The strongest peasant city

Chapter 531 Artificial Rain
Li Xiaogang nodded and said, "I thought so too. After I got back, I drew the exact route of this underground river in the Taklamakan Desert.

At that time, as long as we choose the right location for the motorized well, it will be easy to bring water up.But before that, planting trees is the most important thing.After all, the surface layer here is sand, and the foundation stone is not stable. If you don't use trees to reinforce it, I'm afraid no well will be drilled. "Zhou Zongnan nodded and said: "Yes, I don't think we should eat, let's start working!" "

"Wait, I'm going to gather the prisoners! If you really manage the desert, they will be the first to profit. I think they will be very active!" After finishing speaking, Gu Feitian got up and went Assemble the prisoners.

On the golden desert, groups of prisoners, carrying shovels, lined up neatly and marched silently.

Arriving at the destination, under the command of Zhou Zongnan and others, hundreds of criminals started working in full swing.

Gu Feitian picked up a sapling, looked at it carefully and said, "This should be a poplar sapling, but it doesn't seem to be that big. You see, this one is longer, with some small hooks at the bottom, it is a special tree. species?"

Li Xiaogang said with a smile: "If it is not a special species, how can a poplar tree like this survive in the desert. All its changes are to better adapt to the desert environment.

The roots are very long to better absorb the water from the ground, which is the same as the bulb grass.This small hook is to allow the sapling to take root on the ground more firmly and hold more sand, so that it can withstand the strong wind in the desert without being uprooted.

In addition, the growth of these poplar saplings is extremely vigorous. After they become useful, the wood is dense and strong, and their ability to resist wind and sand is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary poplar trees. "

"Cultivating such a special sapling must have cost you a lot of energy, right?" After listening to Li Xiaogang's description, Gu Feitian said in awe.

Li Xiaogang shook his head and said: "I didn't do much, but they were the ones who really did!" Li Xiaogang pointed to Zhou Zongnan and others who were directing the prisoners to work in the distance.

"Some people don't need how capable they are, as long as they have a pair of eyes that know people and people, it is enough.

It seems that you are such a person! "

Gu Feitian said to Li Xiaogang with a smile.

Li Xiaogang smiled, changed the subject and said, "I'm afraid there is another characteristic of these saplings that you don't know. That is, after they mature, they will be two to three times as tall as ordinary poplar trees."

"Two to three times? It's a lie, right? The poplar tree is already counted as a tall tree species. If it is two to three times taller, wouldn't it become a towering giant tree?" Gu Feitian was full of surprise asked.

Li Xiaogang said with a smile: "That's right, I just want to make them grow into towering giant trees, and let them become a wall that blocks wind and sand.

To control the desert, water is the key, but if the problem of wind and sand cannot be solved, it is also useless!I said that if I want to turn this place into ten thousand mu of fertile land, then I must build a green Great Wall here! "

With the efforts of the prisoners and the technical guidance of Zhou Zongnan and others, after three days, the hundreds of saplings brought by Li Xiaogang finally stood in the desert like soldiers, looking from a distance like a group of soldiers waiting for inspection generally.

Zhou Zongnan came over and said to Li Xiaogang: "Now the trees have been planted, but there is a problem. Although these saplings are resistant to drought, they have just been planted after all, and they are not familiar with the environment. In addition, they are saplings and their root systems are not well developed. .If they are not fully irrigated once, their survival rate is probably only about 50.00%."

"50.00%?" Li Xiaogang was stunned. These saplings are multiplied by value. It would be a pity if there was only a 50.00% survival rate.

In the desert, water is more precious than oil.

The water used by Gu Feitian is regularly transported by plane, which is very limited.

On weekdays, they have to be strictly controlled for bathing and washing clothes, not to mention watering the hundreds of newly planted saplings.

Does drilling a well draw groundwater?By the time the well was dug, the saplings would have dried up and died.

"Actually... 50.00% of them can survive, it's pretty good." Seeing Li Xiaogang's brows furrowed, Zhou Zongnan said comfortingly, "After going back this time, we will immediately contact the engineering team to dig wells in the desert. With artesian wells, The survival rate of the saplings will naturally be greatly improved, anyway, this time we are just experimenting, even if one survives, it is a victory."

Li Xiaogang looked back at Zhou Zongnan and said, "No! These saplings are hard-won, I can't just give up so easily.

In this way, you go back first, and I will come in a while! "

Zhou Zongnan looked at Li Xiaogang in surprise and asked, "You...what are you going to do?"

Li Xiaogang smiled at him mysteriously and said, "Of course I'm looking for water."

Under Li Xiaogang's repeated urging, everyone packed up their things helplessly and returned to the prison.

