Hu You decided to build a Workers River for Greentown to develop the economy of Greentown. Like Times Square, the artificial river has never appeared in Tianfeng Continent. However, unlike Times Square, the artificial river is a very practical thing. It is completely Hu You's hypothesis if he doesn't want to be like Times Square.

Hu You spent five days locking himself in the study to find the most suitable location on the map. Until last night, Hu You finally settled on the place and got up early this morning to take a look.

This time, Hu You repeatedly told himself that he must not get on the rush like Times Square. He must think twice before making a decision. He has missed it once, and no matter what happens this time, he cannot make a mistake.

The one who came out with Hu You was Hongye. Hu You promised her to find a day to walk around and relax. Today she came out to see the real scene and happened to be walking around.

"The scenery outside is still good. Although the palace is beautiful, it is all man-made, and it is not as good as the natural scenery."

Hongye wore a goose-colored long skirt today. The faint yellow matched her skin. From a distance, she looked like a seventeen-eight-year-old girl, pure and cute. Hu You was a little stunned for a moment.

Without a response, Hongye turned around and found Hu You staring at him blankly, his little face turned red without any reason, showing a little shame.

"Idiot, what are you looking at?" Maybe it's because the scenery is so good, maybe it's because the mood is so good, Hongye seems to have returned to the time when he first met Hu You. A girlish heart that had not appeared for a long time replaced the wise female general.

Some people say that men always have a youthful heart no matter how old they are. They look strong on the outside, but in fact they often look like children. In fact, women are the same. The feelings of girls are the true nature of a woman. Life suppresses their nature, but they have never disappeared. No matter how old a woman likes to act spoiled is the best proof.

"Hongye, you are so beautiful." Hu You said silly. In this minute, he was not a general or the lord of a country, but a young man who had just met a woman.

The special experience made Hu You not experience a normal childhood. It is precisely because of this that Hu You's childlike innocence has hardly been used much, and it is still brand new.

Hongye smiled happily. No woman doesn’t like to praise others. No woman who is beautiful or not, she thinks she has a bit of beauty. Appearance is one of the things a woman values ​​most. Many times they like to be praised for being beautiful rather than being smart or capable.

"I'm old, what else is there to be beautiful?" Hongye smiled happily, hoping that Hu You could give her more praise.

If any man foolishly agrees with the woman's statement at this time, then wait and suffer. Fortunately, Hu You is not that stupid man, and he can't say anything like 'I'm really old'. He took Hongye's little hand and kissed her forehead softly. He said affectionately: "You will always be so beautiful in my eyes."

The biggest difference between Playboy and Wood Man is in his mouth. Women don’t like to listen to the truth. Playboy understands and can naturally satisfy women, so he will get the favor of most women. The Wood Man’s mouth is always the truth, so he naturally won’t get the favor of women. Although Hu You is not a playboy, she knows what women want.

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The weather today is not very good. It is cloudy and without sunshine, but it is just a good weather for travel. Hu You and Hongye sat back to back by a small river, which is exactly where Hu You are preparing to build an artificial river.

There is a saying that man conquers nature. Many times it is just a nonsense. Nature has infinite power, and humans are just part of nature and have no ability to defeat nature. However, humans have the ability to transform nature, such as building an artificial river.

Hu You leaned against Hongye and told his own scheming. Now the river is small, with narrow surfaces and low water, and does not have the ability to sail. Hu You's artificial river is ready to dig deep and widen on the basis of this small river to make it possible to sail, so that Greentown's goods can be transported out and the economy will naturally develop.

"Hongye, are you listening?" Hu You finished the whole plan, but did not get Hongye's reaction, and couldn't help but feel anxious. He turned around and stared at Hongye.

Behind a successful man there is often a woman who silently supports him. Hongye is such a woman. For more than ten years, she has always silently supported Hu You and agreed with all his decisions.

But this time, Hongye did not speak out. Hongye, who appeared in Hu You's eyes, looked worried at this moment. She didn't know what the artificial river was. She only knew that it was a very huge and time-consuming project. Before Times Square, no one would rebel against any project proposed by Hu You, but now, the lessons from the past are probably not so smooth.

