"Looking at the weather, it won't rain again." Zhu Minglang said to himself.
The mountains and forests have their own way of storing water, dense shrubs, thick soil, and those leaves that are steamed by the sun and reveal water. On the contrary, the city in the valley is so dry that even the ground is a little cracked.
It's not that people have no water to drink at all, but that the fields and livestock lack a lot of water, and winter is coming soon, so people need to hoard some food.
Xiaobai is indeed very lazy, it obviously has wings, and it has just woken up from a long sleep, but it is not willing to fly in this wonderful mountain forest, just leaning on Zhu Minglang's shoulder...
Can ride on people, resolutely don't get off and take a step by yourself.
Fortunately, the little guy is also light, and the big black teeth have such virtues. Zhu Minglang thinks that he should change his career to be an armorer, and the career of the dragon priest is fine.
"There are cliffs in the valley ahead, it's not suitable for walking, you can look for a way." Zhu Minglang said to Bai Qi.
Bai Qi looked reluctant to leave this comfortable vehicle, put his little head on Zhu Minglang's profile, and acted coquettishly.
"You're so lazy." Zhu Minglang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Forget it, go find out yourself.
Zhu Minglang bypassed the creek, and found that the terrain in front of the mountain rose in vain, and several places were so steep that there was no place to climb...
"Strange, why are there road marks here?"
When Zhu Minglang went around the steep place, he found that the vines and thorns in the mountain forest had been cut open, and there was a clear path under his feet, just like the mountain road that a woodcutter used to enter the mountain.
With some doubts, Zhu Minglang walked to a high place along this road, and found the location of Xihe according to his memory...
But the scene in front of him stunned Zhu Minglang.
Embankment!
There is a mountain embankment here, which completely cuts off the stream at that steep point.
Zulong City State's water conservancy is not very backward. It stands to reason that it is normal for a water embankment to appear in such a place.
The embankment stores water when there is plenty of rain, and releases water when there is drought, which is nothing more than normal farmland water conservancy.
But behind this embankment, the water is as abundant as a mountain lake, and there is no sign of drying up at all, and although there are not many streams in the high places, they are still pouring into this valley embankment continuously!
With the water storage capacity of this embankment, it can completely irrigate the dry fields of Ronggu City, and even feed livestock, as long as the stone gate of the embankment is opened! !
"What's going on??" Zhu Minglang was a little at a loss.
The young city lord clearly said that there was no water in Ronggu City, and irrigation and feeding had become a huge problem, but this mountain embankment has accumulated enough water here. Is this intentional to put the common people in danger!
Zhu Minglang still had a good impression of the young city lord. He was neither humble nor overbearing when facing the Dragon Shepherd, and he was orderly when he stated things. He even thought of some harm caused by the rain at night...
However, seeing the full reservoir, seeing the tightly locked gates, and seeing the pitiful little springs flowing into the pasture, Zhu Minglang felt disgusted and disappointed with the young city lord!
The water overflows, but does not let it go.
People's suffering, turn a blind eye.
Unpredictable!
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Returning along the way, Zhu Minglang felt a little heavy.
Although I have no ambitions, I don't want to see such ugly bureaucratic behavior. It is better to inform Teacher Duan Lan about this as soon as possible.
In contrast, Teacher Duan Lan is a truly compassionate person. He doesn't mind flying all the way to Ronggu City in the east just for a rain that doesn't benefit him. A valuable concept that "those with abilities should benefit all the hardworking beings".
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At noon, one after another of strong light is like a whip to all things, the fruit forests are decaying, and the fields are dry and cracked. It is obvious that this autumn has brought enough heat to people, but it makes people even more chilling.
The temperature difference between day and night was huge, and Zhu Minglang was already sweating when he returned to Ronggu City. He walked along the street to the mansion, and saw some vendors on the road hurriedly packing their things, and his expression was a little flustered.
When he arrived at the mansion, Zhu Minglang didn't see his teacher and classmates. He thought they had already reached the roof of the sacrificial ceremony, so he asked the way of the servants in the mansion, and walked towards the roof of the sacrificial ceremony.
As soon as he went out, a person came to meet him. When he saw Zhu Minglang, he seemed to be looking for him all the time, with a strange expression on his face.
"But Brother Zhu?" The man bowed deeply.
Zhu Minglang looked at him, but didn't make a sound.
This person is the young city lord, Zheng Yu.
Zheng Yu stood in front of Zhu Minglang, maintaining a bowing posture, which made Zhu Minglang think of something for a moment, and his expression became vigilant, and he was ready to let Bai Qi take action at any time.
"I heard that brother Zhu has gone to the upper reaches of the valley, may I ask if brother Zhu has seen the water embankment?" Zheng Yu then asked.
"I see." Zhu Minglang was ready.
"But you want to tell Mr. Duan Lan and Mr. Ke Bei?" Zheng Yu asked again, his tone still unchanged.
"Say what you have to say." Zhu Minglang was ready to do it.
"Brother Zhu, don't get me wrong. Zheng Yu is just a frail scholar, and he doesn't understand the way of herding dragons, and he won't have any bad thoughts about Brother Zhu. It's just that before Brother Zhu wants to tell the two teachers, can you listen to me first?" In the next few sentences, if Brother Zhu still wants to tell the public and teachers about my scandal about Zheng Yu, I will never stop me, and I am willing to be punished." Zheng Yu got up, with a sincere face on his face.
Zhu Minglang glanced at the sky.
It was still cloudless just now, but at this moment it was already covered by black clouds. I don't know if the sky suddenly changed again, or Teacher Duan Lan's Canglong Xuanshu was already in use.
It's not that hot, but it's starting to get a little dull.
"The city lord, please tell me." Zhu Minglang was not in a hurry, and everyone talked about this.
"Brother Zhu, do you know about Wutu, and do you know that soldiers fifty miles away are fighting with mobs in Wutu?" Zheng Yu asked.
"I know." Zhu Minglang nodded.
Wutu, where I have my good memories... the good memories of planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms.
"I think Brother Zhu is also a wise man, so how does Brother Zhu view this war?" Zheng Yu asked.
"I just listen to what you say." Zhu Minglang said calmly, but he still had a different view of Zheng Yu in his heart.
This person's behavior is disgusting, his eyes are fine, and he is very different from a small peddler at the bridgehead.
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(Let’s change the update time. Two chapters will be updated before 7 o’clock in the evening~ If I haven’t saved the manuscript, I usually write it for an afternoon before posting~~cough cough, here comes the familiar flavor...)