Li Xiao naturally didn't know that his lunch was just a staff meal for the technicians of the Agricultural Research Institute, and as for what Sister Latisi personally prepared for him, it was only served to him in person.

In this way, Li Xiao also said that this was the most delicious lunch he had ever had.

When Feng Yuxi sent people to find Li Xiaohui's main courtyard for lunch, Li Xiao was already pushing a wheelbarrow to transport saplings to the reservoir project in the upper reaches of the Remnant River under the sweet words of Latisi.

"Sister Latisi, why do we plant trees in the mountains around the reservoir," Li Xiao had already turned into a curious baby at this time, and after a short period of contact, he really believed that Latisi entered the county lord's mansion with the knowledge in his head rather than with a pretty face.

Latisi walked beside Li Xiao, did she take out a sweat towel to help Li Xiao wipe the sweat on her forehead: "Junma has done an experiment for us, two river sand tables made of the same soil, eh, don't you understand?" It is a more intuitive topographic map of a certain area restored to scale! ”

"A sand table is not made of weedy soil, one is made of weedy soil, and then it is watered, simulated rain, and then you can see the difference after three days, and guess what?"

Li Xiao has already been brought into this experiment: "What's the matter? ”

"The sand table where there are no weeds is nearly dry, and the sand table covered with weeds is still wet an inch into the surface," said Latis with a smile, "You say, what does that prove?" ”

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "This proves that land with vegetation has a stronger ability to store water!" ”

"Brother Li Xiao is really smart," Latis praised Li Xiao with a smile, "He is worthy of being the cousin of the county lord." ”

Talking and laughing like this, Li Xiao didn't feel too tired, so he pushed a sapling of nearly 100 catties to the upper reaches of the Remnant Yang River.

"Look, we've arrived, the future Remnant Yang River Reservoir!"

After passing through a small poplar forest, the team transporting the saplings finally arrived at their destination, and as Latis pointed in the distance, Li Xiao saw a scene that he would never forget.

On the 300-foot-wide riverbed, the river is less than 100 feet wide during the dry season, and a towering embankment is suddenly raised upstream!

The material of the embankment is indiscerning, the gray-white surface looks like a monolithic boulder, and hundreds of shirtless men are transporting a huge gate the size of a city gate back and forth along the wooden rails on the embankment!

Upstream of the embankment, nearly 1,000 people are constantly waving shovels along the bank of the riverbed, taking advantage of the dry season to widen the river, and the riverbed has been widened by more than 1,000 feet!

Two wells at the bottom of the river stand in the center of the river, and a pair of thick booms made of poplar wood are hoisting three bundles of boulders under the operation of two groups of people, and then ready to fill the final gap.

"Today is the day of the first dam sealing, Brother Li Xiao, it's really time for you to come!" Latis also appreciates the scene.

Li Xiao looked at it, the whole construction site was in full swing, and his ears were filled with the sound of "sonorous" quarrying, the rumbling sound of rolling wood, the sound of the river slapping on the embankment, and the sound of the heart-pounding trumpet.

"Sister Latis, how many conscripts have been mobilized in this reservoir? How much money has been consumed! Shocked, the habitual thinking he had cultivated under the royal education made him ask this question.

"Brother Li Xiao, you underestimate your sister and brother-in-law too much," Latisi said with a smile, "These more than 1,000 people are not forced laborers, but spend money to hire them, as for the wealth, only thirty percent of the Beiting Army and the County Lord's Mansion are combined, and the remaining seventy percent are all from the fundraising of all the people in Beiting City and the big families!" ”

"Voluntary?" Li Xiao asked incredulously.

"Voluntary!" Latis laughed.

"How is this possible?" Li Xiao said that this is not logical, which of those high-ranking families is not selfish, and his emperor father tried every means to ask for money from their pockets, but it has always had little effect!

Latis explained with a smile: "This dam is intended for irrigation for the people to prevent drought in the future, so it is easy to understand that they have the money to pay and those who don't." ”

"What about the big guys?" What Li Xiao wanted to know was why this group of people raised money generously.

"Do you see the gray gate in the center of the embankment? Have you ever seen that material? Latis asked, quips, with a distant finger.

"No, it looks like stone, but it's not exactly like it!" Li Xiao replied.

"The materials used to build the dam were green bricks and cement, which were invented by gunma! Look over there," Latis pointed to a hillside far away from the river.

There were two huge chimneys, still smoking at this moment, and a strange building with a high wall opened in the middle of the main gate, and two teams of men were carrying huge cyan bricks towards the construction site!

When the brick convoy passed by Latisi and Li Xiao, Latisi specially stopped the team, and then took the iron hammer of a guard, and struck a brick, so startled that Li Xiao hurriedly retreated half a step.

But to Li Xiao's surprise, the iron hammer burst out of Latisi's grip after a spark burst out of the masonry, leaving only a light white mark on the masonry.

"Haha, let me make you laugh, Brother Li Xiao, what do you think if this brick is reduced by ten times to build a city wall, and reduced by a hundred times to build a private house?" Latis felt no shame at the sight of the hammer being out of her hand, though the act made the guard's mouth crooked.

