Sheng Li and Wang Hao dressed as the workers had entered the underground base. They had grain sacks on their backs. The view of the underground base was spectacular. They put the sacks on one side and looked around. "You two seem new to the work," a bearded man talked to them. Sheng Li and Wang Hao nodded.
"The wages are good here. I have been working here for five months. Fortification is going on at the other end," the man told them. "If you want to get employed as a worker there, then this is the best opportunity," he added with a smile.
"Fortification? Did the Emperor order it?" Sheng Li curiously asked him.
"Nobody from the Empire cares for this remote village. We are lucky that the master provided us with resources and jobs," the man stated, as the workers around him heard him. He looked at his friend, who was noting the entries in a ledger book in his hand. "Shu Tian," he called him and he came towards them.