Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 359 Didn’t sleep well last night

In the future, he will participate in the whole process of making the waterwheel as one of the members.

Hua Lei looked at Bai Yunhe's smug face and was genuinely envious. It was quite impressive for an intern to be able to change jobs wherever he wanted, but she couldn't do that.

After another three to five days of busy work at the Agriculture Bureau, Hua Lei had basically sorted out all the things on hand. The weather that had been rainy for more than a month gradually turned from cloudy to sunny. The barren mountain also began to thaw slowly, and Rong Jin led more than 450 land reclamation workers to continue to help Hua Lei reclaim the land.

It was originally said that the number of personnel would be reduced this year, but it has not been reduced for the time being. I heard that Lord Wen seemed to be deceived by Rong Jin's sweet talk again, so the number of personnel for the land reclamation is still the same as before the New Year.

The flower buds were of course very welcome. Thus, the barren mountain, which had been quiet for a whole year, became bustling with people again. Those who dug ponds continued to dig ponds, and those who tilled the soil continued to till the soil.

Another group of pioneers were assigned another task, which was to help open up the bamboo joints that Uncle Fu had cut down years ago. This was a relatively difficult task.

While keeping the bamboo tube as intact as possible, open up the bamboo nodes inside and use them to connect to the trough under the waterwheel to deliver water to the fields.

However, although Hualei anticipated the difficulty of this task, he did not expect that it was not only difficult, but also impossible. The bamboo joints were harder than the bamboo tube itself, and it was difficult to directly break through the bamboo joints without damaging the bamboo itself.

When Hualei made the first small waterwheel, she only used a bamboo tube less than three feet long for experimentation. Although Rong Jin spent a lot of effort to open up the bamboo tube less than three feet long, he still succeeded.

So Hua Lei took it for granted that it could be done. At the beginning, Hua Lei even specially customized a few iron rods, one end of which was pointed.

Then he cut the bamboo into pieces about 15 feet long and tried to use the pointed end of the iron rod to pierce through the bamboo joints. However, the fact was that he could only pierce through two or three joints at most. After that, he did not have enough strength.

If you hit one end of the iron rod with a tool, the whole bamboo will easily split and become scrapped, which is not acceptable at all. It is also very easy to hurt people and is very unsafe.

But if the bamboo is divided into bamboo tubes that are only two or three bamboo nodes long, it would be too short. The entire bamboo tube would only be two or three feet long. This length looks suitable for a small waterwheel, but if it is placed on this barren mountain, it would be a bit short and the efficiency is really not good enough.

Hualei was in a dilemma. The waterwheel was already made, but if the water pipe didn't work, how could she divert the water?

If you dig a ditch directly, the mountain is inclined, and the water on the top of the mountain will flow down along the ditch while directly seeping vertically into the ground. The amount of water flowing below will be very little, and the distance for diverting water will not be very far.

If we use blue bricks to build these ditches, it is possible, but the cost is too high. If we use blue bricks to build ditches on this thousand acres of barren hill, we can build several blue brick tile houses with the blue bricks we use. Hualei thinks it is not worth it.

Hua Lei thought hard but still couldn't get it right. Rong Jin tried several more times with the iron rod. Although he practiced martial arts and was stronger than the average pioneers, he could only pierce five or six bamboo joints at most, and the breakage rate of the bamboo was very high.

After trying many methods and still failing, Hualei decided to cut the bamboo longitudinally to make open water pipes. Because Nanzhu is much thicker than ordinary bamboo, the diameter of the bamboo in Baihua Village is only as long as an adult's finger.

However, the diameter of the bamboo is as long as an adult's palm. If you cut off a bamboo section vertically, it is relatively easy to open up the bamboo nodes inside. And the volume of the bamboo tube is still enough to transport water.

However, in this case, the bamboo pipes can no longer be buried underground, and can only be used as open ditches like those dug in some places in the past. This is also good, if there is a problem with the water transport, the reason can be found.

Although this may make walking inconvenient, you can make a conspicuous sign at that time, or cover the bamboo tube with a small straw fan.

Apart from bamboo and bricks, Hualei couldn't think of any better solution. After wavering between the two for a long time, Hualei felt that using bamboo to make open water pipes was more in line with her own psychology.

You know, these nanmu bamboos are pulled for free from ownerless mountains. The pioneers who clear the bamboo joints do not need to pay monthly wages, which means they have saved the money for several large brick and tile houses.

So Hualei waved her hand, and Uncle Fu and the others started making water pipes with bamboo again. They cut a hole in the bamboo longitudinally, and then used a pointed iron rod to knock it, so that the bamboo joints were easier to remove, and the process was much faster.

Hualei looked at the newly made bamboo tube and thought, okay, although it cannot be compared with the open irrigation waterway in the previous life, the worst that can happen is that he can just add a few more bamboos.

In this way, due to practical and profit reasons, the production of water pipes has been reduced from high difficulty to low difficulty, and from low efficiency to high efficiency. Of course, the performance of water pipes has also been reduced from high performance to low performance.

The water pipe problem was solved simply and roughly, and Rong Jin helped to look after the land reclamation on the barren mountain. Now Hua Lei was not polite, and during the New Year, she also told Rong Jin about her plan for the barren mountain.

In the next short period of time, the most important thing is to dig and improve several ponds, and then open up the land. On the other hand, we have to wait for the Ministry of Industry to make and install the waterwheel. This cannot be rushed. It depends on the progress of the Ministry of Industry, and then arrange the bamboo pipes.

The weather is still relatively cold for the time being, and the turned wasteland is not suitable for growing any crops, so Hualei, the owner of the barren mountain, is left vacant.

Just then, the Ministry of Industry sent a message saying that the materials were ready and hoped that Hua Lei could find time to go over.

So, the next day, Hualei took Uncle Zhao to the Construction Department of the Ministry of Industry. The Construction Department had a large workshop, which was divided into several parts. Hualei was now going to the civilian workshop.

Following his boss' orders, Bai Yunhe had been waiting for Hua Lei at the workshop gate. When he saw Hua Lei and Uncle Zhao coming over, he greeted them with a smile, then took Hua Lei to the civilian workshop in silence.

Seeing Bai Yunhe looking a little pale, Hua Lei asked politely, "Mr. Bai, are you feeling unwell? You look a little pale."

Bai Yunhe looked at Hualei, quickened his pace, walked in front of Hualei, and chuckled, "No, I just didn't sleep well last night."