"Okay, if you have nothing else to do, go back quickly and don't get in the way." Lou Gao saw that the time was almost up and said to Li Xuan angrily.
Lou Gao also knew that Li Xuan still had a lot of things to deal with, so he no longer tried to retain Li Xuan.
"Mr. Lou, I'll come see you later. I'm going back first." Li Xuan smiled at Lou Gao and nodded, then turned and left here.
After walking out of Fentian Pavilion, Li Xuan got on the carriage and left Qicheng. After all, he did have a lot of things to deal with and did not have time to stay here.
After leaving the Qi City, Li Xuan thought for a while, then drove the carriage towards the Liquor City.
The Equipment City is responsible for the fifth-level Sky Cannon, which deals with battles, while the Liquor City's sideline business is brewing, which will become the pillar industry of Ladi Canyon in the future.
Of course, this was just the pillar industry before elixirs came into being. Once elixirs came out, nothing would be as profitable as elixirs!
The wine city is managed by the Tao family, and Li Xuan happened to come here for a tour.
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Soon, Li Xuan drove the carriage to the gate of Liquor City.
Looking at the wine city, which was about the same size as the Qi City, Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
There is no building similar to Fentian Pavilion in the Liquor City. After all, brewing is different from forging and does not require earth fire, so the construction is relatively simple.
Li Xuan took a look at the drawings. There are thirty-six brewing factories in the wine city, which are large in scale, and there are also corresponding supporting factories.
As for the underground of the wine city, there are three floors of huge wine cellars totaling 100,000 square meters, which can store a large amount of wine.
The temperature in the wine cellar is suitable, which is most suitable for storing wine.
The wine city is now managed by the Tao family. After all, the only people under Li Xuan who know how to make wine are the Tao family.
Unlike Lou Gao, the Tao family is Li Xuan's own people. The Tao family are all slaves bought by Li Xuan, and they are also quite afraid of Li Xuan.
The sight of Li Xuan burning those slaves with the Burning Heart Seal was still lingering in their minds.
They had no intention of resisting Li Xuan, who was decisive and domineering.
Li Xuan packed up the architectural drawings of the wine city, then drove the carriage slowly and leisurely towards the wine city.
Compared with the bustling Qi City with people coming and going, the Liquor City is much deserted. In the huge city, there are only two or three Tao family members active on the streets.
“Young Master!”
A Tao family member noticed Li Xuan entering the wine city, and immediately exclaimed, then fell in front of Li Xuan, respectfully facing Li Xuan Kowtowed.
"No need to be polite, get up." Li Xuan smiled at the Tao family and said.
"Thank you, Master! The patriarch is working at Factory A3 to make wine. I will take you there right away." The Tao family immediately got up from the ground, then led the carriage and took Li Xuan towards the factory.
A few minutes later, the Tao family took Li Xuan to a brewing factory.
As soon as Li Xuan arrived at the brewery, he saw Tao Lin and the Tao family waiting for Li Xuan.
"Welcome Master!" Tao Lin was dressed in coarse clothes and an apron, with several Tao family members behind him. He walked forward quickly, then knelt directly in front of Li Xuan's carriage and kowtowed to Li Xuan. Size.
"Everyone, please get up. From now on, you can just salute normally when meeting each other. No need to kneel down." Li Xuan stood on the carriage and said to the Tao family around him.
"Yes, master." The Tao family still didn't stand up, they were still kneeling on the ground.
"Tao Lin, long time no see." Li Xuan shook his head helplessly, jumped off the carriage, helped Tao Lin up, and said with a smile to Tao Lin.
"Yes, Master, long time no see." Tao Lin also looked at Li Xuan with a smile on his face and said respectfully to Li Xuan.
"Let's not be polite. Let's talk about it. Are you adaptable to making wine in this wine city?" Li Xuan continued to ask Tao Lin.
“Adapt, adapt, this place is really suitable for wine making. If it weren’t for the fact that there were too few Tao people, we could run all the wineries owned by the young master. In that case, we could produce a large amount of wine every day. "Yes." Tao Lin nodded and bowed and said to Li Xuan.
After Tao Lin stood up, the other Tao family members also stood up.
"Haha, that's good. In this way, Tao Lin, I will give you the power to go to the nearby villages tomorrow to select some people who are suitable for wine making, and strive to run all the wineries here. Such a big place cannot be wasted." Li Xuan also handed over the power of selecting people to Tao Lin.
