It doesn't matter what the lord is.

There is some truth in what you said. Who doesn’t like a cute girl?

Moreover, in their opinion, most of the people living in the City Lord's Mansion of Yuxi City were young girls, so they inferred that it was definitely okay to send a woman.

In addition, He Yue was strict before, and I didn't have a bunch of maids throwing themselves at me, which made these emerging nobles see the possibility of success. This field is still a blue ocean, whoever does it first will take the initiative, so during that time, they were also frantically looking for beautiful women, the whole Yuxi City and the foreign merchants were in full swing, so that during that period, the number of women entering Yuxi City through buying and selling transactions increased significantly.

However, after buying the people back, the group of nobles fell into an embarrassing situation again.

Not enough quality.

Apart from other things, He Yue was the "second most beautiful woman in the world" appointed by Bai Huang. The common women would be eclipsed when they stood in front of her. At that time, the nobles wanted to offer women to him, but every time He Yue opened the door and calmly asked "what's the matter", the other party looked at her and answered in unison "nothing, nothing".

excuse me.

Although He Yue's gender has always been a mystery, it is precisely because of this that it is even more difficult to deal with. The nobles thought clearly: if it is a girl, the Lord of the City has such a beautiful girl by his side, and the ones they have in their hands will definitely be outdone. If it is a boy, it will be even worse. The girl sent here is not even as good as the boy next to the Lord of the City, so what's the point of playing with it?

So far, I haven’t received any from any girl.

It’s a pity to think about it.

This is not the most infuriating thing. The most infuriating thing is that He Yue knew exactly what was going on and he did it on purpose.

But if you asked her, she would refuse to admit it. She would blink her innocent eyes and say to me in a very ambiguous tone that those bought outside might not be as good as hers, and suggested that I could contact her first if I needed anything.

How do I find it?

I was so worried. After they drank together under the moon and in front of the flowers, Yang Feng wanted to stand up, but he also took up his gun and mounted his horse. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do. It is said that a gentleman hides his weapon and waits for the right time to act, but we can't act together!

But weapons and equipment are different.

What the superior likes, the subordinates will like even more. As for sending beautiful women, there is a thorn in He Yue's way, so sending other things will be fine. So the new nobles gritted their teeth and began to purchase some relatively "good" weapons from outside. They couldn't afford to buy particularly expensive ones, so they could only buy some [rare] level equipment and try to send them to me through various connections.

But according to the plan we discussed, I inspected the weapons in front of them, showing some interest, but the questions I asked were all like this:

"Who made this sword?"

"This knife is well made. It must be the work of a great master."

"This gun is quite exquisite. I really want to meet the person who forged it..."

After some "appreciation", they returned the items intact.

If they still don't understand this, then they are really stupid.

The things sent up are good, but they are not to my liking. The most urgent task is to find a few forging experts to come to Yuxi City, so that I can please them. This is the hint I conveyed to them implicitly. Some things cannot be done by me personally, and it is the best choice to let the people below do it. The tax burden of Yuxi City is not heavy, and the newly rising nobles have accumulated a certain amount of capital. At the same time, because of trade, they also have quite a lot of connections outside.

Letting this class help me do things will be much more efficient than simply asking Shuang to lead the Anbu to investigate.

And the most important thing is that it will not arouse other people's vigilance. After all, after I came to Yuxi City, I took in the half-blood demons, danced in women's clothes in public, and returned three cities including Tianxing City that I had conquered with great effort. I have done everything, and my reputation has long been spread all over the streets. So there is nothing wrong with adding a setting for weapon preferences. There are many rich kids who have this interest. They like to collect powerful weapons even though they are not good at it, or because they are not good at it, they want to get a sense of security from powerful weapons and equipment.

I would also be regarded as one of those rich kids who spendthrift, which does not conflict with Yuxi City's current strategy of keeping a low profile.

So, just treat this matter as a carnival that pleases everyone.

Although the nobles have their own channels, they are slower after all. They will pay attention to all the news about free blacksmiths and try to contact those blacksmiths to ask if they are willing to come to Yuxi City. But this cannot be too fast. If you want to see the effect, you have to wait at least half a month.

I was not in a hurry, so I asked He Yue to purchase a batch of weapons from Yun Hai first to make up for the losses caused by the previous battle with Li Neng. After all, even if a blacksmith with some skills came, it would take a long time for Yuxi City to produce its own weapons.

Until then, purchasing is still the main thing.

After doing this, I felt relieved, but I didn't rest.

During the time I was away from Yuxi City, a lot of things in Yuxi City accumulated and I needed to solve them one by one.

7. Return to the Demon Breeding Farm

After the armament issue has come to a temporary end, I plan to go to the demon breeding farm first.

