Chapter 308: Out of the Water (Three Chapters Completed)
How could he, Li Min, be such a stingy person?
Under Li Min's order, a few more pots and stoves were added to cook everyone's meals.
The purchased pork was stewed half at a time.
The cooking method of pork spread quickly. In less than a year, it had spread from Chang'an City to Yizhou.
This also aroused the enthusiasm of Yizhou people to raise pigs.
However, because raising pigs requires a cycle.
This also leads to the fact that many people like to eat pork, but there is not that much pork on the market.
At present, the price of pork continues to rise.
Everyone was left behind by Li Min, even the children and old people in the village were called over.
And these villagers, except during festivals or when eating banquets, this is the first time they have eaten such oily vegetables.
Even though it was just a big pot of food, their mouths were still full of oil.
And the prince Li Min, who was extremely precious in their eyes, actually squatted on the ground and had lunch with them, with a bowl of rice and a big bowl of vegetables.
This made the distance between them and the Grand Governor suddenly become much closer.
In the afternoon, Li Min also saw how they dug salt wells.
First, they dug through the upper layer of soil and reached the rock layer one or two meters down.
At this time, you need to start turning the car.
These workers hurriedly set up the turning cart and then used oxen to drag it around.
Under the turning machine, a drill bit is hung, and the power of the turning machine is used to hit the rock one by one.
Soon, a hole will appear.
What confuses Li Min the most is that the weight of the drill bit is used to make holes. Li Min can naturally understand this principle.
What surprised Li Xin was how they cleaned out the debris after the well was drilled deeper.
And then, Li Min quickly saw their operations.
It turns out that they used a tool similar to the suction wheel of later generations to directly suck out the debris.
Moreover, according to Qiao Qi, this method of digging wells has been around for a long time and has been passed down from generation to generation.
It can be seen that before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was already rich drilling experience in ancient times.
In fact, the drilling technology used by the people today is still the same as that used by the ancients, but they use more advanced modern machines.
The wisdom of ancient people cannot be underestimated.
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With more people and greater strength, the work of digging wells here proceeds very quickly.
Li Min estimated that he could drill to a depth of at least five to six meters in one day.
Moreover, on the first day of drilling, the rock began to get wet, which was a prelude to water coming out.
I believe there will be water out tomorrow.
Of course, just getting out of the water is not enough.
It must be possible to ensure the amount of salt used.
But Li Min believes that it only takes four or five days to ensure the amount of salt they use for initial production.
In the past few days, Li Min simply took Xue Rengui and other guards and stationed himself in Xiaohe Village.
If we want to open up the situation in Yizhou, this salt production is a breakthrough.
Before the salt production was successful, even if he went back, he would have nothing to do.
This time, the escort troops once again tightly blocked Xiaohe Village.
Of course, because Xiaohe Village was originally remote, although the blockade here was suspected by several prominent families, it did not attract too much attention from them.
Five days flew by.
The salt well has already produced water, and at the same time, the initial salt pond has been built.
The villagers also built several temporary shacks for Qiao Qi and others who were looking after the construction site to live temporarily.
As for the house, we still need to wait a few more days.
In fact, since there are so many people, the wall has already been built.
But what they built was a mud house, and they had to wait until the mud was dry before they could put on the roof. This was something they couldn't do in a hurry.
The salt well had already produced water. In order to ensure that the well water was sufficient, Li Min dug for a few more days.
Now, the depth of this salt well is more than thirty meters deep, which is enough for their initial use.
Next time, they will start making salt.
The first step in making salt is to take the water from the well.
Li Min was quite curious that the mouth of the well was only as wide as a large ocean bowl, and the well was so deep. How did they get water out of the well in the past?
Soon, Li Min saw how they obtained water.
They used a bucket that was slightly smaller than the wellhead but several meters long.
What’s even more strange is that this bucket is actually a tube with openings at both ends.
After the bucket is put into the well, it sinks to a certain distance, and then a bamboo piece will fall from the side wall of the bucket, and the bucket is full.
Then after lifting this bucket of water, it will be enough to boil a pot of salt.
This method of collecting water couldn't help but open Li Min's horizons.
The wisdom of ancient people cannot be underestimated.
However, this method of collecting water is not very efficient.
Therefore, Li Min directly redeemed a pressurized water well system in the mall.
Well, I guess those born in the 1980s who grew up in rural areas should have seen pressurized water wells.
The principle of pressurizing a water well is to use a sealed piston to pour water in and then press it several times to use the principle of vacuum to directly press the water up from the well.
(A brief introduction, I won’t expand on it, so as not to talk about Yanyuyu. If you haven’t seen it, you can search it on Baidu yourself.)
The villagers couldn't help but marveled when they saw the parts of the water well that Li Min took out, wondering what they were used for.
After Li Min ordered someone to pass the long bamboo joint into the well and seal the upper end, Qiao Qi quickly stepped forward to stop it.
This is a salt well. If you seal it up, how will you be able to get water then?
Li Min smiled slightly and asked Qiao Qi to step back. He would understand later.
Next, under the confused gaze of the people around them, they installed the components of the pressure well according to Li Min's order.
After all the assembly was completed, Li Min raised the pressure handle of the water well to the highest position, and then poured a ladle of water into the cylinder at the water outlet.
Next, Li Min moved up and down, pressing the handle vigorously.
After a few presses, Li Min felt water starting to come out of the well.
There was a crash!
Well water spurted out from the top, which shocked the villagers.
Is this, the water that the Governor just poured in has spilled out?
At this moment, sparkling water began to flow out of the water outlet.
It flowed gurglingly into the bucket that had been placed somewhere in advance.
Huh?
Is this also the ladle of water that the Governor poured into it just now?
However, the Grand Governor had just poured a ladle of water in, how could so much water flow out now?
And as the governor pressed the handle, water flowed out from the outlet continuously.