With the Emperor's permission, Gu Wenheng proceeded with bold and decisive actions.
Drafting labor to build roads, repairing irrigation canals, reclaiming wasteland... Decrees were issued one after another. After Lu City finished the busy autumn harvest, it immediately entered the next stage of intense work.
Thanks to those bandits, he now had a robust labor force at his disposal.
Any dangerous and exhausting tasks were entirely contracted out to them.
"We still don't have enough manpower." He Gaofei rubbed the goosebumps on his arms. Since autumn arrived, it had been getting colder day by day. "We need to finish everything quickly before it snows. Otherwise, once winter sets in and the muddy ground freezes over, the construction schedule will be delayed again."
He had truly experienced the sheer force of winter here and only wanted to wrap these tasks up quickly so he could cozy up in the government office for the season.
