It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Liu Shi held the Black Flame Armor in front of his eyes, examined it carefully, and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Generally, weapons that rank among the best in history have many unknown secrets. This is because these weapons are likely the life's work of a certain forging master. But it is not easy to unlock these secrets. I can only promise to do my best."

Lid sat on the chair, scratched his head, and replied:

"I see. How long does it take to customize the gauntlets?"

Liu Shi thought about it briefly and said to Lid:

"It will take at least a month. If it's too late, it may take until the Spring Festival this year. The structure of the gauntlet is very delicate and needs to fit your palm. If it's a little rough in any place, it may affect your power. If it's a sword or knife of the same specification, the time will be shortened by at least two-thirds."

Liushi took out the plaster and made a hand mold for Lid, so that he could make a perfect hand nail later.

Seeing him start working, Li De decided to get up and leave, but Liu Shi suddenly reminded him:

"Speaking of which, has your relationship with that blond guard deepened?"

Lid was stunned for a moment:

"It seems not recently, what happened?"

Liu Shi didn't look at him. He measured the length, width and height of the hand model with his hands and said calmly:

"I don't want to comment on love affairs, but girls are divided into factions. Whether you can get along well or not will directly affect many things in the future. Some are powerful, some are close to you, and some are prominent, and they will stick together. If you have a good relationship with the blonde guard, she should start learning how to handle these interpersonal relationships; if not, I recommend that you give others a status first, and let the girls who are capable of handling such things help you deal with it first."

Reed folded his arms and fell into deep thought.

Indeed, the arrival of chocolate in the lord's mansion also brought an invisible pressure to other people staying here.

Reed felt a headache for a moment. He rubbed his temples and began to think about what to do next.

6. Tactical Analysis

The interpersonal relationships in the Yunyang Lord's Mansion are not as complicated as the outside world speculates, but they are indeed not simple.

In this era, the entertainment facilities for the common people were still not developed, and gossiping about rumors was the greatest pleasure for most people after dinner. The day before yesterday, we just talked about Madam He controlling the government and sending the kind-hearted Thirteenth Concubine to the border. Today, it has developed into Concubine Huang being dissatisfied with the lord's nightly revelry at someone else's place, and returning to her parents' home in anger. Each story is well-organized, and there is no malice in it, but because Lide has not yet established a so-called legal wife, there are inevitably more rumors outside.

Lid thought about this privately and felt that there was no need to prohibit people from talking about it. After all, they were keen to talk about these things, which in itself showed that their living standards must have improved significantly. If everyone was starving, no one would care about what the lord's mansion looked like.

Commonly known as eating too much.

However, after Liu Shi pointed this out, Li De realized that he had not dealt with his emotional problems. Li De had solved the problem of regional factions when he went to the Demon Tribe before, and now the members from all over the world get along well at work.

But emotional problems can never be solved in the same way as work. For example, at work, Li De can make a schedule, clearly stating when to inspect whom every day, but he can't issue a policy to specify who will sleep with him. Or imagine that one day in the future, He Yue suddenly says to Fang Shisan:

"I feel like fencing today. Lend me your sword."

This is not something you can just borrow.

Who will make up for the night that Fang Shisan lost?

So this kind of thing is very troublesome. In the whole lord's mansion, except for Fileta who seems to be completely indifferent to this matter, even Shiloh occasionally gets jealous of Lid. One morning, Lid chatted with Bai Huang for a few more words, but he didn't buy meat buns but only two vegetable buns. Shiloh didn't seem to say anything, but his cheeks were puffed up like a little squirrel, and he ate while being angry. For example, last time when he was fishing, He Yue came to him halfway because of something. Shiloh stayed alone by the lake for a long time. In the end, he skewered the fish that Lid caught on a branch and roasted them together and ate them, leaving no one for him.

Reed is not a master of time management, and even if he were, his time is limited.

The more time you spend with one person, the less time you spend with others. This is a very realistic problem. If everyone gets together, there is no ambiguous atmosphere of two people whispering in each other's ears. This is also a very realistic problem. Based on these problems, everyone subconsciously hopes to get more companionship time. Even if they don't take the initiative to divide into factions, they will definitely come together because of some commonalities.

Lid thought so hard that his head hurt, so he simply pulled Liushi to sit down, put his hands together, and asked devoutly:

"Master, please give me some more advice."

Liu Shi pointed at the unfinished sword on the table and remained silent.

Lid thought for a moment and asked:

"Master, what you mean is that the members of the lord's mansion are just like this sword, they are still immature, so if external force is applied, they may change into different shapes. We should take advantage of the situation and try to turn them into my shape..."

Liu Shi shook his head:

"I mean, you are just a swordsman."

Reed scratched his head.

