Chapter 91 Wei Shengxue: Receiving Express Delivery is Risky, Saving Your Life is the First Priority
"Oh, you're here so early."
A woman wearing plain clothes and a hat covering all her hair came over with a wooden bucket. When she saw so many people gathered here, she shouted.
"Come in quickly. The steamed buns are still on the stove. Have some porridge first."
She led the group around the neatly arranged tables to the window. "Line up here. Everyone gets a share." Then she went in through a small door at the side. "Sanlin family, come and help carry the porridge bucket out."
A silent woman came over in response, and the two of them worked together to carry out a large wooden barrel. Steaming hot air rose up, accompanied by the unique aroma of rice.
"Isn't this the widow Lin from the next village?" Someone in the group stared at the third Lin for a long time before finally recognizing her. "Why has she gained so much weight? I almost didn't recognize her. She's so different from the skinny girl she used to be!"
Upon hearing this, Sanlin's family turned around, glanced at the man who had revealed his identity, and then returned to the kitchen in silence.
The woman standing by the window stirred her multi-grain porridge and scooped a bowlful. She said with a smile, "It's her. When she first came, she was very skinny and petite. She finally gained some weight, but she's just not talkative."
As they spoke, the woman had already prepared four or five bowls of porridge and placed them on the windowsill. "One bowl per person, fill your stomach first. Once the steamed buns are done, bring up the pickled vegetables."
Liu Ji stood in front of the team and demonstrated to them that they should not spill food on the window counter when holding the bowls. They could take two steamed buns at a time, with a small spoonful of pickled vegetables. If it was not enough, they could come back for more.
The steamed buns were made of coarse flour and mixed with unsifted bran. They were very choking when eaten, but no one cared at all. They kept saying that they had never eaten such good fine grains.
"This is truly a heavenly day." The woman who was speaking covered her round belly. It turned out that the feeling of being full was so comfortable, just like washing dishes in warm water in the middle of winter. She also wanted to eat her fill in the future.
He bit his steamed bun and smiled at her, "This kind of life is only enjoyed by noble gentlemen, but now we can also look forward to it. You are much luckier than your sisters."
"Once the chicken farm here is built, we'll have chickens to eat every day. We'll also have pork. The adults from Xianyang City brought their excellent pig-raising skills with them. They can raise piglets from small ones into large pigs in just a few months, and they don't even have any mutton smell."
Liu Ji was talking beside them, spitting heavily, saying that they were listening here in fascination.
"By the end of the month, you'll be able to take home a bag of grain. It's so big it'll fill up a huge bucket. And if you work hard, you'll get a bonus. You won't find such a good job anywhere else. You're so lucky to have gotten it."
As he spoke, he went off on a tangent, but the preparatory workers didn't care at all. They all wished they had an extra pair of ears to hear what he said a few more times.
It is still in its initial stage, and most of the supplies have to be shipped in from other places. Once we build it ourselves, we will be able to eat and drink as much as we want.
"These are all important people. Even our Majesty's eldest son is here. He's the eldest son. Isn't the eldest son the heir to the family business? He's the future Majesty. If he's here, how can we be any worse off?"
As he was talking, he started to talk nonsense: "I heard there is a fairy, very mysterious, even I have never seen her. This food is brought by her. She likes to wear green skirts and looks like a fairy. If you see her, don't offend her!"
The preparatory workers stared and nodded vigorously. It was a wonderful day. If they lost it because of their ignorance, their fathers would break their legs when they got home.
After eating, Liu Ji led them to clean up the food. "From now on, you should pour the leftovers here, put the finished bowls here, and wipe the table clean by yourselves, otherwise others will not be able to sit down."
After a while, several people came in holding a board. They were wearing plain linen clothes similar to the cook's, except that the cook had a blue armband on her arm, while they had a blue scarf on their shoulders.
They were dressed neatly, and as soon as they stood there, the preparatory workers shrank back like chicks, and their eyes subconsciously looked at Liu Ji, who was a little more familiar.
