The middle-aged citizen Hua Kai was a Yin-Yang expert, so he was very sensitive to fate and spirit energy.
He could feel that Highwillow City wasn't a good area. The spirit energy was thin, and there weren't many water resources.
This place wasn't suitable for farming. The northeast, south, and southwest of Highwillow City were very fertile. Those places could cultivate spirit fields, allowing the Hua family to build bigger and better spirit fields.
Hua Kai had always wanted to build a secret base that only belonged to the Hua family. The [Pegasus Field Array] from the previous main mission had to be built in a hidden place. A low level [Spirit Gathering Array] already had such an effect. Hua Kai was looking forward to seeing what kind of heaven-defying effects the [Pegasus Field Array] would have.
For the past month, he had been staying in Leopard Jade Pass for the construction of the Hua family's light cavalry. Now, the light cavalry needed to enter the [Family Secret Realm] to train. The rest was to slowly train the soldiers and accumulate the family's fate to forge the [Golden Silk Soft Armor] and weapons.
"I'll return to Highwillow City in two days. Is there anything else?
If not, everyone can leave! "Hua Kai said.
"Kai 'er, there are two more things," Hua Zihuan said with some difficulty.
"What is it?" Hua Kai asked.
"The first thing is our resource consumption. Because Highwillow City has enough resources, the speed of construction has far exceeded our expectations. Now, we don't have enough funds. You said that Highwillow City's funds were earmarked for Highwillow City. If we give the money to the Household Servant, it will go into the hands of the finance department and the affiliated families," Hua Zihuan said with some dissatisfaction.
"Don't we get income from transporting resources through the [Spirit Shell]?
We should have earned quite a lot from the grasslands this year. In addition to the [Snow Salt], paper, printing, bookstores, and restaurants, the income should be quite good! "Hua Kai asked.
"It's not bad. Other than the money for horses and slaves, the rest of the income from the grasslands has been exchanged for beast bones and furs. You asked the noble families to not open shops in the outer city and to only build their own pavilions to sell things in the inner city. This way, the number of shops in the inner city will decrease, and the price of goods will naturally increase. Our number of shops will also decrease. Now, we can only rely on wholesale to earn some money.
The family's money is flowing like water. The entire Highwillow City's construction is supported by us, "Hua Zihuan looked at Hua Kai and said.
"Highwillow City's construction must follow the plan. Noble families are not allowed to directly participate in the shops in the outer city.. That is also my reason. So, quickly build shops that sell pills and weapons..
The family's financial situation will improve very quickly. I will give you 200,000 gold first. Once you finish using it, you can ask me for more. "Hua Kai said as he took out 20 purple gold and gave it to him.
Although Hua Kai rarely took money from the family these few years, he had earned quite a lot from the trade with the Four Seas Merchant Association. Until now, he had more than a million gold in his hands. It shouldn't be a problem to support Highwillow City through the most difficult starting period. If it really didn't work, he could only do a pill business with the Four Seas Merchant Association. The construction of Highwillow City couldn't be stopped.
After talking about the most important problem of Highwillow City's construction, Fifth Uncle and Chinese Ink talked about the construction of Leopard Pass and the expansion of the light cavalry regiment. Hearing this, everyone was very gratified. When Xue Pan came back with 500 light cavalry regiment, the 2200 Hua family light cavalry would become a nightmare for everyone in the grasslands.
"When Xue Pan comes back, let the light cavalry regiment sweep through the grasslands!
Don't go too far, just clear out the wolf packs outside Leopard Pass. If there is an opportunity, go to the North Mountain and suppress the bandits there. When we pass through there next year, they will be afraid. "Hua Kai said.
The next morning, when Hua Kai woke up, he heard a commotion next door. He knew that Ji Le was about to give birth.
Sure enough, not long after, a maid happily came to report that Princess Ji Le had given birth to a pair of twins. The entire Leopard Pass was boiling with excitement.
Hua Kai came to Fifth Uncle's courtyard. Fifth Uncle specially asked the maid to bring out the two children for him to see. Such small children couldn't be seen clearly.
With the birth of the children, Fifth Uncle didn't have to worry anymore. He could also go to the barracks frequently to take a look.
Hua Kai bid farewell to Fifth Uncle and prepared to leave Leopard Pass. He saw a middle aged commoner at the gate looking at him from afar. It seemed like he had something to do but didn't dare to rashly disturb him.
Hua Kai rode to the side of the commoner and asked, "Uncle, are you waiting for me here?
Do you have something to say to me? "
"Hua Jiazhu!
I am Zhang Fei!
Zhang Fei from Ji City's Zhang Family. Can't you recognize me after I slim down? "Zhang Fei looked at Hua Kai and said carefully.
Hua Kai was shocked when he heard Zhang Fei's voice. No one would be able to connect the person in front of him with the Zhang Fei from four months ago.
Not only did Zhang Fei lose weight, his skin was also darker. He was wearing a coarse cloth that exposed his arms and a pair of straw sandals on his feet. He looked exactly like an ordinary commoner. Who would be able to connect him with the pig-like Zhang Fei from four months ago?
"Zhang … General!
Did you succeed in losing weight?
I didn't even recognize you. "Hua Kai said to Zhang Fei.
"Hey … Hua Jiazhu!
It is already November. Can I return to Yan Kingdom now?
