Lord Helanza

The sun slowly sank into the distant valley, and the sky became a little darker, and the old village chief waved his hand to indicate that everyone could stop working and leave.

The craftsmen in the outer village built some simple yurts on the edge of the construction site. After the work was over, everyone ran to a small sink to wash.

However, in order to avoid affecting the water used by the downstream villagers, the old village head asked to lead an additional canal at the source of the river. This canal will be the main waterway of the reservoir in the future. Some water is provided on the construction site, which is now simply opened up. A group of men were shirtless, showing strong muscles, crowded on the edge of the ditch, and the scene was also very lively.

Surdak and the old village chief are discussing where the gate of the Level 1 reservoir should be located. The old village chief wants to place the gate in the center of the dam. This layout is quite regular, but Surdak has With different ideas, Surdak wanted to set up a sluice gate on the east and west sides of the reservoir, but this not only increased the construction cost, but also greatly increased the difficulty of construction.

The two argued for a long time, but they still failed to convince each other. There was a strong medicinal smell between the words.

Rita brought a stack of granola. The young woman behind Rita was Charlie’s wife. She was holding a can of vegetable soup. The two women placed the granola and vegetable soup. On the stone platform, the old village chief came to his senses from the dispute. He picked up a wheat cake and tore it in half, and took a bowl of hot vegetable soup. He said with some emotion: With cassava, even if it’s not a holiday, you can only eat wheat cakes once a week. Who can think... Just to build this reservoir, two bags of wheat flour will be taken out to cook scones every day, speaking of which is still a bit tricky. People can’t believe it, we will be like this in the future."

Surdak also picked up a granola, and also took the opportunity to ask Rita in a low voice whether he had eaten it, but Rita remained silent. Slightly nodded, and then left with Charlie's wife with a smile, and gestured to Surdak before leaving: control emotions.

"Of course, life in Wall Village will only be better than now. We have just taken the 1st Step now." Surdak is full of confidence in this.

The last afterglow of the setting sun shone on the wrinkled face of the old village. A trace of worry flashed on his dark face, and he just said: "the past few days I have been tossing and turning over and over again at night. Think about it, how big is the mine over there? After we hollow out the sulfur, what else can we get?"

The questions that are probably in front of us make the old village chief extremely anxious. The reason lies.

"Of course the real wealth is before our eyes..." Surdak said as he looked at the cistern that had just taken shape before him.

"You mean this reservoir?" The old village chief's eyes lit up slightly, as if he had found some answers.

"The cistern is just one of them..." Surdak actually wants to say: the cistern is just one of the experimental products. Once it is confirmed that the volcanic ash cement is really as rumored, then the village of Wall can be Send this new type of building material to Helanza City to replace the original stone house or wood house. In the future, Wall Village can also form a construction team to build gorgeous Baroque-style buildings everywhere. What business can there be? Real estate makes money?

Before he could finish what Surdak said, he was directly interrupted by the old village chief.

The old village chief said very excitedly: "Yes, when all these reservoirs are built, the village will not have to worry about being unable to cultivate in the dry season. At least some eagle beaks can be planted on the ridge in spring. Beans and cassava, as long as they can last until the rainy season, everything will be better. If there is enough water in the reservoir, these wheat fields will not reduce production, and everyone will no longer worry about food rations. Only food can be used. It’s the most tangible thing."

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Surdak knows that now is not the best time to talk about construction teams and real estate. Even if you say it, the old village chief probably doesn’t Understand, on the contrary, some of the benefits that this reservoir can bring are gradually emerging.

His gaze swept across the village of Wall and saw a large tidal flat on the side of the river in the distance below the village. If it weren’t for a large amount of rainwater in the rainy season to gather here, causing terrifying waterlogging, maybe that tidal flat. The land is the most fertile soil, and the rotten reeds and red thatch make the silt extremely fertile.

