With that show of force, the people have been keeping to themselves, and the city walls are being built quite rapidly; they should be completed in another two months.
As for the Yi Dynasty, the water pumps have already been installed for them. They have also summoned their own subjects to return home to prepare for farming. However, only a small fraction of them actually went back. Many feel that working here for us is a better deal.
In the end, I calculated that while the bulk of the laborers returned, the men who stayed behind were not the ones with five or six hundred pounds of raw strength, but rather those with modest ability. Furthermore, a large number of women and children remained. We don’t have a better solution on our end, and I simply don't have the heart to fire all these women. We are set to begin harvesting our rice in half a month. The Yi Dynasty even sent the First Prince here in person to inspect the progress.
Chapter 139