Zhenjiang Mansion, Lingxi County.

Here, Li Ziqiu, a disciple of the Mo family who was sent here to guide drought relief efforts, encountered almost the same problem as his peer Xu Fang.

However, fortunately, at this moment, Li Ziqiu is located in the county seat, and he has received much more support and assistance than Xu Fang in the villages and towns.

When he left Shenjing City, Senior Brother Du had already explained all aspects of his disaster resistance, and in some places he specially reminded himself that this was His Majesty's important explanation, and after letting him go to the place, he must give priority to it.

This homeless private camp is one of them.

As soon as he arrived in Lingxi County, he immediately found the county order, explaining the necessity of building a homeless camp outside the city, and even vaguely mentioned the saint.

This Fang Xianzun is obviously not a mediocre official, hearing Li Ziqiu say this, he simply patted his chest neatly and assured that he would actively cooperate with the arrangements of the imperial court, ask people to give people, and ask for things to give things.

So, in just three or two days, with the joint efforts of everyone, a simple camp was erected to accept the homeless.

As a disciple of Momen, Li Ziqiu's design skills are still very good.

This camp of exiles, which could accommodate at least 5,000 households in his intended design, is now just a prototype.

As for the displaced people who fled to the county seat and moved into it, there were only three or four hundred households.

But even if there are only so many people and some preparations that should be made, Li Ziqiu will not be sloppy at all.

Not to mention that the disaster relief is in line with the core idea of the Mohist "love and non-attack", just in order to increase the weight of the Mohist family in the heart of the saint, he must also handle this matter very properly and perfectly.

All the affairs in the camp of the homeless, from food to drinking water, from residence to action, as long as it is related to the eating, drinking, and Lazar of the homeless people, Li Ziqiu takes them to heart one by one, and he is as busy as a spinning top every day.

In a year of great drought, the most important thing for people and animals is the problem of drinking water.

Today, the Lingxi River next to the county is almost cut off, and the remaining river water still needs to be irrigated for farmland.

If he wants to solve people's drinking water problems, he needs to find another source of water.

The easiest way to find water is to dig a well.

Before leaving, Senior Brother Du had told himself that the catastrophe would be followed by the pandemic, and he must be cautious when dealing with the disaster and the displaced people.

The disciple of the medical family, who was close to him, once mentioned to him that in order to control the epidemic within a certain range and curb its outbreak, it is necessary to ensure a sufficiently clean water source.

For Li Ziqiu, the cleanest source of water in his perception is well water.

Although there are several wells in Lingxi County, these wells alone cannot meet the daily needs of both the residents in the county and the displaced people outside the city.

Therefore, after the camp was established, Li Ziqiu discussed with Fang Xianzun, hoping that the county government could issue a notice and use the money and grain in the county government treasury to hire Xi Wu Qingzhuang, who had a certain degree of cultivation, to dig wells.

Although ordinary young people can also be qualified for this job, what the government lacks now is time.

Although it is a bit overkill to let the warriors dig wells, they are far better than ordinary people in terms of efficiency with the blessing of internal force.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.

Soon, more than a dozen young people who had reached the third or fourth grade unveiled the notice and reported their names in the county office.

So, Li Ziqiu took these young men and a well master in the county to start looking for water veins near the camp and determining the location of the well.

Although the water loss of the land is serious, and it is so hard that people frown, they can't resist these young warriors pouring their internal force into the iron pickaxe, and with a pickaxe, no matter how hard the soil and stone are, a big hole is carved.

After digging more than two meters deep, the soil gradually became moist and soft, and the progress became faster and faster.

When you dig four or five meters deep, you can even feel the water seeping out of the mud.

At this time, the young men who signed up showed their joy, and they didn't care much, and they stripped themselves naked and only left a pair of calf-nosed pants, and then jumped into the pit with a wooden barrel in hand, filled the barrel with soil mixed with groundwater, and did not use ropes to lift the wooden barrel, but directly relied on internal force to throw the heavy wooden barrel up.

The cycle went on and on, and soon a bubbling spring appeared in front of everyone.

"Out of the water, out of the water!"

The people who saw this scene couldn't help but cheer one after another, and some people even didn't care that the water was still a little muddy, so they came to the spring with trembling hands, carefully touched a handful of yellowish well water, and couldn't wait to send it into their mouths.

The next moment, a happy smile bloomed on his face.

Looking at the heartfelt smiles of these people, Li Ziqiu couldn't help laughing.

