Western Wilderness.

“Boom…”

The Great Rift Valley is still continuing to split, the crustal activity is becoming more and more intense, and the entire earth is constantly shaking.

“Clatter…”

The Great Rift Valley became larger and deeper, and a large amount of sea water poured in, forming a strait. The surging waves constantly hit the coast, and the soil and gravel were constantly washed away.

Looking from the sky, one can clearly see that the Great Rift Valley has spread to the eastern part of the Western Wasteland, almost spanning the entire Western Wasteland.

Moreover, it is still continuing to split, and no one knows where this great rift will eventually spread to.

This crustal movement was so rapid and violent that the environment of the entire Western Wilderness and even the Northern Wilderness deteriorated rapidly, and the living environment became extremely harsh.

In addition to the Western Wilderness and the Northern Wilderness, the Eastern Wilderness and the Southern Wilderness have also been affected to varying degrees.

First of all, there are the tribes that originally lived in the Western Wilderness.

These tribes could not survive in the Western Wilderness and were forced to migrate. Some entered the Eastern Wilderness and some entered the Southern Wilderness, where they competed with the indigenous people of the two wildernesses for resources, sparking a bloody storm.

Secondly, there are various disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and extremely severe weather caused by crustal movement.

As time goes by, the movement of the earth's crust becomes more and more intense, and more and more places are affected by these natural disasters.

The Teng Tribe, located at the junction of the Western Wilderness and the Southern Wilderness, was not immune.

In early June, there was no rain around Teng Tribe for a month. Under the scorching heat of summer, the springs and streams on the ground were the first to dry up, and the planting industry of Teng Tribe was also greatly affected.

For businesses that rely on the weather for their livelihood, the biggest fear is encountering these extreme weather conditions.

"Chief, if it doesn't rain, we'll have to catch all these fish and eat them."

By the pond, Da Jiao looked worriedly at the water level which was less than half of its usual level.

Because the stream has dried up and there is no fresh water flowing into the pond, the farmed fish cannot get enough oxygen from the water. Some of the fish have begun to die, and the others can only float to the surface, breathing through their mouths, barely surviving.

Jiang Xuan looked up at the glaring sun above his head and said, "The other fish can be caught and eaten, but we must find a way to preserve the female fish that are raising fry."

"As long as the mother fish is here, we can continue breeding in the future. If the mother fish is gone, we will have to start all over again."

Da Jiao thought for a moment and said, "Now that the stream has dried up, the only place that can preserve the mother fish is the artificial lake by the river."

The Teng tribe dug several artificial lakes. These artificial lakes were very deep and connected to the Feiyu River. As long as the Feiyu River continued to flow, the female fish could survive.

Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "An artificial lake is fine, but it's too big. It's easy to put the female fish in, but it's hard to catch them out. It's better to make a net cage and catch them and raise them."

"Chief, what is a cage?"

"It's just making a fishing net into the shape of a box and putting it in the water to raise fish. As long as the net is not broken, the fish will not easily escape. When you want to catch the fish, you can just drag the net box up."

Jiang Xuan's explanation made Da Jiao's eyes light up. As the leader of the breeding team, he was very interested in various breeding techniques.

Da Jiao asked Jiang Xuan in detail about the production process of the net cage, and then tried to make it with great interest.

Jiang Xuan left the pond and went to the nearby farmland.

Like ponds, farmlands are also severely affected by drought. Those crops cannot get rain water. Except for a few drought-resistant crops, other crops need to be irrigated by hand.

When Jiang Xuan walked over, Gan Song was leading people to fetch water to irrigate the crops.

“Clatter…”

Gan Song used a wooden ladle to pour a ladle of water to the roots of a red rice plant. In the blink of an eye, the dry soil absorbed the water completely.

After watering, a small piece of soil at the root of the red crystal rice became darker in color, but this little water could only quench thirst temporarily. Within two days, the soil would become extremely dry again.

"Let me do it."

Jiang Xuan walked to Gan Song, picked up a bucket of water with his left hand, and without giving Gan Song a chance to refuse, he snatched the ladle from Gan Song's hand with his right hand, and then, like the others, watered the red rice plants one by one.

Gan Song followed Jiang Xuan, feeling a little helpless. After waiting for Jiang Xuan to finish pouring two buckets of water, he hurriedly picked up the buckets on a shoulder pole and refused to let Jiang Xuan fetch water no matter what.

Jiang Xuan had no choice but to go to a distant place to get a load of buckets and go with him to fetch water.

The place to fetch water is at the bend of the Feiyu River. Because there are many people carrying water, a path has been trampled out there.

“Boom…”

Jiang Xuan quickly fetched two buckets of water, and helped Gan Song fetch two buckets, and then they carried the water back together.

After walking back and forth several times, Jiang Xuan frowned.

It’s not that he was too tired, but carrying water to irrigate the fields in this way was too inefficient.

