I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

Chapter 115 Revision is not as good as creation

Murphy looked at Lingya, patted the dam, shook his head helplessly, and explained, "No matter how big the project is, it has to be done. The location was chosen wrong from the start."

Murphy briefly recalled the scene he saw when the village chief flew over with him.

This area has a dense network of rivers and a well-developed water system, and the overall flow direction is relatively uniform.

In theory, the water could be dispersed to various tributaries, and then channeled through ditches and canals.

But the location chosen by the designer was exactly right, it was built just in front of the village.

And this location is where there are the fewest tributaries!

"This location is quite good; it's close to the village, easy to guard, and convenient for managing boats and collecting tolls."

Lingya, somewhat puzzled, had only finished half of her sentence when she suddenly remembered what Murphy had just said, and her voice grew softer and softer.

After a silence of about three or four seconds, her eyes widened slightly, and she suddenly realized what was happening. She nodded thoughtfully and spoke.

"There's a village right below this place. If we want to connect it to other tributaries, building a waterway would inevitably disrupt the layout of the village and farmland —"

Murphy's approach was completely different from that of the designers and dam engineers.

One side genuinely views this as a water conservancy facility, aiming to better utilize the water resources of the Kulun River.

The engineer, however, preferred to see it as a checkpoint or fortress, a facility used for embezzlement and to ensure the stability of the lord's regime.

So this engineer's skill level is really not low. But to say that he really has Murphy's way of thinking is definitely not true.

But if he were truly an incompetent novice, it would be difficult for him to take on such a large project.

When a shop has no business but hasn't gone out of business yet.

Then this shop definitely wasn't opened for business.

But what is its specific purpose? Is it to allow Sir John to receive more, or is it simply for the convenience of fee collection and management?

Murphy didn't really care about these things.

Whatever its original purpose, it has to revert to its original state in its hands.

"Isn't there any way to make some minor repairs? Is it absolutely necessary to rebuild it from scratch?"

Although Lingya understood the reason, she still asked again, hoping for the best.

After all, let alone building two more dams, just digging and clearing the land in front of it is a very troublesome task.

While it's not impossible to do using magic.

But to truly achieve such a large-scale terrain alteration, you'd need either hundreds of extraordinary mages, or several epic mages on top of them.

This is something I never dared to dream of.

"It can be changed."

However, Murphy's next words gave her a slight glimmer of hope.

Ling Ya immediately breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss the matter.

"If we're going to change it, there's no need to build a new one—"

But before she could finish speaking, Murphy abruptly changed the subject, and her words were cut off.

"But it might be slower."

Anyone with civil engineering experience knows that in many cases, repair is more difficult and requires more resources than construction.

The reason is simple: construction only requires following the plan step by step, while repair is not as simple as just putting a brick back in after a brick falls off.

Without wanting to cheat or do a perfunctory job.

The first thing to do is to find out which brick fell, then figure out why it fell. Once you've figured it out, investigate along those lines.

There's a high probability that more crumbling bricks will be found.

This is just an inspection.

The problems that are easily discovered are often the simplest ones.

After you finally finish the check-up, okay, it's time to get to work.

Afterwards, you'll face a whole host of miscellaneous challenges, including structural reinforcement before repair, integrating the old and new materials during repair, ensuring post-repair durability, and maximizing service life.

So when Murphy saw the dam, he had only one thought in his mind—give up!

Instead of sticking flowers in cow dung, it's better to think about how to cover the cow dung with soil as fertilizer before considering planting flowers and plants.

However, objectively speaking, the structure of this dam is actually quite good; it's a standard arch dam.

Wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, with an overall semi-circular arc shape, it is deeply inserted into the stone walls on both sides, which can be said to be a very stable design.

Apart from that, it really doesn't have any other advantages.

However, the foundation is still decent. Even if we can't make major changes, we can still make it usable by expanding it a bit and adding some equipment.

But it's barely enough; I really want to change this dam into the way Murphy envisioned it.

That would probably require a complete redevelopment of the surrounding land, and the terrain might even need to be reinforced again due to the arch dam.

Seeing this, Lingya calmed down as well, as she really didn't know how to modify the dam.

But it was truly unimaginable how, in such a short time, both the ditches were dug and two new dams were built.

So all they could do was wait for Murphy to continue.

Murphy didn't rush to express his thoughts, but instead continued to look through the information Lingya had given him, which included a map of the nearby rivers.

The idea of ​​building two more dams isn't just a figure of speech; it's not about solving flood problems through sheer volume.

The two dams serve different purposes.

Because the Kulun River has extremely complex conditions, it not only has to deal with the flood season, but also with a long period of freezing.

Murphy intended the first dike to be used for breaking ice and separating sand, while he planned to divert water with the second dike.

The third dam is the final facility for dealing with the flood.

The best place to break sand and ice is obviously in the bend of the river.

Murphy reached out to Lingya and Big Stone.

Before Lingya could figure out what Murphy was going to do, Da Shitou handed her a pencil as if they were telepathically connected.

Murphy nodded in satisfaction, then picked up a pencil and began to draw on the picture.

Not far from this dam is the second dam, which is used for diversion. It is located at the point where there are the most tributaries and the greatest drop in elevation.

Murphy thought for a moment and then drew a water trough on the map, connecting the bend of Dam 1 to Dam 2.

Then, the pebbles and silt washed out by the bend will be distributed far and wide to various tributaries through the high drop of Dam No. 2.

This also helps to prevent siltation.

The main objective of this dam is to excavate the canal after the diversion of the No. 2 dam, which is to utilize the previously dried-up river for dredging and water storage.

But before that, Murphy needs to figure out why the place has dried up.

Murphy looked at the land, and suddenly, a thought struck him.

This place can be judged solely by its terrain and surrounding environment.

If rivers didn't dry up, they should be particularly suitable for living.

Even now, they should at least be able to live a basic standard of living.

This place is located on the west bank, a location and terrain suitable for survival, but due to certain special circumstances, it was abandoned for development.

Isn't it perfect for those displaced people to live in?

Murphy pondered for a moment, wondering if this place was Sri's base.

In particular, although Murphy couldn't figure out exactly what Siri did, he should be a strong person no matter what.

Solving this little problem shouldn't be a big deal.

Murphy thought about it more and more and it seemed very possible.