Seeing Guo Qihua and He Yiqing's pale faces, they left the Institute of Agricultural Sciences without saying hello.

Zhou Zongnan asked curiously: "Li Xiang, what did you do, didn't you pour rat medicine into them, right?" Look at their faces, how ugly they are! ”

Li Xiang sighed and said, "It's about the same!" Anyway, now Guo Qihua hates me. But there's no way around it.

As soon as this guy came up, he asked for my amethyst, of course I couldn't give it to him, and he fell out in a few words. ”

"Falling out? That's not good! He is the president of the Academy of Sciences, and scientists all over the country have to look at his face......"

Li Xiang smiled confidently: "What's so scary about this? Now the strength of our Agricultural Science Institute is enough to compete with him, not to mention that we still have Longhua, Longquan, Longmu, Longxi several powerful groups to back us up, do we still need to be afraid of him? ”

Zhou Zongnan said: "Don't forget, his backing is the whole country!" ”

Li Xiang looked at him and said, "Old Zhou, you are wrong! The country is definitely not the backing of Guo Qihua alone, as long as our research results surpass them, the country is also our backing! ”

Li Xiang's words shocked Zhou Zongnan's heart, and he understood a little that it was not unreasonable for Li Xiaogang to let Li Xiang be the director of this agricultural science institute.

"Oh, by the way, what about Professor Zhou Keqing?" Li Xiang asked.

Zhou Zongnan frowned and said, "Your memory wasn't so bad before?" Have you forgotten that Zhou Keqing was assigned by you to talk to Shi Qiu about hiring an engineering army and going to the desert to dig artesian wells. ”

Li Xiang patted his head, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I'm almost confused by that Guo Qihua."

Shi Qiu is the only general we know in military circles. His friendship with Li Xiaogang seems to be very deep.

This time I went to the desert to dig a well, the amount of work was large, and the working environment was harsh.

Ordinary engineering teams will never be willing to go in for construction, and only the military can rely on their strong work style and hard-working spirit to overcome these ubiquitous difficulties. I hope Zhou Keqing can bring us back good news. ”

"To conquer the desert. Water is the number one factor! And to have enough water. Drilling wells has become a top priority, and if this step is not taken well, then we will have a difficult step by step in the future! But I think Shi Qiu is quite affectionate. He has just been promoted to general, and his power has increased greatly, so he should be able to help us. ”

Li Xiang nodded worriedly and said, "I hope so......

In Shi Qiu's headquarters, Shi Qiu was packing his luggage, and then went home to pick up his wife. Rushed to the wharf of S Province and took Li Xiaogang's grain fleet to Iraq.

While they were packing up, the guards reported that someone was visiting.

Shi Qiu frowned, greeted him, and when he saw Zhou Keqing, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked in a loud voice, "Who are you?" ”

Zhou Keqing smiled: "I'm Zhou Keqing." He is a scientist at the Li Xiaogang Institute of Agricultural Sciences. "Shi Qiu is completely in love with Wu now, as long as it is related to Li Xiaogang, he is very concerned.

As soon as Zhou Keqing revealed his identity, Shi Qiu's attitude immediately became enthusiastic, and he dragged Zhou Keqing into the office and asked the secretary to make the best tea for reception.

I took a few sips of tea. Zhou Keqing said: "Actually...... Actually, Li Xiaogang asked me to come this time......""Ah!? Shi Qiu was taken aback, a little incomprehensible.

Seeing Shi Qiu's surprised appearance, Zhou Keqing said with some sadness: "It was before that incident." We just came back from the desert. Shi Qiu nodded suddenly and said, "Is there anything you need my help with, just say it, as long as you can help, I will not hesitate!" ”

Zhou Keqing said gratefully: "That's the case, you also know that we went to Taklamakan some time ago, and there, we found an underground river full of water, but the only way to divert these rivers to the surface is to drill wells!" ”

"There's a river under Taklamakan ??! Is this possible? Shi Qiu asked in disbelief.

Zhou Keqing smiled indifferently and said: "This is the result of Li Xiaogang's personal exploration, don't you believe him?" Look at this. Zhou Keqing took out a map from his arms, judging from the terrain, it should be the Taklamakan Desert.

A blue trail coiled in it like a coiling dragon, and many small red dots were densely distributed on the trajectory.

"What is this!?" Shi Qiu took the map and asked subconsciously.

Zhou Keqing said softly: "This is the whole picture of the river hidden underground.

"This ...... It's amazing! In the most arid and harsh desert in our country, there is such a big river, if this is not from Li Xiaogang's mouth, I will not believe it! So, what are these little red dots? Shi Qiu asked, pointing to the small red dots that were densely covered in the underground river.

Zhou Ke said quietly: "Every little red dot is a well.

