Just when Zhaoming was puzzled, the man suddenly raised the paper in his hand excitedly, which was full of complex lines, and he could hardly see the content of his self-introduction.

"I'm done!"

The man shouted happily and stood up excitedly to find the lord, but he tripped over the table and fell to the ground as if he couldn't see the way.

"Uhh

The man screamed in pain, and Zhaoming was curious, why didn't he seem to see it when he was clearly in front of him?

But after taking the test paper from Leila's hand, Zhaoming was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

There is a design plan for the construction of the canal, and there are many symbols that I can't read but feel very powerful.

Zhaoming ordered someone to help the man up and let him briefly introduce himself.

The man touched his injured forehead and said tremblingly: "Just call me Lesio, I graduated from the Royal College of Engineering of Trania with a degree in architecture." ”

Zhaoming was surprised, how could such a person appear in a small border town like Black Rock?

According to Lesio, because he has no background, he has no strength but is not recognized, and he can't stay in the big city so he decides to try his luck at Black Rock.

Zhaoming sighed, thanks to this damn bureaucracy, for sending such a person to me.

Zhaoming had some difficulty for a liberal arts student to deal with this kind of project, but now with Lesio's help, everything was solved.

However, before accepting him, Zhaoming still has a problem.

"Lesio, tell me honestly, what's the matter with your eyes?"

Zhaoming looked at Lessio's swollen eyes and asked him if he was nearsighted.

Lesio shook his head repeatedly, indicating that his eyes were fine, and as he spoke, he got up and took two steps to prove that he could see, but naturally fell to the ground again in embarrassment.

Lesio was about to cry aggrievedly, he had been studying hard to cause severe myopia in both eyes, and finally had a chance, did he have to lose because of this?

"My lord, I ......"

Lesio was just about to explain something, but he saw a pair of glasses in Zhaoming's hand at some point.

"Take this with you and try it!"

This is a prop that Zhaoming has just exchanged for 5 faith points with the system, and the power can be automatically adjusted according to the wearer's situation.

After putting on his glasses, Lesio's vision suddenly became clearer.

"It's amazing! I can see it! Lesio exclaimed excitedly.

He was about to thank him, but Zhaoming stopped him and said, "I want to thank you for being too late, it's really lucky that such a big talent as you can come to my side." ”

Listening to the lord's praise, Lesio scratched his head a little embarrassed.

Zhaoming immediately gave him a task: to accompany him to survey the terrain in the afternoon.

Lesio nodded in agreement, he didn't expect the lord to be so refreshing, and his hard work in the cold window finally paid off.

Finally, the selection was over. Zhaoming admitted a total of 31 people, which is the efficient personnel structure in his mind, and it is also the limit of his financial resources.

Zhaoming led a few people back to the conference room on the second floor, where Grouchy and Vanessa had already sorted out all the files and were waiting for the lord to read them.

Zhaoming recognized their work and, by the way, made a new deployment of the government's personnel structure.

"Kaeya and Grouchy, you will be the head of the government clerks in the future, Leila is the deputy, and Vanessa is my personal secretary."

Everyone replied "yes" in unison

After explaining the work, it happened to be noon. The maid Elusa and the cook Barnett brought the freshly prepared food to everyone.

A few people ate directly in the conference room, and the lord's boldness made everyone feel comfortable.

Zhaoming has always had no arrogance, and will only exert his authority when it is necessary to maintain his majesty.

It's like now, when he was still seriously invigilating the exam, he was dining with everyone who passed the selection.

In the middle of eating, Zhaoming suddenly asked Groushi a question.

"Grouchy, I'm going to recruit in two days, do you have anyone to recommend?"

Hearing the lord's inquiry, Groushi was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and replied, "If it's about training, I do know some veterans of Black Rock before. ”

Zhaoming nodded, and asked him if he could get in touch.

Grouchy shook his head, though he said that someone would definitely come when the official conscription came.

After eating, Zhaoming beckoned Lesio and himself to explore the terrain outside the city, and asked the others to do their jobs by the way.

"Don't be lazy!" Zhaoming said jokingly.

Everyone said no, but Lesio told Zhaoming to wait for a while, he wanted to go home and get some tools.

"Go and get back soon."

The two made an appointment to meet at the city gate, and just as Zhaoming was about to go out, the maid Elusa suddenly took his hand and asked, "Master, when are you coming back tonight?" ”

This made Zhaoming a little confused, looking at the girl's shy appearance, Zhaoming seemed to understand something.

"I'll be back a little earlier tonight"

"Hmm~"

It's a good thing that this scene was not seen by anyone else, otherwise something would have happened.

