Wu Sheng: I can adapt to evolution

Chapter 107: Autumn in Bingzhou (Part )

After these words were spoken, the deal was somehow concluded.

Lu Ming earned everyone's gratitude by increasing their monthly salary by half a penny.

The power of gratitude itself is illusory, but not in the face of trading authority. Whether it is life span, blessings, luck or various emotions, they are all real and can be used for trading.

But what can he do with all this gratitude?

It doesn't sound like it would be of any use.

However, with the establishment of the transaction, as long as Lu Ming pays out the increased salary every month, these feelings of gratitude will continue to exist.

It's like buying loyalty with money.

People's hearts are naturally fickle. If you announce a pay raise for everyone today, they'll be grateful at the moment, but over time, they'll get used to it. However, under the influence of transactional power, all of this becomes constant.

As long as you have money, you will be loyal.

From this, we can see the terrifying power of authority. I wonder how many people in high positions wish to have such power. If the emperor had this power, as long as the emperor paid the officials' salaries on time, then all the civil and military officials in the world would be absolutely loyal and absolutely loyal to the emperor.

“Transaction, it turns out that everything in life can be a transaction.”

Lu Ming now had a deeper understanding of the power of the [Transaction Authority]. Although he couldn't currently grasp the power of the transaction authority to create something out of nothing, for example, if someone offered his lifespan to trade for his martial body, he certainly couldn't do it.

However, if both parties use items that they each have to trade, it can be successful.

Even if Lu Ming's mind guidance is in place, he can directly use silver to exchange for other people's martial arts, emotions and lifespan.

"That's really interesting. If I raise an army and just give them a lot of money, wouldn't everyone be loyal to me?"

Lu Ming suddenly thought of a possibility. With this kind of authority, he was simply born to be a superior.

However, the premise of all this is that he can always afford to pay the military pay. Once he defaults on payment, the deal will fail and everything will go back to square one.

……

After the autumn examination, the weather gradually turned cooler.

Bingzhou, located in the northwest, had always experienced autumn earlier than the south of the Yangtze River. However, by mid-September, the autumn winds were already bleak, bringing a chill to the air. The grass and trees on the mountains and rivers withered and turned yellow overnight.

"I'm afraid this year will be another cold winter. Judging from the current situation, there will be heavy snow by the end of October."

On a low slope at the border, Lu Mengzhi was wearing heavy armor, holding his helmet in one hand, looking to the north.

On the distant skyline is the territory of the various Hu peoples.

Marquis Dingyuan has been in charge of the border army for many years. In the northern part of Bingzhou, along Yushan Mountain, Feima Mountain, and Jialin Mountain, he built a large number of earthen forts. Further inland, there is the Great Wall built by successive imperial courts, which firmly kept the Hu people outside the pass.

However, every time a cold winter came, the Hu people in the north had a hard time, so they would move south in large numbers to plunder the various prefectures.

Lu Mengzhi is the daughter of a general in a marquis's mansion, so she can naturally be sensitive to possible changes in the future.

"Intelligence has arrived that several Hu tribes in the north have successfully sacrificed several great deities, and they need several masters from the Martial Temple to take charge."

Lu Mengzhi looked at the border line, dazed and absent-minded.

"Ah, I don't know what will happen to my younger brother. With his ability, he will definitely have no problem passing the imperial examination. However, my younger brother is not very sociable, so he might be excluded by other candidates."

Her thoughts quickly changed again, and she couldn't help but worry about Lu Ming.

In fact, because they were in Bingzhou, she was able to receive some news about Lu Ming from time to time.

For example, he stabbed Li Yingge with a knife, and some people questioned Lu Ming's identity as the prince of the Marquisate. They even swore that the prince was living well in the Marquisate and that he was just an audacious lunatic pretending to be the prince.

However, even if others don't believe it, Lu Mengzhi will firmly stand on Lu Ming's side.

The weather is getting colder and the days are getting much shorter.

In the evening, Lu Mengzhi rode a horse and led his personal soldiers back to the tent.

She wrote down her thoughts of the day in two letters. One was to the commander-in-chief of the border, also the Grand Commander of Bingzhou, hoping to improve border defenses and invite masters from the Martial Temple to take charge. The other was to Lu Ming, asking him to be careful in the near future and not pay attention to the rumors.

Lu Mengzhi quickly finished writing the letter. After the ink had dried, he sealed it with wax and had his personal soldiers deliver it.

When everything was done, she took out a pill from the porcelain bottle and put it into her mouth.

These [Qi-Yin Pills] were purchased by the Marquis' Mansion from the Martial Temple. They are most suitable for warriors at the fifth level of martial arts to swallow, and can help warriors shorten the time it takes to cultivate true qi.

Lu Mengzhi had a premonition that he would be able to reach the [True Qi Realm] before the end of this year.

At this stage, it is the peak of ordinary warriors.

After a pill entered the stomach, the abundant medicinal power quickly spread throughout the body, making the whole body warm. In this feeling, it seemed as if every inch of flesh and blood was numb, as if some kind of power was trying to drill out from it.

One day, when this tingling sensation reaches its peak, it will be like a person about to sneeze, and the true energy will naturally gush out.

Lu Mengzhi immersed himself in spiritual practice wholeheartedly, his mind calm and empty.

"Crash."

Suddenly, her mind became alert. She instantly pressed down the long sword beside her, half-knelt up, and looked up at the tent.

She just heard a sound like flowing water, but how could the sound of water be outside the tent?

The next moment, her tent seemed to be slowly pressed down by an invisible force, and she could see a huge black object pressing on her tent.

She instantly drew out her sword and let out a long roar to warn the outsiders.

"Thorn."

In the blink of an eye, the entire tent she was targeting was torn apart, and densely packed, endless flocks of birds like a school of sardines flew in from the cracks.

These flying birds include hawks, swallows, kites...almost all kinds of birds you can know seem to appear here.

"Qiang!"

Lu Mengzhi dodged by rolling over, and at the same time, she swung her sword, cutting off a large piece of the curtain of the tent next to her, and used it to cover the attacking birds. At the same time, she quickly left the tent and rushed to the outside.

The soldiers in other tents also rushed out. It was obvious that they had all suffered similar attacks as her.

However, many of them were too weak and were pecked and scratched by these birds, leaving them bleeding and even having their eyeballs scratched.

Lu Mengzhi looked up at the sky and couldn't help but take a breath. The dark sky was densely covered with a large number of flying birds, which covered the sky.

Some birds fearlessly attacked human soldiers, but once too many of them were killed, the birds in the sky would quickly replenish them.

"Flying Bird...it's Bird Lord!"

Lu Mengzhi suddenly realized something. These birds appeared so strangely, there must be someone driving them.

ps: I have been following my partner from Shanghai to Nanjing and then to Yiwu these days. I have been so displaced that it has really affected my writing!

(End of this chapter)