Liu Ji greeted them with a smile, "Are you managers here? Everyone is here. Do you want to start work today or get acquainted with the staff first?"
The steward standing on the far left, wearing a blue scarf, gave him a smile. "Hello, Lord Liu. Today I'm just here to familiarize myself with the site and the work. I'll get settled in first and distribute the tools. We'll officially start work tomorrow."
Liu Ji was delighted when he heard this. "Oh, you've got all the tools ready? That's pretty fast! Yesterday I heard you guys were worrying about not having enough stuff."
Manager Lan Jin smiled but said nothing.
Liu Ji raised his hand and patted his shoulder, saying, "Then I'll leave this place to you. The people have arrived. I have to report to the higher-ups first."
After saying that, he left.
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In the study, Xiao He was having a headache while holding the warehouse supply list.
"Xiao He." Liu Ji didn't bother to be polite with him. He pushed the door open and came in, found a seat to sit down, and picked up some fruit from the study to eat.
Xiao He raised his head from the complicated account books and saw his leisurely look at a glance. He tried to hold back, but couldn't help but grabbed a roll of bamboo slips and smashed it on his head.
"You came to eat at my place right after breakfast, but why don't you come to help me?"
Liu Ji tilted his head and stretched out his hand to catch the flying "hidden weapon". Instead of comforting him, he stretched his neck and smiled, "Where did you see it? Why are you so busy? I, Old Liu, congratulate Lord Xiao for appointing him. From now on, you will rise to a high position and soar to the top~"
Xiao He's forehead veins throbbed when he heard the nonchalant tone. He suppressed the urge to overturn the table when he thought of the accounts he had painstakingly sorted out.
As they were talking, someone else pushed the door open and walked in.
Liu Ji looked back and immediately put down his raised foot. He swallowed the snack in his hand and wiped the wrinkles on his clothes. "Liu Ji greets the Immortal Master."
Xiao He also stood up and handed over the form at the top of the account book.
"Greetings, Immortal Master, please take a look."
Wei Shengxue took it and looked at it, then said, "Don't worry, the supplies will be replenished tomorrow."
Then he asked, "Are you used to the new accounting method?"
She was talking about the double-entry bookkeeping method and numbers that she had just taught a few days ago.
When Xiao He mentioned this, a smile appeared on his face. "It's very useful. The income and expenditure are clearly shown. When recording accounts, I can calculate the balance. I can remember clearly which items are missing and which are extra. It is not so easy to falsify the accounts."
"But these figures are easy to tamper with. If we want to keep a formal account book, I'm afraid it's not safe."
Wei Shengxue nodded. These were shortcomings that the professor had known about before, but compared to their strengths, they were just insignificant flaws.
Methods are finite, but people are alive, and loopholes can always be found. Don't you see, the most powerful assets in the entire galaxy are all behind bars? That was back in the days when the StarNet Mastermind was constantly monitoring them, and even then they were able to pull off so many tricks, let alone now.
"Lord Xiao has raised a problem, and I think there's already a solution." Wei Shengxue never meddles in matters she's not good at. She smiled and said, "I'm very confident in leaving this matter to Lord Xiao."
Even though Xiao He knew that these words were most likely meant to win people's hearts, he was still inevitably touched by this trust.
Before he could express his gratitude, he heard her say, "Please take inventory of the new supplies arriving tomorrow."
Xiao He was indifferent for a second: Oh, you’re alive again.
"Master Fusu will also arrange for someone to come and help."
The two of them put on the hypocrisy of adults, smiled and said words of thanks, but they knew in their hearts that lending a hand was fake and supervision was real.
This has never happened before. It seems that the amount of supplies arriving tomorrow will be quite large.
"I wonder what time tomorrow and where we will move the supplies?" Xiao He confirmed the handover details with her.
Unexpectedly, the immortal hesitated for a long time before giving an ambiguous answer: "It should be around noon. I will send someone to inform you of the specific time."
