"At least put some clothes on for me first." Wang Xian said pitifully as he stared at Baoyin putting on clothes to cover up the infinitely alluring spring light. In fact, he was just talking. Although his fever had gone away, his whole body was still sore.
Powerless, unable to do anything at all.
Baoyin turned around again, closed her eyes and put on his pants. Wang Xian said with a smile: "Once you are acquainted, you are acquainted the second time, and you are a good friend after the third time. There is nothing to be shy about."
"Rogue" Baoyin pinched his thigh hard, Wang Xian gritted his teeth in pain, "That's why I did that last night because I thought you were going to die. Don't think I'm that kind of person."
"What kind of person..." Wang Xian asked in a low voice.
"Shut up." Baoyin raised her eyebrows.
"My lord, come and see." After a while, Wu Wei came in, carried Wang Xian on his back and walked out, arriving in front of the pit dug yesterday to cool him down. Xu Huaiqing carefully held up a piece of horsehide and grinned: "Look, your lord,
What is it."
"Water" Wang Xian glanced at the horse hide and saw dew rolling on it, forming a clear spring. Although it was not much, it was enough to surprise people, "How did it come here?"
"It was condensed according to the master's method." Wu Wei said with a smile: "I worked hard to dig this big hole last night. I thought it was idle. I might as well try again. I didn't expect it to be successful this time."
"What is the reason for this?" Xu Huaiqing asked eagerly. This is also a question that everyone wants to know.
Everyone looked longingly at Wang Xian. Wang Xian held his chin and thought: "This method didn't work before because the air was too wet. But if it works now, it must be because the air is humid." Then he asked everyone: "Do you feel it?"
His five senses are now disabled and he can only rely on others to make judgments.
After Wang Xianyi reminded them, everyone realized that the air no longer felt so hot that it burned the heart and lungs, and breathing was indeed much more comfortable.
After getting the affirmative answer, Wang Xian smiled and said: "Either we are almost out of the grassland, or we are close to the lake."
"It's impossible to go out." Xu Huaiqing, who replaced him as the guide, shook his head and said: "My subordinates made a map last night, and there is still half the journey."
"Then it's the latter." Wang Xian smiled and patted Wu Wei on the shoulder and said, "What are you waiting for? Send someone to find him quickly."
Wang Xian gave the order, and countless teams set off happily. Different from the almost desperate search before, this time they were full of hope and had endless energy.
By noon, news came back that a small team had discovered a lake more than ten miles southwest.
Everyone was overjoyed, and the team set off immediately. Regardless of the scorching sun above their heads, they followed the guide to the lake.
When they arrived there, it was already past noon, and they saw the westward sun shining in the distance, shining with golden light. There was actually a lake hidden in the black and white vast Gobi.
The crowd immediately became excited. Men and women, both Mongolian and Mongolian, dropped all their burdens and rushed to the lakeside cheering. The blue lake water was crystal clear to the bottom, like a sapphire with a silver edge, embedded in the desolate Gobi. Mongolians
They began to kneel down to thank the Changshengtian for their grace, while the Han people rushed into the lake desperately, planning to dive in and drink to their heart's content.
"Don't drink it." The Mongolian who found the lake hurriedly stopped him loudly in broken Chinese, and then muttered aloud.
But at this time, even the gods could not stop them from drinking water to quench their thirst. The soldiers drank heavily, but the next moment they vomited them all out, coughed hard, and cursed: "Why is it bitter and salty?"
"Grandma, aren't you kidding me? It was so easy to find a lake, but you can't drink it." Xu Huaiqing cursed.
"That's for sure." Wang Xian smiled and said: "Look at the thick layer of white on the edge of the lake. It is the salt-alkali after the lake water evaporates. The water in the lake must be salty and bitter. Not only can it not quench your thirst, but it can actually
It can cause dehydration.”
"Isn't this the same as the salt water lakes we saw in the Hanhai Corridor?" Wu Wei frowned and said, "Didn't your Excellency say that there are ways to deal with the salt water lakes as well?"
"Of course." Wang Xian leaned on the carriage and said with a proud smile, "How else would I dare to take you into this desert of death?"
Everyone couldn't help but curse after hearing this. Your Excellency has not changed at all. As expected, the sun shines brightly when there is a little bit of sunshine. Whenever there is a chance, you will become jealous.
Under Wang Xian's command, everyone dug out several sand pits with a diameter of five feet and a depth of three feet. A piece of oilcloth was propped up on each sand pit, and a small stone was placed in the middle of the oilcloth to make the oilcloth have an inverted cone shape.
There is a small jar placed below, facing the inverted cone.
Although they had doubts about Wang Xian's methods, the desire for fresh water made everyone full of energy. They dug hundreds of such holes in one go and then looked at Wang Xian.
"Let's do this tonight, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." Wang Xian saw that it was already dark, and ordered the work to end. Everyone was confused, but Wang Xian showed mercy tonight and allowed double the amount of water, which encouraged everyone.
Being able to drink more water is second to none, but mainly it shows that the situation is very optimistic.
Everyone set up camp to rest, but most of them couldn't sleep that night. They got up early the next morning and urged Wang Xian to take action quickly.
Wang Xian smiled and said: "Actually, we have already gained something." He asked people to bring up the horse skins that were placed at the bottom of the pit at night. Hundreds of horse skins were collected into a jar full of clean water. He couldn't help but said proudly: "How about it?"
