Traveling through ancient times.

This river is a stream flowing from the distant mountains, winding through the foot of Yunshan Mountain.

It converges into Canglang River, flows through Fusong Town, and merges into Wujiang River in the east of the town.

This small river seems to flow through a large area, but it is close to a hilly area with many hillsides, and the hills are only a few dozen meters or a hundred meters high, but it is very difficult to get the water here to the land on the slopes.

Only the land around the river can be irrigated.

Not to mention in this era when everything has to be carried on shoulders or by hand, even in a society where Jiang Yizhou thought that productivity was very developed, the manpower and material resources consumed to irrigate the land in the mountains were enormous.

Therefore, the land in this area is very barren and weeds are allowed to grow wildly.

The areas downstream of the river, which are flatter and easier to irrigate, are relatively fertile, and even have rows of rice fields.

Now that the rice has been harvested, people can be seen everywhere working in the fields, turning the soil in preparation for next year's farming.

However, it is precisely because this piece of land near the hills is barren and not easy to irrigate that the land price is very cheap.

At that time, the imperial court launched a reward for land reclamation: as long as it was not the original farmland, any land reclaimed by oneself would become one's permanent farmland, exempt from taxes for three years, and only 30% of the tax for the next five years...

The Jiang family's Yunshan farm covers an area of ​​more than 200 acres. It was opened up in those days and then fixed on the land deed.

The policy of land reclamation is still effective, but it is no longer convenient to cultivate the land here. No matter how much manpower and material resources are invested, it is not enough to support the hired workers.

Fortunately, the clay for making pottery was discovered, and this village has survived to this day.

Therefore, on the one hand, Mr. Jiang helped Tao Junshan settle down here, and on the other hand, it was because of Tao Junshan's family that this manor was preserved.

Jiang Yizhou came down the hillside, but unexpectedly he was blocked by a ditch, and it seemed that people often passed by here.

It is the dry season now, and there is only a thin stream left in the middle of the ditch. Even if you fall in, it doesn't matter, you can just climb out.

But what if it is the rainy season? There are hillsides nearby and the terrain is relatively high, so all the rainwater will definitely gather here, and the water level in the ditch will definitely surge.

The first thought that came to her mind was: It's too dangerous without a bridge.

Jiang Yizhou had a flash of inspiration. That’s right. When he came down from the mountain before, he saw a fallen dead tree.

As for the official bridge repair, Jiang Yizhou temporarily wrote it down in the plan. Now there are many more important things to do - if she wants to really take root here, she must have her own income.

With no recipes to sell and no recipe technology, the only thing she could think of was to make use of the land.

There is a ditch here. Although there is a drop of thirty or forty meters to the village above, as long as there is a water source, the rest will be easy.

Jiang Yizhou was thinking about the water source, but his body did not stop for a moment. He had already carried the dead tree he had just seen over there.

Fortunately, it was her current attribute value, otherwise she really couldn't move the dead tree weighing nearly two hundred pounds.

Jiang Yizhou found a suitable place and placed the dead tree directly over the ditch.

I stepped on it and tried it, hmm, it's quite stable.

This way, crossing the ditch will be much safer in the future.

A smile appeared on Jiang Yizhou's face involuntarily, and a sense of accomplishment rose in his heart.

At this moment, Jiang Yizhou, who was feeling the sense of accomplishment for his effort, suddenly heard a "ding" sound in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Then, a familiar voice similar to that of an AI broadcast sounded:

[You build a small bridge to facilitate people's passage, and you will be rewarded with 20 merits]

Then, Jiang Yizhou, who had just felt a little bit of excitement and sense of accomplishment, now felt the blood in his body boiling.

Therefore, Xiao Tongzi also agreed with her actions.

There is nothing more motivating than having your actions recognized by others and receiving tangible rewards.

If Xiao Tongzi was a human, Jiang Yizhou would have wanted to hug him and spin around in circles.

She laughed out loud, she never expected that she didn't spend a penny this time, but just used a useless dead wood on the roadside, and she earned twenty merits.

Thus, she had 42 merits in her account.

Xiao Tongzi said that to exchange for the cheapest, improved cassava seeds close to this era, 100 merits were needed, and there were still 58 left.

Fifty-eight? Then just build a few more small wooden bridges?

Facts have proven that the Supreme Rules have absolutely no regard for this kind of speculation, which has no qualitatively positive impact on reality.

Despite this, Jiang Yizhou gained a lot that day.

When we returned to the farm in the evening, Brother Tao, Yunxin and Wei Ke had already returned.

I also bought a lot of food, clothes, etc.

There were only a few people in this small farm now, and Jiang Yizhou didn't like the idea of ​​the host eating while the servants watched and served him, so he just let everyone sit at one table to eat.

Second Brother Tao told about what happened in the town today. Yunxin first gave her Wei Ke's indenture contract, and then gave her a detailed account of her purchase process, prices, remaining expenses, and so on.

Jiang Yizhou secretly gave 15 taels of silver from selling his body to Wei Ke, and the monthly salary was temporarily set at one tael.

Yunxin and Yucui got three taels, and Liao Qi got two taels.

After Tao Er and his colleagues finished explaining what happened today, Liao Qi continued by introducing his work for the day.

He has inspected the entire manor and found it is in good overall condition, even the dog holes have been dealt with.

Next came Yucui. She put the things she had brought in place and cleaned them.

After everyone had finished speaking, Jiang Yizhou summarized everyone's work today and expressed his approval.

He said, "The weather is getting colder now. It's not like the old house, which is backed by a mountain and has a weak wind. This farm is on a hillside, so it will be even colder. We must prepare enough heating. Does anyone know how to make charcoal?"

If you can do it yourself, it will of course be more convenient and cost-effective.

Everyone shook their heads.

Who can do such technical work?

Jiang Yizhou seemed to have seen this somewhere before, and it didn't seem difficult. All he had to do was pile up the wood, cover it with mud, and burn it.

As soon as she mentioned it, Brother Tao said, "It's a lot of tricks inside. If you're not careful, you might burn it..."

Jiang Yizhou hummed and didn't insist.

It seems that the only way to deal with it now is to buy wood and charcoal from outside.

A few miles away from here is a long hillside with lush trees, so there must be a lot of wood. But Jiang Yizhou only has a few people at the moment, so he can't waste manpower on such trivial matters.

After everyone chatted for a while, Jiang Yizhou got to the point: "By the way, does anyone know a carpenter here?"

Brother Tao subconsciously asked: "Carpenter? What does the young lady want to do?"

Jiang Yizhou said: "I want to make a waterwheel. Today I saw that the river ditch on the other side is relatively high. I only need to raise it two or three levels to transfer the water to the mountain..."

As she was talking, she noticed that everyone was looking at her strangely.

Subconsciously I asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"What is a waterwheel?"

Now Jiang Yizhou was stunned. Isn't the waterwheel an ancient tool for lifting water?

Although Jiang Yizhou did not find this in the original owner's memory, he thought that the original owner had been trapped in the backyard and her entire world was only that small piece of land, so how could she know the situation outside.

Moreover, in her opinion, although this era was backward, agricultural civilization was still relatively developed. How could there be no waterwheels?

Well, now it seems that there really isn't.