Chapter 1429 The price is expensive
At about five o'clock in the afternoon on October 3, the fourteenth year of Tianxuan, when the temperature in the desert began to drop, Qu Mao walked out of the City Lord's Mansion of Xirong City and returned to the streets of Xirong City.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Qu Maocai came to Xirong City from the two-way portal at the end of the underground world. Although Xirong City can now satisfy residents' outdoor activities all day long, the weather is too hot after all, so Qu Mao obeyed Xirong City's instructions. The city lord's suggestion is to rest in the city lord's mansion first, and then go out to inspect the changes in Xirong City at around five o'clock in the afternoon.
Since leaving Xirong City two months ago, Qu Mao has been busy selecting God-chosen players to serve as the lords of branch territories and inspecting the technological development of the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory. Now he suddenly returned to Xirong City of Shaliuhou Kingdom, The changes in the livable environment of Xirong City instantly attracted Qu Mao's attention.
When I left more than two months ago, although Xirong City was a relatively advanced town in the livable transformation of the Marquis of Shaliu, between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm every day, even with the protection of the city walls of Xirong City, residents were active outside the buildings of Xirong City The time can not exceed 10 consecutive minutes, otherwise there will be problems.
Now even if you stay in Xirong City for a whole day, you will not feel life-threatening except that you will feel uncomfortable. Obviously, Xirong City has made leaps and bounds in terms of livability in the past two months. .
The lord of Xirong City told Qu Mao: The main reason is that a reservoir covering an area of about 5,000 square meters in Xirong City was filled with water. About 5% of Liuhou country's fresh water, Xirong City still insists on injecting water into the reservoir every day.
In the beginning, Qu Mao made a simple calculation, and felt that 5% of the total fresh water supply was barely acceptable. However, when he was resting in the city lord's mansion, Qu Mao calculated carefully, and felt that the price was still high.
A water area of 5,000 square meters is just a small pond if placed in any village in the Yidi territory or a village built by the Yidi territory on the independent territories of the Eastern Continent, but in the desert area, the water area of 5,000 square meters , it is not an exaggeration to call it a lake.
At 5:00 p.m. on October 3, the 14th year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao walked out of the city lord's mansion of Xirong City. The first thing he did was to go straight to the southeast city wall, because the city lord of Xirong City told Qu Mao that the water reservoir was located on the southeast city wall. Down.
Qu Mao naturally had to carefully observe the area within the city wall of Xirong City along the way, but when Qu Mao rushed to the edge of the reservoir, he found that the 5,000-square-meter reservoir now has half of the water left. This is because the city lord of Xirong City is leading the firearms soldiers to pour water into the reservoir.
Seeing Qu Mao patrolling over, the lord of Xirong City greeted Qu Mao and said, "My lord, this reservoir that is storing water is 100 meters long, 50 meters wide, and 6 meters deep. It normally stores water 5 meters deep. can.
After evaporating during the day, when we started to add water to it, there was only about 1 meter of stagnant water left.
We in Xirong City will fill this reservoir twice a day, once at around 5:00 in the afternoon, and fill the reservoir to a depth of three meters, and once at around 6:00 in the morning, to ensure that the ice lumps that freeze at night It can be about half a meter away from the pool.
After all, after the sun comes out, there is a large ice top on it, which will slow down the evaporation rate of fresh water in the reservoir to a certain extent, and during the process of ice melting, it can effectively reduce the speed in Xirong City. "
The Lord of Xirong City nodded and said, "Yes, my lord!
I used to water the green plants after dark, and the water would freeze, but now it usually takes until after 11 o'clock in the evening to freeze the 5,000-square-meter reservoir. It has improved a lot. . Ice is lighter than water, and when you fill it in the morning, the water you pour will push the ice cubes to the top. "
Qu Mao nodded, no longer staying by the reservoir at the southeast corner of Xirong City, but continued to wander around in Xirong City.
At the southwest corner of the city wall of Xirong City, the planting area of Gobi shrubs and weeds transplanted from the outskirts of Yuexia City has exceeded 400 square meters, and the general height is between 50 cm and 1 meter. It is considered the most green in Xirong City. an area.
When looking at the 50-meter-wide and 100-meter-long reservoir in the southeast corner just now, Qu Mao actually looked specifically at the tree seedlings that the green plant technology experts took from the edge of the Crescent Moon Spring in Yuexia City.
It didn’t take long to plant it, but the length exposed to the ground is still 50 cm high, surrounded by a fence with a height of 60 cm and a diameter of 40 cm. Although new branches and leaves have not yet been released, the stems of the 20 branches The greenery is still maintained, and there are obviously signs of life.
On both sides of the road between the city lord's mansion of Xirong City and the city hall, the tumbleweed and camel thorn seedlings that Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui planted together, as well as the wind that Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui casually scattered are growing sparsely. Tumbleweed and camel thorn seeds, the total growth area is about 500 square meters.
Now in this area, the seedlings or seeds of these two shrubs, tumbleweed and camel thorn, have grown very well. The height is already 80 cm high, and some are only 20 cm high. It is estimated that the seeds were sown at the beginning In the end, it germinated and grew to the extent it is now.
At the northwest and northeast corners of the city wall, there are two planting areas where green plant technology experts from Liandao Green City conduct experiments, but the outside is covered by greenhouses, so Qu Mao thinks that these two areas add up to 30,000 yuan. The area of square meters has basically negligible impact on the climate of Xirong City. To count it as a green area of Xirong City, at least the shed must be demolished first.
In addition, there are actually quite a few cisterns dug in Xirong City. Even if the area of the ditches connecting different cisterns is not counted, the total area of the cisterns built with sandbags to build the walls and bottom of the pools is almost Can exceed 40,000 square meters.
At present, only the 5,000-square-meter cistern at the southeast corner of the city wall is used for water storage.
Unknowingly, Qu Mao made a complete tour of Xirong City before dark, and then returned to the Xirong City Lord's Mansion to rest.
At about 6:00 am on October 4th, the 14th year of Tianxuan, the sky in Xirong City was just getting brighter, and Qu Mao ran to the southeast corner of Xirong City again to watch the city lord of Xirong City organize soldiers and civilians to fill the reservoir with water.
Then return to the city lord's mansion to have breakfast, and then Qu Mao takes advantage of the temperature in the desert before it rises, and takes 100 fourth-rank camel riders to Shaliu City in the Marquis of Shaliu, preferably before the temperature in the desert rises to human Can't bear to rush to Salix City before.
(end of this chapter)