"Hongye, you don't have confidence in me, right?"

Hu You instantly understood what Hongye meant. Although she did not explicitly object, she did not agree to Hu You's decision for the first time.

Hongye shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't have confidence in you, but the project of this artificial river is too big."

Hu You proposed the idea of ​​artificial river, and Hongye was completely unprepared. At this time, she had a lot of words in her mind, but she didn't know how to express it in a tactful way.

When I heard Hu You propose the artificial river just now, Hongye’s first reaction was what the people would think. After all, the disaster in Langtian City was too heavy. A Times Square made a big river disappear from the map, and millions of lives turned into bubbles. Once the plan of the artificial river was known by the people, would they worry that Green City would become the second Langtian City?

Hongye was not considering the Worker River, but Hu You's situation. Hu You had just recovered from the disaster in Langtian City, and she was afraid that Hu You would be hit again.

Hu You said: "I know this is a big project and requires a lot of resources, but after it is completed, it will be of great benefit to Greentown."

Hu You tried to convince Hongye. If Bian Hongye didn't support him, how could he get the support of others? Of course, he knew the current situation. Almost the entire continent was looking at him. No matter what movement he had, it would attract countless gossips, but that would not mean that he could do nothing. If that were the case, he might as well just take his wife and children to live in seclusion. With their abilities, are they still afraid that they would not live a good life?

Hongye hesitated for a while and said, "We might as well go back and talk about it, let's discuss it together."

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The palace was quiet. Hu You had just told everyone about his plan and was waiting for everyone's opinions. The situation was surprisingly similar to when he first told Hongye. Whether it was Ouyang Hanbing, Ximen Yufeng or Chen Dali, he would not speak at all.

Zhebo didn't speak when he saw everyone. He couldn't help asking: "Young Master's artificial river plan has great help to Greentown and the people, why do you seem to disagree?"

Human nature is often unchangeable. Zhebae has been with Hu You for so many years and has hardly changed. If she had learned more utilitarianism, she would not speak at this time.

Fortunately, Zhebi is Zhebi. If it weren't for her personality, Hu You wouldn't have stayed with her for so many years.

Ouyang Hanbing looked around and said, "I'd better say a few words first."

No matter from any aspect, Ouyang Hanbing should speak, and he must speak. If she, the queen of Ningnan, doesn't speak, today's discussion will continue to be in a mess.

Ouyang Hanbing said: "Everyone is very clear about the current situation. I don't know about artificial rivers, but it must be a big project. Should we consider it more?"

Ouyang Hanbing actually means disagreement. He is just afraid of hurting Hu You's feelings and uses the word "get out". Judging from the current situation, it is better to have less things than more things. If you don't do it well, all kinds of problems will definitely arise.

In other words, because of the Langtian City, Ouyang Hanbing's confidence in Hu You is not that strong. Langtian City has had a problem once. If there is another problem with Greentown, it will really be impossible to save it.

Huang Jinfeng was silent for a while and said, "Let me talk about financial problems. The disaster in Langtian City came too suddenly, and most of our property did not come to a sudden turn. Now it is basically supported by business in other regions, and life is just around the corner."

Life is mediocre, which means it is not easy. Although there are no troops worth hundreds of thousands of yuan to support, Harrison's 20,000 people are with them. If the people who eat together are all family members, then Hu You's family now has more than 20,000 mouths to eat, which is already a great thing to keep them from hungry. If you want to pay for the money, it can basically be said to be impossible.

Ouyang Hanbing and Huang Jinfeng have both spoken. Although they didn't say it very clearly, their meaning has been expressed. They did not agree with Hu You's artificial river plan. With Hongye, there were four women who spoke, and only Zhebi agreed and three opposed it.

Since Hu You established his own power, such a thing has never happened. Hongye, Ouyang Hanbing and Huang Jinfeng have always supported Hu You with all their strength, but now they are not on Hu You's side.

