Mountain God Reservoir (4/5)

As you walk along the road paved with blue bricks, the envy in the eyes of the middle-aged people never stops.

While not unique to this era, it was extremely rare for a village to be so extravagant as to pave all its rural roads with blue bricks.

In most cases, a village that could afford to use bricks to build houses was considered relatively wealthy.

According to the middle-aged people, it seems that the "Son of the Mountain God" improved the brick-making process, which made Li Household Village a well-known brick-making powerhouse in the vicinity.

Unlike high-quality rice varieties that can be freely exchanged.

The Li Household Village keeps a tight rein on the brick-making process and basically doesn't allow outsiders to get involved.

Even those who joined the "Production Brigade" had to go through numerous screenings and tests before they could learn even a part of the process.

"Is that the already completed Mountain God Reservoir?"

Not long after entering Li Household Village, the middle-aged man saw the dam in the distance, so out of place with this era.

In this era where even building a reservoir is considered a large-scale project.

Such a well-organized, orderly, and massive dam is almost an incredible miracle.

When the middle-aged man first came to Li Household Village three years ago, he heard that the "Son of the Mountain God" wanted to completely solve the problem of the village relying on the Heavenly Timing for its livelihood.

At first, the middle-aged man thought that the "Son of the Mountain God" wanted to ask the mountain god for help to move a tributary of the water system past Li Household Village.

To his utter surprise, the "Son of the Mountain God" mobilized hundreds of people from nearby villages to work together for three years to build such a groundbreaking reservoir.

This certainly wouldn't have been possible without the full support of the people of Li Household Village for the "Son of the Mountain God."

This also shows that the "Son of the Mountain God" is different from the priests and shamans of the past.

He clearly preferred to use his wisdom to mobilize the Mountain Folk and get everyone together to solve practical problems.

Most importantly, this means that the "Son of the Mountain God's " methods can be replicated.

The villages near Li Household Village worked together and spent three years building a "Mountain God Reservoir".

Why can't villages in other regions build their own reservoirs in a similar way?

"Yes, that's the Mountain God Reservoir," but it's not fully completed yet.

Looking at the distant dam with a complicated expression, Xiao'e clearly understood this point better than the middle-aged man.

In order to coordinate the relationship between the various villages, and also to prevent the construction of this reservoir from affecting the water use of the upstream and downstream villages.

From the very beginning of the reservoir's construction, Xiao'e had been in continuous contact and discussions with the former village chief of Li Household Village.

"This isn't even finished yet!?"

Looking at the water pipes and canals branching off from the reservoir and flowing to the various terraced fields, the middle-aged man's face showed disbelief.

The middle-aged man was a skilled farmer from the Mountain Folk, and he could naturally see the function of these water pipes and canals.

Water is stored during the wet season and released during the dry season.

This ensures that the crops in these terraced fields have ample water for irrigation at all times.

If their village had a reservoir like that, middle-aged people wouldn't have to worry about whether they'd have enough to eat next year.

That "Son of the Mountain God" is different from us ordinary people.

"Although he built reservoirs and canals, he never used them merely as reservoirs and canals."

"In the vision of that Son of the Mountain God, water storage and irrigation were merely the most basic uses of this reservoir."

Xiao'e, thinking of Li Boyang's final plan for the reservoir, she quickly continued to explain.

"These mountains are not only inhabited by humans, but also by other intelligent spirits and creatures."

"The Son of the Mountain God doesn't want our conflict to escalate further, so this reservoir also serves functions such as flood control, aquaculture, and even improving the ecological environment."

Perhaps knowing that these terms would be difficult for middle-aged people to understand, Xiao'e used a simpler and clearer way of saying it.

Have you ever heard of Human-Faced Fish?

"It's one of those four-clawed fish with a human face."

"They live near water and have extremely strict requirements for water quality, so their numbers are very small."

"However, ever since this reservoir was built, every winter, the Human-Faced Fish enters the reservoir through its migration channels and stays there until the following year."

"There are also some mountain spirits and wild monsters that cannot find water during the dry season, and they also choose to live near this reservoir."

Hearing Xiao'e say this, the middle-aged man's shock and disbelief became even more apparent.

"Isn't this Son of the Mountain God afraid they'll attack the village?"

Xiao'e shook her head gently and said with a firm tone.

"No, they not only didn't attack the village, they even intentionally or unintentionally protected the reservoir."

The mountain spirits and wild monsters of this world are not merely wild beasts.

The intelligent individuals among them are not much less intelligent than humans.

The construction of a large reservoir can only bring benefits to this region.

Furthermore, most of those spirits and monsters are connected to mountain gods and river gods, so it is very clear who was in charge of building this reservoir.

Neither the Red-Haired Ghost God who split mountains and cleaved the earth with a single sword strike, nor the Flying Peak who has become active again, are ordinary mountain spirits and monsters that can easily mess with them.

They will naturally choose to abide by the rules and order established by these two "gods".

It's just a slight preference for humans, isn't it?

Those mountain spirits and monsters could accept it perfectly well; after all, it wasn't the first time something like this had happened.

"But what if—"

He opened his mouth as if to speak, but hesitated, clearly still unable to accept this fact.

After all, the middle-aged man's village had been attacked by a mountain monster not long ago, and he had absolutely no liking for those mountain spirits and monsters in the forest.

"There's nothing to worry about; those mountain spirits and monsters wouldn't dare to act recklessly here."

As Xiao'e finished speaking, the two of them officially entered the residential area of Li Household Village.

Then, the middle-aged people saw strong and healthy young people working in the fields, and occasionally they could see some half-grown children playing and frolicking.

Compared to the emaciated Mountain Folk, these young adults and children generally appeared quite robust.

Especially the girl in the lead who was playing with a butterfly knife.

His lean, muscular physique exudes an aesthetic that is distinct from that of this era.

"I already told you, this isn't a place for you to fool around!"

With one hand, she lifted a flailing boy, and then the girl leaped out of the field.

The nearly two-meter-high ridge seemed to exist entirely outside of her perception.

As for the young people working nearby?

They simply watched the whole thing unfold with amusement, and some even mocked the boy for daring to challenge the girl's authority.

It's easy to imagine that this scene was just a typical occurrence in the village.

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