Liu Shi sighed and said to him:

"I personally think that men should be faithful to one woman. But I won't ask this of you, not only because of your status, but also because of more realistic issues. The person you like, the blonde guard named Alaiya, is unable to manage the overall situation of the lord's mansion. She is not used to dealing with people. She is more suitable to go on adventures with you or simply accompany you. Either way is a romantic story, but it can't solve the current and future problems."

Liu Shi held the hammer in his hand, and spoke in a low and fast tone as always:

"Once you start to consider other people, things get serious. First of all, the Prime Minister and the generals are not the same kind of people in the court, but they are on the same side when it comes to your feelings. Because they have higher ranks, they can see you at any time, so they don't worry about this problem. Instead, they need to think for you all the time. Among them, the Prime Minister has made the greatest contribution. The current situation can be maintained stable, and it is inseparable from her silent efforts day after day."

Lid nodded:

"Master, I understand."

Liu Shi ignored him and continued calmly:

"The eldest daughter of Yunhai, the long-eared girl, the eight-foot-tall girl, and the new nanny are all one kind of people. Their status and position are there, and they don't need to worry about anything. As long as they continue to develop steadily, they will always have a reputation, but at the same time, they will get very little time from you. Human nature is to like the new and dislike the old, just like when a meteor passes through the sky, everyone is busy making wishes and sighing at the beauty of nature, and no one cares that it will soon turn into a black broken stone. But they also need time, unless you plan to build a cold palace here."

Reed fell into deep thought.

The sound of the flowing stones never stopped:

"The last category is people who are close to you. The blond guard, the silver-haired wizard, and the little girl who went fishing with you all belong to this category. Especially the blond guard, you can see that you feel very relaxed when you are with her... Human feelings are often restricted by many realistic factors, but feelings themselves are unknown. Liking and disliking are often just a moment and are very uncontrollable, so people like to add some controllable factors to it, such as family background, appearance, talent, etc."

Liushi continued to build a fire and forge iron, as if he was ready to send the guests away at any time:

"After the classification, it's not difficult to deal with them. Don't worry about the first category, spend more time with the second category, and take the third category out more often. Of course, I still recommend that you make the Prime Minister your legal wife, so that you can solve the problem once and for all. She is a smart person, although not necessarily a smart girl, but if you like the blonde guard, you don't have to care whether she is a girl or not."

Lid shook his head decisively:

"I don't think so."

Liu Shi struck the sword with a hammer and asked:

"Feel sorry for her?"

Reed said nothing.

Liu Shi smiled and said for no reason:

"…She won't mind."

Reed sighed:

"Women are such a hassle."

Liu Shi nodded:

"Who says it isn't?"

The two of them smiled at each other, and then Liu Shi suddenly said:

"That's good to know. Stay away from A-Mo."

Lid stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, he said to Liu Shi:

"Speaking of which, some of your apprentices have just graduated. How do you feel about them? Are you happy to guide them?"

Liushi continued to strike the weapon in his hand:

"I guess so. It makes me feel like I still have something to do and that life isn't that bad."

Lid nodded:

"I'll send you another batch some other day."

7. I really want to live another years

Build high walls, store up food, and slowly declare yourself king. This is He Yue's attitude and also Yunyang's development strategy.

Powerful countries or territories often conduct large-scale exercises and military training to show off their military power and maintain their dominance. However, Yunyang adopts a completely opposite strategy. All troops are trained in secret, and the number of troops is never clearly announced to the public, hiding all strength in the dark.

Experienced dark organizations can infiltrate members into various places in the target territory, calculate the territory's food consumption by counting values ​​such as grain production, taxes, and treasury storage, and use this to work out the approximate number of troops.

However, this magical method was half ineffective when it arrived in Yunyang.

Uneven food production, large import and export amounts, and the "windfall" from the demons all made the calculations extremely difficult. Except for a few territories that were able to make a rough estimate, most territories gave up.

The only thing that can be judged is that Yunyang’s current army should exceed six figures.

Because when Yunyang changed its master, the general of the southern border army, Takis, chose to surrender, and he had 40,000 people under his command. The outside world generally believed that since Fang Shisan had the courage to let Takis continue to lead this army, it meant that she had at least 60,000 people under her command, so that the situation could be controlled.

It’s just that these troops won’t show up easily. They are slowly completing their transformation in places that the world cannot see.

The world is in turmoil. Lingwu looks south and the sea of ​​clouds looks north. Western Qin and Southern Chu are showing their strengths, while the rebels of South Vietnam are looking across the mountains. Huai Wang Qiming is ready to go, while the old royal family is seeking changes. Wanze shoulders the demons and looks at the world from the northwest...

To the east of Yunyang is the Tiancheng territory.

