Seeing Li Xuan's impatient look, Zhou Chen also smiled helplessly. He was still a young man at heart.
"Yes, Master." Zhou Chen smiled and nodded, then turned around and went to find Huang Shang.
A few minutes later, Huang Shang came to Li Xuan.
"My subordinate Huang Shang has met the young master!" Huang Shang said respectfully and bowed to Li Xuan.
"Why are you so polite? Sit down and tell me what you gained from going out this time?" Li Xuan sat up straight and asked Huang Shang.
"To return to the young master, this time the caravan walked around the border between the Tiandou Empire and the Star Luo Empire and resold some supplies, earning about 100,000 gold soul coins." Huang Shang took out a small notebook, and then brought another Put on your glasses and report to Li Xuan carefully.
“Although there is income, there is also a lot of expenditure. At the border, we purchased a group of slaves, a total of 30,000 people. We spent 30,000 gold soul coins to buy two batches of smuggled ores and materials. He paid 150,000 gold soul coins, and this time Xingshang lost nearly 100,000 gold soul coins," Huang Shang said helplessly to Li Xuan.
It's really a bit embarrassing. It's just that I didn't make any money when I went out. I also lost a lot.
The main reason is that I still swear that I can make money.
After speaking, Huang Shang took off his glasses and slowly closed the small notebook in his hand.
"It's okay, Huang Shang. You don't have to blame yourself. You don't expect the caravan to make money in the short term. I can make up for any shortfalls you have. Focus on building the territory and improving the caravan. Although the territory construction is completed, it still needs to be spent." There is still a lot of money." Li Xuan nodded and said to Huang Shang.
"By the way, Huang Shang, if you brought back 30,000 slaves at once, wouldn't it be too eye-catching?" Li Xuan suddenly thought of something and asked Huang Shang with a puzzled look on his face. One sentence.
"No, young master, these are the people near the border who were displaced due to the war, so they are sold as slaves. And I still have the soul guide you gave me. It will not be exposed Even if we check the whereabouts of these people, they are all the same." Huang Shang smiled at Li Xuan and shook his head.
After hearing what Huang Shang said, Li Xuan nodded. Slaves on the border were usually sold directly after the villages were destroyed. Huang Shang bought them back directly with the money. The whole No one else can see the process, so no one will check it.
This group of slaves even went to the border trade for this group. It was not long before spring plowing, and there was a bit of a shortage of people in Ladi Canyon.
"Huang Shang, give the slaves to Zhou Chen and ask him to allocate these people to the farm. Give the other things to Han Shucheng and distribute them reasonably. By the way, the output of the wine city has basically stabilized. It's time to do it. The sales have started, and there is a batch of wine over there that you can take out for promotion later." Li Xuan thought for a while and handed over everything to Huang Shang.
"Yes, young master! I have tasted the wine in our territory. The quality is indeed good, and it should be able to be sold at a good price." Huang Shang nodded.
"Master, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." Huang Shang saluted Li Xuan again, and then said to Li Xuan.
"There is nothing else to do. Go back and have a good rest. I have arranged a piece of land for you in the main city with a residence. From now on, the land will belong to you. You can take your caravan with you. Please rest here." Li Xuan said to Huang Shang and waved his hand.
"Thank you for your concern, young master. I will resign!" Huang Shang's eyes also lit up. Li Xuan was also very concerned about his caravan, which made Huang Shang feel warm in his heart.
After watching Huang Shang leave, Li Xuan sighed and closed his eyes. As the territory becomes larger, there are more things to do.
And spring plowing is coming soon, and there are more things going on in Ladi Canyon.
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Time passed slowly for a month.
Zhou Chen and Han Shucheng gradually became familiar with the methods of handling various matters in the territory.
This resulted in a lot less things that Li Xuan had to deal with every day, and he could basically handle everything in an hour.
At this time, in an empty farm in Ladi Canyon, Li Xuan was sitting next to the cattle pen, feeding the cattle with elixirs with a mallet.
"Brother, in two or three days the cultivation level of these cattle will exceed one hundred years. This is too fast." Bangchui frowned and looked at the cattle in front of him, hesitantly. Said to Li Xuan.
