Chapter 1897 Difficulty in Eating Water

While I was worrying, there was the sound of horse-drawn carriages running. It was the convoy that went to fetch water and was back!

Danian rode in front of the convoy and came over first to report to Gu Jinli: "Madam, Lao Bao and the others failed to get water, and they also broke a carriage. Lao Bao was hit by the carriage while trying to save others."

Sure enough, the Grizzly Guard didn't provide water and even beat people!

Gu Jinli's face darkened and he asked, "How is Lao Bao injured? Is it serious?"

Danian shook his head: "Lao Bao is a veteran and has experience. He only injured his arm. Uncle Mu Tong is checking his injuries in the carriage. They will be here soon."

He came over in advance to tell his wife so that she could have an idea.

"Okay, I understand." Gu Jinli responded and told the New Year: "Give me the order. In the next few days, everyone will eat dry food and a bowl of water per day. Unless they are sick or patrolling soldiers, everyone else will eat the same." Don’t ask for more water.”

If the water has not arrived, they must make arrangements in advance and cannot use up the existing water.

"Yes." Danian rode away, first running to inform Yao Baihu, and then informing all relatives and servants.

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the right house.

Gu Jinli lives here, and the left house is where Yao Baihu and the others work. Gu Jinli usually doesn't go there.

However, Lao Bao and the others knew that Gu Jinli was powerful and the money for fetching water was given by Gu Jinli, so they came to her for help as soon as possible.

"Hey!" The soldier stopped the carriage.

"Madam, Lao Bao is fine. He was hit by a carriage and his arm was dislocated. I have already fixed his arm." Uncle Mu Tong's voice came, and after reassuring Gu Jinli, he lifted the car curtain and helped Lao Bao out. .

Lao Bao's face was bruised and bruised, and his feet were a little lame. When he saw Gu Jinli, he said guiltily, "Madam, I'm sorry, I couldn't get the water."

After saying that, he handed her the money bag he was holding, and said even more guiltily: "I have collected five taels of silver...but the people from the Grizzly Bear Guard collected the money and refused to let us in... Madam, don't worry, these five taels of silver will come from my Deductions from military pay.”

Gu Jinli shook his head: "There's no need to make up for the money. As long as you guys are fine, as for the water issue, we can think of another solution. Don't worry too much."

"Madam, Danian said that Lao Bao and the others didn't get water. I came over to take a look and ask Lao Bao a few words." Yao Baihu got the news and immediately brought Lu over.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Go to the camp and talk."

Gu Jinli took the group of them to a large tent next to the house.

This large tent was built by Qin Sanlang before he left. It was for him to receive his subordinates who came to him in an emergency when they were at home. Now Gu Jinli is meeting Yao Baihu and the others here.

"Old Bao, tell me clearly what's going on." Yao Baihu asked immediately as he sat down.

Lao Bao sighed and told them about their work at the Grizzly Guard to fetch water... They were the Grizzly Guard who had arrived at half past time. They were the first batch of soldiers to come to fetch water. According to the rules, they took out their military cards and reported. If you follow the peak's name at the guard station, you can go in to get water.

But when the Grizzly Guards heard that they were soldiers under Qin Qianhu, they immediately changed their attitude and stopped them, saying that the weather was cold and the wells were frozen, so there was no way to fetch water.

This is simply nonsense!

The soldiers and horses of Shigang Guard who came behind them were able to go in to fetch water. Why was it that the well was frozen when they arrived?

Lao Bao knew that the people from Grizzly Guard were deliberately trying to embarrass them, so he stuffed five taels of silver into the guard general flag and begged him to go in and inform Zhuang Qianhu that people from Changliang Guard Qin Qianhu were here to fetch water.

The general flag collected the money and left, but did not come out for more than an hour.

