Chapter 749 - 523: Watering the Fir Trees

Chapter 749: Chapter 523: Watering the Fir Trees

Wei Ziang was right; shortly after they left, others also set out from the mainland.

When they returned from their seaside excursion, it wasn’t long before the main group arrived. They didn’t enter the city but went straight to the bay area.

Soon, many people were recruited from nearby towns to come over. Before everything began, the first step was to build accommodations for the craftsmen and guards.

Because this was a long-term project, not only the craftsmen but also their families almost all came along.

Of course, as compensation for relocating the entire family, it was substantial.

After settling the living arrangements, they needed to hire a large number of workers to search the nearby mountains for suitable timber.

The main material for shipbuilding is fir wood; coincidentally, stretching hundreds of acres, there is a forest of fir trees growing just one mountain away from the bay.

After observing the topography of the bay and discovering the abundance of fir trees nearby, the craftsmen praised it vividly as a feng shui treasure land for shipbuilding!

The bay is calm, the seawater is deep, and building a large ship wouldn’t risk hitting the bottom. If successful, it can safely navigate out of the bay and into the sea.

The nearby fir forest is also extensive, fully sufficient.

While everyone was busy with building houses, Xiaomi took Wei Ziang to ride over to the fir forest.

"If we had known about this large fir forest here, we would have come earlier. Shouldn’t using some Spiritual Spring water help them grow better?"

The map was drawn by the escort team that came with them, and the fir forest was discovered by them, but Xiaomi was lazy and didn’t look at the map, so she only learned about it now.

When Xiaomi was muttering, she was feeding water to her horse.

Their horses had come from the Capital City, journeying for more than two months.

Despite being away from their owners for two months and the long journey, the two horses remained sturdy, thanks to years of attentive feeding that wasn’t just casual.

Little Hei, Little Bai, and Little Mi also emerged. They planned to stay in the fir forest for a while and had already informed their family in advance.

As soon as Little Hei came out of the space, it ran like the wind, ecstatic, sprinting up and down the nearby mountain continuously.

Little Mi was more polite. It was likely asleep while in the space, so when it came out, it stretched lazily, yawned, and stretched its limbs.

Little Bai, as usual, followed closely beside Little Mi, adopting a stance of wherever Little Mi was, it would be there too.

Once Little Mi finished stretching, Wei Ziang picked it up casually and placed it on Little Bai’s back, then he started to groom the two horses, right in time to hear Xiaomi’s mumbling.

"It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to nurture people; it’s not like a little Spiritual Spring water will cause immediate change."

Therefore, when he discovered this fir forest on the map, he didn’t say much.

Xiaomi completely ignored this explanation: "Well, anything that helps is good, isn’t it? Besides, big trees don’t change much, but it certainly helps with the saplings, doesn’t it? You said it yourself; building ships isn’t something that can be completed in a day or two."

That seems to make sense, leaving Wei Ziang speechless, even feeling that not telling Xiaomi about this earlier was simply wasting time.

Once the horses were fed and watered, Xiaomi stored them in the space since the fir forest was full of wild weeds and brambles, and the ground was littered with rocks and steep slopes.

Such slopes weren’t suitable for the horses.

As for why bother to pull them out and then put them back into the space? Why not directly put them inside?

It was naturally because they hadn’t been seen for a long time and were greatly missed.

After finishing these tasks, Xiaomi finally rolled up her sleeves, raised her arm for encouragement: "Let’s go! Time to work!"

After speaking, she started climbing the mountain.

Wei Ziang watched, amused, shook his head, and casually picked up a hoe nearby.

No matter what, since they were out, they couldn’t return empty-handed, without doing anything.

Using the hoe to dig a groove around the fir trees, paying attention not to get too close to the roots.

Xiaomi poured a bucket of Spiritual Spring water into the groove.

The space had a river, and the water in the river had a slight amount of Spiritual Energy, less than the Spiritual Spring in the courtyard, but it was quite nice for irrigating crops.

Of course, currently used wasn’t the river water but still Spiritual Spring water, especially for some unused saplings, which were watered with more Spiritual Spring water.

First, they used the hoes to clear and dig the grooves, once the digging was about done, Xiaomi went to irrigate with Spiritual Spring water while Wei Ziang continued.

They worked from morning to night; at noon, they only had a meal prepared by Ling’er, and after eating, they continued working.

Luckily, both had been practicing martial arts for a long time, and their bodies were very strong; if it were anyone else, they’d probably be too exhausted to stand straight.

The two were still okay; they seemed quite energetic, summoning back the lively Little Hei and the others, then went directly back to the space together.

Each returned to their room to soak in a bath, soaking comfortably, before coming out to eat dinner. After eating their fill, they went back to their rooms to sleep, continuing the irrigation the next day.

It took them three days to irrigate an entire fir forest, not only that, once they finished, it was evident that numerous crisscrossing trenches were dug on the entire hillside.

At the very edge of the mountain, there were also embankments built, seemingly to block something.

Xiaomi went to the top of the mountain, where there was a small pit, also dug by them.

Around the small pit were several outlets, and this time, Xiaomi used the water from the river.

A large amount of river water gushed from the space, filled the pit, and then flowed down the nearby outlets, flowing in all directions, covering the entire hillside.

The previously specially dug grooves showed their utility, allowing the Spiritual Energy-infused river water to spread across the hillside as much as possible, rather than just flowing away directly.

After the pit was full, Xiaomi slowed down the water release, as the grooves dug were quite shallow. If the water flow was too strong, it could easily collapse the trenches.

Once Xiaomi had released the river water for a considerable amount of time, Wei Ziang went down to take a look around, came back, and told Xiaomi it was about enough; almost the entire hillside had been sprayed with river water.

Then the two went to the next mountain.

Wei Ziang was right; the already usable big trees, even after being watered with Spiritual Spring water, didn’t show much difference.

However, those saplings indeed reacted as Xiaomi said; after absorbing the Spiritual Spring water, they became more lush, almost overnight they appeared rejuvenated, full of vitality.

This time, the two were busy outside for a whole month, practically working, eating, sleeping, and then getting up to work again.

Aside from the first two or three days when Xiaomi’s spirit was good, she soon became too tired to talk, partly due to the fatigue and partly because of the repetitive nature being quite boring.

Initially, Wei Ziang tried to persuade her to return, rest for a few days, and then come back, but Xiaomi declined.