Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhao Yuanzhen led them towards the mountain where the wild boars were released.

After twists and turns, everyone found traces of the wild boar and quickly got into battle preparation mode.

Sure enough, the first wild boar was found after a while. The archers in the military camp could not hit the target every time, but with so many people, it was more than enough to shoot a wild boar.

In order to avoid wasting arrows, two people would shoot one wild boar.

Following the traces, I searched for wild boars and hunted them.

It was not until the evening that all the wild boars that Zhao Yuanzhen had released were hunted back.

While everyone is busy looking for wild boars.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought some pheasants, rabbits and other animals and released them.

Of course, they also caught some wild game in the mountains, but not much. It was probably because there were too many of them, and when they arrived, the game all ran away.

More than 200 rabbits and 200 pheasants were released along the way.

This group of soldiers felt that they were really lucky today, as the game came to them on its own.

And the number is really large.

With so much game, everyone can get a piece when we go back.

With more than 100,000 people, plus wild boars, rabbits, pheasants, and previously stored horse jerky, everyone can really get a piece.

Zhao Yuanzhen also wanted to take out more, but was afraid of arousing suspicion.

That’s all for today. We’ll come back tomorrow.

Finally, everyone happily returned to the barracks, dragging a lot of spoils.

After handing all these over to the kitchen, everyone went to rest and asked Zhao Yuanlan to continue catching game tomorrow.

Zhao Yuanlan also wanted to improve their food. There were so many game in the mountains, so he decided to go again tomorrow.

Zhao Yuanzhen said, okay, let’s go together tomorrow.

The next day, Zhao Yuanlan and Zhao Yuanzhen took a team of people and went hunting in the mountains again.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought some wild game along the way and released them, while Zhao Yuanlan led people to hunt.

Pheasants, hares, wild boars, wild goats, wild deer and so on.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought a lot of them, more than a hundred of each, and even more small animals, hundreds of each. She released them all.

The hunting team went from being in disbelief at the beginning to becoming numb later on. This is too much.

Is it because no one comes to the mountains to hunt, so the animals start running towards the people?

Otherwise, how could they see so many animals running towards them?

At night, Zhao Yuanlan led the reluctant hunting team back home. With the prey they hunted today and yesterday, everyone could get a lot of meat.

Having tasted the sweetness, the soldiers strongly demanded to come again tomorrow.

Zhao Yuanzhen: Really? It's Chinese New Year tomorrow, why are you still coming?

During the New Year holidays, all the usual training in the military camp, except for those on duty, was suspended, so there was nothing to do, so we could go hunting.

Zhao Yuanlan thought about it and decided that it didn’t matter anyway. Come on, he couldn’t bear to give up so much meat.

Zhao Yuanzhen had no choice but to follow him for another day.

On this day, all kinds of game were available.

Kill them, kill them, today is the last day, she won’t come tomorrow. These game animals cost her more than 2000 points.

They went back early today because it was New Year's Day, so they went back in the afternoon.

It was still a fruitful day, oh, no, it was most of the day.

The chef in the kitchen was extremely happy, as there had been a lot of prey recently. With so much prey, he finally didn't have to plan how to cook it so that everyone could have a bite of meat.

Now we can cook the meat in a big pot so that everyone can have a portion.

They can also show off their cooking skills.

In the afternoon, many big pots were set up in the military camp. The game was being processed over there, and cooking was started over here.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner is going to be a big pot of meat, it's so extravagant.

All the prey from three days was processed and cooked in pots.

Everyone can get at least one bowl of meat.

Perhaps it was because of the delicious smell of meat in the big pot, Zhao Yuanzhen joined everyone in eating meat around the campfire and even ate a bowl of meat.

It's true that food tastes better when there are more people.

This year’s New Year’s Eve dinner sounds special. It’s not as elaborate as last year’s, nor does it have as many dishes as last year, but it’s still delicious and memorable.

After eating the big pot of meat for the New Year’s Eve dinner, Zhao Yuanzhen strolled around, and the military camp was bustling with activity.

It’s the New Year, another year has passed, and this is already the second year I have lived through.

Zhao Yuanzhen strolled for a while and then went back.

Life in the military camp was dull and monotonous, with not many entertainment options. They did not have to go to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, and several lieutenant generals urged Zhao Yuanlan to go hunting.

Zhao Yuanzhen did not go this time.

The result is predictable. The previous rich harvest was reduced to just a little today.

A dozen pheasants, hares, and two wild boars were the only big prey, nothing else.

Everyone was puzzled. Could it be that the animals were killed by them?

Otherwise, why are there so few today?

It’s impossible that all the animals have gone into hiding to celebrate the New Year.

The hunting team came back today in a low mood, expressing their unwillingness to accept the defeat and saying they would go and try again tomorrow.

Zhao Yuanzhen: Go ahead, go ahead, you’ll give up after trying a few more times.

After a few days of leisure in the military camp, I went to the county town on the sixth day of the New Year.

