"Everyone, come over here."
Someone called out and waved toward Huo Wa and the others.
Dozens of young men walked over.
The man rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll take you to get your tools."
"Don't worry. As long as you work honestly here, all three meals are provided."
"You get two days off every month. However, your team leader will arrange the leave schedule."
Soon, Huo Wa and the others had received their tools. Then a man wearing a safety helmet and carrying construction blueprints walked in.
He looked over Huo Wa and the others and nodded. "Very good. You're all strong young men. Come on, brothers, let's get to work."
Huo Wa glanced at the construction blueprint. It seemed to be hand-drawn, but it was finely made, with clear lines.
The design on the paper consisted of complicated lines, but he couldn't tell what it was. Huo Wa only felt that the blueprint—or rather, the design—was merely one part of the entire project.
That thought startled him.
When he had come to the warehouse earlier, he had seen with his own eyes how large the construction site was. It was practically the size of a small town.
If such a vast area was only one part of the project, then how enormous was the project as a whole? The occupied area had to be terrifyingly large.
Besides...
If similar trenches were being dug elsewhere as well, what was Empress Hong Shang's purpose in doing this?
"Let's go. What are you thinking about?"
His companion's voice brought Huo Wa back to his senses. The young man hurriedly answered and followed the others.
Before long, he had become one of the vast digging army. The busy, exhausting work left him with neither the time