SFS Chapter 208 Leading the Troops
Chapter 208 Leading the Troops
When Qiqi and the others saw the appearance of the iron-eating beast, they burst into laughter.
The old housekeeper's surname was also Zhou, so Zhou Jingze called him Uncle Zhou. "Uncle Zhou, are you going to stay here or come home with us?"
"Xiao Ze, since I have found you, I will follow you back. When I have time, I will teach you to practice magic. We will go back when you become strong. If the people who harmed Jiang Ziying find out now, they will kill you in minutes. You should intensify your practice," said Butler Zhou.
"Uncle Zhou, we know. Now we should intensify our cultivation. We also know that someone has come to look for us." Qiqi told Butler Zhou that Zhao Youwei and Zhao Youliang had come to look for them. Zhao Youwei was dead, and Zhao Youliang had been captured by them.
"Ah, you said the Zhao family sent people to the human world. They are so bold. If they send more people, we will make sure they never come back." Butler Zhou said gritting his teeth.
"You are not injured, are you? Their cultivation is much higher than yours."
"Uncle Zhou, we are not injured. We were just unable to defeat him and were almost beaten to death by him. It was the small tower that helped us suppress Zhao Youliang and put him in the tower." Zhou Jingze also said.
"So many things have happened. Blame it on me. I couldn't find you all these years, so I slacked off. I also heard about the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty rescuing people from disasters and eliminating the plague, but I didn't expect it was you. I'm sorry, if I had found you earlier, you wouldn't have been threatened by them." Butler Zhou blamed himself
"Uncle Zhou, you don't have to be like this. Now that we've found it, you can protect us. We'll rely on you from now on." Qiqi said happily.
After a few days in the Misty Forest, they received news from Liu Junyang. He had arrived at the Misty Forest with his engineering department and an army of 10,000 men. Butler Zhou released the barrier.
When the martial artists learned that the imperial court had sent troops, they retreated. They were unwilling to go against the imperial court.
Qiqi and the other two met Liu Junyang outside the Misty Forest. They told him where the iron ore was located in the mountains and drew a map. Liu Junyang was delighted, knowing he could refine iron and forge weapons.
"Qiqi, you are the lucky star of our Yongning Kingdom. Iron can be used to make weapons for the army. That's great."
"Brother Junyang, don't be too happy too soon. This is a big project. We need to build the road first so that the excavated iron can be transported out. Just building the road is a big project. You should send people to build the road first. Find people from the engineering department first, discuss with them, and let the soldiers build the road first." Qiqi said.
Liu Junyang's troops were setting up tents and cooking. They were well-trained, each doing their own work. Liu Junyang had his guards call the chief foreman of the engineering department, showed them a map, and explained the location of the iron ore mine.
The chief foreman suggested building the road first, and Qiqi nodded. He also drew a line on the map. This road would allow the mined iron ore to be refined and then transported.
Qiqi didn't say anything else. She admired the chief engineer's idea. He was a real engineer. Qiqi, Zhou Jingze, and Xiao Rui left Liu Junyang's tent. They were told to figure out how to build the road. Qiqi couldn't control everything.
Qiqi wanted to give Liu Junyang's road construction team an excavator and a bulldozer. After discussing it with Zhou Jingze and Xiao Rui, they both agreed.
Liu Junyang's 10,000 soldiers first built a simple road, wide enough for just one carriage. Later, they would widen it. They quickly began working on the road. Wherever they came across large trees, they cut them down, saving the trunks for building houses later. The branches, once dried, were used for cooking, eliminating any waste.
Ten thousand soldiers worked on the road piece by piece, and soon they had built an area of more than ten miles.
Qiqi and the other two also arrived at the remote town. Qiqi moved the excavator and bulldozer out of the space and took out a lot of diesel. She put it in the car.
Zhou Jingze and Xiao Rui each drove a car, and they soon arrived at the military camp.
Liu Junyang saw it and knew it was Qiqi who brought it. Without asking any questions, he selected a few smart soldiers to learn how to drive from Zhou Jingze and Xiao Rui. Zhou Jingze and Xiao Rui first compacted the road they were working on. When they arrived at the road construction site, they shoveled the uneven spots and filled the depressions. The soldiers who were working on the road were stunned. What kind of machine is this? With just a few shovels, they can almost complete a section of road.
They all cheered, "With this big guy, we can build the road faster."
The young men who were learning to drive took the opportunity to learn from them more seriously. After a few days, they finally mastered the technique. Xiao Rui followed them and watched them repair the road. With the help of these two machines, they repaired the road even faster.
Qiqi and Zhou Jingze led Liu Junyang and the Yongning State Engineering Chief Engineer to the iron ore mine. Seeing the cave iron mine, the Chief Engineer exclaimed with joy like a child. "Great! So much ore! So many arrowheads! We can forge swords and spears! Our army will be equipped. Your Majesty, our country is strong. Thank you, Princess!" The Chief Engineer bowed deeply to Qiqi.
"Chief Engineer, you're welcome. I'm also a member of Yongning Country. This is what I should do." Qiqi said.
Liu Junyang was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. He hadn't expected to find so much iron ore, or such a deep cave, with the walls covered in rusty iron ore.
"Qiqi, I don't know how to thank you. I would like to thank you on behalf of my father." He also bowed to Qiqi.
"Brother Junyang, you're too polite. This is all thanks to Brother Jingze's old housekeeper. He was looking for Chinese medicinal herbs and discovered the iron ore here. He informed us. We came here to take a look and then informed you and Father to come and mine it." Qiqi kindly concealed the old housekeeper's affairs from them. Telling them would not benefit them and would only make them more worried.
Liu Junyang and the chief foreman also thanked Qiqi and his team for the two machines they sent. They also saw how quickly the road could be built using bulldozers and excavators. They said they could reach the mining area in just one month.
The chief foreman saw that the road construction was accelerating, so he dispatched many soldiers to the mining area to build houses for them. So many soldiers couldn't live in the open air. It would be fine if it didn't rain. What should we do if it rained?
After a few days, the soldiers in the mining area had built more than a dozen houses. They also lived in a large cave and continued to build houses.
When the chief foreman saw that the house was built well, he sent many soldiers to dig iron ore.
Qiqi gave the foreman a map of the coal mine support and asked him to pay attention to the safety of the miners. The foreman praised Qiqi for her cleverness.