high official

Chapter 345 Lake

"At least put on the clothes for me first!" Wang Xian said pitifully, staring at Baoyin putting on the clothes to cover the infinitely attractive spring light.In fact, he was just a talker. Although his fever subsided, his whole body was still weak and weak, and he couldn't do anything at all.

Baoyin turned back again, closed his eyes and put on his underpants, Wang Xian said with a smile: "The first time is a stranger, the second time is an acquaintance, and the third time is a good friend. There is nothing to be shy about."

"Rogue!" Baoyin pinched his thigh hard, and Wang Xian gritted his teeth in pain, "I thought you were going to die last night, that's why I was like that, don't think I'm that kind of person!"

"What kind of person..." Wang Xian asked in a low voice.

"Shut up!" Baoyin brows upside down.

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"My lord, come and see." A moment later, Wu Wei came in, picked up Wang Xian on his back, and went out to the pit dug yesterday to cool him down.Xu Huaiqing carefully held a piece of horse skin, grinned and said, "Look, my lord, what is it?"

"Water!" Wang Xian glanced at the horse's hide, and saw dew rolling on it, converging into a clear spring, although not much, but enough to surprise people, "How did it come?"

"It was condensed according to the method of adults." Wu Wei said with a smile: "Last night, I worked hard to dig this big hole. I think it's just idle. Why don't you try again. I didn't expect it to succeed this time!"

"What's the reason?" Xu Huaiqing asked eagerly, and this was the question everyone wanted to know.

Everyone was looking forward to Wang Xian, Wang Xian pinched his chin and thought, "This method didn't work before because the air was too dry, but now it works, it must be because the air is humid." Then he asked the crowd: "Do you feel it?" He has lost all five senses now, so he can only rely on others to judge.

After being reminded by Wang Xianyi, everyone noticed that the air was no longer that hot and dry, scorching feeling, and breathing was indeed much more comfortable.

After getting an affirmative answer, Wang Xian smiled and said, "Either, we are about to walk out of the grassland, or we are approaching the lake."

"It's impossible to go out." Xu Huaiqing, who succeeded him as the guide, shook his head and said, "This subordinate made a map last night, and there is still half the distance."

"That's the latter." Wang Xian patted Wu Wei's shoulder with a smile and said, "What are you waiting for, send someone to look for it!"

Wang Xian gave an order, and countless teams set off happily. Unlike the previous almost desperate search, this time they were full of hope, and they had endless energy!
At noon, news came back that a team had discovered a lake more than ten miles to the southwest.

Everyone was overjoyed, and the team set off immediately, ignoring the scorching sun above their heads, and followed the guide to the lake.

When they arrived there, it was past noon, and the westward sun shone in the distance, shining golden light. There was really a lake hidden in the black and white Gobi Gobi!
The crowd suddenly boiled, regardless of male or female, they left all their burdens and ran to the lake cheering, only to see the crystal clear blue water, like a sapphire inlaid with silver, embedded in the desolate Gobi.The Mongols began to kneel down to thank Changshengtian for their grace, while the Han people rushed into the lake desperately, wanting to dive in and have a drink!

"Don't drink!" The Mongolian who found this lake hurriedly stopped it loudly in broken Chinese, and then said a lot.

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 it all up, retching and coughing vigorously, and cursed: "Why is it bitter and salty!"

"Grandma, isn't this just playing with people? It's hard 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 white layer by the lake, it's the saline alkali after the lake water evaporates. The water in the lake must be salty and bitter. Instead of quenching your thirst, it can actually It's dehydrating!"

"Isn't this the same as the saltwater lakes we saw in the Hanhai Corridor?" Wu Wei frowned and said, "Didn't your lord say that there are solutions for saltwater lakes?"

"Of course." Wang Xian leaned on the carriage and said with a smug smile, "Otherwise, I dare to bring you into this Gobi of Death?"

Everyone couldn't help but slander upon hearing the words, the lord hasn't changed at all, as expected, the sun shines brightly, and every chance he gets, he'll be frightened!

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Under Wang Xian's command, the crowd dug several bunkers five feet in diameter and three feet deep. A piece of tarpaulin was placed on top of each bunker, and a small stone was placed in the middle of the tarpaulin to make the tarpaulin an inverted cone shape.A small jar rested directly under the oilcloth, facing the inverted cone.

Although skeptical about Wang Xian's method, but the desire for fresh water, everyone was motivated to dig 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 getting dark, and ordered to call it a day.Monk Zhang Er was puzzled by everyone, but Wang Xian showed mercy tonight and allowed double drinking water, which encouraged everyone. Drinking more water is the next thing, mainly because this shows that the situation is very optimistic!
Everyone camped and rested, but most of them suffered from insomnia that night. They got up early the next morning and urged Wang Xian to act quickly.

Wang Xian said with a smile: "Actually, we have already gained something." So he asked someone to bring up the horse hides that had been placed at the bottom of the pit at night. Hundreds of horse hides were collected to fill a jar of clear water. , isn’t it great?”

Everyone was so sweaty, they laughed and said: "It's great, but there are too few of them, and one person can't tell the difference."