Surdak pointed his finger at the tidal flats downstream of the village, and said with emotion: "These reservoirs are built. When the rainy season comes, the rain washed down from the mountains will first gather in the reservoirs. Until the Level 5 reservoir is fully filled, the excess rainwater will flow into the downstream tidal flats. I plan to dig a drainage channel on the downstream tidal flats of the village next spring during the dry season, and all the excess rainwater will flow. Into the drainage channel, in this way, the tidal flat will no longer be dry and waterless in winter and spring, but instantly becomes a swamp full of stagnant water in the rainy season. For us, that piece of land, It will be a huge fertile soil."

Probably there is nothing in this World that can impress the old village chief more than land. After he heard Surdak’s imagination, his eyes brightened, relying on him After years of farming experience, of course he knows what kind of land is more suitable for farming. His lips are a little shake, and the delicious vegetable soup has even become dull and tasteless. His slightly cloudy eyes look hard into the distance, as if a beautiful picture has appeared in his eyes. Picture.

The old village chief repeatedly nodded said: “The tidal flats are full of fertile mellow soil. No matter what you plant, you can have a good harvest. As long as the floods can be solved, it will be a large area of ​​fertile land. The pool is built, and tomorrow spring I will take people to that tidal flat to open up wasteland. Desolate Land outside the Paglos Pass does not practice four-three-three. The Grimm Empire can’t see the land here, when the time comes you You can get 60% of the land. Whoever reclaimed the tidal flats will get the remaining 40%."

"Why do you want to allocate so much land to me?" Surdak asked in a surprise.

At this time, the old village chief looked as it should be by rights and said to Surdak: "This will be your Fiefdom. When you become the lord here, no matter who is here to cultivate new Naturally, there will be your share of the cultivated land."

"...This is the rule, and you should spend so much effort to build a reservoir to harvest that tidal flat."

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The old village chief seems to have found the ultimate goal of Surdak's determination to spend a huge amount of money to build the cistern. He is indeed very farsighted.

"..." Surdak did not understand the laws of the Grimm Empire.

Those coolies carrying the volcanic ash for a day, at night, rubbed each other's cramped legs outside the yurt.

Surdak thought that the complete sets of axles Carl had ordered for him would be shipped to Wall Village tomorrow along with the materials he purchased. He said: "Forty sets of axles will probably be delivered tomorrow. As long as we can install all these axles, we will have 23 carriages. When the time comes, we don’t need to use manpower to carry the volcanic ash."

The old village head smiled bitterly, sighed. Said: "The women in the village still hope to carry the volcanic ash and earn a good amount of money, so they don't want to put together the carriage."

Surdak is hook the head, the heavy activity of carrying the volcanic ash. Even if the men in the village work continuously for a few days, if they don’t know how to regulate, their bodies will inevitably be exhausted. Even more how women whose physical strength is far less than that of men say: "Wait until the volcanic ash has enough capacity, then we will If you need more lime powder, when the time comes, you can set up a mill that specializes in grinding lime powder. If the women in the village want to work, they can arrange to go to the mill."

"Lime mill mill "" the old village chief asked suspiciously.

"en!" Surdak said to the old village head: "I found that many people in the village have stone troughs for pounding wheat?"

The old village head nodded, said:" In the past, the village organized strong laborers to find work in the quarry after the harvest festival. These stone troughs were brought back from the quarry at that time. But... Ever since the village of Digo built a windmill on the edge of the great valley There are very few people in the village pounding wheat at home. It’s easier to carry the wheat to the mill, and these stone troughs are left unused."

Surdak took out a charcoal pencil and found that the parchment in front of him was already After drawing all kinds of figures, I drew the sluice of the reservoir with a few strokes directly on the big rock in front of the two, and then drew a waterwheel under the sluice... Obviously if the sluice is in the middle of the Level 1 reservoir , It will flow directly into the Level 2 reservoir. In this case, the waterwheel cannot be placed. Only when the sluice is placed on both sides of the reservoir can the two waterwheels be placed at the edge.

This explained to the old village chief: "I want to build a waterwheel next to the sluice of the reservoir. When the time comes, we will have our own mill. We can build a simple It doesn’t matter if you can’t grind the wheat in the mill in China. Then you can coarsely grind the lime powder and wait until the reservoir is built. The village mayor didn't expect this kind of reservoir in a ladder situation, and you can also install a waterwheel. This thing is not difficult to speak of which, because no one has ever thought about it.

