Chapter 386: Initiating a War
The deepest wells in this dynasty were no more than six or seven meters high. Six or seven meters was as high as a two-story building, which was already very impressive to them.
But the water well drilled by Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian this time is fully ten meters deep, so the water veins are wider.
In the past, water wells provided people with water every day, and then slowly filled the water at night.
When we came to collect water the next day, the water level basically reached the wellhead again.
However, during this extreme daylight phenomenon, although the temperature was not that high, the sun continued to scorch the earth and took away a lot of moisture.
I'm afraid that the water levels in all cities and countries will also increase a lot.
The two of them used the boom of the well-drilling equipment to send the cement pipes they bought from the space into the well one by one.
At the location of the wellhead, an excavator was also used to hit the ground hard to consolidate the ground.
Modern water pumping equipment is installed on the wellhead, which is not a water pump that requires electricity, but a windlass that requires manual labor to lift water.
There was also a wooden board erected next to the well, with the words "The well is very deep, please pay attention to safety" engraved on it.
After the two of them had done all this, they drove the carriage to the next village. After all, there was an extra well here, so they had to spread the word as soon as possible so that more people could store water for their homes as soon as possible.
"Sister, our horses have been walking for half a day, and we want to ask you for some water to drink."
Su Manrong got out of the car politely and asked passers-by for drinking water.
"The weather is so bad now, there is no water source everywhere, you still want to drink horses?" The eldest sister's mouth was so dry that the corners of her mouth were so dry that skin peeled off. After hearing Su Manrong's words, she felt that she was a little too naive.
Already.
"No water source?" Su Manrong shook his head in confusion: "We just passed by the south of your village and saw a well there. We pumped out the water, but there are no basins and barrels. The horses cannot drink water. How can they bark?
What if there is no water source?”
"Well? Where is it?"
The elder sister couldn't believe it and asked again and again: "Are you sure that well is not a dry well?"
"No, I'm sure the water can be pumped out." Su Manrong shook her head and replied firmly: "If eldest sister doesn't believe it, just go to the south of the village and have a look, and then we won't bother you anymore."
After saying that, Su Manrong returned to the carriage, Xiao Chengxian raised his whip, and the two of them left in public.
At this time, the village woman still couldn't believe it and ran towards the outside of the village. It wasn't until she saw the well that suddenly appeared and the soil next to it that was wet by the well water that she knelt heavily on the ground and cried.
Saying: "Oh my god, we are saved, we finally have water."
Suddenly, the news that a well suddenly appeared in the south of their village spread throughout the countryside, and people from a radius of fifty miles set up tents around the well.
For them, home is just a place to shelter from wind and rain. But now that there is a natural disaster and no rain has fallen, they do not need shelter from wind and rain.
But they need water. They walk dozens of miles every day to beg for water. They might as well settle directly next to the well...
"What is this? Can it be eaten?"
People from the surrounding villages came to settle down next to the well with their families. There were so many people that it was inevitable that some people would be squeezed to the foot of the mountain.
Seeing that there were so many hairy wild fruits under the dead trees, they rushed to take the fruits in their hands.
"What are you afraid of? There was no food before and we haven't eaten anything before? Are you afraid of this hairy and moldy fruit?"
Inevitably, some people among the people were so hungry that they didn't care whether the hairy fruit was edible or not, so they just broke it open and took two bites.
"Hiss... sour, sweet, and so moist."
The refugees who tasted the kiwi fruit grinned at the sour taste, but their faces showed the joy of surviving the disaster: "We will never die of hunger, nor will we die of thirst!"
Looking around, there are at least hundreds of kilograms of wild fruits here. A family can survive for ten days and a half if they share a dozen or so...
Just like this unknown mountain village, wherever Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian's team went, they would leave some food behind.
Kiwis, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pecans, etc. These foods that don’t look good in color and are rustic appear in the wilderness in the mountains and forests, and the weeds are among them, and they don’t look out of place at all.
In addition, these foods can be stored for a certain period of time, so even if the people do not discover these foods at the first time, they will not spoil so quickly.
"Husband, have you noticed that we didn't see any birds at all along the way. Even in the mountains and forests, I didn't see any mosquitoes, ants, mice or other animals."
Su Manrong looked at the white world in the distance and sighed at the hard work of the past few days.
When she was about to leave the Dekang country and enter the northern country, she saw migratory birds flying in the distant sky.
Logically speaking, these migratory birds cannot be seen in cold countries like the north.
"Those little animals are not stupid, they can sense danger." Xiao Chengxian reached out and picked up a white fur cloak, put it on Su Manrong, and explained lovingly: "Idiots still know how to run indoors when it rains.
, let alone these little animals.”
"So these little animals came here knowing that the north would not be affected by natural disasters?"
Su Manrong raised her eyebrows curiously, leaning her head to look outside the carriage window.
I saw the small holes dug out under the snowdrifts. They should be the homes of mice?
"It's not that it won't be affected by natural disasters, it's just that the impact won't be big. After all, the climate here has always been so bad."
Xiao Chengxian has not set foot here for several years. The last time he came here, he was only fourteen years old and came to fight with the Xiao Mansion's army.
At that time, Shengkang had a great victory over the Russian Kingdom in the north, and the scenery was infinite. However, the city in the north of Shengkang suffered from severe cold all day long. They were really unwilling to move north, even dozens of miles away...
After all, the further north you go, the colder it gets, so even though he defeated the Rus' country at that time, Sheng Kang did not expand his territory and occupy Rus' cities. Instead, he asked for a lot of food and silver.
Thirteen also stayed in the north at that time and has not been back in the past few years.
After all, there is a lot of food and livestock here, but the climate is harsh.
If you can overcome your fear of cold, this is a good choice for settling down.
"It seems that the people would rather endure the torment of natural disasters in Dekang than come to the north, a country of ice and snow."
Su Manrong let out a long sigh as he spoke.
"No, today's Northern Territory is no longer what it used to be. Even if the refugees want to come here, they will be driven away.
The North intends to take advantage of this natural disaster to provoke war against Dekang and expand its territory to the south."
Chapter completed!