At this moment, the moat was already surrounded by commoners!
Everyone had come to see the waterwheel because of its fame!
As a group of imperial guards opened the way, the people retreated to the sides, knelt down and shouted to Ying Zheng in unison,
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Seeing the people kowtowing to him in submission, Ying Zheng waved his hand and ordered them to stand up!
Then, he brought Li Si and the officials to the river and looked at the huge waterwheel!
Seeing the waterwheel turning along with the flow of the water, bringing the river water into the ditches that had been dug beside, and then flowing into the fields by the shore, Ying Zheng said with a delighted expression,
"Alright! Alright! The waterwheel that the Prime Minister asked a craftsman to make is exactly the same as the one I saw in the fairyland!”
Hearing Ying Zheng's joyful words, all the ministers stared at the waterwheel that was running in the river with their eyes wide open, then clicked their tongues and said in wonder,
"Incredible! Incredible! This waterwheel was indeed a divine item! Without relying on any human or animal strength, they could continuously scoop out river water from the river to water the fields! With this waterwheel, the farmers would save a lot of effort!”
"That's right! This waterwheel could be considered a supreme weapon for the country and the people! With it, as long as one reasonably set up ditches between each field, even ten thousand hectares of land could be easily watered! Good item! Good stuff!"
"Your Majesty and the others really brought back a good treasure from the Immortal Land!”
“……”
Hearing the excited sighs of the officials, Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction!
Just as Ying Zheng was about to say something, a commotion came from the crowd not far away!
Frowning, Ying Zheng looked over and saw a group of Imperial Army soldiers blocking a few elderly men with agitated expressions. He had no idea what was going on!
Li Si, who was extremely good at observing people's expressions, immediately beckoned for the commander of the Imperial Army!
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Ying Zheng frowned and asked,
"What happened over there?"
the Imperial Army commander said.
"Your Majesty! A few farmers over there were clamoring to come and see His Majesty, saying that they wanted to thank His Majesty for creating this waterwheel! The Imperial Army stopped them!"
Ying Zheng frowned and said,
"Ridiculous! They were all citizens of Great Qin! If you want to express your gratitude to me in person, why not? Call them over!"
"But…His Majesty's safety is more important! What if they are assassins?"
the Imperial Army commander said hesitantly.
Ying Zheng glanced at the two old men who were arguing with the Imperial Army, then rolled his eyes at the Commander of the Imperial Army and said,
"Do you, the Commander of the Imperial Army, know how to judge people? The two old men's faces were tanned, and their legs and hands were covered in mud. They were obviously farmers! He was even more than sixty years old! How could he be an assassin? Our Great Qin is based on agriculture, and if it wasn't for these hardworking farmers, what would you eat and drink? Hurry up! Show some respect to the two elders!"
Hearing Ying Zheng's words, the Commander of the Imperial Army quickly responded with a 'yes'!
Li Si, who was standing beside Ying Zheng, sighed.
"Your Majesty loves the people like his own children. It is a blessing for the people of Great Qin to love them so much!”
Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, and the other ministers nodded and praised,
"Yes, yes! As long as His Majesty was around, why would Great Qin not prosper?”
Before the officials could sigh, the commander of the Imperial Army had already invited the two elders over!
The two old men staggered to Ying Zheng, and immediately kneeled on the ground in excitement, kowtowing to Ying Zheng and said,
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Looking at the two old farmers, who were more than ten years older than him, trembling and kneeling before him, Ying Zheng hurriedly took two steps forward and helped the two old men up kindly, saying,
"Elders! Please get up! I wonder why the two elders are so excited to see me?”
The old man in the lead was so excited that his eyes turned red. He shook Ying Zheng's hand and said,
"Your Majesty! This commoner thanks Your Majesty for creating the waterwheel! This commoner is a villager from Niu Village, five miles away from the city! His family had a hundred acres of barren land! However, due to the difficulty of irrigation, nearly 30 acres of land had dried up and could not be used for farming!
But yesterday, the government sent people to dig a ditch leading to the river bank from the village and set up such a waterwheel by the river bank! The 30 acres of barren and dry land in the commoner's house had all been watered! They could be put back into farming! If they could plant more than 30 mu of land, how much more grain could their families harvest this year! Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The old man said excitedly, and was about to kneel down and kowtow to Ying Zheng!
Ying Zheng hurriedly helped the old man up, and asked in excitement and disbelief,
"The thirty mu of land five miles away has been watered? All of them could be put back into farming?”
The old man nodded repeatedly. Another old man also said excitedly,
"Yes, Your Majesty! This commoner was from the same village as him! Not just his family's 30 mu of land! Almost all the farmers 'fields in our village have benefited from this waterwheel and have been watered! The entire village had a total of 1,000 acres of abandoned and dried fields. From this year onwards, they would be able to put them back into farming!”
Hearing the words of the two elders, the officials present all took a deep breath!
They sighed in disbelief.
"Hiss!"
"A thousand acres of barren land? A small village would have an additional 1,000 mu of land that could be used for farming. If this waterwheel was used throughout Great Qin, how many mu of land would be able to be used for farming? As for Great Qin, just how many more stones of grain would they gain in a year?”
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