Zhao Yu's words immediately stunned everyone, especially those people. On weekdays, under the rumors of some old people, everyone respects the dragon god like heaven and earth, and worships each other piously at any time.

When Zhao Yu's loud words shocked the four seats, everyone couldn't imagine that Zhao Yu would say such a remark, even Na Tian Feng was stunned, but then he showed a look of joy and shouted at Zhao Yu: "The lord is mighty, King Zhao is mighty." ”

As soon as Tian Feng made this move, all the generals and soldiers who came with him bowed to Zhao Yu one after another, and at the same time shouted the slogan that Tian Feng had just shouted, and said loudly: "The lord is mighty, and King Zhao is mighty." In this way, those people believed it even more and collectively bowed to Zhao Yu.

Seeing that his acting skills worked, Zhao Yu said to the people below: "Everyone, don't worry, I have already warned the dragon god, because the dragon god is greedy for fun, this time he ran a little far, and it was difficult to rush back for a while." In two or three days, the dragon god will surely fear my majesty and obediently come to rain. ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you......"

When Zhao Yu came down from the roof and returned to the crowd, Dian Wei asked curiously, "Big brother, did you really cast a spell to order the dragon god to come back to rain?" ”

Dian Wei's words couldn't help but make everyone laugh, looking at the people around him, Zhao Yu whispered: "There are no demons and monsters in the world, they are all lies, I don't believe in any dragon gods at all, just to appease the people and avoid the people from panicking." ”

As soon as Zhao Yu's voice fell, many people showed surprise, and Dian Wei even said: "After a few days, there is no so-called rain, how can we explain to these people." When the time comes, the people will rumor that the eldest brother has deceived people's hearts, wouldn't it be unfavorable. ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Feiye, Feiye, although I didn't invite the dragon god to come, I guessed that it would rain in two or three days." ”

"Isn't it that the eldest brother can look at the sky?" Zhao Yun, who was standing aside and never spoke, suddenly spoke.

"Actually, I don't know how to look at the sky, I just observed the movement of the wind and clouds." Zhao Yu said casually.

"The lord can judge the rainy season just by the direction of the wind and the direction of the clouds?" Zhao Yu was shocked by everyone not once or twice, but this time he suddenly heard Zhao Yu talk about this celestial phenomenon, Tian Feng was shocked again.

Zhao Yu raised his head again to meet the cool breeze and said: "When I came back to Jizhou, I felt the heat of Jizhou, even if there is a wind, it is a very hot wind, presumably this is because of the rhythm of drought in recent days." As we made our way here, I suddenly noticed some cool breeze, and I believed that a storm would come in the near future. ”

Zhao Yu said this, looked at the incredulous gazes of the people around him, and said again: "Before the storm area comes, a strong updraft will be formed because the ground temperature is too high, causing the surrounding air to be sucked by these air currents and inhaled into the air to form a storm area. This is also a type of water vapour that accumulates into cumulus clouds, and after a period of time, it rains heavily. Just now, I looked at the northern clouds and noticed that there was a large Cumulonimbus cloud, which was overcast, and coupled with this cool breeze, it should be the arrival of Cumulonimbus clouds. ”

Tian Feng couldn't help but sigh for Zhao Yu's words: "Weichen is stupid, although I don't understand what the lord said, but I didn't expect the lord to have such a witty word to describe these heavenly incense elephants." There is a good word from the lord that the people of Jizhou will definitely get rid of the suffering of drought. ”

"However, it is not a way for people's farmland to rely entirely on natural weather, there must be a way to prevent it in advance, and this time we are fortunate to be able to expect rain clouds in a short period of time, and it is difficult to guarantee that the next time we encounter a drought, it will not be such a coincidence." When Zhao Yu said this, he turned to Zhao Yun on the side and said: "Zilong, I ordered you to send five thousand soldiers back to the city, you don't need to carry weapons and equipment, you only need to bring farming tools, and I want to build multiple reservoirs." By the way, they each brought some food and water sources, in addition to their own drinking water, they brought an extra bag of water for the people to drink temporarily, as long as they survived these days. ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I'll go back and bring someone here." After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he immediately turned over and left.

After hearing Zhao Yu's new words, the generals on the side all showed curious expressions and said, "What kind of reservoir did the lord just say he was going to build?" Dare you ask what it is? ”

Zhao Yu muttered: "Dig a large pond with manpower to store water sources, and usually store them without use, and wait until the weather is dry and there is no water source." It is used for relief, training soldiers with soldiers, nourishing war with war, and diverting water with water. ”

After deciding to dig the reservoir, Zhao Yu unexpectedly asked to live here temporarily, insisting that the reservoir was not done well, and he would not return to the city for the time being if the rain did not fall. After making this decision, not only the generals who came with him were surprised, but even the people in the village were also very surprised, everyone did not expect Zhao Yu to suddenly make this decision, let alone Zhao Yu would stay and fight the drought with the people.