"Yes, with these cattle that have been cultivated for hundreds of years, it should be much easier to cultivate the land in Ladi Canyon." Li Xuan sprinkled the last handful of elixir in his hand on the cattle's food. In the trough, he raised his head and glanced at the soul beast Niu, which was as strong as an ox...
"Brother, they seem to be unconscious." Bangchui asked Li Xuan.
"It's just destroying the seedlings to encourage growth. If it has consciousness, it can't be a real spirit beast. How can it cultivate the land." Li Xuan said angrily to the stick.
"Oh, that's right." Bangchui responded, and then stopped talking.
"The cattle are ready, and the seeds are ready. The next step is their business. I can finally be the shopkeeper." Li Xuan looked at the strong soul beast cattle in front of him, and his eyes grew long. He took a breath.
"Yeah, brother, you finally got rid of all these things. I see that you have become haggard recently." Bangchui also looked at Li Xuan with concern and said distressedly.
"It's not a big problem. It will be fine soon. Let's retreat now, pack our things, and get ready to go out." Li Xuan left the bullpen with the mallet and walked towards the city lord's mansion.
After a month of development, Ladi Canyon has basically stabilized completely. Otherwise, Li Xuan would not be in the mood to study the soul beast cow.
There are not enough people in the camp, so we can only start with cattle. In this way, we can ensure that all the farmland in the camp is planted.
Each farm has expanded from 1,000 people at the beginning to 5,000 people. Basically, everyone has learned how to grow dragon tooth rice. In addition, Li Xuan also equipped each farm with fifty hundred-year-old souls. Li Xuan has also prepared the beast's oxen and twenty spirit beast horses, as well as the dragon's tooth rice that will be needed more in the coming year, and is just waiting for spring plowing.
Qi City is still the same as before, and there should be no technological breakthroughs in the short term. However, Li Xuan is not in a hurry. After all, Ladi Canyon is at most a base for wine making and growing food. Basically, Is there anyone here looking for trouble?
The wine city is now completely lively. It is in full swing every day and a large amount of wine can be produced every day.
The last time the wine brought out by the yellow merchants was promoted very well, so the wine in the wine city began to be sold on a large scale. The wine production in the wine city has become the pillar industry of Ladi Canyon, and it can be sold every month. Ladi Canyon brings one hundred thousand gold soul coins.
As for the Medicine City, it is still the same as before. No one has any knowledge in this area, so it is still empty and no one takes care of it.
"Master, please see Huang Shang." A child's voice came from outside Li Xuan's study.
Last time Li Xuan bought five hundred children in order to awaken the soul master, but only ten of them had innate soul power levels, and most of the others were ordinary children. Li Xuan finally decided to let these children The City Lord's Mansion ran errands for himself, and at the same time learned basic knowledge from Han Shucheng.
In this case, you can still have the life skills to survive in Ladi Canyon.
"Let him come in." Li Xuan put down the document in his hand, raised his head and responded.
"Yes, young master." The boy outside the door responded and then went to find Huang Shang.
A few minutes later, Huang Shang walked in from outside and bowed respectfully to Li Xuan.
"I've met the young master. The things you asked me to check have been found." Huang Shang said respectfully, and at the same time handed a piece of information to Li Xuan. Li Xuan's eyes lit up after hearing Huang Shang's words. He jumped down from his chair, came to Huang Shang in two steps at a time, and took the information handed over by Huang Shang.
The information contains detailed information on the four single-attribute soul master families of the Haotian Sect.
Among the four major families nowadays, the Force Clan and the Yu Clan are the best, after all, they still have their own skills.
The Po Zhi clan is not doing well, mainly because their combat power is too high and they have not joined other forces. This has led to them being squeezed out by Wuhun Palace and local forces. Although they have Contra-level combat power, their lives are still getting worse. Life is still very difficult.
The worst offenders are the Min clan. They need skills but no skills, and power but no strength. Without the relief of the Po clan, the Min clan would probably be gone.
"Young master, are you interested in these four soul master families?" Huang Shang asked Li Xuan with a smile.
"Of course, I want the broken clan to be used by me. He is the natural master of Medicine City." Li Xuan smiled at Huang Shang and said.
A month ago, Li Xuan asked Huang Shang to inquire about the four major soul master families, in order to know himself and the enemy.
“It’s not easy to conquer someone with just one word.” Huang Shang said to Li Xuan with a smile.
