"Young lady, we've delivered the firewood you requested. Would you like us to deliver it again tomorrow?"

Two burly, dark-skinned men pushed a cart and, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, unloaded the firewood from it.

Then a man walked up to Jiang Tian and asked her if she still wanted to do the business the next day.

"We'll have to see how things go tomorrow. I'll settle today's bill first, and you can leave now."

"Okay, if you still want to do this business tomorrow, just come find us at the morning market. We're always there."

The man took the silver, wiped his sweat, and pushed the empty cart away with his companion.

Jiang Tian looked at the cooks and gave them a friendly smile: "You've arrived. Is this enough firewood? I added 10% more than you asked for."

The cooks looked at each other, speechless.

Who would have thought that Jiang Tian would take such a shortcut and buy firewood directly from outside!

They've got money to burn!

Jiang Tian's purchase of firewood to fulfill her agreement with the general spread like wildfire throughout the military camp.

Everyone was equally surprised.

Who would have thought that Jiang Tian was so shrewd? She couldn't chop firewood herself, so she bought it with silver.

How much money does she have? Is it enough to spend like this?

Yuan Ye also learned of this news. He had been keeping an eye on Jiang Tian, ​​so he was well-informed.

When the guards reported the news to him, Yuan Ye was momentarily unable to comment on the woman's thoughts.

She didn't break the rules, but her method was truly despicable.

Before long, the army will be on its way. It is said that she still has several hundred taels of silver notes. If she buys them every day, it will be enough to last until the day the army sets off.

But Yuan Ye wouldn't tolerate her bad habits.

With a cold face, he ordered, "Tell her that if she wants to use underhanded methods to complete the agreement, then I can also use underhanded methods to drive her away after she stays."

She didn't break the rules, and neither did Yuan Ye.

He could, of course, keep her and then send her away, which would fulfill the agreement.

Not long after, the guard brought him Jiang Tian's exact words—

"General, you can rest assured that I will make you keep me here based on my strength. These past few days have only been a matter of weighing the options."

That sounds nice, but it doesn't.

Yuan Ye sneered, wanting to see what other tricks this woman had up her sleeve.

He wasn't the only one watching; others were watching too.

Life in the military camp was somewhat monotonous. They were temporarily stationed there, free from war, and apart from training, they could only find ways to amuse themselves each day.

Jiang Tian's agreement with the general can be seen as a manifestation of the general sharing joy with the people.

Everyone says the new general is approachable, and now the soldiers can see it for themselves.

Instead of roughly driving away the unreasonable woman, the general chose to reason with her—and they secretly felt a little more favorably toward Yuan Ye.

This is exactly what Yuan Ye wanted.

He won't suffer a loss.

Even though he made the agreement with Jiang Tian only because she threatened him, he couldn't let every move he made go to waste.

Yuan Ye waited every day for the secret guards to report Jiang Tian's movements to him.

For the first three days, Jiang Tian would buy firewood from people at the market every day, and she was more relaxed than anyone else.

She said she wouldn't keep taking shortcuts, but she showed no sign of changing. Yuan Ye's patience with her was about to reach its limit.

But on the fourth day, the situation changed.

A few more people arrived early in the morning, but this time they weren't there to deliver firewood; instead, they brought several sets of tools.

The cooks didn't know what the tool was for at first, but after Jiang Tian demonstrated it briefly, they were all extremely surprised.

I really don't know what kind of brain Jiang Tian has; she actually came up with a simple wood-cutter.

The ingeniously designed wooden wood splitter greatly saves manpower, yet is more than three times more efficient than ordinary wood splitting.

Jiang Tian tried it out, and everyone else couldn't resist trying it themselves.

These days, if you want to cook, every household has to chop firewood, but no one can build such a machine.

Jiang Tian gave everyone a brief explanation of the principle, but many people couldn't even read a single word and found it overwhelming.

All they knew was that Jiang Tian was using the power of a spring; they didn't remember a single other word.

With these machines, Jiang Tian finally started chopping firewood herself.

Normally, the cooks would work together for several hours to chop firewood, but with those machines, Jiang Tian only needed to spend two hours.

This time she couldn't leisurely read books like the young lady, but she chopped enough firewood and didn't exhaust herself, which was a victory in itself.

Jiang Tian also sent several other machines to the other cooks to save them time chopping wood.

For a moment, no one knew what to say.

Jiang Tian's reputation has improved somewhat.

Regardless, they are truly intelligent.

Even if those blockheads rack their brains, they still won't come up with the idea of ​​creating some machines to help them.

They not only dared to think it, but they also did it, and in just three days. Isn't that clever enough?

Moreover, Jiang Tian didn't keep the machine to herself; she shared it with everyone.

After hearing the news, Yuan Ye pondered for a few seconds without saying anything.

The guard explained the workings of the wood splitter exactly as Jiang Tian had described it, and Yuan Ye understood immediately.

She really is clever...

But so what?

Yuan Ye felt somewhat irritated.

Jiang Tian's actions this time were not considered a foul.

She not only saved her own energy, but also knew how to win people's hearts.

The wood splitters that were given away might not be of much use, but at least the people who received the goods wouldn't speak ill of her anymore.

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