Although they are all Hu You's wife, love is the reason of busy Mu. There are enough difficulties in front of them now, and they really don't want Hu You to make any mistakes.

Opposition does not mean that they do not love Hu You. It is precisely because they consider Hu You more that this is the first time that they oppose Hu You's plan.

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The atmosphere of the meeting was very bad. After Huang Jinfeng spoke, no one spoke again. Hu You sat there quietly, and couldn't tell whether he was angry, but he was in a heavy mood. That was certain.

"I really think the artificial river plan is feasible."

Another voice sounded, which seemed particularly clear in this quiet space. It was Chu Zhu's voice, and someone finally supported Hu You's plan positively.

Everyone, including Hu You, turned their eyes to Chu Zhu. They didn't speak, and were waiting for Chu Zhu's words behind him.

Chu Zhu paused for a moment and continued: "Greentown is a commercial city. What business needs most is communication. We all know that waterways cost much less than landways, and the diversion of Jiuzhou River made Greentown lose waterways, causing commercial circulation to be almost completely terminated."

"To be honest, I have never heard of the idea of ​​artificial rivers before, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources it takes to build an artificial river. But one thing is, I can be sure that if I don't build an artificial river, Greentown will be over!"

Hongye frowned and said, "Liu Mei. Are you saying this too much? Even if there is no waterway, the roads and land leading to all directions from Greentown are well-connected. As long as it is used reasonably, it can still solve the traffic problem. As far as I know, not every town in Tianfeng Continent has direct waterways, and their economy has not collapsed."

Chu Zhu nodded and said, "Sister is right. You can also develop the economy by using land. If it is just an economic aspect, I will definitely not agree to the artificial river plan, but now it is not just an economic problem. I have a piece of information in my hand, and I planned to organize more details for you to show you. Now that I have already said this, I will show you it first. Zhebo, please help me and go to the bookshelf on the left side of the study to get the red box."

Zhebi responded. He quickly came back with a box and at Chu Zhu's instructions, he sent the information inside to everyone. Chu Zhu and everyone got the information, and then continued: "This is a private investigation I conducted. The direction of the investigation is mainly about Greentown's water use issue."

"The population of Greentown is about one million. Most of the previous water use came from Jiuzhou River. After the Jiuzhou River was diverted, there was a huge gap in water use in Greentown. Now the people can only use a few small mountain spring rivers and drilling wells to get water."

"The water supply in the small river is acceptable, but there are great difficulties in getting water. Now, most of the people in Greentown use water based on wells. I have a latest survey report here. Greentown has added 2,757 new wellheads this year, about 2,000 people can produce water, and 1,551 people can eat..."

Chu Zhu is definitely doing this investigation very carefully. He can hardly read the various numbers and can be said casually without looking at the information in his hand.

Yaxin didn't understand Chu Zhu's meaning very well. She didn't have to hurry to read the information in her hand, so she couldn't help asking: "It sounds pretty good. Is there any problem?"

Ximen Yufeng was born as a soldier and read the information very quickly. She had seen the part behind her and said in a deep voice: "There are 8,790 old wells, 4, 5, 6, 3 months and 1,600 water-free. Usually, there are 1,600 wells that cannot provide water every day, and this speed is still increasing... It is expected that within one year, the entire Greentown will be able to produce water at a wellhead!"

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Greentown has a population of one million, and there are 1,000 wells in the city. On average, there is only one well for every thousand people. Such a number sounds acceptable, but when you think about it carefully, if there are five people per household on average, then there are two hundred families. Even if there are ten people per household, there are only one well for one hundred families. Not to mention whether there is so much water in the well, even if it can be supplied, at the current rate of water withdrawal, it will not be able to use so much water. At that time, in order to grab water, each well will become a small battlefield.

When everyone heard this, their faces became ugly. Water is the source of life, and no life without water will exist. If a year later, as the report said, Greentown will not only be completed, but will almost be destroyed.

"Chu Zhu, are all what you said true?" Hu You's eyes were incredibly painful. Such things shouldn't have happened. Such problems would have arisen because of him.

