Zhao Hanzhang glanced at everyone's feet and clothes, noticing that few were wearing shoes and socks, and couldn't help feeling concerned. She instructed them, "Take care to keep warm and healthy when you go back. Plant more mulberry and hemp next year, and strive for everyone to wear new clothes and socks then."
Everyone responded loudly in agreement.
Zhao Hanzhang invited Li Xiang and Li Ban to observe the operation of a water mill. They saw beans being poured into the millstone, which turned automatically without anyone operating it, and fine bean flour came out, leaving them greatly astonished.
"This is..."
"This is hydraulic power, or water conservancy," Zhao Hanzhang said. "I know that Shu also has many rivers, and the people live by the water. Given this, why not build water mills, so the people can save their labor?"
Li Ban immediately knelt and said, "Please, Great General, grant Shu skilled craftsmen."
