Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 740 - 735: The Plan

At the welcoming banquet, everyone loved lamb, but only Lin Wanwan had a special fondness for seafood.

Having been in Chang’an for over half a year, she missed the pure, unpolluted wild seafood here very much.

As for lamb, although it was also organically farmed and considered premium in modern times, Lin Wanwan had grown tired of it in Chang’an, and only seafood remained her unchanging love.

Even though Lin Wanwan was not around this year, the seafood caught by Lin Family Manor already had a steady market, with the bulk still needing to be sold to the seafood merchants at the docks.

But the finest catches could be shipped by small boats to Xiao Creek Town to be sold to the town’s nobility, among whom the County Magistrate Xiao Chong was their top patron.

Overall, however, the prices of seafood were not high, and if relying solely on seafood sales, after paying taxes, everyone’s life would still be quite tight.

But now with Lin Wanwan’s various high-yield crops, and the subsidies from the sweet potato vermicelli and cotton workshops, the days at Lin Family Manor were already improving rapidly.

The cotton cloth produced by the Lin Family Manor’s workshop had developed a reputation among the wealthy in Mao County after a year of fermentation.

Apart from the nobility, merchants with some money also had a special affection for cotton cloth.

The clothing of merchants was strictly regulated by Tang laws, not allowing them to wear silk, but the soft yet high-end cotton cloth perfectly satisfied their vanity.

Last year’s cotton cloth distribution mainly relied on the introduction of large silk shop merchants by Xiao Chong, and this year before cotton cloth production even began, several shopkeepers had already come to reserve it.

Even if Lin Wanwan never involved herself in Lin Family Manor’s affairs again, developing at this pace, the days at Lin Family Manor would only get better, and they would soon achieve moderate prosperity and completely escape poverty.

And now that Lin Wanwan has returned, the development of Lin Family Manor would naturally accelerate.

The Lin clan welcomed Lin Wanwan’s return with the most enthusiastic songs and dances. The passionate people of the Great Tang, from nobility to common folks, loved to sing and dance.

Standing among the clan members, Lin Wanwan felt their appreciation and fondness, feeling quite content in her heart.

Being considered the treasure of the family by these de facto ancestors was more fulfilling to Lin Wanwan than making money, providing significant emotional value.

She had a lot to take care of during this period, and her medical studies in the Great Tang could take a break, but the armed forces she brought home and that group of roving women needed a different arrangement.

Keeping them cooped up in the Lin Mansion would be like putting a fierce beast in a cage, and sooner or later, they would lose their wildness and fighting capability.

Lin Wanwan needed to find a place for training and seclusion for everyone.

There wasn’t much fertile land around Lin Family Manor, with the majority being mountainous terrain.

The three nearby mountains all belonged to Lin Wanwan’s territory; they couldn’t be used for farming, but building a training base was entirely feasible.

So Lin Wanwan invited over Wang Dulei, with whom she had frequently cooperated, asking him to do the construction.

Listening to Lin Wanwan’s construction requirements, Wang Dulei looked troubled, not because he couldn’t accomplish it, but because what Lin Wanwan wanted to build seemed sensitive, obviously related to military activities.

In the Early Tang, the empire had just been established, and everything was being rebuilt, with strict control over such matters.

The Emperor kept a watchful eye to prevent gate valves from developing secretly, trying every means to weaken their power, and recruiting armed forces and building separate courtyards all had to be reported to and approved by the court.

Lin Wanwan did not let him be troubled and told him to go ahead and report it.

After all, the bigwig in Mao County was Xiao Chong, unlike ordinary County Magistrates, and even the Prefect of Yuezhou couldn’t suppress him. In Mao County, he was someone who could cover the sky with one hand.

Lin Wanwan did not believe Xiao Chong would make things difficult for her in such matters.

Indeed, as she had expected, Xiao Chong not only approved but also planned to come and inspect the site himself.

"Friend of Military and Civilian Dual-use Talent" had knowledge about civil engineering, and it could be put into practice.

Once the "Civilian Military Training Manual" was learned, forming a militia was not a problem.

In a certain year in modern times, there was a large-scale armed brawl between two villages in Xiang Province.

The village chiefs of these two villages used the knowledge learned from the Civilian Military Training Manual to arm several thousand villagers, forming several battalions.

The battle between the two sides lasted over thirty hours, and it was not until the armed police charged in and suppressed the firepower that they were ordered to cease.

With the Divine Book in hand and people recruited, Lin Wanwan was ready to go all out with the training.

Lin Family Manor also had its militia, and she planned to train alongside the clan’s militia.

After all, Huaxia people have always been belligerent, and unlike the barbarians who engage in bare-knuckle fighting, Huaxia people prefer armed combat. This kind of armed conflict has been ingrained in history for thousands of years, thriving unceasingly.

For water, for land, for the clan—any conflict of interest could trigger fights between villages.

Lin Wanwan wanted her Lin Family Manor to avoid provoking others, but also not to be bullied.

So, they must train, they must.

The clansmen who went out to sea fishing would face the threat of pirates.

In Chang’an, Lin Wanwan dared not be too arrogant; after all, although the manor belonged to the countryside, it was still under the Emperor’s nose.

There were too many big shots in Chang’an, and even Pei Xingjian, who hadn’t fully grown into a major player yet, had visited the manor a few times, and after seeing Lin Wanwan’s armed forces training once, he already seemed contemplative.

Not to mention those experienced bigwigs with keen eyes who had already grown strong. Although ancient people lacked modern knowledge, they weren’t fools.

Without relying on industrial contexts, modern people would likely fail to outmatch ancient gate valves when building armies in ancient times.

Simply having guns wouldn’t guarantee the conquest of the world, as a glance through history books would reveal.

However, Lin Wanwan’s aim in training these armed forces was not to overthrow the Li Tang empire.

At least under the three great mountains of Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian, she had no intention of making trouble, as it would be too difficult.

Following the chaos at the end of Li Longji’s reign, she might attempt to stake a claim. But by that time, Lin Wanwan likely would’ve become white bones, unable to wait.

Currently, she trained armed forces only to gain self-preservation capability, to prevent wanderers and scheming noble forces from daring to provoke her.

However, building a base in the mountains wasn’t something that could be settled quickly, so Lin Wanwan was in no rush and took things slowly.

On the night following the welcoming banquet, Lin Wanwan closed the door and returned to modern times. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She still needed to spend more time in modern times to balance the time between the two worlds.

After spending a whole afternoon and part of the night in the Great Tang, the modern night’s hours were still yet to finish.

Lin Wanwan conveniently snuggled into bed to sleep, planning to wake up and prepare to visit Grandma Lu’s house.

She had already decided on a gift for Grandma Lu through consulting Lu Shouyue. In the embroidery workshop of Xiao Creek Town, she chose one piece among the works embroidered over several months by an embroideress as a gift.