TOP ASSASSIN RETIRES AND BECOMES A FARMER AFTER TIME TRAVELING TO THE PAST

221-233(End)

Chapter 221
"Build a city here?"

The idea is good, but what can we use to build it?

Besides, we don't have enough manpower, and the court is unlikely to provide us with enough materials.

"Just because we can't build it now doesn't mean we won't be able to in the future," said Li Yao. "Yesterday, I received a letter from the Prince of Yizhou. The cement workshop has already started production, and your fourth uncle and his team are working tirelessly. We will soon have a large supply. Once the cement arrives, it won't be difficult to build a city, right?"

"But what about before that?" Wang San'er asked. "I don't know why, but the barbarians are acting like they've gone mad this time. I suspect that even if the Great Snow seals the plains, they won't retreat. So, Mother, please help us come up with a solution."

"Is this your idea or Grand Marshal Xu's idea?"

"Well..." Wang San'er blushed and said, "Actually, I volunteered for it."

Li Yao smiled and shook her head, but she didn't blame Wang San'er.

So she went to the central military tent to find Grand Marshal Xu.

"Li Ru, do you have a solution to the barbarian attacks?"

"Yes."

"Please tell me!"

"It's actually quite simple," Li Yao said. "The reason we can't deal with the barbarians now is that we can't track their movements. We don't know where they are or when they will launch their attacks."

Elusiveness is the essence of guerrilla warfare.

"But even if we send out scouts, it's difficult to ascertain their whereabouts."

"Grand Marshal Xu, have you ever heard the saying 'to see far, stand high'?"

"Li Ru means that we should build a tall tower?"

Li Yao shook her head. "The tower is too short. We need to go higher."

Grand Marshal Xu: ...

The officers and soldiers: ...

If someone can reach the sky, they wouldn't be human but a deity.

Even Grand Marshal Xu, who has always trusted Li Yao, couldn't help but have some doubts this time.

Only Wang San'er continued to support her as always. "If Mother says we can reach the sky, then we definitely can!"

"But before that, I need a large quantity of sheepskin, cowhide, and enough strong and long ropes and cords."

"Alright, I'll arrange for it."

Obtaining sheepskin and cowhide on the grasslands is relatively simple. Grand Marshal Xu didn't request them from the court but instead sent a team with money to Yuhan Pass to purchase them from local herders.

A few days later, several large carts of sheepskin, cowhide, and ropes were brought back.

With the current technology, Li Yao couldn't build an airplane, so she could only make a hot air balloon.

While the balloon was being sewn, a structure over twenty meters high was erected to facilitate the inflation of the balloon.

When the enormous hot air balloon was completed, Li Yao brought out two sealed wooden barrels from her tent. They contained raw rubber, which could be used to temporarily seal the gaps between the sheepskin.

Then dozens of people hung the massive hot air balloon on the structure and attached ropes above with a basket below.

Looking at this enormous and peculiar contraption, people couldn't help but wonder, can this thing really fly to the sky?