Surdak continued to explain to the old village chief: "In fact, this thing is not much different from a windmill mill..."

Of course it won’t be too difficult. Digo Village is building a windmill mill. At that time, as one of the designers, the old village chief had specially visited the major mills around Helanza. He was naturally very familiar with the windmill mill. Otherwise, how could the villagers of Wall Village be eligible to use Digo Village for free? Windmill...

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Surdak walked into the house under the bright moonlight, and the Gubolai horse stood beside the material trough, chewing the grass leisurely, the saddle on its body Having been unloaded, Gubolema saw Surdak walk in the door and flung off his ponytail twice. He didn't know whether he was welcoming him or driving away mosquitoes and flies.

At this time in autumn, mosquitoes and flies are always rushing on their bodies desperately.

The oil lamp was still on in the main room, Surdak stopped at the door and saw Old Sheila sitting in the room, as if teaching Rita to sew linen shoes with wooden soles, and walked into the room. Saying hello to old Sheila, Rita saw Surdak coming back from the outside, and the big eyes looking at him were full of expectation.

Surdak laughed and said: "This time I went to Helanza City in a hurry. I didn't ask you what you want me to bring. I passed the grocery store and bought it. Don't think this gift is too shabby!"

As she said, she took out a beautiful comb from her arms and handed it to Rita. Rita’s face was so attractive that she was flushed by the sun, and she took the comb with joy. When you are in a good mood, you will squint your eyes. Rita inserted this comb into her thick golden hair and whispered to Surdak somewhat sorry: "Actually, we don't always have to buy gifts for us... I mean, I like this gift very much!"

"You have worked hard for a few days, take a good rest!" Old Sheila said to Surdak.

Surdak nodded, said: "Then I will go to rest."

Walking out of the main house, Surdak saw Natasha carrying a bucket of steaming hot water into the bathroom In the wooden barrel, it is hard to believe how her slender waist can carry such a large wooden barrel. Seeing old Sheila and Rita not coming out of the main house, she hurriedly leaned over and took a look from behind. Zi hugged Natasha's slender waist.

Natasha was startled at first, and when she looked behind her, she found that it was Surdak. Then she put down the big wooden barrel she was holding in her hand, but then she found that the two were close to each other. Become blushing cheeks.

At this time, both old Sheila and Rita were not asleep in the main house. Naturally, Natasha refused to let Surdak take advantage at this time, and she did not dare to push her back, so she could only try her best to hold down Surdak if she wanted She put her hand in her clothes and looked at the main house, worrying that someone would come out there. She bit her lip and begged in a low voice, "Let go of me quickly. I'll be hit by Rita in a moment, and I will be laughed at by her. Dead."

Surdak embraced Natasha’s soft body, of course, he didn’t want to let go, and pursued Natasha’s soft lips. How could Natasha break free from Surdak’s embrace? When he lost himself, he quietly promised Surdak to wait until everyone fell asleep and then secretly come to him, so that he escaped.

Surdak didn’t care who Natasha prepared the hot water for, so he got into a wooden barrel and took a hot bath comfortably. It didn’t take long before Rita was holding a pile of water and washing it cleanly. Linen clothes, put these clothes on the wooden rack next to the barrel, and complained to Surdak: "You will be in a hurry. Natasha obviously boiled the water for me, so why did you take it..."

Surdak shrank in a big wooden barrel pretending to be asleep, and ignored Rita at all.

There is no way for this kind of rogue Rita, she can only turn around and go out.

After taking a shower, all fatigue was eliminated, Surdak returned to his room, lying on the wooden bed, and fell asleep in a daze, still not waking up in his dream. Feeling a soft body pressed against his arms, Surdak opened his eyes and found that sometime Natasha was wearing wet hair, as if she had just taken a shower, and sneaked into the house quietly.

When she saw Surdak fell asleep, she wanted to slip away quietly, but she happened to be seen when she just woke up and held her arms in her arms...