"This is fate."
"really."
She didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.
Bai Su instructed again: "In this case, this matter will be in the hands of you, Zhizong. Go and select twenty junior officers and eighty soldiers who are familiar with reclamation, and obey the master's orders. If there are not enough people, you can come back to transfer more people, and don't delay the progress."
"only."
Lu Ji clasped his fists in response.
She went to arrange various matters, and Liao Jia and others only needed to sit there and wait, and they could not help but chat for a while.
"This young master?"
Liao Jia was deeply impressed by this young man.
Bai Su was secretly observing this unfamiliar face. When she heard Liao Jia ask about Lu Ji, she said, "Yes, Lu Ji, courtesy name Zhizong. Zhizong was not originally called this name because she was still young at the time and was just called by her elder brothers' order of birth. But she met with misfortune, her father and brothers both died in the war, and she was stubborn, so she gave herself a new name."
"Oh, so that's how it is."
Liao Jia was not touched at all. It was not because he had no empathy, but because he had seen so many similar tragedies that he was not surprised.
In comparison, Lu Ji is still lucky.
At least she is a brave warrior and there is still hope for her to turn things around in the future. If she were an ordinary commoner, no one would know where her body would be buried.
It was probably because Shen Tang used the Wudan warriors as universal tools so easily that he transferred people to work every now and then. The military camp had a set of rules, and Lu Ji had gathered a hundred people in a short while. Liao Jia glanced casually and his mouth twitched slightly.
All of them are women!
Long-term exposure to the sun and wind and hard and boring training have made their skin rough and dark. In addition, they have no time to take care of their eyebrows, which makes them grow wildly, which somewhat conceals the unique softness of women and adds a bit of heroism and ruggedness...
The average woman is short and thin.
And these in front of me—
Although he was not as tall as him, he was much taller than the average male commoner. His body looked thick and hard, with some edges and corners.
"Isn't this... inappropriate?"
Liao Jia asked Qi Shan in a low voice.
He was fond of women and preferred good looks. He had previously taken care of Zhao Wei's affairs, so his gender had given him some points. Now he was asked to command a group of women to do the hard labor of land reclamation that even adult males might not be able to handle.
It's a bit of a psychological burden.
Qi Shan was about to roll his eyes at him, but he heard Bai Su's tone suddenly become sharp: "Sir, what do you think is wrong with these 100 people?"
Liao Jia could hear the displeasure in Bai Su's words.
But I can't directly tell the reason.
He always felt that there were more than a hundred pairs of malicious eyes staring at him, staring at him with creepy eyes and chilling his body. If he said the wrong thing now, he would never have a good result in the future! In a split second, Liao Jia's mind was spinning rapidly.
He managed to force out a smile like a human trafficker.
"Captain Bai has strong and capable soldiers and horses. Why would we need so many skilled men just to reclaim salt fields?"
Bai Su: “…”
The smile on her face made her feel uncomfortable. It reminded her of the time when she was a thief and bumped into the flower-picking thief in her hand. She felt itchy. However, Liao Jia's words were pleasant to the ears and made her feel comfortable. Bai Su didn't bother with him: "Thank you."
Liao Jia smiled awkwardly.
The efficiency of the involutionary group in the government office was not to be underestimated. After the morning meeting, they divided the location of the salt fields to the east of the government office. Because of the Ten Black Horse Bandits and the poor land, the few villages had been dilapidated and abandoned for many years.
Liao Jia and several others rode in a carriage, Lu Ji rode a Wuqi warhorse and followed on the side of the carriage, and the soldiers walked in formation, each carrying their tools.
The team is neat and the pace is unified.
From time to time he lifted the curtain and took a look.
Qi Shan sat upright and mocked, "You have no vision."
Liao Jia: "I don't have any knowledge? Why don't you find another one like this in other parts of the mainland so that I can broaden my horizons?"
Zhao Wei had no idea what the two were arguing about. It was rare for a brave warrior to open up new land and do some work, but was it really that rare
The carriage was shaking and bumping, and she was bored.
He lay on the window sill and called out to his friends: "Zhi Zong."
Lu Ji looked over and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhao Wei held his chin with one hand and said, "Let me ask you something."
"ask."
"Is your Bai Duwei married?"
Qi Shan and the other man stopped bickering. Lu Ji was confused and said, "We are not married yet, and the captain has no interest in this matter."
Zhao Wei asked again: "Why is he not interested in this matter? He is so young and can command more than 3,000 people. How come there is no Iceman?"
"Ice man? I don't know if there is such a thing. However, my lord, your great cause has not yet been accomplished, so why bother talking about love affairs?" Lu Ji currently couldn't imagine Captain Bai being affectionate with someone else. He felt like he was going blind just thinking about it.
Zhao Wei nodded: "That's right, my father always said that a good man should have ambitions, and a man should establish a career before starting a family to be a real man."
Lu Ji: “???”
Liao Jia suppressed his smile and said, "Xiao Lang, are you asking this to help Captain Bai find a match? Do you have a sister of the right age?"
Zhao Wei looked slightly embarrassed.
He said unnaturally, "So what?"
Seeing that Liao Jia's eyes were filled with a bit of amusement, she said angrily: "My mother has already said that as long as you meet someone who suits your heart, there is nothing wrong with being straightforward! If you don't take action yourself, you can only watch others succeed. That's how my mother got my father..."
However, my mother was good at playing hard to get, and my father still thought that it was me who chased her. Zhao Wei always felt that his talent in military strategy was inherited from his mother rather than his father.
Qishan: “…”
I ate a melon from Zhao Feng and his wife.
He couldn't help laughing: "It's a little late. Captain Bai is a favorite of many girls in Longwu County. He is very popular."
This is also what Qishan doesn’t understand at all.
Zhao Wei: "The outcome is still undecided."
Liao Jia couldn't hold it anymore.
Zhao Wei looked puzzled.
It's fine if you don't support her, but you don't have to laugh at her, right
Seeing Zhao Wei's embarrassment turn into annoyance, Liao Jia hurriedly stopped laughing: "Stop laughing, stop laughing, but - although Captain Bai is good, he may not be a good man for Xiaolang's sisters."
What she has, she has too, and so does everyone else.
Zhao Wei's cheeks puffed up: "Humph!"
This episode somewhat alleviated the fatigue and discomfort caused by the bumpy journey, and everyone arrived at their destination after mid-afternoon.
Liao Jia is familiar with the specifications of each salt field.
He discussed it in a low voice with Lu Ji, then measured the approximate area, marked out each salt pan, and ordered people to clean up the rubble and level the land... The whole process was not complicated, but the workload was huge. Even if he had manpower, he didn't think it could be completed in a short time.
Who knows—
These soldiers opened his eyes.
The martial energy circulates, and violence clears the way.
They cooperate with each other very well.
Liao Jia didn't have to do anything except talking. He just stood aside and watched the various martial energies entangled and flying around, and the flying sand and rocks disturbed his vision. The lower-ranking officials didn't have much martial energy, so it was impossible for them to turn it into a gully, but the efficiency of the relay was not slow.
In less than half a minute, hundreds of salt fields of uniform size and neatly arranged were demarcated and then subdivided.
Qishan nudged him with his elbow.
"You just stand there and watch?"
Liao Jia came back to his senses: "How can I help?"
"Low-level Wudan warriors have small reserves of martial energy, which is consumed quickly and recovered slowly. As a Wenxin scholar, you don't understand this?"
To work fast, the battery life must be stable.
Otherwise, why let Liao Jia come here