Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

This was great news! "What a great thing!" Zhang Qingshan asked who had come up with it. Sun Gui said Uncle Chai. Chai Zhen summoned carpenter Li Guang, Jia He, and six apprentices. "Sir, it was these guys who worked day and night to pull this off." The apprentices blushed with excitement, their hard work a testament to their success. Parents in the distance exclaimed happily, "My child has a future!" "Is your second son engaged? My niece from my mother's family is beautiful and a skilled hand at housework. I'll ask you to marry her, and I'll go tomorrow." "Okay, okay. We're planning to build a house this fall for my second son, and he'll live in our new house when he comes." Several women also wanted to marry their daughters to these young men's families. They hurried to find someone to talk. Not to mention that the blind daters were optimistic about these carpenters.

It was getting dark, and Zhang Qing came to see his father and said, "Dad, come home. I've prepared dinner." Zhang Qing's eyes filled with tears. He hadn't seen his father for a long time. "Qing'er, Dad won't go today. Your mother and I will come tomorrow." "Okay, I'll listen to Dad. I'll go back and prepare the room."

After watching his father go away, Sun Gui comforted his wife, and the two of them walked home together. People were leaving in groups of two or three. "I'll go back and talk to my family about reclaiming more land." "Me too. Even if it doesn't rain, we don't have to worry about a bad harvest." "If it's dry, just water the land. We can irrigate the land anytime." "We can also grow more vegetables." "There are so many benefits. We can grow more vegetables. Let's go buy some." Someone else suggested that there were new varieties of vegetables, so let's grow them too. "Okay, let's go home and discuss this with our family," someone said, running home.

Many people stood by the Chai family's field, watching the water, wondering, as the water flowed through the wheat.

, growing stronger and stronger, and growing well. Li Ru came with little Naibao in her arms, and stayed at the edge of her own field. Little Naibao called out to his great grandfather from a distance, "Great grandfather, hold me." Chai Zhen took a few quick steps and picked up little Naibao, "Grandpa, hold me." Chai Zhen said, "Guoguo, is there anything wrong with the crops?" "It's okay, they're growing well, and are about to ear." "But, Grandpa, they'll grow better if you apply some fertilizer." "Fertilizer?" "Well, that's..." Little Naibao whispered, "That's poop, it'll grow better that way." "Or you can pile up rotten vegetable leaves and grass, cover them with soil, and wait for a while, and they'll become manure, which can be spread on the ground." "When Great Grandpa finds out, we'll apply it to the ground later." "Great Grandpa, cow dung is fine too." "Okay, okay."

Chai Zhen left a few people behind, and the others went home to eat and would come back to take over later.

When Chai Zhen got home, he called Li Dong and said, "Dongzi, you don't have to do anything else. Just make the waterwheel and we'll sell it!" "Okay, Grandpa." Li Dong made the waterwheel, and seeing its success, his confidence grew. Chai Zhen continued, "Wait until the county magistrate reports it to the court. It will be promoted nationwide, and we'll sell even more. I'm recruiting people to join you. The more the merrier."

Back at the county yamen, Zhang Qingshan, not even bothering to eat, summoned the county yamen's legal advisors, clerks, the county magistrate, and others to a meeting. Over a dozen officials, both high and low, the legal advisors drafted a memorial discussing how to promote waterwheels for the benefit of the county. Zhang Qing dispatched a fast horse to deliver a report to the emperor 600 miles away. "The county has decided to have all the carpenters in the 25 villages in the county come to Taohua Village tomorrow to help build waterwheels so that crops can be planted."

After dinner, Chai Zhen went to Sun Gui's house to discuss finding help. They'd cut wood and see who was willing to learn carpentry. They could then find a few more and sell the wood to the village. Apprentices would be paid, and that would be income for the village, with the older workers getting paid more. "Okay, that's a good idea. Our village school won't have to worry about money. Whoever passes the exam to become a scholar will have their tuition covered. It's a big deal for the whole village. We'll have a meeting tomorrow."