He suddenly found that his understanding of the Mo family classics had unconsciously improved a lot, and what surprised him even more was that his cultivation had also quietly risen a lot.

Is this the result of conforming to the hearts of the people?

Li Ziqiu muttered in his heart.

Warriors dig wells, although some are overkill, but the efficiency of opening wells is jaw-dropping.

However, in three or two days, 30 wells were opened, and more than half of them were watered.

Returning to the camp camp, looking at the homeless people who cheered after learning the news, Li Ziqiu looked a little dazed.

"Mr. Li, is this?"

Fang County, who came to inspect the camp camp, saw Li Ziqiu's expression, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

Isn't it a good thing to open a well to produce water?

But why is this Mr. Li a little unhappy?

Li Ziqiu sighed, pointed to the porcelain bowl in front of him, and said, "Lord Xianzun will know if you look at this." ”

Fang Xian Ling followed Li Ziqiu's point and looked at the several porcelain bowls placed on the table.

In the porcelain bowl, the water is drawn from a newly opened well, and the color of the water is not completely clear, but slightly turbid.

"Although people can drink this water, if they drink too much, they will inevitably have diarrhea. The Son of Heaven is already very hot, and if the epidemic is caused by human and animal feces in the homeless camp, it will be a big trouble. ”

Fang Xian Ling blinked.

Human and animal feces can cause diseases, how did he not know?

In fact, this point of view was also heard by Li Ziqiu from the medical disciple he had befriended, but the other party knew it from his teacher "Medicine King" Sun Simiao.

Li Ziqiu may not believe that medical disciple, but for the words of Mr. Sun, a medical master, he must be taken to heart.

Mr. Sun said so, that must be right.

Li Ziqiu looked at Fang County Ling and arched his hand:

"Fang Xianzun, can you order a part of the alum in the treasury to be transferred out, and you need to use it to clarify these well waters."

Like salt and iron, the alum industry was also monopolized by the government in the Chu State, and private individuals were not allowed to meddle in it.

Like table salt, the use of alum by the people of Dachu is also extremely common in daily life.

Those large households will buy alum to clarify their daily water, whether it is well water or river water.

Ordinary people, as long as they have a little conditions, will also buy some alum to use.

For people at this time, this alum is the best thing to purify water.

When Fang County Ling heard this, he hesitated for a while.

This thing is owned by the government, is it too extravagant to take it out to those homeless people? If you are used by someone with your heart and participate in your own book, not only will you not be able to explain it to the above, but your own official hat may be even more difficult to protect......

Seeing that Fang County's face showed hesitation, Li Ziqiu faintly understood the other party's hidden worries, and said with a smile:

"Although the county lord can rest assured, he will inform Li Yushi, who is sitting in the capital city, of the reason, and will not embarrass the lord."

Hearing Li Ziqiu say this, Fang County ordered Fang to relax.

If this is out of responsibility, there is this one in front of you, then what are you afraid of?

So he smiled and said: "Mr. Fang has said so, if the official doesn't agree, wouldn't it be too shameful to give Mr. face." In this way, how much alum is needed every day, please give an approximate number to the gentleman, and then sign the name of the gentleman, so that the official can also make a difference. ”

If you get the other party's note, if something really happens, you will be invincible if you have the note in hand.

Li Ziqiu didn't have any selfish intentions, and when he heard Fang County's order say this, he didn't think much about it, nodded and said:

"Okay, according to what the county lord said. In addition, I also asked the county lord to help gather the skilled craftsmen in the county, and there was something to do for them. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a roll of drawings from his cuff and placed it on the table.

Fang Xianling glanced at Li Ziqiu and opened the drawings with a suspicious expression.

Looking at the graphics full of various annotations, Fang Xianling was suddenly a little confused.

He raised his head and asked suspiciously, "Mr. Li, what is this?" ”

Li Ziqiu bowed his head slightly and said:

"Lord County, at the rate of the past few days, dozens of usable wells can be opened within a month. It's just that if you want to provide it to these more than 5,000 displaced people, it's still not enough. Of course, this statement is also somewhat inaccurate. These wells are quite far from the camps, and it has been calculated that the speed of collecting water from buckets by hand alone is not enough to supply the daily water of more than 5,000 refugee households. ”

There was a hint of weariness in his voice.

"So, after thinking about it, combined with my Mojia classics, I drew a drawing of the equipment used to draw water. Like a waterwheel, it can be driven by animal or human power, and can not only provide drinking water for people, but also for irrigating fields. ”

At the beginning of digging the well, Li Ziqiu took into account the problem that the borehole was too far away from the homeless camp, so he stayed up for several nights before drawing the drawing.

