More than a week has passed since the jaw-dropping Sharpening Sword 2019 exercise.

However, this did not calm the undercurrent world.

Tuao, Queensland, Mount Hoyth.

It is located in the south-west of Queensland, in the Great Artesian Basin on the west side of the Great Dividing Range.

Barton is a local farmer whose farm is mainly beef cattle and turkeys, and he should have spent his life in the farm cottage at this time.

It's a pity that he's in big trouble this year.

"Shet! Damn trade wars! And damn weather! ”

Barton drove a pick-up truck converted water truck, cursing as he drove.

The Cooper River near his farm has dried up to the point of running out, and now he has to travel to Lake Yamayama, 47 kilometres away, to fetch water.

Of course, he actually has another option, which is to dig a deep well, the problem is that Tuao is very strict in the management of groundwater extraction, and when his application is approved, it is estimated that the cattle on the farm will be sent to God by drought.

As for illegal mining, if it is discovered, not only will you go to jail, but you may also be fined to bankruptcy.

Along the way, there are many farmers who, like Barton, go to Lake Yamayama to fetch water.

The potholed roads are dusty, and although July is winter in the Tuao region, Queensland is at a lower latitude and the weather is not too cold.

The large farms and meadows on both sides of the road show a continuous yellow, not because of winter, but because of drought.

Many kangaroos are listless on the grass, looking for some greenery to replenish their water, but in the midst of the large area of withered yellow, the only green is the cactus that stands tall.

In the face of these cacti, which are covered with thorns all over their bodies, except for the camel, which can get their mouths down, the other animals can only look away.

After a 47-kilometre trek, Barton's pickup truck finally reached Lake Yamayama, where three farmers were already pumping water with pumps.

"Hey! Barton! ”

"Wilson, didn't you apply for a well?" Barton asked, surprised.

"Don't mention it, the three wells I drilled are all salt water, and I don't want to dig them." Wilson, dressed as a cowboy, complained.

Patton, who suddenly threw the water pipe into the lake, looked at the surface of the lake and at his feet, and immediately frowned, turned his head and asked with some uncertainty:

"Wilson, have you noticed that the water level of the lake has dropped a lot?"

"You just found out? See that stick?" Wilson pointed to a wooden stick about 5 meters from the waterline and said, "This is what I used a week ago to test the soft soil, and the water level was near the stick a week ago." ”

Hearing this news, Patton's face was ugly, the entire Yamayama Lake is oval-shaped, with an area of about 450 square kilometers and a water storage capacity of about 160 million cubic meters.

Moreover, this storage capacity refers to the time of the high water season, and the current water storage capacity of Lake Yayama is probably less than 100 million cubic meters.

If the water level drops at this rate, it is estimated that the water of the entire Amazon Lake will not be able to support two months.

Not only is it because of the dry weather and the evaporation of water, but also because the farmers are pumping water to maintain the farm.

If it doesn't rain again, Lake Yamayama may really dry up.

Farmers are worried, and the supply of fresh water from the eastern watershed pipeline is dwindling.

What should I do? If this continues, all the livestock on the farm will die because of the lack of water.

Suddenly, three pickup trucks drove towards the lake with billowing dust.

"Isn't this from the town government?"

"Mayor Wood, like."

A few farmers whispered.

They said Mayor Wood was coming to the farmers with five or six men.

"Barton, Wilson...... Good afternoon! Mayor Wood greeted with a smile.

Although Barton didn't like this dead fat man, he still replied with a dry smile: "Hello! ”

"What was the wind that blew our strong Mayor Wood over?" Wilson quipped.

Wood did not show anger at the ridicule and disapproval of these farmers, but rather a sad face: "There is bad news. ”

With that, Mayor Wood beckoned to the man who was following him.

The five or six men sprang into action and planted a bulletin board on the edge of the lake.

Patton and the others walked over to take a look, and immediately scolded.

"Falk Squid!"

"Oh buy karma! How can you do this! ”

"Wood, did you know that our farm is already very short of water?"

One of the enraged farmers grabbed Mayor Wood by the collar and yelled, "Are you planning to bankrupt my farm?"

"Calm down, George! That's not what I meant, even if you beat me to death, you can't change this fact, it's the decision of the state government. Mayor Wood said innocently.

The others were also quickly separated by the two, and it really killed them, and George was definitely unlucky.

However, not everyone can refrain from restraint, especially since most of these farmers in Tuao have guns.

As a result, there were three cases of shooting officers at the farm, resulting in bloodshed in which five people were killed and 11 were injured.

Although the officials in Tuao have been explaining the situation to the farmers, they are selfish, and it is obviously unlikely that they will accept the water restriction order.

Clashes triggered by the water restriction order continue to erupt in many parts of Tu and Macao, resulting in a number of bloodsheds.

The ongoing drought has made Tuao feel anxious, and many farmers have even joined forces to sue for water restriction orders.

If Tuao is making a fuss about the water restriction order, then Tianzhu does not have to worry about this matter, because now the entire Deccan Plateau is about to be scorched, and many rivers are dry and cut off, so there is no need to restrict it if there is no water.

Even their mother river, the Ganges, has experienced a severe decline in its flow rate.

A large number of farmland withered due to drought, and as a last resort, Tianzhu had no choice but to use the method of drinking water to quench his thirst and frantically exploit groundwater to alleviate the drought.

Although doing so could trigger a drop in the water table, they could only solve the immediate problem first, and talk about the problem of the water table dropping later.

With the future in mind, Tianzhu has sent a negotiation team to Dongyin Water Group in the hope of buying a desalination plant.

"Baraja! This time to negotiate, I hope you can get the technology licensed. Tianzhu Minister of Water Resources Nikale instructed the head of the negotiation team.

Baraha was a little embarrassed and said: "Mr. Minister, I am afraid that this matter of technology authorization is very difficult. ”

"We can't hand over water to a foreign company, not to mention that this company is still from the Tang Dynasty." Nikale said firmly.

"......" Balahara was speechless for a moment, unless Dongyin Water Group's head was in the water, otherwise don't even think about such a thing as technology licensing.

Perhaps knowing that the request just now was a bit difficult, Nikale made another request: "If the technology cannot be licensed, it is necessary to obtain at least a five-year reserve of desalination films." ”

"Alright! I will do my best to negotiate with them. Baraha reluctantly agreed.

"By the way, if the other party's asking price is very high, we must lower the price and ask for installment payment." Nikale said again.

"......" Baraha was completely speechless.

Nima's, you put forward so many conditions, how can you be sure that others will agree to these conditions? He suddenly felt that life was like the curry-smelling haze of New Delhi.

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