Chapter Twelve: Zhao Wu's Words

  The emergence of the Green Armor Cavalry caused a complete change in the atmosphere of the entire prairie.

  After understanding the existence of the War Rider Hall and the process of producing a Green Armor War Rider, everyone's gaze at Li Zhong was no longer as casual as before.

  This made Li Zhuang happy at the same time, but also a bit depressed.

  In the past, I could still chat freely with the servants at home, but now it feels extremely boring.

  But Li Zhēng believed that as time passed, once they got used to these mysterious beings, slowly but surely, while remaining loyal to him, they would change back.

  As for the War Horse Hall, Li Zhong did not seal it off.

  Although it is possible to use the system function to seal off the large gate and prevent anyone from entering, this is not necessary. However, although everyone can enter the War Horse Hall freely for viewing, the operating room is completely sealed off.

  Entering the operating room was Li Zhēng's exclusive privilege.

  As usual, in the morning, Li Zhēng would climb to the top of the hill to watch the sunrise and exercise his muscles. However, since the day he obtained the Qing Jia War Horse, Li Zhēng had an additional activity every morning - he would ride Qing Yun around the grassland before going up the hill to exercise his muscles.

  He clenched his fist and stood with his hands behind his back. Basking in the clear and cool sunlight of the morning, he gazed at the leisurely green-armored warhorses grazing in the field below, feeling extremely comfortable in his heart.

  He stood still for a while, then went down the hill and returned to his house. At this time, the maids had already prepared breakfast for him.

  The existence of maids, Li Zhong was not used to before. But Zhao Wu thought that as their master, how could Li Zhong eat, drink, and use the restroom without a maid serving him? Not to mention other things, but even sweeping the floor couldn't be done by Li Zhong himself, that would lose face!

  So Zhao Wu quickly found two 11- or 12-year-old girls among the household slaves and sent them to Li Zhong's mansion.

  The two little girls were named Xiao Cui and Xiao Liu. As for entering the main house to serve Li Jing, both girls and their families were extremely supportive.

  Not to mention anything else, just talking about being by Li Zhong's side, this identity and status are absolutely different from before. There is still a seventh-grade official in front of the prime minister's gate!

  At first, the two girls were pale and thin, with dry hair. Now, with the improvement of living standards, they have gradually become more lively. Moreover, these two children are very diligent - only eleven or twelve years old, naturally still children. This makes Li Zhēn very satisfied.

  After drinking several large bowls of thin porridge at home, Li Zheng solved his breakfast problem. Just then, Zhang Shan came while Li Zheng was looking for Zhao Wu about something.

  As for Zhang Shan, Li Zhong thought of what happened a few days ago.

  The fantasy of the War Rider's Hall and the emergence of the Green Armor War Rider made Zhang Shan think he was hallucinating for a moment. He even came to ask Li Qing if he was an immortal, feeling that being with immortals was too much pressure.

  It wasn't until Li Zhong denied it that I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  Of course, after this, facing Li Zhong, he was no longer as casual as before.

  "My lord!"

  He made a fist and bowed, then knelt down at Li Zhong's gesture. Zhang Shan said, "I have something to tell you."

  As she spoke, a hint of coquetry appeared on her face.

  This made Li Zhēng very surprised. This expression, Zhang Shan had never had before.

  "What's going on?"

  "Hmm." Zhang Shan scratched his head: "That Green Armor War Rider... Do you think I should give it a try?"

  Li Zhēng was taken aback by the words and took a closer look at Zhang Shan, then suddenly smiled and said: "You haven't been sleeping well these past two days, have you?"

  "What? How did Master know?" Zhang Shan was startled.

  Li Zheng gave him a glance: "Dark circles under your eyes, you must not have slept well."

  Li Zhong probably understood the situation as well.

  A warhorse like Qing Jia, who wouldn't covet it? Not to mention Zhang Shan, even a humble servant from the grasslands would probably want to ride it, but of course, they wouldn't dare have such thoughts.

  Because of the mysterious existence of the War Horse Hall, people in the grassland had some fear in their hearts towards Li Zhēn. Zhang Shan probably wanted to tell Li Zhēn about this a long time ago, but didn't dare to, until today, when he gradually got used to it and came to visit.

  "Look, Your Excellency..."

  Li Zhong shook his head, and Zhang Shan's face immediately fell.

  "Hehe," Li Zhēng smiled and said: "Riding a ride is no problem..."

  "Oh..." Zhang Shan stood up, hanging his head in disappointment and was about to leave when he suddenly reacted: "Can I ride?!"

  Li Zheng helplessly said, "Riding is no problem, but you must know that these young armored warhorses are the foundation for future growth and development. When you ride them, be careful not to hurt the warhorses."

  Li Zhēn suddenly smiled with a different meaning: "Of course, wanting to ride the Qingjia War Horse still requires skill!"

  Zhang Shan didn't even finish listening to what was being said before he immediately ran out.

  The attributes of the Azure Armored Warhorse far surpass those of a war horse. It's probably not that easy for ordinary people to ride it.

  Li Zheng shook his head and stood up, leaving the main house under the gaze of the two maids.

