I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

Lin Yiran glanced at Xiao Yunzhan and continued,

“Then small rocks are placed on top of the gravel to fill in the gaps.”

“Add a mixture of crushed stone and clay to the surface, with the clay being available locally.”

“Then we use a leveler and water truck, and finally a stone rolling truck to flatten it.”

"The middle is higher and the sides are lower. The ditches on both sides are also dug deeper to facilitate rainwater to flow from the road into the ditches."

“We need to find reliable planners and surveyors for road construction, and arrange for more supervisors to supervise each other.”

"I can take care of the leveling truck, water truck, and stone rolling truck. You just need to arrange the personnel."

After listening to Lin Yiran's road-building method, Xiao Yunzhan nodded repeatedly in surprise.

"This method is good. After the stone problem is solved, the rest is a labor problem. The people just have free time to build the road."

Once the road is built, it will greatly save them the time it takes to travel to Pingliang City.

The soldiers need to train, and the road construction can be done by the people. He just needs to arrange more reliable soldiers to supervise.

"It's ok to let the common people build the road. Shuitian City doesn't want to support idle people."

Lin Yiran nodded and said, "Everyone who comes to build the road can get two meat buns and two scallion pancakes every day."

Only when they are well fed and well watered can they have the strength to build roads. Eating white flour meat buns and sesame cakes will make people more motivated.

She still had a lot of these two kinds of food in her space, which was just enough to distribute to the people when paving the road.

"Okay, I'll find Mr. Changsun right away to arrange for the road construction."

Xiao Yunzhan looked at the bumpy road and felt very excited.

This is a major project that will benefit future generations, so he has to give this road a good name.

........

"General Xiao, General Long, please stay!"

Just as Xiao Yunzhan and Lin Yiran were walking back, a hoarse shout was heard behind them.

Lin Yiran turned around and looked.

He Dongning, with an untidy beard and chapped lips, stumbled towards them.

Far behind him followed a few horses that were struggling to breathe, and a few staggering officials.

After watching all of them, only He Dongning's steps were relatively steady.

Xiao Yunzhan looked at He Dongning in surprise and stepped forward.

"Master He, what happened in Pingliang City?"

Emperor Wu of Liang sent troops to pursue Pingliang City so quickly?

It's obvious that Lord He is in this state because he is traveling day and night. If it wasn't an urgent matter, why would he be traveling day and night?

Thinking that the families of the refugee soldiers were still in Pingliang City, Xiao Yunzhan suddenly felt a little anxious.

“No…it’s not…”

He Dongning gasped and waved his hands repeatedly.

He pursed his cracked lips and swallowed hard twice.

“Is it raining in Brahma City?”

He Dongning stared at Xiao Yunzhan with a tired face and shining eyes.

He was very afraid that Xiao Yunzhan would say "it's not raining".

"Yes, it is raining." Xiao Yunzhan nodded.

"Okay, okay, okay!" He Dongning grinned when he heard the answer he wanted to hear.

"Hiss~" This smile pulled his cracked lips, and he gasped in pain.

He Dongning pursed his lips and looked at Xiao Yunzhan with a pleading look.

"General Xiao, could you lend me the Taoist priests who prayed for rain? The ground in Pingliang City is cracked and needs rain to moisten it..."

Although Xiao Yunzhan left a warehouse of water when he left Pingliang City, it was really not enough.

Each household could only get one bowl of water every day, and he didn't dare give any more.

Even with such conservation efforts, more than half of the water in the warehouse has been used up, and it can only last for two or three days at most.

By the time he returned from Brahma City, the water in Pingliang City’s warehouse was almost used up.

Xiao Yunzhan frowned and looked at Lin Yiran.

Lin Yiran then remembered that there would be more and more refugees in Pingliang City, and the water she had left would not last long.

"How about this, tomorrow, my eldest sister-in-law, my second sister-in-law, and you, the four of us will go to Pingliang City together."

"The soldiers of the eldest and second sisters-in-law will be stationed directly in Pingliang City, so that when Emperor Wu of Liang sends troops to attack, Pingliang City will not have the troops to respond."

Pingliang City, like Shuitian City, is their base camp, and a large number of soldiers must be stationed there to ensure the peace of the people of Pingliang City.

Xiao Yunzhan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment.

The total number of soldiers under the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law was barely 10,000, including many female soldiers, so they were somewhat insufficient in number to be stationed in Pingliang City.

"Okay, go back and recruit some soldiers, and set off tomorrow morning."

He Dongning was very excited after listening to the conversation between the two.

He felt at ease knowing that there were soldiers stationed in Pingliang City.

God knows how worried he was every day that there would be spies in Pingliang City going to the capital to report him. He had taken the initiative to surrender to General Xiao. If Emperor Wu of Liang found out, all nine generations of his clan would be exterminated.

"Okay, okay, we all support you."

He Dongning nodded repeatedly, his face full of unstoppable happiness.

.........

"Long live King Yongchang!"

"Long live General Long!"

“…”

After Xiao Yunzhan stepped into Shuitian City, the city gate guards and the people saluted them with joy on their faces.

He Dongning had just recovered from the shock of Brahma City turning into Shuitian City when he heard even more shocking news.

"King Yongchang!!"

He Dongning stared at Xiao Yunzhan with eyes wide open, and his straight back instantly bent two points.

After walking a few steps, He Dongning had already accepted Xiao Yunzhan's self-proclaimed king.

They are about to rebel, so it is normal to enthronize them as a king. In the future, they will be the emperors, so what does a king mean to them?

When Xiao Yunzhan returned home, he arranged for He Dongning and his party to rest, and then immediately summoned the military advisor Sun Dongcai.

The two of them hid in the study and whispered to each other for the whole afternoon.

........

"Your Majesty, it's not a good idea to always spend so much manpower to watch that madman."

"If he suddenly goes crazy one day, the entire palace will be destroyed by him."

The toothless female official felt jealous and scared when she saw the crazy beggar living such a comfortable life in the cell every day.

It's a year of famine now, and she can't eat meat for three or four days, but that crazy beggar has meat to eat every day.

How could the empress tolerate him like this just because she was worried that he would eat human flesh?