Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 132 Tianshui Farm

After drilling the first well, Jiang Yizhou pointed to two more places.

Water was pumped out.

He is undoubtedly the chosen one.

Jiang Yizhou just asked someone to guide public opinion among the crowd, and then it spread naturally.

She looked at the people and saw that they had completely swept away their previous fatigue, as if they had been revived with full blood.

She was crying and laughing beside the well, even more excited than her, the person involved.

Jiang Yizhou thought to himself, after all, her little Tongzi is the one that deserves it.

Xiao Tongzi helped her analyze the feasibility of improving saline-alkali land last time. This wasteland was also the result of Xiao Tongzi's suggestion to Jiang Yizhou.

When Xiao Tongzi came here to inspect with County Magistrate Zhang that day, he said that the rock and sand here were of special quality and there was an underground mineral deposit.

It’s just that the initial investment is relatively large.

But compared with the potential mineral resources discovered here and the excellent geographical location, these investments are worth it.

With a well, the rest of the things will be easy.

Jiang Yizhou recruited workers again and built dormitories with the three wells as the center.

A space is reserved next to the dormitory for building workshops, as well as other tools and equipment.

We have been here for more than two months and have been living in simple sheds. Although we have all experienced hardships, we still cannot sleep well every day.

Either there were bugs crawling everywhere, or the shed was rustling in the wind, and as soon as you opened the shed you would get a mouthful of sand.

They saw that the master of the house was suffering just like them, so they kept all the secrets to themselves.

Now it's good, we finally dug a well.

This day is a carnival for this group of ambitious pioneers.

Soon, the story of the head of the Jiang family praying for water spread throughout Jiang'an County, and the story became more and more mysterious.

Some even said that when the head of the Jiang family lit a stick of incense, water appeared on the ground directly from the sky...

No matter what happened back then, no one would believe that God had not blessed them.

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When the well was dug and the building was fenced off, Zhang Tao, the magistrate of Jiang'an County, came in person to lay the foundation stone.

Zhang Tao originally thought that he had thrown out a hot potato, but he didn't expect that the head of the Jiang family would actually eat this hot potato.

It is hard not to admit that this son of luck is...

This time, he came sincerely to congratulate Jiang Yizhou, lay the foundation stone of the house, and endorse him.

He patted his chest and promised that if there were any problems here in the future, they could come to him directly.

Jiang Yizhou respectfully accepted the offer and thanked him. Since the conditions were simple, he personally sent him back to the county town and treated him to a large dinner at Yuelai Restaurant.

If you want to deepen the friendship, you can't miss this meal.

Jiang Yizhou had not even started to open up the wasteland officially, but he had already invested thousands of taels of silver.

The income from Yunshan Special Brewing and some other specialties is basically invested here.

Furthermore, we will continue to invest more in the future.

Jiang Yizhou asked Shu Tong to accompany Yun Xin and others to preside over the recruitment.

The wasteland was officially named Tianshuitianzhuang to commemorate the grace of water given by God.

Tianshui Tianzhuang has a public opinion base. Everyone knows that the head of the Jiang family is a person blessed by God.

Moreover, the head of the Jiang family will not deduct wages, the food is good, and most importantly, they recruit both men and women as long as they can work.

So people from the neighborhood, both men and women, came to sign up.

There were also those who lived far away who came here from a long distance.

On the other hand, Yucui had experience in digging canals and opening up river tributaries.

So Jiang Yizhou took Yucui Wei Ke with him to re-survey the terrain of the entire wasteland.

Specific plan for the canal excavation.

Several people crossed mountains and rivers and after careful investigation, Xiao Tongzi comprehensively calculated all the data and determined that a canal could indeed be dug here to connect Canglang River and Shahe River.

Shahe is a seasonal river, which is mainly composed of water flowing from the high mountains on both sides. During the rainy season, the amount of water here is very large, and floods often occur on both sides of the river.

But when the dry season comes, the river runs dry and there is no water for irrigation.

If connected, shipping will be possible in the future and the water source of Shahe River can be adjusted.

The most difficult part here is that even if this place is opened up, the canal is lower than Jiang Yizhou's wasteland.

At least two or three levels of water source regulation need to be built.

The rainfall in Tianshui is relatively low, compared to places with abundant rainfall.

The main reason is that the wind and sand here are too strong, there is no protection, and the vegetation is sparse, making it difficult to prevent wind and sand and conserve water and soil.

Once the windbreaks and vegetation grow here, the sandstorms will be less severe, and the rain will be retained in the soil, conditions will naturally improve over time.

After she and a few friends finalized the canal construction plan, all that was left was to officially start construction.

There are three projects at the moment: canal digging, house construction, and planting of shelterbelts and grass seeds.

Now that there is water, the shelterbelt and grass seeds need to be planted as soon as possible.

Even grass seeds take several months to grow, and trees, even if she chooses fast-growing economic trees, still take years.

Once these grasses grow, we can raise poultry and livestock in the early stages, alleviating the pressure of relying entirely on supplies, while also improving life and enriching the land.

The veterans of the engineering team brought over from Yunshan Tianzhuang now have two experienced workers leading a team of more than ten newcomers.

More than two hundred people were busy at the same time on this wasteland. After a month, more than ten rows of dormitories and tool sheds were built.

In this way, Jiang Yizhou and others finally settled down in this wasteland.

After settling down, Jiang Yizhou discovered a new problem - getting water.

The well water is connected to groundwater, so there is enough water. The only drawback is that it takes a lot of manpower to extract water.

Of course, we now employ several hundred people, who take turns to fetch water every day and the manpower is barely enough.

Everyone also feels that having water now is very good, and they are all very motivated.

But Jiang Yizhou felt that this was too inefficient.

She reported the situation here back to Yunshan Farm and asked the carpentry workshop to think of a solution.

In the past two years, Zhang Ni and others have made many tools that are convenient for sowing and irrigation, and have become the inventors of Yunshan.

In less than ten days, Zhang Ni and Zhang Danniu arrived, exhausted and dusty, escorted by Liao Qi's convoy.

They also brought newly made water-drawing carts, which were made of planed pieces of wood.

Inspired by the previous waterwheel, they thought of converting the power of water flow into human or animal power.

Then after a series of modifications, using the principles of gears and millstones, the water in the well can be drawn up by using oxen to push the millstones.

After two days of installation and debugging.

When people pushed the millstone, the fruits below really flowed out continuously.

People looked at the two women as if they were gods.

By the way, the head of the Jiang family is a chosen person favored by God, so the people around her are naturally extraordinary people as well.

Jiang Yizhou was also very excited, holding the hands of the two tightly, "The water truck you sent is really timely, you are amazing engineers, extra chicken legs, extra salary..."