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There are several methods to find groundwater, including the mystical Xun Long, resistivity and electromagnetic pulse geophysical surveys, and the impressive Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. If precision is what you seek, then Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is the way to go. Unfortunately, it’s not available here, and there aren’t many in the country either. Currently, the most commonly used method is still geophysical surveys. As for Xun Long, Master Shi Tian, a feng shui expert, suggests it’s not worth it. Relying on such metaphysical tools to find water is as unlikely as winning the lottery.
Forget about Xun Long; his feng shui techniques are useless here. The surrounding area is flat as a pancake, and the geology in Africa has reached a stable state. Besides the geological data stored in the national archives, you wouldn’t even know where the geological faults are located.
To conduct a geophysical survey, one must file for approval, but since the well is being drilled under the name of the Chieftain, whether or not it gets approved is not his concern.
With a sixty-meter detection line laid out and dozens of iron rods thrust into the ground, a small electric clamp is attached, and after a few hours of work, the team from the Drilling Company finishes collecting data.
The old Chieftain's sheep have been brought out; however, Shi Tian and his group do not plan to eat them just yet. The tribe from Mu Sa also has some work to do. They can eat once the well is completed.
Simba confirmed the drilling location right in your field, but you need to leave me some land for that. While the Drilling Company analyzes the drilling points for both tribes, A Heng takes them to Victoria Lake for fishing.
What a shameful name for such a beautiful lake—Victoria. It stands as evidence of British colonialism here and is a disgrace just like Hong Kong's Victoria Lake. Many people mistakenly think it's sophisticated and name hotels with stars after it, completely unaware of its shameful history!
Victoria Lake is Africa's largest lake and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. It’s not far from Simba's tribe—just over two hundred kilometers in a straight line—and less than four hundred kilometers from the capital, Dodoma. Even from Dashi, it’s not more than seven hundred kilometers away.
Shi Tian wonders why they don’t simply build a water plant here; with high ground on one side and low on the other, there’s no need for pumps—just bury pipes and let the water flow.
This water source would surely provide enough drinking water for their entire nation; at most, it would slightly reduce the flow of the Nile River, which has nothing to do with them since it doesn’t originate from their land.
Alright! Once the well is finished, I’ll set aside a piece of land closest to it. Looking up at Shi Tian casually, Simba agrees. To him, land isn’t valuable; Shi Tian wouldn’t come here to farm anyway—maybe just build a house to hang out in occasionally.
After drilling the well, they will need to pump water using electricity. If I have some land reserved for me, I’ll build a small compound with solar panels on the roof and install a large water tank along with batteries and inverters inside—then they can pump water easily.
Once the well is completed, I’ll have to return home to earn money. After making some money, I’ll come back and connect water and electricity to your tribe so everyone can enjoy running water and use electric lights to watch television.
I want to build a larger house—similar in size to our compound in Dashi. Since there aren’t any schools here, those empty rooms can serve as classrooms so that children can learn to read and write. Just leave me a few rooms so that I can stay here for a few days when I visit.
If he wants land, Shi Tian needs to paint him a grand picture first. This isn’t difficult to achieve; once the factory is built here, it won’t be producing every day—it will just be a backup facility. Let Shi Ye find someone reliable to oversee it as a teacher; before long, this place will enter preliminary industrialization.
Originally Simba thought Shi Tian wanted land just for building his own house. But after hearing Shi Tian’s plans, he felt that Shi Tian’s image suddenly grew taller—like Kilimanjaro itself.
When he took money out before, Simba had seen that Shi Tian only had three hundred thousand in his account—all of which he withdrew for drilling wells. Now he’s out of money and needs to earn more before returning with funds for electricity and water supply while also building schools—this kindness is immense!
You can build whatever you want on my farm; I’ll give you everything! With a wave of his hand, Simba became generous. His little piece of land isn’t worth much; all those bushes around belong to him anyway—he can arrange for people to clear them later at most paying some wages.
It won’t take much space—just as big as our yard in Dashi. However, you need to leave an extra piece of land where we’ll build the Soy Sauce Factory since it’s close to water. Later on, I’ll help you buy some barrels and soybeans; you can start brewing soy sauce first!
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