If Hu You hadn't done things without considering the consequences and blindly used high-tech, he wouldn't have caused Jiuzhou River to be diverted, and water towns like Greentown would not have had a terrible situation of water shortage.

Chu Zhu shook her head and said, "If possible, I don't want it to be true."

Chu Zhu didn't think about investigating water resources at first, but she did this because of Hu You. In those days, Hu You said that the two biggest problems for the people were food and clothing. After hearing this, Chu Zhu didn't feel any problems at first. Then she was making tea and suddenly remembered what would happen if there was no water.

Water is the most important thing for all life, but because it does not require money to be exchanged, it is basically sufficiently supplied. Therefore, it is not as important as food and the essential foods of life. In Hu You's investigation of the lives of ordinary people in Greentown, this aspect is almost not mentioned at all.

Chu Zhu thought of this problem and decided to check it out carefully. She didn't tell Hu You in advance that it was because once there was a problem with the water, it must have been caused by Hu You's mistake. Before it was confirmed, Chu Zhu didn't want to add any more worries to Hu You. If the problem was not found in the end, she wouldn't even tell Hu You what she had done.

But reality is often cruel, but in just a few days, the summary of the information Chu Zhu returned was shocking. It was almost terrifying.

Hu You was silent. He knew how serious he was in this time. The diversion of Jiuzhou River was not just Greentown affected. Greentown's situation must not be the most serious. So what would it be if it was more serious? How scary would it be!

Chen Dali and Harrison looked at each other, Harrison nodded, coughed dryly and said, "Now it seems that the situation in Greentown is no longer just a traffic problem. You can change to roads and land, but it is absolutely unacceptable to have no water to drink. If you have difficulties in the plan of the artificial river, you must go to it, and you must go to it without difficulties, and it is imperative!"

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"I'm still unhappy?" Chu Zhu sat down beside Hu You by the pool in the back garden. While telling the investigation report, Chu Zhu knew Hu You's reaction. But she had to say that she had a remedy for many things. If she had known about it, she would really not be able to do anything if she was too late.

"I'm thinking about something." Hu You smelled alcohol on his body, and he couldn't tell whether he was unhappy. After sitting here for an hour, he had calmed a lot.

Chu Zhu asked, "What are you thinking?" She knew that Hu You needed a pair of ears now. Hu You drank a lot of wine during dinner, but no one even advised him. Chu Zhu intended to let Hu You stay for a while before coming here.

Hu You said: "Tell you a story. There is a country in another space, well, it's similar to ours. The sky there turns out to be blue, the water is green, people are affectionate, and the old lady can help her if she falls..."

Hu You murmured to himself. As he said something Chu Zhu didn't understand very much. Chu Zhu sat there with a smile, listening very seriously, even if she couldn't understand it.

"...One day, when people got up, they suddenly found that the water was no longer green. The sky was no longer blue. No one dared to help the old lady fall. The whole world has changed."

Chu Zhu asked, "Does the emperor there care about it?"

Hu You said: "Share it, of course. They told the people that the sky is more beautiful when it becomes gray. If you don't see the stars at night, you don't have to be afraid of the glare. The water becomes smelly, but there will be no problem when drinking it. The old lady didn't fall down, but she was tired and wanted to sleep..."

As Hu You spoke, he leaned against Chu Zhu and fell asleep. Chu Zhu kept recalling Hu You's words and gradually understood what Hu You meant.

"You want to tell me that if you are wrong, you are wrong. You have to face it head-on instead of making excuses to escape, right?"

Chu Zhu looked at Hu You who seemed to be sleeping soundly like a child and sighed in her heart. In fact, she had another understanding of Hu You’s story, that is, it was true.

What the people need is not a fairy tale excuse, they need the truth. Why does the matter happen, why is it like this? Who should be responsible for the matter, and how should it be solved, and whether similar problems will arise in the future.

Hu You knew that Greentown’s lack of water was his fault, and he also knew what the consequences would be if it continued to develop like this. But the people still don’t know, do they have the right to know?
To be continued...