Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!

Chapter 454: City Layout Plan ( 1 )

Noticing her husband was here, Yao Zhi smiled and waved at him. To avoid exposing her identity, she could only greet him with another title.

“Brother Chen’an, you are here.”

The moment Fu Chen’an heard this, the corner of his lips twitched for a second. For his wife to call him brother, as those rough men did, was indeed a special experience.

Not noticing her husband’s complicated feelings, Yao Zhi pulled at his sleeve and asked, “Have you eaten?”

Hearing this, Fu Chen’an smiled and nodded. “I already ate before coming.” He glanced at the scholars recording the workers’ information and asked, “How is it going?”

“So far, we have already hired more than 2,000 people. Thankfully, I hired 50 people who know how to read and write. Otherwise, it would take weeks just to record the workers’ information.”

Fu Chen’an nodded and reminded her, “Since you already hired so many people, let them do the work. Don’t tire yourself out.”

Yao Zhi nodded at his words. “I will listen to you.”

Even though they spoke in low voices and stood far from other people, their unconscious intimate behaviors couldn’t be hidden.

While the commoners just thought of them as good brothers, the soldiers looked at their Battalion Commander with complicated gazes.

Although Young Master Lei had ordinary looks, his figure was as delicate as a girl’s. But no matter how delicate he was, he was still a man.

The Battalion Commander already had a virtuous wife at home, so how could he get involved with this rich young master? Was the Battalion Commander threatened by him?

When this thought flashed through their minds, they quickly dispersed it.

With Battalion Commander Fu’s martial arts and tall, burly figure, it was impossible for a small, thin young master to threaten him. With just one slap from him, Young Master Lei might have to lie in bed for at least half a month.

Fu Chen’an didn’t stay for long. After he ensured that everything was in order, he returned to the military camp. As the Battalion Commander, his responsibility was heavier than when he was a Squad Leader.

As for Yao Zhi, she went to the mountains to check on the resources. This time, all of her guards went with her.

Each of them rode a warhorse, which was a sight to behold.

Even the army could only provide average warhorses for their cavalry. For a merchant family to be able to give the bodyguards so many warhorses, it showed how wealthy they were.

When the commoners saw this, their anxious hearts finally settled down.

They only knew that the one hiring them was the Lei family after they came here. No one had ever heard about the Lei family, so they were worried that they wouldn’t receive the payment promised by the employer.

But after witnessing Young Master Lei’s generosity toward his bodyguards, all of their worries were gone. For someone who was willing to give such expensive warhorses, he wouldn’t lack the money to pay their wages.

Yao Zhi and the Ling brothers had no idea that they had become the talk among the commoners. When they arrived at the mountain foothills, they tied their horses to the nearby trees.

Before they went into the mountains, Yao Zhi prepared fodder and drinking water for the horses. Then, she drew a protection talisman for the horses. This way, no one would be able to steal them.

Following the direction on the map shown by the system, they climbed the mountain and went to the nearest resource. This resource was marked as an ore mine. But to know what type of ore she needed to check on it personally.

Now that she had already reached Level 5 of the Qi Gathering Realm, her Qigong technique had improved by leaps and bounds. Even without using her spiritual energy, she was no worse than the Ling brothers.

It only took them 4 hours to reach the area of the ore mine. Looking at the sky, Yao Zhi saw that it was almost sunset. Although she was not afraid of wild beasts, it was unsafe to travel in the mountains at night.

What if they fell from a cliff due to the darkness?

With this concern, Yao Zhi found an open area and said, “Let’s stay here tonight.”

“Understood.”

Ling Shi’er and his brothers had no objection. Without even the need to be ordered, they split up and started gathering firewood, setting up the tent, and preparing dinner.

Yao Zhi had nothing to do, so she climbed a tree. Standing at a higher vantage point, she could see the lights coming from the Northeast City. From this distance, those lights looked like countless fireflies.

From the information gathered by her guards, the Northeast city was divided into 5 districts.

The central district was where the government offices and the residences of the officials’ families and noble families were located.

The east district was where most of the stores, inns, and restaurants were located. It was also the main area for the city’s trading market.

The south district was where the wealthy merchants’ residences were located. Although the residents living there had no official positions or noble titles, their residences were no less majestic than those in the central district.

They were rich, and they liked to show it off. So, most of the courtyards in this area were three-gate courtyards and decorated lavishly.

The north district was the main gate of the Northeast City. There were no residences or government offices there. There were also no roadside stalls. Every store in this area targeted upper-middle-class and upper-class people as customers.

As for the west district, it was the most chaotic and messy area in the entire city. The houses located there were small and dilapidated. The roadside stalls were also small and unorganized. It was also known as the slum area.

Out of all the districts, the west district was usually used by the government to relocate refugees.