Li Xuan believed in these people under his command, so he did not hold all the power in his own hands. What should be given out must be given out. After all, Li Xuan's main task is to practice, not to make money.
To run the entire wine city, the dilapidated Tao family alone is not enough, so Li Xuancai agreed that Tao Lin could find some people to help him with the work.
"That's great, young master. As long as there are enough people, our winery here can be fully operational, so that we can produce at least tens of thousands of kilograms of wine every day!" Tao Lin looked at it excitedly. Li Xuan said.
Tao Lin also looked at Li Xuan excitedly and said, how much does Li Xuan trust him to actually give him the power to select people.
"Tao Lin, you will be the first city lord of the wine city. Most of the things in the wine city will be managed by you. In the future, I will arrange some people to manage the wine city with you. Then you will contact the caravan and try to get the wine as soon as possible. Turn it into profits. After all, I can't always subsidize Ladi Canyon. I still need to have my own industry to make money." Li Xuan smiled at Tao Lin and said.
"Yes, young master, I will definitely live up to the young master's trust!" Tao Lin knelt down in front of Li Xuan excitedly and kowtowed to Li Xuan excitedly.
“Okay, I’ll give you a recipe in a while. Then you can make some medicinal wine and hand it over to the caravan along with your drinks. Let them take it out and sell it, which will also increase your income. It doesn’t take any effort." Li Xuan smiled at Tao Lin and said.
“Yes, Master.” Tao Lin nodded again.
"By the way, have you practiced seriously this year? Although winemaking is important, you cannot ignore cultivation. Tao Lin, please report to me on your family's cultivation situation." Li Xuan suddenly thought that the Tao family was still a family of soul masters, so he asked Tao Lin.
The use of the Sky-shattering Cannon requires the control of a soul master, so Li Xuan thought of supervising the training of the soul masters in the camp. After all, the higher the soul master's cultivation level, the longer he can control the Sky-shaking Cannon. This can be regarded as an advance plan for the future. Prepare. "Returning to the master, there are still ten people in the family, six of whom have cultivation talents, three of the children have already reached the tenth level, and the remaining children's soul power levels have also reached level 8 or 9. It won't take long for him to break through in strength." Tao Lin immediately introduced Li Xuan like a child, after all, these are his own children.
“In addition, the family has twelve soul masters, eight soul masters with cultivation level, two have broken through to level 20 great soul masters, and the other clan members have also been promoted to one level recently. At the second level, the other tribesmen are basically ordinary people." Tao Lin took out a small notebook and read to Li Xuan according to the contents in the notebook.
"I have been wandering around for so long, and I have not had much time to practice well. But now that I have stabilized, you have to practice well for me. Those who have broken through the bottleneck will come out. After a while, Tao Lin, please arrange for someone to take them to the City Lord's Mansion to wait for me. In two days, I will take them into the Star Forest to hunt the soul beasts," Li Xuan nodded to Tao Lin.
"Yes, young master, I will take them with me right now." Tao Lin kowtowed to Li Xuan again.
"Well, okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go back." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he was about to leave.
"Master, don't you go to the winery to have a look?" Tao Lin was stunned for a moment, and then asked Li Xuan curiously.
"I feel relieved that you are here. Work hard. In the future, your status as a slave will be lifted and you will expand your family." Li Xuan smiled and waved, then got on the carriage and left here. .
"Thank you, Master! Master!" After Tao Lin and other Tao family members heard Li Xuan's words, their eyes widened instantly. The next second, these people knelt on the ground without hesitation and kowtowed to Li Xuan. .
Although there are no restrictions on them now, their status is still slaves. For them, this is a shame!
So now Li Xuan promised to wash away this shame for them in the future, so they sincerely gave Li Xuan a discount.
Li Xuan left the wine city without looking back.
After leaving the Liquor City, Li Xuan thought for a while, and then returned directly to the city lord's mansion. In addition to these two small towns, there was another small town called Medicine City, where Li Xuan processed medicinal materials. But no one is taking care of it yet, so Li Xuan doesn't bother to look.
After returning to the city lord's mansion, Li Xuan came to the secret room where Bai Chuan rested.
At this time, Shirakawa was actually teaching Bangchui how to use a short knife.
