Chapter 172: The Six-Fingered Knight has a thought, improving farm tools!

The Six-Fingered Black Knight did not expect that these two devices were actually used in agriculture.

The Gongshu family's mechanical arts were all used in war. Clearly, these two things did not come from the Gongshu family, and the mechanisms made by the Gongshu family would not be so crude; at least in terms of appearance, they would be much more exquisite.

Since it was not the work of the Gongshu family, it could only be done by the Yin-Yang School.

'The Yin-Yang School truly has no talent in the way of mechanisms; they are not suited for mechanical arts…'

After the Six-Fingered Black Knight despised the Yin-Yang School in his heart, he still honestly studied the two devices in front of him.

Upon learning that they were used in agriculture, for some reason, the Six-Fingered Black Knight became serious.

Because the principles of the two devices were not complex, and the mechanical beasts in the Mohist School were much more complex than this in terms of structure.

He quickly figured out the principles.

"As for the waterwheel, the modification is the simplest. It can be done like this, like that…"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight spoke slowly, not caring about leaking these things to Su Xuan.

The reason he got the plan so quickly was that the power source of the Mohist Mechanical City was water. With the help of mountain water, the devices within the entire Mechanical City could run continuously all year round. Since the construction of the Mechanical City, the mechanisms within it had been running for a full three hundred years. This was all the effect of the water in the mountains.

So, if one wanted to break the Mechanical City, it wouldn't be that troublesome. To go to the trouble of breaking into the city, one only needed to cut off the water source flowing into the Mechanical City, which would still cause the many mechanisms within the Mechanical City to stop running.

Things like waterwheels were as numerous as hair in the Mechanical City. After three hundred years of continuous improvement, it could be said that the waterwheel technology in the Mechanical City had developed to its peak.

While telling Su Xuan the improvement plan for the waterwheel, the Six-Fingered Black Knight also revealed a thoughtful look.

This Yin-Yang School Sect Master bringing such two mechanical devices in front of him and asking him to improve them was definitely not without purpose.

Clearly, he had his own goals.

However, no matter what purpose the other party had, if improving these two devices could benefit many farmers, that would also be fine.

After finishing the improvement plan for the waterwheel, the Six-Fingered Black Knight studied the seed drill.

The principle of the seed drill was also not complex. It was like a plow, pulled by human or animal power to cultivate land. It also had a measuring hopper. After the feet of the seed drill pierced into the land, seeds would slide down from the hopper, falling into the pit, simultaneously completing the two tasks of cultivating and sowing.

Su Xuan's seed drill was extremely good in terms of principle, but principle was principle. Whether it could make the efficiency of plowing and sowing higher still required subsequent research, especially if one wanted to plow more land. Under normal circumstances, the human and animal power required would also be more. So, was there a way to improve productivity while reducing human and animal power?

Of course there was.

The many mechanisms in the Mohist Mechanical City relied on the power of mountain water, running year after year without using any human or animal power. Wanting to use the power of water to make the seed drill run was clearly impossible.

But other plans could be used.

In the Mohist School, there were four major mechanical beasts, divided into Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, taken from the four spirits of heaven. These four mechanical beasts—the Black Tortoise could swim underwater, the Vermilion Bird could fly in the sky, the White Tiger could roam on the ground, and their lethality was extremely strong. The Azure Dragon gathered the strengths of all four, having both the killing power of the White Tiger and the ability of the Vermilion Bird to fly, and could also swim underwater like the Black Tortoise.

These mechanical beasts did not borrow any water power, nor did they borrow human or animal power, yet they could all run endlessly.

This was the strength of the Mohist School's mechanical arts.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight prepared to modify the seed drill based on the principles of these mechanical beasts.

He didn't need human or animal power at all; he had a more perfect plan, directly transforming the seed drill into a mechanical beast, using the principles of mechanical beasts to complete the tasks of cultivating and sowing. And because mechanical beasts didn't need to rest, this meant it could run continuously. Plowing several qing of fertile land in a day was not a problem.

One qing was fifteen mu, and several qing was a hundred mu of land. In this era, plowing a hundred mu of land in a day was already an unimaginable thing.

But the Six-Fingered Black Knight had the confidence to do it.

However, because this goal was quite grand, he needed to spend some time to calculate and test it.

He said bluntly to Su Xuan, "I need time and tools to verify and test!"

Although he still hadn't guessed Su Xuan's purpose, the fact that Su Xuan only let him improve these tools without showing hostility was already a good thing.

In fact, the Six-Fingered Black Knight even hoped that after he finished improving these tools, Su Xuan could return Yan Dan's soul to him.

Hearing this, Su Xuan said to Zi Nu, "Whatever he needs, satisfy him as much as possible!"

"Yes!"

Zi Nu replied.

In the following time, Zi Nu brought some Yin-Yang School disciples and many tools to assist the Six-Fingered Black Knight in researching the new type of seed drill here.