Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 130 Expanding New Territory

Jiang Yizhou, along with Yunxin Yucui and the engineering team, headed for Jiang'an County in a mighty procession.

The first thing to do is to find water.

She brought more than 30 people this time, and could temporarily rely on Liao Qi's caravan for daily transportation.

But after the project starts, at least hundreds of people or even more will take root in this wasteland. If they still rely on transportation from outside, it will be a heavy burden even if the road is built.

More importantly, only when the water source is determined can the later construction of houses be continued.

After all, with so many people, it is impossible to live in tents under the sun every day.

If someone deliberately chokes themselves at the water source, there will be more than a hundred mouths waiting to be fed.

In order to prepare for a rainy day, she had to think about and solve these problems in advance before they broke out.

After Jiang Yizhou arranged this matter, he began to plan the road.

After water, the second most important thing is roads.

The wasteland is generally flat, with only a few desertified mountains.

But it is covered with gravel of all sizes, and there are many potholes.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, it's easy to hurt its hooves by walking on it.

It was also difficult for horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts to pass through.

However, how to build a basic road that is convenient for travel still requires careful planning.

Jiang Yizhou needs to follow the whole process.

The first step is to determine the route, then there is coordination between personnel, and finally, the most difficult part when arriving in a new place - dealing with the locals.

Whether the places where the roads pass will encroach on other people’s mountains, forests, or land, etc., it is necessary to understand in advance and then open up the connections.

Because Jiang Yizhou, the person in charge, personally took action, gave money when necessary, said nice words when necessary, and the county magistrate Zhang also gave her a lot of convenience, so the process went smoothly.

Of course, no matter how harmonious everything seems on the surface, as long as it involves other people and things, everything will be put on paper.

Be well-founded.

The people brought by Jiang Yizhou were temporarily divided into two groups. One group consisted of four people, who took more than a dozen local people to search for water sources and large wells in the wilderness.

Another group of thirty people started to build the road.

Because these places are originally piled with sand and gravel and the geology is relatively hard, they only need to be leveled.

Dig out the high places and fill up the low places.

Liao Qi’s main task at present is to be responsible for material supply.

In addition to the most important cement, there is also the daily food, drink, defecation and urination of these fifty or so people.

Because there are tools, materials and people, the road can be built very quickly.

You just need to level the roadbed, then pour the mixed cement, sand and gravel, and then level it.

Hundreds of meters can be made in a day.

After a month, Jiang Yizhou connected the road from Yuliu Town, Jiang'an County to the wasteland.

The road was finally opened, and the next step was for Liao Qi to continue transporting supplies and building houses.

However, Jiang Yizhou had prepared the roads and supplies, but the water source on the other side had not been found yet.

These people searched in the wilderness every day, exposed to wind and sun, and dug in more than ten places, some of which were more than ten meters deep, but they did not see any sign of water.

Because of the well problem, the construction of the dormitories, which was supposed to be done immediately, had to be postponed.

The people who had been ambitious and working hard before became shrouded in gloom when they saw that there was no water in this wasteland.

Everyone knows that without water, people cannot survive on this land.

They all looked at Jiang Yizhou worriedly.

Now the road has been built and such huge manpower, material and financial resources have been invested, but now we are going to return empty-handed?

So all this is in vain?

They were very unwilling, but they had no other choice.

They looked at the head of the Jiang family. In their hearts, she was like an immortal who had descended from heaven to earth.

Jiang Yizhou looked at the situation in front of him, first comforted everyone, and then assigned everyone a task - digging a reservoir.

Although the hardness of these rocks is not very high, they are more than enough for building houses and constructing walls.

Give everyone something to do first so they won't have any random thoughts.

When everyone heard that the owner asked them to dig a pond and pick up stones, they realized it was possible.

The head of the family must have already come up with a plan to deal with it, so what are they still worried about?

Then just follow the owner's instructions and do your job well every day.

Besides, apart from the shabby sleeping place, the food they eat every day is no worse than on the farm, and the wages are a few cents more than on the farm. The employer has never treated them unfairly.

On the other hand, Jiang Yizhou settled the people and stabilized their hearts.

I also took some time out to focus on solving the water problem.

Privately, Yucui and Yunxin were also worried about the water issue.

Yucui: "I heard Uncle He, the leader of the water-hunting team, come back and say that among the locals who followed them to look for water for a month, two were famous Feng Shui masters, and there was also someone who specialized in looking for wells. But they all failed this time..."

Yun Xin: "Master, what should we do if we can't find water here? We are about 20 miles away from the nearest Yuliu Town, and it is too expensive to transport water from there. Moreover... it is not a big problem to use their well for water in the short term, but in the long term, I am afraid that even if we pay, the relationship will be strained."

Jiang Yizhou nodded, his expression solemn: "It's true that there is a reason for this place to be abandoned. There are no rivers, the rainfall is not heavy, and there are sandstorms. The key is that there is no way to pump water from underground. It's difficult for anyone to do it."

Yucui: "So what should we do now?"

If we want to build a canal, we must use this place as a base point.

Yunxin looked at her eagerly.

Jiang Yizhou looked at the two people he had brought up, who had been living in the open air for more than a month without complaining or feeling tired.

Faced with such daunting difficulties, they did not panic. Although there was uncontrollable worry in their tone, they were at least calm.

And can analyze problems calmly.

They have really grown a lot.

Well, and myself.

They all grew up through continuous experience.

Jiang Yizhou thought of what Xiao Tongzi said in his sea of ​​consciousness: "There is no shortage of water down here, but we need to find the right place..."

She smiled at her confidants and said, "We have come to reclaim this land with such fanfare, but we have not yet formally prayed to God. Tomorrow, we will hold a ceremony to see if God will give us this grace."

Everyone looked at each other, wondering when did the head of the family become so...superstitious?

Come to think of it, whenever people do anything, they need to worship properly, ask for divination, etc.

But when he was at Yunshan Farm, the owner never did such things and he was doing very well.

Gradually, everyone seemed to have forgotten about this matter.

This time, they were all very surprised when the head of the family said it himself.

"Master, do you really want to perform a ritual?"

"Master, please invite a senior monk from a nearby temple..."

Jiang Yizhou just wanted to perform a ceremony to pray to the heaven, she didn't believe in those things.