As for Huang Xiumei and the others not having a place to live, that is not a problem at all.

Xu Kuang still remembered that when his cheap father died, there were more than 2,000 households in Mushroom Ridge. However, after his predecessor became the lord, he had no intention of governing and only wanted to find the truth. Everyone ran away, leaving only these two people. More than a hundred households.

The houses are all ready-made, so Huang Xiumei and the others can just find one and live in it. It is not a problem at all.

As for what happens when the group of people who ran away come back? Let them stay in other people's rooms.

…

After Huang Xiumei received the news, she began to figure out where to build the blast furnace.

At this time, Huang Xiumei's eldest daughter Chen Xiaofeng and second daughter Chen Xiaoying opened the door and walked in.

"Mom, I heard that the lord is going to build a river when he worships the sky tomorrow. Do you want to go and see it?"

Huang Xiumei raised her head and said with a smile:

"Of course I want to go. Only by following the lord can we have enough to eat. Of course we have to join in the lord's excitement. But you said he wanted to build a river. Did you hear wrongly?"

Chen Xiaoying quickly defended:

"No, it was the lord who posted the notice, and Butler Ryan said it himself."

Huang Xiumei opened her mouth, and she was a little confused about the Lord's way.

People, once they are full, start to like to join in the fun. The news that Xu Kuang is going to build a river spread throughout Mushroom Ridge like it has wings.

The next day, everyone gathered at the highest point of Mushroom Ridge, next to a deep pit fifty meters in diameter.

Xu Kuang stood beside the pit, feeling a little excited.

He asked people to start setting up the altar, then turned around and said to the group of people in front of him:

"Before you sacrifice to heaven, you can't hide anything in your heart. I have something to tell you. I want to recruit a hundred soldiers. Who is willing to come?"

Chen Xiaohu and Chen Xiaobao came out of the crowd and shouted in unison:

"I do!".

Xu Kuang shouted:

"Okay! You two are the second and third place, and you will be rewarded with one hundred kilograms and fifty kilograms of grain respectively! The top ten selected will each be rewarded with twenty kilograms of grain! There are seven more places, first come first served. , hurry up to Butler Ryan and sign up."

The crowd came in droves, and soon, Ryan's book was filled.

Then York, Chen Xiaohu, and Chen Xiaobao followed Xu Kuang and Ryan to select soldiers. Starting from aspects such as vision and physical fitness, they quickly selected seventy soldiers.

"Okay, the rest depends on luck. Come to my place to draw balls. Those who draw red balls will serve as soldiers, and those who draw white balls will go back to farming."

Everyone rushed to draw the balls, and soon, all thirty red balls were drawn. Strangely enough, the ones who drew the red balls were all weak people.

Looking at this situation, Chen Xiaohu felt that his brain was really not enough, so he asked:

"Lord, why do you do this.".

Xu Kuang looked at Chen Xiaohu and smiled meaningfully:

"It's simple, if I take away all the strong men, who will farm the land?".

Chen Xiaohu was thoughtful.

"The mission is completed and the mission rewards have been distributed to your storage space.".

Xu Kuang had already taken out all the other things and was not worried that the storage space would be flooded.

As soon as Xu Kuang's mind moved, the sight of the storage space appeared in front of him.

Two booklets lay quietly in the storage space, next to three telescopes.

Before he had time to look, he heard Cuihua's voice.

"You already have the requirements for a breakthrough. Do you want to choose to break through?".

Xu Kuang thought for a moment and chose not to break through.

This was not the first time that Xu Kuang met the breakthrough requirement. He had already met the requirement when he sold the self-ringing bell for the first time, and had completely forgotten about it before.

But now is not the time for a breakthrough, he still wants to build a river.

Xu Kuang took out the booklet and began to check how to use it.

"[He Book (Meihe Chapter)]

To use this book, you need to prepare pigs, cattle and sheep, burn incense and bathe, bury the sword in the ground, burn this book in candlelight, and throw it at the source of the river. The ceremony will be completed and the river will appear. ".

When Xu Kuang saw how to use it, he couldn't help but underestimate it and said:

"Why are you so nagging...".

But then he realized that what he was doing was a silly thing, so he couldn't help but smile, and then he started to do it.

Although incense is not burned here to worship heaven, Xu Kuang has already prepared a bundle of incense. Xu Kuang is not a ruthless person, so he uses incense to worship his cheap father.

After the pigs, cattle and sheep were arranged, Xu Kuang began to offer sacrifices to heaven. He took out the river book, lit a corner, and then threw the river book to the place where the sword was buried.

Xu Kuang stood by the river book, staring at the fire quietly. Others also stretched their heads to look at Xu Kuang, wanting to see what the lord was up to.

Suddenly, Xu Kuang saw a spring emerging from the ground. The spring was getting bigger and bigger, and was about to reach Xu Kuang's feet.

Xu Kuang threw a tantrum and ran away.

The crowd with Xu Kuang's back was confused, while the group of people who were facing Xu Kuang smiled but did not dare to smile. They could only watch their lord running away in embarrassment.

More people were shocked, especially Huang Xiumei.

She understood very well what it meant for Xu Kuang to create a river. Why couldn't the people survive these years? Isn’t it because the weather is too dry? Now that there is water, it means that there will be a harvest next year, which means that wheat can be irrigated in spring...

Huang Xiumei knelt down directly in the direction of Xu Kuang.

"What a miracle! The lord has shown a miracle!".

Everyone knelt down in the direction of Xu Kuang.

Xu Kuang looked at this scene and sighed. He knew that there was no God in this world, and he didn't know who was right or wrong. He couldn't say anything.

Xu Kuang began to tell York some things:

"After the river stabilizes, the waterwheel will be erected, and all ditches will be dug before spring, so everyone should hurry up."

York had just come out of this scene, and he nodded blankly.

Xu Kuang was very satisfied with the effect of the river. He turned his head and looked at Ryan:

"Starting from tomorrow, be ready to receive refugees. We have water, and many people will definitely come to seek refuge."

Ryan took out a pen and paper and carefully memorized everything Xu Kuang told him.

"Master, but we suddenly have a river, and many people will be thinking about it."

Xu Kuang smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter, we have soldiers.".

Ryan didn't say anything, just nodded.

Xu Kuang called Chen Xiaohu again, handed the soldier basic training manual into his hands, and asked:

"Can you read?"

Chen Xiaohu nodded.

"Then follow the above method and practice well.".

Xu Kuang took a look and saw that what was recorded on it was Daxia's military training methods in the 1980s. Xu Kuang remembers clearly that the soldiers at that time were ridiculed by later generations of netizens as "physical sanctification" and "the strongest single soldier on the surface". The strength of this training method is evident.

Xu Kuang met Huang Xiumei again:

"The blast furnace will be built the day after tomorrow. The materials are all ready-made. It is estimated that two hundred people will only need a day or two to build a blast furnace. Xiaolong has to leave tomorrow. I will give him twenty sets of mule carts. The iron-making materials cannot be broken. Also. Any questions?".

Huang Xiumei nodded and said to Xu Kuang:

"Well, I don't understand this iron-making furnace. Why is it built so high?"