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Chapter 207 Cuihua's Production
After making the gun, Shi Nianqing stored a large portion of the bullets in a cool, well-ventilated place.

The condition is checked periodically.

With the weapon, Shi Nianqing's anxiety subsided considerably.

It was at this moment that Shi Nianqing saw the remaining iron blocks and had a different idea in her mind.

When Shi Nianqing was making the homemade guns, she was overwhelmed by a sense of crisis. Now, looking back, they have molds and iron ore.

Is it possible to make a faucet?

Shi Nianqing had long wanted to achieve water freedom. He could make water pipes out of iron, and as long as the water pressure was sufficient, he could guarantee a clean water supply to all places.

With the current technology, it's impossible to build the kind of water system that can pump water upwards like before.

However, by designing and building a water tower that can increase pressure, and then using the principle of siphon, water can be added from the well.

Fortunately, their shelter wasn't too far from the well, and the water tower was designed around the well to ensure a water supply.

With the addition of pipes, water can be used anytime, anywhere.

Thinking of this, Shi Nianqing immediately shared her thoughts with her friends.

"With my method, once it's designed, we can achieve basic water freedom, and we'll never have to fetch water from such a distant well again."

"If the siphon principle doesn't work, we can set up a manual waterwheel around the well and use it to draw water to the water tower. We just need to turn it regularly every day to ensure a whole day's water supply."

Shi Nianqing has a lot of blueprints in her mind, which largely ensures that her designs are flawless, but she habitually makes Plan B.

After listening to the plan, Su Muge thought it was feasible.

They now have to fetch water from the well every day. It's convenient for watering plants, but getting water is still a bit of a hassle.

"But, but how are we going to build such a large water tower? What materials should we use to make it?"

Su Muge thought for a moment and then pointed out the problem.

Shi Nianqing's plan was very comprehensive, and there was basically nothing that needed improvement. However, their biggest problem now was that they couldn't build such a large water tower.

If the water tower is not large enough, its water pressure will be insufficient, and under insufficient water pressure, it will be difficult to form an automatic water supply system.

In modern rural areas, people have been using this kind of water tower for a long time. It's just that a hand pump is used in conjunction with the siphon principle to draw water to the water tower, and then the water is transferred to various taps for use.

This method, which was very common in rural areas, was gradually replaced by tap water in the following years as tap water systems were developed.

The water towers are made of stainless steel and are placed in designated locations.

Stainless steel is not available now, and with current technology, it would be extremely difficult to manufacture a large stainless steel water tower.

Shi Nianqing hadn't thought of this problem for a moment and was currently thinking about what to do.

According to the standards for rural water towers, at least one water tower with a capacity of 15 tons or more should be built, and it should also be sealed.

This is very difficult.

Shi Nianqing pondered for a long time, constantly searching for information in her mind.

A lot of knowledge I had never learned before appeared in my mind. If I wanted to understand it, I had to actively search for it, and it was completely different from what I had learned.

Without applying and learning it, Shi Nianqing cannot be considered to have fully mastered it.

Suddenly, Shi Nianqing had a flash of inspiration.

Since we can't get stainless steel, we can try a different approach.

“We can make cement now, and since we don’t plan to move the water tower we’re using, we can build a simple water tower out of cement. In that case, it’s possible to build as large as we want.” “As long as there’s enough water in the tower, the pressure generated will be more than enough for us to use a tap system.”

Su Muge squinted, thinking of the cement they used when building the house; this stuff seemed to work too.

At least they haven't had any major problems living in this house so far, not even a leak.

This shows that cement has a certain degree of waterproofness, and as long as the wall is thick enough, there will be no problem at all.

The viewers in the live stream listened to their discussion, and Su Ya and Wu Xuan both showed the same bewildered expression.

They still haven't understood what they're saying at all.

I know about siphoning, and I know about pressure, but I don't quite understand why they're combined.

[Can someone explain to us what Shi Nianqing and the others are talking about?]

I knew they were going to build a water tower to solve the water problem, but how exactly will they solve it?

Tap water? What is that? Is it something from ancient Earth?

[Little friend, do you have many questions, and many correct answers?!]

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Shi Nianqing saw the questions raised by the viewers in the live stream but did not provide any answers.

Once it was done, they understood what was going on.

Shi Nianqing designed the layout of the water tap pipes in her mind, and even luxuriously used the system's paid measurement skill to obtain accurate data.

I have a general idea of ​​how many pipes and faucets I need to make.

The faucet is not the kind of faucet used in ordinary households; it's the simple kind that can be opened and closed directly.

When the gap is closed, the pressure makes it very stable, which ensures that it will not leak.

Without further ado, Su Muge and two other friends went to collect materials for making cement.

Shi Nianqing was designing and smelting iron at home.

The iron ore from before hasn't been used up yet, and Shi Nianqing estimates that there won't be enough to make these pipes.

We need to collect some more.

Meanwhile, they used the remaining time to turn all the iron ore into iron blocks and designed and manufactured several pipe molds.

There are also molds for various connectors.

Now Nianqing is very adept at making molds, and the whole room is filled with numbered molds.

After Su Muge and the others returned, they made cement according to the previous proportions.

In just seven days, all the necessary materials were prepared.

Then they started building the water tower. Shi Nianqing designed it to be a taller water tower, and laid it down about half a meter below.

Then it was designed to be quite large, with a capacity of about 30 tons, which would be enough for the four of them to use for at least half a month.

Then construction began according to the blueprints. The water tower was built very quickly, and most of the time was spent waiting for the cement to dry completely.

Just as they were building the water tower, Cuihua, who had been living at home, suddenly started acting up.

She's about to give birth...