After spending several days in the wild, Zheng Boyuan took a good shower before returning to the backyard.

Xu Zhi had already asked Li Niangzi to prepare dinner. Zheng Boyuan had been eating dry rations with her for the past few days, and he finally felt comfortable after a hearty meal of hot soup and rice.

Zheng Boyuan still lived on the couch in the study, but now the house was a bit small, so the study was arranged in the east wing of the courtyard where Xu Zhi lived, and the two of them could only wash up together in the corner room of the main house where Xu Zhi lived.

After Bai Ying and Bai Guo finished tidying up the corner room, Xu Zhi told them to go and rest. Bai Ying hesitated for a moment, thinking that the young master was still there, but Xu Zhi waved her hand and told them to go back to the backyard to rest.

In the west room of the three main rooms, there was a large desk. Zheng Boyuan lit several lamps, making the room bright.

Xu Zhi saw Zheng Boyuan take out several sheets of paper from a bundle and spread them out on the desk one by one. Looking at the drawings on them, Xu Zhi asked in surprise, "Is this a map?"

Zheng Boyuan smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, it is a map. I discussed it with my elder brother, and we plan to repair this section of the road properly, which will make it much more convenient to transport grain from Jiangnan to Luzhou in the future."

Xu Zhi looked at the map, but her mind was on the terrain she had traveled along. That section of the mountain road was really difficult to travel, and she had heard that there were bandits in those mountains. If she wanted to build a road, she would have to go through the mountains, which would be very difficult to travel. But if she wanted to go around the outside of the mountains, she would have to go around Wuzhou. That would take more than two days to travel, which was really not worthwhile. Most importantly, where would the money to build the road come from?

After Xu Zhi told Zheng Boyuan what she was thinking, Zheng Boyuan smiled and said, "Brother, I'll figure out how to do these things. What we need to do is familiarize ourselves with the terrain first. In a few days, Brother will bring his people to meet up with us, and then we'll properly repair the road."

Zheng Boyuan's words were filled with an undeniable sense of pride. Men are all like that; when given the opportunity to make a name for themselves, they all want to seize it with all their might.