Chapter 923
923 Success
This further enraged the villagers.
“Lin Yiwei really thinks of himself as a high-ranking official and even puts on the airs of a high-ranking official. Without us, could he be the chief?”
“If he really doesn’t want to be the chief, then fine, he might as well surrender.”
As soon as he said this, the entire place fell silent.
A moment later, someone stood up and said anxiously, ” I remember now. I still have something to do at home. You guys can continue chatting. I’ll take my leave first.”
“I also have something to do, I’ll be leaving!”
People left one after another, leaving only Lin Changzhi and Lin Dabao, who was very dissatisfied with Lin Yiwei.
The two of them looked at each other for a moment before Lin Dabao coughed and said, ” I have something to do too. I’ll be leaving first!”
After that, he turned around and left.
Lin Changzhi, who was left behind, had an ashen expression. His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and his veins were popping.
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On the slope, everyone was working in full swing.
Lin yuelan planned to build two water reservoirs on this slope.
One was at the top of the slope, and the other was in the middle.
Therefore, the trees in these two areas must be preserved. Then, water reservoirs must be built in the more sunken areas of the forest.
This way, the water stored in the forest could flow into the reservoir. Then, the water in the reservoir could be used to fill the fields.
In addition, they had to dig some ditches in the forest.
The canal extended from the forest at the top of the mountain and was connected to the terraced fields, which could drain water.
When the rainy season came, it would not cause soil erosion.
During the entire process of developing the farms, everyone was assigned a task.
The entire design and development process could be said to be both simple and difficult as long as one understands the principles behind it.
The workers who came to work for Lin yuelan didn’t quite understand why the forest vegetation was left in the middle of the slope and the center of the slope. Also, why did they build a large and deep pool?
Lin yuelan would personally check the progress of the project every day. If there were anything wrong, she would also correct it.
Jiang Zhennan, Guo Bing, and a few others were building a reservoir on the top of the mountain.
The water reservoir was dug very deep, but halfway through, water gushed out.
Jiang Zhennan and Guo Bing looked at the water that was coming out and frowned. “we’re only halfway through, and there’s already a lot of water coming out. Do we still have to dig? ”
The water that came out was actually the water stored by the roots of the plants. As winter had just passed, there was not much water stored.
However, due to the accumulation over the years, the water would gush out once it found an exit.
Jiang Zhennan furrowed his brows and said, ” dig! Yue ‘er said that the purpose of this reservoir is to water the fields in this mountain, so it needs a large amount of water. Therefore, this reservoir must be big and deep enough!”
Listening to Jiang Zhennan’s words, Guo Bing nodded. Then, he immediately called the others and said, ” come on, everyone, let’s work hard and dig this pool!”
Fortunately, although the water was gurgling out, it was not fast. Otherwise, it would be impossible to dig further.
Therefore, when they were digging the pool, they would try to seal the holes that water came out of and prevent the water from flowing out.
After everyone’s hard work, the hole was blocked, which made them finally heave a sigh of relief.
Only then did they understand why Lin yuelan had insisted that they bring enough things. She had even said that they would naturally know when the time came.
When Lin yuelan came over, the project was about to end.
“Miss Lin, come and take a look. This pool should be almost done, right?”
Lin yuelan walked over to take a look. Seeing that the water reservoir was exactly the same as the one in her drawing, she nodded and said, ” yes, it’s done!”
The others who were looking at Lin yuelan nervously felt relieved after hearing her words.
“This is good!”
Jiang Zhennan pointed at the holes and asked, ” Yue ‘er, what are these? why would water suddenly come out? ”
This involved the explanation of modern science. Of course, the ancient people did not quite understand.
Lin yuelan explained, ” this is the water stored by the vegetation. Because you guys moved the ground, the water found the exit and came out.”
Guo Bing said in surprise, ” this is the water stored by the vegetation? It’s really amazing.”
They had heard Lin yuelan talk about how plants could store water, but they didn’t understand what that meant. He thought it was water from the potholes.
After all, the forest was full of potholes.
What he didn’t expect was that the water was actually stored in the roots of the trees.
Lin yuelan said, ” as long as the bottom of the pool is sealed, the holes are opened, and the bamboo pipe is used as a drainage channel, the opening can be opened in the summer and closed in the winter. It will be fine!”
Jiang Zhennan and the others nodded. Then, the others started to work again and set up the reservoir.
The bamboo pipe was made of thick and large bamboo. There were eighteen of them, and they were connected to eighteen channels. Each channel was connected to a field for watering.
After two days of hard work, the reservoir on the top of the mountain was finally completed.
With the experience from the first time, the construction of the reservoir in the middle of the slope was much simpler.
“Alright, we’ve finally finished after such a long time.” Guo Bing said with relief.
There was strength in numbers. With such a big mountain and such a big project, the farms were successfully developed in just ten days!
When they saw that all the fields were filled with water, everyone jumped up in surprise and excitement and hugged each other.
He had never thought that the sloping fields could really be developed into fertile land!