There is room for the evil peasant woman

Chapter 26 Preparing to build a house
  The next day, he and Li Zheng went to the government office to hand over the land deed, and then drove home in a carriage.

As soon as I got home, I didn't wait long before I saw Craftsman Zhao coming with more than ten people.

Yesterday, Shen Yan was optimistic about which part of the land was suitable for building a house, so he took people to that place first.

"Ms. Shen, is this the place?"

When Craftsman Zhao saw Shen Yan nodding, he called his men to set up the equipment and started checking it out.

Shen Yan first saw a dozen men gesticulating with ropes as thick as their fingers. Seeing this, Shen Yan asked Craftsman Zhao who was supervising the work, "Master Zhao, what are you doing?"

Hearing this, Craftsman Zhao replied calmly: "Well, first I'm measuring the general direction, and then I'll see if there are any soft spots. We can start tamping the wood tomorrow."

"Wooden ram? What is this?" Shen Yan subconsciously asked when he heard what he didn't understand.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Craftsman Zhao looked at her with a puzzled face, "Have you never seen a house being built?"

After saying this, Shen Yan suddenly pulled out the relevant memories from the memory of the original owner.

The wooden tamper is to hold a huge wooden pile and use manual lifting to compact the land where it is located to avoid collapse problems in the future.

Thinking of this, Shen Yan responded; "Of course I have seen it before, it was just a subconscious behavior just now.

Hearing this, Craftsman Zhao said nothing more, nodded, and looked at Shen Yan, "Ms. Shen, from now on, the food for the seventeen of us will be handed over to you. The four hundred taels does not include this. I have also agreed with you before. Said."

"I understand this. Will work start tomorrow?"

"Well, it will be completed in about two months."

……

After Shen Yan and Craftsman Zhao finished talking about building a house in detail, Shen Yan was ready to go back and prepare some tea. After all, it is still summer, so if you just take it outside for a while, you will feel the heat of the sun, and you can feel the heat of the sun while working in the fields. Those craftsmen are all sweating now.

But he still looks very motivated!
  When walking in the direction of home, Shen Yan saw that the feet under his feet were basically dry and there seemed to be no trace of water. His heart skipped a beat and he called Jiujiu out: "Jiujiu, you know the next time it rains? When?"

[Sorry, host, Jiujiu cannot solve your problem, but I would like to remind the host that the relative soil humidity of the land is currently less than 45%, and all crops planted may not reach the growth stage! 】

Shen Yan, a Chinese medicine monk, had grown a lot of medicinal materials before, so he naturally understood the meaning of these words.

The most suitable soil humidity for plant growth is 60% to 80%. If it is less than 50%, plants are basically unlikely to survive.

Thinking of the water source pointed at at the beginning, Shen Yan walked over. As for providing tea to the workers, Shen Yan left it to Chun Yuan.

Shen Yan pushed aside the obviously yellow leaves and walked into the forest. It seemed that this place was about to experience a drought! Shen Yan thought
  If there is really no water, then my Liangpi business and farming matters will not be able to work.

Shen Yan didn't want something like that to happen to him.

With a little hope, we arrived at the place where water was available.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Shen Yan suspected that he had been deceived by Li Zheng!

With just this little water...can you provide yourself with so much land? And judging from today's weather, this small pond is only five feet wide and is still shrinking.

Because Shen Yan looked carefully, the water source of this pond comes from the surrounding more rugged mountains, just like a basin, but there is no underground water exposed. If it doesn't rain now, the land will dry up sooner or later!

She had to find a way to find water, otherwise it would be very difficult.

"Jiujiu, do you know there is water near here?"

[Sorry host, I can’t answer this question yet. You need to find the answer yourself, but there are things in the space that may be able to help the host~]

When Shen Yan asked this, she didn't have high hopes at first, but after Jiujiu reminded her, Shen Yan remembered that there were many books in the study that were open to her. As soon as my heart moved, I came to the space in a blink of an eye and went straight to the study.

Shen Yan went in the direction of nature books with a clear goal.

In about one stick of incense, Shen Yan found the book he wanted among the dazzling array of books on mountains, rivers, and vegetation.

Of course, there were still many restrictions, and Shen Yan suffered a lot when he excluded them one by one. He was burned from time to time, although it was only felt.

Found a book with a somewhat damaged cover.

There were more than twenty methods introduced in the book, but some methods were not suitable for this era. Picking and choosing, Shen Yan found five or six methods.

1. In summer, when the ground temperature is low and the water is not hot in places that have been exposed to the sun for a long time, the amount of water must be large; especially in ponds that have been silted up for a long time, water can be released after digging deeply.

2. Observe the ground drainage situation. In places that are often humid and have slow drainage, groundwater is close to the ground.

3. There is drought all around, and only one place in the middle is wet. There is water in the place where the crops mature late.

4. Where there is moisture on the ground at the foot of the mountain, where water vapor rises like fog in the early morning, dusk or in winter, or where moss grows on the sides of rocks, or where water often flows out after rain, there will be water sources.

5. Light the mugwort, and the smoke from the mugwort will flow downward. Wherever the smoke comes out, there is a high probability that there will be groundwater. …

Shen Yan saw these methods and fell into deep thought. These methods seemed simple, but Shen Yan felt that they should take a lot of effort.

Taking the book out of the space, Shen Yan looked around and decided to come back tomorrow to have a look and study.

After thinking about it, Shen Yan followed the way he came and went down the mountain.

"Master, Craftsman Zhao is looking for you!"

As soon as they got off the mountain, Chun Yuan ran over.

"okay"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yan walked towards Craftsman Zhao.

"Master Zhao, do you have anything to do with me?"

Seeing Shen Yan coming over, Craftsman Zhao wiped his face with a sweat towel, drank a lot of saliva, and took a long breath, "Well, Mrs. Shen..."

The tone of a veteran cadre came to my face.

"Aren't we going to have wooden tampers tomorrow? We need some water, but there seems to be no water source nearby." Craftsman Zhao looked around with a frown. "If there is some water in the wooden ram, it will increase the stickiness of the soil a lot and make it stronger."

As if he was afraid that Shen Yan wouldn't understand what the water was for, Craftsman Zhao couldn't help but explain more.

Hearing this, Shen Yan nodded clearly, "There is indeed a shortage of water around here. Looking at the weather, I'm afraid it's going to be a drought. I'll think of a way to get water later. I can find someone to pick up the water for tomorrow from the village. However, Do you need a lot of water?”

Now Shen Yan has bought this piece of land. Li Zheng told Shen Yan that the water in the pond in Dongshan was given to her. There is still a lot of water in the pond, but it is obviously not enough to water the land. A wooden rammer should be sufficient.

Sure enough, the next step was to hear Master Zhao say, "You don't need a lot of water, just enough to moisten the soil."

"Well, okay, you go get busy first. I'll go home and prepare dinner for you. Everyone is tired today, so just stay with me to eat."

"Hahaha, thank you so much, Mrs. Shen!"

(End of this chapter)