"Master Befort." Aksai bowed deeply to the scholar in the lead, "The 'Rich Dates' you have bred are indeed very suitable for growing in the desert, and we have planted a lot of ...... near the town of Achilles."

"Achilles Town?" Master Befort looked at him in surprise, "This is impossible, it has long been swallowed up by the desert!" ”

Aksai didn't want to defend anything, but just asked the disciple to fetch a cloth bag, "You might as well taste it, it tastes really good." ”

Master Befort's trembling fingers grabbed a golden fruit from the cloth bag, put it in his mouth, and bit it carefully.

Sweet.

Sweet but not greasy, with thick flesh. Even the Emperor of the Wild Sand may not have eaten such delicious dates.

A few scholars whispered in the back.

"Could it be that the rumor is true?"

"Could it really be that the leader of the Red Pavilion sealed the Desert Reaper with the words of the gods."

"Such dates are not grown in this desert, and this must be a miracle."

"Perhaps this confirms the prophecy that the oasis will reappear and the world will be replaced?"

Axie cleared his throat, "Seniors and comrades, the old man didn't come here today to act as a lobbyist. I don't want to force you to go out, and I don't want to witness your martyrdom. Everyone has lived for so long, and if you want to die, you don't have to worry about it...... today."

He stretched out his hand to the door of the astrological office, "You have been locked up here for too long, and I am afraid that you no longer recognize the outside world. Now that the weather is good, the old man borrowed a few cars and invited everyone to see this new world together. I wonder if you can give the old man this thin noodles? ”

Aksai's rhetoric is watertight, taking care of the scholars' faces and issuing an innocuous invitation. And those scholars have been moved by Axe's description just now, and they have also begun to be curious about the outside world.

It doesn't hurt to go out and have a look.

Just like Axai said: If you want to die, you don't have to worry about today, if you want to die, you can find death at any time.

……

The caravan jolted between the dunes, and Axe leaned against the wall, coughing intermittently, like a hoarse melody. His two disciples sat quietly beside him, supporting him on the left and right. Despite his physical weakness, Axie's eyes shone with unwavering conviction.

As the cart rushed, a new oasis gradually appeared in the distance.

It was a sea of vibrant green that contrasted with the surrounding desert. The scholars sat in their cars, like a flock of geese in a cage, scrambling to poke their heads out and look at the scene in disbelief.

"Here...... Was there such an oasis in the first place? Scholar Bataan couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "Such magnificent, so luxuriant......"

By the time they were cast into the astrological arena, the Wild Sand Empire had gone into irretrievable desertification. For them, such a vast green garden has only appeared in their dreams.

Aksai smiled slightly, although his face was pale, but his eyes were full of pride, "When I saw the first green space, the old man felt incredible like you. ”

Scholar Mona's voice was full of shock and incredulity, "This is the soul energy of the Lord of the Red Pavilion?" Does he have the power to subvert the desert? ”

Aksai shook his head slightly, "Although the Lord of the Red Pavilion has peerless wisdom, he is only one person. ”

Scholar Mona wondered, "Could it be that behind the scenes of the Red Pavilion, there are some hidden masters?" Or is it a god who is secretly protecting them? ”

Axy chuckled softly, "If there really is any god, then I'm afraid it is thousands of people in the Red Pavilion." ”

The caravan is approaching the oasis, and more and more people dressed as farmers appear at the edge of the green space. They wore large straw hats, carried farm tools, and pushed water wheels, followed by several strangely shaped mechanical vehicles and magical beasts.

"What are they doing here?" Scholar Mona asked.

"Plant trees." Axie replied briefly.

There was an uproar on the caravan, with some exclaiming that this was impossible, others questioning that it was a waste of time, and others wondering where the food would come from planting trees.

Aksai just smiled slightly, "This world is not always the law of the jungle, the strong are certainly strong, but the weak are not strong when they are condensed - just like this green space, it is these ordinary people who create it little by little." ”

He coughed a few times, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "The wonders of the Red Pavilion, you will see it slowly." ”

The carriage arrived at a small town near the new Oasis City and came to a slow halt.

"Scholars, masters, have had a hard journey." Fili and Danica greeted them on the side of the road, "We'll accompany you next." ”

Their greetings didn't get much feedback.

The scholars were already struck by what they saw, a desert that used to be desert but now a vibrant green park, with wide and smooth roads and well-ordered houses.

They saw plainly dressed villagers toiling on their land, and children laughing and playing in the tree-lined streets.

At that moment, the eyes of the scholars were filled with tears, tears of emotion, and tears of hope. They finally saw a new world full of life and hope, a new world they could strive for.

A few people walked all the way, only to see waterwheels on both sides of the farmland, and flowing water. The scholar Bataan suddenly asked, "This general, how can there be such an abundant flow of water in the desert?" ”

Fili pointed to the main road where the water flowed, "Thanks to the 'Sailo Canal', we draw fresh water from the sea and return to the desert through this culvert......"

