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A Pondage

Built pondage on the river To benefice farming and husbandry; Fruitful sources of food for the villagers. Right-minded under the Nature. Any pondage has strengths and weaknesses. The builder must prepare for its consequence Pondage can retain the water From rain or streams of the upper forest. Pondage can delay the water, But drainage must be built. If not, the pondage will evoke problems: The water will overflow, collapse the dam, Flood houses and, farms and destroy livestock. Build a pondage on the mass Is to retain the people’s thinking, Must also build suitable drainage. Otherwise, the people’s needs will overflow. Limiting men’s minds is breaking their hearts: The dictatorial way!

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