In a chaotic world of infrastructure development, a woman's path to survival after being reborn

As soon as Su Li's voice rang out, Zhao Zexuan's body involuntarily tensed up, his expression becoming extremely serious.

Zhao Zexuan's serious expression made Su Li swallow her words. She asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zexuan said, "Nothing, what do you want to say?"

Hearing this answer, Su Li put aside her doubts and said, "I want to tell you about the progress of potato planting. During your time outside the city, the earthen house has been built, and I have been having people start planting it over the past few days. As long as nothing unexpected happens, the harvest is just a matter of time."

“Alright, you can make the decision on this matter,” Zhao Zexuan nodded.

Satisfied with Zhao Zexuan's lack of interference, Su Li couldn't help but remind him, "The potatoes will take some time to grow. It's best if you stay in the city and don't go out during this time."

Military supplies account for a large portion of food expenditures, and Su Li had to bring this up in order to ensure the food supply for the city's residents.

Upon hearing Su Li's words, Zhao Zexuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "The team will not be going out for a while. It's freezing cold, and going out now would be disadvantageous for us."

Hearing this, Su Li felt relieved and said, "That's good, otherwise the grain in the warehouse might really not be enough to supply the market."

Zhao Zexuan naturally understood this, so he said, "We've been traveling for too long these days, it's time to rest and recuperate. After winter, I'm afraid there won't be any peace."

Su Li understood Zhao Zexuan's meaning, so she handed the papers on the desk to Zhao Zexuan and said, "Since you're not going out, then stay in the city and help with the work. This is a defense plan I've come up with recently."

Hearing Su Li say this, Zhao Zexuan didn't stand on ceremony. He took the paper and carefully considered it before saying, "If the plan here can be implemented, the defense level of the north and south cities against foreign enemies will be greatly improved."

Su Li accepted Zhao Zexuan's undisguised praise without hesitation, saying, "I have already presented the plan; whether it can be implemented depends on you."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zexuan nodded and said, "There's still plenty of time. No rush. We have time to think things through slowly."

That was true, and Su Li didn't deny it. However, she added, "The construction of defensive facilities concerns everyone in the city. We don't need to trouble the soldiers with everything. The people in the city can also be used. If we hire them to do the work, they will probably be happier."

Zhao Zexuan considered the feasibility of involving the people. Managing the people was not difficult, but the difficulty lay in how to get them to work. In the present situation, there was neither money nor food, so how could he get people to work?

While Zhao Zexuan was struggling with procuring supplies, Su Li, standing to the side, said to herself, "The people we recruit will be paid work points based on the intensity of their work. The more work they do, the more work points they will receive. Right now, we don't have enough food to pay the people."

Having already been thinking about this, Zhao Zexuan couldn't help but look at Su Li upon hearing this and said, "This is indeed a good idea, but will the people agree to it?"

"Of course, they will not only be able to, but they will be overjoyed, since work points can be exchanged for things, and it's only a matter of time before they are exchanged for things," Su Li said decisively.

Hearing this, Zhao Zexuan had no doubts, after all, he knew Su Li's abilities.

Since no one plans to leave the city, the people outside the city need to be placed somewhere. It's impossible to save them from the brink of death only to let them freeze to death outside.

Zhao Zexuan told Su Li about the requests from the people outside, wanting to know Su Li's thoughts.

Su Li naturally understood the situation. She shared the same idea as Zhao Zexuan: those people couldn't continue to stay outside. If they didn't stay outside, they had to be moved into the city and given a place to live.

When I first arrived in the North City, it was terribly deserted, but now it's packed with people and there are no spare houses at all.

The houses in the city are already too crowded, and it is indeed impossible to continue building. The only solution now is to find an open space to build houses.

The open space between the north and south of the city was originally the most suitable, but now that open space has become a place for soldiers to station and rest, so it is no longer suitable.

After the start of spring, preparations for planting must begin, which means that houses cannot be built on the fields.

Su Li considered several places that she remembered, but rejected them one by one. Each place had its reasons for being unsuitable. After thinking about it, there was no suitable place.

I originally thought the North and South City were big enough, but when I really thought about it carefully, there was actually very little room to move around inside.

Thinking about how busy Zhao Zexuan and the others had been lately, an idea suddenly popped into Su Li's mind. She looked at Zhao Zexuan and asked, "What do you think about us rebuilding an outer city outside the North City?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zexuan was a little confused. It took him a while to understand Su Li's intention. He said, "This is a good idea, but we need to discuss it with the generals."

Su Li naturally understood this principle, so she nodded and said, "I understand, but we need to be quick. If everyone agrees, we can build towering city walls directly in the outer city, without having to reinforce and raise the existing city walls."

Zhao Zexuan understood this, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I will discuss it with the other generals as soon as possible."

Satisfied with Zhao Zexuan's affirmative reply, Su Li asked, "What has been the situation outside these past few days? And how have you managed to control the illness? Can you tell me about it?"

Upon hearing Su Li's question, Zhao Zexuan replied, "Of course, feel free to ask whatever you want to know."

As Zhao Zexuan spoke, he recounted in detail what had happened outside the city in recent days, including all the actions of Sun Dalang and others, and the fact that the prescription was provided by the Pei family.

Speaking of the Pei family, Zhao Zexuan thought of what Mo Bei had reported, and he looked at Su Li and said, "I heard that the Pei family's young lady bothered you today."

Upon hearing this, Su Li understood Zhao Zexuan's meaning, and she waved her hand and said, "It's just a small matter, it's all resolved."

Su Li's expression was calm, as if she didn't care about the matter at all.

Seeing Su Li's attitude, although Zhao Zexuan had expected it, he still couldn't help but feel a little upset. He couldn't help but explain, "I have no relationship with that girl from the Pei family. I've only met her a few times. The annulment of the engagement was clean and decisive. There's no lingering connection between us."

"What that girl said is complete nonsense, don't believe it."

Surprisingly, Zhao Zexuan told her about this. At this moment, Su Li said seriously, "Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person to fall for such a trick. That girl's methods have backfired on me."