That night, everyone returned with great pleasure. The next day, Su Hao and his subordinates followed the survey of the wells around the surrounding area. Tu Wenhuan accompanied Su Hao around the mountains and fields despite his nearly 60 years old, and had to discuss everything with Su Hao. At the beginning, Tu Wenhuan still had some thoughts on taking the school exam. Unexpectedly, after chatting with Su Hao along the way, he was completely shocked. Su Hao's wide range of knowledge and profound knowledge made him, an old scholar who always claimed to be a master of learning, sighed without a trace.

In today's terms, Tu Wenhuan is also an official with a technical background and has some knowledge about astronomy, geography and engineering. But compared with Su Hao, Tu Wenhuan's knowledge is really unfavorable. Su Hao systematically studied modern scientific theories and worked in the geology department for many years. He is very familiar with the mountains, rivers and rivers everywhere. It is really difficult for Tu Wenhuan to find something that Su Hao doesn't understand.

"Brother Su, I really didn't expect that you were so familiar with the situation in Yunnan. I fought in Yunnan with General Wuqiao for several years, and I had only a little experience in the local geography and scenery. You can't say that you also learned this knowledge from the missionary of the Folangji, right?" Tu Wenhuan asked Su Hao in confusion.

Su Hao then realized that he had said too much. The western part of Yunnan, where Deng Zilong's troops stationed, belonged to the Hengduan Mountains. The area has complex geological structures, a wide variety of metal minerals and rich reserves, which can be called a natural geological museum. As a geological expert, Su Hao has visited that area dozens of times and has seen the local remote sensing map countless times. Not to mention the trends of mountains and rivers on the surface, even the underground mineral veins, Su Hao can be said to be well aware of them.

However, during the Ming Dynasty, the Yunnan-Guizhou area was still a wild place, and few people had systematic research on it. The knowledge that Su Hao mastered was far ahead of this era. No matter how he explained it, it was difficult to convince people.

"Old Tu, if I say I'm listening to the businessman who went to Yunnan to do business, do you believe it?" Su Hao asked tentatively with retreating.

Tu Wenhuan shook his head and said, "The merchant knows at best what is happening on a horse road or two, and Brother Su said more than the merchant's eyes can do. If he had not traveled through the mountains of Yunnan for several years, he would not have such insight."

"I have never left Fengcheng except to go to Nanchang to participate in the mansion examination." Su Hao said.

"Yes, it's because of this that I feel strange." Tu Wenhuan said.

Su Hao smiled and said, "I think I should have heard someone talk about it. I have loved listening to these strange things since I was a child. I can't remember who I heard about it."

Tu Wenhuan heard that Su Hao was deliberately concealing some things, but he couldn't guess what he was hiding. However, since Su Hao was unwilling to say it, he was inconvenient to force it, so he could only say to himself: "This is really a strange thing. Brother Su seems to have some extraordinary encounters."

Su Hao stayed in Guangfeng Township for two days, measured four or five well positions, and then took his entourage to the next township.

During this trip to the countryside, Su Hao stayed outside for nearly a month. With the assistance of more than a dozen students and workhouse runners, he surveyed dozens of well locations for the eight most densely populated townships in the county. The probability of water coming out of the well increased from about 25% in the past to nearly 80%.

As a large number of wells were dug out, hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land were effectively watered, and the dying crops regained their vitality. Farmers also remembered the name Su Hao when they celebrated their foreheads.

"I finally got home."

Standing in front of his own door, Su Hao let out a long sigh. In this month, he walked hundreds of miles and often had to cross mountains and rivers. This was a arduous test for the body of the scholar he inherited. However, after this month of exercise, he felt that his body was much stronger than when he had just crossed it, and he was no longer the weak scholar in the past who had to breathe after taking a few steps.

"Old Chen, thank you for your hard work this month. Go back and rest quickly." Su Hao said to Chen Guanyu who was following him.

Chen Guanyu said: "It's not hard, it's not hard. In fact, I've been eating and drinking spicy food all over the past month. I've never lived such a good life. This is all thanks to Master Su."

