Boom!
Accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion, vast swathes of mountain rock came crashing down.
Before the dust and mist had dispersed, large numbers of laborers surged forward. Some clawed through the rubble, while others tied thick ropes around massive chunks of rock, like industrious ants.
A li away, Gujin Pass, which had originally belonged to Great Qin, teemed with people. All manner of work chants rose and fell, creating a bustling scene.
This formidable pass that guarded a strategic choke point had now become a massive construction site.
The one overseeing and planning this project was Wang Chen. After leading his forces to seize Gujin Pass, he immediately issued a recruitment order, gathering two hundred thousand able-bodied men to rebuild the fortress.
Gujin Pass had originally been designed to defend against attacks from the east. Now that it belonged to Great Zhou, its orientation naturally had to be changed.
Wang Chen intended to turn it into a bridgehead for Great Zhou's invasion of Great Qin.
That was what it meant to return an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth!
The able-bodied laborers he recruited were mostly Yan people, selected according to the principle of proximity.
But Wang Chen did not treat the Yan people like beasts of burden. He used the wealth and grain seized from the three great clans, distributing them to the laborers according to their work.
More than that, Wang Chen also took out Pills and dissolved them in water vats, giving the diluted medicinal water to the workers.
He even personally joined the construction, using spells to solve difficult problems.
Under such circumstances, the two hundred thousand recruited Yan laborers went from reluctant to willing. The reconstruction of Gujin Pass proceeded at a tremendous pace and was expected to be fully completed