"What? Do you have any good plans?" Li Xuan asked Huang Shang doubtfully.
"Master, I suggest you conquer the Min clan first. In this case, the possibility of contacting the Po clan will be higher. After all, the Min clan is almost in trouble now." Huang Shangyi He looked at Li Xuan with a smile and said.
"It makes sense!" Li Xuan's eyes lit up after hearing Huang Shang's words
At this time, the Min clan is relatively easy to recruit. .
Bai He and Yang Wudi of the Min clan are still good friends, so recruiting Bai He will increase the possibility of recruiting Yang Wudi.
But the Min clan cannot completely believe it. Li Xuan knows that Bai He is Tang San's uncle. Bai He cannot know about the Sky-shattering Cannon in Ladi Canyon. Otherwise, this guy will have to die for Tang San. Get one, Li Xuan can't bear to part with his Sky-shattering Cannon.
So if the Min clan is successfully recruited, the Min clan cannot be exposed to the core secrets in Ladi Canyon.
"Huang Shang, prepare a false identity for me...in the Tiandou Empire. After the spring plowing is over, I want to go to the Tiandou Empire in person." Li Xuan rubbed his eyebrows and then said to Huang Shang.
"Yes, young master, I will make arrangements for you now. I will leave first." Huang Shang nodded, then bowed to Li Xuan, turned around and left Li Xuan's study.
"Go and call Zhou Chen." Li Xuan rubbed his eyebrows and began to think about the next plan.
"Yes, Master." The boy at the door responded, and then went to find Zhou Chen.
“Alas, we have finally settled the matter in the territory.” Li Xuan shook his head helplessly. There were too many things in Ladi Canyon, which involved too much of his energy. It was also time to be the leader. Let go of the shopkeeper.
Li Xuan lay on the chair and rested comfortably.
Soon, Zhou Chen walked in from outside.
"My subordinate Zhou Chen has met the young master!" Zhou Chen bowed respectfully to Li Xuan.
"How long is the spring plowing? Are the farming tools, cattle and horses ready?" Li Xuan raised his head and asked Zhou Chen seriously.
"Master, spring plowing is only half a month away. The farming tools, cattle and horses have been prepared and distributed to various farms." Zhou Chen reported the situation to Li Xuan without any hesitation.
"Well, that's right, Zhou Chen. I'm going to leave recently, so I'll leave the matters in Ladi Canyon to you. This is for you. If there's anything you can't do, write it down and give it to me through this. "Li Xuan took out an Eye of Kongming and threw it to Zhou Chen.
"Yes, young master." Zhou calmly caught Kong Ming's Eye and said respectfully.
"Go back. If you have any questions, you three should study it yourself first. If you don't understand it, come to me." Li Xuan waved to Zhou Chen and said.
"Yes, young master, feel free to go out. I will take good care of your home. I will leave." Zhou Chen smiled at Li Xuan, then turned and left Li Xuan's study.
Everyone in Ladi Canyon has also noticed that Li Xuan has been really tired recently, and the power in his hands has basically been distributed. He probably wants to go out for a walk.
After watching Zhou Chen leave, Li Xuan also put down his work and finally had a chance to go out for a walk.
"Bangchui, start packing your things, we will set off tomorrow!" Li Xuan waved to Bangchui and said.
"It's great, I finally don't have to deal with government affairs!" Bangchui also said happily to Li Xuan.
Next, Li Xuan and Bangchui started packing their things together to prepare for the trip.
On this trip, there should be only three people, Li Xuan, Bangchui and Baichuan. As for the target, it is Us County where the Min clan is located.
The four single-attribute soul master families actually lived together in the same county.
So Li Xuan decided that this time he should go out successfully.
Li Xuan and Bangchui packed their things for a day and finally packed up their things for the trip. Bai Chuan also packed a lot of things.
After packing their things, Li Xuan and others went back to rest and wait for their trip.
As for the route, Li Xuan decided to take the edge of the Star Dou Forest this time and sneak directly into the Tiandou Empire.
Thinking that more than a month had passed, Tianmeng Iceworm should have found the Gengjin Grass.
I happened to pick Gengjin grass along the way.
In this case, Bai Chuan’s eighth soul bone happens to be found.
After a hard day's work, Li Xuan put down other things in the territory and fell asleep on his big bed without practicing. (End of this chapter)