Although Bangchui's physique is not very good, he is very disciplined when practicing swordsmanship, and he gradually becomes proficient in his swordsmanship.
"Baichuan, you can do this, teach him well. This guy Bangchui has no fighting ability, so he needs to train well." Li Xuan said to Bai Chuan with a smile.
Bangchui is an auxiliary soul master with basically no fighting power. If Baichuan can teach Bangchui some knife skills, Bangchui can also have more life-saving methods, and Li Xuan can feel more at ease.
And Li Xuan remembered that he seemed to have taught Bangchui some Bagua Youlongzhang routines, but he didn’t know if Bangchui still remembered it now.
"I've met the young master! I also saw that the young master Bangchui's body is a little weak. He can get stronger by practicing the sword." Bai Chuan immediately bowed respectfully to Li Xuan, raised his head and said with a smile.
"Why should we be polite, Bai Chuan, how long do you need to be able to fight normally? I may go to the Star Dou Forest recently to help a few people hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings, but only the first and second soul rings. That's it, it won't be too dangerous." Li Xuan patted Bai Chuan on the waist, and then said to Bai Chuan with a smile.
There is no way, Li Xuan is not even ten years old, and his height is still small compared to Bai Chuan.
"The young master's medicine is very effective. I can already exert 80% of my strength. If I only deal with the century-old spirit beast, there should be no problem. I am afraid that the spirit ring I need will have to wait for a while. It will take a while to go hunting." Bai Chuan said with a smile to Li Xuan.
After regaining his strength, Bai Chuan obviously relaxed a lot. He looked cheerful and smiled a lot more.
"Okay, pack your things and we will set off early tomorrow morning to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings in the Star Forest." Li Xuan smiled at Bai Chuan and said.
"Yes, young master, my subordinates will do their best to protect the young master and the young master." Bai Chuan immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Li Xuan seriously.
"Why should we be so polite, but Baichuan, you have to remember that the main thing is to protect Bang Chui. Although my soul power level is not high, my combat effectiveness is not bad, and I have more ways to save my life." Li Xuan said to Baichuan said with a smile.
"Yes, Master!" Bai Chuan said seriously.
"Okay, we have to leave tomorrow. Let's all rest early. Bai Chuan, you can live in the city lord's mansion from now on. Ask Zhou Chen for a room key." Li Xuan thought about it and let Bai Chuan live there. Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion, it's safer.
"Yes, Master." Bai Chuan nodded in agreement, and then said nothing more.
Then, Li Xuan led the two people out of the secret room, returned to the ground, and went back to their rooms to rest.
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Early the next morning.
"Master, the Tao family is here." Zhou Chen's voice came from outside the bedroom.
Now that Zhou Chen is the supervisor of the City Lord’s Mansion, the task of waking up Li Xuan every day is given to Zhou Chen.
"I know, let them wait in the living room, I'll be there in a minute." Li Xuan replied to Zhou Chen in a daze, then closed his eyes and prepared to rest for a while.
Ten minutes later, Li Xuan packed up and came to the living room.
“I’ve met the master!” Tao Lin, along with a middle-aged man and two children, saluted Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked at Tao Lin and the four others and was stunned for a moment, but he reacted instantly.
"Tao Lin, I didn't expect you to break through to level 20!" Li Xuan looked at Tao Lin and smiled heartily, but it was normal. The head of the Tao family should be the most talented person in the family. Serve.
"I'm just lucky," Tao Lin replied with a smile without saying anything else.
"By the way, you should also call me young master from now on, and don't call me master." Li Xuan said to Tao Lin.
"Yes, Master!" Tao Lin's eyes lit up and he said to Li Xuan with a smile. Obviously, he wanted to improve their status.
At this moment, Bai Chuan walked in from outside.
"Master, everything is ready. We can leave at any time." After Bai Chuan entered the room, he saluted Li Xuan and then said.
"Okay, let's take a rest for a while. By the way, Tao Lin, what kind of soul beast does your family generally need as a soul ring? We can also help you find a suitable soul ring next." Li Xuan asked Tao Lin. One sentence.
We are about to enter the Soul Beast Forest, and Li Xuan also needs to master the soul beast that is most suitable for the Tao family. In this way, he will have more direction and save effort when entering the Star Dou Forest. (End of this chapter)