books44 Chapter 153 is actually a blessed place
Chapter 153 is actually a blessed place
After a long while, Fuguier said, "Master, there is a huge river down there!"
Zhou Lingling's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, my guess was right.
"Estimate the depth."
"okay!"
Fuguier used the power of space to investigate again.
"The average depth of this small basin is 24.33 meters. The mouth of the col is the shallowest, with a depth of 19.88 meters. The deepest point is on the northern slope."
Zhou Lingling stood on the hillside and could see that the terrain became higher as she went north.
Watching Zhou Lingling walking down the hill in silence, Tie Yuan asked with some concern, "How is it, Ling girl?"
"Can food be grown here?"
Sang Lin and others also looked at her expectantly.
Through Fuguier's detection, Zhou Lingling had a rough idea of the direction of the underground river in this area.
So she nodded and said: "You can plant it. Although sandy soil has poor water retention, as long as you water it on time, it will be fine."
Han You said, "Is it the same as those sandy plots in Zhoujia Village?"
Zhou Lingling did not deny it.
“The sand is drier here, but the principles are really the same.”
But we can only grow potatoes here.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard her words.
After such a long time, they have long been accustomed to listening to Ling Yatou's advice.
Since she said it can be planted, then it must be possible.
Sang Lin said cheerfully, "Girl, it's good that we can plant. So what do you think we should do first? Loosen the soil first?"
The others were also very excited and waited for Zhou Lingling to assign them tasks.
Zhou Lingling: "...Uncle, this is sand."
"What's wrong with sandy soil? Can't we still use it to grow crops?" Sang Lin looked confused.
Tie Yuan coughed lightly twice and explained, "This is sandy soil, it's loose to begin with."
So there is no need to loosen the soil.
Sang Lin then touched the back of his head embarrassedly: "Well, I'm old, and my brain isn't working well anymore..."
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Lingling also laughed to her heart's content, and finally said:
"Uncle Sang, although there's no need to loosen the soil, we still have other things to do."
"You said this area used to be lush with vegetation, but it only became what it is today in recent years. So we can reasonably infer that there is likely groundwater beneath this area."
groundwater?
This was the first time Tie Yuan and others heard of this thing.
Tie Yuan asked, "What is groundwater? Well water?"
Zhou Lingling was silent for a moment and said, "You could think so."
"But there's no river here, it's all dry sand. How could there be a well?"
There are four wells in the entire city of Anbei, located in four directions of the city.
Water can only be drawn from these four wells.
Every morning, both the wealthy and the common people in the city would line up to fetch water.
Zhou Lingling and her friends drew water from the well in the north of the city where they lived. The well was close to the general's mansion, so Tie Yuan and her friends went there early every day and were always the first to fetch water.
There is water shortage in northern Xinjiang.
Because there is no river passing through the territory.
After arriving in Northern Xinjiang, some of Zhou Lingling's memories of the original book resurfaced in her mind.
To the north of the northern border is the plateau grassland, and to the south are continuous snow-capped mountains with clouds and mist all year round and the tops are out of sight. There is only a narrow passage leading to the heartland of the Yuan Dynasty.
This is a land of isolation and helplessness.
If you are not careful, you will be trampled by the cavalry of the northern barbarians.
It has only been a hundred years since the last time the northern border was lost, and it was the late emperor who personally led the army to recover the lost territory in the northern border.
The wise and brave late emperor was also injured while recovering the northern border, and died of illness less than three years after returning to the court.
After the current emperor came to power, he initially attached great importance to the defense of the northern border. However, the northern barbarians have since pursued a policy of recuperation. Although they have invaded from time to time, they are all scattered and minor.
The emperor thought that the northern barbarians were intimidated by the majesty of the Yuan Dynasty and dared not commit crimes again, so he began to take it lightly.
The northern border is a barren land. The imperial court spends so much food and military pay every year to support tens of thousands of troops, but they have no place to use them.
So when the ninth prince was twelve years old, the emperor actually made the Northern Frontier his own son's fiefdom and cut off the food and salary supply to the Northern Frontier on this basis.
barren land……
Zhou Lingling doesn't think so.
On the other side of the endless snow-capped mountains, there are several rushing rivers rushing down.
One of them also flows through their southern region.
Surrounded by so many snow-capped mountains, how could northern Xinjiang be short of water?
The meltwater from the mountain snow alone is enough to provide an inexhaustible supply for the northern border.
This is actually a blessed place.
There is no water simply because it is not used properly.
this day,
After Zhou Lingling and others came back from outside the city, she went to the general's mansion to ask for the map of Anbei City, and then locked herself in the room for two days without going out.
Chen learned the news the next day and was angry and anxious.
He started knocking on the door three times a day and bringing food and drinks into his daughter's room, fearing that she would be hungry inside.
Three days passed like this before Zhou Lingling walked out of the yard in a depressed mood.
It happened that Chen came to bring food to her daughter.
"My dear, are you hungry? I made some chicken soup for you. Would you like to have some first?"
Zhou Lingling looked at her mother in a daze.
She hasn't slept in three days.
"mother……"
"Hey!" Chen quickly put the chicken soup on the small flower bed in the yard, turned around and came back to support her daughter.
Her eyes were red with heartache.
"What are you doing? Just working without food or water, who can handle this?"
After helping her daughter sit down on the chair, Chen turned around and went back to bring the chicken soup.
Zhou Lingling looked at her mother and said, "Mom, please call Uncle Tie for me."
Chen placed the chicken soup on the table with some force.
She stared at her daughter with a serious expression: "Lingling, I don't know what you have been doing these days, but I hope you know that no matter what happens to me, it is not as important as you."
"To be frank, other people's lives and deaths are none of my business, but you are my own daughter! I have to take care of your life and death!"
These past few days, if I hadn't watched my daughter eat every day, she would have been starving.
No matter how strong a person is, he can’t stand being so hungry!
What's more, her daughter is such a young girl.
Zhou Lingling was stunned by her mother's yelling, and it took her a long time to react.
"mother……"
She lowered her head guiltily.
"sorry that I had you worried……"
She was just too anxious.
I hadn't thought about the underground river before, but now I have. If we wait for the underground river to be repaired, it will take at least two months, which will delay spring plowing.
Therefore, Zhou Lingling did not dare to waste a single day. She just wanted to mark out the underground rivers in Anbei City and the surrounding areas as soon as possible, and then design the locations of vertical shafts, culverts and waterlogging dams according to the terrain.
Fortunately, with Fuguier's help, she finally marked it after five days.
Just wait for the military advisor to arrange people to build it.
When the time comes, we will repair the area of the city's northern camp first, and try not to delay the spring plowing...
Chen couldn't bear to be mean to her daughter, and she felt a little uncomfortable after yelling at her.
"My daughter, you haven't done anything wrong to me... It's all my fault. I shouldn't have yelled at you."
"Drink some chicken soup first. Mom will go get someone for you."
After Chen finished speaking, she turned and left.
Zhou Lingling opened her mouth but said nothing.
That's it.
Mom is just worried about me, I must be more careful in the future...