Chapter 79 Water Source Issue

After finally suppressing his anger, Chi Nan calmed down his voice: "Tell me, what's going on? We've always had water here, why is it suddenly not enough?"

The bald father looked helpless: "In the past, there were few people here, so the wells were enough. But now that there are more people, the wells are not enough. The water now is enough for drinking, but if the population continues to increase, it may not be enough."

A cold light flashed in Chi Nan's eyes: "If I remember correctly, there must be a river behind our territory, near the Death Forest. The amount of water in that river seems to be quite large."

At this time, Hermila spoke: "Sir, there is indeed a river behind us, but the water in that river is poisonous and cannot be drunk at all. If you want to drink water, you can only go to another small river outside the territory. . But that place has already left the territory, and there is no time to rescue if there is any danger. "

Chi Nan frowned: "What's going on? Why is the river water poisonous?"

The bald dad didn't know and could only shake his head. Hermila explained: "It seems that this matter has something to do with a poisonous woman. When we first came here, we thought it was a rumor, and some people went to drink water from the river over there, but later it turned out that it was true It's poisonous." A flash of fear flashed in Hermila's eyes.

"What exactly is going on? Tell me." The drinking water problem must be solved, otherwise there will be problems in the territory.

Hermila slowly told the story. The story says that a few decades ago in Hongsha Ridge, there once was a beautiful girl living upstream of the river there. At that time, the river was not poisonous.

The girl would bathe in the river every day, but suddenly one day, for some unknown reason, a lot of sores appeared on the girl's body. The originally beautiful girl suddenly became extremely terrifying.

Since then, the river has become poisonous, and it has become more and more toxic. In the future, no matter who drinks the water or bathes in that river, the same poisonous sores will develop on their bodies, and they will eventually die in pain.

From then on, the girl was called a poisonous girl and was driven out of Hongsha Ridge by the people of Hongsha Ridge, never to be seen again. It is said that the poisonous girl's body was later seen by some people, but no one knew about it.

"The older generation of people in Hongshaling hate Poison Girl very much. Because of Poison Girl, the best piece of land cannot be planted. Because they are worried about growing food on the land by the river, and the food grown will It’s also poisonous. All in all, the water in that river cannot be touched.”

The bald father also took the opportunity to say: "Yes, sir, why don't we build a fortress near the river outside. Fetching water from there will only take an extra hour or two."

Chi Nan rolled his eyes: "Isn't this just looking for something far away to cause trouble for yourself? I don't believe it yet."

Chi Nan's mind was spinning. There was indeed magic and all kinds of mysterious powers in this world. Therefore, it is not impossible for a river to be polluted and toxins appear because of one person.

But this story made Chi Nan suspicious, because no matter how you heard this story, the girl seemed to be the first victim. Will a woman who has never shown any special powers suddenly gain mysterious powers?

Besides, even if she has mysterious power, why would that woman harm other people? This is completely unreasonable, not to mention that she also harms herself. In Chi Nan's view, this is simply the paranoia of those ignorant civilians being persecuted. Therefore, the problem must not be with that poisonous girl.

Thinking of this, Chi Nan stood up and said: "There should be no problem with the river itself. The problem should be in the upper reaches of the river, further up. There must be some problem in that place."

"I believe that since it was not poisonous decades ago, the river can still be used as long as we can solve this problem." That river has a considerable amount of water. Chi Nan once heard that if the river could be used, the water in it would not cause water shortages even if the population increased more than ten times.

"But sir, upstream, upstream has entered the interior of the Forest of Death. If you must investigate, let the army go." The bald father was really worried that Chi Nan wanted to run in.

Chi Nan waved his hand: "No, I'm going to take a look. If this belongs to the category of mysterious power, it's useless if the army goes there. I have to see it myself to be sure of it."

"Okay, that's it. Anyway, there is no trouble in the territory now, and the situation outside is great. Even if I am not here, you can manage the territory for me."

Seeing that Chi Nan had made up his mind, the two people shook their heads helplessly and could only agree.

After all, he is the lord, and the lord's words are absolute orders. Chi Nan thought about it and found that there were indeed no detailed problems in his territory. The jujube tree has already stored a large amount of flour. The remaining noodles do not need to be regenerated by themselves, but rely on their own natural growth, which is enough for the people in the territory to not go hungry.

There are also a lot of weapons stored at home, three hundred soldiers, but the new pea cannons have been planted by themselves for more than a thousand. With so many pea cannons, even if a war breaks out, there won't be any problems.

Besides, if you just go to investigate, you won't waste too much time.

"Sir, since you are going there in person, you must bring the army with you, otherwise we will never allow you to go." Hemi pulled his snow-white hair and said seriously.

This lord is good in every way, but he likes to lead by example. Doesn't he know that if the lord is in danger, the whole territory will be in turmoil? Alas, why does this lord seem like a child who has not grown up.

"Of course I have to bring the army. If I go alone, I will die. But it is not easy to walk in the Death Forest. I am afraid it will be troublesome to bring too many people."

"No matter how troublesome it is, you must bring at least 100 people. Soldiers can die, but you, lord, can't."

Chi Nan was a little moved in his heart, and also felt a little inexplicably superior. After taking a deep breath, Chi Nan said, "Okay, then 100. The leader, Dad, you come. The territory still needs a leg to guard it." Mainly because the one leg is not good, Chi Nan can't bear to let a leg follow him.

"Don't worry, sir. Even if I die, I won't let anything happen to you." The bald old man almost swore to the sky.

"Then, the lord is in your hands. Bring more food later. Don't let the lord suffer."