"Talking is better than nothing." Wang Xian took a sip of the clear cold water and praised: "This water should only exist in the sky. How many times can we taste it in the world?"

"..." Everyone was completely speechless, thinking that such an adult must have burnt out his brain and become so unreliable?
People like Wu Wei, who knew Wang Xian well, put their hearts into their stomachs. They knew that with the superficial character of Wang Daguan, there was only one reason for their fright - that is, they had the chance to win!
Under the urging of the crowd, Wang Xian only said that he was not in a hurry, and the crowd urged him again and again, until the sun rose, and he smiled and gave the order: "Open the water!"

Then someone dug up the edge of the lake, and the lake water flowed into the sand pits along the channels dug last night.Seeing that nothing was wrong, Wang Xian stretched his waist and said, "I'm so sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."

"My lord, what else do you want to do?" Everyone asked.

"Wait, watch it every two hours." Wang Xian yawned and smiled at Bao Yin: "Girl-in-law is gone, let's go back to sleep."

Baoyin gave him a hard look, thinking that he was talking nonsense again.

Wang Xianzhen went back to the tent and fell asleep. As soon as his head was covered with a blanket, he fell asleep.During this period of time, he was under too much pressure and was highly nervous, and he hardly slept a full night's sleep.Now he has finally reached the lake. Although it is a saline-alkali lake, he has plenty of ways to conjure fresh water.A big stone in my heart was put down, and I was finally able to sleep with peace of mind.

While sleeping in the dark, he was suddenly shaken up, opened his sleepy eyes, and saw Wu Wei smiling from ear to ear, so excited that he couldn't speak, and gave him a thumbs up.

"Is there water?" Wang Xian asked lazily.

"Yes, yes!" Everyone nodded vigorously, presented a jar of clear water in front of him, and said with a look of disbelief: "The water comes out of this jar by itself, and there is no strange smell at all. It is clear water that can be drunk!"

"Of course." Wang Xian smiled triumphantly, "I 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 regards him as a god, so they leave quickly so as not to affect Wang Banxian's rest.

At dusk, Wang Xian finally got enough sleep, climbed out of the tent, kicked his arms deeply, felt the long-lost strength return to his body, couldn't help but was full of joy, and smiled to Baoyin who was preparing dinner for himself outside: " Baoyin, let's have a bridal chamber tonight!"

"Damn!" Baoyin was numb from being molested by this stinky hooligan, and said with a snort, "The bridal chamber is over, there is no chance!"

"Aren't I unprepared?" Wang Xian leaned over and put his arms around her slender waist. Baoyin struggled, but couldn't get away, so he squeezed him hard.Wang Xian quickly let go of her with his hands, and said with a wry smile, "You belong to the scorpion!"

"Yeah, if you dare to lighten me, I'll sting you." Baoyin giggled, pushed the bowl into his hand, rolled his eyes and said, "Hurry up, everyone is still waiting for you by the lake."

Wang Xian ate up a bowl of Desheng noodles in two mouthfuls, wiped his mouth, went to hold Baoyin's little hand and said, "It used to be possible to hold hands..."

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Baoyin was annoyed and funny, "Are you a donkey?" Sure enough, he has a temperament that never wants to suffer.

"Yeah, that's how I hold her back and hold her back." Wang Xian smiled and took her little hand. Baoyin didn't struggle this time, but held her tightly.

The two held hands and came to the lake. Seeing that it was really lively here, almost everyone was here, some were singing and dancing by the lake, some were swimming in the lake, and there was a lot of joy up and down. How could there be any despair like before?

Water is the source of life, this sentence is not false.

"Military division, each bunker can collect half a jar of water a day." Xu Huaiqing excitedly reported: "One hundred bunkers are fifty jars of water! That's enough water for all of us for a day!"

"Yes." Wang Xian nodded and said, "If we dig a few hundred more holes, the water altar is not enough, so we will use water bags."

"That's right." Xu Huaiqing said with a smile, "Xiao Wu and I have made up our minds, and we are about to ask your lord for instructions. We are going to let everyone have a pit, so that we can save enough water for the road in a few days!"

"Okay." Wang Xian said with a smile: "You can just worry about it, I'm still a patient."

"Yes." Xu Huaiqing laughed dryly, saying to himself that you finally had a chance to be lazy.Then he asked curiously, "My lord, how did this water come from?"

"You don't understand, but let's talk about it." Wang Xian showed off proudly: "Actually, the reason why this lake water is not drinkable is because there are things like salt in the water. If you can separate the water from the salt, You can drink it naturally."

"Then how do you separate it?" Xu Huaiqing stared wide-eyed and said, "You can't see the salt in the water."

"It's simple. Water turns into ice when it's cold, and turns into steam when it's hot. Salt dissolves in water, but not in steam." Wang Xian said with a smile: "Just turn water into steam, and then try to collect the steam. No way." Then he sighed and said, "It's easiest to use a pot to cook, but the lake is too salty and alkaline, so no vegetation can grow. There is no firewood to boil water, so we can only rely on the sun!"

(End of this chapter)