The carriage walked on the soft gravel road. Although it didn't look very laborious, the speed was not very fast!
Sitting on the carriage, Zhou Yang kept observing the surrounding terrain.
It's relatively flat here.
Although there are occasional ups and downs in the terrain, the differences are not very large, so it is not considered a mountainous area at all.
Logically speaking, there should not be no water in such terrain conditions.
While Zhou Yang was observing the terrain, the other soldiers looked at him curiously.
This is the first person to visit relatives since the establishment of Dongquan Farm.
"Comrade Zhou, you really want to solve our water shortage problem!" the squad leader asked in a relatively stiff accent.
Listening to his accent and the name Captain An just called him, Zhou Yang judged that he was a warrior from an ethnic minority.
"Your name is Siri Gureng. Are you Mongolian?"
"Well, I am a Mongolian, and my home is not far from the grassland of the Northern Mongolian Banner!"
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "It's so close, can you go home more often?"
Siriguleng shook his head and said: "No, there are disciplines that allow you to go back once a year!"
Zhou Yang looked around and then said: "The problem of water shortage in the farm must be solved, otherwise, half of the people there will die in winter!"
What Zhou Yang said is not an exaggeration at all. If the water shortage problem cannot be solved as soon as possible, food shortage will become inevitable.
If there is not enough food for the winter, the consequences can be imagined.
More importantly, Zhou Yang knew that this winter would be very cold, with temperatures in many places reaching extreme levels in recent decades.
With the shabby shacks where my parents lived and the air leaking everywhere, it was extremely unlikely that they could survive the cold and long winter in the north.
Siriguleng sighed and said: "We have tried our best, but..."
"Well, I heard my parents say that everyone is very grateful to you!" Zhou Yang said.
"Comrade Zhou, what can you do?"
"I'm not sure yet. I have to check the situation of the spring on the other side of the mountain!" Zhou Yang said.
"OK!"
With the sound of the carriage "creeping", Zhou Yang and others finally arrived at the place to collect water before six o'clock in the morning.
Different from the desolate scenery of Dongquan Farm, the climate here is still very humid. Not only is the ground color green, but the most commendable thing is that there are many big trees here.
There are very few trees on the grassland because of the low rainfall and the structure of the soil.
And being able to see trees here means there should be no shortage of water here.
Sure enough, when they came near these big trees, they saw a weak stream meandering between the trees, finally converging in front of a large puddle.
From the fine sandy river bed exposed in front, Zhou Yang could infer that there should not have been this big puddle before.
The stream flows out from the rocks in front, and then flows forward along the river bed that has been formed for a long time.
But now, in order to facilitate the collection of water, the soldiers dug a large puddle here to store water.
After the carriage stopped in front of the puddle, the soldiers first gave the horses some water, and then began to use buckets to fill the large water cans.
The water tank was modified from a large iron oil drum. In fact, a round hole was drilled in it to serve as the water inlet, and an iron pipe was welded at the back to serve as the water outlet.
There is no valve at the water outlet, just a section of the inner tube of a carriage.
Just like we install a section of plastic hose on the faucet, it is very convenient to tie the inner tube of the car and untie it to release water when in use.
While the soldiers were fetching water, Zhou Yang traced the stream all the way up to its source.
After a while, he discovered the location of the spring between a mountain wall that was not very high.
When he came here, Zhou Yang saw a wooden sign standing nearby, with a few large characters written on it: "This is a land with important water resources. Destruction is strictly prohibited!"
Zhou Yang naturally knew the reason for the spring water flowing out of the mountain wall. Usually after it rained, the rainwater seeped into the soil, then entered between the rock layers, and then flowed out through the gaps.
But there is a steady stream of water flowing out like this, which obviously means that there is underground water under the mountain itself, such as the spring water at the foot of Mount Tai.
The mountains here are not high and the water flow is limited, but at least it means there is real groundwater here.
Now it depends on whether the hills here can be extended to the vicinity of Dongquan Farm. If so, it may be much simpler to solve the farm's water shortage problem.
However, Zhou Yang walked along this hill and found that after walking westward for a while, the mountains here turned all the way north.
Obviously, it is impossible for the water veins here to extend to Dongquan Farm.
Just when Zhou Yang was about to continue exploring, he suddenly heard the soldiers calling him.
Knowing that he had to go back, Zhou Yang had no choice but to return the same way.
On the way back, the soldiers saw the unhappy look on Zhou Yang's face and knew the result. Then they comforted Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was a little moved by this, but mostly dumbfounded.
Although the results of this survey are not very good, there is no good news at all.
At least through this small stream, Zhou Yang can be sure that Dongquan Farm is not the kind of place where there is no underground water.
If there is really no water underground, then Zhou Yang will have no choice.
But now it seems that there is water underground in this area, which can be seen from the original well in the village.
The reason why there is a serious water shortage problem now is probably because there has been no rainfall for a long time, resulting in low water levels.
Secondly, their wells are not deep enough!
Therefore, it is not difficult to solve the problem of difficulty in drafting water. You only need to dig the original well for a certain distance, and water will definitely come out.
However, if Zhou Yang wants to completely change the living environment here, he must not only solve people's water problem, but also help them solve agricultural irrigation problems.
These are two concepts!
People's drinking water is limited, and usually one or two wells in the village are enough.
But agricultural irrigation is different. It requires digging deep wells, which may be tens to hundreds of meters or even hundreds of meters away.
This is a bit difficult!
After thinking about it again and again, Zhou Yang decided to go back to find Director Zhang and have a good chat with him.
Afterwards, Zhou Yang and the soldiers reunited and returned to Dongquan Farm along the same route.
Since the pitcher was full of water, it was difficult for the horse to walk.
Sometimes when going uphill or crossing some soft sand ditches, soldiers need to push the cart behind, which is very hard for both humans and horses.
It is said that they have been working on a task like this for half a year, and it is really difficult for them.
It was almost eight o'clock when we returned to the farm management office.
After walking for more than ten miles, Zhou Yang felt a little tired even with his physique.
Looking at the soldiers, every one of them was panting and sweating profusely.
Afterwards, Sriguleng reported to the leaders in the management office, and then led the soldiers to drive the carriage to the village.
Zhou Yang originally wanted to chat with Director Zhang, but he felt that it was too early to say anything now, so he should wait until he had checked the nearby terrain.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang returned to the village with the soldiers.
