Quickly wear the boss and don’t be cannon fodder

Every day at dawn, before the rooster crowed, Madam Guo would take a gong and make a loud clanging sound, and everyone would rush out to assemble.

The mountain air was thick with dew, and the person who got up couldn't help but shiver.

He unconsciously hugged his arms and rubbed them together.

Old Man Song and his wife stared blankly at the young people in the village, as did Zhao Fu's parents.

Older people think they don't have many years left to live, why should they suffer like this?

Guo Niangzi scanned the faces of the crowd and could tell what they were thinking just by looking at their expressions.

So he coughed and said solemnly, "Don't think that it's useless for you to exercise now that you're old. I'm telling you this: if you get up every day and exercise, take medicinal baths, and practice martial arts, living another twenty years won't be a problem."

"hiss!"

"That's amazing!"

"Is this medicinal bath really that amazing?"

Madam Guo smiled mysteriously: "You'll know once you try it. That hero wouldn't lie to me."

So everyone started their morning run, divided into three groups: youth, young adult, and senior.

The children's group consisted of the children in the mountain village, including the three sisters Su Hui, totaling nine people. The youth group included the girls who were kidnapped and Zhao Fu and others, totaling twenty-eight people. As for the elderly group, it consisted of Zhao Fu and the others' parents, totaling ten people.

The training intensity varies among different groups.

The junior group started by running ten laps around the village every day, the youth group ran fifteen laps every day, and the senior group jogged or walked five laps.

After running, everyone was drenched in sweat. They rested for 15 minutes, ate breakfast, rested for another 15 minutes, and then started taking a medicinal bath.

The concentration of medicinal baths also varies. The bodies of the elderly and teenagers are not as strong as those of young people, so the concentration and intensity of the medicinal baths should be a level lower.

The first day was spent in a medicinal bath. There were men's and women's bathrooms, with rows of wooden tubs, each bearing the name of its respective family member.

They were all flushed, sweating profusely, and grimacing from the water.

It felt like ants were crawling and gnawing at my body.

We all took a bath together. We looked at each other and thought, "If you can stick to it, then I can too."

So, amidst the competitive atmosphere at No. 1 High School, everyone gritted their teeth and persevered.

Afterwards, everyone complained that it was simply unbearable and they didn't know how they managed to endure it.

But the effects of exercise and medicinal baths were immediate; everyone clearly felt their bodies becoming lighter and lighter. There was no longer that heavy, uncomfortable, sore feeling all over.

Zhao Fu's father used to suffer from hidden injuries that would cause his hands and feet to ache on rainy days, but now he feels energetic all over and his body no longer hurts.

There's also Zhang Gang's father, who used to have a limp, but now he feels that the meridians in his ankle are open, and walking is not as painful. He even has a strong premonition that his limp, which he has had for twenty years, may be cured.

The woman's feelings were also very clear; she had previously been physically weak and felt listless.

Now I not only feel energetic all over, but all the backaches and pains I had before have also disappeared.

I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow every day, and wake up feeling refreshed the next day.

As for Zhao Fu's mother, she used to have mental illness, but now she is mostly lucid and has fewer episodes.

While everyone is exercising, she will also take the initiative to cook and take care of everyone's daily life.

As for the junior group, those kids all had huge appetites. Not only did they eat a lot, but their bodies were also growing rapidly.

Each of them was agile, becoming more and more flexible the longer they soaked in the water; their physical resilience was many times greater than that of the youth and elderly groups.

Su Yan also pretended to train along with them.

As for the "Peerless Martial Arts," Su Yan taught it to Madam Guo on the first day, and she then taught it to everyone else the next day.

Because Madam Guo was literate, she could understand martial arts manuals, and after her explanations, others learned them quite well.

The villagers exercised in the mountains, practiced martial arts to strengthen their bodies, planted superior seeds, and raised wild birds. Their lives were prosperous and full of hope.

Meanwhile, the world outside the mountains is undergoing tremendous changes.

