The monarch and the minister, one happy and one surprised, were both silent.
This scene immediately piqued the curiosity of all the officials, generals, and guards.
Hence, the courtiers quickened their pace and followed him. However, in the next moment, all of them were instantly shocked to the extreme!
Because they saw a long dragon, one end of which entered Weishui River along the embankment while the other end reached above the embankment. Additionally, there was a huge head of a green dragon on the embankment, which was constantly spraying clear water!
"Is…is this the Azure Dragon Spitting Water?
This is an auspicious sign from the heavens!"
"The divine dragon came out of the water to save the drought. This is the blessing of the heavens for our Great Qin!”
Some of the old officials with white hair and beard began to sing praises at the first moment.
The other officials also had strange expressions and were bewildered.
However, Ying Zheng had calmed down a little. He did not pay any attention to the praises of those officials, but looked at Fu Su with a smile and said,"
"Fusu, what is this?"
Fu Su bowed respectfully to Ying Zheng with his hands crossed, then pointed at the 'long dragon' that stretched across the riverbank and said,"
"Father, this is a drought-resistant divine artifact that I and Mister Sima have thought about for many days. It is called the Dragon Bone Waterwheel.
The waterwheel used a wooden board as a groove, and there were many interconnected blades in the groove. There were two wheels at both ends, one big and one small. One end was submerged in the water. By stepping on the crutches in the groove to drive the wheels, the blades could rotate and blow up the water.
Then, between the leaves, water could be transferred from low to high, making it possible for water to flow high!
With this waterwheel to transport water to the shore, one could dig a shallow water channel that was about a foot wide and an inch deep between the river and the field to make the water flow into the field.
If there were high and low terrain in the middle, they could add waterwheels to connect them.
With this waterwheel, they didn't need to dig a large canal that was several feet wide and several miles long. They could send the river water that was insufficient to the fields.
A village only needed a dozen people to take turns on the trampolines, and dozens of people to dig shallow trenches to ensure a steady flow of water, so that the fields could be watered!
Not only did it save a lot of manpower, but it also saved a lot of time!”
Fu Su introduced this model of Dragon Bone Waterwheel to Ying Zheng and everyone else solemnly.
After hearing Fu Su's words, everybody became silent. Only the sound of Weishui flowing could be heard across the riverbank.
Not only Ying Zheng, but even those old ministers with poor eyesight had also realized that this was a disaster relief waterwheel made by Young Master Fusu, not the descent of a divine dragon.
However, the waterwheel was shaped like a dragon, and Fu Su had added the decoration of a dragon's head to the two sections of the waterwheel.
However, at the same time, the officials were still shocked. The officials who could stand in the court during the Warring States Period were not people who lived in vain. They also understood what this new item called the waterwheel meant!
This meant that a few waterwheels and a few laborers could match the work of hundreds of people fetching water day and night, and thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people digging ditches under the scorching sun!
The joy on Ying Zheng's face turned solemn and solemn at this moment, and the joy in his heart also turned into an even more profound emotion, which was even more profound than touching and admiring.
"Swoosh!"
It was the sound of Ying Zheng swinging the King of Qin's robe with twelve patterns.
"Fusu!"
The Wei River was surging, and the entire bank was silent. Only Ying Zheng's clear shout reverberated throughout the world!
"Fu Su, you are my son!
I, Ying Zheng, am your father!
But today, I will bow to my son as a father and bow to my subjects as a monarch. This is what I must do as the king of Qin and the master of the country.
I thank you for your great kindness to Qin!
With this Dragon Bone Waterwheel, not only will my Qin country be invincible on the battlefield, but we will also be invincible in farming!
Fu Su!
Please accept my bow!"
Fu Su was also shocked by his father Ying Zheng's sudden lyrical speech. So, by the time Fu Su reacted, Ying Zheng had already crossed his arms and bowed deeply towards him, bending his waist at a right angle!
"Your son does not dare!"
Fu Su was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly bowed back to Ying Zheng, even deeper than Ying Zheng.
At this moment, Fu Su felt a little emotional and touched.
During the Warring States Period, the ancient rites still existed. Not only did the subjects bow to the monarch, but there were also ceremonies where the monarch bowed to the subjects and even the monarch and his subjects bowed to each other. However, using the father to bow to the son had never happened before!
It could even be said that Ying Zheng's action was the first of its kind since ancient times!
According to the original timeline, after Liu Bang replaced Qin as the emperor, he worshipped his father, Grand Duke Liu, every day. After being reminded by his officials, Grand Duke Liu only worshipped his son as his father in order to protect Liu Bang's dignity as the emperor.
But now, Ying Zheng's actions were not only earlier, but also fundamentally different from Great Grandfather Liu's. Great Grandfather Liu was worshiping his son out of fear, while Ying Zheng was worshiping his son for the sake of the country!
With Ying Zheng's introduction, the ministers of the Qin State also bowed to Fu Su in unison with different exclamations,"
"Thank you, Young Master. Young Master has done a great favor to the Qin country, the country, and the people!”
Lu Buwei's face was twitching slightly, because he had never expected this to happen!
The bet that he was determined to win was actually changed by a pile of broken wood created by Fu Su!
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants were at the bottom. Lu Buwei had climbed up from the bottom to the Prime Minister, so he understood that the thing that Fu Su had created was indeed a great invention.
But it was precisely because of this that Lu Buwei found it hard to accept. This was because he, as the prime minister, had not only lost a city of ten thousand households in a bet, but he had also lost a great deal of face!
At this moment, Lu Buwei felt his face heat up as he recalled his previous mockery of Fu Su.
Although the officials did not show anything, Lu Buwei knew that everyone's respect for the dignity of the Prime Minister would start to waver. They would think that he was a foolish Prime Minister who had actually lost to a teenager!
"No, I can't! It shouldn't be like this!
The Prime Minister and his advisors had clearly said that it was the best solution. Why did Fu Su take out a piece of broken wood and change everything?
This was cheating!
Zhao Gao, this is cheating, right?"
Among the crowd, Huhai was even more furious and in pain than Lu Buwei. He had been pampered since he was born, and he had followed them all the way from Xianyang.
For many days, she had been waiting to see Fu Su make a fool of himself and watch him get punished by Lu Xiangguo. But in the end, it was such a result!
How could Huhai accept this?
"Young Master, be quiet!"
Zhao Gao lowered his voice and warned Huhai. His face was also gloomy and not very good.
The more glorious Fu Su was, the more Huhai looked bleak. Naturally, Zhao Gao, who had placed his hopes on Huhai, also looked even more bleak.
At this moment, Zhao Gao was glad that he had brought Huhai far enough away from Ying Zheng and Fu Su, and that he was surrounded by the eunuchs in Huhai's palace, so no one else could hear him.
At this moment, looking at the furious Huhai beside him, who was like a scoundrel throwing a tantrum when he couldn't get his toy, a terrifying thought suddenly appeared in Zhao Gao's mind.
" Perhaps choosing Huhai was a mistake from the start…"
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