Everything in the outside world seemed to have nothing to do with this place. The eldest son Wenming was still happily eating human meat stew, and the second son Wencai was also tirelessly playing with women. The drunk Tiancheng Lord held the bottle of wine and said drunkenly to the moon in the sky:

"Come, drink! Drink this cup and bless our Tiancheng territory for another 500 years!"

Outside the lord's mansion, the young mother whose baby had just been taken away kept crying and shouting, her voice was sad:

"My son... Please give my son back to me... I beg you..."

The eldest son threw the half-eaten pot bottom to the guard and said:

"Send it out, let her have a taste too."

The second son Wencai also patted his round belly, wiped the sweat from his face, and asked:

"Hey, wait a minute! See if the women outside are pretty. If they are pretty, remember to bring them back."

There was another round of laughter in the manor, the two brothers teased each other about their hobbies, as if the sky would not fall down here. The high wall separated the world inside and outside the wall, on one side were the hungry and cold people with nowhere to go, and on the other side were the fat and healthy nobles who had eaten and drunk enough. The woman's cry echoed in the same sky, but different people heard different sounds from it.

Here, the nobles take pleasure in the suffering of the people.

Here, there is no morality or conscience, not even the most basic bottom line of being a human being.

Here, the wind is also full of boredom and the clouds are unwilling to stay. There are no innocent people still alive on this land. Everyone is burdened with sin. This place has long been rotten to the core.

It didn't take long for the woman outside the lord's mansion to be under Wencai. Her cries of pain became muffled after being beaten continuously. Wenming drank a mouthful of the broth happily and said to Wencai:

"I heard that after the guy in the west took his father's territory, he opened the border and allowed our people to join them."

Wencai moved his waist and said:

"As expected of someone I like, you have a kind heart."

Wenming laughed loudly, and after he finished laughing, he said to him:

"Guess what? Less than half a month later, they closed the border again. Do you think it's so easy to save people? Our people are used to stealing, robbing, smashing, cheating, and deceiving. After they went there, they directly raised the crime rate in Yunyang. Those good people in Yunyang who had nothing better to do saw that our people were pitiful and couldn't help but take them in. As a result, they were beheaded while they were sleeping, and both their lives and money were lost."

Wencai also laughed, and then concentrated on the needlework in his hands.

Wenming continued to mutter intermittently:

"If you ask me, only a territory like ours is safe! Fighting us is a thankless task, and they gradually understood it. After conquering us, do we need to govern? With so many mouths to feed, no matter how rich the foundation is, it will be bankrupted by them... Our brothers' territory is as solid as a rock, because no one cares about it at all."

Wenming also found a bottle of wine, bit open the cork with his teeth, sniffed it deeply, and said with emotion:

"Good stuff, Yunyang's goods, worth at least five women."

Wenming drank half the bottle in one breath.

Wencai had finished his business and left, ordering the guards to drag the half-dead woman out. The poor woman was already out of her mind when she saw the bones of her child, and she didn't know how to resist being abused. The guards who dragged her out saw that she was still pretty, and immediately realized that they could be happy again tonight.

Make the best use of everything.

Wencai found a cup, poured himself half a cup of wine, drank it in one gulp, exhaled, and said with a smile:

"Brother, you are absolutely right. Come on, come on, I'll toast you a glass, and we two brothers will have a good drink! I've already thought about it. If someone really sets his eyes on our territory and we can't defeat them, we can just give it to them. We can also exchange it for some money, a noble status, and continue to live happily. Those who surrender will not be killed, but killing the surrendered is unlucky... To be honest, I'm tired of playing with the women here, and I'll be happy to go to a new place to play with women, and I'll have money to honor my father."

Wenming clinked the wine bottle with his brother and told the guards to get some more "appetizers".

The guards received the order and went out to stroll down the street, arranging anyone they saw, pretending to be powerful.

Lord Tiancheng looked at his two sons with a gratified smile on his face. He felt that his sons had grown up and knew how to repay him. It was not in vain that he had loved these two brats for so many years.

He looked at the night sky above his head, his head was floating in the clouds under the stimulation of alcohol. Lord Tiancheng suddenly remembered that a few years ago, an unknown little character talked about reform in front of him, and said that he wanted to reduce the power of his two sons and restrain their daily evil deeds.

It's pure fucking bullshit!

Thinking about it now, Lord Tiancheng still finds it outrageous. He just wants to indulge his son like this. What does it have to do with others?

There is no such thing in the world as a father who would harm his own son.

Lord Tiancheng looked at the moon above his head and laughed carelessly, his stubble wet with wine. He lay drunkenly on a huge bluestone, burped, and poured all the wine in the bottle onto the ground, muttering in a daze:

"It is God's will, God blesses us and my son to have smooth sailing, and those unruly people will never have a chance to turn things around..."