Doomsday foresight

"Do you think what he said is true?" Jin Xi stood on the terrace and watched Zhang Fan and his brothers go away and turned to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen shook his head, "Half and half. They probably didn't care about us at first, and according to the geographical distribution, that sea area also belongs to us. They shouldn't go fishing, but they didn't take us seriously at all. Not only them, but also the sea sand." He said and sat cross-legged on the mat on the terrace.

"Do you remember when we watched them fish?"

Jinxi nodded.

"The relationship between the two bases should be quite good. Just look at their appearance when fishing. They don't regard us as opponents at all. What Zhang Fan said today is basically true, and the actual situation may be more serious."

"How to say?"

"When Zhang Fan talked about the harbor base, there was hatred and fear in the eyes of Zhang Hai next to him, but he concealed it very well."

"What does this mean?" Jinxi didn't understand. "The seaport base has conflicts with them. It's not surprising that they have such emotions."

Jiang Chen shook his head, "It's not that simple. Our people have been drying salt here last year. Why didn't we see them? Don't you think it's strange? These two bases are very close to us. Normally, they last year They should have found us, but I came here a few times last year and didn’t see them.”

Jin Xi suddenly said, "That's right, this is too strange."

"Our movement is not small, no matter how concealed it is, we will be discovered. The place where Jin Lin rescued Zhang Hai is in the forest to the west of us. The place where Zhang Hai hunted is less than five miles away from us. That is their range of activities. , it’s impossible not to discover it this way, there are only two possibilities.”

"what?"

"One may have just migrated here, and the other may not be here during the summer."

"It's impossible to just migrate here. Just because they know so much about the sea area, they don't stay here for a year or two. The range of activities in summer is not here, which is possible. In summer, tsunamis are frequent, maybe they go far inward Lu migrated."

Jiang Chen nodded, "This may be very big. But we still need to investigate it carefully. I always feel that this matter is not that simple."

Jin Xi sat down on the mat and sighed, "Why is it so troublesome." After finishing speaking, she looked at Jiang Chen with some depression, "If you analyze it this way, why do I feel that Zhang Fan seems to be acting all the time. And that Zhang Hai Was it a conspiracy to be rescued by Jinlin, otherwise how could they have given us so much information."

Jiang Chen felt that something was brewing in the two bases next to him, so he simply asked someone to send the letter back, and asked Yecheng to send a few investigators. Only Jinlin and Jinlin on their side could do this kind of thing.Things can't be figured out, and he always feels like something is going to happen in his heart.

In addition to learning about some situations with Zhang Fan the day before, I also made an agreement with them on the exchange of supplies. From their conversation, we can know that Zhang Fan and his supplies are very simple, and their supplies are all obtained from the sea. Got it from the sea.For a long time, they ate only one kind of sea food, and they also urgently needed some food and cotton cloth.

After negotiation, this time they exchanged two-thirds of the squid and fish they caught from the sea.In order to store food, after a period of exploration, they learned to smoke, bake and dry food, using new spices from new plants, so that the dried fish that was dried in this way was very delicious whether it was eaten directly or cooked.

The first exchange was a week later. The materials exchanged were the materials used in the castle, food and bedding, which were shipped last time. Because fishing can also be done here in winter, Jiang Chen decided to transfer the people from Yecheng to the city in winter. A group of people are coming, so everything that needs to be prepared must be fully prepared.

This batch of supplies happened to be exchanged.

After the materials were exchanged, Jiang Chen left the castle base. There were many things waiting for him in Yecheng, so he couldn't stay here forever.Before leaving, the remaining personnel in the castle were told by him over and over again how to defend themselves when encountering a situation.After leaving, he went first by himself and let the convoy leave behind. Before Yecheng exchanged with other bases, they got seven horses. One of the brown horses was used by Jiang Chen as a mount, and he could go back and forth faster on horseback. He thought about returning to Yecheng quickly, and then sending some people over.

Jiang Chen's departure didn't have much impact on Jin Xi, he wasn't worried, not to mention that the defense of the castle was very strong, even the people inside the castle were not weak.

The investigation of the bases on both sides has just started, and Jinxi doesn't care. The weather is hot and the salt will be dried. Now the salt drying place is placed in the castle. After the ground is thawed, before the tsunami comes, the people at the base start to dig reeds , Where they dug last year, new reeds grew, but the salt mud in the ground did not increase much.In order to keep this natural salt pond alive, the salt mud will be dug in another place this year.When Jinlin was probing, he found a road leading directly to the reed field, which reduced the distance by half an hour compared to before.And it's flat enough to pass a bullock cart.

