The night was very quiet, and after breakfast the next morning, Liu Yuan brought the two of them to him, he looked at the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "Da Niu, you go and gather the laborers of the village to the head of the village, remember to bring the shovel (that is, the shovel)."

Liu Daniu touched his head and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan is going to take us around the pavilion, it should have been like this a long time ago."

"Don't talk nonsense." Liu Fang was still so steady, he glanced at Da Niu and said in a low voice.

Liu Yuan smiled, and he said, "Okay, go quickly, you will know when the time comes." Then he said to Liu Fang: "Liu Fang, you go find a few flatbed trucks."

"Okay, Brother Yuan." Liu Fang left immediately when he heard this.

There is an old locust tree at the head of Jingyangli village, when Liu Yuan arrived, the big cow had gathered more than 30 people, although Liu Yuan was young, he still had a lot of prestige in the village. Seeing him coming, Liu Daniu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Yuan, everyone is here."

"Brother Yuan is not going to the pavilion, I have long seen that Liu Ji is not pleasing to the eye."

"Yes, Brother Yuan, who have the men in our Jingyang been afraid of?" These strong men are strong-blooded, and they say indignantly one by one.

Liu Yuan waved his hand, and everyone immediately quieted down, he was still very sensible, and said in a deep voice: "Today is not going to the pavilion." The evaluation of Liu Ji in history is that he is a scoundrel, and if he really goes to the pavilion today, he may be beaten by the latter on the grounds of gathering people to make trouble. When Liu Yuanfang arrived at the end of Qin, he was naturally very cautious, and he said again: "You will come with me."

There are more than 200 acres of fertile land in Jingyang, because it is in the upper reaches of the stream, the irrigation is sufficient in the past, and the annual grain production is also self-sufficient except for taxes. Liu Yuan led everyone along the road, and the wild flowers on the edge of the farmland were red and yellow, which was very gratifying. When he arrived at the field, Liu Fang also led people to follow with three flatbed trucks. Liu Yuan asked everyone to wait for a while, he walked and measured in the open space at the edge of the field, and then thought about it again, and laughed in a low voice: "Yes, there is enough here."

"Big Bull!" Liu Yuan looked at the stout man.

"Brother Yuan, what do you need me to do?"

"You take a few people to push a flatbed truck to the stream to pick up rubble, remember, the more the merrier." Liu Yuan commanded.

Although Da Niu didn't know Liu Yuan's intentions, he still patted his chest and said, "Brother Yuan, don't worry, this matter is on me." The second dog and the third baby followed me. He didn't delay and left with five or six people.

Then, Liu Yuan looked at Liu Fang again and said directly: "Liu Fang, you take someone to pull some lime and hay back." Immediately afterwards, he had the rope and the stakes fetched, and according to the estimate he had just made, he arranged the four stakes at four corners and rammed them into the earth, and then connected the stakes with hemp rope, and then a rectangle surrounded by hemp rope appeared in the clearing. The square is about three zhang long and two zhang wide.

Liu Yuan took the gong, which was specially used for digging the soil, in the shape of a "concave", and he said to the rest of the people: "Everyone follow me, with the wooden stake and hemp rope as the benchmark, dig a square soil pit." So saying, he stepped his shovel into the earth, moved the handle back, and a piece of dirt was dug out.

When the people saw this, they immediately took action. More than a dozen people dug at the same time, and a not deep pit appeared in a short time, Liu Yuan did not stop, the depth was not enough. "Brother Yuan, I'll come, just rest." At this time, Liu Fang came back.

Liu Yuan waved his hand to signal that it was not necessary, he patted Liu Fang's shoulder and said, "You go and chop the hay and put it in the lime."

As a result, there was a hot scene next to the farmland in Jingyangli, where diggers, soil carriers, grass cutters, and stone pickers had different divisions of labor, but they all worked very hard. Two hours later, the square pit was already eight feet deep, and Liu Yuan asked everyone to stop. After a short rest and drinking tea, Liu Yuan said to Liu Fang beside him: "You take someone to use water to make some lime."

"Bull, you continue to pick up rubble. The others followed me to spread the gravel they had picked up at the bottom of the pit. Liu Fang continued to command.

"Brother Yuan, we've been busy for a long time, and we've dug such a pit, what are we doing?" Da Niu couldn't help but ask.

The others also looked at Liu Yuan, who smiled faintly and replied, "This is the cistern."

"Reservoir?" Everyone was puzzled.

Liu Yuan smiled and didn't say much, without much explanation, just said: "Okay, let's do it quickly, and strive to finish it today."

Da Niu and Liu Fang each led their people to continue to get busy, while Liu Yuan and the rest of the people spread the gravel at the bottom of the pit and on the walls of the pit on all sides. After laying the gravel, he asked Liu Fang to mix the lime and crushed hay mixed in the gap of the gravel.

After nearly a busy day, the cistern was finally completed. Since Liu Ji gave priority to irrigating Zhongyangli, and he himself had just arrived at the end of Qin, it was inconvenient to have another conflict, so in desperation, he could only think of the method of the reservoir. Taking advantage of the fact that there are still a few days before spring planting, the water source is not tight, so in order not to affect the sowing in Jingyangli, the only way to store the stream water is to store it first.

The reservoir is a gravel structure, which is filled with a mixture of lime and grass, which can increase the water storage capacity of the reservoir and reduce the infiltration and loss of water through the soil. "Today's hard work everyone, with this reservoir, there is no need to worry about this year's spring planting." Liu Yuan said in a deep voice.

After listening to Liu Yuan's explanation, everyone also knew the role of the reservoir, and they still trusted Liu Yuan very much. "Thanks to Brother Yuan, he thought of this method." Everyone said in admiration.

"That's all for today, let's go back first, and continue tomorrow." Liu Yuan smiled and waved his hand to disperse the crowd. In the end, only Da Niu and Liu Fang were left, and he said: "You two are also tired, let's go, Brother Yuan invites you to drink."

Liu Yuan bought some rice wine and stewed a pot of wild vegetables, and while the three of them were talking and laughing, he couldn't help but drink a few more sips. After the meal, he gave Liu's mother a basin of foot-washing water, and then fell asleep on the couch.

The next morning, without his command, they went to the cistern, and by the night the lime had dried up, and the rubble had solidified on the bottom and walls of the cistern. Liu Yuan looked at the solidification state by the pool, and nodded with satisfaction. Then he had a ditch dug to connect the stream to the cistern, and the stream poured into it, and the crowd immediately rejoiced. Liu Yuan was relieved to see that the gravel structure had played a role, and the water in the pool had rarely seeped out, and he was finally not busy in vain.

With more than 200 acres of fertile land, this one reservoir alone is certainly not enough, so he immediately selected a few more vacant lands and built a reservoir again according to yesterday's steps. With experience, the strong men in the village are also orderly division of labor and cooperation. In this way, after another two days, there were already three reservoirs full of water at the edge of the fields in Jingyangli. In order to prevent accidental overboarding, Liu Yuan led people to cut down the bamboo in the mountains and set up a fence around the reservoir.

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