Halfway through the hotpot, Li Shiming finally couldn't hold it in any longer and told Lin Han his purpose in looking for him.
"There has been a major flood in Shandong, and tens of thousands of people are homeless. I don't know if there is any way to remedy it.”
Li Shi Min glanced at Lin Han.
When Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuan heard Li Shiming start to talk about the main topic, they also turned their eyes to Lin Han.
However, Lin Han acted as if he didn't hear her. He ate while putting food into Princess Chang Le's bowl.
He completely ignored Li Shiming's words.
Zhangsun Wuji saw that Li Shimin was a little embarrassed and quickly added,"This is a matter of the Imperial Court and has nothing to do with us. Old Li, there's no need for you to worry.”
Fang Xuanling said," That's right. The Imperial Court should be the one worrying about this matter. It has nothing to do with us. Let's drink."”
"Actually, this flood isn't necessarily a bad thing," Lin Han said.”
Hearing this, Li Shi Min and the other two's wine cups suddenly stopped in the air.
The flood was not necessarily a bad thing. They did not understand what Lin Han was saying.
"Brother Lin, what do you mean?"
Li Shi Min asked.
"Do you know Changshan County?" Lin Han asked.”
Zhangsun Wuji nodded." I know. Changshan County is below Changqing County. I heard that it's the same as Qinghe County. Droughts often happen."”
"Then why didn't you divert the flood from Changqing County to Changshan County?" Lin Han asked.”
"This way, not only can we solve the flood, but we can also use this flood to solve the drought in Changshan County.”
Fang Xuanling was taken aback." That doesn't seem to work. Although Changshan County is below Changqing County, it's higher than Changqing County. Even if we divert the flood, it won't affect Changshan County."”
"It all depends on how you use it." Lin Han smiled.”
Li Shi Min's eyes lit up as he looked at Lin Han and smiled,"Could it be that Brother Lin has a way?"
Lin Han reached into his pocket and quickly took out a blueprint and handed it to Li Shiming.
"Look at this."
Li Shi Min took the blueprints and glanced at them. He frowned.
"What is this drawing? A few circles are connected together with a rope.”
Zhangsun Wuji stretched out his hand and said,"Old Li, show it to me."”
Li Shi Min handed him the blueprint.
After Zhangsun Wuji received it, he frowned. He also could not understand what was drawn.
Seeing that their expressions were almost identical, Fang Xuanling revealed a curious expression and turned his gaze to the blueprint in Zhangsun Wuji's hand.
"What is this drawing?"
He couldn't understand what Lin Han was drawing either.
Seeing that the three of them could not understand, Lin Han said,""Anyway, we're almost done eating. The three of you come out with me. I'll show you something and you'll understand.”
"Alright."
The three of them followed Lin Han out.
Princess Chang Le also followed.
Lin Han brought the three of them to the backyard to fetch water.
An iron frame appeared beside the well, and there was a round iron gear on the iron frame.
There was an iron chain hanging on the iron toothed wheel.
After Lin Han came to the iron frame, he looked at the three of them and said,""Usually, we use a windlass to draw water, or we throw a bucket into the well to draw water.”
"That would be time-consuming and laborious, but it's different now that we have this.”
Lin Han fastened a wooden bucket to the lock on one end of the chain and threw it into the well.
Then, he pulled the chain with one hand and pulled it down.
Following the sound of the iron chain sliding, the wooden barrel was quickly pulled up.
The entire process only took a few seconds.
"Usually, only adults or people with great strength can lift a bucket full of water.”
"But if you use this thing of mine, even a child of a few years old can lift water.”
"Really?"
Li Shi Min and the other two looked doubtful.
"I don't think Old Sun has done any heavy work before. If you don't believe me, you can try."”
"Alright, let me try."
Zhangsun Wuji walked to the well and poured out the water in the wooden bucket. Then, he threw the wooden bucket back into the well.
When the sound of water could be heard, Zhangsun Wuji imitated Lin Han and began to pull the chain.
Originally, he used two hands to pull, but he soon realized that two hands were too light, so he changed to one hand.
With just three or four strokes, the wooden bucket was pulled out of the well.
"Isn't this too easy?"
Zhangsun Wuji's eyes widened.
Then, he turned to Li Shiming and said,"Old Li, come and try it. I used to be so tired that I was half dead from getting a bucket of water."”
"But with this, I can fight with one hand, and I'm not tired at all.”
Li Shimin could also tell that Zhangsun Wuji was easily able to get a bucket of water.
He walked over and gave it a try.
After he tried, Fang Xuanling went to try again.
When the three of them tried it, they were all shocked.
"I didn't expect it to be so easy to use this thing to draw water.”
"Yeah, it's too easy. I feel like even children of a few years old can fight.”
"Brother Lin, how did you do it?" Li Shi Min asked.”
If this thing was used to build city walls and buildings, it would save a lot of manpower.
Lin Han smiled and pointed at the gears on the iron frame.""The reason why it is so effortless to draw water is all because of this. This is called a gear, also known as a roller.”
"However, there are many kinds of sheaves. There are fixed sheaves, moving sheaves, and sheaves.”
"Brother Lin, I understand what you mean. You want to use this to move the water from the bottom to the top, right?" Li Shi Min said.”
"Not bad," Lin Han said.
"Good, this is a good idea. We will build a large reservoir at the junction of Changqing County and Changshan County and then channel all the flood water into it.”
"Then, we can use this roller to get water from inside. By then, the drought in Changshan County will be resolved.”
"Yes, we finally found a way to remedy the situation. I really didn't expect Brother Lin to be able to use the flood to resolve the drought.”
Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling both admired Lin Han after hearing Li Shiming's words.
Lin Han smiled." Why are you so excited? You are just businessmen. The imperial court should know about this."”
"Brother Lin, don't worry. As long as you give me the blueprint, I'll make sure the Imperial Court uses your method." Li Shi Min quickly said.”
Zhangsun Wuji said," Yes. We went back to Chang 'an with Lord Tang before, so we're already acquaintances. As long as you give us the blueprint, we'll give it to him. Then, he'll hand it over to the current Emperor. Wouldn't that solve the problem?"”
Lin Han nodded slightly, feeling that it made sense.
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll go and draw the blueprint for you guys now.”
Lin Han turned around and returned to his room.
After Lin Han left, Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shiming and said excitedly,""Your Majesty, that's great. We've finally found a solution.”
Zhangsun Wuji was also full of smiles.
"Yeah, there's finally a way to solve the flood, and even the drought in Changshan County.”
Li Shi Min was also very happy. He did not expect such a big problem to be solved by Lin Han so easily.
At this moment, he turned his gaze to Princess Chang Le.
"Lizhi, come with my father. I have something to tell you.”
"Yes."
Li Shiming brought Princess Chang Le to the side.
Although Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were confused, they did not follow him.
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