In order to ensure that we did not waste time, after drilling for half a day but could not drill water because we deviated from the river channel, Li Xiaogang deliberately marked the location of each well.

As long as the construction is carried out according to this drawing, there will be absolutely no useless work.

Shi Qiu nodded and said, "But...... But there are so many wells to be drilled, there are thousands, and I have never seen such a huge project. ”

Zhou Keqing said: "It seems that the project is huge, but in fact it is not.

This underground river is not deep underground, and the desert strata are loose and soft, if you really want to drill it, a 100-person engineering team can drill a mouthful in one day. As long as there are enough engineering teams, these thousands of wells are only a few days' work. ”

Shi Qiu smiled bitterly and said: "It's easy to say, don't forget, this is a desert, the climate is harsh, the fickle desert, the day is stable, even if you don't move, you have to sweat all over your body, let alone do physical work like drilling!" ”

"Yes, it is precisely because of this in mind that Li Xiao asked me to come to you just now. I hope the military's engineering team can help us. You also know that the spirit of hardship and hard work of soldiers is well known, and if there are still people who can complete the task, they are the only ones! ”

Zhou Keqing said along with Shi Qiu's words.

Shi Qiu smiled and said, "Thank you for looking at us soldiers so much." Anyway, since everything has come to this, it won't be interesting for me to refuse. In this way, I have about fifteen engineering teams of 100 men, and I will keep five just in case. I'll give you the remaining ten. ”

Zhou Keqing frowned and said, "Isn't this only ten too little?" Even if one of them drills one well a day, these ten will have to drill for a hundred days, and if the time drags on too long, the longer the soldiers will stay in the desert......"

"Old Zhou, I'm just a military region, and I only have this little energy." Shi Qiu said helplessly.

Zhou Keqing thought for a while and said: "In this way, General Shi, can you use your influence to persuade several other major military regions to also send some engineering teams, there are many people and great strength!" ”

"I knew you would say that! It's okay to use my influence, but I have something to say first, those military regions are not as easy to talk as I am, they are all a group of masters who have milk and are mothers, and stand aside without milk. If you want to invite them, you must not only have favors, but I am afraid you must also make them feel sweet! ”

Shi Qiu said with a smile.

Zhou Keqing frowned and said, "It's simple! Whatever their conditions, you just have to convey to me that I believe that it should not be a problem to meet them by gathering the strength of several major groups. ”

"Refreshing! Then it's decided, I'll act right away, call them one by one, no...... I'll go to them one by one, if I don't take them all down and make up a hundred engineering teams for you, I'll be sorry for Li Xiaogang! ”

Shi Qiu patted the table excitedly and stood up, and said loudly.

Zhou Keqing's heart was relieved, and he said to Shi Qiu with gratitude: "In this way, I will thank you on behalf of Li Xiaogang first!" ”

Shi Qiu waved his big hand and said loudly, "What are you talking about?" Li Xiaogang is not only your boss, but also my brother, it is natural for my brother to help my brother, you can go back and take a look! It's just that the climate in this desert is harsh, the temperature is extremely high, and the soldiers are also people, so I'm afraid that there will be soldiers who can't withstand it at that time, so I ask you to think more about it. ”

Zhou Keqing smiled: "We have thought about this for a long time.

In the high temperature environment of the desert, it is unrealistic to work during the day, so I changed the construction to the evening. When the time comes, we will bring a large number of wind turbines to the construction site, install refrigeration equipment in every tent, and the soldiers will hide in the tents during the day to cool off and come out to work at night, which should be no problem. ”

Shi Qiu smiled and said, "You guys are really thoughtful, that's good, just do what you say!" ”

Sending Zhou Keqing away, Shi Qiu sent his secretary to take his luggage home, and took his boss to the provincial wharf by the way, and he thought about taking advantage of these two days to meet his old friends, the leaders of the army.

Li Xiaogang asked him to help, and Shi Qiu spared no effort.

Just as he was about to leave, Guo Qihua and He Yiqing, who looked unkind, broke into his office with unkind looks.

Shi Qiu glared at the two of them helplessly and shouted, "You two, if it weren't for my relationship, if it weren't for my relationship, you would have been killed if you broke in like this!" ”

He Yiqing waved his hand and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't talk to me about this, I'm in a bad mood, don't recruit me!" ”

Shi Qiu looked at him in a daze and asked, "What's wrong, you went to my arsenal to steal guns and eat them?" ”

"Gunpowder? Do you use **? He Yiqing replied angrily, which made Shi Qiu stunned for a long time, and then couldn't help laughing loudly.

"Hahaha...... He Yiqing, why didn't I find out before that you are so humorous. Tell me who gave you such a big stimulus and activated your humor cells. (To be continued.) (。 ))