The Princess of Northern Land

Chapter 166 - 166 166 Instant Fame (2)_1

?Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Instant Fame (2)_1 Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Instant Fame (2)_1 “Alright, let’s go now.” Lin Changshu, suppressing his laugh, gave the order. The enormous stone Yu Shaohui was just playing with, weighing almost four hundred jin, was kicked aside by that youngster as if it was a toy, and the iron-willed man across was so scared his face turned pale, surely he won’t dare trouble us anymore.

With this, the number of people clearing the wild lands for the Lin Family had reached over a hundred. Even though they lived farther from Shili Village, the majority chose to bring their families along for the land reclamation because they were recruited at the market place.

“Wild bird eggs.” As the land clearing progressed, many families frequently encountered duck eggs, chicken eggs, and bird eggs in the grasses. Some even caught fish and shrimps from among the reeds.

Those who found good things were too embarrassed to hide them. Initially, they would turn them over to Lin Ziyin, but Lin Ziyin was not the type to be ruthless. She decided, “All small fish less than a palm-sized must be thrown back into the river. As for the rest, whoever finds them, keeps them.”

“Thank you, Miss Lin.”

“Thank you, Ziyin.”

“Thank you, boss.”

Instantly, words of gratitude could be heard everywhere.

To the country folks, Heihe was a foreboding land of desolation. If their child was being noisy, parents would often threaten them by saying that the monster in the Heihe would take them away if they continued to cry. This would frighten the children into stopping their noise.

Many of the outsiders, if not for their livelihoods and the higher wages offered by the Lin Family, would rather die than come here alone. Thankfully, there were many people working on the land. After a few days fraught with anxiety and fear, everyone slowly adapted to the work of land reclamation. It turned out that Heihe was not so terrifying – they just needed to follow Lin Ziyin’s advice to first build a dam and then carefully avoid the muddy areas, slowly turning the land over from all sides.

“Ladies, you must be tired.” With the hot weather, Lin Ziyin brought along Bai’s wife, Mrs Wei, and a few other women from the village to provide the workers with two servings of mung bean tea each day to dispel the heat. Some also brewed herbal tea and gave it out for free. Of course, those who came to make tea for a day were paid twenty-five copper coins.

The firewood was the reeds and grass stocked up from the wilderness, and the water was the clean water from the nearby river. It was very convenient. This job was a way for Lin Ziyin to take care of Bai’s wife and a few others. Those four or five people who were selected to make tea did their jobs very diligently.

Most of the people who came to work brought their own dry food. Every household brought similar things, either coarse grain cakes or soybean cakes. At noon, they could eat these simple foods for a meal, and the Lin family provided free tea water to solve a lot of problems for the workers.

Therefore, during the reclamation, there were not many households cheating or being lazy on the Lin family’s expense.

“Young Miss, it seems there is a group of people clearing some wasteland about five miles from here.” The reclamation work was going smoothly until one day, Kong Yi’er came and nervously reported unexpected news to Lin Ziyin.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziyin frowned. Wasn’t it said that Heihe was ominous and nobody was willing to accept the task of land reclamation? Why are people coming out to compete with her for land reclamation now?

“Young Miss, should we go and snoop around?” Seeing that she was frowning, Yu Shaohui asked in a low voice.

“Ignore them, let’s just focus on our own tasks.” Lin Ziyin stopped them, “We won’t cross paths with them.”

“Yes, Young Miss.” Yu Shaohui responded.

The Lin family didn’t want to deal with the unidentified newcomers, but they took the initiative to show up at their doorstep.

The visitor turned out to be someone known to Lin Ziyin.

“This commoner pays her respects to Your Highness.” Lin Ziyin saw Chu Suifeng stepping forward and was overwhelmed.

Seeing the legendary Prince Chu, the workers of the land reclamation project were so scared that they knelt directly in the mud without even finishing their work. Even those standing in water also knelt down with a splash.