"With this treasure brick to build a city, then my city in Daxia will be solid, with this treasure brick to build a house, it can be passed on for hundreds of generations without the worry of collapse!" Li Xiao took a deep breath, his eyes widened.

"Then do you think that those high-ranking families, in order to be able to obtain the right to sell this kind of treasure brick, are they willing to contribute some money to support the people's livelihood in Beiting City?" Latis asked.

Li Xiao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and nodded subconsciously: "I see, my sister and brother-in-law are really ...... Clever! ”

"Look, your brother-in-law has gone up to the embankment!" Latisi suddenly pulled Li Xiao's sleeve and excitedly pointed to the young man in a black bamboo printed green shirt on the embankment.

"Is he my brother-in-law?" Li Xiao's heart was also excited, under the influence of this whole day, he had become Zhang Peng's little fan brother.

I saw Zhang Penglong walking to the center of the dam, followed by a handsome young talent and a majestic athlete, after inspecting the mechanism of the giant gate and gate, he picked up a simple megaphone and started the final mobilization:

"Brothers, a month ago, no one thought that we could build this reservoir in a month, and Mr. Qin even thought I was whimsical."

"Of course, his old man has his considerations, and I understand his idea, but he is afraid that it will be in vain, because my idea of building a reservoir has not been tried before, but it has just failed."

"But today, we responded to Mr. Qin and those seniors who worked hard to build the reservoir with actions, look! Our first dam on the Remnant Yang River is about to be sealed, and the most difficult hurdle is about to be completed! In the past month, we faced the wind and sand, stepped on the frost, a shovel, and a bucket of rammed earth tamed this remnant Yang River into the inner lake of our Beiting! ”

"As early as ancient times, we had Yugong to move mountains and Jingwei to reclaim the sea, and we Chinese people have never been defeated in harsh natural conditions! Today, we did! We are sincerely united, we have conquered this world with one heart, and from then on, we will no longer have the worry of a major drought in Beiting City, and there will be no more damage from flooding! ”

"This reservoir, the merit is in the present generation, and the benefit is in the future, that is, after a thousand years, there will still be countless descendants who remember that there was a group of you in the border of Daxia a thousand years ago, and opened up a granary for the Chinese people!"

"Brothers, do you remember the war song I gave you?" Finally, Zhang Penggao shouted passionately.

"Then sing along! Let's witness the moment when the dam falls! "Loyal to the Country", three, two, one, from! ”

The next moment, more than 1,000 people on the entire reservoir construction site faced the direction of the gate, held high the labor tools in their hands, and sang a magnificent melody loudly.

"The wolf smoke rises, and the rivers and mountains look north,"

"The dragon flag rolls, the horse grows, and the sword aura is like frost."

"The heart is like the remnant of the sun!"

"Twenty years of vertical and horizontal, who can fight!"

……

Li Xiao was shocked and speechless at the first moment he heard this war song called "Loyal to the Country", this magnificent melody, passionate lyrics, and the unparalleled momentum of the thousand-person chorus deeply infected this thirteen-year-old boy.

He looked at Zhang Peng, who was standing on the dam waving his arms and singing loudly, and his heart was extremely eager to join their chorus!

"The horseshoe goes south, and the man looks north,"

"People look north, the grass is green and yellow, and the dust is flying"

"I want to defend the territory and reopen the territory,"

"The dignified China wants to let the Quartet come to congratulate!"

After singing the last sentence, the huge gate fell accurately, and in the cheers and cheers of thousands of people, the Remnant Yang River Reservoir was completed!

And Li Xiao is also clenched fists at the moment, his face is red, he witnessed a great, human victory over nature of the water conservancy project, in the last lyrics "dignified China to let the Quartet, come to congratulate" under the blood infection, his heart felt an unprecedented impact!

This is what a manly man should do, the worries of intrigue with his brothers in the palace, and the entanglement between the court's henchmen, are all torn to pieces in Li Xiao's mind at this moment.

Li Xiao once again set his eyes on Zhang Peng, the man who always brought him unexpected joy and baptism, and his heart was filled with endless eagerness.

This brother-in-law of mine is a true genius!

I'm not a descendant and lame, so the throne has nothing to do with me, and the good things of being rich and noble have nothing to do with me, so this bad errand to go to the North Court will fall on me.

But those guys are wrong, the trip to Beiting is definitely not a bad errand, but a chance for me to grow!

This cousin-in-law is in the county lord's mansion, and it is said that he and his cousin are not in love!

If this king reconciles and lets his cousin let his brother-in-law free, wouldn't he be able to easily get a peerless talent?

In the future, with his assistance, he will be a virtuous king, and he will govern his fiefdom as a blessed land on earth, and maybe he can also launch an impact on that position!

So, here's the problem!

How can I get this cousin to give up my cousin-in-law and then pack my cousin-in-law away?

His Royal Highness King Yu fell into thought again.