Prince Rui, don't spoil your adopted daughter too much: she will eventually get married

You've been with General Shi for so long, yet you can't even recognize such an obvious situation."

As soon as Qi Nuo said this, even Zhai Yun couldn't help but look at him with higher regard. She only knew that Qi Nuo was a death warrior before, but she didn't expect that he also understood these things.

Ever since Feng Chenyi came here, someone in the court deliberately withheld the military pay here, and also found ways to disrupt the silver that was supposed to be allocated here.

Although Feng Chenyi has already come here, they also have many spies here. Seeing Feng Chenyi becoming more and more powerful, they are also beginning to fear that Feng Chenyi will return to the imperial capital one day.

Therefore, even if we apply for funding again this time, no money will be allocated.

When the soldiers heard Qi Nuo's words, they immediately lowered their heads.

In fact, they knew it very well in their hearts, but the court did not allocate funds, so where would the funds for diverting water and building canals come from?

Feng Chenyi pointed to a mountain on the map, which was full of rocks. "The military camp has hundreds of thousands of people and is self-sufficient. It requires no funds."

The soldiers looked at the stone mountain at Feng Chenyi's fingertips, looked at each other, and nodded repeatedly, as if they all understood what Feng Chenyi meant.

Building canals and diverting water is hard work, but it saves the cost of stones and can improve the food for the brothers in the barracks.

Then they continued to look at the map and studied the route and construction method of the drinking water channel.

Finally, a preliminary budget was completed. "We have a self-sufficient supply of stone, but we are still short of mortar. Mortar is made from glutinous rice and slaked lime. Purchasing these materials at current prices will cost at least 100,000 taels of silver."

"Has the person who went to check the bottom of the pool come back?" Feng Chenyi asked suddenly.

Qi Nuo left the tent and returned a while later: "The bottom of the pool is freezing cold. Those people caught a cold and passed out when they got ashore. Before they fell unconscious, they sent a message saying that the bottom of the pool leads to a bottomless depth, stretching as far as the eye can see, like a vast ocean."

The soldiers in the camp were very excited when they heard this, but they became worried when they thought of the silver.

"After all, I was sent by General Shi. You discuss things without waiting for me. Isn't that inappropriate?" The voice of Lieutenant General Li came in, and he also lifted the curtain and walked in.

The soldier guarding the door ran over tremblingly and knelt beside Feng Chenyi: "Your Highness, please forgive me. We were unable to stop Lieutenant General Li."

Feng Chenyi waved his hand and asked them to retreat.

Lieutenant General Li looked at the map on the table and the rough drawing of the simple water diversion channel. "Where's the money? How can we build it without it? Prince Rui is not trying to embezzle our brothers' military pay!"

Suddenly, one of the soldiers in the camp spoke up: "Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of people in our camp. If everyone contributes one or two taels of silver, we can build everything."

When Lieutenant General Li heard what the man said, he was immediately furious: "Fools, most of the soldiers in the camp are from poor families. The monthly salary is not enough to support their families, and you are trying to pool your money to build a drinking water canal. You are crazy."

Lieutenant General Li seemed to have come to watch a joke, chasing Feng Chenyi and asking him where the money for building the canal would come from.

Qi Nuo saw that the situation was not right and drove away Lieutenant General Li.

Zhai Yun also knew that one hundred thousand taels was not a small amount. If each soldier in the camp was asked to give up one tael of silver, there would probably be chaos.

After everyone left, Feng Chenyi quietly worked overtime to complete the water diversion channel map.

It seemed as if he didn't worry about where the money came from at all.

Zhai Yun couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any idea?"

Feng Chenyi drew the last stroke when it was already late at night outside.

Feng Chenyi picked up the cloak and said, "Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

Zhai Yun followed Feng Chenyi to the pond. Feng Chenyi placed his cloak on the rocks by the water and said, "Go take a bath."

After saying this, Feng Chenyi sat down with his back to the pond, no longer looking in Zhai Yun's direction, "We have our people all around here, no one will come."

Zhai Yun couldn't remember how long it had been since she had taken a bath. There was a water shortage in Fengling City, and everyone had a fixed amount of water to drink every day, so taking a bath was a luxury.

Zhai Yun only felt that her body was sticky, even her hair was stuck together, and she never dared to touch it.

Hearing Feng Chenyi say this, Zhai Yun no longer insisted, took off her bra and clothes and went into the pool.

The cold feeling wrapped around my whole body. I was not used to it at first, but after swimming a circle, the water became warmer and my body felt relaxed and comfortable after being soaked in the water.

Zhai Yun washed the dirt off her body and cleansed her black hair, feeling as if she had taken off a layer of skin from her entire body and felt a lot more relaxed.

A flare exploded in the air, and Feng Chenyi suddenly stood up and walked out. When he came back, he was holding two sets of clean clothes and two pots of wine.

Feng Chenyi placed his green clothes in the place closest to the pool, then continued to sit with his back to the pool. He opened a pot of wine and took a sip.

Zhai Yun walked out of the water, picked up her clothes and put them on.

Her hair was still dripping, and Zhai Yun could only sit on the stone with her head tilted, letting the water stains on her hair drip onto the ground.

Feng Chenyi saw that Zhai Yun had put on her clothes, so he took out a cloak and put it on her.

Then he found a comb from somewhere and combed Zhai Yun's hair.

"Have you ever heard of local tyrants in these years since you came to the desert?" Feng Chenyi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

Of course, Zhai Yun had heard of such a treasonous title as "local emperor". It was the title of the head of Shatu Village, the largest of the thirteen villages in the northern desert.

The desert is located between the two countries and is an area without anyone's jurisdiction, so the local emperor is a title that the leader of Shatu Village gave himself. Almost all the caravans leaving Fengling City for Tianjin Kingdom have been hijacked by the local emperor's people.

It is said that the reason why Shatu Village is so rampant is because their village really looks like a palace, luxurious and wealthy.

Zhai Yun suddenly realized, "You want to go to Shatu Village?"

"Their wealth is not clean either." Feng Chenyi said coldly.

Zhai Yun also agreed with Feng Chenyi's statement, taking from the people and using it for the people.

"Okay. When do we go?" They had to repair the aqueduct within fifteen days, and they didn't have much time left.

Feng Chenyi wrung the water out of Zhai Yun's hair, stood up and walked behind Zhai Yun.

"After taking a shower." Feng Chenyi said, took off his clothes, and jumped into the water with a splash.

Zhai Yun opened the wine beside her and took a big sip. Behind her was the sound of Feng Chenyi swimming. The sound of the water made Zhai Yun's imagination run wild.

She was only a ten-year-old child, and Feng Chenyi certainly had no thoughts about her, but Zhai Yun had experienced everything. Listening to the sound of water behind Feng Chenyi, she also knew that Feng Chenyi was only a thirteen-year-old child.

But also a man.

Zhai Yun drank the wine in big gulps. Feng Chenyi's voice rang out from behind him, "A small drink will warm you up. The wine in the Northern Wasteland is very strong."

A sudden voice sounded behind her. Zhai Yun turned around out of habit and saw Feng Chenyi's white chest exposed on the water surface, as well as his abdominal muscles beneath his chest.