Qin Qin and Li Shuang didn't want to leave like this, and refused to leave.

Li Xiaogang looked at the two women quietly and said, "Are you really unwilling to leave?"

Li Shuang pouted and said, "What shameful thing are you going to do to drive us away?"

Li Xiaogang shook his head and said: "That's up to you, but I don't want you to tell everything you saw today.

If you promise me, I will let you stay. "

Qin Qin and Li Shuang hurriedly swear and promise again and again.

Li Xiaogang shook his head, opened his hands slowly, the weight of his body disappeared little by little, suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and Li Xiaogang's body fluttered in the air like a dead leaf, which completely violated the principles of mechanics .

Li Shuang stared dumbfounded at this weird scene, and Qin Qin tightly covered her mouth with her hand to prevent herself from screaming, her eyes filled with horror and disbelief.

Li Xiaogang's body flew higher and higher, higher and higher, when suddenly there was a sharp sound, Li Xiaogang's body shot straight into the sky like a cannonball, and disappeared from the sight of Li Shuang and Qin Qin in an instant.

The two girls exclaimed at the same time as if they were frightened by something, their eyes met, and each other's eyes were filled with horror.

"People... Where are people?" Li Shuang's eyes searched the sky in disorder, but apart from the blue sky and white clouds, there was no shadow of Li Xiaogang.

Qin Qin asked in a trembling voice: "Li Shuang, did you know that he could...can fly?" Li Shuang shook his head like a rattle and said, "How did I know, I only saw him twist a wolf with one hand. neck, but I have never seen him fly, is he really the same as us?"

"Boom", a loud bang suddenly exploded from the air, Li Shuang and Qin Qin were frightened by the sudden thunderbolt from the blue sky, their legs went limp, and they fell to the ground at the same time, their two flower-like delicate faces turned pale.

The few white clouds in the sky, as if being pulled by something, abruptly came together and turned into a huge cloud.

At the same time, the originally white clouds, as if they had fallen into a dye vat, quickly changed from pure white like snow to pitch black like ink. It was pressed down a little bit.

Pressing on people's hearts, people are faintly out of breath.

The originally dry air seemed to have become a lot more humid, and everything indicated that a storm was coming.

At this moment, the scorching heat of the desert receded like a tide, and the cool breeze blew on Li Shuang and Qin Qin's bodies, making them shiver from time to time.

Another series of rumbling thunders sounded, and Gu Feitian, who had already gone far, looked back in astonishment.

When they saw the sky suddenly filled with haze, everyone showed a surprised expression.

In the depths of the desert, dryness and scorching sun seem to be the themes that never fade. Storms are like South China tigers in the forest, rare and difficult to touch.

Gu Feitian said that he has also lived in this desert for more than ten years, and he also understands that the character of the desert is unpredictable and moody.

But one second the sun was still in the sky, and the next second it was covered by dark clouds. This was the first time Gu Feitian had experienced such a drastic change.

Looking at the sky above their heads, it was still a clear sky, which made him feel even more strange.

Unable to bear the doubts in his heart, Gu Feitian turned his head to look at Zhou Zongnan and the others, only to see that their faces were also shocked, only to hear Zhou Zongnan's lips squirm, and kept whispering: "This kid, can really call wind and rain , monster, monster..."

"Crack!"

A flash of purple lightning pierced through the clouds and caught everyone's eyes. Afterwards, bean-sized raindrops poured down, hitting the sand hard, stirring up waves of dust, and then the raindrops quickly penetrated into the ground.

When the first raindrop hit Li Shuang and Qin Qin's bodies, the two women trembled all over, subconsciously embracing each other.

At the beginning, I could still see drops of raindrops, which were not connected to each other. Slowly, the raindrops connected together drop by drop, and soon formed a string and became a line. It shot down wildly from the dark clouds.

At that moment, the saplings that had just been planted seemed to come alive all at once, and they swayed in the wind, as if they were clapping and singing.

The long hook-shaped roots in the ground are like living snakes, following the traces of rainwater penetration, they continue to extend underground, and the roots get deeper and deeper.

Seeing this, Gu Feitian and others in the distance trembled in their hearts. Gu Feitian threw the shovel in his hand far away, howled angrily, and first rushed towards the pouring rain.

Then all the prison guards and prisoners followed suit, cheering and rushing towards the rain curtain.In a place like the desert, where there is drought and little water for many years, people will naturally have a special affection for water and rain.

This kind of affection can even conceal their identities. Prison guards and prisoners hug each other, jumping and dancing, laughing and singing in the rain.

At this moment, the lonely desert is boiling, and all this is due to this soaking rain.

(End of this chapter)