5. Foothold Chapter 160 Digging the River

There are no major rivers in the Dalaran Territory, and the largest river in the Northland is the Izumo River, which is formed by the convergence of large and small streams formed by the melting of snow in the mountains northeast of the town of Hongfeng.

The river flowed only through the former domain of the Melinna family, now Lord Gerry, and went east along the forested mountains, into the eastern realm of the kingdom, and then south into the sea.

However, deep in the Green Cloak Forest to the north of the Moonlight Glade, near the western part of the Izumo Mountain Range, there were still many streams and streams formed by the melting snow, but they all ended up flowing southeast into the Izumo River, and no other large-scale rivers were formed.

Therefore, Donald plans to use this as a source to divert a part of the water and artificially dig a river in Dalaran, so that the inhabitants of the territory can easily drink water, and some fish can also be caught to fill the meat gap.

Otherwise, relying only on the livestock production in the territory, the meat will be more tight.

In the previous life, I liked the lakeside scenic spot residence in the city the most, but unfortunately I couldn't afford to buy a house in a high-end community, and in this life I became a lord of one party, and I also had a certain strength, and I could toss my own territory as much as he wanted, and I would dig an artificial lake in the future to create a water park.

While she was eating, she saw Catherine suddenly point to the stream beside her and exclaim, "Donald, look there!

Donald had a keen sense, and Q had actually spotted movement in the stream beside him. It's just that the food they prepared was full of huā, so they didn't care.

At this time, when he heard Catherine mention it, he also looked at the water casually, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it!

"It's an icefish! Catherine, we've got a good day!"

The northern half of this continent is similar to the Asian continent in Donald's previous life, both of which are high in the west and low in the east, so the two great rivers in the previous life both originated in the west and flowed into the sea in the east.

However, this refers to the entire northern continent, including the Northwest Wasteland, the Great Snow Mountains, and the Frozen Highlands, and the Northland, where Celt is located, has a slightly different terrain due to changes in the Northland that has changed many years ago.

The situation here is high in the north and low in the south, and a large river also originates from the Izumo Mountains in the north and the Daisetsuzan in the frozen highlands, and then flows south through the plains of the central part of the country, and finally turns southeast to join the sea at Layton Harbor, the capital of Higashi-gun.

As a result of this situation, there were no large water veins in the territory of Kitaku, and there were not many lakes, only a few thin streams, which eventually merged into the Izumo River and headed for the eastern part of the kingdom.

As a result, fish food is rarely produced in North County, and the only famous one is an ice fish produced in a small river near Lord Gerry's Domain.

It was originally the territory of the Melina family, and Donald knew a lot about this icefish. Icefish is produced in the cold waters, the flesh is fine, its sè is like ice, almost transparent, hence the name icefish. After many years of evolution, its physique has adapted to the cold water of the North County Mountains, with more protein and less oil, in Donald's words, high protein and low fat, rich in nutrients, and its natural deliciousness is almost without any seasoning.

However, the most delicious thing is not the icefish itself, but the roe produced in its belly.

Every spring, icefish swim to spawn in the snow-covered upstream streams of Mt. Izumo, where the water is clear and ice floats. Only the roe caught in the days before the icefish spawn is the most delicious.

After simply marinating it with salt, take a spoonful of it in your mouth, and the delicious taste of the plump and smooth, sweet and fishy roe bursting in your mouth is simply the supreme delicacy that can only be enjoyed by true gods.

Since ice fish are scarce and the roe is even rarer, and it must be caught in the cold and dangerous Izumo Mountains in early spring, caviar made from ice roe has always been the best ingredient on the tables of the nobles of the kingdom.

A single amount of caviar costs ten times as much as gold, and demand often outstrips supply.

In addition, although caviar is pickled, it can only be stored for a short week, and it will spoil after the expiration date. Therefore, even His Majesty the King of Celt can only taste its beautiful cattle every spring.

He was pleasantly surprised by the sight of icefish in the mountain spring stream that Donald was about to divert water from.

"Great, this is a big discovery, Catherine, you are really my lucky star!"

The unexpected discovery of ice fish here is not just a simple delicacy for Donald, but a rare industry that can make thousands of dollars every day. If the icefish industry can be developed, then after the moonshine wine and black tea industries, the third largest industry will appear in the territory, and within ten years, the silver moon territory will become a richer territory than the kingdom.

"I didn't expect that icefish are also produced here, I thought they all breed in the mountainous waters of the east!" Catherine also said in surprise: "Is this an icefish? I didn't expect it to be so beautiful, like crystal, I have also been fortunate to eat ice fish roe in the royal capital, the taste is really intoxicating, I haven't tasted fresh icefish yet! These are worth thousands of gold soles, Donald, you can catch two, and the rest of the catch will definitely make Dalaran famous.1" Donald smiled: " I already have a plan in mind... , as long as it is successful, you can eat as much as you want when the time comes."

