Chapter 146 North Sea
Xu Qiuyue arrived at the backyard of the county government office and finally couldn't help herself and took a good bath.

Along the way, Xu Qiuyue was reluctant to expose her space.

So there is water in Xu Qiuyue's space, but it is not convenient to take it out.

Xu Qiuyue could only make an excuse to go out to find water. Xu Qiuyue knew some skills in finding water.

Xu Qiuyue grew up in a farming family and learned some skills.

Sometimes, Xu Qiuyue really found water.

Sometimes, Xu Qiuyue couldn’t find water, so she released the water that she had placed in the space in advance.

Xu Qiuyue's food has been pretty good these days, and her cooking skills are pretty good.

Lu Yuan was not poor either, so he brought plenty of food with him.

Sometimes, jackals, tigers and leopards would come and attack everyone.

Lu Yuan’s martial arts skills are not bad, and the guards he brings with him are also very strong.

Plus there are officers and soldiers.

Any wild animal that came near us was killed.

The beast meat doesn't last long, and there's no time to make it into bacon while traveling.

So Xu Qiuyue would cook it directly.

There were many criminals and soldiers on the road.

Each person finished all the meat in just a few bites.

There's not much left.

Especially those criminals, who could only eat some bread while on the road.

Xu Qiuyue took a bath and put the bath tub and the water into the space.

“Madam, I never thought that there would be no water after arriving in North City.

Isn't North City next to the sea? You can't drink the sea water, but you can always use it for bathing, right? "

Chunzhu came over with a small bucket of water, looking very unhappy, wanting to help Xu Qiuyue wash.

It can be seen that Chunzhu must have put a lot of effort in finding this half bucket of water.

"Chunzhu, you've worked hard along the way. You, Qiuxiang, and Xingzhu should share this half bucket of water to clean your bodies! You two have worked hard following me. I want to see if I can find a new water source here. There should be groundwater here."

Xu Qiuyue had already taken a bath, so naturally she didn't need water.

Chunzhu, Qiuxiang and Xingzhu are the three maids who love beauty and they definitely can't stand not taking a bath for such a long time.

This northern city is close to the sea. Logically, there will never be a shortage of water. There must be groundwater here.

“Madam, the young master has already taken people to dig a well.

There is a well in the north city, called Dragon King Well, but it is occupied by the wealthy Wang family. No matter who comes to fetch water, they have to pay a dime for a scoop. This is too unscrupulous. "

Chunzhu complained to Xu Qiuyue.

This half bucket of water requires almost twenty scoops, and the scoop is particularly small.

The key is the long distance.

No matter who you are, you can only go to the Dragon King Well to fetch water.

There is a severe drought this year and all other wells are out of water.

There is still water besides the well on the other side of the military camp.

Unfortunately, the imperial court did not provide military pay or even rations all year round, so they had to rely entirely on self-sufficiency.

Therefore, the water from the well in the military camp also had to be charged, also one cent per scoop, but the military camp was even more corrupt, each person was limited to one scoop, if more than one scoop, it would be two cents per scoop, and if more than ten scoops, it would be five cents per scoop.

This is specifically for the wealthy.

This is Lu Yuan’s first time here.

Plus, these people all knew that Lu Yuan was demoted.

Basically, they ignored Lu Yuan.

The previous county magistrate died in Beicheng under unclear circumstances. The position of Beicheng county magistrate remained vacant for a whole year, and the court did not send a new person.

No imperial envoy was sent to find out the truth.

This made these forces in the North City even more confident.

They felt that North City was their world. Even if the new county magistrate died here, it would not matter.

Xu Qiuyue finally understood why Lu Yuan brought so many people to the North City.

I'm afraid Lu Yuan already knew the situation in North City.

That's why I brought so many guards with me.

And Lu Yuan had only been here for less than an hour.

A caravan came here.

The caravan brought a large amount of food.

This is certainly not a coincidence.

Lu Yuan had no shortage of money or food.

Just lack of water.

We can't do without water here.

That's why Lu Yuan took people to dig a well.

Xu Qiuyue went out alone.

Xu Qiuyue still remembers what Liu Ping once said, that the reason why sea water cannot be eaten is because it contains too many things.

The imperial court has always been engaged in salt refining.

Salt can be made from seawater.

However, the refined water is still not edible.

Xu Qiuyue still remembers the filtering method that Liu Ping once mentioned.

She wants to try it.

See if you can turn seawater into drinkable water.

Xu Qiuyue came to the beach of North City. There were many fishing boats stranded on the beach, and there were a lot of sand piled up on the beach.

This is the North Sea.

Several fishermen were barefoot, pushing a boat together on the beach, planning to go out to sea to fish.

Xu Qiuyue walked over to them and said, "Are you going out to sea?"

Several people stopped what they were doing and looked at her, looking confused.

One of the oldest men answered, "Yes! The weather is too hot. If we don't go out to sea, we will have nothing to eat!"

The land in the north city is barren and not fertile enough, and the local people basically all rely on fishing for a living.

If you don't go out to sea to fish, you can basically only live on the wild vegetables in the mountains.

"So that's how it is! How about I go out to sea with you guys?" Xu Qiuyue asked.

The fish farmers were stunned. They had never heard of anyone willing to go fishing with them.

But when I think about the bright sunshine today, my heart starts to beat again.

"Little girl, are you really determined to go out to sea with us? The sea is very dangerous. Don't be fooled by the calm sea now. It will be extremely dangerous if you really go out to sea. There are also giant beasts in the sea."

"Yeah, we old guys don't care, but we're just afraid of scaring you." Another fish farmer echoed.

As soon as these fishermen saw Xu Qiuyue's clothes, they knew that she was a woman from a wealthy family.

They also heard that many people from Shengjing had come to this northern city. As fishermen, they had seen quite a few of them, but this was the first time they had seen someone as beautiful as Xu Qiuyue.

Xu Qiuyue smiled and said, "Don't worry! I'm very brave! And... I brought a lot of money with me." Xu Qiuyue took out a small piece of silver and handed it over.

"How about this as the boat fare?"

Xu Qiuyue is good at swimming, so she is so brave.

The fishermen's eyes widened instantly when they saw the small silver ingot in their hands.

"Oh my goodness! Girl, we were just being polite to each other just now. How could we accept such a valuable thing from you!"

"Yeah! We can't take your money!"

That being said, several fishermen had been eyeing the silver in Xu Qiuyue's hand.

The total amount of silver is estimated to be five or six taels, which is enough for them to eat for a long time. Besides, the girl is as beautiful as a flower, which is really pleasing to the eyes.

They may not earn this much even if they go out to sea once.