After traveling through time, I rely on force to survive

After Li Feng and Li Qingqing collected the clothes and other supplies for the deputy general, they headed towards the border.

On the way, Li Feng saw Li Qingqing lost in thought, so he asked with concern, "Is there anything wrong with repairing the city wall?"

Li Qingqing sat in the carriage. She looked at Li Feng and smiled.

"I can accept the test from Protector Wei. You don't have to worry. Let's settle down first, and then find a solution."

She had just arrived and was not familiar with the situation at the border, so it was not advisable for her to make a judgment too early.

The extent of damage to the city wall, the amount of manpower required, and the cost will all depend on the actual situation.

Moreover, she has not yet conducted a detailed investigation of the local soil. If the soil is not suitable for firing blue bricks at all, she will have to find other ways.

In short, it is not something that can be solved in a few words.

"Alright, let's discuss the construction of the city wall in detail."

Li Feng naturally understood and nodded, "You don't have to worry too much about this matter."

Li Feng felt that if the city wall could not be repaired with blue bricks, it would be a good idea to continue using the old method and reinforce it with earth.

It just means making the soldiers work harder and digging up some soil for construction or repairs.

I don't think Wei Duhu would deliberately make things difficult for them. After all, no one at that time could afford to use blue bricks to build the city walls.

In short, we must not let our sister worry too much about this matter, and just focus on making the black fireball.

Li Qingqing had different ideas. She had been thinking about this matter seriously.

After all, Qiu Shui Town is the place closest to the border. Once the border city falls, Qiu Shui Town will be the first to bear the brunt.

She had just lived in her new house for a few days, it was impossible for her to not be able to live there anymore, right?

No matter what, even if she had to use the space to transport blue bricks from Qiu Shui Town to the border, she had to get this done.

Li Qingqing thought for a moment and then casually asked, "Won't the court reimburse the cost of repairing the city wall?"

Li Qingqing felt that the city walls at the border were used to guard the country's gates. It couldn't be like in Qiu Shui Town, where the county magistrate was responsible for raising funds, right?

But Li Qingqing was obviously overthinking it. The imperial court was already in arrears with military pay, so how could it allocate money to repair the city walls?

"The imperial treasury is in a tight spot. Whether it's in a town or at the border, all local defense works are solved by collecting taxes locally or recruiting volunteers from the people." Li Feng explained.

Want to wait for the imperial court to allocate funds? No way.

Li Feng thought that if he submitted the petition for silver, it would probably be smashed to pieces by the ministers before it even reached the emperor.

There are wars and banditry everywhere. If local governments do not take the initiative to enclose their own territories, they can only wait to be occupied by enemy troops or bandits.

It's just like the boss Luo back then. If he had some strength, successfully occupied Yuntai County, and controlled the main entrances and exits of the city wall, then the entire Yuntai County would be his.

If Boss Luo is more powerful, he can join hands with the enemy country, cooperate with the inside and outside, and take over the southern border in one fell swoop. Once the south is lost, the day of the demise of the Dayuan Kingdom will be just around the corner.

Of course, with Li Qingqing around, Boss Luo wouldn't have that luck.

Besides, Li Feng is guarding the border city and will definitely not allow such a thing to happen.

"So, the Protector General of Wei has entrusted me with the management of this border town so that I can collect taxes and raise money?"

Li Qingqing was speechless and added:

"The residents of border towns are already living in poverty. If we raise taxes again, won't that cut off their livelihood?"

Does Wei Duhu want to make himself the bad guy?

Li Feng rode on the horse, steering it forward while saying:

“The Protector General of Wei has no intention of making things difficult for you. If the border cities are as strong as iron, it will be very beneficial to him.

He just thinks that if you can't raise the money, given our friendship, His Royal Highness Prince Qing will definitely not sit idly by."

So, if you really are short of money, you should still ask Mu Yunjing for it?

Li Qingqing and Li Feng chatted as they walked.

Not long after, the group arrived at their destination.

Li Feng arranged for Li Qingqing and the shadow guards to live near his own residence.

The residence was located in the main city, far away from the soldiers' camp, making it convenient for her and the shadow guards to make black fireballs without being spied on.

Li Qingqing immediately ordered the shadow guards to move most of the supplies on the carriage into an empty house.

While the shadow guards were away from the house, she quickly mixed the raw materials for making black fireballs into these supplies.

The remaining daily necessities and wolf meat picked up on the road were delivered to the barracks logistics department by a shadow guard driving a carriage.

After settling down, the shadow guards stayed where they were and continued to pack up, preparing to start making black fireballs from tomorrow.

Li Feng took Li Qingqing to visit the top of the city, and Li Qingqing was able to see the entire terrain of the border city.

The outermost part of the entire border city is a long moat, about twenty meters wide.

Li Feng pointed at the moat and explained to Li Qingqing, "Soldiers are constantly monitoring the moat. If any enemy troops fill the moat, they will be shot."

Li Qingqing nodded to show that she understood, and continued to walk to the side with Li Feng.

But before leaving, she looked at the moat again in a daze, feeling that she had seen it somewhere before.

After walking a few more steps, Li Qingqing thought, maybe it's because this moat is somewhat similar to the river in Lihua Village?

Inside the moat is a solid rammed earth wall, which surrounds the barracks, main city, border towns, and protectorate.

Li Qingqing was standing on the city wall at this time. She looked around. The city wall had many damages and cracks due to years of war, even though it was repaired frequently. The arrow towers on the battlements were also dilapidated.

In addition, the frequent rainy seasons in the south are also one of the reasons why the rammed earth walls are severely damaged.

In short, in order to prevent disasters from happening, the city wall must be repaired as soon as possible.

Li Qingqing then told Li Feng that they would go to survey the soil early tomorrow morning.

The two walked along the city wall. Every half meter, there were two soldiers holding weapons, taking turns to monitor the area 24 hours a day.

Seeing Li Feng coming, the soldiers saluted him from time to time.

After visiting the city wall, Li Feng brought Li Qingqing to the main city's meeting hall, and asked someone to call other deputy generals over. He introduced Li Qingqing to each of the deputy generals one by one.

Only then did Li Qingqing realize that in addition to herself, there were more than ten deputy generals, each of whom had his own duties and was responsible for managing different border affairs.

In addition, there is also a censor.

However, the censor was not in the conference hall. He was leisurely eating dinner in his residence.

The censors generally ignored trivial matters like the arrival of a new deputy general in the military camp.

His duty was to record some things he thought should be recorded and then send messengers to the court regularly, that's all.

Oh! He also has a hobby, which is eating delicious food.

However, the imperial court sent him to this miserable place, where he stayed for many years, which was enough to end his hobby.

He hadn't eaten meat for a long time recently, so tonight he was overjoyed to learn that there was wolf meat to eat. Even if it was simply boiled in water, he ate it with gusto.

But Li Qingqing really couldn't accept it.

She was a little dazed as she looked at the dry sorghum rice and the tasteless boiled wolf meat in front of her.