Chapter 23 How to Get Water
"I understand." Li Si said, "Village chief, Lao Meng, this mobile base is equivalent to the Xiongnu tribe.
The Xiongnu tribes often change places. They are here today and may go to other places tomorrow.
If there is a difference, it would be that the court can control this gentleman's mobile base, but the Xiongnu's tribal court cannot control it. "
Meng Tian said: "Sir, your idea is good, but the Xiongnu Chanyu is very cunning. What if they take a detour and directly attack the mobile base?"
Qin An smiled and said: "If Meng Tian doesn't know the movements of the Xiongnu army, then he is not worthy of the title of China's No. 1 Warrior."
Ying Zheng said: "Lao Meng. Your ancestors should know the location of the Huns."
"Reporting back to the village chief, our ancestors knew that unfortunately the Huns were too fast, and they passed through the desert. By the time the army arrived, the Huns had already fled after questioning.
Our army has no choice but to retreat due to water supply problems. The biggest enemy in the desert is water. "Meng Tian said with great regret.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "That's true, sir. I don't know how you can solve this water problem."
Qin An thought for a while and said: "I may not be able to find the source of water, but there are still ways to solve the urgent need.
And the method is very simple. Find a place with plants, then hang a sword in the air, and put a large bowl under the sword. After one night, there will be water in the bowl. "
"So magical?" Ying Zheng said in surprise.
"Sir, this is not witchcraft, is it?" Meng Tian said.
"What's witchcraft?" Qin An explained, "The temperature difference between morning and evening in the desert is too big, and the plants in the desert have the function of storing water. At night, the air is full of moisture.
The reason why the sword is suspended is because the moisture in the air will gather on the sword, and then it will be exposed in the bowl and slide to the ground.
After a whole night, a bowl of water will be almost full. And this can only solve an urgent need, and is completely incomparable with finding a river. "
Meng Tian said excitedly: "That's enough, that's completely enough. I can drink a bowl of water a day, which is enough in the desert. It can be said to be a luxury."
If we solve the dry food problem and solve the Xiongnu's troubles, it is not impossible at all. "
"Dry food?" Qin An said with a smile, "Unfortunately, the Qin Dynasty didn't have any good dry food, and it couldn't be stored for long.
Unlike now, there is nothing to eat if you want, and time can be stored for a year and a half without spoiling.
Especially a kind of compressed biscuit, a small piece can last a day, but the taste is not good. "
Qin An showed the size of the compressed biscuit with his fingers.
"Sir, can you make these compressed biscuits?" Meng Tian asked.
He really wanted dry food like compressed biscuits, as long as he was full, the taste was secondary.
Qin An shook his head and said: "Biscuits can be made, but not compressed biscuits. This is equivalent to compressing ten biscuits into one bite. Most people will not reveal this technology.
Besides, who would think of learning this technique of compressing biscuits? Even if they learn it, they won’t be able to make it.
If I have the time and energy, I might as well learn something useful. "
This technology is very useful to me, why don’t you learn it? You should learn it.
Meng Tian roared angrily in his heart, causing his face to twitch.
"Lao Meng, remember all three of Sir's methods, go back and study them yourself, and think about which one will work." Ying Zheng said.
"No." Meng Tian responded respectfully.
"What kind of research?" Qin An said, "It has been more than two thousand years, and the Huns have been exterminated long ago. They continued to merge with people from other tribes, and with the addition of civil strife, the Huns have long since disappeared.
Besides, the three methods I mentioned were all found on the Internet, and they are all based on current perspectives.
No one can say whether these three methods can be used in the situation of the Qin Dynasty at that time, not even the experts. It has already been two thousand years. "
Meng Tian smiled awkwardly and said: "Sir, you are right, but my ancestors have always regretted the incident with the Huns. Now that we have a solution, I must at least analyze it and tell my ancestors."
"Yes." Qin An nodded. "But let's not talk about this now, let's just eat. Then I will build some furniture."
Ying Zheng said: "Yes, let's eat first and then watch Mr. build new furniture."
"promise."
Then the four of them started to deal with the dishes on the table.
Although these dishes were all ordinary home-cooked dishes, Ying Zheng and the other three, who had never eaten stir-fry dishes, all praised them. They were simply heavenly delicacies.
This made Qin An very useful, and he even thought about opening a restaurant in the village, but finally gave up the idea because he was here to support education.
After the meal, Ying Zheng watched Qin An build several new pieces of furniture and then returned to Xianyang City.
Meng Tian went with Ying Zheng.
In Xianyang Palace, Meng Tian asked: "Your Majesty, is it true that sir is from the future?"
"Nine times out of ten." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice, "He knows where my imperial mausoleum is, and he also knows that Xu Fu is a liar and that the golden elixir is poisonous.
Especially that mobile phone, it’s so magical, have you seen it? "
"Weichen has never seen it before," Meng Tian said.
"Not only have you never seen it, but everyone in Great Qin has never seen a mobile phone." Ying Zheng said, "I believe that he is either a person from the future or an immortal, an immortal who knows the next two thousand years.
Now, I have sent the Black Dragon Guard to protect the entire village.
Originally, I planned to let you lead an army of 300,000 people to deal with the Xiongnu. But now that I have Sir, you don't have to go for the time being.
You discuss with others Sir's countermeasures, and then give me a detailed plan, and then assign a general to go to the border. "
"promise."
After Meng Tian left, Zhang Han came.
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty." Zhang Han saluted.
"No need to be polite, how is Xu Fu?" Ying Zheng asked.
Zhang Han replied: "He refused to admit that he had deceived His Majesty, and swore on the life of his family."
"Hmph, I really underestimated him, and I dared to swear on my family's life. I will help him." Ying Zheng sneered, "How is the requisition of sea ships going?"
"Three ships have been warned," Zhang Han said.
"Three ships." Ying Zheng sneered and said: "That's enough, three ships are enough. Come with me to see Xu Fu one last time."
"promise."
…
Xu Fu was restless in the palace at this time. He found that he was under house arrest. He knew that Ying Zheng had doubted him.
Today Zhang Han came to him and told him that it had been proven that the golden elixir was poisonous, and His Majesty was very angry.
This person was so frightened that he quickly swore, swore the most vicious oath, and even cursed his entire family to make Zhang Han believe that he had not deceived Ying Zheng.
However, he knew that these words had only temporarily dispelled Zhang Han's suspicion, but had not yet dispelled Ying Zheng's suspicion.
The top priority is to let Ying Zheng dispel his doubts first.
