Northen Song Dynasty year, have a bonze that calls Huai Yuan, he has wisdom very much, always of all kinds " difficulty problem " after arriving in his hand, can solve at a draught. The word says to have so a day, county doorway stuck a piece suddenly " Zhao Xianbang " , drew a lot of people watch. Saw write on sheet of a list of names posted up only so a few words:
The Yellow River is flush, suburban pontoon is destroyed, the 8 big iron ox-tractor that connect cross-strait fasten pontoon also by be involved in among river water, to can administer flood, rebuild pontoon, need somebody can scoop up iron ox-tractor entirely, admire silver 1002. Surround the personage of view to comment in succession, some people say, pay is not little, can who has so great strength to scoop up taphole ox from inside river water? Also the response says someone, this very good do, water waiting for a river worked, cry on a few strong labor goes carrying, may become.
At that time, huai Yuanhe still has packed a crowd, he is being stared at " Zhao Xianbang " looked several times, after wanting to engrave a bell partly, next the arm since Lu, before going up " Zhao Xianbang " to uncovered, the crowd is a disturbance, they do not understand this looks at the bonze with frail body, how dare scoop up iron ox-tractor? Somebody cannot help asking Huaiyuan bonze, master, you know 3 hoisting jack weigh an iron ox-tractor, 8 iron ox-tractor are 24 thousand jins, is it possible that do you have extraordinary power?
Conceive Yuan Xiaodao, without what superhuman strength, alleged Jie Ling still must fasten bell person, since iron ox-tractor is swept by river water, so I send them again with respect to water letting a river. Surrounded view masses not to understand more, iron ox-tractor is heavy in benthic, how can you let water its impulse?
Huai Yuangan uncovers a list of names posted up, have his method naturally. Reached pontoon point, he says the official that the method that scoops up an ox gives processing river course, spread out to gain bovine job immediately. Huai Yuan calls person fate to come two wooden vessel, be together with cord fasten next, intermediate put apart a space, sidewards is bound between two boats went up the wooden stick with wide mouth of a bowl, make two boats replete next slimy sand, make shipboard keeps balance with surface. Let the place that the person delimits two boats iron ox-tractor sinks again, the rope on belt letting a person slips into benthic, bind a of cord on iron ox-tractor, another taut bind the wooden stick in two boats to go up.
Arrived at this moment, let a person go to the sand inside the boat again the discharge in river water, after waiting for silt discharge to be over, wooden vessel draft is very shallow, sank to be carried in the iron ox-tractor in river water, a few people row again the action, pull iron ox-tractor to build the place of pontoon, go up so so 8, 8 iron ox-tractor are complete by carry away. The wisdom of this shows the ancients is very fierce.
