Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 355: Blindness and Clear Mind

Even if the apples are easily picked, you have to say that you have picked them with great effort and picked the biggest and reddest apples on the tree.

Regarding this set of theories, Hualei had indeed applied it many times when he was imparting his corn-planting experience to others in the first half of the year. Every time there was a problem with the corn in other people's fields, Hualei would describe how he had encountered the same problem himself, and how he had searched through books but could not find a solution. Later, he thought of countless ways and conducted countless experiments before he finally solved the problem. He described the whole process in detail.

The colleagues and superiors around him were all stunned, but they kept nodding their heads, and they were even more impressed by the fact that they were the first to grow corn. Since then, Hualei has never heard anyone say that they were able to grow corn successfully just because of good luck, so this method is still very effective.

Although Rong Jin's method is not exactly the same as the theory of picking apples, the principle behind it is similar. Hualei has really witnessed Rong Jin's dark side once again. Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is really a den of foxes.

There was still about ten days before the Chinese New Year. After Hua Lei had arranged a lot of interpersonal relationships, she began to stay in the study room of her own house in Yongningfang, drawing the structural diagram of the wind-powered waterwheel.

Because Rong Jin asked her to be more discreet, Hua Lei considered several manors and Qingyun Lane, but they all seemed to be crowded and it was impossible to hide.

So Hua Lei specially asked Uncle Zhao to bring several farmers with good craftsmanship to live in the gatehouse in front of Hua's house, and started to make a small waterwheel according to Hua Lei's drawings in the front yard of Hua's house.

Rong Jin went to the Ministry of Justice and finished all the work at hand. Then he came to Yongningfang to help Hua Lei and draw the structural diagram for her.

During this period, Lord Pei personally came to Hua's house and gave Hua Lei some advice, which was similar to what Rong Jin said. He also told Hua Lei that as long as Hua Lei could really make this high-efficiency wind-powered waterwheel, he could at least help her get the Ministry of Industry to help Hua Lei make a few waterwheels. This made Hua Lei pay more attention.

You know, to make a waterwheel that is more than ten meters high, not to mention the money and time required, the difficulty is not small. Hua Lei later carefully considered Rong Jin's words. Uncle Zhao's craftsmanship is indeed very good, but he has never made such a large object, so he doesn't know if he can succeed.

If I make a one-meter-long model first, it will be much simpler. If I really catch the eye of Emperor Shengwu and ask the Ministry of Industry to help me make it, I can save a lot of effort. You have to know that compared with the power of the Ministry of Industry, I am like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Therefore, driven by interests, Hualei, who had originally been a little lax in his thinking, began to take the drawings in his hands more seriously. From bearings to spokes, from scrapers to water buckets, from frames to bodies, Hualei drew countless sketches and constantly adjusted various data.

But for Hua Lei, who had a liberal arts background in her previous life, these data still made her dizzy. The size of the waterwheel body, the length of the bearings, and the size of the water bucket were all factors that made Hua Lei feel at a loss as to where to start.

She had seen the appearance of a waterwheel and knew how it worked, but when she visited it at that time, she was just in a hurry to take a look. She really had no idea how the waterwheel was made and what the corresponding data inside it should be.

Thus, Rong Jin, who was born as a third place in the imperial examination, once again showed his true strength. Based on the picture of the waterwheel drawn by Hualei and the working principle described, he calculated the approximate proportions of the waterwheel. Then, based on this general outline, he slowly calculated each small detail step by step.

In this way, the two of them sometimes worked in the study, and from time to time they came out to communicate with Uncle Zhao about some specific situations. After nearly ten days of hard work, they finally finalized the preliminary structural drawings and data.

During this period, Xiaoyuan, who had returned from the Imperial College on vacation, followed Hualei every day, saying that he wanted to help Hualei and Rongjin.

Sometimes he helped Hualei draw the blueprints, sometimes he helped Rongjin pass the paper and pen. When he had nothing to do, he would sit opposite them and read his own books. As for his own study, he never went in.

Hua Lei was worried that her own affairs would affect Xiao Yuan's studies, so she asked Xiao Yuan to go back to his study room to read quietly several times.

Xiaoyuan refused with various reasons. Hualei didn't know why Xiaoyuan was so stubborn. Xiaoyuan was speechless. The two siblings, one blind and the other clear-headed, wandered around in the same space every day.

Rong Jin, on the other hand, said nothing, but asked Xiao Yuan to help him do this and that from time to time, and explained to Xiao Yuan in detail what he was doing. Even if the subsequent steps proved that his previous inference was wrong, he would explain everything to Xiao Yuan again.

I thought so at the time, so I did it this way, but the result was wrong. So where is the problem? How to correct it? Is the result correct after the correction? If it is still wrong, then continue to find the cause and continue to correct it.

Just like that, step by step, combining theory with practice, Rong Jin took Xiao Yuan to see, hear, and do it himself, allowing him to participate in it from beginning to end. He really didn't worry at all whether his impression in front of Xiao Yuan would collapse.

In Xiaoyuan's eyes, he was very happy that Rong Jin took the initiative to take on the management of the land reclamation personnel in the Ministry of Justice and went to the barren mountain to help every day. This way, the pressure on his sister was reduced a lot.

However, now that the Ministry of Justice is on New Year holiday, he still comes to his house every day and comes in without any hesitation every day, and he goes into his sister's study, which makes him a little uncomfortable.

However, his sister didn't chase him away, and he was indeed helping his sister. Xiao Yuan felt that he couldn't open his mouth and ask Rong Jin to go back. Besides, he had lived in the Marquis's Mansion for free for three years before, and he was the one who took advantage of others. What should he do? Xiao Yuan was a little distressed.

So, before he could think of any other solution, he could only report to Hua Lei's study every day like he was attending classes. The class time would be earlier or later depending on when Rong Jin came to Hua's house, and he would follow Hua Lei from time to time to "help".

However, when I was in the Imperial College, I really liked the riding and archery class, but when I got home, I wanted to be lazy and didn't want to go.