The moment Yao Zhi finished her words, the system exclaimed, "Host, you are putting this system in a hard place. It’s impossible to protect everyone."
Knowing her system’s greedy nature, Yao Zhi said, "I will pay 1,000,000 points for one design as long as you ensure everyone’s safety."
Before she even finished her words, the system replied instantly, "DEAL!"
Feeling as if she had fallen into a trap, Yao Zhi felt so bad as if she had swallowed a fly.
Perhaps the system feared she would go back on her word; their deal was sealed, and after a moment of bright light, a new function appeared under the personal assistant: Design Corner.
"Thank you for your cooperation, Host~"
Now that the matter had been a done deal, Yao Zhi rolled her eyes and ignored the system. She continued discussing her plan with her personal assistant.
Besides the flour and dried vermicelli workshop, she also wanted to build dormitories for workers with munal kitchens and separate bathhouses for men and women. The toilet also followed a modern design that focused on hygiene.
Thinking about the vast land, she decided to turn it into orchards. If she had a lot of fruit, she could make them into jams, fruit chips, dried fruits, or fruit wine.
"Lu Chi, I also want a design for a winery and a workshop to process fruits into jams, fruit chips, and dried fruits."
"Understood," Lu Chi replied in a mechanical voice.
As she was planning the land allocation, Fu Chen’an led the horse as he listened to his wife’s conversation with the divine being.
Since he learned about his wife’s background, he could hear the strange voice whenever he was within 5 meters of his wife.
While they were taking their sweet time, the people from the General’s mansion arrived. Seeing that it was Steward Han, Ling Shi’er opened the gate and said, "Steward Han, the goods are inside."
Steward Han greeted them and ordered his people to load the goods. Since these goods were donated by the Lei family, he didn’t open them and loaded them onto the carts directly.
Due to the huge amount of goods, it took them 4 hours before they finished all the loading. When they left the warehouse, Fu Chen’an and Yao Zhi returned from inspecting their land.
Seeing the empty warehouse, she said to Lu Chi, "We also need to rebuild the warehouse. We need a bigger warehouse to store our goods."
"Understood."
Since it was already past noon, they went to Zhu’an Town to have lunch before they returned to the village.
Thanks to Steward Han’s high efficiency, the goods donated by Yao Zhi had arrived in the White Tiger Army barracks on the same day.
Without wasting time, the soldiers transported the goods to the plague-affected area before dawn. It took them 5 days to arrive. When the news of the soldiers transporting goods was reported to Yan Shu, it was already 9 o’clock in the evening.
At this time, the villagers had returned home and fallen asleep. But the soldiers were working through the night to count and divide them by type and function.
Early the next morning, before dawn, the soldiers woke up and loaded the goods onto the carts.
When the sun rose on the eastern horizon, Yan Shu looked at the soldiers and said, "These goods are donated by Young Master Lei and are hard to e by. Make sure to record everything clearly."
"Understood!" the soldiers replied in unison.
After Yan Shu gave them some instructions, the soldiers finally pushed the carts and went their separate ways. It took them around 40 minutes to reach the village.
When the villagers saw the soldiers pushing the carts, they thought that the soldiers were sending clean water again. So, they quickly came out and waited impatiently.
Although in the past few days they didn’t lack water, who would refuse to have more?
The moment the soldiers parked the carts, the Village Chief walked over and asked, "Sir, are you here to send water?"
The Squad Leader shook his head and replied, "Today, we came to distribute soap under General Lu’s order."
As soon as he said this, the villagers were taken aback.
They had heard about soap and knew that it was used to wash the body or clothes. But that thing was rare and expensive. It was only used by officials and noble families. Even if wealthy families had money, if they didn’t have connections, they couldn’t buy it.
Due to this, not many people had seen soap bars.
The Squad Leader noticed their doubts and said, "These things are donated by the Lei family. Everyone will receive 2 bars of body soap, 1 jar of hair soap, and 1 packet of clothes soap."
"We need to record your name. So, line up and press your fingerprints after you get the supplies," the Squad Leader added.
"Sir, do we have to pay for these?" the Village Chief asked.
"Since they are donated goods, you can get them for free. But if anyone is caught selling these things to earn money, you will be punished according to military law."
As he said these words, the Squad Leader glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze.
The villagers’ hearts trembled under his gaze. Those who previously thought about selling the soap no longer dared to harbor these thoughts.
Unlike civil law, military law was cruel and ruthless. Instead of imprisoning the criminal, they would punish them with beatings.
The lightest punishment was 30 lashes of the whip or 20 hits of the board. It must be noted that the board used by the military was not a wooden board but an iron board. For an ordinary person, 2 hits were enough to cripple them.
With the warning, no one dared to go against the military order. After the soldiers set up the table and chairs, they started distributing the soap.
The villagers thought that the portion or size of the soap would be small. But when they received the goods, they were shocked.
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