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Chapter 170: Plans for Tomorrow When Yan Lao’er and Qi Si returned, exhausted from travel, the brick buyers had mostly dispersed. Yan Yu’s sworn brothers were helping the big customer, the Cui family, move their bricks. After receiving one tael of silver from Madam Cui, Yan Yu was searching for change. “Auntie, do you want broken silver or copper coins?” Yan Yu asked. Her aunt, Madam Cui, beamed at the child’s address and couldn’t stop smiling. “Oh, you sweet child! Give me…- 624.7 K • Ongoing
- Chapter 163: Homestead Yan Yu took one look and immediately thought of a phrase: "Well-spaced yet orderly!" Looking back at the layout of their old village, it was exactly the same. Each household was close but not crowded together, arranged in twos and threes, with the ones in front and behind slightly offset. She wanted to say that the village chief’s design was quite land-consuming. But then again, who cared? There was plenty of wasteland! Village Chief Luo continued, "This land is…
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- Chapter 164: "All-Fish Feast" By evening, the villagers had drawn water from the river and started cooking by burying their pots in the ground. A few constables sipped the bland, flavorless chrysanthemum tea handed to them by Yan Lao’er, clicking their tongues in surprise. "This method of burying pots is exactly the same as in the military. Who taught you this?" Yan Lao’er thought of his older brother but changed his words at the last moment. "Passed down from the elders, who knows from…
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- Chapter 165: Buying Bricks and Stones Yan Lao’er took Qi Si to a brick-making household near Xiqiao Town. The overseer was a spirited old man, wiry and thin, with a reddish-black hue to his face and hands—an unusual color. "You look unfamiliar, young man. Where are you from?" "Uncle, we just settled here. You know that forest north of town? The land at the foot of the mountain, west of the forest—that area. The authorities allocated it to us, and we plan to build houses there." "Oh,…
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- Chapter 166: Land Distribution Begins! Some large rocks naturally have fractures, and a single chisel strike can split them into slabs. For stone blocks, this type of stone is neither sturdy nor qualified. However, in Guanzhou, where every household builds kang beds, the quarry has still cut some to sell along with other materials. A cartload costs 100 wen, which is dirt cheap compared to bricks. The best waste material consists of stone blocks with surface cracks, followed by stone blocks that…
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- Chapter 159: Household Registrar Yan Huaiwen was a meticulous yet decisive person. After weighing his options, he decided to stay in Huju(Tiger Roost). Together with Liang Manshan, he accepted the olive branch extended by Lord Tian and transformed into a household registrar at the Huju city office, also known as a hushu. His first task upon taking office was to register and document his own group. Yan Huaiwen adapted quickly, astonishing the workshop registrar assigned by Lord Tian to guide…
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- Chapter 160: Nestled by Mountains and Waters (T/N: Changed "Tiger Roost City" to "Crouching Tiger City") "I've never seen such a streamlined government office." Liang Manshan was truly impressed. His first impression of the Guanzhou government was excellent. Though impoverished, the personnel were simple and efficient, all of them practical people who got things done. Completely different from his hometown, Leshan Prefecture. No wonder his senior brother decided to move his entire…
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- Chapter 161: Tribute Silver The next day, before noon, Liang Manshan managed to slack off successfully and took the opportunity to go into town to ask the blacksmith about farming tools. The response he got was unexpected. The blacksmith shop in Crouching Tiger City was government-run, primarily producing weapons such as swords and blades. They had limited stock of iron plows and other farming tools. However, Master Tian had anticipated this in advance and placed an order with them. The blacksmith…
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