Chapter 119： From the source of the river

  Chapter 119 Tracing the source of the river

Qu Mao took Kong Ming and Zhao Pan to the newly built wooden trestle of the civilian pier by the seaside of the village. Originally, Qu Mao wanted Su Yan to bring all three fifth-tier fighters back to Yi Island, so that the fifth-tier fighters could familiarize themselves with the main base. The environment of Yidao will increase their loyalty by the way.

However, the fifth-level junior water magician Jenny Walter applied to Qu Mao to stay in Li Village. The reason was that her water magic could assist Qu Mao in combat. The island does not have a magic tower behind its construction.

  Zhao Pan was very interested in Brant Caesar, the fifth-tier heavy cavalry, or in Brant Caesar's mount, so he also applied to Qu Mao to keep Brant Caesar, the fifth-tier heavy cavalry.

  The fifth-level ascetic monk Amar saw that the fourth-level monks stayed on the outlying islands to continue their exploration and hunting tasks, so he asked to stay, because ascetic monks are considered advanced professions for monks, and they all have the same beliefs, so Qu Mao had no choice but to agree.

   So much so that when Su Yan returned to Yi Island, she didn't bring back a single fifth-level fighter, and all three fifth-level fighters stayed on the outlying island.

After sending off Su Yan's ship, Kong Ming immediately set about arranging the 100 vacant citizens stationed in the construction of the civilian wharf, including building two medical rooms and helping Qu Mao build a two-story wooden building as the administrative center of the village. He Qumao's temporary residence in Li Village.

  As for the remaining vacant citizens, Kong Ming originally wanted to give them a holiday, but Qu Mao suggested that Kong Ming arrange for these citizens to go to the river to reclaim farmland.

  Kong Ming considered that most of these people were sailors and they were not good at reclaiming cultivated land, so he only drew 10 units of cultivated land and arranged for the vacated people to reclaim it.

  The cultivated land planned for these 10 units is very far away from the river bank, at least 100 meters away.

  Zhao Pan walked up to Qu Mao and asked: "My lord, there are too many wounded, and they have not recovered yet. Today is not a suitable time to go out to search for the god-given treasure chest and explore the entrance of the folding space.

  Master, do you have any other arrangements? If not, the subordinates would like to go to graze the horses with the heavy cavalry Brant Caesar. "

   Qu Mao said: "You go, there are no other arrangements for the time being, if necessary, I will arrange someone to find you and come back."

  After arranging the leaders, Kong Ming walked up to Qu Mao waving a goose feather fan, pointed at the river with the goose feather fan in his hand, and said, "My lord, I want to name this river Li River.

  The strange thing is that there are barren lands about 200 meters away from the river's entrance to the sea, and no vegetation grows. The subordinates have checked that it is not because of the salinity of the land.

   But this situation is really strange. Why don't we take advantage of the free time today and go upstream to find the source of the Li River, and find out the reason why the land does not grow vegetation. "

   Qu Mao thought for a while, and said: "It is indeed necessary to trace the source and find the cause, but how do we go upstream? By walking or riding a horse?

  There are mountains on the outlying islands, I am afraid that it is not convenient for horses to walk behind..."

  Kong Ming shook his head and said, "My lord, we will neither walk nor ride a horse. We will go upstream in a shuttle boat."

   Qu Mao's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's fine, anyway, there's nothing else to do, so let's go and have a look."

   After finishing speaking, Qu Mao took out a standing bamboo from his backpack, about 7 meters long, and tried it by inserting it into the Li River.

  Kong Ming ordered several sailors to row the shuttle boat over.

  Jenny Water, a fifth-level junior water magician, followed closely and said, "My lord, my subordinates can go with you. On the river, my subordinates' abilities can be brought into full play."

  Amaer, the fifth-level ascetic monk, also came over and said, "My lord, my subordinate will also accompany you to see it."

   Qu Mao nodded and said, "Okay! Bring some roasted meat and arrange for six sailors to row the boat. Including Kong Ming and me, we will go upstream and check out the Li River."

The Li River is about 20 meters wide at the point where it enters the sea. When you walk up about 500 meters, it suddenly shrinks to only about 10 meters wide. It seems that the further you go upstream, the narrower it becomes. about.

After boarding the shuttle boat, Qu Mao waited for six sailors to row the shuttle boat to the middle of the Li River. He dipped the bamboo pole in his hand into the water, inserted it to the bottom, and then lifted it up. He found that the depth of the Li River near the mouth of the sea was less than two meters. .

   At this time, the cheating system displayed: "Congratulations to the novice host for successfully measuring the depth of the river with the simplest tool, and rewarding 5 cheating points."

   Qu Mao was a little dazed that a random action actually earned 5 cheating points, but it is always a good thing to have cheating points in the account. So along the way, Qu Mao either tested the depth of the Li River himself, or asked Kong Ming to use a bamboo pole to test the depth of the Li River.

  The shuttle boat carried 10 people and rowed upstream. The entire Li River is very flat on both sides. Although the outlying islands are mountainous, the current of the Li River is not rushing at all.

  After traveling 10 kilometers upstream, a waterfall about 3 meters high suddenly appeared from the river, blocking the way for the shuttle boat to continue moving forward.

   Qu Mao looked at the waterfall and the terrain on both sides of the waterfall, and said helplessly: "Kong Ming, we can only go so far today.

  Looking at the terrain of the outlying island and the appearance of the Lihe River, there should be about 5 kilometers of length on it, and the Lihe River should start to flow down from a certain position halfway up the mountain..."

  After boarding the boat, Jenny Walter had been feeling the water element with her eyes closed, and suddenly said, "My lord, if you just let the shuttle boat pass this waterfall, maybe your subordinate's skill, Stormy Sea, can help."

   Qu Mao was taken aback, and said, "Then try it!"

   Jenny Walter took out the staff casually. It was a thin, two-foot-long blue staff with a blue jewel on the top.

  Kong Ming said: "Jenny, it would be great if you have a way to let us go up, but you must also have a way to let us come down when we return..."

  Jenny Walter said lightly: "Naturally, Master Kong Ming doesn't need to worry too much."

   Then Jenny Walter began to chant a spell. About a minute later, the water level under the Lihe waterfall rose rapidly, and within three seconds it rose to the same level as the top of the waterfall.

  The sailors paddle quickly and drive the shuttle boat into the top of the waterfall.

   After the shuttle boat had traveled a distance of about ten meters, Jenny Walter waved her staff, and there was a loud "crash" sound from behind, and the water level under the waterfall returned to the original position again.

  The shuttle boat continued to explore upstream, and it took a whole day for the shuttle boat to return upstream.

  After returning to Li Village, Qu Mao called Kong Ming, Zhao Pan, Jenny Walter, Armani and Brant Caesar all to his second-story wooden building for dinner.

  Kong Ming finished eating quickly, put the goose feather fan on the table lightly, and said, "My lord, after inspecting Lihe today, my subordinates think that Lihe needs further improvement!"

  (end of this chapter)