Seeing Zhou Hou and the officials waiting in front from a distance, Qin Yue slowed down and said to Xiaoyu:

"I'll hold you in my arms and get off the horse later. Don't be afraid. After you get off the horse, follow me. Listen more and talk less. Got it?"

Xiaoyu nodded nervously and said, "I understand."

"Xu~"

Qin Yue stopped his horse, dismounted, and finished in one go.

"I've seen the inspector."

Zhou Hou stepped forward and bowed to see him.

Qin Yue was very satisfied with Zhou Hou's title.

"Thank you, Governor Zhou."

Zhou Hou stepped forward and led Qin Yue the way.

Qin Yue looked at the construction site not far away and said, "Who are they?"

"Part of them are people who came to work from surrounding villages and towns, and part of them are people who were temporarily relocated here in Jianbi Qingye."

Qin Yue nodded and then asked: "What are they building?"

"The Naval Academy, the Maritime Academy, and the attached towns housing the families of cadets and instructors."

Qin Yue said in surprise: "You are building a town. This is not a small project."

"It used to be very troublesome and took three to five days. But now that everyone is practicing martial arts, the efficiency is much higher. It is expected to be completed within half a year."

Qin Yue was a little surprised but also a little relieved and nodded: "It's good for all the people to practice martial arts."

"yes."

Qin Yue glanced at the water collection in the distance and asked: "Has the water collection problem been solved?"

Zhou Hou had already answered this question.

"Xiaguan chose this place precisely because he wanted to solve the problem that has troubled Donglai County for many years. When we were planning, we also built the embankment. By then, this place will be full of people, and it will be easier to maintain.

easy."

Qin Yue took a look at the people building the dam by the river, nodded and said, "That's very thoughtful."

"You flatter me."

Qin Yue glanced around and saw some women, pointed at them and said: "Are these women from the clear country?"

"Yes, the lower officials gathered them together, disrupted them, reorganized them, and asked them to do some light work such as cooking, laundry, cleaning, and sewing."

Such an arrangement does serve multiple purposes, but...

“Disrupting the reorganization?”

When Qin Yue heard this word, she always felt something was wrong.

"This saves a lot of time for gossiping and laziness, and can greatly improve work efficiency. Not only them, but all the construction teams here are arranged in this way, and their work efficiency has been improved."

Zhou Hou is still very proud of this.

Qin Yue couldn't tell what was wrong, so he stopped worrying about this issue.

I looked around and found no children, so I couldn't help but asked with concern: "Where are those children?"

"The lower officials gathered them together, set up a school, and let them go to school."

Only when their children are settled can these women be freed to work, ensuring the logistics for the entire construction team of thousands of people.

Qin Yue was about to ask something more when an exclamation came from the woman who was cleaning not far away.

"Xiaoyu, are you still alive? God, where have you been these days?"

A stout woman in her thirties walked out of the crowd, exclaimed and shouted loudly.

The leader of the group of women next to him took a step forward, stopped the other party, and shouted in a low voice: "Ms. Zhu, you are so impudent, don't you see that the adults in front of you are here? You don't have the right to speak here, why don't you leave quickly?"

Down."

Zhu Niang seemed to have noticed Zhou Hou and others next to her at this moment. She shrank her neck in fright and retreated into the crowd.

Qin Yue raised her eyebrows and said to Xiaoyu: "It seems that she is from your village. Do you have anything to say to her?"

The little fish nodded.

Qin Yue encouraged: "Then go ahead, don't worry, I'm here to watch."

Xiaoyu took a few steps forward, glanced at Zhu Niang, lowered his head timidly and said: "Aunt Zhu, I, I hid while no one was paying attention. I'm afraid that if I leave, I won't be able to find my father when he comes back.

Come to me."

Zhu Niang seemed to have forgotten that Zhou Hou and the big shots were still there. She took a few steps forward, held Xiao Yu's hand tightly, and said with distressed eyes: "Oh, you are so pitiful, your father...

Forget it, let’s not talk about him. After you disappeared, our tiger kept talking about you, as if he had lost his own wife."

Several women in the same group nearby burst into laughter when they heard this.

"Ms. Zhu, it turns out that this is the daughter-in-law of your dreams."

"This girl looks really good, not bad, not bad."