"Really?"

"You'll see!"

As soon as he saw the icefish, he thought of how abundant the icefish roe had been producing in his ear at this time. A hundred years ago, the Merlina family was developed on the basis of ice fish roe, and there are still records of the growth environment and fishing skills of ice fish.

So an idea immediately arose in his mind, that is, to artificially create a river, and then let his territory also have ice fish to produce, and take back the property that belonged to their family.

If he thinks of it, he can do it, and if he digs a river, he doesn't have to mobilize the crowd at all, with the help of spells and summoned creatures, a river that is only a few dozen miles away, it is only a matter of time for him.

After enjoying a beautiful icefish and icefish roe, Donald immediately went into action.

He flew into the air, released three owls and flew south, until he flew to the territory, and observed the terrain in between, and then chose a suitable route, took Catherine back to the airship, and flew all the way to the territory.

Every few miles along the way, he left a sentry guard as a marker, and when he came to the location of a barren grass col between the Moonlight Glade and the Makusè Forest, he immediately summoned a tall giant thirty feet tall with skin like a rock.

This permanent summon was the first time that Donald had summoned a high-level soldier up to level six, and it consumed 2,500 units of his spirit power, which was the strongest force in the elven race's land battle, the Mountain Giant.

Donald took out the thick trunk that had been used as wood from the space and placed it on the ground, and then said: "Giant, dig a pit here, and then play along the mark until you reach the mountain stream!" Hearing Donald's order, the mountain giant immediately reached out and picked up the trunk, the trunk more than ten feet long was like a short stick in his hand, but Donald really didn't have a weapon suitable for the mountain giant in his hand, so he could only settle for it.

Despite the clumsy appearance of the mountain giant, the trunks of the hands and feet are not sharp, but under its great strength, with just one force, the trunk is deeply inserted into the soil, and a slope pit several feet deep and a dozen steps long is dug in place.

Catherine was very surprised to see such a huge monster as the Mountain Giant appear, and Donald beside her had already explained: "Don't be afraid, this is the Mountain Giant, which belongs to a kind natural race, likes to be close to a race like elves and nature, and will not easily harm other lives! Don't look at his big size, in fact, he is very honest and honest!" Under Donald's explanation, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and instead smiled at the giant.

"Donald, what are you?"

"I've been thinking before, we don't have a water source in our territory, and now that we've found an unexpected surprise like an icefish, it's imperative to create a water source!" Catherine asked in surprise, "Are you going to dig a river?"

Donald smiled confidently and said, "It's not just a river, you wait and see!

Then I saw the mountain giants digging again and again, and soon a large pond appeared in front of the two of them, Donald suddenly remembered that the war puppet summoned last time was still in the space, so he also released it, and helped the mountain giants dig a pit factory According to Donald's order, in half a day, the two behemoths dug out a small artificial lake, but Donald didn't think the area was big enough, so he cast a few spells to blow up a few big holes, and then worked hard for another afternoon, and a large pit of an artificial lake with an area of about a few hectares was completed.

The shape of this artificial lake resembles a crescent moon, and the middle is a man-made island in the middle of the lake that Donald has piled up with a part of the excavated dirt, and the bottom has been stabilized by several mud-to-stone spells, and the dirt on it has been tamped by the mountain giant with his heavy body.

Donald pointed to the island in the middle of the lake, which is still bare, and said to Catherine: "This is the place where the water park and the lakeside resort are ready for the future construction." ”

Catherine couldn't help but fantasize about the future of a beautiful manor in the middle of the water, and she excitedly talked about some of the architectural styles she had seen elsewhere. Before marrying into Celt with the queen, she and her family had traveled to many places in the north and south of the continent, and had seen many beautiful aristocratic estates.

Donald took a look at it and selected a few of the layout plans for the time being, and the others had to wait for the designer to be further refined.

Order the Mountain Giants and War Golems to follow the marker all the way north and continue digging, presumably in a few days, they should be able to dig the path where the mountain peak is, and then they can draw water at any time and form a river.

After doing this, the two of them returned to the Lord's Mansion in high spirits, and Donald immediately gave an order to William, who was responsible for arranging the construction of the Manor in the Middle of the Lake.

First of all, when other construction projects were not carried out, they ordered people to lay pebbles and fine sand strips on the circular shore of the island in the middle of the lake, so that the lake foundation is stable, and an artificial beach will be created, and there will be no sludge accumulation. !。