The sword is the devil

Chapter 131 The Road to Water
Hou Niao's puzzle of eight came to the puzzle of nine, which is expected, because of the existence of the vortex in the purple mansion, there will be many similar accidents on the road of practice in the future, until he fully understands the secret of the purple mansion.

As far as the process is concerned, it is still very smooth. What is not smooth is that you can't see the end of the overflowing dantian, live to the old, explode to the old?
On this day, he saw three women in the yard wearing armor. Of course, they were not real armor, but the cloth armor that people in the wilderness were most used to. The protection was better than nothing; there was also a bullock cart in the yard with a huge The wooden barrel, so he instantly understood what the three women were going to do.

After thinking about it, it seems like it's been a while since I went out to relax?So he walked out of the room, patted the cow's buttocks,

"To fetch water? Then let's go together."

The three women's eyes were full of joy, which was a request they wanted to speak but did not dare to speak.

To get water from Xiaoqianbao, you need to go to a river about [-] miles away from the castle, a small river named Bailian River; , the time is completely different. Not only is the speed of the ox cart under the load very slow, but also many factors that are not suitable for the ox cart to walk must be considered.
Travel at sunrise and return at sunset. If everything goes well, it’s okay. If you encounter some troubles halfway, such as car problems, cattle getting angry, or other reasons, it will be difficult to get back before dark. It is self-evident what the Yinling after dark means to ordinary mortals.

Every day there are people carrying water out of the fort, and everyone will gather together to form a convoy, and they can strengthen each other's courage and support each other; for example, today, there are less than thirty ox carts in total, that is to say, there are thirty Families have reached the point where they have to go out to fetch water.

Everyone lined up in a long queue, looking at each other head to tail, and the men scattered around the queue to beware of possible accidents; at least [-]% of the families were completely headed by women, and it was not obvious that they had any grievances; the people living here , even women have their own heroism, the pressure of life cannot overwhelm them, and they still dare to pursue their own happiness.

It's like the three sisters-in-law of the Jiang family hid a man who didn't know where he came out, and no one cared about it, let alone pursue the so-called decency issue; if someone really questioned it, don't look at the three sisters-in-law. In front of Hou Tiao, he was very obedient, but when he turned his head, he was the master who dared to go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife.

Hou Tiao was very strange as he walked beside his ox cart loosely, "I see that the distribution of Wubao in Yinling is basically built along the river, which is convenient for water collection, and there is no distance more than five miles away; Built so far from the river?"

Jiang Lin is the most knowledgeable of the three sisters-in-law. Because he read some books when he was young, he also knows some history of Xiaoqianbao.

"Mr. Haojiao learned that Xiaoqianbao was also built along the river in the early days of the fort, and it relied on the Bailian River; but just a hundred years ago, the Bailian River suddenly changed its course after a heavy rain, and that's how it is today. pattern.

The old river channel that was far away from Xiaoqianbao has now become fertile land, but it is too difficult to get water, and the gain outweighs the loss. "

Hou Tiao was a little speechless, this is really a trick of God, and there is nothing he can do; it is very difficult to divert a big river, because the aquarium in the river will not agree first, and they will do everything possible to obstruct it. Despite strong resistance, the project that is obviously beneficial to the people has been unable to start for a long time;
But in the Yinling Wasteland, the situation is different. The rivers here are all small and medium-sized rivers with a small flow. The key is that the rivers here are destined to be limited in depth because of the terrain of the wasteland. As far as Hou Tiao knows, there are no rivers deeper than one foot. , such a river has no room for water monsters to live, and they can be seen from the shore when swimming in the water, so it can't be called concealment, but relatively speaking, it is also easy to divert.

Before he came to Yinling, he checked the topography here, and it seems that river diversions are common, especially when encountering the rare torrential rain in decades.

"It turned out to be like this, a natural and man-made disaster."

Jiang Lin's knowledge of geography is very solid, "Our Xiaoqianbao family is not alone in the impact caused by the diversion of the Bailian River, and Daqianbao on the other side of Suqiu also had to travel ten miles to fetch water because of the diversion of the river. It's not as serious as ours..."

Hou Tiao's heart moved, "Daqian Fort? Where do you think it is located?"

Jiang Linshi was careful, "Thirty miles to the west of Suqiu, our small front fort is twenty miles northeast of Suqiu, the original Bailian River is like a line, connecting the big and small front forts with Suqiu in the middle , but now that the road is changed, they are all far away from the river, the Daqian Fort is ten miles away, and our Xiaoqian Fort is twenty miles away..."

Hou Tiao stared, "What about Suqiu in the middle?"

Jiang Lin thought about it, there is no human settlement in Suqiu, and I heard that there are often fierce things there,

"Sir, I'm not sure about this, I just know that it seems to be farther away from the river, but how far is it..."

Hou Tiao waved his hands and said with a smile: "Don't panic, there should be this kind of old river map in the castle, right? You can see it when you go back, and there is no rush now."

Jiang Lin nodded his head, "Yes, there are. My father has a large collection of books, and his family has them, including the old river courses from decades ago."

Hou Tiao was thoughtful, but he was not in a hurry, it was just a rough thought.

They set off at the beginning of Chenshi, and arrived at Bailian River in the middle of Sishi. From a little distance, it can be regarded as mighty, with a bit of momentum, but as long as you listen carefully, you can hear that the sound of the water lacks that deep sound. It feels more like spring water ding-dong...

The water is too shallow and half frozen.

With such a depth of water, not to mention raising water monsters, even bigger fish and turtles would not be able to raise them.

There was a burst of cheers from the team, and the bullock carts rushed to the river, each looking for a place to fill the bucket with water; this was not an easy task, because the river was frozen near the bank, and the only way to get water was to go deep. I still dare not dare the bullock cart to go on the ice, for fear of sinking again.

Fortunately, this is not the first time to fetch water, and they all have rich experience; Take the three widows of the Jiang family as an example, one knelt deep in the ice to lift water, then tied the bucket with a rope, and the other pulled the rope back. , and finally the third person pours it into the big wooden barrel on the bullock cart. The whole process is coordinated and pleasing to the eye.

At this time, the sun was shining, and people's moods became more relaxed. There were laughter and laughter for a while; these were hardworking and simple ordinary people, even in such a harsh environment, they still did not give up hope for life.

Hou Tiao did not participate in the labor. His task was not this, but, like a dozen men, scattered around the river bank, closely monitoring possible dangers.

Women can also undertake labor, but men still have to fight.

(End of this chapter)