When Su Hao heard this, he couldn't help laughing. Although he worked hard in the countryside this month, he really had a good meal. He was originally on behalf of the county government, and what he did was a good thing like digging wells, so all townships and villages tried their best to receive them. Chen Guanyu used to be a Feng Shui master and fooled him everywhere, often eating hungry and full. During this period, he ate big fish and meat every day, and his face became obviously fat, and his double chin was almost appearing.

"It's good if you don't work hard. You go back and rest first. I'll find you another day." Su Hao said.

"Then I won't delay my master's return home." Chen Guanyu respectfully bowed to Su Hao, and then returned to Ximen Qingduguan where he was staying. During this trip to the countryside, in addition to delicious food and drink, he also earned nearly 10 taels of extra money, which was the red envelopes given to Su Hao in various villages. Su Hao allowed him to withdraw 10% of it as a hard-earned fee.

He could get so much money without doing anything, which made Chen Guanyu's worldview suddenly change significantly. It seems that people are right. Everything is inferior, only to be a senior official. He thought about it. From now on, he would follow Master Dingsu. He waved his hand casually, and it would be more money he earned than he had worked hard.

Seeing Chen Guanyu leave, Su Hao turned around and said to the two strong men following him: "Two brothers, this is my family. If you don't dislike it, you can live in my house in the future. My house is very big, but only me, my mother and sister live. You can live enough to live."

The two strong men were Deng Kui and Hao Tong beside Tu Wenhuan. Since Su Hao agreed to try to make a flintlock rifle for Tu Wenhuan, Tu Wenhuan sent the two to Su Hao, calling it a guard for Su Hao.

Su Hao knew that Tu Wenhuan sent these two people to follow him for many purposes. It is of course one of the purposes of being a guard for himself, but the more reason was to supervise whether he was really working hard to study the flintlock rifle. After all, Tu Wenhuan had 500 taels of silver in advance, and his wealth was moving. Even if he trusted Su Hao, he still had to arrange for people to keep an eye on Su Hao's movements at all times.

Deng Kui and Hao Tong followed Su Hao, and another advantage was that they could help Su Hao deal with some possible troubles. For example, Chen Guanyu once reminded that the people were not allowed to make weapons privately. With Deng Kui and Hao Tong by their side, it can be proved that Su Hao was not making weapons privately, but was helping the army to make weapons.

Deng Kui and Hao Tong were reluctant to be the entourage of Su Hao because they knew that Tu Wenhuan would soon return to Yunnan, and that he would be the entourage of Su Hao, so he would have to stay in Fengcheng for a long time. Although the living conditions in Fengcheng were much better than those of the border, these two were used to staying in the army. It was too uncomfortable to let them leave the army and work with a scholar.

Unwilling to return, the military orders were everywhere. Tu Wenhuan made such arrangements, and Deng Kui and Hao Tong had no choice. In this way, they followed Su Hao from Guangfeng Township and returned to the county town. The others all went back to their own houses and went to their mothers. They could only follow Su Hao without a single step, waiting for Su Hao to settle them.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Deng Kui nodded and replied in a muffled voice: "Abide by the order... However, our brothers are all rough people. Please be with your mother and sister, don't disturb them."

Su Hao said: "My mother and sister are also from the countryside and will not be picky. However, you may have to trouble you to live in the backyard, so it will be more convenient for everyone to come in and out."

"However Master Su arranges, we can live in the same way as our brothers." Hao Tong said, "Sir Su has been digging wells in the countryside some time ago, and now he has returned to the county town. I have to hurry up the matter of building a flintlock rifle."

Su Hao said: "Don't worry, I will start to arrange this matter tomorrow."

"Master Su has been so worried." Hao Tong said.

After the explanation, Su Hao and two people walked into the house. Lu Xiuer, who was doing needlework in the living room, suddenly looked up and found that her brother was back. She was so happy that she threw the things in her hand on the table, then jumped up, and turned around and shouted to the upstairs:

"Mom, my brother is back! My brother is back!"
Chapter completed!