"The people guarding the gate of the station cannot leave their posts without authorization. The general flag can stay there for a long time. It must be Zhuang Qianhu's special permission. I was so anxious that I simply brought out General Xu's military order and said that General Xu said, Nowadays, not every guard post has a well. In order to ensure that the soldiers have water, the guard posts with wells are not allowed to refuse soldiers from other guard posts without wells to draw water, so please let us in."

"Maybe these words angered them, and then the horse was frightened, the carriage was hit, and I was injured. When things got to this point, we also knew that the Grizzly Guard people would not give us water. , we can only come back with the convoy."

General Yao Qi frowned when he heard this and asked the key question: "After you were injured, did the generals of the Grizzly Guard come out to ask questions?"

Lao Bao shook his head: "No..."

The soldiers guarding the gate also laughed at them and told them to go back and treat their injuries quickly, so as not to delay the injury and make their hands useless.

With a bang, Mr. Yao slammed the table and cursed: "This is simply too much bullying. General Xu issued military orders, but they deliberately made things difficult for us. They wanted the two guards to become enemies and destroy the first line of defense against the enemy. Unity?!”

Lu quickly advised him: "Ms. sir, don't be angry first. It's more important to settle the water issue first."

Gu Jinli nodded and said in agreement: "Aunt Yao is right. Let's write down the matter about the Grizzly Bear Guard first. We have to wait until the father-in-law comes back before going to the Grizzly Bear Guard to ask for an explanation. Now we have to find a way to get water first."

Grizzly Bear Guard is the head of Zhuang Qianhu, and only Qin Sanlang, who is of the same rank, is qualified to go to Zhuang Qianhu to seek justice. None of them are qualified, and they will only suffer losses if they go.

But Yao Baihu said worriedly: "This side of the first line of defense used to be wasteland. We had to build a guard station to guard it before we started digging wells. But there were few well diggers. There was only one out of the three guard stations in the first line of defense." There is a well in the guard, but the Grizzly Bear Guard does not let us draw water, so we can only run to the Shaliu Guard, which is further away. But Qianhu of Shaliu Guard is also a member of General Jiang, and together with Vice General Yue, Lin Qianhu, and Zhuang Qian The households belong to the same group."

The Grizzly Guard didn't even fetch water for them, how could the Shaliu Guard?

"It's too useless to ask for help!" Yao Baihu felt aggrieved and didn't want to ask for help.

Gu Jinli remembered something: "Xiaoji, go to the house and ask Ji Zhenniang about the Dabuwei well."

She remembered that Dabuwei was digging a water well, and that well was dug at the same time as Shaliuwei's well. Now that Shaliuwei's well was dug, Dabuwei's well should be dug almost as well. .

Not long after, Xiaoji and Erqing came back, and what they told her was: "Madam, the wells in Dabuwei have not been dug. I heard that after the imperial decree came down, the masters who dug the wells in Dabuwei were transferred away. We went to Shaliuwei and dug out the well in Shaliuwei before the soil was completely frozen."

Damn it!

Gu Jinli couldn't help but cursed. It was so outrageous. The person who dug the well was immediately transferred away as soon as the imperial decree was issued. Should it be so ugly?

Yao Baihu was also very angry and wanted to curse, but he was worried about General Xu and General Jiang and did not dare to curse.

Gu Jinli asked Erqing again: "Have you seen the well in Dabuwei? How deep was it dug? Has water come out?"

Erqing also knew that it was difficult to draw water in the northwest, and Gu Jinli often talked about digging a deep well, so after arriving at Dabuwei, he asked You An to see the well. You An told her the situation and replied: " We dug nine feet deep, but the land here is dry and we haven’t seen any water yet.”

Nine feet deep?

That’s more than twenty meters!

Gu Jinli's eyes widened when he heard this: "It's a deep well. If this well is drilled in a shallow water layer, if you drill a few more meters down, water will probably come out!"

But Yao Baihu said: "I'm afraid we won't be able to dig. The weather is too cold now and the soil is frozen solid, so we can't dig at all."