The city guard was also smart and quickly asked someone to hold an umbrella.

He looked respectful on the outside, but what he was thinking in his heart was that it was such a hot day and the sun was shining so brightly that it was hard to see the city wall.

Walking to the top of the city wall, there is a five-meter-wide walkway. Oh my god, the sun is baking the ground so hot that you can feel your feet burning through your shoes.

Xining also pointed out curiously: "There are two lines on the city wall, and there is a large area in the middle. Is it just empty?"

I really admire the magistrate's "good taste". The city guard did not dare to use the same umbrella as the magistrate and hid in another umbrella: "This is Wengcheng. After the gate was lost and the enemy entered, the second gate was

Block them in. The soldiers shot arrows, set fire, and threw stones all around, killing the enemies in the urn city."

Xining couldn't help but nodded. The wisdom of the ancients was really powerful, but in order to save his life, of course, he had to think of any way.

She asked: "The same goes for the gate in the north of the city. Is there an urn?"

The city guard said: "Exactly, because the Huns are in the north, there are three gates in the north and two in the urn city."

Two barbicans and three strong gates, but they still could not stop the Xiongnu's iron hoof.

It's almost done here, so Xining goes down.

"County Lord, be careful!" Jing'er responded from the front. The stairs were stone steps, steep and narrow, and could only accommodate one person.

The city is not for viewing and playing. It is inconvenient for you, and it is even more inconvenient when the Huns attack. Such a staircase only requires a strong general to stand, and he can stop the enemies on the stairs with one block, and pick them off one by one.

After getting off the city tower, Xining saw a well inside the second city gate: "Is there a well here too?"

"This place is dry, and this well no longer produces water." The city guard said: "There are many wells without water in the city. It was hot last year, and it is the same this year. The water demand is higher than in previous years."

Xining immediately asked: "Is there still water in the well at the North City Gate?"

The city guard replied: "There is no water anymore. I heard that a month ago, the wells in Beicheng dried up and there is no more water."

Xining said as he walked: "How can we get through this hot day without water? If some people faint when passing by, without enough water, their eyes may be closed and unable to open."

Then he said: "Steward Xiao, go find the well digger and help connect these two wells with water. If there is really no water, investigate nearby and dig two wells."

When the city guard heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "The county lord is really kind and righteous for the people. I thank the county lord."

In fact, digging a well is also good for them. On a hot day, the well water is relatively cool. It is much more comfortable to wash your face and chill a melon. Get some water and sprinkle it on the ground, so it will not be so dry and dusty.

After reading it, Xining returned to the house. As soon as he got off the car, he took off his hat and walked quickly to his bedroom: "Oh, it's so hot, it's so hot for me!"

Jing'er shouted from behind: "Hurry up, go fetch water and get more ice. Hurry up and bring the chilled sour plum soup and mung bean soup to the county boss."

When we got to the house, a group of maids were already busy with work. Shi'er and Hua'er brought the basin and towels.

Jing'er soaked the handkerchief in the water and picked it up. Xining grabbed it and wiped it on her face and neck.

"Oh, County Master, please be patient. It's hot and cold, so be careful of getting prickly heat." Jing'er quickly twisted another hand towel, knelt down and gently wiped the County Master's legs.

"Why is it so hot in this damn weather?" Xi Ning was not so careful and wiped himself haphazardly.

After wiping myself down and changing into light clothes, I finally felt relieved. Just now, my whole body felt like it was getting cooked due to the terrible weather.

Jing'er served the chilled sour plum soup: "County Lord, please drink slowly, drink less, just this one bowl."

There was plenty of sour plum juice, and it was still chilled in the ice cream, but people in this era believed that women should not eat too much ice.

Xi Ning didn't care and drank it all in one go: "Bring the mung bean soup. I'll eat it slowly!"

Jing'er was about to say something, but when she heard it, she was speechless and handed over a small bowl of mung bean soup with ice cubes.

Xining took it, scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth to chew. Thinking of Jing'er, he took the spoon and pointed at the ice: "You eat it too! It's probably too hot. Let others take care of it from now on."

"Thank you, County Master!" Jing'er was also pitiful, her face turned red from the heat, just like cooked shrimps, but she still had to wait on her when she came back.

With permission from the county magistrate, she went out, wiped herself first, then went to another place to get iced mung bean soup and ate it.

Xining slowly ate spoonfuls of mung bean soup, glutinous rice juice mixed with lime, and saw that the city wall was still quite strong... Well, it seems that you need to buy some glutinous rice, and you can eat it even if you don't need it.

He allocated twenty taels of silver to dig a well! Money is easy to do. Butler Xiao immediately found the person who dug the well. There were two wells in the north and south of the city. Water came out after digging five meters deep in the south, but no water came out after digging ten meters deeper in the north.

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There was a senior old man in the city. Hearing that the county boss was digging wells to provide water for the people, he recommended himself there. In his sixties, he personally went down to a well nearly fifty feet deep, holding torches and candles to check.

After looking at it, he said that water could be produced, so he dug again.

After digging for more than five meters, water finally came out. The water was clear and sweet, and it was the best well water.

This time, Butler Xiao did not dare to be greedy. He had not much silver left, so he asked the people who built the granary to build a windlass at the mouth of the well to facilitate drawing water. After all, the two wells were too deep, and they could only be pulled by hand.

It will take a long time to pull the old man.

The weather was hot, so the people who passed by would fetch some water to drink for themselves and their animals. When the weather was too hot, the officers and soldiers guarding the city would fetch water to take a shower or something, which was very convenient.

The people simply named these two wells Changlin and Pingyi, separated the title of the county lord and the name of the county and reassembled them. Because the lord of Changping County entered from the south gate, it was called Changlin. And the north city was close to the Huns.

It's called Pingyi.

The granary was built, and the purchased grain began to be poured into it. During this period, Butler Lin and Xiao Zhan came and went four times, and summer passed unknowingly in the busyness.

Sometimes it's like this, it feels hard every day, but it really passes and each day passes quickly.

"County Lord, eat grapes!" Jing'er slowly peeled off a grape and put it on a plate with a toothpick next to it: "It's very sweet. This is a tribute from the Western Regions."

This was a reward from the King of Han. Only the favored ladies in the palace could eat the tributes from the Western Regions. The King of Han also gave her a share for the sake of a few melons.

When it came to the melon, the King of Han didn't pay attention at first. But after a lady finished eating, she said it was sweet, so he tasted it. It was really sweet and delicious. But he finished eating the melon. He heard that it was sold outside, but as a dignified emperor, he always wanted to eat it.

You can't ask people to go out and ask for the melons they bought.

Unexpectedly, half a month later, another two carts arrived. This time Hanwang ate happily. As soon as he finished eating, the third wave came again.

So much so that when the King of Han was eating melons, he would often sigh that the Lord of Changping County seemed to have grown up and knew that he was loyal to the emperor and loved him.
Chapter completed!