Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

At daybreak, Li Dong arrived at the Chai family's house to announce the completion of the waterwheel. Chai Zhen then instructed Jiaxing to notify the village chief, leaving him no time for food. Jiaxing then harnessed the horse-drawn carriage and departed. Chai Ping'an, Old Man Chai Zhen, and his bodyguards followed, and a large group followed, heading west to the riverbank to load the waterwheel. Everyone hurried, driving the carriage westward. Wow! When Sun Gui saw this, the crowd roared, a truly spectacular sight.

Arriving at the river, Li Dong directed everyone to lift the waterwheel off the carriage. Several people removed their shoes, rolled up their trousers, and carried it into the water. Li Dong directed the positioning of the waterwheel and its direction. Once it was secured, Li Dong personally went up to adjust it, then directed everyone to place the wooden trough on the bank. The waterwheel began to turn, and with the force of the flowing water, the waterwheel kept turning, slowly flowing to the bank and onto the beach. Someone shouted, "Hurry up and dig a ditch so the water can flow." The riverside was abuzz with shouts and calls, as people spread the news that ditches were already being dug to divert water to the fields. "Hahahaha," people exclaimed happily, "The fields have water now, so we don't have to worry about not raining." The water flowed to the lower ground. Those with land in the north rushed home to get their pickaxes and dig trenches to irrigate their fields. Sun Gui watched and discussed with Chai Zhen, repairing the ditch, planning it well, and preventing turbulence. There must be a channel. Immediately, Sun Gui shouted that those who had ox carts should go home and drive their carts to pull bluestone and large stones, and those who made mud should make mud. All the adults in the village, regardless of gender,

Everyone had to work. Elders like Kong Ziwu and Zhang Bingquan placed and fixed the large stones around the water channel. Two or three hundred people from the village came to the river and helped. Chai Zhen and Sun Gui drew up the route. Several people repaired the channel section by section. Everyone was busy. In one morning, the large water channel in the north had been repaired to the end of the field. They could irrigate their own fields with just a little effort.

Chai Zhen said that he would build another one and put it south so that the fields in our village could be irrigated. "Okay, that's fine. Let Sun Quan tell his grandfather and report it." "Yes, we have to report it." "Our Great Yan Kingdom is going to change, a big change." "This is a good thing." "Report it." Sun Gui whispered, "Second uncle, what should I say?" "Go tell your grandfather and ask him to come to our village immediately! Urgent!" "Yes, Dad." Sun Quan called the fourth brother, and the two of them rode away on horseback.

Along the way, the two raced, trying to see who could outrun them. Half an hour later, they tied their horses to a pillar in front of the county government office and asked the gatekeeper, "Is Master Zhang here?" A young official reported inside, and Sun Quan said, "As long as Master is here, I'll go in myself." The official trotted inside. Master Zhang emerged, saw his grandson, and asked, "What's up, Quan?" Sun Quan whispered, "Our village has built a waterwheel. If we put it in the river and connect the banks, water will flow down the trough to the shore. We've started irrigating the fields, and we can plant crops tomorrow, even if it doesn't rain. My father sent me to ask you to go and see it. He told you to report in." Zhang Qingshan, upon hearing this, felt a surge of hope. He summoned several soldiers, all mounted faster, and the group rode nonstop towards Taohua Village. The clerk followed suit, and Ma Shiye also followed, leading his horse. The group hurried northwest. Zhang Qingshan thought all the way, if this thing really existed, it would be a great achievement. He didn't want to rise up. He had been a county magistrate here his whole life, just to protect his daughter. "Well, we'll talk about it later."

Hush..., the horse stopped, Zhang Qingshan got off the horse, Sun Gui came over and said, "Father-in-law, please look." The stream was slowly flowing into the field. More than 20 bodyguards, led by the fourth brother, had already repaired his ditch. The wheat was short of water. Sun Gui asked them to irrigate this piece of land first, as crops were being planted on this piece of land! Zhang Qingshan and his party walked along the canal and stopped at the edge of Chai Zhen's land. He walked all the way. There was no green, but crops were being planted here. These people opened their eyes wide and recognized that this was wheat. Looking at the whole Dayan, there was very little, and the word "little" was still "little"! It was growing so well! "How much is this piece?" "Twenty acres. It's an experiment. I'll plant it and save the seeds. This is my first time planting. I plan to report it if it succeeds." "Good! Good!" I'll write a memorial immediately and report it to the court. Master Ma, you come and draft it! "I've written it down."