After the construction of the Northern Industrial Base began, the two major industries of distilled liquor and high-purity elixirs took off, which changed the industrial structure of Yuxi City to a certain extent, but the rich profits brought by the demon breeding farm should not be underestimated. At present, during the industrial transfer, the other four cities built demon breeding farms, but the demon breeding farm in Yuxi City did not expand, but on the contrary, the scale was reduced compared to before.

This is mainly because continuing this practice will have an impact on surrounding residents and will not be conducive to environmental governance.

The person waiting for me at the demon breeding farm this time was not the original person in charge, Hantu. Hantu has now been transferred out to independently take charge of the construction of the breeding farms in the two cities. Before he left, he recommended one of his nephews, Hanmo, to take over the demon breeding farm in Yuxi City. He Yue inspected him and thought that this person was quite capable. In order to appease Hantu's emotions, he approved the appointment.

Hanmo looked different from Hantu, who had a face full of flesh. He was not as greasy, but he also looked fierce. However, that fierceness was only in appearance. When he saw me, he was still very obedient, lowered his head, and said very respectfully:

"This time, I will lead the way for the Lord City Lord. Does the Lord City Lord have any instructions?"

I looked at him for a while and said:

"Let's talk as we walk."

Hanmo hurriedly led the way.

Walking into the farm, I found that many demons had disappeared, and I couldn't help but say:

“There have been quite a few changes here.”

Hanmo replied:

"Some demons have been moved outside. Lord He Yue has told us that Yuxi City is no longer an isolated city, and demons should be raised in the suburbs as much as possible. In the past, when there was only one city, we were afraid of demons looting if we raised them in the west, and we were afraid of being destroyed by hostile forces if we raised them in the east, so we built the breeding farm in the city. Now we have four cities to protect the east, and five cities have formed a territory, so we can raise demons in the suburbs."

I saw that Hanmo was speaking in a very coherent manner, which was completely different from the rough and crude Hantu, so I asked another question:

"Building in the suburbs has its pros and cons. Tell me what you think."

Hanmo perked up and stopped taking me for a stroll. He analyzed:

"There are pros and cons, but generally speaking the pros outweigh the cons. We originally kept the demons in the city, so if the demons attack the city in the future, we might be attacked from both sides. Although we can use some means to make the demons gentle, they are like wolves, and they can never be tamed! Once their wildness is aroused, they will still attack humans, so it is not safe to keep them in the city. Also, raising demons is like raising livestock such as pigs, cattle and sheep, involving issues of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. Once the scale expands, the stench will be unmanageable, which will seriously affect the lives of the people. Secondly, the suburbs are large and quiet, and are also suitable for the growth of demons. Just like the previous [Drill Horned Rabbits], those raised in the mountains grow better than those raised in the city."

"What are the disadvantages?"

I asked, and Hanmo's expression changed for a while, and finally he said:

"It's mainly a pollution problem. We were originally very close to the demons' territory, and we transported the demons' excrement directly back to their territory, so we didn't see any problem. But the fact is that once the demons' excrement is buried in our human soil, it will cause very serious pollution. I have studied it privately, but I haven't found the cause."

"What kind of pollution? Is there any specific phenomenon?"

"At first, the land turned black, and then the crops on the land began to wither. Then, flowers and plants unique to the demons began to grow in the land. Although they can be sold for money like materials from the demons, these flowers and plants can be found everywhere in the demons' land. The money earned from selling them is far less than that from planting crops on these lands."

Hanmo hesitated for a moment and said:

"But for now, because this problem cannot be solved, we plan to temporarily ignore it during the construction of the other four cities and sacrifice some of the land to feed the demons. After all, the road is much longer, and it takes too much energy to transport excrement to the demons' territory every day."

I looked up at him and asked:

"Why do you bring this up all of a sudden?"

Han Mo swallowed his saliva and whispered:

"I don't know if this continues. Will those lands be considered ours or the demons' lands?"

I smiled, patted his shoulder and said:

"I know about this. When you come back, send some of the demon's excrement to the northern industrial base and have the people there do some testing. See if the harmful substances can be extracted. If you're lucky, it can be put to other uses."

I did write this down. What Hanmo said actually makes sense. The human national defense formation does protect the human territory, but the human territory is not static. If those lands are polluted by the excrement of the demons, I am not sure whether the human national defense formation can still recognize us.

I hope that the national defense formation will suddenly fail one day, and I will wake up in the morning to find a bunch of strange-looking demons laughing foolishly in front of my bed. That would be the end of me.

