"Your Majesty, there are many such reservoirs built inside the Red Sand Fortress, and we have sent people to carry out special management and record the stock of each reservoir to ensure that there will be no water shortage crisis in the fortress."
With that, Hughes himself removed the stone from the wooden cover, opened the lid, and then gave up his seat to show Owen.A little closer, as soon as Owen leaned out of his upper body, there was a strong smell of moss, mixed with a foul smell, which was extremely unpleasant.Holding back the unpleasant smell, he looked into the hole, and carefully observed that due to the small size of the hole, the lack of light shining into it made it difficult for Owen to see how large the water storage space of the cistern was, and could only roughly judge the height of the water inside by the faint light reflected from the water surface.Theseus, who was not idle, explained the inside of the cistern to Owen, saying that there was a large space below, and the inner wall was covered with pottery shards to prevent the stored water from flowing away.At this moment, two food soldiers carrying wooden barrels wanted to come to fetch water, but when they saw the king and the chief knight and others gathered around the cistern, they did not dare to go over for a while.While the two were still hesitating to fetch water somewhere else, Theseus beckoned to them."
You two, do you want to fetch water?
Come here. ”"Yes, Lord Banjar."
The two food soldiers cautiously approached and slowly lowered the barrel from the mouth of the cistern.Owen noticed that the barrel was only a lap smaller than the hole, and that the water was not very clear.After all, the water in the cistern is stagnant, that is, the water that does not flow, and it contains a lot of bacteria and microorganisms, as well as harmful substances, and it is indeed not clean.After neatly filling the four buckets of water, the two food soldiers saluted Owen and Hughes and hurriedly walked away with the water."
You don't think you're going to drink the water you just fetched, are you?"
Owen asked casually."
Of course not."
Theseus shook his head again and again, and said, "The water in this cistern cannot be drunk directly, and the water we drink must be boiled beforehand, this is the rule.However, every year, there are still a few urgent recruits who drink untreated water directly due to unbearable thirst, resulting in illness, vomiting and diarrhea are relatively mild, and serious ones will be killed. ”Boiling water does kill most of the microorganisms in it, but it's not completely safe.Stagnant water is not meant to be drunk for a long time, even if it has been boiled.Therefore, the Red Sand Fortress army cannot be allowed to live on the water in the cistern all the time.Even if there is no problem now, if there is a problem with the water one day, I am afraid that the soldiers of the entire Red Sand Fortress will be recruited, which is inevitable, resulting in a significant decrease in the combat effectiveness of the army.If it happens to coincide with the time when the undead monsters invade the south in winter, it will not only be a disaster for the Red Sand Fortress, but also a great crisis for the Dawnlight Kingdom.Thinking of this, Owen put the wooden cover back, blocked the entrance to the cave, and turned to Hughes and said, "Knight Chief Banjar, I think it is necessary to build a water supply pipeline to the Red Sand Fortress to solve your water problem, and you can't always use the water in the cistern. ”"Water pipes?"
Hughes touched the stubble on his face, his eyes clearly puzzled."
Your Majesty, what kind of water supply law?""
Ah, that's ......," Owen explained, roughly looking for the closest water source to the Red Sand Fortress, using a pumping steam engine and pipes to pump the water to the fortress, and sending someone to take care of the steam engine in operation.And that's just a temporary solution.If he could, Owen wanted to build a reservoir in the Transverse Mountains near the Red Sand Fortress.It just so happens that the underground cities of the dwarven country, Rudol and Ambilla, are not very far from the Red Sand Fortress, and it may be possible to cooperate with the familiar dwarven clan across the mountains, and the completion of the reservoir will be beneficial to both parties."
There's such a thing as a steam engine."
Theseus was slightly surprised.If he could solve the water problem of the Red Sand Fortress, he would naturally not be able to ask for it."
Your Majesty, we, the Chisha Fortress, will fully support the construction of the water supply pipeline.""
Hmm."
Owen was also unceremonious, "I need you to provide manpower." ”"No problem."
Again, this matter will be discussed in detail at a later date.Considering that the Red Sand Fortress army still has to deal with undead monsters in winter, it is best to build this water supply pipeline before the arrival of winter, and the construction period is a little tight, and I don't know if it can be successfully completed."
By the way, Your Majesty."
Suddenly remembering something, Hughes took the initiative to ask: "Can you let some non-red sand fortress personnel participate in the construction of the water supply pipeline?"
”"Oh?"
Owen raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Who do you want to get involved?"
”"It's a water porter."
Hughes replied truthfully: "There are many water porters in the north who rely on the work of delivering water to survive, and when the water supply pipeline is completed, the Red Sand Fortress will not need them to deliver water.Until then, I would like to make an announcement to get them involved in the construction of the water pipeline, to get paid, and to find a new way out in the future. ”"Oh, you have a heart, too, you can."
I didn't expect Hughes to care so much about this group of water carriers, which made Owen's evaluation of him improve a lot."
Actually, I had a plan for the arrangement of the group of water porters.""
What are your majesty's plans?"
Hughes couldn't help but ask.The corners of Owen's mouth rose, and he said unhurriedly, "I intend to let them break the influence of the Kaztu's curse on the land south of the Red Sand Fortress. ”"Break the curse of the Kaztu?
This can't be ......"
Hearing this, Xius was deeply shocked, his eyes widened, and he subconsciously chose not to believe it.But think about it, who is Your Majesty?
With so many miraculous things created, it's not impossible to find a way to break the curse."
Your Majesty, have you found a way to remove the effects of the curse on the side of Dawn City?"
Theseus had also heard that Dawncity's former side, the Garrison, was also cursed by the Kaztus and was gradually declining.But Owen's appearance reversed the decline of Frontier Town, and it continued to grow and develop, and it was announced that it would be upgraded to a city at the beginning of this year, which is really incredible."
That's right."
Owen smiled confidently and continued, "I've found that the magic stone, or the remnants of the magic stone that has exhausted its mana, can be mixed with the land, and the best proof of this is that the Trans-Mountain Range is almost unaffected by the curse, and the vegetation is vigorous. ”"Across the Mountains?"
Xius turned his head to look at the mountain peaks in the distance, and all kinds of trees were growing normally, and indeed they were not affected by the curse.There are indeed many veins of magic stones in the traverse mountains, and this is the reason.In the past, it was believed that it was the protection of the gods that crossed the mountain range and was protected by the curses of the Kaztu.