From the previous knowledge of Lao Suntou and others, this was something that was completely impossible for the boulder to emerge from the water.
Nowadays, the stone only starts to gurgling water after being struck by the county magistrate. If this does not mean that what is under your feet is the Holy Stone of Yongquan, then what explanation should be given?
With systematic help, this is just a basic exercise. In the future, Zhouyi may reveal more "miracles" to enhance his glorious image.
As soon as water emerged from the crack in the stone, Zhou Yi asked someone to lower the rope and pull him up. As for the subsequent construction of the well, Old Suntou and the others would take care of it themselves.
When Zhou Yi climbed up to the wellhead, he found that Yang Xiu, who had been waiting above for a long time, respected him even more.
Yang Xiu came forward, and Zhou Yi happened to have something to give him.
"Yang Xiu, after the well is completed, find someone to set up a well cup here, write the three characters "Yongquan Well" on the front, and engrave on the back the words "Drawing water does not forget the person who dug the well, always thanking County Magistrate Zhou."
The reason why Zhouyi named this well Yongquan Well is that he hoped that these people would be able to repay their kindness with drops of water in the future.
As the saying goes, I'm ticking, ticking, ticking!
Not to mention, the water produced by the system is guaranteed.
The water in Pingliang County was damaged for unknown reasons. The well water was extremely bitter and unpleasant to drink, and Zhou Yi couldn't swallow it at all.
But the water produced through the system is cold and sweet, and it can make people energetic after drinking it.
The people in Pingliang County reacted strongly after hearing the myth of Yongquan Stone.
Not surprisingly, these common people unanimously believed that it was God who couldn't stand the miserable life they lived, so he sent the "sage" Zhou Yi to save them from the sea of misery.
Days passed by, and Zhou Yi had been in Pingliang County for half a year before he knew it.
In the past six months, there has not been a single rain in Pingliang County or even in Yongzhou.
It's not raining, which is naturally a good thing for Zhou Yi. This will not delay Zhou Yi and his team's progress in building the city wall of Pingliang County.
Thanks to the concerted efforts of the entire city for more than half a year, brand new gates were installed on the four walls of Pingliang County at the same time today.
Seeing the completion of the thick city wall, which was more than ten meters high and more than ten meters wide, Zhou Yi finally felt a sense of security in his heart.
Speaking of which, Zhou Yi was actually very lucky. No one in Pingliang County had experienced any harassment from foreigners in the past six months.
If there was an invasion by the Xiongnu, Khitan, or Qiang or Di tribes, the construction of this magnificent city wall in Pingliang County would not be so smooth, and the remaining people might suffer another disaster.
The completion of the construction of the city wall only brought a slight sense of security to Zhou Yi.
No matter how strong the defense is, it will eventually be broken. The city wall of Pingliang County may be able to withstand the attack of 12,000 elite soldiers, but the Xiongnu in the north and the Khitan in the east are both known as armies with millions of strings.
Although this number is exaggerated, Zhou Yi believes that they should be indispensable with more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops.
Zhou Yi sighed again and thought to himself: "The population of Pingliang County is still too small!"
Nowadays, Zhou Yi has shown kindness to the people of the whole county, but his popularity still does not exceed 2,000, let alone breaking through the system's requirement of 3,000 in the next stage.
It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, which is the current situation of Zhouyi.
While he was thinking about how to increase the population of his county, Yang Xiu walked up to Zhou Yi with a simple loudspeaker made of copper sheets and shouted to the crowd below:
"Dear fellow villagers, under the leadership of the county magistrate, we have built such a magnificent city wall and a miraculous spring well. In the future, we will no longer have to worry as before."
"In the future, we will be able to work, produce, and raise our children with peace of mind, and the future will become more and more prosperous. Now let us all invite Mr. Qingtian of Pingjiang County to speak for us!"
As soon as Yang Xiu finished speaking, the people below burst into warm applause. Even the people with broken hands slapped their thighs desperately to create the effect of applause.
Zhou Yi took the simple copper loudspeaker from Yang Xiu's hand and first looked around at the people under the city wall.
The men and women who were originally sallow, skinny, and listless, after being fed by Zhou Yi for more than half a year with unlimited amounts of white porridge and pickled mustard, not only the flesh on their bodies but also their entire mental outlook became fuller.
Now that the city wall is completed, many people have earned a lot of food.
Zhouyi will naturally not distribute food to them in the future. If he does that, it will only create a large number of lazy people.
To put it bluntly, future production and a better life still require them to work hard with their own hands. Of course, if they encounter other corrupt officials, they may not be able to do anything.
Zhou Yi gently waved his hand towards the crowd, and the people below the city tower immediately stopped their endless applause and waited eagerly for Zhou Yi's speech.
"Fellow folks, today we are here to celebrate the completion of the construction of our city wall, but we cannot be complacent because of this."
"Nowadays, there are Xiongnu in the north, Qiang and Di in the west, and foreign tribes such as Khitan in the east. Although our Chen State also has 200,000 troops stationed at Pingyang Pass, the armed forces in our own county are too empty. Now. Now there are only 10 crossbows, less than 30 spears, and even less than a complete set of armor."
"So the county has decided to recruit local warriors from today to form the Pingliang County Guards. Those who become Pingliang County Guards will eat three meals of rice and mustard every day, and will receive a monthly military salary of 200 kilograms of rice and 30 packs of mustard."
As soon as this news came out, everyone in the audience immediately became energetic.
You know, the county magistrate just said that the city guards eat three meals a day, and every meal is dry rice.
You must know that although this rice porridge is delicious, it still contains a lot of water. Those with a big appetite will have to drink many bowls in a row to be full.
After you are full, the rice porridge is digested quickly and makes it easier to urinate.
But dry rice is different. This rice not only has the sweetness of rice porridge, but is also very filling.
The most important thing is that Master Zhou Yi also promised that as a soldier, he would be able to eat three meals a day and receive military pay every month.
Three meals a day, what is the concept?
Even the wealthy landowners in Yongzhou now only have two meals a day, and each meal consists of coarse grains and porridge.
Therefore, after Zhouyi announced the news, the people in the city were excited and rushed to sign up to join the army.
