Chapter 206
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Chapter 206: Upset? Not Upset?
According to Sun Li’s report, the Wild Horse Tribe had been subjected to harassment from a group of horse bandits for the past two months.
Whenever they had an opportunity, they would steal food and horses from their tribe.
The horse bandits were not numerous, only around 20 to 30 people.
In a direct fight, they would never be a match for them.
However, the tricky part was that the horse bandits’ movements were erratic and they were extremely elusive.
As soon as they saw the situation was unfavorable, they immediately turned and fled, refusing to engage them at all.
On the vast grasslands, they were difficult to locate.
Luo Yong also did not dare to pursue too deeply.
After all, he was still tasked with garrisoning the Wild Horse Tribe.
If he led his troops away, wouldn’t the Wild Horse Tribe’s defensive forces become vulnerable?
Upon seeing this, Luo Ji clearly realized the troublesome nature of the situation.
After a moment of thought, Luo Ji called in a soldier standing guard outside.
“Go find Bai Ze.”
In his tribe, probably only Bai Ze could handle this kind of matter.
After all, Bai Ze had previously lived with his tribe on the grasslands.
He should have relatively rich experience and methods for tracking enemies across the vast and boundless grasslands.
After Bai Ze entered, Luo Ji straightforwardly explained the situation at the Wild Horse Tribe to him.
Then he directly stated.
“I will assign a cavalry unit to you.”
“Your mission is to assist Luo Yong in annihilating that group of horse bandits.”
“When you return, remember to bring back the newly trained batch of warhorses as well…”
At this point, Luo Ji glanced at Bai Ze, who had a hesitant expression, then his lips suddenly curved into a playful smile.
“Oh, right, on the way there, I’ll give you half a day of leave. Consider it for the cavalry unit to adjust their condition after travel, and for you to go see your Liu Yuan. It will save you from looking upset and being distracted while handling matters.”
“Hmm!”
Upon hearing this, Bai Ze’s entire face instantly flushed blood-red, and he grumbled.
“Where did I look upset?!”
“Oh? Not upset, then?”
Luo Ji, with a playful expression, began to brew mischief.
“Well, then forget I said anything. When the time comes, I’ll have the Iron Wall Tribe close their city gates tightly and not let you in.”
“Ah?! Th-th—”
“What?”
“I—”
“You?”
“I %#@…”
“Hmm?”
“I’m upset! Is that enough?!”
At this moment, Bai Ze’s entire face had already turned completely purplish-red, and veins were bulging directly on his forehead and neck.
He had witnessed Luo Ji’s playful and teasing personality many times during their idle moments.
However, what frustrated him was that Luo Ji could always hit his weak spot every single time, making him walk right into a trap.
“Alright, go on then.”
Luo Ji clearly didn’t intend to bully him too much.
Occasional teasing was beneficial for physical and mental health, but once taken too far, it could easily lead to high blood pressure and stroke…
Bai Ze, who turned to leave, had his emotions calm down slightly.
As soon as he thought of seeing Liu Yuan soon, even before he could step out of Luo Ji’s office threshold, his entire mood had already begun to rapidly improve, even becoming somewhat cheerful.
Immediately after, he heard Luo Ji from behind suddenly shout loudly.
“I almost forgot about this! When are you two going to tie the knot? I see you’re not young anymore, it’s about time you got married and had a baby or something!”
Amidst Luo Ji’s cheerful shouting, Bai Ze, a super fierce general with a 5-star potential, tripped over his office doorstep once again, landing with a loud thud as he yelled.
“You don’t need to worry about this!!”
Meanwhile, the two guards standing on either side displayed their accustomed ‘eyes looking at the nose, nose looking at the heart’ expressions.
If these two could also control their faces, which were flushed red from holding back laughter, then it would truly be perfect.
Early the next morning, Bai Ze, whether he had been angry all night or excited all night, departed with his cavalry unit, his eyes still half-asleep.
At the same time, Luo Ji also began his busy new day of work.
Interviewing over 100 new people was hardly anything for him, as he had already experienced the hell of interviewing over 800 people previously…
After easily interviewing these over 100 people, except for a few exceptionally talented individuals who were personally assigned by Luo Ji, the work arrangements and transfers for the rest of the common people were all handed over to Bai Xu.
However, before formal execution, Bai Xu needed to first write the content in the form of a report and submit it to Luo Ji for review.
Only after receiving Luo Ji’s approval would it be officially implemented.
After all, having developed to this day, the number of tribes under Luo Ji’s command had been steadily increasing, and their scale was also growing larger.
What rose along with this was his daily workload.
To avoid sudden death from overwork or collapsing from exhaustion, he quite decisively distributed a portion of his work.
As the leader of a civilization, one must know how to utilize talent.
Just like the ancient emperors of their Celestial Dynasty, the most important thing for an emperor was not to know everything or be capable of everything, but to understand the art of employing people, knowing where to deploy whom, and controlling and balancing the overall situation.
On this point, Luo Ji had always been quite at ease when employing people and issuing commands, showing no discomfort whatsoever.
It was unclear if this was due to his inherent talent in this area.
“Chief, Liu Shu, Head of the Armament Department, requests an audience.”
“Let him in.”
Looking at Liu Shu as he walked in, Luo Ji’s gaze immediately fell upon the object in the other party’s hand, and his eyes lit up.
“Is it finished?”
“Please inspect it, Chief.”
Hearing this, Liu Shu nervously offered the object in his hands with both hands.
Picking up the object Liu Shu presented, Luo Ji held it up to his eyes and gestured with it.
“Not bad, not bad.”
“It would be perfect if it could be a bit more transparent.”
At this very moment, the object Luo Ji was holding up and gesturing with was a circular lens!
Since acquiring fluorite resources, the Armament Department had been researching lens production for the past few months.
However, the lenses produced had never quite satisfied Luo Ji.
It wasn’t that he was being overly demanding, but rather, for a telescope, if the lens wasn’t clear, it would be meaningless.
And the one in his hand now was clearly much better.
Liu Shu’s expression first brightened with joy upon hearing Luo Ji’s words.
Then, after a slight deliberation, he spoke with some uncertainty.
“We could try refining it a few more times. Perhaps we can make an even more transparent lens.”
“Then try again.”
Luo Ji said, returning the lens to Liu Shu.
“No need to rush.”
“We have plenty of time.”
“Take it slow.”
