Although those officers and soldiers were reluctant, they still carried all those cumbersome drilling tools to the mountain.

Fu Wenrui commanded the officers and soldiers to put down the things: "The things are all placed here, you are at the disposal of Li Gongzi, where he asks you to dig from, you will follow his instructions well." ”

The officers and soldiers looked at each other and then at Li Xiuwen's young face.

"It's my lord!"

I had to follow Fu Wenrui's instructions!

Li Xiuwen carefully observed the terrain, and then used a shovel to draw a circle next to the roots of the big tree.

"You guys start digging from here, if the gap is too far, when we open up the water source, the water column will flow out of a different position!"

"Water injection outflow, do you mean that there will be water injection flow out after we dig the well?" Fu Wenrui asked incredulously.

Li Xiuwen nodded: "I always feel that there is a very big dark river below, if the water flow is very fast, after we dig it through, it is not uncommon for water to flow out?" ”

"Then everything is borrowed from you, what are you still stunned about, hurry up!"

Fu Wenrui saw that the officers and soldiers who came up carrying drilling tools, after hearing Li Xiuwen's words, their expressions were even more unbelievable than him, and their bodies did not move at all, so he scolded unhappily.

"Yes, sir!"

Although the officers and soldiers responded on the surface, after hearing what Li Xiuwen had just said, they always felt that Li Xiuwen was bragging!

Not to mention the arid place of Zhangwuzhou, even in other places with rich water sources, there will be no drilling wells and water columns flowing out!

Officers and men need to drill wells in accordance with the drilling methods inherent in their time, and they must first set up a drilling rig; due to the backwardness of technology and equipment in ancient times, they could only use experience and some backward equipment to drill wells.

First of all, at the initial wellhead, a surface wellhead needs to be drilled to a predetermined depth, that is, a certain position above the projection, and the following five steps need to be carried out when drilling the surface wellhead.

First, the thief, drill the ring of luck.

2. Connect the transmission drill pipe with the drill floor and start drilling.

3. In the process of drilling, the mud passes through the pipeline, flows out of the drill bit, and the rock fragments are also taken out of the well.

Fourth, when the well is drilled deeper and deeper, install new components (joints) on the drill pipe.

5. When the predetermined depth (ranging from hundreds to thousands of meters) is reached, the drill bit, drill ring and drill pipe are removed, and the workers put the casing into the well. In case the wellhead collapses on its own. (This process is known as casing and "cementing").

The perimeter of the casing is equipped with a positioning lattice so that the casing can be located in the center of the well.

The person in charge of the casing puts the casing into the well, and the worker in charge of cementing presses the casing into the casing with a bottom die plug, cement slurry and drilling mud, and under the pressure of the drilling mud, the cement slurry flows through the casing and seals the space between the outside of the casing and the wellhead.

Finally, after the cement is cooled, its hardness and sealing degree are tested, and then it can be reinforced.

Although other water source drilling methods are more complicated, Li Xiuwen and Fu Wenrui were lucky this time, and they found a place with a powerful underground dark river.

The officers and soldiers only drilled more than 30 meters, and they had already opened up, thus opening the passage to the underground dark river!

They only drilled for a short time, and the underground river slowly gushed out, and Li Xiuwen hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers to start casing cementing.

Everyone was also very excited to see the water coming out of the well, but they knew that this was not the time to delay.

They quickly pulled out the drilling support from the well, quickly lowered the casing into the well, and pressed the cement slurry that had been activated earlier and the mud drilled out of the drilling into the casing.

After these few sudden completions, the drilling was over, although because of the sudden drilling of water, everyone was a little scrambling.

However, under the command of Li Xiuwen and Fu Wenrui, the officers and men used almost all their strength to strengthen the drilled well.

After expending a lot of strength in a short period of time, they sat on the ground tired and panting, and now they just waited for the cement slurry to dry before further reinforcing the wellhead!

Thankfully, it was a sunny day, the sun was strong and the temperature was high, and it was only about two or three hours before the cement had completely solidified.

The officers and soldiers splashed water on the cement again and maintained it, but in ancient times there was no plastic sheeting, so they covered it with some kraft paper for maintenance.

When it was almost dark, they were pleasantly surprised to see that the well they had just drilled was able to lift water from a bucket, and that the water level was gradually rising.

Li Xiuwen struck while the iron was hot, and asked the officers and soldiers to build a high fence. Prevent someone from accidentally falling into the well!

By the time it was all over, it was already dark!

Fu Wenrui ordered some of the people to stay in shifts to guard, and the rest of them went home to rest first, because tomorrow they had to go to another place to find water sources and drill wells!

The officers and men chatted excitedly on the road, and the laughter came one after another. They were thrilled that they had finally managed to dig a well after so many days, and that they even knew that there was plenty of water in it!

is also excited, as well as the commander Fu Wenrui. When he learned that he had successfully dug a well just now, Li Xiuwen quietly looked at him and even burst into tears of excitement when he saw him!

After a tiring day, after dinner, we went to bed early and prepared to devote ourselves to the next day's search for water.

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, there was a sharp knock on the door of the Commander's Palace, and everyone was so noisy that everyone got up.

When the gatekeeper of the Commander's Mansion opened the door, he saw that it was a few officers and soldiers who had drilled a well with Li Xiuwen and them yesterday, and after they entered the door, they hurriedly ran inside.

"Well, what's the matter with a few of you? This is the Commandery's Palace, how can you act so recklessly? ”

"When our commander sees us and learns what we are going to report, he won't blame us for acting recklessly! Ha-ha! ”

Several officers and soldiers ignored him and continued to run towards the courtyard where Fu Wenrui lived.

"My lord! My lord! The well we drilled yesterday is now starting to spray water. ”

As soon as the officers and soldiers ran into Fu Wenrui's courtyard, they couldn't wait to shout!

"What, is it true what you are talking about?" Fu Wenrui was actually woken up when the officers and soldiers were knocking on the door!

"How dare the little ones deceive the Commander's Mansion? If the commander didn't believe it, he hurried to see it himself, and the water from the well we drilled had already flowed into the river below. ”

"Someone, prepare the horses!"

Fu Wenrui also couldn't wait to see the first well he finally managed to drill in Zhangwuzhou, spewing water.

"I've got the horses ready, big brother, I'll go with you!"

At this time, Li Xiuwen, who was already dressed very neatly, walked into Fu Wenrui's courtyard from the outside and said to him with a smile.