  During this time, Li Zhēng was busy, busy catching wild horses, busy directing the construction of a systematic carrier, busy arranging, and so on.

  It wasn't until last night that I remembered telling Zhao Wu to open up and cultivate the land earlier.

  This is no small matter.

  Grain is the foundation of everything; without grain, nothing can be accomplished.

  It's been almost twenty days since I left, and I don't know how Zhao Wu is doing either.

  Arrived at the residential area of the southern section of the pasture, Zhao Wu happened to be there.

  Upon careful inquiry, Zhao Wu recounted in detail everything that had happened since they started opening up the wasteland and planting crops.

  After nearly twenty days of hard work, the household slaves belonging to the agricultural department have opened up fifty mu of land outside the forest in the south.

  Among them, 40 mu have been planted with winter wheat. The remaining 10 mu of land were divided into several plots, each planting vegetables, melons and fruits.

  In addition, the irrigation system of the cultivated land has also been basically completed as required by Li Zhong.

  It's almost finished by now.

  In fact, according to the rough farming concept of this era, several dozen household slaves who engage in agriculture can at least open up hundreds of acres of wasteland within twenty days.

  However, due to Li Zhēng's previous confession about Zhao Wǔ, they had to work meticulously and proposed some methods for meticulous farming, resulting in the current outcome.

  But Li Zhēng knew that if he worked hard and did a good job, the yield of several dozen mu of grain would not be much less than that of several hundred mu. Moreover, there was still a lot of stored grain in the pasture, which could support these hundreds of people for a year with plenty to spare, and it was not necessary to cultivate too large an area immediately.

  Li Zhuang is optimistic about promoting meticulous farming and making his subordinates familiar with this method of cultivation.

  As for increasing the cultivated area, it's not too late to talk about it later.

  Listening to Zhao Wu's description, Li Zheng nodded slightly.

  Zhao Wu, although his ability is not great, sometimes he appears to be a bit taciturn, but he does things very practically. Compared with Zhang Shan, to tell the truth, Cao Chang can't do without Zhao Wu.

  "You've done a great job."

  "If it weren't for your help, I don't know what this pasture would look like."

  "The lord has praised me wrongly." Zhao Wu humbly said: "It is my duty to serve the lord, and besides, if it weren't for your guidance, I wouldn't have done a good job either."

  Li Zhong smiled and was about to leave when Zhao Wu called out again: "Your Majesty..."

  "Huh?"

  Li Zhong stopped in his tracks.

  "Your Majesty," Zhao hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I was previously a slave of the Fu family, so I still have some connections with them during this period..."

  "Oh?"

  Li Dang's mouth twitched, staring at Zhao Wu, making him lower his head, but he waved his hand: "It doesn't matter."

  For these situations, Li Zhong had already counted them in his heart.

  He believes in himself and will eventually win over their hearts completely. Look, didn't Zhao Wu surrender voluntarily?

  "Ah?" Zhao Wu was taken aback for a moment, then a joyful expression quickly appeared on his face. He clasped his hands together in gratitude: "Thank you, Master, for your great kindness!"

  He didn't breathe easily until he got here.

  Previously, Fu had handed him over to Li Zhuang along with thirty others as part of a deal, which was the truth. However, at the same time, Fu also did not cut off contact with him and there were some secret communications between them. Of course, it's not that Fu wanted to plot against Li Zhuang, but rather out of a cautious consideration, wanting to grasp all situations in his hands.

  This is actually the normal state of a large family.

  Total control desire.

  After all, this is still Lingzhou's territory.

  Zhao Wu saw that Li Zhong was no longer blaming him, and his heart felt relieved and refreshed. He said: "Master, the Fu family's power is vast, and Master is also developing in Lingzhou. It's inevitable that you'll have to interact with the Fu family. The Fu family's upper and lower ranks still have a good impression of Master. I suggest that Master exchange more ideas with the Fu family."

  These are sincere words.

  Li Zhong heard this and fell silent for a moment.

  Actually, Li Zhong had been on guard against the aristocratic families for a long time. After doing business with the Fu family twice, he didn't deliberately try to maintain the relationship again.

  Although Zhang Shan's words and what he saw and heard in Lingzhou overturned some of Li Zhong's subconscious views on the aristocratic families, Li Zhong still believed that the reason why the great Han dynasty had become like this was inseparable from the aristocratic families.

  But what exactly is going on, Li Zhēn isn't quite clear about yet. However, this once incredibly powerful empire has now entered its twilight years, and as the backbone of the empire, where are the great aristocratic families?

  So many powerful aristocratic families, why did they watch with their eyes open as the empire fell into the abyss?

  Don't they have any responsibility?

  So, Li Zhēn subconsciously guarded against these existences.

  What's more important is that Li Zhēng's ambition tells him that these existences must be the tigers blocking his path forward!

  Of course, nothing is absolute. As Zhao Wu said, Li Zheng is not strong enough now and is still living on the Fu family's territory. If a good connection can be established with him, it will naturally be beneficial for development and growth.

  Besides, there are no absolute enemies in this world. Enemies can also become friends.

  Maybe being friends with Fu is a clever move after all!