Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 23 Drilling a Well
Tang Ze was stunned, and at the same time he discovered a problem. The boy in front of him seemed to be the "leader" of this group of young people.

He glanced at the old branch secretary, who whispered, "It's Fang Wei, the third child of the Fang family, a junior high school graduate."

Of course the old branch secretary knew Fang Wei. He used to have a good relationship with Fang Wei's parents and could be said to have watched the third child of the Fang family grow up.

"He's a scholar, no wonder! Okay, I promise you, even if it means being shameless, I will invite the well-drilling team.

But let me be frank: if you can't get any water out, don't bring this up again."

While Tang Ze was speaking, the team members slowly gathered around.

Zheng Xianfa and several team leaders also ran over and just heard Tang Ze's statement.

He couldn't help but feel happy that the thing he had failed to accomplish after so many attempts was actually accomplished by a young man.

Fang Wei's timing was perfect. Secretary Tang just wanted to encourage everyone, but he ended up being outmaneuvered. In this situation, the other party had to agree even if they didn't want to, otherwise they would be embarrassed.

"Thank you, leader!"

Fang Wei brought a group of young boys to express their gratitude to Tang Ze and the old branch secretary. Tang Ze and others then went to the team headquarters with Zheng Xianfa.

"Brother Fang, you're really brave. You're not afraid at all to put forward conditions to the leader."

Zheng Hu and others looked at Fang Wei with even more intense gazes, full of admiration.

Fang Wei waved his hand and continued to fetch water.

Two days later, a three-person well-drilling team arrived in Murakami.

A technician and two workers, all of them were very arrogant, and even did not look happy when they saw Zheng Xianfa.

The geological structure of this area is quite complex. Technicians have come here to explore before, but they have not found any underground water sources.

In the end, the leader still ordered them to dig a well. It would be strange if they were happy.

On the other hand, Fang Wei was greatly disappointed.

Because the equipment the other party brought was very simple and could not be compared with the well drilling equipment he had seen in his previous life.

"Technician, how deep can you dig a well?"

"You know all this, kid? I'm telling you, we can reach 100 to 120 meters."

"What if we encounter rock formations?"

"Find a way to chisel it open, what else can you do?"

Fang Wei chatted with the technician for a while, and then he started working.

Seeing Fang Wei's interest in digging wells, Zheng Xianfa asked him to join the well-drilling team and be responsible for logistical support. Putting aside other things, if someone came to the team to help dig a well, he couldn't let them go hungry and thirsty, right?
Fang Wei did not refuse and asked Zheng Hu to come over and help.

Finding the wellbore is the technician's job. The other party wandered around the village for a long time but couldn't find a suitable location to dig a well.

The technician already had an idea in mind. He planned to stay in the second team for three days. If he couldn't find the wellbore, he would try based on his experience. If there was no result, he would leave after three days.

night.

The team arranged food and accommodation for several members of the drilling team, and Fang Wei naturally went home for dinner.

After dinner, he called Zheng Hu and started digging holes everywhere, imitating the technicians. It looked very unprofessional.

"Brother Fang, it's useless for you to listen to what Technician Liao said afterwards. Besides, I don't think his level is that good either.

There's someone in our village who can read water veins. He's Uncle Guan, one of the five-guarantee households. My father says he's very capable."

Zheng Hu thought Fang Wei wanted to learn how to find water veins and dig wells, so he made a suggestion.

Even though he hadn't even finished junior high school, he was quite clever. He saw at a glance that Technician Liao was just being perfunctory, so he recommended a villager who was receiving the "Five Guarantees" (five guarantees) from his own village to Fang Wei.

This man's surname is Guan, and he is 70 years old. In his early years, he helped others to read Feng Shui and find water veins, but he has long retired.

Fang Wei had no idea that Uncle Guan had this ability, and he immediately became interested. He didn't really want to learn his skills, but like Wu Maosheng, he needed an excuse.

"Let's go find Uncle Guan."

So he stopped wandering around and took Zheng Hu away.

He first went home to pick up a pound of bacon and brought 10 pounds of sweet potatoes before visiting. "Looking for a water vein? Well, the groundwater in our area is very deep. I've checked it before and even made a map."

After Uncle Guan retired from criminal activities, he lived out his retirement in the village.

He originally wanted to take everything he had learned in his life with him into the coffin, but he had not even had enough to eat in the past two years, so how could he resist the temptation of bacon and sweet potatoes?

As an old man, he was very experienced. He thought Fang Wei was a good guy and wanted to leave a way out for himself.

So, after listening to the other party's story, he handed over his treasured local "water vein map" to Fang Wei.

"Thank you, Uncle Guan! If you have anything to ask in the future, just let me know. I will do anything I can to help you."

Fang Wei only needed an excuse. With this "water vein map", everything he said had a source.

When he got home, he took a look at the blueprint in the dim light. It turned out that the well he had found before was indeed on the water vein.

The next day.

Fang Wei and Zheng Hu continued to follow the drilling team. They didn't know if Technician Liao's luck was too bad, as he always managed to avoid the water veins perfectly.

I worked hard for the whole morning, but it was all in vain.

After lunch, everyone continued to work.

Technician Liao was a little tired, so he found a place that looked good and prepared to drill down 20 meters.

"Wait a minute! Technician Liao, yesterday I asked the old man in the village who knows how to find water veins, and he pointed out a few places. Do you want to go check them out?"

Fang Wei made a suggestion and revealed some information about the water veins.

Although Technician Liao didn't really believe in that stuff, wasn't he at his wit's end now? After some thought, he finally agreed to go and take a look.

Fang Wei led everyone to move more than 50 meters to the east. The terrain at this location was slightly higher, with mountains behind them and the team's fields not far ahead.

"Huh? This is a good location. Maybe we can actually find a well."

Technician Liao has been working for four or five years, and his skills are not as bad as Zheng Hu said.

He originally wanted to just deal with it for a few days and call it a day. It wasn't that he didn't want to do his best, but it was really difficult to find underground water in this area.

Unexpectedly, after changing to a new location, even he felt that there was a high possibility of water being hit.

"Xiao Fang, let's try it here."

Technician Liao then went with two workers to get the equipment. Fang Wei dug a hole nearby, and sure enough, words floated before his eyes.

A newly constructed water conservancy facility, 49 meters from the groundwater source, with no rock layer.

【Do you designate this place as a well? 】

"God help me too!"

Fang Wei was secretly proud in his heart. The fact that this well could actually be designated as owned brought him a great surprise.

This area is a wasteland, with gravel everywhere and only some sparse weeds.

He just dug a shallow pit in the wasteland, and the system automatically determined that the well belonged to Fang Wei.

[Facility] → [Water Conservancy Facilities] → [Well]

【Facility Level: (Level 1, 0\10)】

[Facility attributes: sufficient water source, artesian well, high water quality, water volume control, well-drilling skills]

[After this well is completed, all attributes will increase by an additional 10%]

Later, Technician Liao and two workers dragged a truck of equipment over.

These devices look very old, but they are more efficient than manual drilling.

Fang Wei and Zheng Hu also went over to help. After all, they were digging a well for the village, and it would be unacceptable for them to just stand aside and do nothing.

(End of this chapter)