"What did you say?" An old man with a bearded face suddenly became excited, "Is this canal ......?"

Filip led them to an octagonal bamboo pavilion. This style of architecture is extremely rare in this world, and it doesn't take a second thought to know that it must have been Lydia's idea.

In the center of the pavilion stands a stone tablet with dense carvings about the aqueduct. Several scholars hurriedly gathered around to take a look, only to see that it was clearly written:

“…… Sympathetic to the plight of the villagers, the university scholar Cello and his wife Mimilo plan to dredge a canal to bring a spring from the 'Mambo Oasis......

“…… The construction of the aqueduct attracted the attention of the nobles, and in order to embezzle money, they wrote to the Emperor of the Wild Sand, using the excuse that Seloh was not a nobleman, and forcibly seized the power to construct the aqueduct......

“…… The aristocrats exploited the inhabitants and lords along the canal, and withheld the wages of the craftsmen who built the canal. Many laborers could only eat one loaf of bread a day, only half of the 17-mile canal was actually built, and more than 200 laborers died on the construction site......

“…… In order to reduce the cost of construction, the nobles built the culvert into an open channel. After the canal was opened, the water flowed out of the oasis for three miles, and then it stopped flowing and became stagnant water. Dried up quickly under sun exposure......"

“…… In order to cover up the facts, the aristocrats falsely claimed that the aqueduct was invalid as a design mistake by the university scholar Thero. Enraged, the Emperor of the Sand imprisoned the scholar Cello and his wife Mimiro. Mimilocha was seriously ill and died in captivity......"

“…… After the establishment of the Oasis New Town, under the inspection of the master craftsman Rowling, the design of the canal was verified and he personally presided over the restoration of the canal. The canal was extended to 70 miles from east to west, and the culvert design was restored......"

“…… After the canal is opened, it traverses six towns and 22 villages, irrigating 10,000 acres of fertile land. In honor of the scholar Sero and his wife Mimilo, this monument is specially erected to commemorate him. ”

This passage is plain and unpretentious, just an objective description of the origin of this aqueduct. It's just that I didn't expect the bearded scholar to burst into tears with excitement, hugging the stone tablet and crying bitterly.

Fili had vaguely guessed that the man was probably the Sailor scholar mentioned in the stele. At this moment, he didn't know how to comfort him, and Danica next to him reminded him in a low voice, "Do you want to tell him that there is a memorial to his wife in front of him?" ”

Fili quickly shook his head. This stele made the bald old man cry like a sixty-year-old baby, and if he saw the statue of his deceased wife again, wouldn't he cry so much that he would go backwards?

When the scholars saw that Selo was crying bitterly, they all wept. They are also all marginalized by the Wild Sand Emperor, and they can't help but feel the same way at this moment.

After a long rest, the scholar Sailo barely collected his emotions, "Thank you to the two generals for leaving such a memorial for me and my wife, I have died in this life without regrets." ”

The scholar Befort suddenly asked at a tricky angle, "Why do you want to erect such an inscription?" Isn't this kind of deed just a matter of being recorded by a historian? ”

Filip laughed, "The historian has recorded accurate, but only a few people can see it. The princess said: Great achievements must be recorded with inscriptions in order to be remembered by the world. And it may become an attraction in the future. ”

"What is the 'attraction' that the general just mentioned?" Someone asked.

Filip shrugged, "Her Royal Highness the princess has arranged something that looks strange, but it will naturally come to know after a long time. It's as if when she first said she was going to conquer this desert, we all thought she was stupid - now it seems that we are a bunch of fools. ”

The scholars also visited granaries, workshops, post offices, and schools with Fili. Along the way, they were amazed by the development of the Red Pavilion.

In the end, they came to the town office, only to see all kinds of people coming and going. Merchants, farmers, scholars, and some subhumans also walked in in a grand manner.

Scholars privately discussed: "I have heard that the Red Pavilion advocates the equality of the five people, and it seems that what he said is true. ”

"Look at the lady standing behind the table over there, she's a subhuman. If I'm not mistaken, she's still the tax collector here. ”

"It's a miracle that the tax collector of the Red Pavilion only needs to sit in the public office and wait for the people to pay taxes consciously......"

"Can everybody here afford to pay taxes? What if someone can't pay their taxes......

As he spoke, a few young men with sad faces walked in, "We have suffered a great crime, and a fire has burned all our goods......"

The sub-tax officer nodded, "Natural and man-made disasters are always inevitable, come and fill out this paperwork, and I will help you apply for tax exemption." ”

Scholars didn't expect a mere tax official to mention such a thing as "tax exemption", after all, in the past in the Wild Sand Empire, if you dared to mention "not paying taxes" in front of the lord, there were only two ways to go.

One leads to the gallows, one to the guillotine.