Because the distance is quite far and the buckets are not particularly big, each load of water can only be used to water a dozen or twenty red rice plants. How long will it take to water so many crops?

Many crops have begun to dry up due to lack of timely watering.

"Gan Song, you can't water it this way. The road is too far."

"But now there is only water in the river."

"Who says there is water only in the river? There is water under our feet as well, it's just hidden deeper. We can dig wells to get water."

"Dig a well?"

Gan Song looked at Jiang Xuan blankly, not knowing what this meant.

In the past, the water resources in the Southern Wilderness were very abundant, with streams, springs, lakes, and rivers everywhere. Most of the tribesmen in the Southern Wilderness had never experienced drought, so naturally they had never thought of digging wells as a way to get water.

Jiang Xuan said: "Just dig a hole underground. As long as you dig deep enough, water will definitely come out."

"Once we have water, we just need to tie a rope to the bucket, throw it into the well, fill it with water, and then pull the bucket up."

Digging a well to get water saves a lot of time than getting water from a river, and people are less tired and efficiency is greatly improved.

"Then I'll find someone to dig a well right away."

Gan Song trusted Jiang Xuan very much. Since the leader said there was water underground, there must be water.

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Gan Song found three members of the planting team, asked them to take bone hoes, stone hoes, bronze shovels and other tools, and under the guidance of Jiang Xuan, found a low-lying place and started digging a well.

The tribesmen were strong and had sharp bronze tools, so soon a big hole appeared on the ground.

The farmland of the Teng tribe is originally by the river. Although it has been dry for more than a month, the groundwater resources are still relatively abundant.

The further they dug, the wetter the soil became. When they dug to a depth of about one meter, a small amount of water began to seep out of the soil.

When they dug to a depth of two meters, a large amount of groundwater suddenly gushed out like a fountain, and the three men hurriedly climbed out of the deep pit.

"It's coming out of the water, it's really coming out of the water, that's great!"

Gan Song shouted excitedly, and members of the nearby planting team also came over to watch and cheered together.

A smile also appeared on Jiang Xuan's face.

With the well, the planting team can get water nearby and the crops can be better irrigated.

Moreover, the wells are not disposable consumables. As long as they are repaired regularly, they can be used continuously. In the future, when the weather is dry, the planting team can get water from the wells without having to run a long way to the river to fetch water.

However, digging wells manually is a bit slow. Now that the drought is severe, it would be best to dig enough deep wells as soon as possible to meet the needs of watering crops.

Can we find a faster way to dig wells?

Jiang Xuan pondered for a long time, and at this time, the new leader of the Giant Claw Tribe, Shi Chan, came with some gold and goods to trade.

Since becoming a subsidiary tribe of the Teng Tribe, the Giant Claws' range of activities has gradually expanded. In addition to sending some gold to the Teng Tribe on time, they also bring some goods to the trading area in exchange for some things they need.

Jiang Xuan immediately set his eyes on the giant claw beast he was riding, and his eyes lit up.

Shi Chan saw that Jiang Xuan's eyes were not right and thought that he wanted to eat the giant claw beast, so he hurriedly said: "Chief Xuan, the meat of the giant claw beast is not delicious..."

Jiang Xuan knew Shi Chan had misunderstood, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't eat your giant claw beast. However, I need you and the warriors of your tribe to help me with the giant claw beast."

When he heard that they were just helping out, Shi Chan was obviously relieved: "Just tell me what Chief Xuan needs us to do."

"The weather has been dry lately, and I need you to help the Teng Tribe dig some wells."

"well?"

"It's just a very deep pit. Just dig out the water."

"This is easy, leave it to us."

Shi Chan agreed immediately.

Other tribes may not know that there is water underground, but the Giant Claw Tribe knows it, because their giant claws often dig holes underground, and it is very common to dig out water.

Soon, a dozen giant claw beasts, led by Shishao and his warriors, entered the farmland of the Teng tribe.

With the help of these giant claws, wells appeared everywhere in the farmland.

With these wells, members of the planting team no longer have to go to the river to fetch water. The efficiency of watering has been greatly improved, and more crops can be preserved during droughts.

A few days later, Jiang Xuan found that it was too difficult for people to pull the rope directly up from the well, so he asked the craftsmen in the woodworking workshop to make a batch of windlasses according to his memories of his previous life.

The so-called windlass is the most primitive lifting device.

You just need to install two brackets above the well, and then place a wooden shaft with a handle on the bracket. When you turn the handle, the rolling wooden shaft will roll up or loosen the rope, and the wooden barrel filled with water can move up and down along the rope.

With the windlass, the planting team no longer had to spend so much effort to fetch water, and the efficiency of fetching water for irrigating crops was once again improved.

However, manual irrigation can only save the lives of most crops. If you want to get a better harvest, you can only wait for rain from the sky.

This drought not only affected the crops of the Teng tribe, but also had other more far-reaching and more severe impacts!