Hou Kite's puzzle came to the puzzle of Jiuzhi, which was expected, because of the existence of the Purple Mansion Vortex, there would be many similar accidents on the road of cultivation in the future, until he completely figured out the secret of the Purple Mansion.

In terms of the process alone, it is still very smooth, but what is not smooth is that you can't see the end of the overflowing dantian, live to be old, and explode to be old?

On this day, he saw three women in the courtyard wearing them, of course, not real armor, but the cloth armor that the people of the wasteland were most accustomed to, and protection was better than nothing; There was also an ox cart in the yard with a huge wooden barrel on the frame, and he instantly understood what the three women were going to do.

After thinking about it, it seems that you haven't gone out for a walk in a while? So he walked out of the room and patted the buttocks,

"To pull water? Let's go together. ”

The three women had joy in their eyes, a request they wanted to speak but did not dare to speak.

To get water from Xiaoqian Fort, you need to go to a river about 20 miles away from the fort, a small river called Bailian River; Twenty miles is not far away, and you can drive a horse back and forth in an hour, but if it is a load-bearing ox cart, then the time is completely different, not only the speed of the ox cart is very slow under the load, but also many factors that must be considered that the path is not suitable for the ox cart to walk.

If you run into trouble halfway, such as a problem with the car, a cow loses its temper, or something else, it will be difficult to rush back before dark, and what the Yin Tomb means to ordinary mortals after dark is self-evident.

Every day, there are people who go out of the fort to carry water, and everyone will gather together to form a team, and they can also strengthen each other's courage and take care of each other; Today, for example, there are less than 30 ox carts, which means that 30 families have to go out to fetch water.

Everyone lined up in a long queue, looking at each other, and the men scattered in front of and behind the line, beware of possible accidents; At least thirty percent of these families are headed entirely by women, and they don't see any grievances in them; The people who survive here, even women, have their own heroism, and the pressure of life cannot overwhelm them, and they still dare to pursue their own happiness.

It's like the three concubines of the Jiang family secretly hid a man who didn't know where to pop up, and no one cared about it, let alone the so-called weathering problem; If anyone really doubts, don't look at the three concubines who are obedient in front of Hou Yu, but when they turn their heads, they are also the masters who dare to go in with white knives and come out with red knives.

Hou Yu walked loosely beside his ox cart, it was very strange, "I look at the distribution of the dock forts in Yinling, which are basically built according to the river, which is convenient for taking water, and there is no distance of more than five miles; Why was the small front fort built so far from the river? "Jiang Lin is the most knowledgeable of the three concubines, because he read some books when he was a child, so he also knows some of the history of Xiaoqian Fort.

"Mr. Haojiao learned that Xiaoqian Fort was also built on the river in the early days of the fort, relying on the Bailian River; But just 100 years ago, the Bailian River was suddenly diverted after a heavy rainstorm, so it has its current pattern.

The old river channel that used to be far outside Xiaoqianbao has now become fertile land, but it is too difficult to get water, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Hou Yu was a little speechless, this is really a trick of providence, helpless; It is very difficult to divert large rivers, because the water tribes in the river will not agree in the first place, and they will do everything possible to obstruct them, for example, in Anhe country, the construction of a dam in Daomen will be met with strong resistance, and the plan to benefit the people will not be started for a long time;

But in the Yinling Wasteland, the situation is different, the rivers here are all small and medium-sized rivers, the flow is not large, the key is because the terrain of the wasteland is destined to have a limited water depth here, as far as Hou Yu knows, there is no depth of more than a zhang, such a river has no space for water demons to live, swimming in the water can be seen on the shore, it is not hidden, but relatively speaking, it is also easy to divert.

He had checked the topography of the tomb before coming to Yinling, and it seemed that it was common for rivers to be diverted, especially when it came to heavy rains that were rare in decades.

"I see, natural disaster***."

Jiang Lin's geographical knowledge is very solid, "The impact of the diversion of the Bailian River is not only our Xiaoqianbao family, but also the Daqianbao on the other side of the Shuqiu, because of the diversion of the river, we have to walk an extra ten miles to get water, but it is not as serious as ours here......

Hou Yu's heart moved, "Daqian Fort? Where do you say it's located? ”

Jiang Lin Clan Small (This chapter is not finished!) )

Chapter 130: The Road to Water

"Thirty miles west of Shuqiu, our small Qianbao is twenty miles northeast of Shuqiu, the original Bailian River is like a line, the big and small Qianbao and the middle Shuqiu are worn together, but now as soon as the route is changed, it has become far away from the river, Daqianbao is ten miles away, and our Xiaoqianbao is twenty miles away......"

Hou Yu stared, "What about the Shuqiu in the middle?" ”

Jiang Lin thought about it, there is no human settlement in Shuqiu, and I heard that there are often murderous things there.

"Sir, I can't say anything about this, I just know that it seems to be farther away from the river, but how far is it......"

Hou Yu waved his hand and smiled: "Don't panic, there should be this kind of old river map in the fort, right?" When I go back, I will know that there is no rush now.

Jiang Lin nodded like pounding garlic, "Yes, my father has a lot of books, and he has them all at home, including the old river channel from decades ago." ”

Hou Yu was thoughtful, but not in a hurry, it was just a rough idea.

They set out at the beginning of the hour, and arrived at the Bailian River in the middle of the hour; From a distance, it can be regarded as a mighty and imposing momentum, but as long as you listen carefully, you can hear that the sound of the water lacks that deep feeling, and is more like the tinkling of spring water......

The water was too shallow, and it was half frozen.

With such a water depth, let alone raising water demons, even larger fish and turtles can't be raised.

There was a shout of cheer from the procession, and the ox-carts rushed to the river, each looking for a place and carrying water and filling buckets; This was not an easy task, because the river was frozen near the bank, and if you wanted to get water, you had to go deeper, and you did not dare to go on the ice for fear of sinking into it again.

Fortunately, it is not the first time to fetch water, and they are very experienced; Take the three widows of the Jiang family as an example, that is, one person kneels in the depths of the ice to carry water, then ties the bucket with a rope, one pulls the rope back, and finally the third person dumps it into the big wooden barrel on the ox cart.

At this time, the sun is shining, and people's mood has become relaxed, and there is laughter and laughter for a while, one after another; This is the hard-working and simple ordinary mortal, even in such a harsh environment, they still did not give up hope for life.

Hou did not take part in the work, and his task was not this, but like a dozen men, scattered near the riverbank, closely monitoring possible dangers.

Labor, a woman can also undertake; But to fight, it still has to be a man.

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Chapter 130: The Road to Water