Chapter 181
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Chapter 181: Bai Ze Wants to Make Money
“Finally done…”
Luo Ji stretched vigorously, loosening his body, which felt stiff.
But his work for the day was not yet complete.
Interviewing and registering was just the first step.
Only after arranging all these new people one by one and completing personnel transfers across various departments and positions would the work of receiving new populations truly be finished.
This time, however, he could say he had reaped a rich harvest.
From a tribe of over 130 people, he had actually discovered a full four talents!
There was no need to elaborate on Bai Ze, whose Bravery limit reached 5-stars and whose panel attributes were simply abnormal.
There was also Bai Xu, a management-type talent.
As Bai Ze’s deputy, Zhao Chuan’s 4-star Endurance limit was somewhat subtle, but he could still be counted as one.
However, the last one was the most surprising to Luo Ji.
It was a young man named Ma Ji.
Although he was only thirteen years old, his Intelligence and Endurance growth limits both reached 4-stars!
His talent was ‘Horse Appraisal,’ which increased the chance of discovering high-quality horses!
If nothing unexpected happened, this young man named Ma Ji would likely be the future manager of Luo Ji’s horse farm.
However, his age was clearly still a bit young; he needed to grow a few more years.
Otherwise, if such a young person became the manager, other herders would certainly not be convinced, and his loyalty would also need a bit more cultivation.
In short, he would temporarily keep the Silver-tier skill book.
When the time came, he would first place Ma Ji in the built horse farm as an assistant.
Since he was a talented individual, even if Luo Ji did nothing, he would eventually shine.
Once he achieved something, Luo Ji would then naturally promote him to horse farm manager and give him the skill book.
While Luo Ji was seriously contemplating the work assignments for the new population, Bai Ze, as a surrendered general, paced back and forth in his tent with a troubled expression, until someone entered his camp.
“It’s you.”
Looking at Liu Zheng entering, Bai Ze’s pupils constricted slightly.
“So, the person who fought me before was indeed you.”
“Has your tribe also been annexed?”
During the previous battle, Liu Zheng had worn a Wolf Bone Mask on his face, so Bai Ze couldn’t see his face.
But just as Liu Zheng could guess his presence from his fighting techniques, Bai Ze also vaguely sensed Liu Zheng’s identity from their two rounds of engagement, confirming it completely now!
Liu Zheng did not answer Bai Ze’s question, but instead placed the plate holding two steamed potatoes on the table.
“Your lunch.”
“Why are you delivering it…”
Halfway through his sentence, Bai Ze’s expression suddenly froze as if he had realized something, then he fell silent.
Then he heard Liu Zheng state the reason.
“The girl who was responsible for delivering your meal this morning injured her hand.”
Hearing this, Bai Ze’s expression stiffened, and a flicker of guilt crossed his eyes.
“Please apologize to her for me. I was a bit irritable this morning…”
“No.”
Liu Zheng unexpectedly refused decisively.
“If you want to apologize, go yourself. We haven’t locked you up. I just saw her when I came, and she’s currently in the commercial district on the left side of the camp. If you go too late, she might be gone.”
“This…”
Bai Ze was speechless.
Indeed, the people of this tribe had not confined him to this tent.
Unless he wanted to leave the tribal camp, his movements within the camp were largely unrestricted, as there was simply no need.
What more could a person do who could lay down his weapons and surrender for the sake of his subordinates’ lives at such a time?
As such, Bai Ze had actually confined himself to this tent for the past few days because he didn’t want to see his tribe swallowed bit by bit by that person he disliked.
So, he preferred to sit in his tent all day rather than go out.
However, Liu Zheng didn’t care about any of this.
After putting down the lunch, he turned and left directly.
His main purpose in coming this time was to confirm Bai Ze’s condition, and delivering the meal was just secondary.
Now that the condition was confirmed, there was no need to stay here longer.
With Zhao Pan recuperating these past few days, Liu Zheng was quite busy.
Watching Liu Zheng turn and leave, Bai Ze’s expression was also conflicted.
After much hesitation, he took a deep breath, then gritted his teeth and resolutely stepped out of the tent where he had stayed for several days.
It was a clear, sunny day, and it was exactly noon.
The moment he stepped out of the tent, the sunlight shining down from above made Bai Ze feel a glare.
“Commercial district on the left, commercial district on the left…”
After a brief period of adjustment, he ignored the surrounding pedestrians, muttering the location Liu Zheng had told him, and hurried along with his head down.
He was truly lucky, although Iron Wall Tribe’s scale was far smaller than Mirror Tribe’s, due to the division into various areas, the layout was quite complex for ancient people.
In general, hurrying along with his head down like that, he would definitely get lost…
As soon as he entered the commercial district, Bai Ze felt the surrounding sounds suddenly grow louder.
Many people were talking, and some seemed to be shouting something.
Just as he felt his head was about to explode, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and patted his shoulder.
Bai Ze instinctively turned around.
Before he could clearly see who it was, the other party’s slightly surprised voice already sounded.
“It really is you.”
He, who had been irritated earlier, hadn’t noticed at all.
Now, looking at the beautiful face before him, for that one instant, Bai Ze felt the entire world suddenly fall silent.
All that remained in his ears was the sound of his own heartbeat.
“W-what’s going on?”
Looking at Bai Ze, who was completely stunned in place, the girl tilted her head curiously, then raised her hand and waved it before his eyes.
“Hey~ are you still awake?”
With a simple gesture, looking at the girl’s bandaged hand, Bai Ze’s pupils constricted.
As he quickly came back to his senses, the guilt on his face also grew heavier.
“Y-your hand, I’m so sorry…”
“Oh, this?”
The girl waved her hand dismissively.
“I accidentally cut myself on a piece of the plate. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Just as the two were talking, a voice came from the stall behind them.
“Hey, Yuan’er, are you going to take this plate or not?”
“Yes, yes! But Uncle Zhang, can you make it a bit cheaper~”
“This is already the cheapest your Uncle Zhang has.”
The pottery stall owner, who was called Uncle Zhang, showed a helpless expression.
“Then make it even cheaper, please, please.”
Hearing this conversation, Bai Ze, though still somewhat confused about the whole situation, immediately stepped forward two paces.
“Um, I broke that thing this morning. I’ll compensate you.”
“You’ll compensate me?”
Looking at Bai Ze, who was visibly uncomfortable, Yuan’er let out a gentle chuckle.
“But you don’t even have a job now, where would you get money to compensate me?”
“Money?”
“This is it.”
As she spoke, Yuan’er jingled the few copper coins in her hand.
This was clearly something Bai Ze had never seen before.
Or rather, he had seen so many new things these past few days that he was a bit numb to it all.
“How can I get this thing called ‘money?’”
“By working, of course.”
Uncle Zhang, from behind the stall, said with a smile.
“You look young and quite strong. Our mine here is recruiting, go there and dig ores, and you can earn a good amount of money in a day.”
“Oh, okay.”
Hearing this, Bai Ze quickly responded, then seriously turned to Yuan’er and said.
“Wait for me.”
“I’ll go earn money digging ore right now.”
“I will compensate you!”
