This can be said to be the charm of Xu Ying's personality.
Generally speaking, people who are called "great sages" or representatives of various schools of thought are often distinguished from others in terms of character.
For example, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mozi...
They seem to be able to transcend themselves and their times to see problems and life.
Xu Ying also has similar qualities.
For example, when Shen Bing built a water tanker and defeated Juemei, ordinary people would be furious, get angry and walk away.
Xu Ying did not do this.
Not only was he not like this, but he was so happy about the waterwheel that he even wanted to take Shen Bing as his disciple.
The reason is that Xu Ying really wanted to save the people from suffering.
Because he wanted to save the people from suffering, the waterwheel was of course a good thing, and Shen Bing was of course a talent.
As for personal honor and disgrace...what does that count?
Even Xu Ying didn't feel that this was an "honor or disgrace" from beginning to end.
However, Zhang Ge is different.
That night Zhang Ge lay on the couch and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
The way Shen Bing looked at him flashed through his mind, recalling the scene when the waterwheel appeared, and the expressions on the faces of the people watching...
The more I think about it, the worse it feels, and the more distressed it becomes.
You know, farmers have been cultivating fields for most of their lives!
I suffered so much and shed so many tears.
How many sleepless nights and hard thinking are there.
After many attempts and failures, we finally came up with this thing called Jumei.
But Shen Bing casually built a water tanker...
Not only does the water truck not require manpower, it can deliver water much faster!
Is this something humans do?
A juju is as rubbish as a waterwheel.
Garbage among garbage!
Fortunately, I was still showing off in front of Shen Bing, but I didn't want to but it turned out to be a joke.
After thinking about it, Zhang Ge suddenly had an idea:
Since the waterwheel relies on the momentum of the river to rotate, does that mean it cannot be used in ditches?
Thinking of this piece, he sat up from the bed and said, "Wonderful."
If this were true, Jue Jie would no longer be idle.
The water wheel is responsible for diverting water from the ditch, and the high fields above the ditch can only use oranges.
Each of them has its own merits and demerits, so can it save some face for the farmer and himself at the same time?
At that moment, Zhang Ge rushed to the cultivated field by moonlight to observe.
I first looked at the waterwheel...it's a pity that the waterwheel really doesn't use manpower to turn around day and night.
Then we searched deeper along the ditch. When we found Takata, we looked at the ditch again. Although there was enough water, there was no momentum at all.
After confirming this, Zhang Ge breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s just that I was still too excited to sleep after I went back.
As soon as it got light, Zhang Ge hurried to Xu Ying's place.
Farmers' living habits are to strictly follow the farmer's schedule and go to bed early and get up early.
Although Xu Ying is a doctor of millet medicine, he always maintains this habit, getting up as soon as it gets dark and getting ready to eat.
In the Qin Dynasty, breakfast was called "Su Shi" and dinner was "Twilight Shi".
If you can afford it, just kneel down and eat in front of the table. If you can't afford it in the wild, just find a place to sit... Farmers are not that particular about etiquette.
Xu Ying had not even taken a few bites of rice when he saw Zhang Ge hurriedly arrived in front of him and said:
"Sir, my disciple thought about it all night and found that Shen Bing's waterwheel seems to have a flaw."
Xu Ying said "Oh", raised his head and looked at Zhang Ge with surprise, and asked:
"What are the drawbacks?"
Zhang Ge replied quite proudly:
"The water wheel uses the momentum of the river to rotate and push the water up to the ditch."
“But what about the high fields above the ditch?”
"Isn't it possible to build a waterwheel on top of a ditch?"
"The water flow in the ditch cannot push the waterwheel, so how can we guide the water to the high fields?"
Xu Ying thought for a while, then nodded and said:
"That makes sense."
"However, the flaws do not hide the advantages. Waterwheels are still the best choice for diverting water into canals."
"As for the high fields on the ditch, it can be solved with orange peel. It's not a big deal."
This is really not a big deal.
Because there is water in the ditches, the problem of irrigating 80% of the cultivated land can be solved, and the remaining 20% of the high fields can be solved even if it is solved manually.
But Zhang Ge didn't see it that way. He already regarded this as a battle for victory with Shen Bing.
Even if Shen Bing cannot be completely defeated, he still needs to show others that Jue is not a waste, and Zhang Ge is not a waste either.
So Zhang Ge asked for instructions:
"Sir, then the disciple... will go to Takata to build Jumei?"
"This will also save the soldiers the suffering of carrying water in clay pots!"
Xu Ying didn't think much and nodded in agreement:
"Go ahead."
"Master will come later."
Zhang Ge responded and hurried to the plowing fields with a few farm disciples.
When I arrived at Takata, I saw dozens of soldiers carrying water in clay pots to Takata.
Zhang Ge was so proud. He stood there with his hands on his hips and shouted to his junior brother and the soldiers:
"How about it? Waterwheels are also beyond reach, right?"
"Takada still has to use Orange!"
"Who said that Shen Bing is omnipotent?"
"In my opinion, he was just lucky enough to learn how to make a waterwheel from somewhere. Sir, he is making a fuss."
…
There were a lot of bangs and bangs, and while talking, he directed the peasant disciples and soldiers to build oranges.
This tangerine really works in Takata.
It can easily lift a large bucket of water from the ditch to a high place, and it can also lift it vertically.
If the height of the high field exceeds the lifting range of the tangerine, just build a few more tangerines one after another, just like a relay, and you can finally lift it to a high place.
In particular, there are many tree stumps in this high field. Using the tree stumps directly as the base of the tree is both strong and trouble-free.
Seeing buckets of water flowing into the high fields smoothly, Zhang Ge wiped the sweat from his forehead and showed a victorious smile.
At this time, he couldn't wait to see Shen Bing's expression.
He even wanted to ask someone to call Shen Bing to come over and have a look...
But there was no need to shout. Zhang Ge was surprised to find that Shen Bing and a few people were walking towards him carrying something.
"Good morning!" Shen Bing greeted Zhang Ge.
After all, Zhang Ge and his entourage are farm disciples who are here to help farm, so of course they must treat them with courtesy.
only……
Zhang Ge was so enthusiastic today, he burst into laughter as soon as he saw himself.
This smile made Shen Bing feel a little embarrassed.
Shen Bing confessed to Cang and others:
"You wait and go first, I'll say hello and I'll come."
After saying that, he walked towards Zhang Ge.
Zhang Ge held his head high and his chest high, he held his hands towards Shen Bing from afar and said:
"The engineer came late today."
"I have brought the water up to Takata!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand proudly.
Shen Bing looked in the direction indicated by Zhang Ge and couldn't help but let out an "uh" sound.
He hadn't noticed that there were already a row of oranges on the high field, one after another, and they were lifting buckets of water.
At this moment, there was another sound of water from the other side.
Then Fatty Tun shouted excitedly:
"Master, it's done, it's overturned!"
Cang Ye shouted:
"Brother, your method can indeed work."
"What you said is indeed true. This overturning car can also lead water to high places!"