บท 469: 456 guessed it

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"Opening a school?" Upon receiving the message, the City Lord of Linshui City put aside the book in his hand, surprised, and looked towards his trusted aide.

If he didn't have a bit of strength and his own eyes and ears in loyal service, he couldn't possibly hold steady his position as City Lord here. Thus, he had a good idea of what those nobles who paid him handsomely were up to.

Before, they had been hell-bent on constructing roads, roads that adhered to high standards, at least requiring broken stone for the bed and thorough compaction, a specification almost equivalent to the highest-grade post roads in Zheng Country.

Moreover, these roads were to be raised to prevent water damage, with meticulous construction of the road foundations and the digging of drainage facilities alongside.