Of course Wei Xiyin didn't know what happened last night.
When Chu Yu came out, the two gentlemen looked normal and greeted each other.
She felt a little relieved in her heart, it seemed that everyone got along well.
Chu Yu stared at her for a while, then pointed at what she was holding and asked, "What is that, girl?"
The small bamboo lid is irregular in shape and has a long end, which looks very strange.
Chang Ying stood aside without saying a word. He had noticed a long time ago that the girl had been holding the lid since she entered the camp. He thought it was something from the research institute.
Wei Xiyin noticed everyone's gazes and put the 'lid' directly on her head in front of everyone. She said calmly, "This is called a sun hat. I asked Ningshuang to make it last night. If you two gentlemen like it, I can ask Ningshuang to make two more."
The traditional straw hat blocks the view and is easy to fall off if you move a little. Not to mention the veil hat the young lady is wearing. She can't do anything with it on.
Wei Xiyin was still concerned about what her grandfather and Chu Yu had said about her getting tanned. After thinking about it, she simply drew a blueprint and asked Ningshuang to make her a sun hat with a long brim, which was very light and would not affect her vision or movement.
The hat is made of woven bamboo, which is sun-protective and breathable at the same time, making it a must-have in summer.
Chu Yu had a calm expression and didn't show any reaction.
Cookie was very interested. "Then I would like to thank the lady first."
Wei Xiyin waved her hand, and the four of them walked out together.
The entire Ling County has become very safe during the day. Guards come out to patrol the border every day to prevent zombies from sneaking in and to clean up the monsters that occasionally wander over.
The four of them walked onto the official road.
The fields on both sides of the road were deserted and covered with dense vegetation. All the corpses and bones in the area had been disposed of in a centralized manner, and even the bloodstains on the ground had been washed away by several heavy spring rains.
Walking on the road, if you hadn't seen the dilapidated and collapsed village houses in the distance, you would have felt as if you had returned to the time before the disaster.
Cookie couldn't help but sigh, only big families can achieve this.
It was still early, so the four of them deliberately slowed down their pace.
Wei Xiyin observed the surroundings and said as she walked, "With the increase in population, we should start building the border wall of Ling County."
"The Crow Mountains are steep, and there's not much land suitable for cultivation. After the entire county is enclosed, the people's range of activities will be expanded. They can find unpolluted land to cultivate on their own, register it, and receive distribution according to their work."
It was only yesterday when she was having a meal at home that she learned that all the clan members were now cooking at home.
The population of the fortress has now reached 9,000 people, and the pressure on the public kitchen is too great, so they are busy all day long.
Mingjingtang distributes public grain to its members, allowing them to cook their own meals at home, thereby alleviating the pressure on the public kitchen.
Another public kitchen outside the wall is also under intensive construction.
But this is not a solution. The monthly food consumption of nearly 10,000 people is very scary. The harvest of new grain cannot keep up, and the batch of grain transported back from the granary is rapidly decreasing every day.
If this continues, we will not be able to make ends meet and will not be able to help survivors in the future.
Therefore, it is better to let the people return to being tenant farmers, grow crops to feed themselves, and achieve self-sufficiency.
"The girl just came back and may not know yet, but Mingjingtang is already arranging this matter."
Chu Yu glanced at Cookie beside him and said, "Also, after the county wall is built, there will be less and less work. In the future, there may be a situation where there are too many people and too little work. Monetary transactions should be re-enabled. Now that money is useless, let the people use the tokens they earn to buy what they need."
Wei Xiyin nodded and said, "That's right. We need to stabilize the livelihood of the people in the fort first. All the shops in the fort need to be reopened. We can make the missing supplies ourselves. This is why I left Ling County empty in the first place."
After she finished speaking, she sighed again, "But it can't be realized in a short period of time. We can only take it step by step and build Ling County first. Once we have sufficient supplies and the people have enough food and drink, we will have the opportunity to implement currency transactions."
Cookie is unusually quiet today.
Wei Xiyin couldn't help but glance at him several times, and then realized that there was no communication between the two gentlemen at all.
She was about to ask when they arrived at Ling County.
The monster corpses in Ling County had already been disposed of, the traps that had been dug in front of the city gate had been filled in, and the broken city gate had been repaired.
There were still dark red blood stains on the city gate and the city wall, as well as traces left by arrows that had hit the city wall.
There are guards on duty nearby.
Chu Yu calmly introduced, "Because thousands of civilians came to the fort, the county town was almost emptied out, and all usable items were moved back to the fort."
Including the bed, desk, cabinet, etc., nothing was left.
Now in the entire county town, there is almost nothing to be seen except bare and dilapidated houses.
Wei Xiyin was not surprised to hear this. There were only three carpenters in the fort, and it was impossible for them to handle the work.
There is a ready-made one here, why not use it?
The four of them did not stay outside the city gate for long, but entered the county town and went to the place where gunpowder was manufactured.
Many houses along the bluestone road were crushed by heavy snow in winter. In addition, they had been uninhabited and unattended for a long time. The whole town looked like an abandoned ruin, with broken doors and windows and a desolate and dilapidated appearance.
There was no noise in the city, only the sound of their own footsteps.
Everyone was used to it and arrived at the destination quickly.
This was originally a weaving workshop, located on the other side of the city wall.
When they were preparing to research gunpowder, there were bloodstains everywhere in the city. Chu Yu saw that the weaving workshop was relatively clean, so he decided to locate it there.
Seeing the girl and the gentleman coming, the two people guarding the door hurried forward to greet them.
That batch of firecrackers had been used up, and nothing could be made without the raw materials, so most people went back to the dock to work, leaving only two people to guard here.
"My humble servants Feng Yuan and Feng Hu are honored to meet the young lady."
Wei Xiyin raised an eyebrow, "Are all surnamed Feng?"
"Yes, we are cousins." Feng Hu glanced at everyone boldly and said, "We are from Yongning County, Anping. Our ancestor Feng Ting was once a famous fireworks craftsman. Mr. Chu sent someone to find us and asked us to stay here to improve the firecrackers."
The two brothers are not very old and look to be in their twenties.
It was the two people who were forced to hide in the well in Yongning County. In order to fight for their lives, the Feng brothers took the initiative to open the city gate. Then they luckily escaped from the city and took a detour to arrive safely at the fort.
Living in the fort requires household registration.
At the beginning, the girl asked for improved firecrackers. In order to find her, Chu Yu went to Mingjingtang to check the household registration and soon noticed the two brothers.
After cleaning up Ling County, they were allowed to stay here to make gunpowder.
They were among the few people who knew that the recipe was provided by the girl.
Cookie on the side couldn't help but feel a little excited. The raw materials for gunpowder were gone, but some tools for making things were still there.
He couldn't help but interrupt: "Girl, why don't you go in and take a look first?"
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