Jiang Xue knew very well that in order to persuade the Yang tribe to join the Snake tribe, she had to give them this small benefit.
As the saying goes, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a kid, and the fact that they have a system to keep themselves safe proves that the people in the Yang tribe are all good people and can be trusted.
Once she thought of it, she took action. While it was still early, she found Sang Yang and asked him to bring his men to dig a well with her.
To dig a well, you must understand the relevant knowledge.
Jiang Xue was not worried about this. After all, she had received relevant special training, which she could fully utilize here.
For example: It is most advantageous to find water in a dustpan land;
Mountain mouths face each other, and there is good water under the mouths;
Where the two ditches meet, springs flow forth;
There is a ravine between two mountains, and water flows among the rocks in the ravine.
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Although she had learned these things before, for her, they had become ingrained in her bones and she could never forget them.
As for the Snake Tribe, the most likely place to have water is in the valley.
Only there does the saying "a ravine is sandwiched between two mountains, with water flowing through the rocks in the ravine" fit in.
It would be best if you could find a 'cubidi' there.
Jiang Xue did not avoid anyone, but went to dig a well with great fanfare. Her intention was naturally to attract the attention of the Yang tribe.
As long as they notice your actions and you dig out the water right under their noses, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
Fortunately, there was not much open space on the other side of the valley. Pig pens, cattle pens and other livestock pens and other buildings were built on the limited land, which did not hinder her from going there to find water.
Just as Jiang Xue expected, seeing her digging the soil in such a blatant manner, it was hard for Yang Jiu and others not to notice.
A group of people followed her, watching her look here and there. Finally, she pointed to a pile of wormwood by the thorn wall, where she had dug a circle with her hoe, and said to the people who followed her, "Dig here."
Everyone was confused and didn't understand what Jiang Xue was going to do.
"You're right to listen to my preparations. There's a severe drought everywhere right now. If our tribe doesn't want to run out of water so soon, we have no choice but to dig our own wells."
Everyone looked at each other, but no one questioned her words.
Sang Yang led the Bashan people and started digging.
"We're going to dig a well, but we don't know the depth yet. If you find clear water flowing out, you can stop."
Everyone felt like they were listening to a foreign language.
After hearing what Jiang Xue said, Sang Yang swung the hoe faster.
But Jiang Xue knew that the hoe handles in the tribe were too long, which was suitable for digging the ground, but not for digging wells.
If you want to dig a well, the tools need to be modified.
So, she found the iron smelting team members, drew an enlarged version of the Luoyang shovel for them, and asked them to make it within two days.
The people of the Yang tribe stared with wide eyes.
They never thought that they would throw some stones into a tall brick building, light a big fire, and then take out the stones after they were red hot and forge them with hammers.
Beads of sweat the size of beans oozed out of their foreheads, and they were immediately filled with admiration for the people of the Snake Tribe.
It was such a hot day, yet they could still play with stones by the fire.
What's more, what they didn't expect was that these stones were extremely obedient and would become whatever shape they wanted them to become.
After a day, an enlarged version of the Luoyang shovel was freshly produced.
Whether this thing is useful or not, you will only know after trying it.
Due to the lack of tools, the depth of the well was only about 1.5 meters. If it went any deeper, it would be difficult for people to operate at the bottom. In addition, the handle of the hoe was too long, so they had to rest.
Now that the Luoyang shovel has been made, this huge project can continue.
It was obvious that the digging speed of a Luoyang shovel was too slow, so the iron smelting group made three more without Jiang Xue's instructions.
Jiang Xue admired their ability to accept things. If yesterday was just a test, then today was equivalent to mass production.
And with yesterday's experience, they were able to work much faster today.
The well was dug about two meters deep. For the safety of the digging workers at the bottom of the well, the well wall needed to be reinforced.
The tribe doesn't build many houses now, but they still burn a batch of bricks every now and then.
Bricks are naturally used to reinforce the well wall - hammering the bricks into the well wall is beautiful and elegant.
The distance of two meters is not too high, but in order to more conveniently lift the soil from the bottom of the well, Jiang Xue still made a well wheel.
Fortunately, there was no shortage of hemp ropes and baskets in the tribe, so there was no need to make them improvisations.
Starting from about two meters, after digging about fifty centimeters down, Jiang Xue would ask them to reinforce the well wall with bricks.
After digging about three meters further, the people below shouted in surprise: "Water!"
Jiang Xue has been staying here since the day she dug the well and has not gone anywhere.
Although the progress of digging the well was slow, Jiang Xue was always worried about whether there was groundwater here.
Now that she finally heard them say that there was water, she wished she could jump into the well herself to see if what they said was true.
But she finally restrained herself - from the shaken soil, she did see wet mud.
"Dig a few more times down there to try to widen the water outlet. Also, be sure to note that the water is flowing out of that crack. Before you come up, clear the dirt around that crack."
The people below shouted, "This water is so cool, much more comfortable than the river water."
Jiang Xue smiled. Is there any need to say this?
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