On the seventh day of the New Year, we will start to dismantle and demolish again.

I went to the east of the city to check on the construction materials. They were all there. The servants had guarded them very carefully and nothing was lost.

Zhao Yuanzhen took them to have a good meal and ate a lot of meat.

On the seventh day of the New Year, people came to work early, queuing up to register and receive number tags.

This employer paid a lot of money and did not delay wages, paying them on time every day. Many people made a lot of money by working as demolition workers for a month. Not only did they have a good New Year, but they were also able to buy some things for their families and store some food.

A string of firecrackers was set off, and the work officially began. The demolition team rushed forward.

Because Zhao Yuanzhen has a good reputation, a nice attitude, and is not too strict, more and more people come to work here.

By the end of January, all the buildings on this land in the east of the city had been demolished.

During this period, Zhao Yuanzhen wrote another letter to Zhang Xinbai, telling him that when the team coming to build Xiaoshan came, they should go to the cement shop, buy all the cement in the store, and transport it over, and protect the cement well on the way to keep it from getting damp.

She wants to build several cement roads to facilitate the passage of vehicles and horses.

Didn’t we say that if you want to be rich, build roads first?

The current road is too far to Yanshan Prefecture and is not easy to travel.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked the system to plan the best route for her, and she planned to rebuild a cement road.

This planned route is basically a straight line between two points. If there is a big mountain on the way, it will go around it. Zhao Yuanzhen plans to flatten the small hills and build the road in a straight line.

Once this road is repaired, the travel time to Yanshan Prefecture can be saved by at least half.

Zhao Yuanzhen plans to repair several main roads in the city that have poor and uneven road surfaces into cement roads. The main roads leading to the fields will also be built into cement roads to facilitate the subsequent transportation of crops.

Now that the ground demolition of the homestead has been completed, there is nothing left to do.

I'll tell you all that when spring comes and the soil thaws, she will continue to recruit people to do the work, so everyone can go back and have a rest first.

With nothing to do for the time being, Zhao Yuanzhen began to plan the sizes, quantities, etc. of various houses.

She customized the tables, chairs, benches, bunk beds, etc. in her space and planned to show them off at some opportunity. The system was really fast and efficient in making them.

Otherwise, we really wouldn’t be able to find so many carpenters.

After some thought, we decided to distribute daily necessities to everyone who came to work, so we customized 1 sets of washbasins, pillows, tooth powder, toothbrushes, etc.

More than 1 sets of pots, pans, and utensils were also customized.

Especially the big pot, which needs to be customized. With so many people, the canteen needs some pots and stoves.

Of the 10 servants, except for the two who took turns to guard the place every day, the remaining eight were sent to burn charcoal at the foot of the mountain in the north.

Burn more charcoal, and when the main force arrives, you can use the charcoal directly.

The court's policy was to start recruiting workers from the time the notice was posted, and people from all over the country began to set off in early February.

Starting from February 2th, soldiers from the imperial court began to escort people over. These people should be from the prefectures close to Yanshan Prefecture.

Zhao Yuanzhen arranged them in a large tent that had been prepared in advance. She selected some people to eat and cooked instant noodles or porridge for them every day. They would just deal with it for the time being and wait for her cook to come.

After waiting and hoping, the Zhang family finally arrived.

Zhang Qingyan, Zhang Yu, Lan Ying and others arrived with people and a long list of supplies.

"Second sister-in-law, I missed you so much. I finally see you."

Zhang Qingyan excitedly came over, hugged her arm and talked to her.

"Ma'am, we all missed you, too."

Lan Ying also missed his wife very much and always felt more fulfilled when he was with her.

Zhang Yu also came over to pay his respects.

"Okay, okay, I missed you too. Everyone is tired, take a break first, we will sort things out in the afternoon."

"Okay, ma'am."

Everyone started to rest. Although the temperature in February was still below zero, it was only about minus ten degrees Celsius, which was not that cold.

Zhang Yu sat next to Zhao Yuanzhen and began to report on the people, supplies, etc. brought this time.

"Madam, this time they brought 30 cooks, 10 people from each workshop, 25 trained shopkeepers, 50 farmers, and 30 taels of gold from the carriages, including 12 loads of cement, a total of 360 bags. The rest is food for the journey, and the personal belongings of the people they brought with them."

This time, Zhang Yu brought more than 300 people, as well as cement and horse-drawn carriages.

Zhao Yuanzhen just needs a carriage, that's right. This should be enough for now.

We started to organize things in the afternoon. We set up the stove first, and then the cook started to prepare food.

This will continue. More than 2000 people have already come.

30 cooks are definitely not enough, we have to buy some more.

Zhao Yuanzhen ordered a servant to drive 30 horse-drawn carriages to the provincial capital.

The reason why so many horse-drawn carriages were driven was to put out all the customized items, and they said that they were bought in the capital city and were being brought back.

With so many carriages, I guess we can’t pull all the loads. We’ll have to find a way to get the rest out.