Zhaoming turned on his horse and rode in the direction of the city gate.

After a rush of horses' hooves, Zhaoming arrived just in time to see Lesio panting with a large bag on his back.

"Your Lord!"

Lesio beckoned, and Akira ordered the Shadow to speed up, dragging Lesio onto his horse as he ran past him.

Having never seen a bumpy horse's back, Lesio desperately grabbed the mane of the Shadow to stabilize his body, while carefully protecting the glasses that Zhaoming had given him.

The two of them sped through wheat fields and through lush forests to the river they had previously discovered.

After a bumpy ride, Lesio was a little sick to his stomach, but in order to repay the lord's kindness, he still insisted on starting the exploration work.

Faced with this situation, Zhaoming could only watch him operate from the sidelines, after all, he was professional.

Lesio took out a bunch of probing tools, looked here and there to measure, observed the water level from time to time, and climbed up to a high place to observe the terrain from time to time.

The geographical location of Black Rock City is very special, it is surrounded by mountains in the north and south, a river in the east, and a smooth road in the west.

Lesio measured the slope of the terrain with something like a horizontal instrument, and walked back and forth along the road between the river and the farmland, while constantly sprinkling white lime on the ground as a marker.

This process took several hours, and Lesio was so immersed in it that Zhaoming could only follow him silently.

On the way, Zhao Ming felt something staring at them from time to time, but he never noticed anything unusual.

And a figure was sneakily rushing in the direction of Black Rock City.

Elusa's father, Chrysler, had been hearing people talking about him behind his back since he was appointed administrator.

Saying that he relied on his daughter to ascend to the throne, in the face of these words, Chrysler couldn't refute it.

And Zhaoming's delay in announcing this year's tax plan also made this honest man feel uneasy in his heart.

So when he was busy in the fields and saw the lord and Lesio, he didn't meet him immediately, but deliberately walked a distance.

In addition, his unconscious son Haricho made his head even bigger, since his sister was sent to the lord, Haricho has been ignoring his father, and he doesn't know where to run for the past two days.

Zhaoming walked on the ridge with Lesio, and although he saw Chrysler's actions, Zhaoming didn't say much.

The peasants watched curiously as the lord and a strange man looked by their farmland, gesturing with their hands from time to time.

An old woman came up and handed them two fruits they had picked by the roadside.

Lesio wanted to refuse, but his mouth was dry, so he had to look at Zhaoming.

Zhaoming smiled and nodded, knowing that the old woman was thanking him for bringing life-saving water to his own crops.

After that, many people came to Zhaoming Ma to talk, some to express their loyalty and gratitude, and some to ask some questions.

No matter who came, Zhaoming would talk to them patiently, which made him get closer to the people.

Of course, there was no Chrysler in the crowd.

Zhaoming felt a little disappointed, after all, he gave him a lot of rights, but the other party didn't respond at all.

Finally, as the sun was about to set, Lesio finished his job.

"My lord, please look at this!"

Lesio picked up his morning exam paper and the drawings he re-surveyed in the afternoon, and told Zhaoming about his plan.

Zhaoming told him to wait first, and let everyone present move to the unlucky tree that he had kicked and broken before.

After the others had gathered, Zhaoming motioned for Lesio to begin.

Although he was a little nervous, Lesio told him as much detail as he could.

"It's not difficult to build a canal from the other side of the river to connect all the irrigated areas of farmland here."

Lesio first reassured everyone by explaining that the river's sloping terrain made it not difficult to build.

At the same time, Lesio had to build a cistern between the two places so that the flow could be regulated, something that Akira did not consider.

"As long as you follow the plan, you don't have to worry about water in the rainy season or the dry season!"

Lesio said excitedly, pointing out that the project could bring humus from the forest to the farmland, making it more fertile.

Hearing this, the people around cheered, as if the project would be completed soon and they would benefit immediately.

Finally, Lesio grabbed a handful of dirt and said: "The land around here is not very hard, we only need the usual farming tools to complete the construction, as long as I give me 200 people, we can complete this task in 40 days!" ”

Later, Zhaoming saw that the enthusiasm of the masses had reached its peak, and shouted to the crowd: "All those who participate in the construction of the Guanfan!" You don't have to pay taxes on water in the future! ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately boiled.

"I'm willing to participate!"

"My hoe is already hungry and thirsty!"

......

Looking at everyone's enthusiastic appearance, Zhaoming felt very relieved.

He then told those who wanted to participate to prepare for the construction of the canal when the recruitment process was complete.

"Yes! Your Lord! ”