Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Longhushanzhai

After Wang Meng and others arrived, they were divided into three groups. He led one group to open up wasteland, and the other group was given to Fatty, who led people into the mountains to dig wild vegetables and mushrooms, hunt, and dry and store them in a drying room.

Another team was to watch the bandits, asking them to dig out the ore and then transport it back to the mountain stronghold warehouse for storage, waiting for orders to come so that they could start iron smelting at any time.

But at the moment, he was a little troubled. How long would he take to pick up so many pieces of rubble? How long would he take to cut down so many trees? There was a hint of despair in his eyes.

Damn it, he must have been crazy to think that staying to manage the village was an easy job, but this is just like being a nanny.

Wang Meng rubbed his face. Considering his promotion to centurion, he could endure it. It was just the same work. The more he did, the less there would be. There would always be a day when he would finish it.

"Centurion, what are we going to do now?"

"Come here, three people work together, chop down three trees every day, chop them into firewood and pile them up. The same goes for the tree roots, dig them out and dry them for firewood, don't waste them."

"Another hundred people go pick up the rocks. Don't throw them away. Leave them behind so that we can build a path for going up and down the mountain. Okay, let's get started."

Seeing them moving, Wang Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to admire his boss even more. No matter what the situation was, he was always so calm and composed. Why did he feel so tired as a centurion?

Boss, he is the boss after all.

After they got familiar with the job, they took two people and started to wander around the area. Reclaiming land and growing crops was a problem, which could not be done in a hurry and could only be solved slowly. The same went for fodder. The mountain was so big that they could always find fodder that the horses liked to eat.

"Monkey, go get some horses and let's go for a walk."

"...Centurion, we are going to look for something. It's inconvenient to pull a horse. It's better for us to go directly."

Wang Meng thought of the dead face of the boss, and deliberately put on a straight face and said expressionlessly: "Am I the centurion, or are you? Just do what you are told to do, there is no need to talk so much."

"Yes, I'll go right away."

The fat man came over and said cheerfully, "What's wrong? What's the matter that makes you so angry? Tell your brother about it."

"It's okay. I'm just afraid that I won't be able to complete the task that the boss gave me before he left. I'm afraid that I'll be beaten to death by the boss. I'm a little anxious."

"Haha, so that's it. Don't worry, the boss is not that kind of person. Besides, he assigned us tasks before he left, and told us exactly how to do them. What are you worried about?"

Wang Meng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Your task is much simpler. Hunting, picking mushrooms, etc. As long as you pay attention to distinguishing them, it's easy to complete. It's nothing more than a little more or less."

"I haven't seen it. The alfalfa the boss mentioned is good for cattle, sheep and horses, and it can help them gain weight. But I haven't seen it. I can only rely on the horses to find it themselves."

"I don't know if I found the right one or not. If I did, it's not impossible that the boss would beat me to death."

The fat man held back his laughter when he heard this and consoled him, "Oh, that's because the boss trusts you, so he entrusted you with such an important task. I'm too naive, and I can only do these simple tasks."

"Well, our boss needs someone. You are thoughtful and capable, and your work is more difficult than ours. So, you are the one who will be promoted to centurion."

"Lin Xiao has an impatient and unstable personality. The boss always gives him the errands. I think that's good. Our boss knows how to use people. As long as you work hard, he will see it and will not treat you unfairly."

Wang Meng felt much more relieved after hearing this. Yes, the boss never uses people indiscriminately. Since he asked him to go find it, there must be something on the mountain, and he believed he could find it.

"Brother, what you said makes sense. I'll slowly look for a few more and bring them to the boss. Then the fodder problem will be solved."

The fat man nodded: "Yes, you are the boss's most trusted person. I won't say anymore. I have to go and get busy. There are many rabbit nests in the east. I need to take people to hunt them and make them into jerky."

"Well, you go."

Wang Meng led a horse, came closer, and patted the horse's head: "Xiao Bai, you have to work harder and find some delicious fodder as soon as possible. Let's go."

A few people and a few horses wandered around Longhu Mountain for three days without much gain. The horses only liked to eat the tender shoots, but the boss said that alfalfa is not like that.

When the horses see it, they will be as excited as bees seeing flowers. However, he observed that none of the grass he had eaten in the past three days could make the horses excited.

Then it’s not alfalfa. We have to keep looking. I don’t quite understand what the boss is drawing. Otherwise, it would be easier to find it by looking according to the portrait.

The days passed slowly, and one of his men came running over excitedly: "Centurion, go and see what good stuff Xiaobai has found."

Wang Meng looked around and saw people chopping trees and picking up rocks. They were doing it in an orderly manner. He didn't need to worry too much. He nodded and said, "Let's go. Lead the way. Xiaobai, what did you find?"

"I don't know, but that thing might be the alfalfa that the boss mentioned. After Xiaobai found it, he couldn't pull it away. It's different from the grass he ate before."

"Oh, that's interesting. Take me there."

The two of them rushed to an open space and looked at the green depression. Xiaobai was eating grass with his head down, and he looked very happy.

Wang Meng squatted down and grabbed a handful, comparing it with the somewhat blurry portrait left by the boss, and identified it carefully, but he was still a little unsure, but Xiaobai liked it so much.

Then this is most likely the fodder. Clapping their hands, a few people came running from behind.

"Go find ten people and have them cut the grass here, take it back, dry it, and store it. I'll send a letter to the boss and ask him to check if it's this thing."

"If that's the case, no one is allowed to touch this land, and the surrounding trees need to be cut down. Plant more alfalfa, and you won't have to worry so much about fodder in the future."

After the others left, Wang Meng walked over, patted the white horse that was eating grass, and said cheerfully: "Xiaobai, if this fodder is alfalfa, you have done a great deed. How about I find you a wife in the future, haha."

The white horse was disturbed while grazing, and it snorted through its nostrils, a little impatient. It shook off the people and dived into the depression, lowered its head and began to eat with a grunt.

Wang Meng was not angry when he saw this. He walked around and his eyes caught a glimpse of a white shadow flashing in the alfalfa bush. His eyes lit up when he saw it.

rabbit?

It looked like he would have some meat to eat tonight. He tiptoed and jumped into the bushes. Seeing a rabbit running very fast, he threw the stone in his hand quickly and knocked the rabbit unconscious.

Pinching the rabbit ears in one hand and holding a handful of alfalfa in the other, he walked towards the village with a smile on his face.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed and the originally messy forest had been cleaned up. The land was cleared and the black soil was soft, which was obviously a good place to grow crops.