It snowed for three days in a row.

On the morning of the fourth day, Yan Jiecheng woke up and saw that he didn't know when the snow had stopped.

The sun came out in the morning, and the sun shone on the snow, and the eyes of those who shook hurt their eyes.

Fortunately, in the small courtyard of the headquarters, in the morning, Shen Youliang led all the staff to carry out snow clearing activities.

Yan Jiecheng and the others also participated, after all, it often snowed in the winter in the capital, and the snow in the yard of the unit was cleaned by the staff themselves.

Nowadays, the top leaders of ordinary units like to go down in person at this time.

One is to lead by example, the second is to enjoy with the people, and the third is to be like this.

It's not like later, it's all all kinds of posing for show.

When all the snow is gathered together and everyone takes shovels and throws the snow into the cellar, the work is done.

Yan Jiecheng was also a little curious as to why they threw the snow into the water cellar.

He was told that he was collecting snow water that could be drunk after it had melted.

They are also very curious about the water cellar here in the Western Regions.

The three of them studied around the cellar for half an hour.

Lao Xie looked at the mouth of the water cellar and said: "This is an underground buried water storage project, which should usually be a collection and utilization project to collect rainwater or snow water." ”

After reading it, Chen Bo said: "It's like a huge vase buried underneath."

It is composed of a water intake, a sedimentation tank, a cellar tube, a cellar platform and a cellar body. ”

Yan Xie Cheng shook his head and said, "None of you have noticed the core problem. Although this cellar is easy to build, two people can dig one in a few days.

But you must know that this is water storage, so seepage prevention is the key.

I don't know how this is handled? ”

Both of them were engineers, and after listening to Yan Jiecheng's words, they couldn't help but think about this treatment measure.

After a while, Chen Bo said: "It may be that heavy silty clay and triple clay are used, and the cellar walls and kiln bottoms are tamped by pounding mud. ”

Lao Xie also said: "The cellar wall is smeared with 3 to 4 layers of yellow mud, each layer is 1 cm.

Then stagger the mud stubble, use a hammer to compact, make the mud wall smooth, seal after completion, and spray water several times in the cellar, so that there should be no water seepage. ”

Yan Jiecheng nodded and said, "It should be like this, after the mud is knocked, a dense layer will be formed on the surface, which has the effect of separating water, and it should be able to prevent leakage after a few more times." ”

Shen Youliang on the side listened to the words of the three of them and said with a smile: "The three are really experts in the ministry, and you can know the principle of this thing at a glance." ”

While a few people were talking something, a staff member came over and said to Shen Youliang: "Commander Shen, the horses have arrived." ”

Shen Youliang listened, smiled and said to Yan Jie: "Director Yan, the two experts will go and take a look at the horses. ”

A few people walked Shen Youliang and explained with a smile like Yan Jiecheng: "Director Yan, the road is closed by heavy snow in the wind area, and the car will definitely not be able to drive."

If you want to go, you have to ride a horse, so I have a few horses led, and you can learn and practice in the yard. ”

A few people heard that they wanted to learn to ride a horse, after all, they were all men, and who hadn't thought about galloping horses.

Only then did Yan Jiecheng see that there were three horses in the courtyard, and he couldn't tell what breed they were, and they wouldn't be bloody horses.

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if he sweats and blood, whether it's a rouge horse or a Yangzhou thin horse, he can ride it.

The comrade who taught Yan Jiecheng to ride horses was Song Jianzhong, who was only 21 years old, but he was an experienced rider.

Several men walked towards the horses, which had a large coat on their backs, in addition to their riding gear.

Song Jianzhong said that it can be loaded with things, such as pens and notebooks, or small items such as food.

The three of them practiced riding horses for two days, except for Yan Jiecheng, who was more proficient in riding, Lao Xie and Chen Bo were only barely able to.

The few people didn't want to stay in the headquarters and do nothing, so they decided to leave for the wind area.

It takes more than 200 kilometers to get from here to the wind area, and it is estimated that it will take a week to ride a horse.

After all, there is no one who travels thousands of miles in a day and eight hundred in the night.

Even if there is a red rabbit horse, a few rookies can't ride it fast.

Yan Jiecheng decided on the departure date, and the headquarters was making preparations for the trip.

It was well prepared, food, water, quilt and fodder were available.

This time, the team is still relatively large, in addition to Yan Jiecheng, Shen Youliang, Shi Dunzi and other technical personnel, as well as security, logistics, etc., there are more than 30 people in total.

At nine o'clock in the morning, as soon as the morning dawned, everyone had breakfast and set out on the road.

After Yan Jiecheng and the three of them went through the novelty at the beginning, they began to torture both physically and mentally.

The team walked for three hours, and when it was almost twelve o'clock, Yan Jiecheng only felt a hot pain in his inner thigh.

The oncoming wind blows like a knife, and the face of the person who blows hurts.

At one o'clock, everyone found a leeward place to stop and rest.

Everyone took out the prepared dry food, which was all naan and beef jerky.

The water in the kettle had long been frozen into ice lumps, so I quickly lit a fire and set up a cauldron.

I found some clean snow from the ground and threw it in the pot, and after a while there was a pot of hot water.

Everyone fetched water, and then they began to eat naan and beef jerky.

Seeing that Yan Jiecheng and they were all holding their legs and walking strangely, Shen Youliang said with a smile: "Director Yan, are you okay, this is the first time you rode a horse, and it will slowly get better later." ”

After resting for a while, everyone went back on the road.

After thirty or forty kilometers of travel, the sky began to darken, and a row of bungalows made of clods of earth appeared in front of Yan Jiecheng's eyes.

Le Ma stopped, Yan Jiecheng followed Shen Youliang and pushed open the door, only to know that this was a hotel.

Yan Jiecheng looked around, this inn was really unobstructed.

Aside from the rows of Chase shops, the only piece of equipment is an oil lamp.

There was not even a futon on the Chase bed, and Yan Jiecheng knew the reason why they took the futon with them when they set off.

There is a row of Chase bunks that has been accommodated by several guests from afar.

In this wilderness, no one in Yan Jiecheng and the three of them will take care of the picky accommodation conditions.

I'm waiting to sleep with my thighs between my legs.

Someone at the headquarters showed the hotel staff a letter of introduction.

The letter is issued by the unit, and the letter states the identity of the business traveler, as well as the reason for the business trip and the destination of the business trip.

Without this letter of introduction, such a chase would not have been able to live.

After the hotel staff checked the letters of introduction one by one, everyone was busy putting their luggage on the Chase bunk and occupying a place.

Shen Youliang arranged for the night duty again, and then rested.

After all, with so many supplies and horses, there must be a sentry arrangement.

Night.

The whole room was filled with snoring, sleep, fart, grinding teeth...... The sour smell of sweat and the excretion of carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane permeate the room.