After hearing this, Mengyue fell into deep thought. It was not that she did not want the villagers to do it, but the construction of the reservoir was also very important.
No, there is also Ji㹐. These are urgent and important matters at the moment, and none of them can be delayed.
However, her energy was limited, and it was impossible for her to do everything herself. She could only hand over the tasks to the seven village heads and let them carry out the specific tasks.
Another key point is that all these things will incur expenses. The seven villages are extremely poor and cannot be relied upon. All the money used will come from her.
Although she is working hard to make money, she still has to earn every penny and there is no need to rush.
"Girl Yue, don't worry about the food. We old guys will take care of it. We will also deliver your 90,000 kilograms of food. I will also notify the children and the elderly to collect firewood when they have nothing to do."
"Okay, Grandpa Village Chief, I'm very relieved to leave it to you."
"Then Yue girl, do you have anything else to do? If not, we will get busy."
"Hey, wait, Grandpa Village Chief, can our village spare ten strong laborers?"
After Mengyue finished speaking, the village chief looked embarrassed. He didn't know what Mengyue was going to do, but he really couldn't spare anyone.
Not to mention building a reservoir, even digging a river channel is not a small project and requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
Now seven villages are working together, and the daily progress is not very much.
If they continued to work slowly, they were confident they could finish the project by next spring, but Mengyue had given them a deadline before winter.
But now there are only two months left until winter, and the four-month construction period has been shortened by more than half. This makes every village chief feel a sense of urgency, and they wish they could have people work at night.
But they knew that this idea was not feasible. Not to mention that felling trees, moving stones, and digging canals were all physical work, even the villagers who participated in building the public canteen and the gathering place had heavy tasks assigned to them every day.
If you work hard all day and can't get a good rest at night, even a strong man will be exhausted. In this way, the construction of the reservoir will never be completed, let alone four months.
Since everyone is exhausted and no one is working, how can the reservoir be repaired?
Besides, the reason why they were willing to build reservoirs and do things that people had wanted to do but dared not do for thousands of years was to make life better in the future and to prevent future generations from being affected by droughts and droughts.
If the reservoir is not built and everyone is exhausted, then there is no point in taking a break.
Another point is that all those who participated in the construction of the reservoir received ten cents in wages every day.
They knew that the reservoir would be built for the use of all the villagers in the seven villages and was closely related to them, so they felt embarrassed to ask for wages.
But even if they know the answer, they still have to take their wages. After all, they need money to live a better life. Now there is an opportunity to make money right at their doorstep, so they will cherish it.
Under this contradictory tangle, everyone worked very hard, not only the strong laborers in the village, but also some young women who spared no effort.
But the consequence of this is that everyone is very tired. Even after a night's rest, they can only barely recover. How can they spare ten people?
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