Chapter 1896: Difficult to draft

Chapter 1896: Difficult to draft

Chapter 1896: Difficulty in Drafting

While I was worried, there was a sound of horse-drawn carriages running. It was the convoy that went to fetch water and was back!

And Danian rode in front of the convoy and came over first to report to Gu Jinli: "Madam, Lao Bao and the others failed to get water, and they also broke a carriage. Lao Bao was hit by the carriage while trying to save others."

Sure enough, the Grizzly Guard did not provide water and even beat people!

Gu Jinli's face darkened and asked: "How is Lao Bao injured? Is it serious?"

Danian shook his head: "Lao Bao is a veteran and has experience. His arm was only injured. Uncle Mutong is checking his injuries in the carriage. They will be here soon."

He came over in advance to tell his wife so that she could have an idea.

"Okay, I understand." Gu Jinli responded and told the New Year: "Give me the order. In the next few days, everyone will eat dry food and a bowl of water per day. Unless they are sick or patrolling soldiers, everyone else will eat the same." Dont ask for more water.

Since the water has not arrived, they must make arrangements in advance and cannot use up the existing water.

"Yes." Danian rode off, first running to inform Yao Baihu, and then informing all relatives and servants.

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the right house.

Gu Jinli lives here, and the left house is where Yao Baihu and the others work. Gu Jinli usually doesn't go there.

But Lao Bao and the others knew that Gu Jinli was powerful, and the money for drawing water was given by Gu Jinli, so they came to her as soon as possible to revive her.

Hush! the soldier stopped the carriage.

"Madam, Lao Bao is fine. He was hit by a carriage and his arm was dislocated. I have already fixed his arm." Uncle Mu Tong's voice came, and after reassuring Gu Jinli, he lifted the car curtain and helped Lao Bao out. .

Lao Bao's face was bruised and bruised, and his feet were a little lame. When he saw Gu Jinli, he said guiltily: "I'll forgive you, madam, but I couldn't get the water."

After saying that, he handed her the money bag he was holding, and said even more guiltily: "I paid five taels...but the people from the Grizzly Bear Guard collected the money and refused to let us in... Madam, don't worry, these five taels will come from my military pay." buckle."

Gu Jinli nodded and said in agreement: "Aunt Yao is right. Let's write down the matter about the Grizzly Bear Guard first. We have to wait for the husband to come back before going to the Grizzly Bear Guard to ask for an explanation. Now we have to find a way to get water first."

Grizzly Bear Guard is the head of Zhuang Qianhu, and only Qin Sanlang of the same rank is qualified to go to Zhuang Qianhu to seek justice. None of them are qualified, and they will only suffer losses if they go.

But Yao Baihu said worriedly: "This side of the first line of defense used to be wasteland. We had to build a guard station to guard it before we started digging wells. But there were few well diggers. There was only one out of the three guard stations in the first line of defense." There is a well in the guard, but the Grizzly Bear Guard does not let us draw water, so we can only run to the Shaliu Guard, which is further away. But Qianhu of Shaliu Guard is also a member of General Jiang, and together with Vice General Yue, Lin Qianhu, and Zhuang Qian The households belong to the same group."

The Grizzly Bear Guards dont even fetch water for them, how about the Shaliu Guards?

"It's too useless to ask for help!" Yao Baihu felt aggrieved and didn't want to ask for help.

Gu Jinli remembered something: "Xiaoji, go to the house and ask Ji Zhenniang about the Dabuwei well."

She remembered that Dabuwei was digging a water well, and that well was dug at the same time as Shaliuwei's well. Now that Shaliuwei's well was dug, Dabuwei's well should be dug almost as well. .

Not long after, Xiaoji and Erqing came back, and what they told her was: "Madam, the wells in Dabuwei have not been dug. I heard that after the imperial decree came down, the masters who dug the wells in Dabuwei were transferred away. We went to Shaliuwei and dug out the well in Shaliuwei before the soil was completely frozen."

Damn it!

Gu Jinli couldn't help but cursed. It was so outrageous. The person who dug the well was immediately transferred away as soon as the imperial decree was issued. Do you want to do it so ugly?

Yao Baihu was also very angry and wanted to curse, but he was worried about General Xu and General Jiang and did not dare to curse.

Gu Jinli asked Erqing again: "Have you seen the well in Dabuwei? How deep has it been dug? Has water come out?"

Erqing also knew that it was difficult to draw water in the northwest, and Gu Jinli often talked about digging a deep well, so after arriving at Dabuwei, he asked You An to see the well. You An told her the situation and replied: " We dug nine feet deep, but the land here is dry and we havent seen any water yet.

Nine feet deep?

Thats more than twenty meters!

Gu Jinli's eyes widened when he heard this: "It's a deep well. If this well is drilled in a shallow water layer, if we drill a few more meters down, we'll probably be able to produce water!"

But Yao Baihu said: "I'm afraid we can't dig. The weather is too cold now and the soil is frozen solid, so we can't dig at all."