The Zhou Kingdom, which was originally on the verge of collapse, was able to solve the problem of many people being displaced due to drought and refugees being unable to survive, leading to uprisings or banditry, in just three months after the introduction of the so-called superior seeds from the Mu Kingdom.

Nearby state governments provided work relief and distributed food to ensure that people had something to eat, and the disaster was initially brought under control.

As time went on, two and a half months later, the first batch of potatoes ripened, and the yield of 1,000 jin per mu greatly alleviated the famine in various places.

This gives the superior seeds more time to develop and mature.

When the superior seeds finally matured, the doubled grain yield astonished everyone in the Zhou Kingdom.

The people who fled to various prefectures could have chosen to settle down there, but the land they were allocated was barren mountains that had never been developed before.

If they want to obtain local residency, they can only develop barren mountains, but the officials have also said that as long as they develop the land, it will belong to them.

Moreover, the government also distributed improved seeds free of charge, and they could also consult with agricultural officials on how to cultivate these improved seeds.

If you wish to return to your hometown, you can go to the local prefectural government to receive fifty catties of grain and one tael of disaster relief funds.

Some people worried that if they returned to their hometown, which was still suffering from drought, they would only starve to death. However, they heard that the government had already sent people to dig a canal, and that the south-to-north water diversion would naturally solve the drought.

However, since the canal wasn't finished so quickly, they could take on official jobs locally first, and then return to their hometowns within three years to receive disaster relief funds.

In fact, the official tasks, besides repairing the moat and city walls, also included repairing the canal.

These displaced people are now the main force in building the canal. In order to prevent them from causing chaos, disturbing the people, or causing trouble for the country, some people have proposed recruiting displaced people to build the canal.

The proposal to build a canal had been raised several times in the imperial court, but it had been shelved for a long time.

This time, the displacement of refugees has brought too much trouble to the country.

Now that there are good seeds, but time must be given for them to grow, the emperor finally agreed to build the canal.

With favorable timing, location, and human factors, the grand project of the North-South Canal has finally been put on the agenda.

Each prefecture selected strong refugees and sent them all to repair the canal.

It solved the crisis of starving refugees and contributed to the prosperity of the country. Who would object to such a win-win situation?

Since disaster relief requires money anyway, we might as well use it wisely.

Now the refugees in various prefectures are under control, and the canals are being repaired. Once the canals are open, the drought can be solved. This is a win-win situation. The person who came up with this idea is truly a genius.

Meanwhile, Su Yan, who kept his achievements hidden, was still in the mountains practicing martial arts with his daughters.

Who would have thought that when the emperor suddenly saw this secret letter and this suggestion, he was initially hesitant?

The second threatening letter was placed on the chopping board the next day.

Su Yan simply wrote in the letter: "If I can send this secret letter without anyone noticing, I can also kill you without anyone noticing. If you want the country to be stable and the people to live and work in peace, then build the canal for disaster relief. Otherwise, it's not impossible for the Zhou Kingdom to change its emperor."

It was because of this secret letter that the emperor overruled objections and decided to build the canal at this crucial moment.

Regardless of the opposition from those ministers with ulterior motives, who claimed that the country was poor and the disaster was severe, building the canal now would only make matters worse.

Even the emperor decided to build a canal.

As it turned out, sending displaced people to repair the canal was the best thing he ever did.

The Zhou state was already on the verge of collapse, with uprisings breaking out in various places. However, things suddenly changed.

With refugees finding a place to go and food to survive, those who rose up in rebellion suddenly seemed superfluous.

The male and female protagonists originally intended to take advantage of the chaos to rise up, but before they could even begin to show their skills, the Zhou Kingdom returned to peace.

Moreover, with the construction of the canal, the drought was alleviated, agriculture developed, and the fortunes of the Zhou state would only get better and better.

The opening of north-south transportation will promote the economic development of the Zhou state, making the country prosperous and strong, and ensuring national stability for a hundred years will not be a problem.

The original struggle for supremacy was suddenly reduced to nothing by Su Yan's actions.

Su Yan's practice of buying and selling silk every few months has made her a famous wealthy merchant in the world.