He was never her first choice... but painfully, he was her only choice at the moment.
Let's just get started. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
...She discovered that she might actually have the potential to be a fence-sitter.
Who knows, maybe another "boss" will offer her a job in the future, and she'll choose to switch jobs.
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Zheng Quchi was actually well aware of one thing.
The main reason Yuwen Sheng chose to keep her was for the sake of the city wall defenses.
So, in order to keep her life safe, and also out of her own sense of responsibility, she had to put aside all external distractions and devote herself wholeheartedly to the city wall construction.
Although she had no experience in repairing ancient city walls, she had a reference point and a model to learn from, namely her most famous military project—the Great Wall.
Before construction officially begins, the most important thing is to obtain data through on-site investigation, and then combine it with the surrounding map and topography. Ideally, the data related to the original construction of the city wall should also be available.
After three days and two nights of working late, Zheng Quchi finalized the corresponding design plan.
She believed that the layout of the city walls in Fuxian was too large and difficult to defend, so she reduced the corresponding area, using the low-lying area north of Chushan as a base, and contracted the east, south and west city walls inward.
Of course, to be on the safe side, she also consulted the opinions of many craftsmen and soldiers.
These people probably heard that she had been appointed by General Yuwen as the person in charge of the city wall construction. Although they had doubts about her youth, inexperience, and unreliability, they would at least not openly oppose her.
In addition, after some consideration, she discussed with Wei Yao and applied for a subsidy from Fuxian County regarding the brick-making project.
In her engineering plan, some terrains were suitable for stone masonry, while others were planned to be built with rammed earth walls.
However, the county didn't have enough mud bricks to build up, so they were too slow to dry naturally in winter and had poor moisture content and load-bearing capacity. Therefore, she decided to fire city bricks.
Currently, no kiln workers in Fuxian County know the technique of firing city bricks, but Zheng Quchi heard from some craftsmen that places like Julu Kingdom and Beiyuan Kingdom had already developed it long ago.
When faced with the advanced inventions of other countries, the artisans of Ye could only sigh and feel envious.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Quchi immediately became incredibly proud.
She might not be good at other things, but she was skilled at making bricks.
She declared that what other countries have, Ye Kingdom must also have.
Because this matter required the participation of bricklayers, she went to the foreman to discuss arranging a group of bricklayers for her to make bricks.
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