After traveling through time, I married a male princess

There is rice in this dynasty, but when Ye Yanxing arrived it was already a drought period, so he did not see any rice in the growing period, so he did not know what the yield was.

However, the most important thing now is not this, but to solve the water problem.

Previously, there were a large number of dry fields in Cheng Yu’s village. In addition to the fact that there was no rain, the most important reason was that the water conservancy issue was not handled properly.

Therefore, only some inland areas have dried up, while areas near rivers still have sufficient water resources.

Because rice is the most afraid of drought among the "five grains", it requires more water than other grains.

The soil quality of rice fields varies from place to place, including sandy, clay, poor and fertile soil.

Some rice fields dried up three days after being watered, while others took half a month to dry up.

When there is no rain from heaven, we have to rely on human power to guide irrigation to remedy the situation.

During this period, Ye Yanxing also gained a comprehensive understanding of Yizhou.

After analysis, he decided to take two measures.

A drum cart is used near the river, and its installation is also simple.

First, build a dam on the river bank to block the water flow, so that the water flows around the lower part of the drum wheel, stimulates the water wheel of the drum wheel to rotate, and fills the drum with water. In this way, the water in the drums will pour into the water diversion trough, and then be diverted into the fields.

In this way, water can be drawn continuously day and night, so it is no problem to irrigate hundreds of acres of land.

Another advantage of the water wheel is that when water is not needed, a wooden plug can be used to block the water wheel to prevent the water from turning.

Another thing is that, near lakes and ponds where there is no flowing water, you can use oxen to pull the turntable to drive the waterwheel to turn, or you can use human power to pedal to turn the waterwheel.

The keel inside the car connects the boards together, trapping the water in grids and causing it to flow upward.

One person can irrigate about five acres of land using a waterwheel for a whole day, and using oxen's power can be twice as effective.

Another use is in places where there is not much water, such as shallow pools and small ditches, where the space is too small to accommodate a long water truck, a shorter hand-cranked water truck can be used.

The hand-cranked waterwheel is also easy to use. One person can irrigate two acres of land by cranking it with both hands for a day.

There is also a waterwheel with several sails, which is specially used for drainage.

Ye Yanxing was considering whether this was necessary, and finally he decided that it would be enough to install a drum cart and a hand-cranked cart near Fufeng City.

The drainage system in this area is quite good and there is no risk of waterlogging for the time being.

As for other counties, Ye Yanxing also told several county governors and asked them to make their own arrangements based on the circumstances.

Once a solution was thought of, the matter was quickly launched.

While farmers are busy raising seedlings, water conservancy projects are also progressing steadily.

Because it was beneficial to production, everyone was very careful when installing the waterwheel, so the project went very smoothly.

By the time the farmers had grown the seedlings, the water conservancy installation was also completed.

It was put into use as soon as it was completed.

It is June now. Although it is a little late to plant rice, it is still possible.

We have to not plant. If we don’t plant, many families will run out of food.

They are all looking forward to the good harvest in autumn to replenish their granaries!

The newspaper also resumed publication.

So they also provide real-time coverage during water conservancy projects.

Now people have become accustomed to newspapers publishing news about Ye Yanxing from time to time, and sometimes it is a notice issued by the county magistrate.

Every issue of a newspaper or magazine will attract the attention of the people on the day of its publication.

During the implementation of the water conservancy project, Ye Yanxing also wrote a letter to Ye Xingche to tell him how to promote it. As for how to promote it, that was Ye Xingche's business.

I also told Ye Xingche about the idea of ​​establishing a newspaper.

It can be said that every time Ye Yanxing made a reform here, he would tell Ye Xingche, and even prepare a copy of the new seeds for him.

In addition to not wanting Ye Xingche to make random guesses about him, Ye Xingche also cared about him. He could feel that this brother cared about him, so Ye Yanxing was willing to help him.

Anyway, it's a smooth process.

The late spring rice has finally been planted.

People stood on the ridges of the fields, looking at the green rice fields, their faces full of anticipation for a good harvest.

"The prince is truly our lucky star." Fu Qianrun and Ye Yanxing sat on horseback, gazing at the fields in the distance.

"Then am I Madam's lucky star?" Ye Yanxing leaned over and asked him with a smile.

Fu Qianrun pursed his lips and smiled, "It is Ruyu's greatest luck in this life."

"Well, meeting Ruyu is my greatest luck." Ye Yanxing replied.

"Ouch!" The king roared at an inopportune time.

Ye Yanxing: “…”

He said he would not bring the king out! But this shameless guy insisted on running after him.

"Awoo!" Seeing that no one paid attention to it, the king roared again.

"I know! And you!" Ye Yanxing rolled his eyes.

Fu Qianrun couldn't help but chuckle.

"Awoo~" After getting a response, the king grinned.

The people around were so frightened when they heard the tiger's roar that their faces changed color.

When everyone wanted to run home, they heard the roar again. They followed the sound and found Ye Yanxing was there too. They immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out to be the king. Then everything is fine.

Yes, Da Wang often goes out to play, so everyone knows that it is called Da Wang. Normally, when people hear the roar of a tiger in the city, they don’t think anything of it because they know it is Da Wang.

As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain. Now that the king is here, no other tiger will dare to come over. The king will be the first one to not allow it.

But if you hear a tiger roaring outside the city, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the king, right? !

That's why they were so scared just now.

"Your Majesty! My Lord! My Lord!"

The men greeted Ye Yanxing and the others one after another.

"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Yanxing nodded in response.

"It's not hard! We are happy!"

Several men responded loudly that there was no time that made them feel better than now.

Oh, and they will be even happier when there are a few months of good harvest.

As common people, they felt very happy to be able to talk and chat with someone of King Yan's level.

The Prince Yan and Princess Yan are really humble!

In this era of clear class distribution, if anyone else came here, they probably would not pay any attention to them.

They might respond, but no one would dare to chat so casually.

It would be nice not to have to worry about being beheaded all the time.

After all, if they accidentally offended a noble person, the punishment they would receive would be something they could not afford.

King Yan is not only approachable, but also does so many things that are beneficial to production. He is truly a blessing to the people of Yizhou!

Everyone sighed inwardly as they watched Ye Yanxing and Fu Qianrun leave.

They didn't turn around and go home until the two men and the tiger had completely disappeared.