When Zhao Yun led the people to return, Zhao Yu had already begun to take some people in the village to survey the location of the reservoir, the location could not be far away from the village, nor too close, and a reasonable location must be chosen. It is also important to investigate the structure of the reservoir and topographically, in order to ensure the purity of the water source and avoid the wooded areas near the hillside.

In the end, Zhao Yu chose a treasure lot in a vacant lot at the back of the village, and although there were some trees nearby, all of them were cut down and cleaned up at Zhao Yu's request. Subsequently, Zhao Yu determined the area of the reservoir according to the population of the village and the hectares of fertile land.

Although Zhao Yu took a fancy to this place at the beginning, it was also carefully considered, the reservoir was different from the well, and the bearing capacity of the foundation must be considered. If the bearing capacity of the foundation does not meet the requirements, uneven subsidence will occur, so effective foundation treatment measures must be taken before the reservoir can be constructed. In particular, the foundation of the reservoir floor needs to have sufficient bearing capacity, flat and compact, otherwise it must be paved and compacted with gravel, and even the outside of the reservoir needs to be tamped with backfill.

Zhao Yu preliminarily planned to dig a square reservoir, with a length and diameter of 25 zhang, about 50 steps, and a width of almost 50 meters. If it is too large, it is not easy to store water, and it is unstable to the foundation. If it is too small, the reservoir will hold too little water and will not be of much use.

When Zhao Yu asked people to draw the line, he ordered some village people to start construction, although Zhao Yun ordered the people to arrive, but hundreds of people in this village, who each hoe or something, must now compete with the weather and time, must be when the heavy rain comes, the reservoir will be built, otherwise the heavy rain will pass, it will be a waste of the coming rain.

Under Zhao Yu's order, hundreds of villagers started to work, but before they started an hour, a large group of men and horses had already arrived, and the five thousand soldiers and horses really did not carry any weapons, all holding baskets, hoes and other tools. As soon as the soldiers arrived, at Zhao Yu's request, they first distributed half of the water source they were carrying to the people in the village.

When the people turned to the water source handed by these soldiers in front of them, they showed their hope, and everyone carefully took the water bags, for fear that one would accidentally spill a drop. Everyone happily put it in their mouths and took a sip, but they were all consciously not greedy, because at this moment in their eyes, this water is more important than life.

"Zilong, order the soldiers to start work and dig a one-zhang deep pool for me in this area. After the excavation is completed, let people go down to tamp the foundation in the pool, and then fill it with gravel to ensure that the foundation in the pool is stable and there is no mistake. Zhao Yu solemnly explained.

Zhao Yun immediately hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, please rest assured, Zilong will definitely supervise this matter." ”

Zhao Yu said again: "I want you to complete it in one day, how many people do you need?" ”

"Some people dig and some people carry the soil, and it can be done in one day, and it only takes a thousand people." Zhao Yun thought about the task in his heart, and then said.

"Okay, I'll give you a thousand people, and I'll come back in a day to accept it. The rest of the men went with me to his place and dug cisterns for the people. After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he led the rest of the men and horses and walked towards the nearby village.

When he arrived in other villages, it was still indispensable to explain, and then under the guidance of the villagers, Zhao Yu checked the terrain in the village, and according to the previous survey method, he selected two places and dug two reservoirs. In this way, Zhao Yu took 4,000 men and horses, and with Zhao Yun's 1,000 men and horses, he dug a total of five reservoirs for four villages. The five reservoirs, from digging and digging to the final removal of the earth, the tamping of the foundation, the laying of rubble, and the tamping of the bottom layer had to be completed in two days.

In the army, there is always a saying in the hearts of these soldiers that military orders are like mountains. Whether it is to carry out military affairs or to perform this kind of field farm work, these soldiers are from elite troops, and they naturally obey the orders of the lord unconditionally, and a total of five reservoirs before and after are really completed in two days. Subsequently, under Zhao Yu's strict investigation, they all met the qualified requirements.

Next is the most tense time, because there is only one day left before Zhao Yu comforted everyone and said that there will be showers in two or three days. The people in the village and the soldiers accompanying them often looked up at the clear sky in the sky, looking at the blue sky and the scorching sun, and everyone did not believe that there would be a heavy rain. Although this matter is not true, Zhao Yu is the lord of a state after all, and no one dares to question anything. Especially on the last day, from dawn onwards, everyone diverted the topic and kept silent about the heavy rain falling from the sky. However, the more everyone is like this, the more pressure Zhao Yu has in his heart.

"Tian Gong, did I miscalculate this time? I thought that there would be a rainy season, but I didn't want this rain to stop, I'm afraid I have chilled the hearts of the people. Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Yu couldn't help but complain to Tian Feng.