Don't worry, I will only bring my wife and children with me. I will not bring anything else. When I return to Ji City, I will not say anything bad about the Hua family. I have been thinking a lot for the past four months. Hua Jiazhu, you are a wise ruler. If I become successful in the future, I will definitely come and seek refuge under you. "Zhang Fei said to Hua Kai.
"Hehe!
Since it is already November, then you can go back to Yan Kingdom if you want to!
Look at how much you have changed in the past few months. It is truly amazing. Here is 100 gold coins. Consider it as a reward for your contribution to Leopard Pass for the past few years! "
After saying that, Hua Kai handed over a small gold bar to Zhang Fei and left. He knew that it was not easy for Zhang Fei to survive in Leopard Pass for the past few months. Although he was not afraid of Zhang Fei's revenge, he was still responsible for Zhang Fei's current situation. Therefore, he decided to give him some compensation so that he could return to Ji City with dignity!
After leaving Leopard Pass, Hua Kai only took a little more than an hour to arrive at Gao Liu City. If it was a normal BMW, it would only take less than two hours to travel 200 miles. Even if it was a steed, it would still be able to reach there in two hours.
This was the reason why Hua Kai wanted to expand the light cavalry regiment. They could easily support any place in Gao Liu County within a day. It would only take two hours to travel from Leopard Pass to Gao Liu City.
Outside Gao Liu City was the newly formed regular army of Gao Liu County. A group of five thousand men were training outside the city.
The regular army of Gao Liu County was a mixed army, consisting of one thousand cavalrymen, two thousand spearmen, one thousand sword-shield soldiers, and one thousand archers. The army of five thousand men was made up of the main forces of the six major clans. In addition, some of the Hua family's Household Servant and other family members were also trained outside the city. They were practicing how to change the military formation, and the commander was a special class Household Servant from Hua family.
Hua Kai walked into Gao Liu City and saw patrolling soldiers on top of the city walls. It seemed that Gao Liu City had only been established last month. Now that the four major legions of Gao Liu City had been established, other people could free themselves to participate in the construction. Gao Liu County was currently in an important period of rapid development.
Gao Liu City was a lot more lively compared to a month and a half ago. Now, the streets were filled with people wearing fine cloth or even brocade clothes. Some shops were in the process of being built. Looking at the four story wooden frame, the owners of these shops were certainly from major clans.
Arriving at the inner city walls, he saw people being forced to work everywhere. These people were all captives. Now, the heaviest work in Gao Liu City was done by them. He had only been away for a month and a half, but the inner city wall model of Gao Liu City had already been completed. Although it was not tall and majestic, it was completely made of stone and had a different flavor.
Entering the inner city, Hua Kai saw many construction workers working on the street corners. Slaves could be seen moving supplies everywhere. Hua Kai followed the new construction sites to the Hua Mansion.
After returning to the main courtyard, Hua Kai saw his mother leading a group of maidservants to tidy up the garden. He told his mother about Princess Ji Le giving birth to twins.
"I will now tell your grandmother and fourth aunt about this happy news. Tomorrow, we will go to Leopard Jade Pass to visit your Fifth Aunt and the two babies." Huang Shuyun said happily after hearing about it.
Seeing his mother leave happily, Hua Kai saw that the White Jade Wax Tree in the garden at home was half-dead. Gao Liu City was indeed not suitable for planting feys. He planned to go to the flat top mountain with Xu Hua today to see if it was suitable for the Hua family's secret base.
Just as he was thinking, Xu Hua came to the main courtyard to look for him. Hua Kai told him about the situation he saw when he passed by the flat top mountain previously.
"The Hua family indeed needs a secret place to deal with these feys. If we don't want the Spirit Gathering Array to be noticed, it is best to open up a new place.
However, I have never been to the flat top mountain that you mentioned. As for whether it is suitable for planting feys, I will have to take a look before I know. "Xu Hua said after hearing Hua Kai's description of the flat top mountain.
Not long after Hua Kai returned home, he rode out of Gao Liu City with Xu Hua and headed southwest.
Xu Hua rode the BMW. Although he had the help of the Xiantian spirit qi, the BMW's speed was much slower than the divine chariot. The two of them spent nearly three hours riding for more than 400 kilometers before they finally arrived at the foot of the flat top mountain.
After circling around the flat top mountain for more than two hours, they still couldn't find the way up the mountain. Xu Hua rode the BMW and couldn't cross the mountain peak. He couldn't ride the Luma like Hua Kai and gallop around the mountain stream as he wished.
As such, Hua Kai could only ask Xu Hua to wait at the foot of the mountain while he rode up the flat top mountain and searched around the mountain.
The flat top mountain was more than 300 meters tall, and there was a vast grassland on top. The terrain was oval and had a diameter of more than 20 kilometers from north to south and more than 50 kilometers from east to west. The area was about 40,000 mu.
Hua Kai walked along the flat top mountain and found more than ten mountain paths. He checked all of them and found that there were only two paths that led to the foot of the mountain.
One was at the southwest side of the flat top mountain. The mountain path here was more gentle, and it was more than two meters wide. It was obvious that someone had purposely built this path. Halfway up the mountain, there were some abandoned checkpoints. This should be the only path that led to the flat top mountain.
The other path was at the northwest side of the flat top mountain. This was a mountain path that could only allow one person to pass. Hua Kai saw some abandoned caves in the mountain stream. West of here was the Dongling Mountain region. Perhaps some desolate beasts and savage beasts would come up the mountain from here.