The salt mud pulled back was melted to remove impurities, filtered several times, and then dried. This time the salt was well prepared. They originally planned to dig several crystallization pools, but in the final design, the crystallization pools were changed to the wall of the castle. A sun-drying salt pond with a width of [-] meters and a height of [-] centimeters was built on it according to the location. Some anti-seepage geomembranes were laid in it from the abandoned city, so that salt can be dried on the outer wall of the castle. The crystallization pool is close to the inside of the city wall. , there is a walkway of more than one meter on the outside, which usually does not affect the traffic. If the crystal pool still leaves during the war, it will not affect it, and because there will be people working on the city wall when the salt is dried, this can also increase the patrol density.In the northwest corner of the city wall, there is a room on the first floor. There is a large pool inside the room, and there is also a large tank for filtration next to it. All the filtered brine will be put into the pool, and then sent to the city wall through the well. .

In this way, some seafood can also be dried in the yard, saving a lot of space.

The weather is getting warmer and the sun is abundant, and a new day begins. Early in the morning, a few strong men used wells to send the water from the salt pond below to the salt pond on the city wall. The salt ponds are divided into two groups according to the location. , From the top of the castle, you can already see the sun-dried salt in one of the pools piled up in the pool on the side. The speed of this sun-dried salt is much faster than last year, and the salt that has been sun-dried in this way has caught up with the previous large-grain salt .There is no need to send it back to the village for further processing.

At this rate, when it snows, they can save enough salt to exchange for more horses, cattle and sheep.With table salt, they can save other things too.

After measuring the salt production, Jinxi was in a very good mood, and this mood lasted until the tsunami came.

It seems that the tsunami came a little late this year. Zhang Fan introduced the situation here before. Although he didn’t know what his purpose was, Zhang Fan still told them a lot of useful information, including the information about the tsunami. According to Zhang Fan, the time of the tsunami’s arrival Just a week after the sea anomaly.But now half a month has passed since that time.Jinxi has not foreseen the tsunami, and the general weather is regular. If this rule is broken, it may bring disaster.

The sky suddenly turned cloudy that day. Speaking of which, Jinxi hadn’t seen rain for a long time. Now the winter here is very cold, and the snowfall is also very frequent. Maybe there is too much snowfall in winter, so there is very little rain in summer.Jinxi thinks this is also the reason why plants grow under the snow in winter. These plants absorb enough water in the snow in winter, so they grow so well in summer, instead of dying due to lack of rain.

It's very interesting. Jinxi remembers that at the beginning of the disaster, because of lack of water, he had to water a lot of water every day in order to keep the vegetables in the yard watered in buckets. Affected, still in good spirits, as if they were not watered so much.Perhaps plants have adapted to such an environment.

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, Jin Xi was not in a happy mood.In such a climate, every heavy rain represents a disaster.

"Open the sewer of the castle, and plug the doors of the balcony and terrace. Don't go out today." Jinxi didn't dream of anything last night, but he felt depressed. Maybe there was nothing today, but he didn't dare to take risks.

The heavy rain fell during lunch, because everyone didn’t go out, the cafeteria was full of people, it’s rare for everyone to get together like this, they all gathered together talking and laughing, Jinxi didn’t let people go out because they didn’t feel good, so they just did it at noon After a big meal, everyone had a good time. When a large pot of seafood tofu soup was served, there was a loud click, which startled the people in the room, and then the raindrops fell, densely like strips Wire.

Jinxi stood up and came to the French windows facing the yard in the cafeteria. Because there were many people sitting here, the windows were open for ventilation.At this time, looking at the distance of a few meters outside, it is no longer visible.It's raining too much.

"Go and see if the doors and windows are closed. It's raining too much. Brother Jinxin, take someone underground to see if there is any water leakage."

Jin Xin nodded. He is the eldest grandson of the third uncle Jinxi. When he was a child, he had a fever and burned his throat. Although he could speak, it was hard to hear. He didn't speak unless necessary. Because of this reason, he was not valued by his family. Usually he doesn't come forward, but this time when he came with Jinxi and the others, Jiang Chen felt that Jinxin did things quietly but really, he did everything he told him well, but he was used to being silent and wouldn't take the initiative.Jiang Chen felt that there was nothing wrong with him, and asked Jin Xin to take care of Jin Xi before he left.As a result, he stayed in front of Jinxi as long as he had nothing to do, and told him what happened to Jinxi in the past few days. Gradually, he felt that this cousin who had been silent all this time seemed very reliable, and he did everything he explained well. .

The rain was too heavy, and a lot of rainwater quickly gathered in the yard. Fortunately, they had prepared for it.In winter, the snow is heavy and melts quickly. When they built the castle, they had a perfect sewer system, but they didn't expect to use it so soon.And because it is cold in winter, there are passages inside the castle walls. It was a coincidence that such weather was never expected when it was built.

The heavy rain kept falling, and it became lighter after more than an hour. The castle was still strong, but because the speed of the water was a little slow, the yard was always like a pool.The basement was supposed to store materials, and the waterproofing was done well, but no water came in. However, there was a leak in a room on the top floor, and no one lived in it. It will be repaired after the rain stops.

Fall asleep early at night with the sound of rain on Jinxi River.