The National Height Increase Plan (Part One)

After the Battle of Kaiyuan City, the Han Tribe had captured a large number of prisoners of war, allowing Kaiyuan City's outer walls to be built rapidly. First, they dug channels along the lakeside, diverted water to irrigate the fields, and divided up pastureland. The soil they excavated happened to be perfect for tamping into the city walls, so not a bit of it went to waste.

Kaiyuan City's outer wall had the same structure as its inner wall: Besiege Three, Leave One Open. The opening extended into the lake, with the section submerged in the water built from bricks and stones. This also protected Kaiyuan Commandery's docks within the walls.

Outside the city, the channels dug to divert water also made it possible to divide up more pastures lush with water and grass.

At that moment, standing atop the city wall, Luo Chong could use a telescope to see Xiao Die outside the city, showing two children around the pasture.

Xiao Die had been born and raised in the Weaving Tribe and was passionately fond of textile techniques. After joining the Han Tribe, she had further developed textile production under Luo Chong's guidance. However, the Nomadic Tribes on the grasslands clearly had no textiles worth showing off, so she had no interest in the herders' lives either. She could only take the two children to see the newborn lambs, treating it as a trip to the zoo.

Tang Yao, meanwhile, had gone under the guidance of a local minor official to visit a traditional shaman-healer of the nomadic people, hoping to obtain some of the medical techniques unique to doctors who practiced on horseback.

Zhan Ying was not far from the two children either. Unlike Xiao Die, Zhan Ying was not very skilled at weaving, but ever since marrying