how can it be counted? I also said that I wanted to carry grandpa on my back, but I couldn't. Does this mean that my character is not good?" The little girl tried to argue.
The carpenter said angrily: "Okay, if you insist on saying that your grandfather didn't lie to us, then do you dare to jump into the water and get your grandfather back for us?"
"That's right, it's obviously Tian Laosan who deceived us, what can you say for him?"
"Damn Mr. Tian, you sneaked away by yourself, not even caring about your granddaughter."
"Hmph, cowardly people are not trustworthy at all."
The villagers' words became more and more unpleasant, and their voices became louder and louder, so that the little girl's rebuttal voice was drowned in the crowd.
The little girl became more and more angry as she listened. In order to prove her grandfather's innocence, she jumped into the water with a splash.
Hearing the sound of falling water, everyone turned around and saw that it was the little girl who jumped into the water and struggled desperately to fight against the flood.
Seeing this, Uncle Zhang slapped the carpenter hard on the face: "What nonsense are you talking about? Look at the good deeds you have done. Who is familiar with the properties of water? Please rescue him quickly!"
"Damn it, none of us know how to use water, how could this happen!" Uncle Zhang looked horrified when he remembered that Tian Laosan, the only person familiar with water skills, had swam out.
The expressions on everyone's faces also changed from the blame just now to fear.
The flood tide surged, and the little girl was submerged in the waves in a blink of an eye. Her young figure was no longer visible. She was bound to die under such huge waves.
The whole hill was silent.
The carpenter covered his face, which was red from being slapped, and closed his eyes, not daring to look at the water. At this time, his face was full of annoyance.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the third aunt who lived next door to Tian Laosan's house sneered: "Why are you pretending to be so noble? It wasn't just the carpenter who said something about Tian Laosan. If you want to blame him, you can't blame him alone. Uncle Zhang, you
But don’t forget, just now you said that Tian Laosan stole your sweet potatoes?”
Uncle Zhang did not deny it. At this time, he felt guilty in his heart. He looked at the river bank that he could not see clearly and sighed: "That's it. Either way, if you die early or die late, you will die. She just left a few days earlier than us. In a few days we will die."
Just go down and apologize to her."
Some timid women in the crowd raised their hands weakly and said, "Yes, but what if Tian Laosan really brings someone back to rescue me?"
Her words made the scene extremely quiet again.
After a long while, Uncle Zhang sighed helplessly, and his voice was far less confident than before: "If this is true, then we really deserve to die."
After being commanded by Qin Huaidao, the canoe moved slowly towards the hills, then got faster and faster. After the guards became familiar with the exercises, Qin Huaidao directed them to drive the canoe towards the shore.
Luo Wu asked: "Your Majesty, this wooden boat is so magical, what is its name?"
Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and said: "This boat is driven by a water wheel, so let's call it a water wheel boat."
"What a good name." Luo Wu praised.
After the wooden boat docked, Qin Huaidao asked these soldiers from the garrison who had experience in driving water boats to teach others. The wrinkles on the face of Tian Laosan, an old man waiting aside, also blossomed into a smile.
"Great, this time the people in the village have been saved, and so has my granddaughter. Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty." After saying this, Mr. Tian paid his respects.
Qin Huaidao had no choice but to help him up again.
"Old man, please stop kowtowing. The grass on the ground is almost bald by you. The grass is also a cute little life. But speaking of it, you just said that you have a granddaughter? Can you send him to learn how to read?
read?"
Old Man Tian was startled: "We untouchables can't even eat, so how can we have the money to send her to learn how to read?"
Qin Huaidao said: "This won't work. Let me lend you a word. Knowledge changes destiny. After saving her, you take her to Chang'an. There is a literature museum there that can teach her how to read and read. As for the cost of going to Chang'an, I will give you some.
Just take it."
After that, he took out a hundred taels of silver from his waist and handed it to Tian Laosan. Tian Laosan was moved to tears.
"Thank you for your majesty's grace. I have nothing to repay. I will repay your majesty someday."
"No, it's the best reward for me if you let her learn to read and write. What the future Han Dynasty will need most are these talents who can read and read." This was Qin Huaidao's act of kindness and his true inner thoughts.
He taught Yuzhang the Pinyin methods, not just for fun, but to make everyone in the world literate and read.