Infrastructure Craze (BL) (Full English Translation)

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Chapter 67: Fishing Boats and Fishing Nets in the Crimson Great City

Stone-paved river banks, stone-paved arch bridges, coupled with the sparkling water in the river. It's hard to imagine such scenery appearing in the desert full of yellow sand. Even on Earth, such a landscape is exceptionally beautiful. Therefore, after the moat was repaired, every day, the people of the Crimson Great City would run to the riverside, stroll on the stone arch bridge, feeling as if they were in a dream.

Is this really their Crimson Great City? The melodious small river, the warm scene, even now, they still can't quite believe it themselves.

"I never expected that just digging a river outside would make our Crimson Great City completely different, magically beautiful," someone said.

"Humph, was this river just randomly dug? Let others try digging a river and see if they can make one like this," another person retorted with a smile. "No wonder the Young Lord insisted on paving it with stones. Look at this clean and tidy riverbank, it's extraordinary."

On the arch bridge, there were also many elderly fishermen, occasionally pulling up a fish as thick as an arm, causing bursts of exclamation and smiles on their faces.

"You're so lucky to catch such a big one," someone said while drooling, as fish slices cooked in water were incredibly delicious.

The elderly men were also smiling, their faces wrinkled like old tree bark. Although they were old, they were not useless. They could still provide some meat for their families. The children at home loved eating fish. With such a big one, they could already cook a large pot. Watching the children eat fish and drink soup, those days were simply too happy.

The people of the Crimson Great City used to stay indoors after the sun set, but now they would stroll by the riverbank until late in the evening, enjoying the lingering twilight. Some leisurely individuals would even bring fishing rods, trying to catch a fish or two.

A river had brought some changes to the rhythm of life in the Crimson Great City.

At this time, Zhuang Yu was planning the construction of the comprehensive area, but time was running out because... a hurried merchant caravan had arrived.

With the experience from their last visit to the Crimson Great City, they were much faster this time.

Seeing people from the Yellow Sand Tribe, they were no longer afraid. These rough men looked fierce, but they wouldn't rob them of their goods. Moreover, it was good to look fierce; this way, no one dared to cause trouble here, and they could smoothly complete their transactions. Unlike before, people from the Red Great City and the White Great City always bullied them, the smaller Tribes, making trade unfair.

But here was different. They had discovered last time that they could negotiate with the people of the Crimson Great City. If they couldn't agree, the people of the Crimson Great City wouldn't force them to buy.

Before the merchant caravan arrived, Zhuang Yu quickly had the Yunmeng Tribe bring out their newly produced salt.

In the Crimson Great City, a new market began again.

In addition to salt, there were many porcelain bowls, most of them plain white. Zhuang Yu was busy repairing the moat and had no time to make decorated ones. These porcelain bowls were all made by the Guilin Tribe and idle women together.

So many days had passed, and they had made quite a few porcelain bowls, so this time, the scale was even larger than the last time.

There were also the children of the Crimson Great City, eagerly awaiting because they had polished many mirrors to sell.