It snowed for three days in a row.
On the morning of the fourth day, Yan Jiecheng got up and saw that the snow had stopped.
The sun came out in the morning, and the sunlight shone on the snow, making my eyes hurt.
Fortunately, in the small yard of the headquarters, Commander Shen Youliang and all the staff carried out snow clearing activities in the morning.
Yan Jiecheng and the others also participated. After all, it often snows in the capital in winter, and the snow in the unit yard is cleaned by the staff themselves.
Nowadays, the top leaders of general units like to go out personally at this time.
The first is to lead by example, the second is to have fun with the people, and the third is to have such a trend.
Unlike later, it was all staged and staged.
When all the snow was gathered together, everyone took shovels and threw the snow cubes into the water cellar. This was the end of the day.
Yan Jiecheng was also a little curious as to why they threw the snow into the water cellar.
Someone told him that this was collecting snow water, which can be drunk after it melts.
Yan Jiecheng and the others were also very curious about the water cellar here in the Western Region.
The three people studied around the water cellar for half an hour.
Lao Xie lay down at the entrance of the water cellar and looked at it and said: "This is an underground water storage project. It should usually be a collection and utilization project for collecting rainwater or snow water."
After reading it, Chen Bo said: “It’s like a huge vase buried underneath.
It consists of water inlet, sedimentation tank, cellar tube, cellar platform and cellar body. "
Yan Jiecheng shook his head and said: "You have not noticed the core problem. Although it is easy to build this water cellar, two people can dig one in a few days.
But you must know that it stores water, so anti-seepage is the key.
I don’t know how to deal with this? "
Both of them were engineers. After listening to Yan Jiecheng's words, they couldn't help but think about this solution.
After a while, Chen Bo said: "It may be that heavy silty clay and Sanhe soil were used to compact the cellar walls and kiln bottom using the mud-pounding method."
Lao Xie also followed up and said: "Apply 3 to 4 layers of yellow mud on the cellar wall, each layer is 1 centimeter.
Then stagger the mud stubble and compact it with a hammer to make the mud wall smooth. After completion, seal it and spray clean water in the cellar several times so that there should be no water seepage. "
Yan Jiecheng nodded and said: "That should be the case. After the mud is knocked, a dense layer will be formed on the surface, which has the effect of blocking water. Repeating it a few times should prevent leakage."
Shen Youliang on the side listened to the words of the three and laughed: "The three of you are indeed experts in the ministry. You can understand the principle of this thing at a glance."
While several people were talking, a staff member came over and said to Shen Youliang: "Commander Shen, the horses have arrived."
After hearing this, Shen Youliang smiled and said to Yan Jie, "Director Yan, let's go see the horses with the two experts."
As they walked, Shen Youliang looked at Yan Jiecheng and explained with a smile: "Director Yan, there is heavy snow in the wind area and the roads are blocked, so cars will definitely not be able to drive.
The only way to go is to ride a horse, so I asked someone to lead a few horses. You can learn and practice in the yard. "
When several people heard that they wanted to learn to ride a horse, they were naturally interested. After all, they were all men, and no one had thought about galloping on a horse.
Only then did Yan Jiecheng see that there were three horses in the yard. They were all black and it was hard to tell what breed they were, so they probably couldn't be horses.
But it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter if it’s a sweaty horse, a rouge horse, or a thin Yangzhou horse, as long as you can ride it.
The comrade who taught Yan Jiecheng and the others how to ride a horse was named Song Jianzhong. He was only 21 years old, but he was an experienced rider.
Several people walked towards the horse. In addition to the riding gear, there was a large saddlebag on the horse's back.
Song Jianzhong said that it can hold things, such as pens and notebooks, or small items such as food.
The three of them practiced horse riding for two days. Except for Yan Jiecheng who was more skilled in riding, Lao Xie and Chen Bo were only able to do it barely.
A few people didn't want to stay at the headquarters doing nothing, so they decided to set off for the wind zone.
It’s more than two hundred kilometers from here to the windy area, and it’s estimated to take a week by horseback.
After all, we don’t have a magic horse that can travel thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles at night.
Even if there is a red rabbit horse, a few rookies can't ride it fast.
Yan Jiecheng decided on the departure date, and the headquarters was making preparations for the trip.
The preparations are very complete, including food, water, quilts, fodder, etc.
This time the team was quite large. In addition to Yan Jiecheng, there were Shen Youliang, Shi Dunzi and other technical staff, as well as security, logistics, etc., totaling more than thirty people.
At nine o'clock in the morning, as soon as it dawned, everyone had breakfast and then hit the road.
After the initial novelty of Yan Jiecheng and the others, they began to suffer both physical and mental torture.
The team walked for three hours, and when it was almost twelve o'clock, Yan Jiecheng only felt a burning pain in the inner thigh.
The wind blowing in the face is like a knife, which makes people's faces hurt.
After one o'clock, everyone found a place with leeward wind to stop and rest.
Everyone took out the dry food they had prepared, which was all naan and beef jerky.
The water in the kettle had long since frozen into ice lumps, so I quickly lit a fire and set up a large pot.
I found some clean snow from the ground and threw it into the pot. After a while, I had a pot of hot water.
Everyone got water and then started eating naan and beef jerky.
Seeing Yan Jiecheng and the others walking weirdly with their legs crossed, Shen Youliang smiled and said, "Director Yan, are you okay? This is the first time you ride a horse. It will get better gradually."
After everyone rested for a while, they set off again.
After thirty or forty kilometers of journey, the sky began to darken, and a row of bungalows made of dirt appeared in front of Yan Jiecheng and the others.
After reining in his horse, Yan Jiecheng followed Shen Youliang and the others and pushed open the door, only to realize that this was a hotel.
Yan Jiecheng looked around and saw that the hotel was really unobstructed.
Apart from rows of datong shops, the only equipment is an oil lamp.
There were no quilts on the Datong bunk. Only then did Yan Jiecheng realize why they had brought the quilt with them when they set off.
There is a row of large bungalows occupied by several guests from afar.
In this wilderness, no one among Yan Jiecheng and the other three could care about picky accommodation conditions.
They are all waiting for sleep with their thighs folded.
Someone at the headquarters showed the hotel staff the letter of introduction.
The letter is issued uniformly by the unit. The letter states the identity of the person traveling, as well as the reason for the business trip and the destination.
Without this letter of introduction, it would be impossible to live in a Datongpu store like this.
After the hotel staff checked the letters of introduction one by one, everyone hurriedly put their carry-on luggage on the Datong berth, each taking his own place.
Shen Youliang arranged his duties for the night again before taking a rest.
After all, carrying so much supplies and horses, sentries must be arranged.
at night.
The whole room was filled with the sounds of snoring, talking in sleep, farting, teeth grinding... mixed with the sour smell of sweat and excreted carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane, permeating the room.
