Become a founding empress in ancient times with the system

Wooden boards with words on them were hung up one by one. The onlookers were a little confused. "What is written on this? Can anyone read?" They looked at each other in confusion. Staying alive was a problem, so no one wanted to learn this.

Soon, County Magistrate Wu came out and read the contents of the notice: "First, we are recruiting 500 soldiers. The monthly salary is 500 copper coins. If you want to join, please go to Captain Shen to sign up. Second, if you are good at blacksmithing, or have learned it, please sign up here. The monthly salary is 300 copper coins. The limit is 10 people."

"Also, the county wants to build a few houses. The monthly salary is 200 wen, limited to 20 people. Sign up here. If you don't have enough food, you can exchange the monthly salary for food."

"Third, the county will establish a school. Families with children aged thirteen or under and five or above can enroll here, no bribe required. The above three requirements apply regardless of gender."

"My dear, you can sign up," Li Niang shook Zhang Tie's arm, "Your blacksmithing skills were pretty good before. This way you can exchange some food for it." Although there were five days of food in stock, it was still not enough.

Zhang Tie was also a little excited: "You wait here, don't get bumped into by others." After settling Li Niang, he squeezed in.

Li Niang tightly grasped her sleeves. It was great to be able to come here. She wouldn't have to worry after the baby was born.

"What are you going to do?" The few of them were together in the mountains, and their relationship became closer when they came to Guangping County.

"I want to join the army." The big man's face was firm and his tone was resolute, which clearly showed that he had made up his mind.

"I want to go too" came one after another, mainly because the monthly salary was high enough and it was always a good thing to save more money.

"That's good. You guys go register, and we'll leave two of us to look after the children while the others go and register for them. They're old enough to go to school now." What's more, it's free. The woman immediately made arrangements, leaving two people behind, and rushed in. What if the place is full if they're late?

"See, I knew that the master would recruit people when he came back. What do you plan to do?" An older man looked proud.

"Three generations of my family have been blacksmiths, so I'd better continue to do this." The young man smiled naively. He was worried about how to get food and accommodation, and living in someone else's house was not an option.

The old man pushed him and said: "Why don't you go quickly, it will be full soon."

Sheng Changan slowly unfolded the map in his hand. What is currently in short supply is salt and clay, and these things are usually found in places with water. "Sun Zhong, go to a place with a lake nearby."

After hearing Sun Zhong's agreement, Sheng Chang'an no longer cared about it. This person was specially selected by Wu County Magistrate from the ten people recruited earlier. He was also familiar with the terrain, so he was specially designated.

"Xiao Liu, are there no other tasks after the update?" A task for a thousand people is really too few, and more importantly, this map is really to her liking.

"The mission is triggered by the host himself, for example, the mission of the first 100 people is like this."

Sheng Changan gave up hope. Since this was the case, she could only rely on herself.

"Sir, we're here"

Sheng Changan got off the bus. It had taken him half a day to get to the lake, which was not very efficient. The lake wasn't very big, only about 40 or 50 meters, and there was nothing special around it. Since he was sure there was nothing there, he could only move to the next place.

After running around to several places for several days, she still couldn't find any salt. Sheng Chang'an sighed. If there was no salt, when the Xianbei came, her soldiers wouldn't even have the strength to pick up their weapons, and would be waiting to die.

Now we can only change our approach. Instead of looking for salt mines, we can look for something that can replace salt. Sheng Changan's closed eyes trembled slightly. She remembered that there was a tree called the wood salt tree. If she could find it, it would be a good substitute temporarily. "Xie Zhong, do you know that there is a tree that grows very tall and blooms around August or September. It has white stuff on its body."

"Sir, if you are looking for this strange tree, there may be one on that mountain. The trees there all look very strange."

Sheng Changan's eyes moved slightly. "How do you know the trees inside are strange?"

"Everyone here knows it, it's been passed down from generation to generation. We call it Ghost Mountain. Once you enter it, you can't get out."

It was passed down, which means that someone still walked out alive. It seems that we still need to find a way to get into this place. If there are such trees, we can transplant some of them. Suddenly the car stopped, and Sheng Changan was a little surprised. "What happened?"

"Sir, wait a minute. It rained two days ago, and it's a bit difficult to drive on this area." Xie Zhong felt a little embarrassed when he saw the mud on the car. The mud was too heavy, and he had to find a way to deal with it.

It rained the past two days, so the ground must have dried up a long time ago. Sheng Changan's eyes lit up. Could it be clay? She opened the curtain and walked down, a little overjoyed. After several days, there was finally good news: "Is there a water source nearby?"

"Yes, there is a lake a little further on, and it's quite big." I didn't expect that adults would know this, even though it was clearly still some distance away.

Sheng Changan touched some yellow mud from the ground. Yes, this was indeed clay. Her city wall had a place to go. It was still early, so Sheng Changan simply waved her hand and said, "Ask County Magistrate Wu and Feng Zhihong to bring people over and build a house here. I'll wait here."

Xie Zhong hesitated a little... "But sir, you are alone..."

Sheng Changan waved his hand: "I'm fine, you go quickly, go early and come back early, and prepare some food by the way."

Xie Zhong had no choice but to obey the order, tied up the donkey, and then quickened his pace to go back.

The discovery of clay also made her feel better after several days of fruitless work. There was water nearby, and as long as she prepared some food, she could start work, and her city wall would be built.

It is now May, and in seven or eight months the Xianbei will most likely invade Guangping again. The city wall must be built before then.

As soon as the cotton is planted, we have to start making clothes. I heard from County Magistrate Wu that many people freeze to death here every winter, so we have to build a kang before that.

The more he thought about it, the more things came to him. Sheng Changan rubbed his temples with his fingertips. It would be better if there were more civilians, but if there were refugees, they would just hide and he wouldn't be able to find them. This was a vicious circle.

After waiting for about an hour, Wu Xiancheng came running over with more than 20 people.

Sheng Changan pointed at the soil on the ground and said, "I want to use this to build a city wall. Feng Zhihong, you will be in charge of this side. You will live here recently. I will ask Shen Huaizhi to send a team to protect your safety."

Feng Zhihong hesitated a little, "This mud wall..."

"Of course we can't leave it like this. We need to burn it into bricks." Sheng Changan found a branch and gestured on the ground, "First, mix it to a similar viscosity. The current shape won't work because there's too much water. Then make a rectangular mold..."

Seeing the adults' expressions, County Magistrate Wu knew that the soil must be very important, so he simply asked them to build a simple thatched hut here.