Chapter 120
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Chapter 120: What a Pity He’s a…
Dust swirled.
After leaving the Mirror Tribe, a new group of visitors arrived on the hills three days later.
“The Chief… he actually sent me out?!”
Guo Jia was bewildered and on the verge of a breakdown all the way.
They had already traveled for three days, and even now, he still couldn’t fully accept this reality.
“The Chief always means what he says.”
“Instead of worrying, you should hurry up and think about how to fight once we get there.”
“Just a reminder, I’m only here to protect your safety.”
“Don’t count me in for the actual fighting, the Chief said that would make it too easy.”
As he spoke, Liu Zheng, carrying a battle-axe on his shoulder, yawned boredly.
Guo Jia, walking beside him, heard this and his facial muscles twitched.
“Too easy…”
His gaze swept over the people Luo Ji had assigned him, five shield-axemen, plus five archers, and another ten responsible for carrying tents, food, and freshwater, in addition to Liu Chuan, who was leading the way.
In other words, not counting Liu Zheng, he only had ten soldiers under his command!
Of course, this wasn’t the main point.
The main point was that among those five shield-axemen and five archers, there was only one veteran serving as a squad leader, while the other four were newly recruited soldiers who had only received half a month of simple training.
Although the barbarian tribe they had discovered was only a small tribe with fifty to sixty people, it was clearly impossible to launch a direct assault with a group of new recruits.
Luo Ji’s intention was evident, he wanted Guo Jia to use his intellect and strategy to capture that tribe, which would provide him with training.
Otherwise, if he sent Guo Jia a squad of veterans, they would simply launch a strong attack and take the tribe, which would be too easy.
Furthermore, there would be no meaning in specifically sending Guo Jia out.
However, at this moment, it wasn’t just Guo Jia who was anxious and deep in pre-battle anxiety, being on the front lines for the first time.
The hearts of those new recruits were also filled with unease.
Meanwhile, in the Chief’s tent of the Mirror Tribe, it had only been three days, and Guo Zhen had already come to ask about Guo Jia’s situation for the nth time.
“Chief, is there still no news from my younger brother?”
No, his brain hurts.
Sitting on the main seat, Luo Ji rested a hand on his forehead.
Every time he heard this question, his head started to ache.
“It’s just a small tribe with fifty to sixty people.”
“With Liu Zheng there, what are you worried about?”
In the unlikely event of an emergency, Liu Zheng’s ‘Breaking Through Encirclement’ talent would allow him to escape with Guo Jia.
Luo Ji had already arranged this, after all, he had finally recruited a strategist with a 5-star intelligence limit.
How could Luo Ji truly let Guo Jia fend for himself?
He certainly had preparations!
Guo Zhen’s anxious expression eased somewhat upon hearing this, but he was still a bit bothered by what happened earlier.
“Chief, why? I clearly volunteered first before, Liu Zheng said nothing, so why did you send him?”
“Let you go with him?”
Luo Ji couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
“Then what would be the point of Guo Jia?”
Guo Zhen was a typical example of being too concerned and thus confused.
He wished that all dangerous things would stay as far away from his younger brother as possible.
If he went along, Guo Jia’s mind wouldn’t even have started working yet, and Guo Zhen would probably have already led people into the tribe and forcefully taken it down.
Therefore, considering personality, relationship, and talent skills, Liu Zheng was a more suitable candidate than Guo Zhen.
After much persuasion, Luo Ji finally managed to send Guo Zhen away.
He shook his head, speechless.
Such a big man, with terrifying talents and skills, yet he has a brother-complex.
There was really no one like him.
Forget it, forget it, he wouldn’t think about it anymore.
He had more pressing matters to deal with.
As the tribe’s population grew, the old way of everyone gathering to eat communal meals was becoming increasingly inconvenient.
Not to mention a bunch of fragmented issues.
Luo Ji estimated it was time to introduce trade policies and develop commercial trade.
In ancient times, the earliest form of trade was clearly bartering, but Luo Ji felt this method wasn’t good because it made the entire value system too vague.
He planned to directly establish a clearer commercial system.
As the foundation of a commercial system, currency was very important.
He had actually thought of this idea long ago, but he hadn’t found a suitable material for making currency.
Not just any material would do, as that could easily lead to counterfeiting.
Although the current Mirror Tribe didn’t need to worry about this problem, such matters still needed long-term consideration.
And now, Luo Ji had clearly found that material.
It was the copper ore Luo Jin had just discovered.
What he wanted was copper coins!
It would obviously take some time to capture the copper mine, and the subsequent mining and research into bronze casting would also take considerable time.
However, building a relatively complete commercial trade system in an ancient era that originally had no concept of commerce was also a very time consuming and energy demanding task.
So Luo Ji decided to prepare early.
He would return to the real world to research this system issue and also study relevant knowledge about bronze casting.
Of course, besides these two points, there was a small reason, he simply couldn’t stand Guo Zhen, that brother-complex.
He came to his tent every day asking the same question!
Every single day!
Let the time in the otherworld continue to flow at a 10:1 ratio.
Then after that, Luo Ji decisively logged off.
Upon returning to the real world, he, as always, first checked the time.
It was 2 AM.
This time he had stayed in the alternate world for a long time, almost half a month had passed in the real world, and his uncleaned house had accumulated a lot of dust.
At this moment, Luo Ji was full of energy.
Anyway, he wasn’t sleepy.
After pressing the computer’s power button, he simply cleaned the house and even cooked himself a bowl of instant noodles for a late-night snack, then sat at his computer desk, ready for an all-nighter.
Thus, a night passed.
Sitting at his computer desk, Luo Ji, who had been full of energy just hours before, was now somewhat listless.
The vast amount of knowledge related to the commercial trade system was extremely rigid and difficult to digest.
The most vexing part was that this field contained too many diverse topics, and merely searching online for information wasn’t always reliable.
Rubbing his temples forcefully, Luo Ji looked up at the dimly lit sky outside the window.
It was only 6 AM. In any case, he would set an alarm and get a short two hour nap first…
