Practice Remembering You

"But what happened?" Zhang Yu asked.

Ye Fangcheng smiled awkwardly: "Something did happen, but it's not a big deal. I have sent people to investigate. Don't worry."

Zhang Yu could see that Ye Fangcheng was lying at this moment. It was not clear whether the matter was complicated or not, but it was definitely not a trivial matter. It should be quite big, otherwise Ye Fangcheng would not have lost so much of his drunkenness.

But this is someone else's county town after all, and if the other party doesn't tell me, it's difficult for me to ask.

So after everyone drank for a while, they ended the banquet.

Zhang Yu and Mo Xue came to the house prepared for them.

The house was spacious and very clean, spotlessly clean. It had all the necessary facilities. There were ten maids waiting to serve the two and clean the place, and ten guards patrolling around.

The couple sent everyone in the house outside and discussed the issue of coal transportation together.

Zhang Yu pondered: "The coal must be transported by caravans, but the road is dangerous and bumpy, so it's hard to say how efficient it is."

Mo Xue thought for a moment and said, "What if you let the earth soldiers follow the caravan? With the earth soldiers following them, the caravan can avoid many dangers."

Zhang Yu shook his head: "If the earth soldiers can follow the team all the way back and forth, then it is indeed possible, but in reality it is not possible."

Mo Xue was a little puzzled: "Husband, can't you make the earth soldiers absorb spiritual energy spontaneously and keep their bodies running? I clearly saw a lot of them in the city. No matter how far away they are from you, these earth soldiers will take action."

"Madam, what you are talking about are the most common earth soldiers, whose strength is not even enough to deal with threats like bandits."

"I see that each of those earth soldiers seems to be extremely strong and can easily carry four or five hundred kilograms of construction materials. Even such powerful earth soldiers are not enough to deal with the bandits?"

Zhang Yu nodded: "Of course, there is no need to worry about the strength, but these earth soldiers, without my direct input of true energy, their reaction speed will be a beat slower.

This situation wouldn't be a problem for ordinary people. After all, even if their reaction was a beat slower, their strength, speed, and fearlessness of getting hurt would be enough to deal with it.

But once there is a martial artist on the opposite side, the fact that the Active Earth Soldiers are not reacting quickly enough will be extremely fatal. The martial artists will rely on this to slowly wear down the Earth Soldiers.

If I want to defend myself effectively, I must at least use the Hunyuan Earth Soldiers. However, after the Hunyuan Earth Soldiers are separated from my true energy input, they can only last for two months, which is not enough to maintain the whole process.

As for my Wuxingtu soldiers, they are even worse. Without my true qi input, they will disperse on the spot. "

Mo Xue hesitated for a moment and said, "My husband, it should be enough if there are ordinary earth soldiers in the caravan. If there are earth soldiers, it means that this caravan is protected by immortals. If you attack the caravan, it is equivalent to being an enemy of the immortals. How dare they attack?"

Zhang Yu shrugged his shoulders. "When I was learning martial arts, I went to fight bandits with Wu Mengjie. I came into contact with them. These guys are a bunch of desperate criminals. They are mentally ill and dare to do anything. For them, they live one day at a time and die at a time."

Mo Xue was still puzzled: "But even if most of them are not normal, then as a leader, his thinking should be normal, right? Would he allow his subordinates to do such a thing?"

“This involves two points. First, sometimes things are too big, and if the majority of people at the bottom go in one direction, the leader has no choice but to follow suit.

Second, as leaders, they probably know that even if they capture the caravan, as long as they don’t kill the caravan members, the immortals behind them won’t take action.”

"If something like that really happened, wouldn't you help, husband?"

"The caravan isn't transporting cultivation materials. As long as my people aren't hurt, I really don't plan to go out alone to suppress the bandits. I still have to accompany my wife and cultivate for the day, so time is precious.

Besides, even if I took action, it wouldn't make much sense. After all, the journey was too long and there were too many bandits. If I killed one, there would be others. By the time I killed the others, another one would rise up here and I would not be able to kill them all.

And another thing, even if I can use the Earth Soldiers to protect the whole process, I don't want to do that. Or I can do it a few times in a short period of time. If the time is longer in the future, I will definitely not continue to attack continuously.

This is just like the Mushi Mountain Pond in our county. I can’t help it permanently. If I want it to last long, I must allow mortals to have the ability to transport water back and forth themselves.”

"In that case, I do have an idea, but there are still some problems that need to be dealt with." Mo Xue said, tilting her head.

"I knew that Madam would have a way. Tell me quickly." Zhang Yu grabbed Mo Xue's hand and said with a smile.

"My husband, you can do this. After you go back, set up a long-distance transport caravan in the name of the government. The members of this caravan cannot be ordinary people. They must be powerful martial artists, and then let a savvy businessman lead the team.

There are many martial artists who don’t have good jobs after they become masters, and their income is meager. We can hire them and have them transport coal resources.”

Zhang Yu frowned and thought: "But the journey is long, and we need real experts, such as first-rate masters or second-rate masters. But the income of first-rate masters and second-rate masters is generally quite considerable, and it may not be possible to hire them.

Most of the warriors with meager incomes are not very skilled in martial arts. Asking them to do the transportation will improve safety, but it will only be a little bit."

Mo Xue continued, "I know all this, so we need government support."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows.

"We need to set up a salary standard. The salary standards for masters of different levels cannot be the same. We need to make their income not much different from what they can earn by finding work outside. This is the first step.

Then they promised that any injuries they suffered while transporting supplies would be treated by the government when they returned.

Many military men will live a somewhat sad and impoverished life in their old age. We need to establish a mechanism to prevent them from ending up like that even in their old age. We will discuss the specific details with the officials when we return.

That’s not all. We need to build momentum for these people and find some literati to write poems in praise of this profession so that they can live with their heads held high in front of everyone.

They are doing such dangerous work to get new fuel for Little Rock County, improve the status quo, and make everyone live more comfortably, and they really deserve praise.”

"Very good!" Zhang Yu agreed very much: "Indeed, this will gather many experts, so that we will have the right people to transport resources in the future."

"Yes, we have the personnel, but there are still some problems that need to be dealt with. For such a long journey, the road conditions are too complicated. I have observed this road from the sedan and it is not very flat. There are potholes everywhere, and the soil and rocks are messy. There are also many places close to water sources, and the ground is muddy.

Even if it hasn't rained, the ground is still like that. I can't imagine what it will be like once it rains. Sitting in the earthen sedan chair made by my husband, it doesn't matter how bad the road conditions are. But ordinary people don't have true energy, so they can't do this. They can only walk bit by bit, which is really too difficult."

Zhang Yu waved her hand and said, "You don't have to worry about the road. I just don't want to take action permanently, not that I won't. I have this magic of land compression, which can create a road for my county residents. When we meet mountains, we can build roads and bridges over rivers. With a good road, the caravan will be able to move many times faster."

"In this case, there is only one last question left." Mo Xue had a happy smile on her face.

Zhang Yu was stunned: "Are there still problems? Haven't they been solved?"

Mo Xue sighed helplessly: "You, the great immortal, are a bit out of touch with the world. With such a large group of people and such a long journey, don't you have to eat or drink water? Eating and drinking is also a big problem."