After traveling through time, I rely on force to survive

Li Qingqing put down the book and sighed inwardly. It seemed that she would have to ask Zhou Yimo for labor again.

She thought to herself.

All the silver she had obtained from Mr. Liu and Mr. Luo, converted into silver, was less than 500,000 taels.

More than half of the money was spent on the construction of Qiu Shui Town and Lihua Village. Before coming to the border, a part of it was handed over to Xie Xuan'an for operation. Now there are only 50,000 taels left in his hand.

Nowadays, there are frequent wars on the border, so it is not suitable to use brick-wrapped walls.

It would be better to rebuild a solid blue brick wall inside the current outer wall and outside the main city. In this way, the inner and outer walls will cooperate with each other to achieve a double defense effect.

If there is a ceasefire in the future, the external adobe wall can be expanded at any time.

If we follow this plan and use all the money to hire workers, a conservative estimate would be that at least 1.5 million taels of silver would be needed.

She doesn't have that much money.

The most she could do was to use the fifty thousand taels she had looted. You couldn't ask her to donate her private property, right?

Therefore, just like when she first built Qiushui Town, as long as she can improve the overall economic level of the border town,

The income from His Royal Highness Prince Qing's fiefdom in the border areas will increase accordingly, and she can use this income to continue repairing the city walls and strengthening border construction.

The better the border is built, the more benefits His Royal Highness Prince Qing will gain, and naturally she and Xie Xuan'an will also benefit greatly.

Thinking of this, Li Qingqing looked at the village head and said with a smile:

"I already have a general understanding of the town's situation. In that case, I will try to arrange some easy work for the villagers, but the wages may be a little low. Do you mind?"

The head of the village had previously received a notice from the Protector General Wei, asking him to fully cooperate with the work of Deputy General Li Qing.

I saw that she didn't say anything just now, and I thought she had messed up.

When he heard the deputy general say that he would still assign some work to the villagers, hope rose in his heart, so he quickly said:

"No, no! It's a great blessing for women and children to earn a penny."

One laborer can do the same amount of work as two women and children, so naturally the laborer's wages are higher.

"Okay, in that case, I will come to you anytime when I need help." Li Qingqing nodded and said:

"Before that, I need to buy two thousand kilograms of sorghum in town and bring it back to the barracks. If you can ensure high quality, I won't give you a bad price."

Two thousand kilograms of sorghum is not a lot. Sorghum is the most abundant commodity in the village now. It would be nice if we could exchange it for some silver.

"Please rest assured, I will urge the villagers to carefully select the grains to ensure that each one is plump and meets your requirements."

Li Zheng showed a happy expression, made repeated assurances, and asked, "When will you need it?"

"I'll send someone to buy it tomorrow."

Li Qingqing thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Also, I came here today to do something that I need you to do immediately."

The village head immediately became serious: "Please give instructions, Deputy General."

"I will send a batch of livestock and crop seeds tomorrow. You must supervise the villagers to sow them in the paddy fields. Don't miss any!"

After Li Qingqing finished speaking, she added:

"This is an order from His Royal Highness Prince Qing, and it is a major event that will benefit the people. Please ensure the mission is completed."

Li Qingqing has learned her lesson this time. Since everyone refuses to accept things that have never appeared before, she will use her authority to directly order them to plant them.

If this paddy field of less than 2,000 acres can produce a miracle next year, I believe that there will be villagers who will try every possible way to cultivate it.

The village head nodded respectfully: "Please rest assured, Deputy General, I will do my best to live up to your expectations."

After the village head sent Li Qingqing away, he hurried to arrange related matters.

Li Qingqing finally returned to her residence in the main city before dusk.

Because the stove that had just been built today was not completely dry yet, Li Qingqing didn't want to eat that disgusting sorghum rice.

So she made the excuse that she was a little tired and needed to go back to her room to rest, but in fact she quietly went into the space to get something to eat.

After a hearty meal, she began to write a letter.

A letter was written to Zhou Yimo, detailing the situation in the border area and asking him to send a group of laborers and some craftsmen to assist as soon as possible.

A letter was written to Xie Xuan'an, telling him that there was business to be done again and asking him to send someone to set up a grocery store in the border town first.

Although the border town is large, there is no market here due to inconvenient transportation and closed environment.

The letter also asked Xie Xuan'an to purchase all the necessary items she needed according to the list and have them delivered together.

Another letter was written to Mr. Feng, asking him to send the Qingfeng Pavilion's escort team to fully cooperate with the escort.

After finishing writing, she called two shadow guards, handed all the letters to them, and asked them to ride quickly to Qiushui Town.

Early the next morning, Li Qingqing started to get busy again.

The Shadow Guards continued to grind the raw materials for the black fireball into powder.

She quietly took the alfalfa seeds out of the space and threw them into the carriage. As usual, she took two shadow guards with her and drove to the border town.

Now is the last time to sow milk vetch seeds, and she will personally guide the villagers on how to sow the seeds correctly in the fields.

We also need to discuss and plan with the village head to prepare for a series of upcoming events.

Therefore, ever since Li Qingqing showed up in front of the other soldiers, she was busy going out early and returning late every day for the next three days.

The other soldiers in the army had no idea what she was busy with, and she was nowhere to be seen even when they called for attendance.

I just heard that she went out in a carriage early in the morning and came back in a carriage in the evening.

There are people guarding her residence and no one is allowed to enter, making it very mysterious.

Before long, some soldiers knew that a relative had come to the barracks, and was said to be the general's cousin.

This person not only did not live with the soldiers, but was also arranged by the general to live alone in the main city.

Not only did this man bring a group of subordinates with him, but as a deputy general, he not only could not ride a horse, but also went out for a stroll in a carriage every day.

Not only is this person completely unaware of this, he also continues to do as he pleases.

This person……

The soldiers were talking among themselves, but the general ignored it.

The news spread faster and faster, and soon caused dissatisfaction among the soldiers.

What’s even more infuriating is that he actually disliked the food in the army and secretly built a small stove in his own residence.

This made one of the deputy generals in charge of logistics, Chi, particularly angry.

He hated these dandies who came to the military camp to gild themselves the most, so he wanted to find Li Qingqing to question her.

But he was unlucky and was kept outside the door by the shadow guards for two consecutive days.

The reason was that "Deputy General Li Qing was out on business and had not returned yet." No response was given to any other questions.

Deputy General Chi was so angry.

He couldn't stand the feeling of being ignored, but the shadow guard was not from the military camp, so he couldn't do anything about it.

So he came to see Li Qing every day.

At noon that day, he went directly to Li Qingqing's residence as usual.

He just didn't believe that Li Qing didn't eat lunch.

If he couldn't see her again, he would bypass the general and report the matter directly to the censor.