"Your Majesty, there are many such reservoirs built inside Red Sand Fortress. We have sent people to carry out special management and record the inventory of each reservoir to ensure that there will be no water shortage crisis in the fortress."

After speaking, Hughes personally removed the stone on the wooden cover, opened the cover, and then gave up his seat to show it to Owen.

Getting a little closer, as soon as Owen stretched out his upper body, a strong smell of moss hit his nostrils, mixed with a foul smell, which was extremely unpleasant.

Holding back the unpleasant smell, he looked inside the cave entrance and carefully observed the situation below.

Due to the small opening of the hole and insufficient light shining in, it was difficult for Owen to see clearly how large the water storage space of the reservoir was. He could only use the weak light reflected from the water surface to roughly judge the height of the water inside.

Hughes on the side was not idle, explaining to Owen the inside of the reservoir, saying that the space below was very large, and the inner wall was covered with pottery shards to prevent the stored water from flowing away.

At this moment, two food soldiers carrying wooden buckets came over to fetch water. They saw the king, the knight captain and others surrounding the reservoir, and they did not dare to go there for a while.

Just when the two people were still hesitating whether to go elsewhere to fetch water, Hughes waved to them.

"You two, do you want to fetch water? Come here."

"Yes, Lord Benjiel."

The two food soldiers walked over cautiously and slowly lowered the barrel from the hole of the reservoir.

Owen noticed that the wooden bucket used to fetch water was only slightly smaller than the opening of the hole, and the water fetched was not very clear.

After all, the water in the reservoir is stagnant water, that is, stagnant water. It contains a large number of bacteria, microorganisms, and harmful substances, and it is indeed unclean.

After filling four buckets of water neatly, the two food soldiers said goodbye to Owen and Hughes, and hurriedly walked away with the water.

"You guys won't drink the fresh water directly, right?" Irving asked casually.

"Of course not."

Hughes shook his head repeatedly and said: "You cannot drink the water in this reservoir directly. The water we drink must be boiled in advance. This is a rule. However, every year there are still some impatient recruits who drink directly because of thirst.

Drinking untreated water can cause illness, ranging from vomiting and diarrhea to mild cases, but severe cases can lead to death."

Boiling water can indeed kill most of the microorganisms in it, but it is not absolutely safe.

Stagnant water is not suitable for long-term drinking, even if it has been boiled.

Therefore, the Red Sand Fortress army cannot be allowed to rely on the water in the reservoir for a living.

Even if there are no problems now, if there is a problem with the water one day, I am afraid that the entire Red Sand Fortress soldiers will be affected, which is inevitable, resulting in a significant reduction in the army's combat effectiveness.

If it happens to coincide with the winter when the undead monsters invade the south, it will not only be a disaster for the Crimson Sand Fortress, but also a great crisis for the Dawn Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Owen put the wooden cover back, blocked the hole, turned around and said to Hughes: "Knight Commander Benjier, I think it is necessary to build a water supply pipeline to Red Sand Fortress to solve your water problem.

It’s using water from the reservoir.”

"Water pipe?"

Hughes touched the stubble on his face, doubts evident in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, what is the water supply method?"

"Ah, that's it..."

Owen explained, which basically meant finding the water source closest to Red Sand Fortress, using pumping steam engines and pipelines to pump the water there to the fortress, and sending people to take care of the running steam engines.

This is only a temporary solution.

If possible, Owen would like to build a reservoir in the Transverse Mountains near Red Sand Fortress.

It just so happens that the underground cities of Rudall and Ambira in the dwarf country are not very far from the Red Sand Fortress. Perhaps they can cooperate with the familiar dwarves across the mountains. After the reservoir is built, it will be beneficial to both parties.

"There is such a magical thing as a steam engine." Hughes was slightly surprised.

If the water problem of Red Sand Fortress could be solved, he would naturally want it.

"Your Majesty, our Red Sand Fortress will fully support the construction of water supply pipelines."

"Yeah." Owen said bluntly, "I need you to provide manpower."

"no problem."

This matter will also be discussed in detail later.

Considering that the Crimson Sand Fortress army has to deal with undead monsters in winter, it is best to complete the water supply pipeline before winter comes. The construction period is somewhat tight, and I don’t know whether it can be completed smoothly.

"That's right, Your Majesty."

Suddenly remembering something, Hughes took the initiative to request: "Can some non-Red Sand Fortress personnel be involved in the construction of the water supply pipeline?"

"Oh?" Owen raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Who do you want to participate?"

"He's the water bearer."

Hughes answered truthfully: "There are many water bearers in the north who make a living by delivering water. After the water supply pipeline is completed, Red Sand Fortress will no longer need them to deliver water. Before that, I want to make an announcement to let them participate.

Getting paid for the construction work of water supply pipelines can also help us find new ways out in the future."

"Oh, you have your heart, okay."

Unexpectedly, Hughes cared so much about these water bearers, which made Owen's evaluation of him improve a lot.

"Actually, I have already made plans regarding the arrangements for the water bearers."

"What are your Majesty's plans?" Hughes couldn't help but ask.

Owen raised the corner of his mouth and said unhurriedly: "I plan to let them break the influence of the Kazitu curse on the land south of the Red Sand Fortress."

"Break the curse of Kazitu? This is impossible..."

Hearing this, Hughes was deeply shocked, his eyes widened, and he subconsciously chose not to believe it.

But then I thought about it, who is Your Majesty? He has created and invented so many magical things, so it is not impossible to find a way to break the curse.

"Your Majesty, did you discover a way to eliminate the influence of the curse in Dawn City?"

Hughes also heard that the former garrison town of Dawn City was also cursed by Khaztu and was gradually declining.

But the emergence of Owen has reversed the decline of Border Guard Town, and it has continued to grow and develop. At the beginning of this year, it was announced that it would be upgraded to a city, which is really incredible.

"That's right."

Owen showed a confident smile and continued: "I found that the magic stone or the residue left by the magic stone after exhausting its magic power is mixed with the land, which can break the influence of the Kazitu curse. The best proof is that the Transverse Mountains are almost invulnerable.

Cursed influence, vegetation flourishes.”

"Trans Mountains?"

Hughes turned his head and looked at the distant mountain peaks. Various trees were growing normally and were indeed not affected by the curse.

There are indeed many magic stone veins in the Transverse Mountain Range, so that’s why.
Chapter completed!