Li Zhao would not treat them harshly. He would prepare brown sugar and ginger tea every morning and afternoon. Because it was troublesome to transport it from Prince You's Mansion, he simply built a temporary office area here.
It is also convenient and quick to set up a separate stove. There is definitely no way to pay attention to the dining area, so you can only eat in batches in the greenhouse.
This will not waste too much time, secondly, it will save resources, and thirdly, it will not affect work efficiency.
Brown sugar and ginger tea can dispel cold and add calories to them.
Sugar was of extremely high value in this era and could only be enjoyed by the rich, nobles and gentlemen.
The common people are naturally willing to drink. Without Li Zhao, the probability of them wanting to eat sweets is almost zero. Even if they only had two meals a day in the previous fifteen days, they would still enjoy it.
"Your Highness, we have found a new water source." Liu Laogen's beard trembled and his brows lit up with joy.
The water source here at the reservoir is completely different from the river next to Longmen Village.
The water source of Longmen Village Reservoir winds upward, and there is a road leading to the back mountain area. As for what is in the back mountain area, no one knows.
When there were roads in the past, no one dared to explore them. Now, after so many years, due to the inaccessibility of people, they have long been overgrown with weeds and bushes. Any place in nature will become deserted as long as no one goes there for a month or two. Covered by vegetation.
If the time were longer, it would basically become a deserted land.
Determining the water source of the reservoir is also for early preparation and prevention. Li Zhao does not want to control his life, death and future in the hands of others. In the same way, the reservoir is also one of the backup tools for saving lives. How could he not find out the origin of the water source.
After inviting Liu Laogen and his patrol team to come over and drink a warm bowl of brown sugar and ginger tea, Li Zhao took people and tools and followed Liu Laogen to the north.
"Your Highness, what do you think I saw over there?"
"What did you see?" Li Zhao looked at Liu Laogen with a smile.
This old guy looked mysterious, and those who didn't know thought he had discovered a new world.
Li Bin and others all wanted to laugh. His Highness had never seen anything before, but this old man was still pretending to be mysterious?
Liu Laogen continued to remain mysterious and said: "I think His Highness will be shocked if he sees it."
"Is there a treasure in there?" Li Bin said disdainfully.
Liu Laogen's face suddenly froze.
Li Zhao also noticed that Liu Laogen seemed to be unable to move, and there was a strange look on his face, and he said, "Is it true that they were right?"
Li Bin and others could no longer laugh: "Liu Laogen, stop joking. Is there really a treasure in this broken mountain?"
Liu Laogen nodded excitedly and said, "It's true!"
Li Bin and others still don't believe it. Isn't this too coincidental?
The mountain road is very rugged and winding. Because there has been no traffic all year round, these roads that should have existed are now completely blocked. If Liu Laogen and others hadn't searched for the mountain road, maybe this road would not have been discovered.
Liu Laogen said: "Your Highness, we were originally looking for a water source. It takes about half an hour to walk up the reservoir. There is a dilapidated temple just behind the mountain."
"Temple?" Li Zhao was surprised. When he went to annihilate the Sea Dragon King, Wuyun Mountain was very high and the view was wide. Why didn't he notice that there was a temple here at all?
The grass here is so deep that even if Liu Laogen and the others have explored the road once, they can easily get lost.
"How many years will this be left unused?" Even King You's guards couldn't help but be shocked.
Because Liu Laogen and the others had to look for water sources to go up, it was impossible to clear the surrounding roads very much. It was enough for only one person to move forward. However, Li Bin and the others were different. They all carried equipment. The speed of their advance was not very fast, but it was good. There are many people in You Wangwei, and the speed of harvesting the surrounding areas is not too slow.
Many small saplings that may have been inconspicuous before have now grown up, seriously obstructing the line of sight ahead. This means that if Li Zhao and the others want to see farther, they must remove all the surrounding weeds, shrubs, and trees. cut off.
But Li Zhao didn't do that. He only cleared the weeds for the time being, which would slow down their speed a lot.
Liu Laogen talked about yesterday's research results while joining the grass-cutting team.
An hour later, we finally entered a new world.
Looking down from this place, you can't see the reservoir at all, because the reservoir is blocked by half of the protruding mountain.
A dilapidated temple hidden among the trees came into Li Zhao's sight, but he could only barely make out its outline.
Because it has been shaded by trees all year round, moss, vines, and ivy have almost enveloped the entire temple. Most of it is now withered and yellow, and the entire temple is almost integrated with the mountain forest.
If you don't look carefully, it is really difficult to find that this is a temple.
"Is the treasure you mentioned here?" Li Bin looked surprised.
If not looking for water this time, this would definitely be a great hiding spot.
"Not here." Liu Laogen shook his head unexpectedly and said, "But... there are many tombs and many corpses in there."
"Corpse?" Li Bin's hair stood on end, and his expression became tense.
"No, no, no, it's dry bones!" Liu Laogen quickly corrected his mistake.
Everyone still didn't relax.
Li Zhao was very calm and asked: "Do we still have to go inside this water source?"
"Yes!" Liu Laogen said: "We still have to walk for about half an hour. It seems that it used to be the gathering place of a small village. There are some dilapidated houses, but basically they have collapsed."
Li Zhao signaled Liu Laogen to continue moving forward and ignore the ruined temple for the time being. After determining the water source, he would lead his people to clean it all out.
Since it is a ruined temple, when the time comes, we will demolish this place together and bury the dead bones, which can be regarded as giving them a home.
Although no one has cleaned it for so many years, the ditch at the water source is actually very spacious. However, the ditch has become very narrow due to the accumulation of various stones, silt, fallen leaves, bird and insect corpses, etc. all year round. It's small and the water flow is not very big.
If you don't look carefully, you really won't find that this is a small ditch.
The mountains here are not very high. They are connected one after another, with continuous ups and downs, and a roundabout turn. A large concave valley appears in front of everyone.
This is the source of what Liu Laogen and others call mountains and rivers.
The sound of water is gurgling, the surrounding trees are towering into the clouds, blocking out the sky and the sun, and the environment is very good.
Apart from the traces of Liu Laogen and the others' visit yesterday, there were almost no other traces visible on the road.
"There are many animals here." Li Bin and the others were all experts and noticed something was wrong.
The King You guards immediately dispersed around and cleared out the weeds.
If there are wild boars, tigers, leopards, etc., everyone will not even have a vision and preparation.
In the mountain forest, clear water flows down, not very fast.
Below is a pool. The pool is not very deep and the water is quite clear.
The surrounding ground was almost covered with dead branches and leaves, and many large trees had rotted and collapsed, lying around.
The pool extends downward into a super large pool. The water in the pool is not clear, it is a kind of light green, and it looks very much like a tourist attraction puddle in the post-era.
This kind of water is actually rich in minerals. There are two ponds on the left and one on the right, but I don’t know how deep they are.
Li Zhao motioned to Li Bin to test it with a tool. Soon, Li Bin got the desired result and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Fifteen feet!"
