Chapter 396 Do it yourself

At first, everyone didn't quite believe Su Ying's words, because they couldn't imagine how the mother of a country could blow up a stone mountain just by saying so.

But when he and Su Ying arrived at the foot of the rocky mountain and saw the scattered rocks on the ground, he was so shocked that he was speechless.

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and do it."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Su Ying walking forward with a huge rock in both hands that was much heavier than she was.

The people thought they must be dazzled. It must be, otherwise how could a woman lift such a large stone so effortlessly?

Su Ying ignored them and directly moved the large stones onto the transport cart. After the cart was filled with large stones, she asked someone to push it.

However, she found that it was too slow to pull these large stones with manpower, and she had to use animals.

Su Ying called the clerk in charge over.

"Send people down the mountain to borrow all the oxcarts and animals that can be used. It costs ten copper coins a day. You will be paid when the work is done. Go quickly."

The clerk also realized that Su Ying was not joking when she asked him to fill the diversion outlet, so he immediately went to find people and animals after receiving the order.

In a blink of an eye, it began to rain big rain. Gradually, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the rain curtain formed made it impossible for everyone to open their eyes.

Su Ying frowned and said to the workers who were still carrying stones: "Those with physical problems can go to the stone pit in front to take shelter from the rain, and those who can still move can continue to carry stones for me."

After hearing what Su Ying said, some workers looked for places to rest. Normally they couldn't work in such heavy rain.

But after they sat down, they saw Su Ying's figure showing no intention of stopping.

The big raindrops hit Su Ying and soaked her clothes, but she didn't even blink.

If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would not have believed that the honorable mother of a country would actually be carrying stones in this damn place with poor people like them.

"Empress didn't even stop, so how can we rest?"

"That's it. Let's go and move the stones."

Gradually, the workers who had gone to rest stood up and continued to move the things.

Su Ying was not aware of the workers' change of mood. She just felt that compared with those workers, her work efficiency was higher, so she was more reluctant to stop. She just wanted to block the diversion outlet as soon as possible to eliminate future troubles.

Because of the rain, it got dark very quickly, the torches could not be lit, and the surroundings became pitch black.

The clerk who had brought the animals back saw Su Ying still moving the rocks, so he braved the rain and stepped forward and said, "Madam, it's getting dark now, why don't you go down the mountain and rest first? We can just move the big rocks here."

Su Ying shook her head. "The heavier and longer the rain falls, the faster the water will flow, and the greater the pressure upstream will be. Even if we don't sleep, we must seal the hole in the shortest possible time."

The clerk looked at Su Ying's determined eyes and felt a strange emotion in his heart.

The Queen doesn't even rest, so what right do they have to complain about being tired? "Everyone listen, those who can't bear it should go home first, and those who can bear it should stay and continue working."

The workers were all touched by Su Ying's actions, and no one left at this time.

Su Ying was very strong, so she was mainly responsible for lifting the big stones that the workers could not lift onto the cart, while the others used animals to pull the big stones over and dump them into the water.

When the people in the village at the foot of the mountain heard that the queen was going to move the stones herself, they ran up the mountain to watch the fun before dawn.

In their limited knowledge, how could a noble person like the queen appear in this remote place, let alone follow the workers to move stones.

"Your Majesty, you have been working for a whole day and night. Why don't you take a break? The people in the village know you are here, so they brought you breakfast early in the morning. Go and have something to eat." The clerk looked at Su Ying with tears in his eyes.

Su Ying saw that a lot of the rocks that were blown up had been moved away, so she stopped and walked towards the mountain pit where they were hiding from the rain.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."

As soon as Su Ying appeared, the people waiting there knelt down and kowtowed to her.

Su Ying frowned slightly, "Everyone, get up. The mountain roads are muddy. If you are not here to move stones, go back to avoid any accidents in the mountains."

"This is really the Queen, this is really the Queen, she looks like a fairy."

"You are so bold! You are not allowed to see the queen's beauty."

The villagers were talking about it.

The clerk handed the dry food brought by the villagers to Su Ying, "Madam, our place is far away and there is nothing good here, so you can make do with what you have for now."

The villagers brought some corn tortillas and a bowl of boiled eggs. No one touched the bowl of eggs, and everyone ate the corn tortillas.

Although Su Ying's appetite became a bit picky because of He Shouyi, she never despised any edible food.

"Eat more. If you don't have enough, ask someone to bring more food to you. Only when you are full will you have the strength to work."

"yes."

Su Ying took a bite of the pancake. The cornmeal was quite fine and did not make her throat ache. She ate the whole basket of corn pancakes and several eggs before standing up.

"My lady, why don't you take a break?"

Su Ying waved her hand nonchalantly, "Hurry up."

Su Ying was pulling the ox cart and dumping another load of rocks into the diversion outlet. She took a bamboo pole from the side and reached down to check the situation.

“How deep was the diversion hole dug at that time?”

"About two meters."

Two zhang, according to the current size ratio, is about six to seven meters in height. The rocks moved last night were far from enough. The current level can only fill the bottom.

"Go back and continue moving. Don't stop at the silt side either. Pour the stones and silt down together."

"yes."

The clerk went to the nearby villages and found a lot of workers. They couldn't farm at this time of year, and it was difficult to find work in the city. Now they could work for ten copper coins a day, so the villagers came without any hesitation.

With more manpower, the landfill efficiency became higher. For three days, Su Ying worked with everyone here to move rocks, until most of the rocks blasted out by her were moved away, and then the work was considered to be effective.

Standing at the diversion outlet, you can vaguely see the rocks in the water, but because it has been raining heavily intermittently in the past few days, more water has come down from the mountain.

"My lady, we have almost moved all the rocks here. Do you want to get some more? What do you think is the most appropriate way to fill this hole?"

Su Ying frowned and said, "The impact of mountain torrents is very strong. Not only do we need to fill the rocks higher, but the foundation below must also be more stable. It should be almost done in two more days. After moving the rocks here, I will go somewhere else to see if there is a suitable rock mountain."

"Yes, yes, but blasting a rock mountain is too dangerous. Why don't you let the younger ones do it?"

(End of this chapter)