"He also has a good temperament."

"At first glance, it looks like he is fertile."

Xiaoyu had never seen this battle before. He immediately panicked and quickly shook his head and said: "I, I'm not, I, I didn't..."

Zhu Niang held Xiao Yu's hand tightly, her face burst into laughter: "I think so, but it's a pity that this little girl is so angry that she doesn't want to. By the way, who is that girl?

"

Xiaoyu looked back at Qin Yue, and then said softly: "She is Xiaoyue, she is the inspector, she is very powerful, she is one level above the official, and she takes good care of me."

When Zhou Hou heard this, he frowned slightly and turned to look at the official next to him. The official understood, took two steps back, called an attendant, and gave a few instructions. The attendant left quietly and returned to his original position.

He nodded to Zhou Hou.

Soon, the team leader who was in charge of the group stepped forward, grabbed Zhu Niang and walked away. As he walked, he shouted loudly: "The work is not finished yet, and you are lazy. What are you looking at? Why don't you leave quickly?"

When Zhu Niang walked away, Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Qin Yue. He said with a helpless and confused look: "Strange, Zhu Niang hated me playing with Hu Zi in the past. She yelled at me once.

I once, how come today..."

Qin Yue patted Xiaoyu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, don't think about these troublesome things, let's go."

Qin Yue then walked forward, turned around and asked: "Where did you talk about just now? By the way, speaking of children going to school, Governor Zhou, have you ever thought about choosing some of these children to enter the Naval Academy?"

Zhou Hou was half a step behind and took over with a smile: "Xiaoguan really thought about it. They grew up by the sea and have good water skills. However, the Navy not only looks at water skills, but also looks at many other abilities. And

, their study time will probably not be very long, they will go home after the war, so in the end it still depends on who has this talent."

Qin Yue feels that it is a good thing to have this opportunity.

"Are you ready for the academy?"

Zhou Hou nodded and said: "The enrollment has been completed. Because the college has not been built yet, we just found a spacious courtyard and used it as a temporary school building. We will study first and then move here after it is built."

"The action is quite fast. Do you have detailed files?"

"I will order someone to fetch it for you."

After waiting for a while, Qin Yue got a thick piece of paper that was more than a foot high and flipped through it: "Can you tell me in detail?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Hou, who always responded to questions, shook his head this time and said: "My official's statement is always biased. Please ask the inspector to check the specific details."

Qin Yue paused for a moment, looked away from the screen, nodded thoughtfully and said, "Okay, I will."

Qin Yue turned over her hands, put these files into her empty bag, and moved forward.

Standing on the edge, looking at the people working on the construction site from a distance, Qin Yue noticed the differences between these people.

Qin Yue pointed at a group of people and said: "That group of people works the fastest, has the best skills, and has the best cooperation. They are not just random people, are they?"

Zhou Houzuoyi replied: "The inspection envoys have bright eyes. They are craftsmen who specialize in undertaking construction matters. They are responsible for the most technical part of the construction. Everyone practices martial arts. The lowest ones have martial arts training, which greatly increases the efficiency of construction."

The essential."

Qin Yue pointed to the young people with martial arts background and said: "They are here to find work, right?"

"Yes, people from nearby villages and towns come out to do some work during their off-farm time. Although they are not as good as those craftsmen, their hands and feet are very quick. They are doing some low-skilled work that wastes the craftsmen's time."

Qin Yue pointed at a group of people, old and young, and said, "Did they move here to clear the country? They have the largest number of people and the weakest physical strength, but they do the hardest, most tiring and lowest-skilled work."

Zhou Hou was also helpless: "They live by the sea and make a living by fishing. They have little experience in construction and can only do these jobs."

Qin Yue frowned and said nothing.

At this time, a group of women came over carrying several large pots and more than a dozen baskets of steamed buns.

The people working on the construction site paused for a moment, then dispersed and swarmed towards the women.

A woman with a loud voice walked out from among the women. She shouted at the men who were coming up to her, gesticulating with her hands.

"Line in line, line up... I've cooked enough food to make sure you're full. What's the rush? Are you hungry enough to lift a tire? Line up, line up..."

Qin Yue looked at the people queuing up for meals with interest. After noticing that there were more people than others, she asked curiously: "How is this meal calculated?"
To be continued...