When Fang Xianling heard this, there was a hint of admiration in his eyes, and he hugged his fists and said:

"Mr. Gaoyi, this official has thanked Mr. on behalf of the people in the county and many homeless people."

Li Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "This is a matter of duty, and you don't need to thank you." ”

Fang County ordered: "Sir, rest assured, tomorrow, this official will call Mr. with some famous craftsmen in the county." ”

"Then thank you Lord County."

Nothing was said all night.

At about noon the next day, more than a dozen craftsmen were led by several servants to the small courtyard where Li Ziqiu lived.

Li Ziqiu asked the servant to welcome everyone into the house, and then unfolded the drawings on the table and said to everyone:

"Let's take a look first, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask. There's only one sentence here, can you make it? ”

A group of craftsmen took a closer look, and discussed a few words during the process, and finally an old craftsman spoke on behalf of everyone:

"The adult drawings have already said everything that should be said, and the villains have no doubts. Adults can rest assured that within three days, adults will be able to see the finished product. ”

When Li Ziqiu heard this, he finally put his mind at ease.

As long as this is done and all the displaced people are settled, he will not only be able to give an account to his teachers and the court, but also to his conscience.

However, the words of the next craftsman made him interested.

"My lord, in fact, as long as the well is deep, there is no need for manpower and animal power to carry water, as long as the well is deep through the stone layer, the water can gush up by itself."

The person who spoke was surnamed Lu Mingwei, and because he was the sixth in the family, he was often called "Lu Lao Liu", a stonemason who carved a good lion.

Hearing Lu Lao Liu say this, Li Ziqiu's heart moved faintly, and he had a trace of inspiration, he seemed to have vaguely seen it in the classics, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember the content anyway.

"Brother Lu, is this really the case?" Li Ziqiu asked.

Hearing Li Ziqiu's address to himself, Lu Wei's dark face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, don't say such things, the villain is just a common person, how can he be called Mr. Li like this." However, the villain did fight in the past, but not in this Lingxi County. ”

Li Ziqiu pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Lu Laoliu, what you said, is it Yanjing?" ”

Hearing Li Ziqiu say this, Lu Laoliu's face changed greatly, he knelt down with a "plop", kowtowed again and again, and said:

"Please also ask Mr. to spare the villain's life, the villain was also framed at that time, and he had to flee from southern Xinjiang."

He was originally a salt farmer in the salt mines, and he was responsible for digging salt wells.

In order to prevent the law of salt mining from being revealed, it was known to other countries, and anyone who escaped was punished with heavy punishment.

Li Ziqiu smiled and picked up Lu Lao Liu, and said:

"I also heard your Jiaxing accent a little below, so I asked this question. As for the method you didn't say, it was my Mohist method. Thanks to the mention of it, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it at all. In this way, if Lu Lao Liu can help you dig this kind of well and help the people of Lingxi County survive the drought, then you can speak well in front of the Holy One for you, and let the Holy God forgive you for the sin of escaping. ”

There are so many things that he needs to deal with in the camp that he can't keep an eye on the opening of the well every day.

With the help of Lu Laoliu, a knowledgeable person, then he can be much easier.

Now, it's up to him to mean it.

"The villain is willing, the villain is willing."

Hearing that there was a glimmer of life, Lu Lao Liu hurriedly agreed, for fear that Li Ziqiu would regret it.

"Okay," Li Ziqiu bowed slightly, "I will arrange the manpower for digging wells." As long as I can get this done, I will never break my word! ”

Signaling a group of craftsmen to leave, each preparing the required utensils and materials, Li Ziqiu walked to the study.

The matter of well salt in Southern Xinjiang was originally in charge of the senior brother Wu Hui, who was extremely proficient in this way.

Li Ziqiu wanted to ask Senior Brother Wu about the method of digging a well, so as to compare it with that of Lu Lao Liu, just in case.

However, as soon as he had written a few words, a servant came into the study with a letter.

"Your letter, sir."

took the letter and looked at the familiar words "Senior Brother Li's personal enlightenment" on the cover, Li Ziqiu couldn't help laughing.

I had something to ask Senior Brother Wu Hui, but I didn't expect Senior Brother Xu Fang to ask for it on his head.

Opening the letter and reading the contents, the corners of Li Ziqiu's mouth curled slightly.

This matter is just a trivial matter for me!

(End of chapter)