The two watched Wei Shengxue leave. Liu Ji held his chin and narrowed his eyes. "There's something fishy about the origin of this batch of supplies."
Xiao He turned back to his desk and picked up his pen again, dipping it in ink. "This has nothing to do with us, Liu Ji, please don't meddle in other people's business."
Without waiting for the other party to speak again, he threw an account book over and said, "You have nothing to do anyway, so help me check the warehouse."
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After Wei Shengxue left the study, she came to another courtyard.
Thanks to the delivered cement, all the necessary buildings were built in just over half a month. This courtyard was surrounded by a high wall, which was different from the low walls of other courtyards and was very secretive.
When she walked in, the open space in the yard had been cleared, and the cement floor was clean and flat. Wheelbarrows were parked on the corridors on both sides for shelter from the rain, which were great helpers for transporting food and supplies.
Next to the wheelbarrow were wooden barrels that had just been unloaded, sealed tightly with lids so that no one could see what was stored inside.
"Master, everything is ready." Fusu came over holding a piece of crystal clear jade and handed it back to her carefully.
"Yeah." Wei Shengxue raised her head. The sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly. It was the best time of the year for sunshine, so there was no need to worry about sudden rainstorms.
"Stand back."
Following the order, the followers who had cleared the large square evacuated quickly, leaving behind a sufficient safe area.
In front of the cleared yard, Wei Shengxue raised her hand, green spiritual power flowed from her fingertips, outlining a formation composed of spiritual power in the air. The formation gently fell to the ground, leaving obvious traces.
The craftsmen on both sides who had been prepared rushed out with a bucket each, opened the lid, dipped the mop in their hands into the wooden barrel, and began to drag along the traces of spiritual power. Red water flowed down the mop and remained on the ground. The sunlight sprinkled down, reflecting a tiny light. If you look closely, you can see fine fragments in the red water stains, and the shimmering spots are all ground into the finest jade.
Using cinnabar as ink, beautiful jade as the base, spiritual power as the guide, and the essence of the sun and the moon as the driving force, a small teleportation array spanning most of the country was completed.
"Micro?!"
Fusu looked at the cinnabar ink marks that covered several acres of land and murmured in surprise, "How big must the medium and large teleportation arrays be?"
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Good question.
On the other side of the jade, the Qin emperor and his ministers waiting at the scene also pricked up their ears.
"The size of the teleportation array refers to the number of items it can transport, and has nothing to do with its external size or shape."
Wei Shengxue only mentioned it briefly before bringing the topic back to the topic, "Have you finished painting over there?"
"It should be fine." Uncertainty appeared in Ying Zheng's words for the first time.
"Okay, then the first step is completed."
Wei Shengxue is now stuck in the system and cannot go back to Xianyang to check the situation. He can only provide remote guidance.
I've given you the formation diagram, the materials, the tools, but if it still doesn't work, there's nothing I can do.
Fortunately, Schrödinger's Heavenly Dao did not play a negative role at this time, and the formation blessed by many parties finally lit up with a stammer.
The silver-white light representing space lit up, and Wei Shengxue shouted, "Quickly retreat!"
After waiting for about an hour, the silver-white light that was originally running around in the formation finally stabilized.
She extended her spiritual tentacles to test it, and the formation was stable.
She announced, "The second step of the teleportation array has been successfully completed!"
Now we come to the most critical step, transferring items.
Countless teleportation arrays have failed at this step. Everything went smoothly, but when it came to teleportation, all the items were crushed by the compressed space, and the countless supplies and efforts put in were all wasted.
"Fellow Daoists, all of you retreat ten feet, no, twenty feet!"
"I'm going to send a stone over here. It's a piece of white marble that's one inch long, wide, and high."
She used her spiritual power to roll up a piece of stone that had been prepared long ago as a test object and gently placed it in the formation.
The silver-white light representing space lit up, and Wei Shengxue's voice passed through the jade and reached Ying Zheng's ears:
"Daqin's first inter-county express delivery is about to be delivered. Please ensure your own safety and stay alive to receive the delivery!"
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