Pei Shu’er smiled and said, "General Zhao, I think that this time when building the ship, I want the remaining years of exile to be reduced."
As soon as she said this, General Zhao fell silent.
To be honest, Pei Shu’er built such a good ship, and it’s so suitable for the current transportation needs, actually reducing her to an innocent status is not impossible.
After all, if an ordinary person could build such a ship, they could have their sentence reduced by ten years, not to mention, Pei Shu’er also provided blueprints and even supervised the work.
The ships that need to be built afterward are to be bigger and more stable.
General Zhao said, "It’s possible, as long as the ship makes a return, then you can be freed for life."
Pei Shu’er nodded, she didn’t like the feeling of being restricted . If possible, she actually wanted to go outside.
Even to the Capital, she wanted to go.
After all, the original owner’s parents were in the Capital, and Pei Shu’er often dreamed of her mother at midnight.
Jiang Qianhu was a bit unhappy. After all, the ships they built previously, General Zhao never said a word of "good" and was always looking worried.
But now, Pei Shu’er’s ship was just built, and barely had a trial voyage.
Yet he kept praising Pei Shu’er, now he even wanted to reduce her lifelong exile punishment.
They had worked for so long, they might not have much merit but they did have hardship, yet General Zhao treated them like that?
Jiang Qianhu was not particularly happy and was being sarcastic during the shipbuilding process.
This was just someone relying on seniority and showing off.
He even incited a small group of people to oppose Pei Shu’er, greatly delaying the shipbuilding progress.
Pei Shu’er was not polite either, she clapped her hands to gather everyone for a meeting.
That small group naturally ignored it, they continued to dawdle around, pretending to be busy, when in fact they were doing nothing at all.
Pei Shu’er was also a bit annoyed, and immediately said coldly, "Jiang Qianhu, please think carefully, if you cause trouble again this time, I will bring your matter to General Zhao."
She couldn’t control Jiang Qianhu, nor could she hit him. After all, she had no position in the military. If she resorted to violence, it would play right into Jiang Qianhu’s hands.
However, General Zhao could.
Upon hearing Pei Shu’er’s words, Jiang Qianhu was not afraid.
"Pei Shu’er, you’re just someone who knows how to complain, such behavior is despicable!"
Pei Shu’er sneered, "Not knowing what chips are in your hand and not making good use of them, isn’t that the real foolishness?"
She said to a nearby soldier, "You, go tell General Zhao that Jiang Qianhu is relying on his seniority and deliberately delaying the project progress."
Jiang Qianhu’s face turned pale, he didn’t expect that Pei Shu’er would really do such a thing.
If General Zhao got involved in this matter, he definitely couldn’t handle the consequences.
Unwillingly, he gathered his small group and stood before Pei Shu’er.
"If the supervisor has something to say, just say it. Don’t delay everyone’s work."
Pei Shu’er said, "What I have to say is about you. You’re delaying everyone’s work. If you don’t change, then roughly the efficiency won’t improve."
Jiang Qianhu was rudely rebuked, and he felt embarrassed.
"I see you’re just a petty person, drunk on success!"
Pei Shu’er laughed angrily, her small stature exuding an aura that felt two meters tall; no one dared to speak.
"Then let me show you what a petty person drunk on success looks like."
"Go, report to General Zhao and tell him everything about this situation."
The soldier saw Pei Shu’er’s harsh expression, coupled with the fact that the progress was indeed heavily delayed, he dared not stall and quickly ran to the General’s Tent.
After all, General Zhao had given a strict order, if not completed within the period, everyone would face shared responsibility.
General Zhao was furious upon learning about Jiang Qianhu’s matter, he cursed, causing a stifling low pressure in the General’s Tent.
"Jiang Qianhu certainly has no sense of the bigger picture. Does he know how many people in the military would die because of this delay?"
And this isn’t even during the coldest time of the year, when the coldest days come, it can be deadly.
General Zhao wrote an order on paper.
"Take this order to the shipbuilding site and read it to those causing trouble. If there’s a next time, don’t blame me for being harsh."
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After reading the order, everyone’s face didn’t look good.
Jiang Qianhu was demoted to Households Commander, and the other disruptive soldiers were penalized three months’ salary.
Moreover, if these people repeated such mistakes, they wouldn’t have to stay at the shipbuilding site anymore and would be sent to the front line as cannon fodder.
No one dared to disobey the order; they started building ships diligently.
Only, the way they looked at Pei Shu’er changed a bit.
Previously, they saw Pei Shu’er as gentle and spoke softly, they thought she was a pushover.
Now seeing her , they realized, this was no pushover, but a silent snake.
Don’t provoke her, and life remains peaceful.
But if you provoke her, she wouldn’t care about any means and cut off their arrogant foundation directly.
Now, no one dared to be unruly at the shipbuilding site.
Even though Households Commander Jiang hated Pei Shu’er deeply, the situation was pressing, he had to lower his stance temporarily.
Building the next ships became much easier; this time, the ship was built larger, thus requiring more timber and thicker materials.
With everyone’s concerted effort and temporarily increased manpower, the ship was quickly completed.
They finally tested the ships by loading heavy objects into the water, repairing any unstable or insufficiently load-bearing places until the ship had no issues at all.
This took a full ten days.
Pei Shu’er these days hadn’t rested much, exhausted and with a severe headache, she went to find Tang Zan for a while.
Tang Zan carried Pei Shu’er to his tent and rested with her.
He too was disrupted day and night these days, he would save up rest to sleep alongside Pei Shu’er.
Even though he was very tired, alone he couldn’t fall asleep.
With Pei Shu’er by his side, he felt at ease.
When Tang Zan was about to be dispatched, Pei Shu’er volunteered.
"General Zhao, I want to go with Commander Tang."
Upon hearing this, everyone was first startled, then fiercely opposed.
Even Tang Zan was not in favor.
"Pei Shu’er, do you know what you’re saying, that’s the Dazi’s territory."
Pei Shu’er nodded, her eyes full of gentle smiles.
"Precisely because I know, I want to go with you."
"Trust me, if you bring me along, I can offer help. Besides, regarding this ship, only I know all the structures, without me, it might be impossible."