My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 295 The Tower Near the Water
This time, he naturally moved into the same building as Xin Nian's team!
It was euphemistically called "facilitating discussions and planning the city's grounds."

The whole family was very happy, especially Xie Ninglan, who kept saying that she would make some delicious nourishing food for Fatty that night.

Previously, Xin Wenyuan and Xin Mochen were wary of the Crown Prince taking advantage of their own little white cabbage, but ever since they learned that he was Fatty, Fatty was him, their attitudes have completely changed.

Now even Xin Mochen has tacitly approved that it's perfectly normal for Fatty to live with their team.

Commander Hu was pulled away by Zhu Yan with a bewildered look on his face, muttering to himself as they walked, "Why do I feel like the Xin family's attitude towards our prince has changed drastically lately?"

“There are many things you don’t know,” Zhu Yan whispered to him. “His Highness has been spending a lot of time talking to the regimental commander and the others lately.”

They're incredibly close, I bet he's got good news coming up!

What Zhu Yan didn't say was that he had occasionally followed His Highness around and overheard a few of the conversations between His Highness and the Xin family. The topics they discussed ranged from all over the world, and he didn't understand a lot of the strange things they said...

Commander Hu glanced at Zhu Yan.

It's not what he thinks, is it?
Actually, compared to His Highness's marriage, Commander Hu is more concerned about the construction of cities on the ground.

"Are there enough materials?" It seems that His Highness and the others have acquired a large plot of land. Are there enough materials to build a great city?
"What do they call these surface cities again?"

"Base." Zhu Yan thought for a moment, then said with a serious expression, "Icefield Base."

What scale would this be once built? Commander Hu imagined it for a moment, but dared not think too much about it, for just thinking about it made him excited.

He, Old Hu, wanted to follow His Highness for the rest of his life and serve His Highness.

I feel like I'll witness many miracles in the future.

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The next morning, Xin Nian held the base planning map and looked at it for a while, only to feel a headache coming on.

The construction of the base begins with the construction of the city walls. At the same time, the planning and improvement of streets and farmland can be carried out.

So they have a lot of work to do from today onwards.

Besides Sun Shan and his son, both earth-type ability users, there were only three people in the team, including Cai Zhenhua.

Xin Nian felt there were still too few people with superpowers! You only realize how few there are when you need them.

It seems we need to hire strong laborers to help build the wall in order to speed up the process.

Seeing her frowning and propping her head up, Xiao Jinzhi quickly said, "We have grain. With some grain, we can hire many people to build the wall. Moreover, this is beneficial to everyone. In fact, we can collect grain from everyone to build the wall as an obligation, even without providing grain."

This was agreed upon beforehand when people were brought into the base: everyone would contribute their labor without pay should the base undergo major renovations.

Xin Nian wasn't worried about the small amount of coarse grains; she just felt that... earth-type ability users could build walls quickly, but unfortunately, there were too few of them!

"Give them food!" Xin Nian made the decision. What was needed now was construction speed and project quality; as for food, there would be as much as they needed.

Comrade Xie Ninglan reported to her that starting today, they should actively plant potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and the like, and then distribute them to outsiders to plant in the experimental fields to see if they can grow.

"Those who sign up for the construction team will receive two jin of wheat bran per person per day." She really gave out this stuff everywhere, far more than she could possibly want.

Wei Chi, standing to the side, widened his eyes and shook his head vigorously, repeatedly objecting, "Miss, this is not in accordance with the rules. Nowadays, a day's work in the market earns at most two ounces of coarse grain. You are offering many times the market price, which will disrupt the market! It might cause chaos."

Xiao Jinzhi glanced at the girl's astonished expression and suppressed his smile. "Well, then let's set the price slightly higher than the market price, post a notice, and offer three ounces of coarse grains per day. We'll recruit some honest, hardworking, and physically strong people to join the construction team."

He paused, then looked at Xin Nian and asked, "How many people should we recruit first?" "Three thousand, I guess," Xin Laoliu replied immediately.

Wei Chi's eyes widened again, and he shook his head repeatedly. "At this rate, we'll have to distribute over a thousand catties of grain every day! That's a bit too much."

What's so great about that? Xin Nian is complaining that there aren't enough people coming and that the construction is progressing too slowly...

Each person only gets three ounces of rations. Is three ounces enough to fill her stomach? If she's not full, don't let it affect her ability to work every day!
We should treat working people better; we can't just make the horse run fast without feeding it.

She's not a landlord or a wealthy man who exploits the people without any scruples.

"Five taels, no less! Recruit three thousand people first, and see how things go." Xin Nian made the final decision. "Go post notices, register people quickly, and start working this afternoon."

To ensure these people have enough to eat, we might have to add a little healing power to the wheat bran so that everyone can regain their strength as quickly as possible.

Wei Chi opened his mouth, but seeing his lord glance at him, he could only silently nod, accept the order, and leave.

The notice was posted in the central square, and it caused a sensation throughout the city.

In the afternoon, tens of thousands of people rushed to line up to register, and Wei Chi sent a Thousand Machine Guard elite squad to maintain order.

After an initial selection process, three thousand capable and efficient men were chosen from the remaining candidates.

Everyone carried hoes and shovels, dressed neatly, and divided into sixty teams to carry bricks, stones, mud, sand, and other materials.

At that time, three earth-elemental ability users were already standing obediently beside Xin Nian.

At the latter's command, Cai Zhenhua, number three, obediently moved and quickly built a small wall with the soil she released.

Xin Nian thought Cai Zhenhua's speed was alright, but it was incomparable to the earth-type ability users she had met in her previous life.

Something is better than nothing, and something is better than nothing. Xin Nian nodded, and when she turned to speak to Sun Shan and his son, her tone was noticeably warmer. "You two just follow her instructions. Your task for the next few days is to build a protective wall as quickly as possible. It doesn't matter if it's low or thin. Just mark out the area according to the plan."

"Then we'll break it down further." Xin Nian made several copies of this plan on the photocopier, one for each member of the team, and now she's also giving one to Sun Shan and his son.

The father and son nodded as they watched.

Previously, Qianjiwei had sent people to measure the land and marked various points according to the planning map, making it easy to identify.

They simply need to build isolation walls according to the locations indicated on the map.

"Young lady, should we pave the road at the same time?" Sun Chengye asked eagerly.

“Paving roads would consume a lot of resources.” Xin Nian looked the father and son up and down, and finally took out a large bag of candied winter melon strips and stuffed it into their hands.

"If you have the energy, go ahead and spread them out. These things can quickly replenish energy, but you can't overdo it. Six or seven a day is about right."

Sun Chengye nodded repeatedly, happily reaching out to take the energy-boosting winter melon strips, "Thank you, Sixth Miss."

"During the period of building earthen walls and paving roads, you will be responsible for using Number Three. Any particularly strenuous or dangerous physical work can be left to her."

"Yes, yes, we understand. Thank you for your guidance, Sixth Miss." The father and son nodded repeatedly, expressing their gratitude once more.

After assigning tasks, Xin Nian saw everyone working enthusiastically and quietly slipped into the farm.