"Have you heard? The Shen family has figured out a way to divert water."

"What? Just their family. Don't let the county magistrate throw them into jail."

"What if the Shen family's luck has really changed? I heard they have eggs for every meal now!"

…

Those who can't stand seeing the Shen family doing well think that this family is simply dreaming.

How is it possible to draw snow water from the mountains?

Then they saw that Li Zheng Zhao was still taking them to the county in a hurry.

His face suddenly looked unhappy.

"The village head is really getting old, and his brain is getting worse and worse."

The Shen and Zhao families rode away together in an ox cart.

Qianniu Village was in an uproar again.

***

Zhang Jinnian never expected this.

The peasants who had saved his life before came back to save him from danger.

Bah! Bah! Bah!

He is not a peasant, but his lucky star.

In the county government office, Chen Xinli was talking about the topic of melting ice and snow while secretly observing County Magistrate Zhang's reaction.

Isn’t this the person they rescued on their way to the county three days ago?

But right now, with so many people here, it’s better not to mention it for now.

After all, the county magistrate looked rather embarrassed at the time.

"As you said, why do we need to dig a well on the mountain when we can just dig it directly on the ground?"

Zhang Jinnian asked while stroking his goatee, and did not show any strange expression because the girl in front of him was young.

After all, this is his savior.

Even if he really wanted to die, he still wanted to do something for the people in the north before dying.

Zhang Jinnian has been transferred to Xiping County for five years and is well aware of the difficult lives of the people here.

Every year, in order to get a little bit of food from the fields, farmers look forward to God's blessings.

We look forward to rain in summer, but we don’t look forward to hail in winter.

But God is also very strange, and he always goes against the people.

He still remembers the two hailstorms last winter.

But he was powerless and asked his superiors for help, but they just told him to figure it out himself.

Now, the imperial court is also in a difficult situation. The war in the north has not yet completely ended, and new problems have emerged in southern Xinjiang.

The Dali Kingdom has been established for more than two hundred years. The pioneering period of the monarchs has passed, and the task of defending the city has become increasingly difficult as time goes by.

He had thought about how to dig a well.

Some people have mentioned this in the past few days.

But this place is too dry. Even though the well is dug so deep, there is only a little water.

He also visited many villages in Xiping County.

The well water in those villages was actually different, some had more, some had less. He was very surprised at the time.

"Master Zhang, since you've already visited several villages, I wonder if you've noticed that the farther away from Qianniu Mountain and Laohu Mountain, the less water there is!"

"This is not unusual. There are vegetation on the mountains and abundant groundwater. It's normal."

Zhang Jinnian replied silently.

Chen Xinli smiled and said:

"Master Zhang, what I want to say is that the water we want to divert is snow water from the mountains. That snow water leaks underground in the mountains and does not flow into our wells."

"Leaked?"

"How is this possible?"

At this moment, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, just like Zhao Lizheng did when he heard the information in the morning, and then looked down at Chen Xinli's eyes in disbelief.

Obviously, Mr. Zhang is not a farmer and cannot particularly understand this fact.

"Master Zhang, if I'm not mistaken, most of the well water here should be ordinary groundwater, and only a small part is snow water from the mountains."

Zhao Lizheng was also there and pointed out a key sentence.

From the moment the two families got on the ox cart, Zhao Lizheng was wondering why the water could not flow into the village well.

After hearing what Chen Xinli had just said, "Grandpa with White Beard" he had come to believe that the water was indeed leaking.

Otherwise, why is there such abundant vegetation above the waist of Qianniu Mountain, but so barren below the waist?

County Magistrate Zhang immediately became interested.

But looking at the little girl in front of him, he had some strange thoughts.

After all, when I woke up from heatstroke and saw the strange bags of dirt on my body, I thought it was too strange.

Afterwards, he studied the mud for a long time and couldn't understand why it was different from the soil here.

But now, he didn't have time to think about those things.

Magistrate Zhang seemed to hold his breath before nervously asking, "You mean, we need to divert the leaking water to irrigate the farmland?"

Chen Xinli: "Master Zhang is indeed wise. We need to use that water. Otherwise, it will be wasted if it is stored underground."

Chen Xinli spoke until her mouth was dry, but these things had to be explained clearly, and the county magistrate had to understand them, otherwise there would be trouble when carrying them out.

Looking at Lord Zhang in front of him, he also looked tired, but still seemed to be thinking seriously.

Chen Xinli couldn't help but feel relieved: this man is an official who works for the people.

After a moment of silence, County Magistrate Zhang suddenly looked at Chen Xinli and asked in confusion, "Then do you know how to connect the groundwater?"

Although there is water, the method of diverting water is unknown.

Magistrate Zhang pointed out the problem after just one thought.

"We can dig from the ground towards the mountains, digging both wells and canals. We can first dig a vertical shaft every 100 meters or so, and then dig underground canals underneath the vertical shafts to connect them together."

I saw that some people found it difficult to understand.

Chen Xinli picked up a wooden stick and dug a simple sketch on the ground.

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