"By the way, Young Marshal." Wang Yuexi said, "The first step of dredging for the water conservancy project is almost complete, and the preliminary river channels have also been dug out. However, we haven't planted the seeds yet."
Wang Yuexi and the others had set the water conservancy project as a three-step process. The first step was to dredge the silt and dredge the old river channels that had previously dried up and had been diverted. After that, the river would cover the vicinity of Stronghold 144.
At this time, the land could already be reclaimed. Although it was still very tiring for everyone to fetch water, they could at least start working.
The second step was to build a reservoir, flood control dams, and flood discharge channels. This could be considered the start of perfecting the entire water conservancy project. This was to prevent a sudden flood next year from ruining everyone's efforts.
The third step was to perfect the entire irrigation channel to make irrigation more effective. This would allow the farmers to save time and effort in farming.
With the full cooperation of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce, the first step was completed very quickly. But if they did not see the seeds, they would not be able to continue.
As Ren Xiaosu was thinking of a solution, Zhang Xiaoman suddenly ran over and said, "Young Marshal, a caravan from the Kyung Clan has arrived from the south. They say they want to see you, and their leader says his name is Xu Man!"
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He led everyone out of the stronghold. Xu Man was an old acquaintance and could be considered a trusted aide of Qing Zhen and Luo Lan.
When they arrived outside the stronghold, everyone saw a long convoy of trucks parked in the open space outside the city. Xu Man had been waiting there for a long time.
"Why aren't you entering the stronghold?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
Xu Man smiled and said, "I still have other matters to attend to here, so I was planning to leave after meeting you, Young Marshal."
To be honest, Xu Man felt a little emotional. When he first met Ren Xiaosu, he was just a normal refugee. But now, he had already become the Young Marshal of the Northwest.
Ren Xiaosu smiled at Xu Man and said, "I feel that you're always very busy. Every time I see you, you leave in a hurry."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Someone has to do some things." Xu Man said, "In the car behind us are the seeds that Mr. Qing Zhen asked me to deliver. Furthermore, there's also a one-year agreement to sell grain at a low price. The Wang Clan is unwilling to sell grain to the Northwest, but our Kyung Clan is."
"Only one year?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"That's right. Mr. Qing Zhen said that if you make it through this year, you won't need to purchase food from the Kyung Clan anymore," Xu Man said.
Ren Xiaosu felt a little emotional. Perhaps his choice to save Luo Lan from the Experimentals back then was the wisest decision he had ever made.
"But Luo Lan said he was coming to the north as a guest. Why didn't he come this time?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
Xu Man's expression turned strange. "Boss Luo is on a diet."
…
To be precise, Luo Lan was not trying to lose weight. Instead, he was training his body and willpower with a very clear goal in mind. He hoped to use this method to quickly improve his superpower and willpower.
This was a devilish training that would last for half a year, and Zhou Qi was his instructor.
At this moment, Zhou Qi was in a valley in the southwest. He was swaggering on a recliner and eating a peach that had just ripened. He was wearing a pair of sunglasses that covered half his face, a checkered shirt, and baggy underpants. He looked like a rich person from before The Cataclysm who was on vacation at the beach.
Next to Zhou Qi was a pool, and above the pool was a waterfall that looked like the Milky Way. It cascaded down a hundred-meter-tall mountain wall.
Meanwhile, Luo Lan was bare-chested as he did a horse stance under the waterfall.
Zhou Qi took a bite of the peach and said leisurely as he chewed, "I've used this method before, so don't worry, it'll definitely work. But you have to hold on. If you want to improve your superpower, you'll have to exhaust yourself every time. Otherwise, it won't have any effect. "
Under the waterfall, Luo Lan couldn't hear what Zhou Qi said at all. He only knew that this grandson was probably gloating in his heart.
In the past, Zhou Qi had to pay for anything you asked him to do, but this time, he didn't take a single cent for this devilish training instructor job, and he even enjoyed it …
There were some military tents set up not far from the shore, and some soldiers were busy preparing dinner for Zhou Qi. It had to be said that their trip into the mountains this time was quite complete.
The waterfall splashed down from the mountain wall and hit Luo Lan's body. Fatty Luo struggled to close his eyes and hold on. He did have some perseverance, and the time he took to do the horse stance under the waterfall for the first time had already exceeded Zhou Qi's expectations.
At first, Zhou Qi thought that this gluttonous and lazy fatty would be lazy. After all, if he could lie down, he wouldn't sit, and if he could sit, he wouldn't stand.
Before entering the mountains, Zhou Qi had said to Luo Lan, "I don't know what's wrong with you, but you insist on training yourself. It'll be good if you can endure this kind of training for three days."
But unexpectedly, Luo Lan had already persisted for half a month.
Moreover, Luo Lan had endured under the waterfall for an hour the first time. After half a month, this fellow could actually endure under the waterfall for six hours.
Every day, Luo Lan would torment himself until he was exhausted, and he wouldn't stop until he almost vomited blood. This made Zhou Qi, the instructor, feel that it was very boring, and he didn't feel any pleasure from tormenting people at all.
In Zhou Qi's words, "I don't charge money to be an instructor. I'm here purely to scold you. If you can endure it so well, I'll start charging you …"
But Luo Lan didn't care so much. Sometimes, he would soak in the pool for too long, and when he came ashore, he realized that he hadn't reached his limit. He would even carry the soldiers' weights and run cross-country.
At this moment, Zhou Qi shouted at the waterfall, "It's been six hours. Come out. If you stay any longer, your body won't be able to take it."
As he spoke, Zhou Qi used his ability to control water to part the waterfall, just like a curtain being pulled up.
Luo Lan wiped his face, walked ashore, and said to the soldiers, "Bring me the weights. I haven't reached my limit yet. I have to train a little longer."
Zhou Qi was puzzled. "Say, fatty, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly working so hard? Did someone agitate you? You don't usually have to fight, so why are you working so hard? "
"What do you know?" Luo Lan wiped his body with a towel and said, "I can only keep training myself to make my willpower strong enough so that my brothers in the Temple of Martyrs can come out and walk around more often. Think about it, if my willpower is enough for them to stay outside 24 hours a day, wouldn't they not have to endure the darkness in the Temple of Martyrs? "
Zhou Qi was stunned. "Just because of that? Not to become stronger and unify the Barrier Alliance? "
"What's the point of unifying the Barrier Alliance?" Luo Lan said disdainfully, "That's what I'm doing. What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing." For the first time, Zhou Qi did not continue mocking Luo Lan.
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