Not only that, I have always had an idea, but that idea cannot be realized at present. But if the Northern Industrial Base can extract something from the excrement of the demons and come up with a way to neutralize it, then the plan can move forward. Of course, that is also a matter for the future.

I didn't expect to have some unexpected gains during this visit to the demon breeding farm. I had a good first impression of this young man, Hanmo.

After listening to him talk about his experience in raising demons for a while, I asked:

"How are the colorless slime and the pair of succubi now?"

Hanmo said:

"The succubi have moved out now, but we still have people to keep a close watch on them. During this time, the two of them haven't done anything out of line, nor have they any plans to escape. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have any plans to reproduce with each other."

Of course there is no such plan, both of them are targeting me.

I actually hope that the two of them can reproduce well, especially the demon boy, and stop keeping his eyes on my butt all the time.

"The colorless slime is still here, but it hasn't made any moves during this period. The food we sent it disappeared the next day, which shows that it is eating normally. But when we observed it, it was motionless, so we couldn't tell whether it was dying."

I knew why, because I was in the capital last month when I promised to take it to the demon tribe to beg for money, and I had completely forgotten about it. It looked listless, maybe because it was angry, or it could be hungry.

After thinking about it, I decided to go and see the colorless slime first, and then meet the Succubus combination.

Although I came here mainly to ask questions to the Succubus Group, I was worried that if I didn't check on the little slime first, it would secretly hold a grudge.

8. This should be enough for you to eat for a while.

After arriving at the room where the slime was locked up, I sent Hanmo away temporarily and entered the slime's room alone.

The room was pitch black, and nothing could be seen. Although the scent of the slime could be detected, it was just curled up in the middle of the room. If you didn't know, you would think it was hatching eggs.

"Slime sauce~"

In order to bring the two people closer together and break down that tragically thick barrier, I deliberately used very intimate terms to address them.

But the little slime didn't move.

"Slime-chan?"

Looking at its tiny, pitiful and helpless body huddled together, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

It's like a father who promised to play with his son but was too busy working overtime and when he got home late at night he found his son already sleeping alone in bed.

I reached out to touch it, but just as my hand was about to touch it, the little slime suddenly jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end. All of the conspiracy was exposed at once. The seemingly pitiful posture was actually desperately accumulating strength just for the sneak attack at this moment.

"Slime——Thrust——!"

However, due to the huge gap in strength, I just tilted my head, and the little slime whizzed past my eyes to the ceiling, hit the ceiling, and shattered into a pile of slime.

"What are you doing..."

Before I could finish my complaint, that arrogant laughter sounded in my mind again:

“Beep! Do you think this is the end? This is all part of my plan! Slime——attack——!”

The slime quickly returned to its original shape, and the little slime used the ceiling as a springboard and rushed towards me again.

I tilted my head in the other direction indifferently.

The little slime shattered into a pool of mucus on the ground with a "smacking" sound.

“Damn it! You actually took advantage of my weakness to fool me! Did you think I would surrender? You are wrong!”

"Slime Roll!"

"Slime sneak attack!"

"Slime Bounce!"

“Slime… it hurts, it hurts, it hurts—!!”

The slime that was shouting the name of the move and bouncing around like a bouncy ball was caught by me and thrown to the ground without mercy. The slime that turned into a pile of slime again slowly gathered towards the core, complaining madly as it gathered:

"You wanted to kill me just now, didn't you? You definitely wanted to kill me, didn't you?! Even I can't be thrown around so easily. If my core is broken, I will be dead! Do you understand, Biji?!"

I saw that it had almost returned to its original state, so I squatted down and said to it:

"It's quite dynamic. You were bouncing around just now, which shows that the core is not that easy to break."

"That's true..."

The little slime agreed with my opinion for the time being, but quickly changed the subject:

"So what? Why did the liar city lord come to see me?"

It sounds like a somewhat harsh name.

So, the attack just now was also intended to teach me a lesson?

Would it be better if I got hit on purpose... The slime looked a little angry, its body was bloated, and it had changed from its original shape into a round ball.

I tapped it gently and an awkward silence fell.

But after the silence, Slime suddenly threw himself on my knees and started crying spinelessly.

Large drops of mucus flowed out of it, rolled down my body, and made my clothes sticky.

“Wuwuwu… you bastard! Don’t you know how scared I am? I thought you were dead out there! Didn’t you agree to take me hunting demons? Human promises don’t matter at all, do you? Bastard!”

I saw that my clothes were in a mess, so I lifted them up and put them on the ground in front of me, saying:

"Okay, it's my fault. But I did bring you a gift this time, so please forgive me this time."

When I said this, the slime stopped crying immediately, twisted its round body and asked:

"Gift? Hurry up and present it to me!!"