,Awesome, right?
Everyone was so sweaty that they laughed and said, "It's awesome, but there are so few of them that even one person can't tell the difference."
"It's better than nothing." Wang Xian took a sip of the clear cold water and praised: "This water can only be found in the sky, how many times can we taste it on earth?"
"..." Everyone was completely speechless, thinking that such an adult might have burned out his brain and become so unreliable.
People like Wu Wei, who knew Wang Xian well, put their hearts in their stomachs. They knew that with Wang Daguan's superficial character, there was only one reason for his success - that is, he had a chance to win.
After everyone urged him, Wang Xian just said there was no rush. Everyone urged him again and again. It wasn't until the sun rose that he smiled and ordered: "Open your mouth and let the water flow."
Someone dug up the edge of the lake, and the lake water followed the water channels dug last night and poured into various sand pits. Wang Xian saw that there was no problem, so he stretched himself and said, "I'm so sleepy, let's go back to sleep."
"Sir, what else do you want?" everyone asked.
"Wait, let's take a look in two hours." Wang Xian yawned repeatedly and smiled at Baoyin: "My wife, let's go back and sleep."
Baoyin gave him a sharp look, hating that he was talking nonsense again.
Wang Xianzhen went back to the tent and fell asleep. As soon as his head was pressed against the felt, he fell asleep. During this period, he was really under too much pressure and was very nervous. He almost didn't get a sound sleep. Now he finally arrived at the lake.
, although it was a saline-alkali lake, he had many ways to create fresh water. He felt relieved and could finally sleep peacefully.
He was in a deep sleep when he was suddenly shaken up. When he opened his sleepy eyes, he saw Wu Wei and others smiling from ear to ear. They were too excited to speak and gave him a thumbs up.
"Is there water?" Wang Xian asked lazily.
"Yes, yes." Everyone nodded vigorously and presented a jar of water in front of him. They said in disbelief: "The water in this jar comes out by itself, and there is no strange smell at all. It is drinkable water."
"Of course." Wang Xian smiled proudly and said, "You don't care who I am." He waved his hand and said, "Go out, I haven't slept enough yet."
"You sleep, you sleep." Everyone now regarded him as a god and left quickly so as not to affect Wang Banxian's rest.
At dusk, Wang Xian finally had enough sleep. He crawled out of the tent and kicked his legs deeply. He felt that the long-lost strength returned to his body. He couldn't help but be filled with joy. He smiled at Baoyin who was preparing dinner for him outside: "
Baoyin, let’s get married tonight.”
"Damn it!" Baoyin was so numbed by the stinky gangster's teasing that she snorted: "We've passed the wedding, there's no chance anymore."
"I wasn't prepared for that." Wang Xian came over and put his arm around her slender waist. Baoyin struggled for a while, but couldn't get away, so she pinched him hard. Wang Xian hurriedly waved his hands to let go of her, and said with a bitter smile:
"You are a scorpion"
"Yes, if you dare to treat me lightly, I will sting you." Baoyin giggled, pushed the bowl into his hand, gave him a white look and said, "Eat quickly, everyone is still waiting for you by the lake."
Wang Xian ate up a bowl of Victory Noodles in two mouthfuls, wiped his mouth, pulled Baoyin's little hand and said: "It turned out that we could still hold hands..."
Seeing his pitiful look, Baoyin was angry and amused, "Are you a donkey?" As expected, you have a temperament that never wants to suffer.
"Yeah, I'm just holding you back like this." Wang Xian smiled and took her little hand. Baoyin didn't struggle this time, but held it tightly with him.
The two held hands and came to the lake. They saw that it was really lively here. Almost everyone was here. Some people were singing and dancing by the lake, and some were swimming in the lake. There was a lot of joy. How could there be any despair like before?
Water is the source of life, this saying is absolutely true.
"Military advisor, each bunker can collect almost half a jar of water in a day." Xu Huaiqing reported excitedly: "One hundred bunkers equals fifty jars of water, which is enough for all of us to use for a day."
"Yes." Wang Xian nodded and said, "If we dig hundreds more holes, if the water jar is not enough, we will use water bags."
"Yes." Xu Huaiqing said with a smile: "Xiao Wu and I have put it together and are about to ask your Majesty for instructions. We are going to let everyone go into the pit. In this way, we can save enough water for the road in a few days."
"Okay." Wang Xian smiled and said, "Just worry about it, I'm still a patient."
"Yes." Xu Huaiqing laughed twice, thinking that you finally had a chance to be lazy. Then he asked curiously: "Sir, where did this water come from?"
"You don't understand even if you tell me, but let's talk about it." Wang Xian said proudly: "Actually, the reason why this lake water cannot be drunk is because there is salt in the water. If the water and salt can be separated,
You can drink it naturally."
"Then how to separate?" Xu Huaiqing said with wide eyes: "When salt is added to water, it is invisible."
"This is simple. Water turns into ice when cold, and turns into steam when hot. Salt is soluble in water, but not soluble in steam." Wang Xian said with a smile: "Just turn the water into steam, and then try to collect the steam.
That's it." He said with a sigh: "Actually, it's easiest to cook in a pot, but the lake water is too saline and alkaline, so no vegetation can grow. Without firewood to boil water, we have to rely on the sun."